Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy (குமாரசுவாமி; ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Kumaraswamy is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan.

Given name

 * Arumugampillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician
 * C. Coomaraswamy (1887–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
 * D. Kumaraswamy (1906–1972), Indonesian community leader
 * H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1957), Indian politician
 * K. N. Kumarasamy Gounder, Indian politician
 * Kumaraswamy Pulavar (1854–1922), Ceylonese scholar and poet
 * Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy, Indian politician
 * Poondi Kumaraswamy (1930-1988) Indian hydrologist
 * P. Coomaraswamy (1849–1906), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957), Indian politician
 * P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty, Indian politician and businessman
 * S. Kumarasamy, Indian politician and social worker
 * S. V. Kumaraswamy (1918–?), Indian cricket official
 * V. Coomaraswamy (1892-1972), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
 * V. Kumaraswamy, Ceylonese lawyer and politician

Surname

 * Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), Ceylonese historian and art philosopher
 * Coomarasamy Balasingham (1917–2001), Ceylonese civil servant
 * Coomaraswamy Vanniasingam (1911–1959), Ceylonese politician
 * Indrajit Coomaraswamy (born 1950), Sri Lankan economist
 * James Coomarasamy, British broadcaster
 * Kumarasami Kamaraj (1903–1975), Indian politician
 * Kumaraswamy Nandagopan (1976–2008), Sri Lankan paramilitary operative
 * Muthu Coomaraswamy (1833–1879), Ceylonese politician, father of Ananda Coomaraswamy
 * Punch Coomaraswamy (1925–1999), Singaporean judge and diplomat
 * Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), Sri Lankan lawyer
 * Rajendra Coomaraswamy (1915–1981), Sri Lankan civil servant
 * Satyendra Coomaraswamy (1920–1988), Sri Lankan cricketer