Krishnan

Krishnan is a common name in South India. Krishnan refers to the Hindu deity Krishna. Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name such as Ananthakrishnan, Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, Jayakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Ramakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, and Venkatakrishnan.

Notable people with the name Krishnan

 * Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898–1961), Indian physicist who codiscovered Raman scattering with his mentor C. V. Raman
 * M. S. Krishnan, Professor of Business Information Technology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 * Madhaviah Krishnan (1912–1996), Indian naturalist, photographer and writer
 * Maharajapuram Seetharaman Krishnan (geologist) (1898–1970), Indian geologist and geophysicist
 * Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan (1908–1957), Tamil film comedian
 * Ramanathan Krishnan (born 1937), tennis player from Chennai
 * Ramesh Krishnan (born 1961), tennis player from Chennai, son of Ramanathan Krishnan
 * Ramya Krishnan (born 1967), South Indian film actor
 * Trisha Krishnan, South Indian film actor
 * Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970), British journalist of Indian descent