List of Singaporean Indians

This is a list of notable Singaporean Indians.

Academicians[]

• Shan Ratnam - professor and head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the National University Hospital of Singapore
• Kishore Mahbubani

Actors, actresses and models[]

• - winner of Miss World Singapore (2014); Singapore football referee
• Gurmit Singh - popular actor, host and comedy performer; best known for his role in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
• Kumar - comedian, television host, actor, and drag queen
• Michelle Saram
• Pilar Arlando - Miss Singapore World for 2009-2010
• Rathi Menon - model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Singapore Universe 2014
• Nuraliza Osman - beauty queen who represented Singapore at the Miss Universe 2002

Arts and entertainment[]

• Haresh Sharma - Singaporean playwright
• Neila Sathyalingam - Singaporean classical Indian dancer
• T. Sasitharan

Businessmen[]

• Naraina Pillai - social entrepreneur and businessman; spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period; of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore
• G. Ramachandran
• Thomas Thomas

Criminals[]

• Julaiha Begum, wife of murdered ex-cop T Maniam who was executed in 2001 for instigating her husband's murder.
• Mathavakannan Kalimuthu, Singaporean convicted murderer who was granted clemency by then President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong and placed under life imprisonment.
• Gaiyathiri Murugayan, Singaporean maid abuser and killer who was serving 30 years in prison for abusing and killing her Myanmar maid.

Doctors[]

• Balaji Sadasivan
• Gopal Baratham
• Kanwaljit Soin

Deejays and television personalities[]

• Anita Kapoor
• Sharanjit Leyl - reporter, producer and presenter with BBC World News
• Vanessa Fernandez

Lawyers[]

• Davinder Singh
• Glenn Knight - Singaporean lawyer and the first Director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)
• Rajesh Sreenivasan
• Subhas Anandan - prominent criminal lawyer in Singapore
• Eugene Thuraisingam - Human rights lawyer

Legal authorities and diplomats[]

• Dileep Nair - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services; head of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services
• Gopinath Pillai
• Kasinather Saunthararajah - Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• T. S. Sinnathuray - former Singaporean Supreme Court judge
• Sundaresh Menon - Chief Justice of Singapore; former Attorney-General of Singapore; first ethnic Indian to hold both posts
• Vijaya Kumar Rajah - current Attorney-General of Singapore
• Ravinder Singh - Singaporean former army general

Literary figures[]

• M. Balakrishnan - Singaporean author, popularly known by his pen name Ma Ilangkannan; first Tamil writer to receive the South East Asian Writers Award in 1982
• Chandran Nair - Singaporean poet and retired Director and Mediator of UNESCO
• Edwin Thumboo
• Janadas Devan - Singaporean journalist
• V. R. Gopala Pillai

Musicians[]

• Shabir - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil
• Lady Kash - award-winning international rapper and songwriter
• Krissy - rapper and singer
• Paul Abisheganaden - conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
• Shabir - award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, music composer and performer whose works are predominantly in Tamil

Politicians[]

Ruling party[]

• Devan Nair - 3rd President of Singapore
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam - current Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
• K. Shanmugam - Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Environment and Water Resources
• S. Dhanabalan
• Hri Kumar Nair
• Indranee Rajah
• S. Iswaran
• Prof. Shunmugam Jayakumar - previously served as Singapore's Senior Minister in the Cabinet and the Co-ordinating Minister for National Security from 2009 to 2011, Deputy Prime Minister from 2004 to 2009, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2004, Minister for Home Affairs from 1988 to 1994, Minister for Law from 1988 to 2008, and Minister for Labour from 1984 to 1985

Religious[]

• Rennis Ponniah - 9th Bishop of Singapore

Balan

Rev Dr Edward Job - prominent philanthropist and religious leader

Sportspeople[]

Athletics[]

• Kesavan Soon

Cricket[]

• Mahadevan Sathasivam
• Stacey Muruthi

Football and soccer[]

• Anumanthan Kumar - Singapore international footballer
• Ram Shanker
• Rhysh Roshan Rai

Tennis[]

• Rheeya Doshi

Petanque[]

Others[]

• Satheesh Noel Gobidass, victim of an alleged murder case at Orchard Towers in 2019

See also[]

• List of Malaysians of Indian descent

References[]