Kumar
Kumar (Tamil: குமார்; Sanskrit: कुमार ) is a term used as a first name and surname Indian name. In Hindi it means child of Skanda, the god of war in Hinduism. Other possible spellings are: Kumara, Kumari, Kumaru and Kumaran.
Well-known bearers of the name
First name
- Madhav Kumar Nepal (* 1953), Nepalese politician
- Pramod Kumar Chaubey ( born 1951 ), Indian economist and university professor
Family name
- Ajith Kumar (born 1971 ), Indian racing driver and actor
- Akshay Kumar (born 1967 ), Indian actor
- Amit Kumar ( singer) ( born 1952 ), Indian singer
- Amit Kumar ( cyclist ), Indian cyclist
- Amit Kumar ( wrestler) (* 1993), Indian wrestlers
- Anant Kumar (born 1969 ), German - Indian writer
- Ashok Kumar (actor ) ( 1911-2001 ), Indian actor
- Ashok Kumar (Hockey Player, 1950) ( born 1950 ), Indian hockey player
- Ashok Kumar ( Indian politician ) (born 1954 ), Indian politician
- Ashok Kumar ( British politician ) ( 1956-2010 ), British politician
- Ashok Kumar (Hockey Player, 1966) (born 1966 ), Indian hockey player
- Ashok Kumar ( wrestler) (born 1969 ), Indian wrestlers
- Dilip Kumar (* 1922), Indian actor
- Dilkj Kumar ( born 1981 ), Sri Lankan football player
- Dinesh Kumar (* 1988), Indian boxers
- Gurjinder Kumar (* 1990), Indian football players
- Kishore Kumar (1929-1987), Indian actor
- Manoj Kumar (actor ) ( born 1937 ), Indian film actor and director
- Manoj Kumar (badminton ), Indian badminton players
- Manoj Kumar ( boxer ) ( born 1986 ), Indian boxers
- Manoj Kumar ( wrestler), Indian wrestlers
- Maurice Kumar ( born 1986 ), German actor
- Meira Kumar ( born 1945 ), Indian politician
- Nitish Kumar ( born 1951 ), Indian politician
- Praveen Kumar ( born 1986 ), Indian cricketer
- Ronil Kumar ( born 1984 ), Fijian football player
- Rupesh Kumar ( born 1979 ), Indian badminton players
- Salesh Kumar ( born 1981 ), Fijian football player
- Sanjeev Kumar (1938-1985), Indian actor
- Satish Kumar ( b. 1936 ), Indian Jainist
- Sujit Kumar (1934-2010), Indian actor and director
- Sushil Kumar ( b. 1983 ), Indian wrestlers
- Uttam Kumar (1926-1980), Indian actor
- Vijender Kumar ( born 1985 ), Indian boxers
- Vimal Kumar (born 1962 ), Indian badminton players
- Vinod Kumar ( born 1968 ), Indian badminton players
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