Kumar (name)

Kumar (Sanskrit: कुमार), meaning child, may be used as a personal title, a given name or a family name. It was also the name of Kartikeya, the son of Shiva.

People

First name

• Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya (born 1940), Indian-British engineer and politician
• Kumar Mangalam Birla (born 1967), Indian businessman
• Kumar Dharmasena (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Kumar Gandharva (1924–1992), Indian singer
• Kumar Gaurav (born 1960), Indian film actor
• Kumar Indrajitsinhji (born 1937), Indian cricketer
• Kumar Malavalli, Indian businessman
• Kumar Pallana (born 1918), Indian film actor
• Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
• Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Kumar Sanu (born 1957), Indian playback singer
• Kumar Shahani, Indian film director
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (1905–1959), Indian cricketer
• Kumar Vishwas, Hindi-language performance poet

Middle name

• Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936–1973), Indian poet
• Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 1950), Indian politician
• Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1977), Indian linguist
• Akshay Kumar Datta (1820–1886), Bengali writer
• Sunil Kumar Desai, Indian film director
• Ananth Kumar Hegde (born 1968), Indian politician
• Krishna Kumar Kunnath (born 1970), Indian playback singer
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1920–1989), Indian singer, composer and producer
• Sushil Kumar Modi, Indian politician
• Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001), Indian politician and diplomat
• Madhav Kumar Nepal (born 1953), Nepalese politician
• Roop Kumar Rathod (born 1973), Indian playback singer and music director
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972), Indian bank, activist and poet
• C. Kumar N. Patel (born 1938), Indian engineer and inventor
• Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (born 1942), Indian judge
• Srinivas Kumar Sinha (born 1926), Indian military officer
• Devendra Kumar Joshi (born 1954), 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
• Nani Kumar Ghanta (born 1984), Indian Telugu film actor

Last name

A

• Ajith Kumar (born 1971), Indian film actor and car racer
• Akhil Kumar (born 1981), Indian boxer
• Akshay Kumar (born 1967), Indian film actor
• Amit Kumar (born 1952), Indian film actor, playback singer and director
• Anant Kumar (born 1969), is a German author of Indian descent
• Ananth Kumar (born 1959), Indian politician
• Anil Kumar (discus thrower) (born 1975), Indian discus thrower
• Anoop Kumar (1926–1997), Indian film actor
• Anup Kumar (actor) (1930–1998), Indian film actor
• Anup Kumar (politician), Fijian politician
• Anurag Kumar, Indian engineer
• Ashok Kumar (1911–2001), Indian film actor
• Ashok Kumar (British politician) (born 1956), Indian-British politician

B–F

• Bhushan Kumar, Indian film producer
• Deepak Kumar (historian) (born 1952), Indian historian and philosopher
• Digendra Kumar (born 1969), Indian military officer
• Dilip Kumar (born 1922), Indian film actor and politician
• Dinesh Kumar (boxer) (born 1988), Indian boxer
• Dinesh Kumar (choreographer), Indian choreographer
• Divya Khosla Kumar, Indian actress

G–J

• Girish Kumar (born 1989), Indian film actor
• Gulshan Kumar (1956–1997), Indian film producer
• Guran Ditt Kumar, Indian revolutionary
• G. V. Prakash Kumar (born 1987), Indian music score composer
• Hri Kumar, Singaporean politician
• Indra Kumar, Indian film director and producer
• Jainendra Kumar (1905–1988), Indian writer
• Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer) (born 1977), Indian boxer
• Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer) (born 1988), Indian boxer

K–O

• Karthik Kumar (born 1977), Indian theatre and film actor
• Kiran Kumar, Indian film actor
• Kishore Kumar (1929–1987), Indian film actor and playback singer
• Krishan Kumar (sociologist) (born 1942), British sociologist
• Krishan Kumar (actor), Indian film actor and producer
• Krishna Kumar (actor), Indian film actor
• Manoj Kumar (born 1937), Indian film actor and director
• Meira Kumar (born 1945), Indian politician
• Mukesh Kumar (field hockey) (born 1970), Indian field hockey player
• Naresh Kumar (born 1928), Indian tennis player
• Nish Kumar, British stand-up comedian
• Nikhil Kumar (disambiguation)
• Nitish Kumar (born 1951), Indian politician

P–R

• Pawan Kumar (director), film Director, actor and screenwriter
• Pooja Kumar (model), American film actress and model
• Pradeep Kumar (1925–2001), Bengali film actor
• Praveen Kumar (Delhi politician) (born 1986), Indian cricketer
• Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor) (born 1967), Indian film actor in Malayalam films
• Prem Kumar (Kannada actor), Indian film actor in Kannada films
• Prem Kumar (footballer) (born 1989), Indian footballer
• Prem Kumar (politician) (born 1960), Indian politician
• R. Sarath Kumar (born 1954), Indian film actor and politician
• Raaj Kumar (1926–1996), Indian film actor
• Rajeev Kumar (IPS) (born 1966), Indian Police Service officer and administrator
• Rajendra Kumar (1929–1999), Indian film actor
• Rajesh Kumar (actor), Indian actor
• Ram Kumar (artist) (born 1924), Indian painter and writer
• Ravinder Kumar, Indian historian
• Ravish Kumar (born 1974), Indian Journalist
• Ritu Kumar, (born 1944), Indian fashion designer

S

• Sajjan Kumar (born 1945), Indian politician
• Salesh Kumar (born 1981), Fijian footballer
• Salim Kumar (born 1969), Indian film actor
• Sanjay Kumar (born 1962), Sri Lankan businessman
• Sanjeev Kumar (1938–1985), Indian film actor
• Santosh Kumar, real name: Syed Musa Raza (1925–1982), Pakistani film actor
• Satish Kumar (born 1936), Indian Jain monk and nuclear disarmament advocate
• Shabbir Kumar, Indian playback singer
• Shalini Kumar (born 1980), Indian film actress
• Shanta Kumar (born 1934), Indian politician
• Shivrajkumar (born 1961), Indian film actor
• Shyam Kumar, Indian cricketer
• Sujit Kumar (1934-2010), Indian film actor and producer
• Sushil Kumar (admiral) (1940–2019), Indian Navy admiral
• Sushil Kumar (wrestler) (born 1983), Indian wrestler

T–U

• Tarun Kumar (born 1983), Indian film actor
• Tulsi Kumar, Indian playback singer
• Uttam Kumar (1926–1980), Bengali film actor, director and producer
• U. Vimal Kumar, Indian badminton player

V–Z

• Vaman Kumar (born 1935), Indian cricketer
• Vedhika Kumar (born 1982), Indian film actress
• Vijender Kumar (born 1985), Indian boxer
• Vijay Kumar (sport shooter), Indian sport shooter
• Vineet Kumar, Indian theatre, television and film actor
• V. Kumar (1934–1996), Indian film score composer
• V. R. Naren Kumar, Indian rally driver
• Yukteshwar Kumar (born 1970), Indian sinologist

See also

• Raj Kumar (disambiguation)
• Sai Kumar (disambiguation)
• Ananth Kumar (disambiguation)