List of Iyengars
Iyengars are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian state of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Academicians
- P. K. Iyengar - Nuclear physicist
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)- Indian Mathematician
Actors
- Vasundhara Das (b. 1977) – Indian actress and singer[1]
- Kamal Haasan (b 1951) Indian actor[2]
- Amrutha Iyengar (b. 1996) - Indian Actress
- Kalyan Kumar(1928-1999)- Indian actor
- R. Madhavan (b. 1970)- Indian Actor
- Hema Malini (b. 1948) – Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent[3]
Politicians & Bureaucrats
- J. Jayalalithaa (1948 - 2016) – Indian actress and politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[4]
- C. Rajagopalachari - The last governor general of India
- Raghuram Rajan - Economist
- Nirmala Sitharaman - Current Finance Minister of India, Bharatiya Janata party.[5]
- C. Vijayaraghavachariar – President, Indian National Congress.[6]
Businessmen
- Sundar Pichai - CEO of Google (half Iyer half Iyengar)
Sportspersons
- Ravichandran Ashwin - Indian bowler
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth - Indian cricketer and commentator
References
- "Sify Movies – Vasundhara Das Interview". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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- "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- India Today International. Living Media International Limited. 2004. p. 23
Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...". - "Simi Garewal – Jayalalithaa interview". newindianexpress.com.
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/a-power-couple-whom-ap-looks-up-to/articleshow/38766320.cms.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Ramaswami. "C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852–1944), President-Nagpur, 1920". Congress Sandesh. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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