Kumar (name)

MuthuKumar (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.

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

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