List of Kongu Vellala Gounder Awardees
Bharat Ratna
Chidambaram Subramaniam
Padma Awardees (Padma Vibhusan, Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri)
General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam - Padma Vibhusan
Periyasamy Thooran - Padma Bhusan
N.Mahalingam - Padma Bhusan
V.C.Kulandaisamy - Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri
R.M.Vasagam - Padma Shri
Dr.K.R.Palaniswamy - Padma Shri
A.Sakthivel - Padma Shri
D.R.Karthikeyan - Padma Shri
V.S.Natarajan - Padma Shri
SKM.Maeilanandhan - Padma Shri
P.Subramaniam - Padma Shri
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sirpi Balasubramaniam