List of Tamil people

This is a list of notable Tamil people. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves as Tamil.

This list also includes emigrant Tamils and could be taken as a list of famous Tamils.

The Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian honour.

The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour.

The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour.

The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 in memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines. It is often considered to be Asia's Nobel Prize.

is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969,the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema

The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military honor.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is India's highest sporting honour.

The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports.

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