Chennai
Chennai ranks 141st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hammersmith, Portland, Oregon, and Denver. Memorable people born in Chennai include Pete Best, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Puneeth Rajkumar. Memorable people who died in Chennai include Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Subramania Bharati, and V. V. Giri. Chennai has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many actors, and politicians. 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
People
Between 1858 and 2006, Chennai was the birth place of 78 globally memorable people, including Pete Best, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Puneeth Rajkumar. Additionaly, 39 globally memorable people have passed away in Chennai including Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Subramania Bharati, and V. V. Giri.
People Born in Chennai
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Pete Best
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 1
Engelbert Humperdinck
SINGER
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 2
Puneeth Rajkumar
ACTOR
1975 - 2021
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 3
Vijay
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 4
Rekha
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 5
Suriya
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 6
R. K. Narayan
WRITER
1906 - 2001
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 7
Mrinalini Sarabhai
DANCER
1918 - 2016
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 8
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
EXPLORER
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 9
Indra Nooyi
BUSINESSPERSON
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 10
Balasaraswati
DANCER
1918 - 1984
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 11
Vijay Amritraj
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chennai
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Padma Subrahmanyam
DANCER
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 22
Indrani Rahman
CELEBRITY
1930 - 1999
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 26
Vijayashanti
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.50
Rank: 37
Suniti Solomon
PHYSICIAN
1938 - 2015
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 46
Jyotindra Nath Dixit
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2005
HPI: 31.36
Rank: 51
Shakeela
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 52
R Vaishali
CHESS PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 29.41
Rank: 54
Arvind Swamy
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.32
Rank: 55
Sharath Kamal
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.94
Rank: 65
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
CHESS PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 23.20
Rank: 67
Anirudh Ravichander
COMPOSER
1990 - Present
HPI: 22.87
Rank: 69
Aishwarya Rajesh
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 21.93
Rank: 70
People Deceased in Chennai
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1975
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 1
Subramania Bharati
WRITER
1882 - 1921
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 2
V. V. Giri
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1980
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 3
C. Rajagopalachari
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1972
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 4
Jayalalithaa
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2016
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 5
N. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 6
C. N. Annadurai
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1969
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 7
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
WRITER
1908 - 1974
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8
M. S. Subbulakshmi
SINGER
1916 - 2004
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 9
M. S. Swaminathan
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2023
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 10
M. Karunanidhi
WRITER
1924 - 2018
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 11
Savitri
ACTOR
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Chennai
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Muthulakshmi Reddy
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1886 - 1968
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 19
Manorama
ACTOR
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 30
P. Bhanumathi
ACTOR
1925 - 2005
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 33
V. N. Janaki
POLITICIAN
1923 - 1996
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 37
G. N. Ramachandran
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2001
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 38
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Chennai were actors (35), politicians (5), chess players (5), dancers (4), and mathematicians (3), while most who died were actors (9), politicians (8), writers (5), singers (3), and social activists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chennai, including Puneeth Rajkumar, Vijay, and Rekha. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chennai, including Puneeth Rajkumar, Vijay, and Rekha.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Chennai since 1700.
