List of people from Tiruchirappalli

The following people were born or based their life in Tiruchirappalli, earlier known as Trichinopoly.

Arts

Valentine Munbee McMaster, British military personnel, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Mariappan Saravanan, Indian military personnel, recipient of Vir Chakra

F. G. Natesa Iyer, Indian National Congress leader from South India, Tamil dramatist
N.M.Kajamian Rowther, businessman, Politician and Philanthropist
M. R. Sethuratnam Iyer, former Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency
T. V. Seshagiri Iyer, Indian lawyer and politician
Khan Bahadur P. Kalifullah Sahib Rowther, Politician and Dewan of Pudukkottai State from 1941 to 1947
T. S. S. Rajan, Indian independence activist, Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939
K. Subrahmanyam, former strategic affairs analyst of India and journalist
P. Rathinavelu Thevar, Chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946 and former vice-president of the Justice Party
K. A. P. Viswanatham, Tamil scholar, activist and General secretary of Justice Party until 1940

Arokia Rajiv, Track and field athlete specialised in 400 metres.^[5]^[6]
Charles Cornelius, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper and Olympic medallist
Francis Monkland, former English first-class cricketer
Francis Wyatt, former English first-class cricketer^[7]
Leslie Fernandez, former Indian hockey team goalkeeper
Rajagopal Sathish, Indian first-class all rounder, captain of Indian World Team in the former Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition.^[8]

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^ Arthur J Pais (19 May 2004). "Living in animation!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ S. Aishwarya (5 June 2008). "Roshini: looking forward to melodies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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^ "Arokia Rajiv - Profile". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Our boy Arokia Rajiv makes it to Rio Olympics". The Times of India. No. 17 July 2016. Trichy. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Francis Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Rajagopal Sathish". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

Geography and
Architecture

Zones

Neighbourhoods
and suburbs

Road	Chatram Bus Stand Central Bus Stand
Rail	Tiruchirappalli railway division (List of Railway stations) Tiruchirappalli Monorail (Proposed)
Air	Tiruchirappalli International Airport

Educational
institutions

Hospitals

Places of
worship

Temples	Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam Mariamman Temple, Samayapuram Thayumanaswami Temple, Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple Uthamar Kovil Vayalur Murugan Temple Erumbeeswarar Temple, Thiruverumbur Vekkali Amman Temple Panchavarnaswamy Temple Nandrudayan Vinayaka Temple Kattu Narasimhaperumal Temple, Srirangam
Churches	Basilica of the Holy Redeemer Christ Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Mosques	Nadir Shah Mosque

Culture

Economy

Politics

Legislative Assembly constituencies	Manapparai Srirangam Thiruverumbur Tiruchirappalli East Tiruchirappalli West Manachanallur Lalgudi Musiri Thuraiyur
Lok Sabha constituencies	Tiruchirappalli (Partly) Perambalur (Partly) Karur (Partly)