NRI

Some NRIs/PIOs with Tamizh roots

Business

C K Prahalad (late)

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Late CK Prahalad : world famous Management and Corporate Strategy wizard. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons.

Indra Nooyi (current CEO, PepsiCo, USA)

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IndraNooyi, CEO PepsiCo. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons.

Sundar Pichai (current CEO, Google, USA)

source: BusinessInsider.com

Science and Technology

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Nobel Prize, Physics, USA)

source: www.iloveindia.com

Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj AVSM, VSM (IEEE Alexander Bell medal winner, Stanford, USA)

source: india.com

Shiva Ayyadurai, American Scientist and Inventor.

source: wikipedia

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, USA)

source: thehindubusinessline.com

Music and Entertainment Industry

R Prasanna (Carnatic Guitarist, USA)

source: thehindu.com

Vijay Iyer (Jazz Pianist, Grammy nominee, USA)

source: youtube.com

Aziz Ansari (Actor, USA)

source: BusinessInsider.com

M. I. A (Rapper, United Kingdom) – born Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam

source: rollingstone.com

Mindy Kaling (Actress/Writer, USA) – born Vera Mindy Chokalingam

source: rollingstone.com

Sendhil Ramamurthy (Actor, USA)

source: fanpop.com

M. Night Shyamalan (Movie Director, USA)

source: cinemablend.com

Sports

Nasser Hussain (Former England Cricket Captain, born in Chennai)

source: thesportslocker.wordpress.com