View source for List of Loyola College Chennai people

{{Short description|none}}
{{alumni|SAL|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
Alumnus of [[Loyola College, Chennai]] are also called Loyolites. Alumni of the college have included contributors in various fields of law, politics, civil services, science, education, business, sports and entertainment. The names in this list are presented in alphabetical order of surname/family name. This is not an exhaustive list.
{{Dynamic list}}

== Faculty ==
This is a list of notable Loyola College faculty.
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦--->
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
*[[T. N. Ananthakrishnan]], joined the Department of Natural Sciences, Loyola College in 1948. Received the Asiatic Society Gold Medal.<ref name="currentscience.ac.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/106/05/0749.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.currentscience.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282419183|title=Obituary: TN Ananthakrishnan|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=A|first=Raman|date=March 2014|title=LIVING LEGENDS IN INDIAN SCIENCE|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/106/05/0749.pdf|journal=Current Science}}</ref>
* [[A. W. Rabi Bernard]], member of the [[Parliament of India]]
* [[Jerome D'Souza]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]], Rector and Principal of Loyola College, Chennai from 1942 to 1950, elected to represent Madras legislative assembly at the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] from 1946 to 1950, member of the Indian Delegation to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] (1949, 1951–1952, 1955, 1957), founder-director of the [[Indian Social Institute]] from 1951 to 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loyolacollege.edu/about/shapers-loyola.php|title=ABOUT LOYOLA|website=www.loyolacollege.edu|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeasa.org/jesuit-educationists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414014542/http://jeasa.org/jesuit-educationists|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2015|title=Jesuit educationists {{!}} JEASA|website=www.jeasa.org|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[G. Prabha]], journalist, Professor of Sanskrit, and director of  'Ishti', [[Ishti (Film)|the first film in Sanskrit with a social theme]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/9356/Ishti-A-Beautiful-Sanskrit-Film-Lambasting-an-Archaic-System|title=Ishti: A Beautiful Sanskrit Film Lambasting an Archaic System|last=a.chatterji|first=shoma|website=The Citizen|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-28|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728071546/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/9356/Ishti-A-Beautiful-Sanskrit-Film-Lambasting-an-Archaic-System|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[P. R. Pisharoty]], physicist and meteorologist, father of remote sensing in India, founder Director of the [[Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology|Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune]] in 1962, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of [[World Meteorological Organization]] from 1963 to 1968 and later its chairman, emeritus professor at [[Physical Research Laboratory]], recipient of Raman Centenary Medal (1988)<ref>{{cite web |author=PMB Group |url=https://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/bulletin_52-1_en.pdf |title=&#124; E-Library |publisher=Library.wmo.int |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801084901/https://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/bulletin_52-1_en.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tropmet.res.in/~lip/Publication/pisharoty.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.tropmet.res.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/24-sep-2002/doyen-of-indian-meteorology-and-remote-sensing-prof-p-r-pisharoty-passes-away|title=Doyen of Indian Meteorology and Remote Sensing, Prof P R Pisharoty, Passes Away – ISRO|website=www.isro.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616160923/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/24-sep-2002/doyen-of-indian-meteorology-and-remote-sensing-prof-p-r-pisharoty-passes-away|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksc.kerala.gov.in/speaker/dr-pr-pisharoty/ |title=Dr P.R. Pisharoty – Kerala Science Congress |publisher=Ksc.kerala.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>

=== Law and politics ===
==== Heads of state and Heads of government ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
*[[Daniel Lisulo]], third [[Prime Minister of Zambia]]<ref name="pres">{{cite web|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp201213-2.html|title=President|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref>
* [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]], [[List of Presidents of India|Eighth]] [[President of India]], [[List of Indian independence activists|Indian independence activist]], and member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]]

==== Supreme Court Judges ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
* [[Jasti Chelameswar]], former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/chelameswar.htm|title=Supreme Court of India – CJI & Sitting Judges|website=supremecourtofindia.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120213225/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/chelameswar.htm|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[K. M. Joseph]], retired judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges|title=Chief Justice & Judges {{!}} Supreme Court of India|website=sci.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref>
* [[M. M. Sundresh]], sitting judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges|website=main.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges|access-date=2022-06-09|title=Chief Justice & Judges &#124; SUPREME COURT OF INDIA }}</ref>

==== High Court Judges ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
* [[Kumar Rajarathnam]], Chief Justice of the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/HCKformer_judges/kumar_rajarathnam.html|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kumar Rajarathnam|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[R Sudhakar]], Chief Justice of the [[Manipur High Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hcmimphal.nic.in/judges.html |title=High Court of manipur at Imphal |publisher=Hcmimphal.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>
* [[Sundaram Nainar Sundaram]], Chief justice of Gujarat and [[Telangana High Court]].

==== Governors ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
* [[M. O. H. Farook|M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar]], former [[List of chief ministers of Puducherry|Chief minister of Pondicherry]], former [[List of governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]]<ref name="pres" />
* [[M. K. Narayanan]], former [[National Security Adviser of India]], Director of [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]], the [[List of governors of West Bengal|Governor of West Bengal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/former-guv-joins-ex-vp-in-xav-faculty/articleshow/69048843.cms|title=Former governor joins ex-VP in Xavier faculty {{!}} Kolkata News – Times of India|date=26 April 2019|first=Somdatta|last=Basu|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> and he also played a significant role in the negotiation of the [[Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement|India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/indo-us-civil-n-deal-deadline-will-be-missed-former-nsa-narayanan-117041700464_1.html|title=Indo-US civil n-deal deadline will be missed: Former NSA Narayanan|last=IANS|date=2017-04-17|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

==== Other political figures ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
* [[P. Chidambaram]], Member of Parliament, former [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Finance Minister]], Government of India<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/karti-s-family-of-banking-pioneers-212175|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301003857/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/karti-s-family-of-banking-pioneers-212175|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2018|title=Karti's family of banking pioneers|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-03-10|language=en}}</ref>
* [[T. R. B. Rajaa|T R B Rajaa]], MLA- TN Assembly, Chairman of Tamil Nadu Estimates Committee, Secretary of DMK IT Wing. 
* [[B. S. Gnanadesikan]], president of the [[Tamil Nadu Congress Committee]] [TNCC]
* [[A. P. Shanmugasundara Goundar]], former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]], Tamil Nadu
* [[P. J. Joseph]], Member of Legislative Assembly, Minister, Government of [[Kerala]]
* [[Jose K. Mani]], Member of Parliament, chairman of [[Kerala Congress (M)]] party
* [[Dayanidhi Maran]], Member of Parliament, former [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]], Government of India<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/The-rise-and-fall-of-Dayanidhi-Maran/article20303874.ece|title=The rise and fall of Dayanidhi Maran|work=@businessline|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[J. Shivashanmugam Pillai]], first speaker of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Madras Legislative Assembly]] (1946 -1955), first Scheduled Caste mayor of Madras<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/speaker-dhanapal-once-disqualified-as-mla-amid-faction-feud-in-aiadmk-4850257/|title=Speaker Dhanapal, once disqualified as MLA amid faction feud in AIADMK|date=2017-09-19|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
* [[V. Vaithilingam]], former [[List of chief ministers of Puducherry|Chief minister of Pondicherry]]<ref name="pres" />
*[[K. Thulasiah Vandayar]], former Member of Parliament, Secretary and Correspondent of the [[A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College]]<ref name="sripushpamcollege.co.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.sripushpamcollege.co.in/spcte/administration.php|title=WELCOME TO A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur ::...|website=www.sripushpamcollege.co.in|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
* [[P. Wilson]], Member of Parliament and former [[Additional Solicitor General of India]]

==== Civil servants ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
*[[F. V. Arul]], IPS, second Director of [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI)
*[[K. Sankaran Nair]], [[Indian Imperial Police|Imperial Police]], former Director of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (R&AW)
*[[Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha]], [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]], second and fifth Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh state (1963–68, 1972–74),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/whoiswho/cslist.asp|title=::Department Of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh|website=www.mpinfo.org|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731114221/https://www.mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/whoiswho/cslist.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration|RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management]] (RCVP), premier training institution of [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|M.P. Government]] is named after him<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academy.mp.gov.in/|title=आर.सी.व्ही.पी.नरोन्हा प्रशासन एवं प्रबंधकीय अकादमी|website=www.academy.mp.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
*[[B. Raman]], IPS, former head of the counter-terrorism division of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (R&AW)
*[[P. S. Raman|Pattabhi Sundar Raman]], former advocate-general of Tamil Nadu<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Raman-new-Advocate-General/article16565867.ece|title=Raman, new Advocate-General|date=30 July 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2018|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[C. Rangarajan]], [[List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India|19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]]<ref name="pres" /> and [[Economic Advisory Council#Chairman|Chairman]] of the Prime Minister's [[Economic Advisory Council]]
*[[V. K. Rao]], [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]], Principal Secretary to the President of India, [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
*[[V. Selvaraj]], IAS, Chairman of [[Madras Port|Madras Port Trust]] and Industries Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radaan.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=11|title=MPT|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> 
*[[C. G. Somiah]], IAS, former [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coorgnews.in/featuresnewsmakers/remembering-c-g-somiah-former-comptroller-auditor-general/|title=REMEMBERING C.G.SOMIAH, FORMER COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL|date=2017-03-06|website=Coorg News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>
*[[S. Sripal]], IPS, former [[Director general of police]], Tamil Nadu State
*[[N. Vittal]], IAS, former [[Central Vigilance Commission]]er<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IGOq6lpqeIC&pg=PA161|title=CVC|access-date=6 May 2017|isbn=9788178813462|last1=Vittal|first1=N.|date=13 September 2004|publisher=ICFAI University Press }}</ref>
*[[Beno Zephine]], first 100% visually challenged [[Indian Foreign Service]] Officer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/meet/an-eye-on-success/article7429975.ece|title=An eye on success|work=@businessline|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[Akbar Mirza Khaleeli]], former Indian ambassador to Iran, Italy and High Commissioner to Australia 

==== Social workers ====

* [[P. K. Gopal]], International President of the International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement of people affected by leprosy (IDEA), first Chairman of the National Forum of Persons affected by Leprosy (now Association of People affected by Leprosy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://silf.in/apal/ |title=Association of People affected by Leprosy |publisher=Silf.in |date=2016-08-24 |accessdate=2021-02-08 |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731125840/https://silf.in/apal/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>), recipient of the [[Padma Shri]] award in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://silf.in/board-members/|title=Board Members – Sasakawa – India Leprosy Foundation (S-ILF)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731125840/https://silf.in/board-members/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leprosy-ila.org/arquivos/premio_gopal.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024023809/http://www.leprosy-ila.org/arquivos/premio_gopal.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 October 2013 |title=Arquivos |publisher=www.leprosy-ila.org |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/leprosy-continues-to-haunt-india-social-stigma-remains/article4358263.ece|title=Leprosy continues to haunt India, social stigma remains|last=Dhar|first=Aarti|date=2013-01-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/statements/asg/mr-montiel/2015/06/voices-of-people-affected-by-leprosy.html |title=Panel Discussion on Voices of People affected by Leprosy &#124; Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |publisher=Un.org |date=2015-06-10 |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>
*[[Joe Madiath]], Social Entrepreneur, founder and chairman of [[Gram Vikas]], a non-governmental organisation based in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], recipient of Water Champion Award from [[Asian Development Bank]] and Social Life Time Achievement Award by [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards]] in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adb.org/Water/Champions/madiath.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528221821/http://www.adb.org/Water/Champions/madiath.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-28|title=Water for All: Joe Madiath on Championing 100% Sanitation Coverage in Rural Communities in India by Ma. Christina Dueñas - ADB.org|date=2011-05-28|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/joe-madiath/|title=Joe Madiath|website=TEDxGateway – India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801133308/https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/joe-madiath/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gramvikas.org/our-team/ |title=Our Team |publisher=Gram Vikas |date=1970-01-01 |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>

=== Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
*[[Geetha Angara homicide|Geetha Angara]], first woman to be awarded a master's in chemistry by the university, receiving a gold medal in the process for graduating at the top of the class. Victim of an unsolved 2005 homicide in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|title=Four Months Later, an Unsolved Murder at a N.J. Water Plant|url=https://www.securityinfowatch.com/critical-infrastructure/news/10593535/four-months-later-an-unsolved-murder-at-a-nj-water-plant|newspaper=[[Associated Press]]|via=securityinfowatch.com|date=June 6, 2005|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Narayanan Chandrakumar]], professor emeritus at [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]], founder of the first [[Nuclear magnetic resonance]] (NMR) laboratory in India, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chem.iitm.ac.in/faculty/chandrakumar/|title=Dr. Chandrakumar. N – Department of Chemistry|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[Ranjan Roy Daniel]], former Dean, School of Physics and Senior Professor at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Bombay, Scientific Secretary of the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED) from 1988 to 1995,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vokixwEACAAJ|title=Recommendations of the Asian Workshop, New Delhi, India, 11–15 February, 1991|last=Daniel|first=Ranjan Roy|date=1991|publisher=Produced by the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED) and the Indian National Committee for the IGBP for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme|language=en}}</ref> Chairman of [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]'s National Committee on Middle Atmosphere Research (1989) and Advisory Committee on Space Sciences (1981–88),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/oct102005/1277.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.iisc.ernet.in |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204057/http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/oct102005/1277.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N75-0179|title=INSA :: Deceased Fellow Detail|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114093514/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N75-0179|url-status=dead}}</ref> founder member of Indian Physics Association and [[Astronomical Society of India]], founder Chairman of the  Bombay Association for Science Education, Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences|IAS]], [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]], [[The World Academy of Sciences|TWAS]], recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 1992 and  COSPAR International Cooperation Medal in 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twas.org/directory/daniel-ranjan-roy|title=Daniel, Ranjan Roy|website=TWAS|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
*[[M. S. Narasimhan]], Fellow of the [[Royal Society|Royal Society, London]], Honorary Fellow of the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Head of the Mathematics group at the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste]], derived [[Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem]] and recipient of the [[King Faisal International Prize|King Faisal International Prize for Science]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://home.ictp.it/pio/words/newsletter/backissues/News_82/profile.html|title=M. S. Narasimhan: Trieste|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icts.res.in/people/m.s.narasimhan|title=M. S. Narasimhan {{!}} ICTS|website=www.icts.res.in|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asiapacific-mathnews.com/03/0302/0025_0030.pdf |title=Info |publisher=www.asiapacific-mathnews.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/04/0694.pdf |title=Data |publisher=www.currentscience.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>
*[[Kadiyala Ramachandra]], former head of the department of medicine at [[Madras Medical College]] and established the Department of Oncology & Cancer Chemotherapy and the Rheumatic Care Unit at the [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]]
*[[Ramakrishna Ramaswamy]], visiting professor at [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|IIT Delhi]], former president of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences|Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore]], Vice President of the [[Indian National Science Academy|Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi]] and Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Hyderabad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Ramaswamy,_Prof._Ramakrishna|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences|website=www.ias.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ramramaswamy.org/papers/RRBio.pdf?customize_changeset_uuid=c6b0299c-aff7-44a5-b8d7-772124820092&customize_autosaved=on&customize_messenger_channel=preview-9 |title=Info |publisher=ramramaswamy.org |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chemistry.iitd.ac.in/faculty/ramaswamy.html|title=Department of Chemistry @ IIT Delhi|website=chemistry.iitd.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://igmlnet.uohyd.ac.in:8000/theses.pdf |title=Theses |publisher=igmlnet.uohyd.ac.in:8000 |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ramramaswamy.org/|title=Home|website=The Dynamics Lab – IIT Delhi|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
*[[C. P. Ramanujam]], known for number theory and algebraic geometry ([[Ramanujam–Samuel theorem]], [[Ramanujam vanishing theorem]]), a mathematics student of Father Charles Racine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ramanujam.html|title=Chidambaram Padmanabhan Ramanujam (1938–1974)|website=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/birthday-tribute-to-cp-ramanujam-indias-other-great-mathematician-who-also-died-young/174070/ |title=Birthday tribute to CP Ramanujam, India's other great mathematician who also died young |publisher=Theprint.in |date= 9 January 2019|accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref>
*[[Natesan Rangabashyam]], established Ostomy Department in 1978 at [[Madras Medical College]] and [[Government General Hospital, Chennai]], introduced the first [[Master of Surgery|M.Ch.]] (Surgical Gastroenterology) course in India in 1984, Honorary Surgeon to the President of India, [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R Venkataraman]], Fellow of the [[Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland]], [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]], [[Academy of Medicine, Singapore]] and the recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2002 and [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award|Dr B C Roy National Award]] twice<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/Renowned-gastroenterologist-Rangabashyam-dead/article20637491.ece|title=Renowned gastroenterologist Rangabashyam dead|last=PTI|website=@businessline|date=14 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/eminent-gastroenterologist-rangabashyam-dead/article4914588.ece|title=Eminent gastroenterologist Rangabashyam dead|last=Kannan|first=Ramya|date=2013-07-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.nmji.in/archives/Volume-26/Issue-4/Obtu-II.pdf |title=Issue 4 |publisher=archive.nmji.in |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>[https://www.archive.india.gov.in/hindi/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=330]{{dead link|date=February 2021}}</ref>
*[[Paul Ratnasamy]], catalyst scientist, former director of the [[National Chemical Laboratory|CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory]], Pune<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl-india.org/files/AboutNCL/Organization/PreviousDirectors.aspx|title=National Chemical Laboratory|website=www.ncl-india.org|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[Ravi Sankaran]], ornithologist, former Director of the [[Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History|Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ravisankaran.org/about/about-ravi-sankaran/|title=About Ravi Sankaran|date=2012-07-18|website=Ravi Sankaran Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801101550/https://www.ravisankaran.org/about/about-ravi-sankaran/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran]], former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles
*[[C. S. Seshadri]], Fellow of the [[Royal Society|Royal Society, London]], founder and Director-Emeritus of the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]], derived [[Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem]], the [[Seshadri constant]] is named after him,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmi.ac.in/people/fac-profile.php?id=css|title=CMI|publisher=CMI|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmi.ac.in/people/fac-profile.php?id=css|title=Chennai Mathematical Institute|website=www.cmi.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/with-an-accent-on-excellence/article28058681.ece|title=With an accent on excellence|date=2000-12-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/the-sciences/c-s-seshadri-from-proofs-to-transcendence-via-theorems-and-ragas|title=C.S. Seshadri: From Proofs to Transcendence via Theorems and Ragas|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[Veeravalli S. Varadarajan]], professor emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Mathematics, [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA), [[Trombi–Varadarajan theorem]], a mathematics student of K.A. Adivarahan in 1950<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/professor-emeritus-gives-1-million-to-bring-visiting-mathematics-faculty-to-ucla|title=Professor emeritus gives $1 million to bring visiting mathematics faculty to UCLA|website=UCLA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2407/stories/20070420001909700.htm|title=Science of chance|website=frontline.thehindu.com|access-date=2019-07-30}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.math.ucla.edu/~vsv/|title=Veeravalli S. Varadarajan|website=www.math.ucla.edu|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/the-sciences/v-s-varadarajan-reflections-on-a-long-innings|title=V.S. Varadarajan: Reflections on a Long Innings|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>

=== Academics ===

==== Educational institution founders and presidents ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
* [[Malcolm Adiseshiah|Malcolm S Adiseshiah]], Deputy Director-General of [[UNESCO]] (1963–1970), founder-director of the [[Madras Institute of Development Studies]] (MIDS), Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Madras]] (1975–78), recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mids.ac.in/malcolm.htm|title=About Malcolm S Adiseshiah {{!}} MIDS|website=www.mids.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-28|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728105943/https://www.mids.ac.in/malcolm.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibe.unesco.org/sites/default/files/adiseshiahe.PDF |title=Data |publisher=www.ibe.unesco.org |date= |accessdate=2021-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://atom.archives.unesco.org/adiseshiah-malcolm-s|title=Adiseshiah, Malcolm S. – UNESCO Archives AtoM catalogue|website=atom.archives.unesco.org|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
* [[Parvataneni Brahmayya]], former president of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] (ICAI)
* [[C. Raj Kumar]], Founding Vice Chancellor of [[O. P. Jindal Global University]] and Founding Dean of [[Jindal Global Law School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jgu.edu.in/biography |title=Biography &#124; Jindal Global University |website=www.jgu.edu.in |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226055418/http://www.jgu.edu.in/biography |archive-date=26 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[P. S. Manisundaram]], first Principal of the Regional Engineering College (which later became the [[National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli]]), the [[Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology|Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (ACGCET-Karaikudi)]] and the first Vice Chancellor of the [[Bharathidasan University]], Tiruchirappalli<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107048|title=Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee of National Institute of Technology (NIT)|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaceg.org/distinguished_alumnu/prof-p-s-mani-sundaram/|title=Prof. P. S. Mani Sundaram|last=agmaster|website=AACEG|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-14|archive-date=14 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714112526/https://www.aaceg.org/distinguished_alumnu/prof-p-s-mani-sundaram/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/nit-pays-tribute-to-its-first-principal/article5288374.ece|title=NIT pays tribute to its first principal|date=2013-10-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bdu.ac.in/about/about-the-university.php|title=::.Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India..|website=www.bdu.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref>
* [[V. M. Muralidharan]], former chairman, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]
* [[K. Thulasiah Vandayar]], Secretary and Correspondent of the [[A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College]] and former Member of Parliament<ref name="sripushpamcollege.co.in"/>
* [[G. Viswanathan]], founder and chancellor of [[Vellore Institute of Technology]]

==== Professors and scholars ====
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
*[[Srinivas Aravamudan]], professor of English and former dean of the humanities at [[Duke University]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/an-academic-advocate-for-the-humanities/article8570492.ece|title=Srinivas Aravamudan: An academic advocate for the humanities|last=Powell|first=Richard J.|date=2016-05-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-01|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nussbaum|first=Felicity|author-link=Felicity Nussbaum|date=2018-08-07|title=Tribute to Srinivas Aravamudan|journal=Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture|language=en|volume=47|issue=47|pages=3–5|doi=10.1353/sec.2018.0002|s2cid=149720559|issn=1938-6133}}</ref>
*[[Mrityunjay Athreya]], former professor at the [[Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta]], the [[London Business School]] and the [[Strathclyde Business School]], Scotland
*[[Aswath Damodaran]], Professor of Finance at the [[New York University Stern School of Business|Stern School of Business at New York University]]
*[[C. K. Prahalad]], Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy at the [[Ross School of Business|Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan]] and distinguished fellow at the [[William Davidson Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/institutes-centers-initiatives/india-initiatives/ck-prahalad-initiative/bio|title=C.K. Prahalad Bio|website=michiganross.umich.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

=== Business ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
*[[Wenceslaus Anthony]], Chairman & managing director of WAML Group, Act Industrial Pty Ltd, recipient of the title, [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] and the [[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice]]
*[[S. S. Badrinath]], founder and chairman emeritus of [[Sankara Nethralaya]], Chennai
*[[M. Damodaran]], IAS, Chairman of [[IndiGo]], former Chairman of the [[Securities and Exchange Board of India]] (SEBI), the [[Industrial Development Bank of India]] (IDBI) and the [[Unit Trust of India]] (UTI){{citation needed|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/congratulate-mr-damodaran/articleshow/2431738.cms?from=mdr|title=Congratulate Mr. Damodaran|date=2007-10-27|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
*[[R. K. Krishna Kumar]], Tata Administrative Services (1963), Trustee of [[Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts|Sir Dorabji Tata Trust]] and [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust|Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts]], former Vice Chairman of the [[Tata Global Beverages]] and Director of [[Tata Sons]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/r-k-krishna-kumar-retires-from-tata-global-beverages/article23114295.ece|title=R K Krishna Kumar retires from Tata Global Beverages|last=PTI|website=@businessline|date=19 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/special-report/prahalad-was-one-of-the-great-management-thinkers-rk-krishna-kumar/articleshow/5826758.cms?from=mdr|title=Prahalad was one of the great management thinkers: RK Krishna Kumar|date=2010-04-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/madras-miscellany/article28005880.ece|title=Madras Miscellany|date=2000-03-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/aboutus/subindex/srtt-board-of-trustees|title=SRTT Board of trustees – Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts – Tata Trust|website=www.tatatrusts.org|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/aboutus/subindex/sdtt-board-of-trustees|title=SDTT Board of Trustees – Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts – Tata Trusts|website=www.tatatrusts.org|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
*[[Sashi Kumar]], founder and promoter of [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]], chairman of the [[Asian College of Journalism, Chennai]]
*[[Verghese Kurien]], Father of the [[White Revolution (India)|White Revolution]], Founder Chairman of the [[National Dairy Development Board]] (NDDB) from 1965 to 1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nddb.coop/about/chairman/vkurien|title=Dr. Verghese Kurien |website=www.nddb.coop|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> the [[Amul|Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd]] (GCMMF), from 1973 to 2006<ref name="pres" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1989_kurien|title=GCMMF|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref> and the [[Institute of Rural Management Anand]] from 1979 to 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/article.php?menuid=10|title=IRMA – Founder's Vision|website=www.irma.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://amul.com/m/dr-v-kurien|title=Dr. V. Kuiren :: Amul – The Taste of India|website=amul.com|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>
*[[N. Mahalingam]], former chairman, [[Sakthi Group]] and former chairman, [[Ethiraj College for Women]]
*[[Arumugham Mahendran]], chairman and managing director of Global Consumer Products Private Limited and former managing director of [[Godrej Consumer Products Limited]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://events.vccircle.com/content/arumugham-mahendran|title=Arumugham Mahendran {{!}} VCCircle Events|website=events.vccircle.com|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=1 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801134725/https://events.vccircle.com/content/arumugham-mahendran|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Bala S. Manian]], founder of ReaMetrix, Digital Optics and Quantum Dot Corporation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks?cic_redirect=fallback|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-07-27|title=Stocks }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiainnovationfund.in/aboutus/director/balasmanian|website=www.indiainnovationfund.in|access-date=2019-07-28 |title=Indiainnovationfund.in }}</ref>
*[[Kalanithi Maran]], founder and chairman of the [[SUN Group]]
*[[Sudhakar Ram]], Group CEO and managing director of Mastek<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-18/news/49237018_1_iim-calcutta-girija-mastek|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140421024640/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-18/news/49237018_1_iim-calcutta-girija-mastek|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2014|title=Mastek|date=18 April 2014|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[Jerry Rao]], chairman of the Value and Budget Housing Corporation and founder and former CEO of [[Mphasis]] Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=jrao|title=Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao – Creating Emerging Markets – Harvard Business School|website=www.hbs.edu|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/column/guest-jerry-rao-mission-affordable-housing/20090721.htm|title=Jerry Rao's mission: Affordable housing|website=Rediff|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
*[[W Hansraj Saxena]], chief executive officer [[News J]], former chief operating officer of [[Sun Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/BXuJN28WJGArBvcnJHcUlM/Former-Sun-Pictures-associate-files-petition-against-Maran.html|title=Former Sun Pictures associate files petition against Maran|last=Leena|first=S. Bridget|date=2012-12-17|website=livemint.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/edappadi-ops-launch-news-j/article25499817.ece|title=Edappadi, OPS launch 'News J'|date=2018-11-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-01|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*[[Ajit Shetty]], former chairman of board of directors, [[Janssen Pharmaceutica]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/pallavi-aiyar-pharma-not-it-is-india-39-s-next-big-thing-109070200042_1.html|title=Pallavi Aiyar: Pharma, not IT, is India's next big thing|last=Aiyar|first=Pallavi|date=2009-07-02|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref>
*[[Ram Shriram]], ''Forbes'' billionaire, founding board member of [[Google|Google Inc.]] (now Alphabet) and an initial investor in Google, Founder of the Sherpalo Ventures, Menlo Park and board member of the [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/board-members/|title=Board Members {{!}} Board of Trustees|last1=University|first1= Stanford|last2=Stanford|website=boardoftrustees.stanford.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31|last3=California 94305}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/kavitark-ram-shriram/|title=Kavitark Ram Shriram|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref>
*[[A. Sivasailam]], former chairman and managing director of [[Amalgamations Group]] of Industries<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/128784/amalgamations-group-chief-sivasailam-passes.html|title=Amalgamations group chief Sivasailam passes away|date=2011-01-13|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[Damal Kandalai Srinivasan]], co-founder of [[Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai]]
*[[N. Srinivasan]], first [[Chairman of the International Cricket Council]], managing director of [[India Cements]] Limited
*[[Rangaswamy Srinivasan]], inventor at [[IBM Research]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20130222?pg=2#pg2|title=IBM|access-date=6 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[Narayanan Vaghul]], chairman of the Board of [[ICICI Bank]] from 1985 to April 2009, director on the board of [[Wipro]] since 1997, member on the Boards of [[Mahindra World City|Mahindra World City Developers Limited]], [[Piramal Group|Piramal Enterprises Limited]], [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited]], recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.piramal.com/about-us/board-of-directors/piramal-enterprises/n-vaghul|title=N Vaghul : Piramal Enterprises : Board of Directors : About : Piramal|website=www.piramal.com|access-date=2019-07-28|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728090604/https://www.piramal.com/about-us/board-of-directors/piramal-enterprises/n-vaghul|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wipro.com/en-IN/leadership/narayanan-vaghul/|title=Narayanan Vaghul – Wipro|website=www.wipro.com|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-28|archive-date=28 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728090608/https://www.wipro.com/en-IN/leadership/narayanan-vaghul/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->
* [[Viswanathan Anand]], Five time World Chess Champion and winner of multiple International Chess tournaments<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2912/stories/20120629291201400.htm|title=The cerebral boy next door|website=www.frontline.in|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Vijay Amritraj]], tennis player
* [[Vasudevan Baskaran]], captain of [[India men's national field hockey team]], which won the gold medal at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, [[Soviet Union]]
* [[Mohammad Ghouse]], [[Umpire (cricket)|cricket umpire]] and former Chairman of the [[Tamil Nadu Cricket Association]]
* [[Sunny Gupta]], cricketer
* [[Jawad Hussain]], first class cricket player (father of the former England captain, Nasir Hussain)
* [[Sharath Kamal]], Indian table tennis player
* [[Ramanathan Krishnan]], tennis player
* [[Ramesh Krishnan]], tennis player
* [[Vidya Pillai]], first Indian female [[snooker player]] to reach the finals of the WLBSA [[World Women's Snooker Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/snooker/story/_/id/19169201|title=Vidya Pillai – 'counting' on every win|date=2017-04-16|website=ESPN|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
* [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]], tennis player
* [[A. G. Kripal Singh]], first class cricketer for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
* [[A. G. Milkha Singh]], cricketer
* [[Sivabalan]], volleyball player
* [[Krishnamoorthy Vignesh]], cricketer
* [[Sanjay Yadav (cricketer)|Sanjay Yadav]], cricketer
* [[Tinu Yohannan]], cricketer
* [[Edwin Sydney Vanspaul]], footballer

=== Religion ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->

*[[Joseph Powathil|Archbishop Joseph Powathil]], Archbishop emeritus of Archdiocese of Changanacherry.
*[[Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy|Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy]], Prefect Emeritus of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blour.html|title=Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>
* [[Swami Parthasarathy]], philosopher and exponent of [[Vedanta]]
*[[Chidananda Saraswati]], President of the [[Divine Life Society]], [[Rishikesh]], India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlshq.org/saints/chida.htm|title=His Holiness Sri Swami Chidananda Saraswati Maharaj|website=www.dlshq.org|access-date=2019-08-01}}</ref>

=== Journalism ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->

*[[Kasturi Balaji]], managing director of [[The Hindu]]
*[[S. S. Balan]], former chairman emeritus of the [[Vikatan]] Group
*[[Vincent D'Souza]], editor and publisher of The Mylapore Times and The Arcot Road Times
*[[Manu Joseph]], former editor of [[OPEN (Indian magazine)|OPEN]] magazine, and a columnist for [[The International New York Times]] and The [[Hindustan Times]]
*[[N. Murali|Narasimhan Murali]], co-chairman, [[Kasturi & Sons Ltd]]., Proprietors of The Hindu Group of Publications
*[[Sanjay Pinto]], Indian lawyer, former bureau chief and resident editor, [[NDTV 24x7|NDTV 24 X 7]]
*[[N. Ram]], chairman, The Hindu Publishing Group (THG); former Editor-in-Chief, [[The Hindu]] Group of Publications
*[[N. S. Ramaswami]], Indian sports journalist and former assistant editor of [[The Hindu]], Mail and [[Indian Express]]
*[[Palagummi Sainath]], former rural affairs editor of [[The Hindu]], founder editor of the [[People's Archive of Rural India]] and recipient of the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]

=== Film, theatre, and television ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> 
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Ajesh]], singer, music composer
* [[K. V. Anand]], cinematographer and director
* [[Arulnithi]], film actor 
* [[Mahesh Babu]], Telugu film actor
* [[Ramachandra Babu]], cinematographer
* [[Irfan (actor)|Irfan]], film actor
* [[Yuthan Balaji]], film actor
* [[Gabriella Charlton]], actor, dancer
* [[Joe D'Cruz]], writer, novelist and documentary film director
* [[Venkatesh Daggubati]], film actor
* [[Darshana KT|Darshana]], playback singer
* [[I. Ahmed]], film director and producer
* [[Kishen Das]], actor
* [[Sam Vishal]], singer
* [[Deepak Dinkar]], film and television actor
* [[Gifton Elias]], music composer
* [[R. Ajay Gnanamuthu]] film director
* [[Gokul (director)|Gokul]], film director
* [[Vinay Govind]], film director
* [[Sikkil Gurucharan]], Carnatic musician – vocalist
* [[Kalidas Jayaram]], actor and playback singer
* [[Ashwin Kakumanu]], film actor
* [[Arvind Krishna]], cinematographer, producer and actor
* [[Anand Krishnamoorthi]], film sound designer, sound editor
* [[Krishna (Tamil actor)|Krishna Kulasekaran]], film actor
* [[Jagadeesh Kumar]], singer
* [[Thiagarajan Kumararaja]], film director
* [[Maalavika Manoj]], singer
* [[Richard M. Nathan]], cinematographer
* [[Shanmuga Pandian]], film actor
* [[Suresh Peters]], singer, music director, music producer
* [[Daniel Annie Pope]], film actor
* [[Prashanth]], film actor
* [[Pushkar–Gayathri]], director duo
* [[Karthik Raja]], music composer
* [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], music composer
* [[Mohan Rajan]], lyricist
* [[K. Rajeshwar]], film director
* [[P. C. Ramakrishna]], theatre actor, [[The Madras Players]]
* [[Sunder Ramu]], film and stage actor
* [[Paloma Rao]], actress and performer 
* [[Jayam Ravi]], film actor
* [[Radha Ravi]], film actor
* [[Riya Shibu]], film actor and producer
* [[Anirudh Ravichander]], music director
* [[Ruben (film editor)|Ruben]], film editor
* [[R. Sarathkumar]], film actor
* [[I. V. Sasi]], film director
* [[Vinayak Sasikumar]], lyricist
* [[Ashok Selvan]], film actor
* [[Silambarasan]], film actor, singer, lyricst, film director, music composer
* [[Sibi Sathyaraj|Sibiraj]], film actor
* Johnny Chakravarthy, film actor
* [[Tatineni Satya]], film director
* [[Rajesh Selva|Rajesh M. Selva]], film director and screenwriter
* [[Soundararajan (cinematographer)|Soundararajan]], cinematographer
* [[Bhuvan Srinivasan]], film editor
* [[R. Sudharsan]], film editor
* [[Suriya]], film actor, producer, founder of the [[Agaram Foundation]]
* [[S. J. Surya]], film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, music composer, singer
* [[Arvind Swami]],  film actor
* [[Hiphop Tamizha]], (Jeeva) Tamil Hip-hop pioneers
* [[Vijay Vasanth]], actor and managing director of [[Vasanth & Co]]
* [[Arthi Venkatesh]], actress
* [[Vetrimaaran]], film director, producer and writer
* [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], film actor, also known as 'Thalapathy' by the media, a popular actor in [[Tamil cinema]]
* [[John Vijay]], film actor
* [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], film actor
* [[Siddharth Vipin]], music composer 
* [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]], film actor, producer and anti-piracy activist
* [[Vishnuvardhan (director)|Vishnuvardhan]], film director
* [[Josh Vivian]],  singer, music composer{{Div col end}}

=== Other ===
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦--->

*[[S. Nandagopal]], sculptor and painter and member of the Madras Art Movement
*[[Sidney Sladen]], fashion designer
*[[Anukreethy Vas]], [[Femina Miss India]] World 2018
*[[Tenzin Tsundue]], Tibetan writer and activist<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Deeksha|first=Johanna|date=21 October 2019|title=Arrested during Xi's visit, Tibetan activist Tenzin Tsundue has been jailed 16 times. Here's why|url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/oct/21/arrested-during-xis-visit-tibetan-activist-tenzin-tsundue-has-been-jailed-16-times-heres-why-8733.html|access-date=2021-02-16|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Loyola College, Chennai}}
* {{Official website|http://www.loyolacollege.edu/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loyola College, Chennai people}}
[[Category:Loyola College, Chennai]]
[[Category:Lists of people by university or college in India]]
[[Category:Loyola College, Chennai alumni]]