An artist brings something into this world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy. John Updike
| M. S. Anantaraman | Aug 26 1924 | |
| K. Arun Prakash | May 3 1968 | |
| Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam | Nov 25 1956 | |
| K. Bhaskaran | Apr 27 1961 | |
| Sikkil R. Bhaskaran | May 4 1936 | |
| Srimathi Brahmanandam | May 5 1941 | |
| M. Chandrasekharan | Dec 11 1937 | |
| Guruvayoor Dorai | Jul 2 1935 | |
| Mannargudi Easwaran | Apr 1 1947 | |
| E. Gayatri | Nov 11 1959 | |
| Vaigal S. Gnanaskandan | Jul 15 1954 | |
| M. S. Gopalakrishnan | Jun 10 1931 | |
| T. V. Gopalakrishnan | Jun 11 1932 | |
| Kadri Gopalnath | Dec 5 1950 | |
| Prameela Gurumurthy | Oct 5 1954 | |
| Prema Hariharan | Aug 2 1938 | |
| B. Rajam Iyer | Jul 15 1922 | |
| Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Jul 25 1908 | |
| Lalgudi G. Jayaraman | Sep 17 1927 | |
| Bombay S. Jayashri | Dec 2 19?? | |
| A. Kanyakumari | Dec 31 1961 | |
| Veenai R.Jayanthi | Jan 19 1970 | |
| N. Kiranavali | Jan 2 1972 | |
| Calcutta K. S. Krishnamurthi | Dec 21 1921 | |
| Nedunuri Krishnamurthi | Oct 10 1927 | |
| T. N. Krishnan | Oct 6 1928 | |
| Mani Krishnaswami | Feb 2 1927 | |
| Sikkil Kunjumani | Jun 15 1927 | |
| B. V. Lakshmanan | Feb 26 1921 | |
| T. K. Murthy | Aug 13 1924 | |
| K. S. Narayanaswami | Sep 27 1914 | |
| K. V. Narayanaswamy | Nov 15 1923 | |
| P. S. Narayanaswamy | Feb 24 1934 | |
| Sikkil Neela | Sep 6 1946 | |
| Rajeswari Padmanabhan | Sep 6 1939 | |
| D. K. Pattammal | Mar 19 1919 | |
| R. Durga Prasad | Aug 15 1963 | |
| Ranganayaki Rajagopalan | May 3 1932 | |
| Lalgudi R. Rajalakshmi | Nov 5 1939 | |
| S. Rajam | Feb 10 1919 | |
| Vellore Ramabhadran | Aug 4 1929 | |
| Charumathi Ramachandran | Jul 12 1951 | |
| Maharajapuram Ramachandran | Jan 9 1950 | |
| Palai C. K. Ramachandran | Oct 7 1943 | |
| Trichur V. Ramachandran | Aug 9 1946 | |
| H. P. Ramachar | Jul 9 1925 | |
| B. V. Raman | Feb 26 1921 | |
| Dr. N. Ramani | Oct 15 1934 | |
| Rukmani Ramani | Sep 6 1939 | |
| V. Kamalakara Rao | Jun 8 1937 | |
| Srimushnam V. Raja Rao | Aug 15 1955 | |
| Rama Ravi | Feb 12 1943 | |
| V. V. Ravi | May 16 1957 | |
| Chitravina N. Ravikiran | Feb 12 1967 | |
| Trichy Sankaran | Jul 27 1942 | |
| T. V. Sankaranarayanan | Mar 7 1945 | |
| Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan | Jun 6 1963 | |
| N. Sashikiran | Sep 10 1970 | |
| T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal | Aug 18 1918 | |
| Savitri Sathyamurthy | Jul 1 1927 | |
| T. N. Seshagopalan | Sep 15 1948 | |
| K. P. Sivanandam | Mar 1 1917 | |
| Umayalpuram. K. Sivaraman | Dec 27 1935 | |
| Mandolin U. Srinivas | Feb 28 1970 | |
| R. K. Sreeramkumar | Oct 4 1966 | |
| Nagamani Srinath | Apr 12 1950 | |
| Peri Sriramamurthy | May 26 1955 | |
| H. V. Srivatsan | Nov 28 1968 | |
| T. H. Subashchandran | Apr 25 1946 | |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyan | Jan 21 1968 | |
| E. M. Subramaniam | Dec 23 1947 | |
| V. V. Subramaniam | Mar 16 1944 | |
| M. S. Subbulakshmi | Sep 16 1916 | Home Page |
| R. N. Thyagarajan (Rudrapatnam Bros) | Jul 15 1945 | |
| R. N. Tharanathan (Rudrapatnam Bros) | Nov 6 1948 | |
| O. S. Thiyagarajan | Apr 3 1947 | |
| V. Thyagarajan | Dec 18 1927 | |
| M. B. Vedavalli | Jun 8 1935 | |
| Smt R. Vedavalli | ??? | Home Page |
| Tirupparkadal Veeraraghavan | May 23 1927 | |
| T. H. Vinayakram | Aug 11 1942 | |
| Prof. T. Viswanathan | Aug 15 1926 |