Arunachalam (name)

Arunachalam (அருணாசலம்) or Arunachala (அருணாசல) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Given name
Arunachalam or Arunasalam
 * A. Arunachalam, Indian politician
 * M. Arunachalam (born 1949), Hong Kong based businessman
 * M. Arunachalam (1944–2004), Indian politician
 * P. Arunachalam (1853–1924), Ceylonese civil servant and statesman
 * Panchu Arunachalam (1941–2016), Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist
 * Pon Arunachalam (born 1946), Indian writer
 * R. Arunachalam, Indian politician
 * Subbiah Arunachalam (born 1941), Indian information consultant
 * Subbu Panchu Arunachalam (born 1969), Indian actor and film producer
 * V. Arunachalam (1933–2004), Indian politician, activist, and writer
 * V. S. Arunachalam, Indian politician
 * V. S. R. Arunachalam, Indian scientist

Surname
Arunachala
 * Arunachala Kavi (1711–1779), Indian poet and a composer
 * Arunachala Sreenivasan (1909–1996), Indian nutritional scientist
 * Arunachala Thevar, Indian politician
 * Lalpet Arunachala Govindaraghava Aiyar (1867–1935), Indian lawyer, theosophist, independence activist and politician

Arunachalam or Arunasalam
 * Arunchalam Aravind Kumar (born 1954), Sri Lankan trade unionist and politician
 * Arunasalam Kumarathurai (1939–2019), Sri Lankan founder of Kumarapuram
 * Arunachalam Mahadeva (1885–1969), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Arunasalam Murugadoss (born 1974), Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter
 * Arunachalam Muruganantham (born 1962), Indian social entrepreneur
 * Arunasalam Namathevan (born 1996), Malaysian footballer
 * Arunachalam Ponnambalam (1814–1887), Ceylonese government functionary, businessmen and philanthropist
 * Arunachalam Sabapathy (1853–1924), Ceylonese newspaper editor and politician
 * Arunasalam Thangathurai (1936–1997), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
 * Jaya Arunachalam (1935–2019), Indian social worker