Famous People with Name Nadar

Nadar            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Nadar: a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist.He was a caricaturist for Le Charivari in 1848. In 1849 he created the Revue comique and the Petit journal pour rire. He took his first photographs in 1853 and in 1858 became the first person to take aerial photographs. He also pioneered the use of artifical lighting in photography, working in the catacombs of Paris.

Félix Nadar            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Félix Nadar: a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Some photographs by Nadar are marked "P. Nadar" for "Photographie Nadar" (see image below). Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m³) balloon named Le Géant ("The Giant"), thereby inspiring Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon. The "Géant" project was unsuccessful and convinced him that the future belonged to heavier-than-air machines. Afterwards "The Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier than Air Machines" was established, with Nadar as president and Verne as secretary.

W. Pattiveeranpatti Ayya Soundarapandian Nadar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

W. Pattiveeranpatti Ayya Soundarapandian Nadar: was a leading figure in Nadar Mahajana Sangam and became the first Nadar member of the Madras Legislative Council upon a recommendation by P.T. Rajan in 1920. He is known for his effort to associate the Nadar community with the Self-Respect Movement found

P. Geetha Jeevan Nadar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

P. Geetha Jeevan Nadar: is the current minister of social welfare in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She was born in Thoothukudi in 6 May 1970. She holds a master degree in commerce. She is a correspondent of Geetha Matric higher secondar school, Thoothukudi. She is the daughter

Paramarthalinga Thanulinga Nadar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Paramarthalinga Thanulinga Nadar: was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and a right-wing activist. He served as a Member of the Indian Parliament from the Indian National Congress. In his later life, he served as the State President of the Hindu Munnani and played an active role in po