Famous People with Name Ganapathi

Ganapathi Venkatrama            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ganapathi Venkatrama: He started his career at the age of eight when he joined the Gubbi Veeranna Theater group. His first role as an actor in cinema was in the film Radharamana. Besides this he acted in a number of other movies such as Mahakavi Kalidasa, Sodhari, Hemavati, Hari Bhaktha and Bedara Kannapa. He soon started directing his own movies. The movie Hamsageethe (music by Dr. Balamuralikrishna, B.V. Karanth and T.G. Lingappa) was extremely well received and made him famous. Iyer wrote scripts, lyrics and produced and directed many commercial Kannada movies. Iyer’s biggest effort was Ranadheera Kanteerava. He continued making commercial movies until 1970.

Ganapathi Vignesh            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ganapathi Vignesh: is an Indian First Class cricketer. He is currently a member of Indian World Team in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 competition.

Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam: was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician in British Ceylon, and then after independence, in Ceylon. He founded the first Sri Lankan Tamil political party, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress. Ponnambalam stood for the principle of minority representation.G.G. Ponnambalam’s parents were both from the northernmost part of the island, Jaffna District, his father Gangesar was a postmaster from Alvai North, Point Pedro, and his mother was from Navali, Manipay. He received his secondary education at St. Joseph's College, Colombo, and then went to King's College London on a scholarship and graduated with a degree in the Natural Sciences. He went on to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, to study the Law Tripos. GG graduated with a BA in Law and was subsequently called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, London.