title: List of people from Erode district
text: # List of people from Erode district
  
  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 Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.
  
  * Top
  * 0–9
  * A
  * B
  * C
  * D
  * E
  * F
  * G
  * H
  * I
  * J
  * K
  * L
  * M
  * N
  * O
  * P
  * Q
  * R
  * S
  * T
  * U
  * V
  * W
  * X
  * Y
  * Z
  
  ## B
  
  * K. Bhagyaraj, film actor
  
  ## C
  
  * Dheeran Chinnamalai, freedom fighter
  * S. Selvakumara Chinnayan, politician
  
  ## G
  
  * P. K. Gopal, social worker and philanthropist
  
  ## I
  
  * A. V. Ilango, writer and artist
  
  ## K
  
  * Tiruppur Kumaran, freedom fighter
  
  ## L
  
  * G. S. Lakshmanan, freedom fighter and philanthropist
  * G. V. Loganathan, professor; killed in Virginia Tech shooting
  
  ## M
  
  * S. K. M. Maeilanandhan, entrepreneur
  * Mayilsamy, comedian and actor
  
  ## P
  
  * Pongalur N. Palanisamy, politician
  
  ## R
  
  * Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematical prodigy and autodidact
  * Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, social activist and politician
  * K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder, freedom fighter and former union minister
  
  ## S
  
  * J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar, educationalist, philanthropist, textile merchant.
  * M. P. Saminathan, politician
  * P. Sathasivam, former Chief Justice of India
  * K. A. Sengottaiyan, Minister for School Education in the Tamil Nadu Government
  * K B Sundarambal, actress
  * Sundar C, director and actor
  