World Tamils
World Tamils - Their Pride, Achievements and Tamil Service
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World Famous Tamil Scientists & Scholars
🔬 World Class Tamil Scientists
Tamils have made achievements in various fields of the world. They are world renowned in the fields of science, mathematics, medicine and space.
🚀 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)
📋 Basic information
| birth | 1931, Rameswaram |
| Death | 2015, Shillong |
| degree | Missile Father, People's President |
| President | 11th (2002-2007) |
🏆 Achievements
- Agni, Prithvi:missile program
- SLV-3:Satellite launch vehicle
- Bharat Ratna:1997
- Thread:Wings of Fire, India 2020
🔬 C.V. Raman (1888-1970)
📋 Basic information
| birth | 1888, Tiruchirappalli |
| Death | 1970, Bangalore |
| discovery | Raman Effect (1928) |
| Nobel | Physics - 1930 |
🏆 Achievements
- Raman Effect:Theory of Light Scattering
- Bharat Ratna:1954
- National Science Day:February 28
- Asian Nobel:First Asian Scientist
🔢 Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)
📋 Basic information
| birth | 1887, Erode |
| Death | 1920, Kuman (age 32) |
| degree | Mathematician |
| F.R.S. | 1918 (Junior Member) |
🏆 Achievements
- 3900+ Formulas:Mathematical formulas
- Hardy-Ramanujan Number:1729
- National Maths Day:December 22
- University of Cambridge:Trinity College
👨🔬 Other famous scientists
Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
Nobel:Chemistry 2009
Department:Ribosome structure
Subramanian Chandrasekhar
Nobel:Physics 1983
Department:Stellar Evolution (Chandrasekhar Limit)
Sundar Pichai
Position:CEO of Google
Birth:Chennai
Indira Nooyi
Position:Former CEO of PepsiCo
Birth:Chennai
🎯 Quick Shortcuts
Kalam:1931 + Rameswaram + Missile + 11th President
Raman:1888 + Trichy + 1930 Nobel + Feb 28
Ramanujan:1887 + Erode + 1729 + Dec 22
World Famous Tamil Artists & Writers
🎭 World Class Tamil Artistes
Tamil artistes are world renowned in the fields of music, dance, film and literature. They have won many international awards.
🎵 A.R. Rahman (1967-)
📋 Basic information
| Surname | A.S. Dilip Kumar |
| birth | 1967, Chennai |
| degree | Musical Tempest, Mozart of Madras |
| First picture | The Rose (1992) |
🏆 Awards
- Oscar:2 (Slumdog Millionaire - 2009)
- Grammy:2
- BAFTA:1
- National Award:6
- Padma Bhushan:2010
✍️ Mahakavi Bharatiyar (1882-1921)
📋 Basic information
| Surname | Subramania Bharati |
| birth | 1882, Ettayapuram |
| Death | 1921, Chennai (age 39) |
| degree | Mahakavi, the national poet |
🏆 Creations
- Kannan Song:Devotional literature
- Papa Song:Children's literature
- Quill Song:Love poem
- Panjali Vow:A national epic
- Magazine:India, Sudeshamitra
🎬 Film Artists
🎭 Sivaji Ganesan (1928-2001)
- Degree:Actor Thilak
- Chevalier Award:Government of France
- Dadasaheb Phalke:1997
- Pictures:300+ images
🎭 Kamal Haasan (1954-)
- Degree:world hero
- National Award:4
- Padma Bhushan:2014
- Specialty:Images in 19 languages
🎭 Rajinikanth (1950-)
- Degree:Super star
- Padma Bhushan:2000
- Dadasaheb Phalke:2019
- Specialty:Asia's 2nd salary
🎭 Mani Ratnam (1956-)
- Degree:The director is great
- National Award:6
- Padma Shri:2002
- Pictures:Rose, Bombay, two
🎤 M.S. Subbulakshmi (1916-2004)
📋 Information
- Born: 1916, Madurai
- Died: 2004, Chennai
- Degree: Kanak Gokilam
🏆 Awards
- Bharat Ratna: 1998
- McSasay Award: 1974
- UN General Assembly Song: First Indian
🎯Shortcut:MS = 1916 + Madurai + 1998 Bharat Ratna + UN
🎯 Artists Shortcuts
Rahman:1967 + 2 Oscars + Rose 1992
Bharti:1882 + Ettayapuram + Mahakavi
Shivaji:1928 + Chevalier + 300+ images
World Famous Tamil Sportsmen & Businessmen
🏆 Tamil Achievement in Sports & Business
Tamilians have achieved world-class achievements in the fields of cricket, chess, athletics and business.
♟️ Viswanathan Anand (1969-)
📋 Basic information
| birth | 1969, Chennai |
| degree | Chess genius, Lightning Kid |
| GM degree | 1988 (First Indian GM) |
| World Champion | 5 times (2000, 07, 08, 10, 12) |
🏆 Awards
- Padma Vibhushan:2007
- Rajiv Gandhi Gayle Ratna:1991-92
- Arjuna Award:1985
- FIDE World Champion:5 times
🏏 Cricket stars
🏏 Srinivasan Venkataragavan
- Specialty:Off spinner
- Test:57 competitions
- Wicket:156
- Referee:ICC Arbitration
🏏 R. Ashwin
- Specialty:Off spinner
- Test wicket:500+
- ICC Award:Best player
- Padma Shri:2024
🏏 Vijay Hazare
- Birth:1915, Sangli (Maharashtra)
- Specialty:Father of Indian Cricket
- Century:First Indian double century
🏏 Dinesh Karthik
- Birth:Chennai
- Specialty:Wicket keeper
- T20 WC:2007 champion
💼 Businessmen
Sundar Pichai
- Position:CEO of Google & Alphabet
- Birth:1972, Chennai
- Education:IIT Kharagpur, Stanford
- Specialty:Chrome, the Android leader
Indira Nooyi
- Position:Former CEO of PepsiCo
- Birth:1955, Chennai
- Education:IIM Calcutta, Yale
- Specialty:Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women
Shantanu Narayanan
- Position:Adobe CEO
- Birth:1963, Hyderabad
- Specialty:Creative Cloud pioneer
N. Chandrasekaran
- Position:Tata Sons Chairman
- Birth:Trichy
- Specialty:TCS CEO 2009-2017
🏅 Other achievers
🥇 P.T. Usha
Athletic queen
Payyoli Express🏸 Pushpa Vijayaragavan
Badminton
National Champion🎾 Vijay Amritraj
Tennis
Davis Cup man🎯 Quick Shortcuts
Anand:1969 + Chennai + 5x World Champion + First GM
Begging:1972 + Chennai + Google CEO + IIT
Nui:1955 + Chennai + PepsiCo + IIM