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The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, are current residents of, or are otherwise closely associated with or from the city of
Coimbatore ,
India .
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Kanagaraj, Lokesh (born 1986) – director and screenwriter
[36]
Kandasamy, V.P. – politician
[37]
Kandaswamy, K.V. (1926–2008) – politician
[38]
Karivaradhan, Sundaram (1954–1995) – autoracer
[39]
Karthick, Arun (born 1992) – director
[40]
Karthik, Sabari (born 1990) – karate player
[41]
Karthikeyan, Narain (born 1977) – autoracer
[42]
Kathir, S. R. (born 1978) – cinematographer
[43]
Kousik, Jagatheesan (born 1995) – cricketer
[44]
Krishnan, Parvati (1919–2015) – politician]
[45]
Kumar, Anupama (born 1974) – actor
[46]
Kumar, Rajesh (born 1947) – writer
[47]
Kumaraswamy, Sounthirajan – inventor
[48]
Kuppuswami Naidu, G. (1884–1942) – entrepreneur
[49]
Kuppuswamy, C. K. (born 1932) – politician
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Radhakrishnan, C. P. (born 1957) – politician
[82]
Raghavendra, Harish (born 1976) – playback singer
[83]
Raj, P.L. (1934–2002) – choreographer
[84]
Ramalingam, T.A. (1881–1952) – politician
[85]
Ramanathan, M. (1934–2019) – politician
[86]
Ramani, R.V. (born 1947) – doctor
[87]
Ramraj, Nithya (born 1988) – athlete
[88]
Ramraj, Vithya (born 1988) – athlete
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Ratnasabhapathy, C.S. (1886–1956) – industrialist
[89]
Rajakantham, C.T. (1917–2002) – actor
[90]
Ramachandran, K.V. (1917–2002) – music critic
[91]
Ramani, K. (1916–2006) – politician
[92]
Ravi, Athulya (born 1994) – actor
[93]
Renga Iyengar, Kasturi (1859–1923) – journalist and politician
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Sahasranamam, S.V. (1913–1988) – actor
[94]
Sai Pallavi (born 1992) – actor
[95]
Saleem, Mohammed – environmental activist
[96]
Sarala (born 1962) – actor
[97]
Saravanan, K.V. (born 1966) – director
[98]
Sathyaraj (born 1954) – actor and director
[99]
Senthil Kumar, U. K (born 1972) – cinematographer
[100]
Shanmugavel, M. (1927–2007) – journalist
[101]
Shanmukham, R. K. (1892–1953) – industrialist and politician
[102]
Sinclair, Adam (born 1984) – hockey player
[103]
Sivakumar (born 1941) – actor and public speaker
[104]
Sreenivasan, Kasturiswami (1917–1991) – scientist
[105]
Sreeram Kumar, D. (born 1971) – armed forces
[106]
Srinivas, Aushik (born 1993) – cricketer
[107]
Srinivasan, Vanathi (born 1970) – politician
[108]
Sriramulu, S.M. (1910–1976) – film producer
[109]
Subbarayan, K. (born 1952) – politician
[110]
Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. (1875–1969) – historian
[111]
Subramani, Sashikumar (born 1982) – actor
[112]
Sundaram, V.A. (1896–1967) – independence activist
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Vaidyanathan, Nirupama (born 1976) – tennis player
[118]
Vaishnav, G.R. (born 1990) – volleyball player
[119]
Vasanth, SAC (born 1974) – magician
[120]
Vasudev, Jaggi (born 1957) – spiritual guru
[121]
Vasudevan, Mini (born 1965) – activist
[122]
Velumani, S.P. (born 1969) – politician
[123]
Venkatapathy, Adhithya (born 1990) – musician and actor
[124]
Venugopal, Siddharth (born 1985) – actor
[125]
Vijay, Pa (born 1974) – lyricist
[126]
Vincent, Swamikannu (1883–1942) – cinema producer and pioneer
[127]
Virali-Murugesan, Ranjeet (born 1985) – tennis player
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Vishwanath, Vichu (born 1960) – actor
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