List of people associated with Thanjavur district

This is a list of notable people associated with Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India

Philanthropist

Pattukottai Chinnaiya Iyer (1700 - 1750), philanthropist, who, among other things, built a number of free rest houses for pilgrims travelling on foot from Kashi to Rameswaram and Kanyakumari via Pattukottai. Chinnaiya street in Pattukottai is named after him.

Academicians

  • Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar (1871–1947), Indian historian and Dravidologist.
  • Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920), Indian mathematician. Regarded amongst the world's greatest mathematicians.
  • U. V. Swaminatha Iyer (1855–1942), Tamil scholar, linguist and music composer. Affectionately called Tamil thatha.

Religious and spiritual leaders

  • Abirami Pattar (c. 18th century AD), Tamil saint and poet. Author of Abirami Anthathi and Hindu religious works in Tamil.
  • Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (b 1956), spiritual leader, yogi and founder of 'Art of Living'.

Administrators

  • Sir T. Madhava Rao (1828–1891), Diwan of Travancore from 1857 to 1872 and an early leader of the Indian National Congress.
  • T. Venkata Rao, Diwan of Travancore from 1821 to 1829 and 1838 to 1839.
  • T. Ananda Rao (1852–1919), Indian administrator. Diwan of Mysore from 1909 to 1912. Son of Sir T. Madhava Rao.
  • Panchapekesan Thiagarajan Iyer : Was Sub Divisional Magistrate of Pattukottai Court sometime during the late nineteenth century.
  • V. P. Madhava Rao (1850–1934), Indian administrator. Diwan of Mysore from 1906 to 1909 and Baroda from 1910 to 1913.
  • Orathur N. Srinivasan, B.A.B.L., Deputy Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, responsible for the construction of Srirangam Rajagopuram.

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Artists

Film Artists

Political leaders

Sports

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