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.

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K. Bhagyaraj, film actor

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Dheeran Chinnamalai, freedom fighter S. Selvakumara Chinnayan, politician

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P. K. Gopal, social worker and philanthropist

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A. V. Ilango, writer and artist

K

Tiruppur Kumaran, freedom fighter

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G. S. Lakshmanan, freedom fighter and philanthropist G. V. Loganathan, professor; killed in Virginia Tech shooting

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S. K. M. Maeilanandhan, entrepreneur Mayilsamy, comedian and actor

P Pongalur N. Palanisamy, politician

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematical prodigy and autodidact Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, social activist and politician K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder, freedom fighter and former union minister J.Ralphedil, Aeronautical Engineer & Scientist

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

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