List of Iyengars

Iyengars are a caste with origins in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Spiritual leaders

• Nathamuni
• Yamunacharya
• Manavala Mamuni
• Pillai Lokacharya

Diplomats, bureaucrats, administrators and politicians

• 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)
• P. Rajagopalachari, Dewan of Cochin from 1897 to 1901 and Travancore from 1904 or 1906 to 1914.
• C. Vijayaraghavachariar - The Lion of South India.^[1]
• C Rajagopalachari - Bharat Ratna, Freedom fighter, national leader, the first Indian Governor General of Independent India and also the Chief Minister of State of Madras.
• C. V. Rungacharlu (1831–1883), Indian civil servant. Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1881 to 1883.^[2]

Entertainers

• R. Madhavan (b. 1970) - Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host.^[3]
• Vasundhara Das (b. 1977) - Indian actress and singer.^[4]
• Hema Malini (b. 1948) - Indian actress and Bharathnatyam exponent^[5]

• Kamal Hassan (b. 1955)- Veteran Indian actor,director, singer and writer.

Yoga

• Tirumalai Krishnamacharya - Father of modern yoga, yogi and healer who taught B.K.S. Iyengar, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi.

References

1. Ramaswami. "C Vijayaraghavachariar, (1852-1944), President-Nagpur, 1920". Congress Sandesh. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
2. Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition on the Origins of Hindu caste system. Thacker, Spink & Co. p. 78.
3. "ReelshowInt MAG". Mag.reelshowint.com. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
4. "Sify Movies - Vasundhara Das Interview". Sify.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
5. India Today International. Living Media International Limited. 2004. p. 23.
   Hema Malini self identifies her Iyengar Brahmin ancestry, says "I'm a pukka Iyengar Brahmin...".