ராமசாமி (''Ramasamy'' or ''Ramaswamy'' or ''Ramaswami'') is a common

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n name. It was used as a pejorative to refer to Indians living in South African European colonies. It may refer to

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M. D. Ramasami M. D. Ramasami was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state ...

, Aruppukottai MLA * S. S. Ramasami Padayachi, Tamil Nadu politician * Ramasamy, former Kovilpatti MLA * K. Ramasamy (politician), former Sivakasi MLA *

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Fa ...

* S. "Best" Ramasamy, president of Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai *

Ramasamy Palanisamy Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy s/o Palanisamy ( ta, இராமசாமி பழனிசாமி; born 10 May 1949) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang II and Member of the Penang State Executive Council ...

, Penang, Malaysia Deputy Chief Minister * S. N. Ramasamy, former Sathankulam MLA *

T. Ramasamy T. Ramasamy is an Indian politician and served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from 2006 to 2011. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature ...

, former Srivilliputhur MLA * K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder, former Gobichettipalayam MP *

S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali S. J. Ramaswamy Mudaliar is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Arakkonam constituency in 1962 ...

, former Arakkonam MLA * Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, Justice Party leader *

V. V. Ramasamy Nadar V. V. Ramasamy Nadar was a politician and social activist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He hailed from Virudhunagar. He was an active advocate of Self-respect movements in ranks with Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and exemplified it in his own li ...

, Virudhunagar politician *

S. Ramaswamy Naidu S. Ramaswamy Naidu (c. 1901 – 9 January 1969) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Sattur constituency in 1 ...

, Swatantra Party politician from Sivakasi * P. Ramasamy Pillai, former Thiruvattar MLA * T. S. Ramasamy Pillai, former Kanyakumari MLA

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Aarthie Ramaswamy Aarthie Ramaswamy (born 28 June 1981) is a chess player from India. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2003. In 1993, Ramaswamy won the India under-12 girls championship. In 1995, she won the under-14 and under-16 girl ...

, a chess player *

Cotah Ramaswami Cotah Ramaswami - sometimes written as Cota or Cotar - (born 16 June 1896 – presumed dead (possibly January 1990)) was a double sports international who represented India in both cricket and tennis. Family and early life Ramaswami came fro ...

, an athlete *

N. S. Ramaswami Nallathagudi Srinivasa Ramaswami (November 1918, Cuddalore - 19 February 1987) was an Indian sports journalist who worked for four decades with ''The Hindu'', ''Mail'' and ''Indian Express'', and became an assistant editor at all three newspapers ...

, a sports journalist and historian *

Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a p ...

, Tamil comedian, politician and journalist * M. A. M. Ramaswamy, Janata Dal politician from Karnataka *

Mythily Ramaswamy Mythily Ramaswamy (born 6 June 1954) is an Indian mathematician and professor in the Department of Mathematics at the TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore. Her research involves funct ...

, Indian mathematician *

Traffic Ramaswamy K. R. Ramaswamy (1 April 1934 – 4 May 2021), referred to by the media as Traffic Ramaswamy, was an Indian public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was a mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home Gua ...

, a social activist from Chennai *

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Tripuraneni RamaswamyRemembering ‘Kaviraj ...

, Telugu lawyer and playwright *

V. K. Ramasamy (actor) Virudhunagar Kanthan Ramasamy (1 January 1926 – 24 December 2002) was an Indian actor, comedian and producer who was known for his versatility in various character roles, he played in Tamil films in the years between the 1947 to 2001. Biograp ...

, Tamil actor, comedian, and film producer * V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire), former Indian test cricket umpire *

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar (1904–1991), popularly known as Goruru, was an Indian writer who wrote in Kannada. He was well known for his humour and satire. Early life Goruru Ramaswami Iyengar was born at "Goruru" in Hassan district of Karnataka ...

, Kannada writer *

Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first textbook of point-set topology in India. Life He was born in India on 24 October 1894. Vaidyanathaswamy studied Mathematics at the University of Edinbu ...

, former Professor of Mathematics in University of Madras

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