Rajaratnam ( ta, ராஜரத்தினம், translit=Rājarattiṉam; kn, ರಾಜರತ್ನಂ) is a South Indian and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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D. Rajarathinam D. Rajarathinam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Sriperumbudur Constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967 and ...

, Indian politician * F. M. Rajarathnam, Indian politician *

G. P. Rajarathnam G. P. Rajarathnam (1909–1979), known by his pen name as Bhramara ''(meaning:Bee)'', was a Kannada author, lyricist and poet in Karnataka, India. Rajarathnam was well known for composing poems for children. Nissar Ahmed, once quoted as "h ...

(1909–1979), Indian writer and poet * J. M. Rajaratnam (1927–2014), Sri Lankan accountant and corporate executive *

S. Rajaratnam Sinnathamby Rajaratnam ( ta, சின்னத்தம்பி ராஜரத்னம்; 25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), better known as S. Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapo ...

(1884–1970), Ceylonese lawyer and politician *

(1915–2006), Singaporean politician *

T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai Thirumarugal Natesapillai Rajarathinam Pillai (27 August 1898 – 12 December 1956) or TNR was an Indian Carnatic musician, nadaswaram ''maestro'', vocalist and film actor. He was popularly known as "Nadaswara Chakravarthi" (literally, the Empero ...

(1898–1956), Indian musician

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* Raj Rajaratnam (born 1957), American banker convicted of insider trading * Rajaratnam Kumaravadivel, Sri Lankan physicist and academic *

Rengan Rajaratnam Rajarengan "Rengan" Rajaratnam (born 1971) is a hedge fund manager. He is the founder of hedge fund Sedna Capital and the younger brother of convicted hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam. He was arrested for securities fraud in March 2013. His trial ...

(born 1971), American banker * T. W. Rajaratnam (1920–1994), Sri Lankan lawyer, judge and politician * Thenmozhi Rajaratnam (died 1991), assassin

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