Famous People with Name Somaya

Somaya Reece            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Somaya Reece: a Salvadoran American internet celebrity from Los Angeles, California, who also is an aspiring model and actress. Reece has appeared on the television programs Entourage and Girlfriends. She may best known for her MySpace presence where she has over 425,0

Kelallur Neelakandhan Somayaji            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kelallur Neelakandhan Somayaji: was one of the foremost astronomers in Kerala. Known popularly as Kelallur Chomaathiri, he is considered an equal to Vatasseri Parameshwaran Nambudiri.His most important work is Thanthra Samgraham (a treatise on Mathematics and Astronomy) of eight chapters with 432 verses, written in six days from Meenam 26 of 676 ME to Medam 1 the same year. Two commentaries were written on this work, Yukthi Bhaasha (in Malayalam) by Paarangot Jyeshtadevan Namboodiri and Yukthi Deepika by Sankara Varier.

Nilakantha Somayaji            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nilakantha Somayaji: was a major Indian mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics and was a student of Damodara. Later, he lived in Tryambakeshwar. Among his many influential books, he wrote the comprehensive astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha in 1501. He also wrote the Aryabhatiya Bhasya, which contains work on infinite series expansions, problems of algebra, spherical geometry, and many results of calculus. Grahapareeksakrama is a manual on making observations in astronomy based on instruments of the time.

J.V. Somayajulu            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

J.V. Somayajulu: was an Indian film actor. His full name was Jonnalagadda Venkata Somayajulu. His most notable role was Sankar Sastry, in Shankarabharanam, also being his debut role.He hailed from village Lukalam Agraharam near Urlam in Srikakulam district. His father worked as inspector in Prohibition & Excise department in Gudivada and other towns. He also spent his childhood days in Vizianagaram and he also learnt playing stage dramas when he was in Vizianagaram. His entertainment career spanned five decades in drama stage, film industry and television. His passion for Gurazada Apparao's play, Kanyasulkam, was such that he along with his actor brother, J.V. Ramana Murthy played it for about 500 times in 45 years. His exposition of the delightfully notorious character, `Ramappanthulu' in the play, has become legendary. The woman behind the success of JV Somayajulu is his mother Saradamma.

Chaganti Somayajulu            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chaganti Somayajulu: one of the popular Telugu writers.He was born at Srikakulam but came to Vizianagaram after adoption. He studied in Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram.His first story Chinnaji was published in Bharathi in 1942. Subsequently he wrote many short stories and poetry. Many of his short stories have been translated into other languages. Compilation of his short stories were published in 1968. He compiled short stories of some important writers as Kalinga Kadhanikalu during his 70th birth annivarsary.