The following is a list of notable Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin.
- La Martiniere Calcutta in Kolkata, India
- La Martiniere Lucknow in Lucknow, India.
- La Martiniere Lyon in Lyon, France
La Martinière Lyon was divided into three independent colleges in the 1960s:
- La Martiniere Monplaisir in Lyon, France
- La Martiniere Duchère in Lyon, France
- La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France
Notable Martinians — Calcutta
editScience
edit- Gagandeep Kang, vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother'), first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, London[1]
Business and finance
edit- C. K. Birla ('73 batch), industrialist
- Catchick Paul Chater (1863 batch), trader and entrepreneur in Hong Kong
- Vijay Mallya ('72 batch), fugitive billionaire businessman, chairman of United Breweries and Kingfisher Airlines and a Rajya Sabha MP
- Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group
- Hemant Kanoria, industrialist, chairman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited
- Pramod Bhasin, founder and first CEO of Genpact, pioneer of BPO industry in India
- Suhel Seth ('82 batch), advertising and marketing
- Asma Khan ('87 batch), restaurateur
Sports
edit- Chhanda Gain, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
- Leander Paes ('92 batch), tennis player, medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, multiple Tennis Grand Slam doubles champion, captain of the Indian Davis Cup team
- Khokhan Sen (‘43 batch), India Test cricketer, 14 Test caps
- Anne Lumsden, field hockey player, Arjuna Award-winner
- Anush Agarwalla (2018 batch), equestrian sports
- Rahil Gangjee ('97 batch), pro golfer
Education
edit- John Mason ('62 batch), winner of the Good Conduct Medal, schoolmaster and educationist
- Nirmalya Kumar, professor of marketing and management, art collector
Arts, culture and entertainment
edit- Merle Oberon ('28 batch), Hollywood actress
- Nafisa Ali (‘72 batch), House Captain, actress and winner of Miss India contest 1975
- Pandit Bikram Ghosh ('84 batch), tabla player
- Kiran Rao, filmmaker, producer
- Pritish Nandy ('63 batch), poet, journalist and film producer
- Rajiv Mehrotra ('69 batch), documentary filmmaker, television anchor
- Nilanjana Roy (‘89 batch), author and critic
- Anuvab Pal ('95 batch), comedian, author and scriptwriter
- Adrit Roy, actor
Government
edit- Saiyid Nurul Hasan, historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India
Journalism
edit- Swapan Dasgupta ('71 batch), journalist, columnist and former managing editor of India Today
- Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, former editor of The Statesman
- Jug Suraiya ('62 batch), associate editor of the Times of India, author and columnist
- Sanjoy Narayan, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Hindustan Times
- Ashok Malik ('88 batch), journalist, official spokesman for the President of India '17 to '19
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta ('71 batch), journalist
- Prannoy Roy, TV presenter and founder of NDTV
- Indrajit Hazra ('90 batch), author and columnist
Politics
edit- Mausam Noor, MP, North Malda, West Bengal, elected 2009
- Chandan Mitra ('71 batch), Gold-medalist, Member of Parliament, journalist
Notable Martinians – Lucknow
editThe list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School includes:
Business
edit- Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur
Education
edit- Frederick James Rowe, poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Hail Hail the Name we Own
Entertainment
edit- Ali Fazal, Indian television and film actor
- Roshan Abbas, TV and radio host[2]
- Muzaffar Ali, painter, clothing designer and film director /producer.[3]
- Priyanka Chopra, actress and former Miss World in 2000[4]
- Namita Dubey, TV and web actress[5]
- Pankhuri Gidwani, actress and former Miss Grand International 2016[6][7]
- Amit Sadh, Indian television and film actor
- George Baker, Indian TV and film actor
Government
edit- Isha Basant Joshi, I.A.S.; the second lady officer in the Indian Administrative Service and the first Indian girl to be admitted to the Girls' College[8]
- K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of India[9] and Indian Ambassador to Russia[10]
Journalism
edit- Akash Banerjee, journalist, radio jockey and political satirist
- Vinod Mehta, magazine editor[11]
- Saeed Naqvi, journalist[12]
- Siddharth Varadarajan, founder of The Wire and former editor of The Hindu
Military
edit- FS Hussain, Pakistani Air Commodore[13]
- Abrar Hussain, Pakistani Major General
Musicians
edit- Munni Begum, Pakistani Gazal singer
Literature
edit- Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer, poet and philosopher[14]
- Mukul Deva, auto didact and polymath, ex-army officer, author, keynote speaker, consultant and entrepreneur[15]
- Attia Hosain, journalist and writer[16]
- Allan Sealy, author of The Trotter-Nama,[17] short-listed for the Booker Prize
- Ruchita Misra, author[18]
- Srijan Pal Singh, author[19]
- Rajesh Talwar, author, former UN staff [20]
Politics
edit- Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan, KCIE, the first Nawab of Murshidabad
- Arun Nehru, political analyst, ex-minister and columnist[1]
- Ali Khan Mahmudabad, historian, professor of political science at Ashoka University, member of Samajwadi Party
- Aditya Yadav, MP from Samajwadi Party
Science and technology
edit- Praveen Chaudhari, physicist, pioneer in superconductor research, and recipient of National Medal of Technology
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore[21]
Sports
editOthers
edit- Anjali Gopalan, founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India; 2012 Time Magazine list of the 100 most influential people in the world
- Edward Hilton, author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow
- Charles Palmer, civil engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow[22]
Notable Martinians – Lyon
editBusiness
edit- Inabata Katsutarō, industrialist and pioneer of japanese cinema
- François Gillet, textile and dye industrialist of Lyon
- Jean-Michel Aulas, businessman, president of Olympique lyonnais
Entertainment
edit- Lumiere Brothers, two of the first filmmakers
- Alexandre Promio, pioneer of cinema
Literature
edit- Frédéric Dard, writer and author of the San-Antonio series
- Henri Béraud, novelist and journalist, won the Prix Goncourt in 1922
Art and architecture
edit- Tony Garnier, the forerunner of 20th century French architects
- Étienne Pagny, noted French sculptor who studied Architecture at La Martiniere Lyon and later practiced as a sculptor
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Mohan, Shriya. "'Stick it out and make good friends'". @businessline. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ↑ Roshan Abbas visits the school Lucknow Newsline 6 August 2005 Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ The Old Martians' Association
- ↑ Priyanka Chopra at IndianUncle.com accessed June 2007
- ↑ "I used to come to La Martinere as a student & now I'm here as a heroine: Namita Dubey". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ "Miss India pankhuri gidwani back in school giving boards in lucknow".
- ↑ "Miss India Grand scores 97.25 per cent".
- ↑ 'Uncivil treatment'. The Tribune (online edition), 14 November 2004. accessed July 2007
- ↑ Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed June 2007
- ↑ Diary OutlookIndia.com 17 November 2003 Archived 28 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ East of Eton Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine William Dalrymple TravelIntelligence.net accessed June 2007
- ↑ Azam Qadri (2014). Sentinels in the Sky: A Saga of PAF's Gallant Air Warriors. PAF Book Club. pp. 12–19.
- ↑ Rad Sa, S. Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. The Poems of Suradosa, Abinhay Publications, p367 accessed June 2007
- ↑ "Home". mukuldeva.com.
- ↑ The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 ISBN 0-19-212271-1 p316
- ↑ Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress
- ↑ "Booked for Bollywood – Hindustan Times". 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ "About". Srijan Pal Singh. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ↑ https://www.globalindian.com/story/global-indian-exclusive/rajesh-talwar-from-delhis-hindu-college-to-un-diplomat-and-prolific-author/
- ↑ M.S Swaminathan, R.K. Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ↑ Obituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940