Chennai
Chennai ranks 141st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hammersmith, Portland, Oregon, and Denver. Memorable people born in Chennai include A. R. Rahman, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck. Memorable people who died in Chennai include Janaki Ammal, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Jayalalithaa. Chennai has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many actors, and politicians. Chennai is located in India.
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It 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 in India and the second oldest in the world after London. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Chennai was the birth place of 83 globally memorable people, including A. R. Rahman, Pete Best, and Engelbert Humperdinck. Additionaly, 39 globally memorable people have passed away in Chennai including Janaki Ammal, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Jayalalithaa.
People Born in Chennai
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A. R. Rahman
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 22
Pete Best
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 29
Engelbert Humperdinck
SINGER
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 31
Tom Kibble
PHYSICIST
1932 - 2016
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 7
Prabhas
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 40
Vijay
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 52
Vikram
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 76
Kenneth Anderson
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1959
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 83
Nagarjuna
ACTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 42
Suriya
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 43
Shruti Haasan
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 77
Soumya Swaminathan
PHYSICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 30
People Deceased in Chennai
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Janaki Ammal
BIOLOGIST
1897 - 1984
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 39
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1975
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 19
Jayalalithaa
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2016
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 9
N. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 29
V. V. Giri
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1980
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 26
Marshall Harvey Stone
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1989
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 4
C. Rajagopalachari
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1878 - 1972
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 33
Savitri
ACTOR
1936 - 1981
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 30
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
WRITER
1908 - 1974
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 12
Subramania Bharati
WRITER
1882 - 1921
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 21
K. Kamaraj
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1975
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1
M. Karunanidhi
WRITER
1924 - 2018
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 37
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Chennai were actors (35), athletes (6), politicians (5), chess players (5), and dancers (4), 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 Prabhas, Vijay, and Vikram. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chennai, including Prabhas, Vijay, and Vikram.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Chennai since 1700.
