Chennai
Chennai ranks 166th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dakar, Honolulu, and Palermo. Memorable people born in Chennai include Pete Best, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Viswanathan Anand. Memorable people who died in Chennai include Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, V. V. Giri, and Subramania Bharati. Chennai has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many politicians and actors. Chennai is located in India.
Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is the state's primate city and is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in India and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation of India and the second oldest in the world after London. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1858 and 2005, Chennai was the birth place of 62 globally memorable people, including Pete Best, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Viswanathan Anand. Additionaly, 32 globally memorable people have passed away in Chennai including Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, V. V. Giri, and Subramania Bharati.
People Born in Chennai
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Pete Best
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 1
Engelbert Humperdinck
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 2
Viswanathan Anand
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 3
R. K. Narayan
1906 - 2001
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4
Vijay
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 5
Rekha
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 6
Suriya
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 7
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 8
Vyjayanthimala Bali
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 9
Tom Kibble
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 10
Vijay Amritraj
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 11
Indra Nooyi
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chennai
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Shyamala Gopalan
1938 - 2009
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 16
M. K. Stalin
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 18
Aruna Roy
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 22
Bhama Srinivasan
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 27
Venkatesh
1960 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 35
Syed Kirmani
1949 - Present
HPI: 29.32
Rank: 39
Madhoo
1969 - Present
HPI: 27.71
Rank: 44
Meena
1975 - Present
HPI: 26.31
Rank: 46
Pramila Jayapal
1965 - Present
HPI: 24.50
Rank: 47
Aishwarya R. Dhanush
1982 - Present
HPI: 19.57
Rank: 55
Joshna Chinappa
1986 - Present
HPI: 16.10
Rank: 61
Regina Cassandra
1990 - Present
HPI: 14.26
Rank: 62
People Deceased in Chennai
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 1
V. V. Giri
1894 - 1980
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 2
Subramania Bharati
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 3
C. Rajagopalachari
1878 - 1972
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 4
N. R. Pogson
1829 - 1891
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 5
K. Kamaraj
1903 - 1975
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 6
Savitri
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 7
M. Karunanidhi
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 8
M. S. Subbulakshmi
1916 - 2004
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 9
R. K. Narayan
1906 - 2001
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 10
C. N. Annadurai
1909 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 11
M. S. Swaminathan
1925 - 2023
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Chennai
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Jayakanthan
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 20
Prem Nazir
1927 - 1989
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 28
K. Balachander
1930 - 2014
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 29
Most individuals born in present day Chennai were actors (30), politicians (4), chess players (3), mathematicians (3), and cricketers (3), while most who died were politicians (7), actors (7), writers (4), singers (3), and musicians (2).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Chennai since 1700.
