Vadakalai - List of Prominent Vadakalai Iyengars

List of Prominent Vadakalai Iyengars

  • Gopala Bhatta Goswami (1503–1578), born a Vadakalai Iyengar, one of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan in Chaitanya Vaishnavism, and a highly revered Guru in ISKCON.
  • V. Bhashyam Aiyangar (1844–1908), Indian lawyer. First Indian Advocate-General of Madras Presidency.
  • Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), Indian politician and activist of the Indian independence movement. Premier of Madras (1937–1939), Governor of Bengal (1946–1948), Governor-General of India (1948–1950), Union Home Minister (1950–1952) and Chief Minister of Madras state (1952–1954). Founder of Swatantra party.
  • C. V. Rungacharlu (1831–1883), Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1881 to 1883.
  • P. Anandacharlu (1843–1908), leader of the Indian National Congress.
  • T. S. S. Rajan (1880–1953), Indian politician and freedom-fighter. Member of the Imperial Legislative Council (1934–1936), Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments (Madras Presidency) (1937–1939), Minister of Food and Public Health (Madras Presidency) (1946–1951).
  • Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (1891–1978), first Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and later the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1956 to 1962. He served as Governor of Bihar from 1962 to 1967.
  • Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888–1989), an influential Yoga teacher, healer and scholar.
  • Agnihotram Ramanuja Tatachariar (1907–2008), renowned vedic scholar, and recipient of two national awards for his contribution to Vedic studies and Sanskrit literature.
  • Jairam Ramesh (b. 1954), a Vadakalai(Hebbar) Iyengar, Indian politician of Indian National Congress who is MP of Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since June 2004. He has been the Indian Minister of State(Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests from May 2009 to July 2011.
  • E. S. L. Narasimhan (b. 1946), Governor of Andhra Pradesh since December 2009.
  • T.T. Krishnamachari (1899–1974), Indian Finance Minister from 1956–1958 and from 1964–1966, Industrialist.
  • Narasimhan Ram (b. 1945), also known as N.Ram, Indian journalist and Editor in Chief of The Hindu.
  • T. V. Sundram Iyengar (1877–1955), Founder of TVS Group (automobile and finance).
  • T P Sundara Rajan (1941–2011), I.P.S Officer and Supreme Court lawyer.
  • R. Madhavan (b. 1970), Indian film actor.
  • Krishnamachari Srikkanth (b. 1959), former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the BCCI selection committee.
  • Vasundhara Das (b. 1977), a Vadakalai(Hebbar) Iyengar, Indian singer and actress.
  • Gen. Krishnaswamy Sundarji(1930–1999), Former Chief of the Indian Army.
  • T. N. Seshagopalan (b. 1948), renowned Carnatic musician and composer.
  • T. M. Krishna (b. 1976), noted Carnatic musician, grand-nephew of T.T. Krishnamachari.

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