Babu (name)

Babu is a common given name in India, also found in other cultures.

Given name

 * Babu Himmat Sah, Ruler of Kohra (estate)
 * Babu Bhoop Singh, Ruler of Kohra (estate) and Leader of Indian Rebellion of 1857
 * Babu Kunwar Singh, Ruler of Jagdishpur estate, rebel leader in the Indian rebellion of 1857 against British rule
 * Babu Amar Singh, brother of Kunwar Singh, the ruler of Jagdishpur estate, rebel leader in the Indian rebellion of 1857 against British rule
 * Babu Ram Mandial, Indian politician
 * Babu Mohan, Indian film comedian
 * Babu Namboothiri, Indian film actor in Malayalam movies
 * Babu Antony, Indian film actor in Malayalam movies
 * Babu Janardhanan, Indian film director in Malayalam movies
 * Babu Narayanan, Indian film director in Malayalam movies

Surname

 * Jagapati Babu, Indian film actor
 * Fazlur Rahman Babu, Bangladeshi actor
 * DJ Babu, Filipino-American DJ and member of Dilated Peoples
 * Gutti Jogesh Babu, Indian-American mathematician and astronomer
 * Mahesh Babu, Indian actor
 * Babu, first bishop of Nisibis, succeeded by Jacob of Nisibis
 * Prasad Babu, South Indian film actor, who acted in Telugu and Tamil films
 * D. Babu Paul (born 1941), former member of the Indian Administrative Service
 * B. Santosh Babu, Indian Army officer
 * D. Suresh Babu, Indian film producer
 * Nagendra Babu, Indian film actor and producer
 * Idavela Babu, Indian film actor in Malayalam movies

As a nickname

 * Anderson Rodney de Oliveira, known as 'Babù', Brazilian footballer
 * N. Chandrababu Naidu (often referred to as 'Babu'), Indian politician
 * Pablo Marquez, Ecuadorian wrestler with the ring name 'Babu'
 * K. D. Singh, Indian hockey player nicknamed 'Babu'
 * Babu Bajrangi, a criminal from India, responsible for the deaths of many people in 2002.
 * Babullah of Ternate, called name “Sultan Babullah” (1528–1583), also known as “Babu”, an Indonesian heroes, and 7th Sultan and 24th ruler of the Sultanate of Ternate in Maluku

Fictional characters

 * Babu Bhatt, Pakistani character on the sitcom Seinfeld
 * Babu, character in Jeannie (TV series)
 * Baby Babu, fake baby monkey adopted by "The Creatures, LLC"


 * Babu Rao Ganpat Rao Apte, a character in Hera Pheri (film series) played by Paresh Rawal