Pillai
Pillai or Pillay ( Tamil : பிள்ளை Piḷḷai , Malayalam : പിള്ള Piḷḷa ) is a title used by several Indian castes , especially the Vellala in Tamil Nadu and the Nayar in Kerala . In Tamil Nadu, the use of caste names became uncommon in the 20th century, but Pillai is still used as a surname in Kerala and the Tamil diaspora .
People named Pillai
- CW Damodaram Pillai (1832–1901), Tamil philologist
- Devasahayam Pillai (1712–1752), Indian convert to Catholicism, martyr, blessed of the Catholic Church
- Gopal Krishna Pillai (* 1949), Indian politician
- P. Sundaram Pillai (1855-1897), Indian scholar
- RP Sethu Pillai (1896–1961), Tamil Indian scholar, writer and academic
- Riya Pillai (* 1994), Indian badminton player
- S. Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (1901–1950), Indian mathematician
- Shankar Pillai (* 1984), American poker player
- Stephen Antony Pillai (* 1952), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Tuticorin
- Vidya Pillai (* 1977), Indian snooker player
People named Pillay
- Anand Pillay (logician) (* 1951), British logician
- Anand Pillay (Police Officer) , South African Police General
- Navanethem Pillay (* 1941), South African lawyer
- Patrick Pillay , Seychellois politician
