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. Due to the Tamil tradition of using

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s it may also be a

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for males and females.

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* A. C. Shanmugam, Indian politician * C. Shanmugam, Indian politician * C. V. Shanmugam, Indian politician * G. Shanmugam, Indian politician * K. Shanmugam (born 1959), Singaporean politician and lawyer *

Kannon Shanmugam Kannon Kumar Shanmugam (born November 15, 1972) is an American lawyer known for his litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a partner at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is co-chair of the firm's litigation depart ...

(born 1972), American lawyer * M. Shanmugam, Indian politician * N. T. Shanmugam, Indian politician *

P. Shanmugam (Pondicherry politician) P. Shanmugam (25 March 1927 – 2 February 2013) (Born to Panchanatha Mudaliyar - Gowri) was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He served from 22 March 2000 to 27 October 2001. A staunch loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi fam ...

(1927–2013), Indian politician and former chief minister and Lok Sabha member from Pondicherry * P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1946) (died 2006), Indian politician and former Lok Sabha member from Tamil Nadu * P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1960), Indian politician and member of CPI(M) *

P. U. Shanmugam P U Shanmugam, affectionately called as ''Paa Vuu Saa'' (15 August 1924 - 11 April 2007) was an Indian politician and former minister of Tamil Nadu for Internal affairs, former minister of Public works, former minister of public health and variou ...

(1924–2007), Indian politician * Parthiban Shanmugam, Indian writer and director * R. Shanmugam, Indian politician *

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty Sir Ramasamy Chettiar Kandasamy Shanmukham Chettiar KCIE (17 October 1892 – 5 May 1953) was an Indian lawyer, economist and statesman who served as first Finance Minister of India from 1947 to 1948. He also served as President of India's ...

(1892–1953), Indian lawyer, economist and politician * Savithiri Shanmugam (1913–?), Indian National Congress politician * Shanmugam Subbaiah (1930–2012), Indian film distributor *

T. K. Shanmugam Thiruvananthapuram Kannuswamy Shanmugam (1912–1973; also known as "Avvai" T. K. Shanmugam) was a Tamil theatre and film artist. He acquired the prefix "Avvai" after portraying saint-poet Avvaiyar (Sangam poet), Avvaiyar in a play. Early life T ...

(1912–1973), Indian actor

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* Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan (born 1953), Sri Lankan politician * Sanmugam Appacuddy Tharmalingam (1908–?), Sri Lankan physician and politician * Sanmugam Arumugam (1905–2000), Ceylonese irrigation engineer and writer * Shanmugam Jayakumar (born 1939), Singaporean politician, lawyer and diplomat * Shanmugam Jegadhiswaran, Sri Lankan politician * Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam (born 1955), Sri Lankan militant *

Shanmugam Manjunath Shanmugam Manjunath (23 February 1978 – 19 November 2005) was a sales officer (grade A officer) for the Indian Oil Corporation who was murdered for sealing a corrupt petrol station in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. This incident inspired seve ...

(1978–2005), Indian marketing manager *

Shanmugam Murugesu Shanmugam "Sam" Murugesu () (c.1967 – 13 May 2005) was the 1995 Singaporean National Jet Ski Champion. In 2005, he was executed for bringing cannabis into Singapore from Malaysia. Biography As a young man, he served in the Singaporean A ...

(1967–2005), Singaporean drug smuggler, soldier and athlete * Shanmugam Shankar (born 1963), Indian film director and producer * Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1978), Indian footballer

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