Great Tamil Scholars: Iyal-Isai-Naadagam:

Prominent Tamil Scholars:::1600-2000ce

1400/1800

• Thirikooda Rasappa Kavirayar
• Kaalamega Pulavar-Maambazhathu Kavirayar
• Veeramamunivar

1830's

• Vadalur Ramalinga Adigalaar

1850's

• Palani Dandapani Swamigal

1860's

• “Ramayana Pulavar” Damodaran  Pillai 

1870's

• Sankaradas Swamigal
• Udumalai Sarabam Muthusamy Kavirayar

1900's

• Parithimaarkalaignar
• Maraimalai Adigal
• UVe Saminatha Ayyar, 
• VaOo Chidambaram Pillai
• Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyaar
• Paavendhar Bharathidasan -KanagaSubbuRathinam
• Kavimani Desiga Vinayagam Pillai
• Namakkal-kavinjar V. Ramalingam Pillai

1950-Present

• Devaneya Paavaanar, 
• Raa Pi Sethupillai
• KiVaaJa, 
• MuVa
• Suradha -SubbuRathinaDaasan
• Nannan
• Kannadasan-
• Vaali-
• Vairamuthu

Popular Novelists:

• Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai
• Manonmaniyam Sundarampillai,
• Kalki
• Annadurai
• Karunanidhi
• Sandilyan
• Asogamithran
• Jayakanthan
• Balakumaran
• Jayamohan
• Rajeshkumar

Prominent stage artistes/ Naadaga Vaathiyaar/Aasiriyar:

Isai-Nadagam1860's

• G.C.V Srinivasachari

• T.R. Govindasamy Rao

1870's

• Sankaradas Swamigal

• T.S.Kannuswamy Pillai

1890's

• Pammal Vijayaranga Sambandha Mudaliar

1915's

• C.Cunniah

1920's

• C.S.Samanna Iyer

• Balambal

1925's

• Kumbakonam Balamani

• S.G.Kittappa

• K.B.Sundarambal

• Rukmini Bala

•  T.M. Kadar Badsha,

•  S.V. Subbaiya Bhagavathar

• T.P. Krishnaswami Pavalar

1930's

• M.G. Bairava Sundaram Pillai

• Baskara Das

•  Bhoomi Balagadas

• Udumalai Narayana Kavi

• S.S. Viswanatha Das

• M.V. Mani, M.R. Santhanalakshmi, and B.R. Subbiah Pillai, K.S. Ananthanarayan
• Kothamanagalam Srinivasan, Samanna

• P.S. Govindan

• Nawab  T.S.Rajamanickam

• T.K.Sankaran,    T.K.Muthuswamy and  T.K.Shanmugam

• N.S.Krishnan

• K.P. Kesavan

1935's

• P.U. Chinnappa

• M.K. Thiagaraja Bhagavathar

Urai-Nadagam
1935's

• Arignar Annaadurai

1940's

• A.P. Nagarajan

•  V.K. Ramasamy

•  M.R.Radha

•  S.V.Venkatraman

•  K.Sarangapani

•  T.S. Balaiyya

1945's

• K.R. Ramasamy, S.S. Rajendran

• Sivaji Ganesan

• R.S. Manohar

1960's

• Nagesh

• K. Balachander

• V.S.Raghavan 

• Mouli

1970's-Present

• ChoRamaswamy

• Y.G.Mahendran

• Visu, A.R.S.

• S.Ve.Sekar

• Crazy Mohan

• Kathadi Ramamurty

• Poornam Viswanathan