Thiagarajah

Thiagarajah or Thiyagarajah (தியாகராஜா) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Given name

 * Tyagaraja (1767-1847), Indian composer
 * A. Thiagarajah (1916–1981), Sri Lankan politician
 * M. Thiyagarajah, Sri Lankan politician
 * M. D. Thyagaraja Pillai, Indian politician
 * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (1910-1959), Indian actor

Surname

 * Chelvy Thiyagarajah (died 1991), Sri Lankan poet
 * Daniel Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan bishop
 * J. Tyagaraja (born 1895), Ceylonese politician
 * Thiyagarajah Maheswaran (1966–2008), Sri Lankan politician