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

Actor, Actresses and models

• Dalreena Poonam Gill - winner of Miss World Singapore (2014) and also Singapore football referee.
• Gurmit Singh - popular actor, host and comedy performer. Best known for his role in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd.
• Jacintha Abisheganaden - singer and actress.
• 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
• Natalie Hennedige
• Neila Sathyalingam - Singaporean classical Indian dancer
• T. Sasitharan

Businessman

• Naraina Pillai - social entrepreneur and businessman, who 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
• Vinai Prakash - eMarketing Consultant, Excel & PMP trainer based in Singapore.

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)
• Philip Jeyaretnam - Lawyer and novelist
• Rajesh Sreenivasan
• Subhas Anandan - prominent criminal lawyer in Singapore

Legal authorities and Diplomats

• Dileep Nair - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services and head of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services.
• Gopinath Pillai
• Kasinather Saunthararajah - was a Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
• T. S. Sinnathuray - former Singaporean Supreme Court judge
• Sundaresh Menon - the Chief Justice of Singapore and a former Attorney-General of Singapore. He is the 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. He was the 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
• Fazillah Abdul Gaffa
• Janadas Devan - Singaporean journalist
• V. R. Gopala Pillai

Musicians

• Lady Kash - award winning international rapper / songwriter
• Krissy - Rapper-singer
• Paul Abisheganaden - Conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
• Tabitha Nauser - Pop/R&B singer
• Taufik Batisah
• 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

Opposition

• J. B. Jeyaretnam - former leader of the Workers' Party
• Kenneth Jeyaretnam - Secretary-General of the Reform Party

Religious

• Rennis Ponniah - 9th Bishop of Singapore

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

See also

• List of Malaysian Indians