Manu (name)

Manu is a given name, often derived from Manuel, and also a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Actors

 * Manu Bennett (born 1969), New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
 * Manu Intiraymi (born 1978), American actor, best known as "Icheb" on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
 * Manu Narayan (born 1973), American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM
 * Manu Payet (born 1975), French actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
 * Manu Rishi (born 1971), Indian actor
 * Manu Tupou (1935–2004), American actor

Musicians

 * Manu Chao (born 1961), French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin
 * Manu Cornet (born 1981), French musician and writer
 * Manu Delago (born 1984), Austrian composer
 * Manu Dibango (1933–2020), Cameroonian musician
 * Manu Gavassi (born 1993), Brazilian recording artist, singer, actress
 * Manu Guix (born 1979), Spanish composer
 * Manu Katché (born 1958), French musician
 * Manu Koch (born 1972), Swiss pianist, keyboardist, and composer
 * Manu-L (born 1983), Swiss singer and guitarist
 * Manu Lanvin (born 1973), French singer
 * Manu Limbu, Nepali singer
 * Manu Louis, Belgian musician
 * Manu Militari (born 1979), Canadian singer
 * Manu Manzo (born 1994), American singer-songwriter
 * Manu Shrine (1987–2015), Russian electronic musician

Sports

 * Manú (Portuguese footballer) (born 1982), Portuguese footballer Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo
 * Manu (footballer, born 1984) (born 1984), Spanish footballer
 * Manuela Lareo (born 1992), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Ahotaeiloa (born 1986), Tongan rugby union player
 * Manu Attri (born 1992), Indian badminton player
 * Manu Barreiro (born 1986), Spanish association football player
 * Manu Balda (born 1992), Ecuadorian footballer
 * Manu Bhaker (born 2002), Indian sport shooter
 * Manu Bhardwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer
 * Manu Busto (born 1980), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Dagher (born 1984), Liberian-Dutch footballer
 * Manu Fernández (born 1986), Spanish football goalkeeper
 * Manu Ferrera (born 1958), Belgian association football player
 * Manu Garba (born 1965), Nigerian association football manager
 * Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Argentine-born National Basketball Association player
 * Manu Herrera (born 1981), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Hervás (born 1986), Spanish association football player
 * Manu Honkanen (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player
 * Manu Lecomte (born 1995), Belgian basketball player
 * Manu Leiataua (born 1986), Samoan rugby player
 * Manu Maniapoto (1935–2017), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Manu Ma'u (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
 * Manu Molina (born 1991), Spanish footballer
 * Manu del Moral (born 1984), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Morlanes (born 1999), Spanish association football player
 * Manu Nayyar (born 1964), Indian cricketer
 * Manu Rodríguez (born 1991), Spanish basketball player
 * Manu Sánchez (footballer, born 1979), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Shlomovich (1927–2000), Israeli association football player
 * Manu Snellinx (1948–2017), Belgian cyclist
 * Manu Sunu (born 1966), Togolese footballer
 * Manu Torres (born 1989), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Trigueros (born 1991), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Tuiasosopo (born 1957), National Football League defensive lineman
 * Manu Tuilagi (born 1991), Samoan-born rugby player for England
 * Manu Vallejo (born 1997), Spanish footballer
 * Manu Vatuvei (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
 * Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967), Tongan rugby union footballer and coach
 * Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967), Tongan rugby union footballer and coach

Other

 * Afa Anoa'i Jr. (born 1984), American professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu
 * Manu (Kannada author) (1951–2011), Kannada author
 * Manu Ayerdi (born 1967), Basque economist
 * Manu Baligar, Indian writer
 * Manu Bhandari (1931–2021), Indian author
 * Manu Bhattathiri, Indian author
 * Manuhuia Bennett, New Zealand bishop
 * Manu Beuselinck (born 1970), Belgian politician
 * Manu Brabo (born 1981), Spanish photographer
 * Manu Chandaria (born 1929), Kenyan businessman
 * Manu Chhabria (1946–2002), Indian businessman
 * Manu Crooks (born 1993), Ghanaian-Australian artist
 * Manu Daftary, American money manager
 * Manu Farrarons (born 1967), French artist
 * Manu Feildel, French-born chef living in Australia
 * Manu Herbstein, South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
 * Manu Joseph (born 1974), Indian journalist and writer
 * Manu Korovulavula, Fijian political leader and civil servant
 * Manu Leumann, German philologist
 * Manu Majumdar, Bangladeshi politician
 * Manu Manjith (born 1986), Indian lyricist and poet
 * Manu Parekh (born 1939), Indian painter
 * Manu S. Pillai (born 1990), Indian historian and author
 * Manu Pineda, Spanish politician
 * Manu Platt (born 1980), American biomedical engineer
 * Manu Pluton (born 1942), French bodybuilder
 * Manu Prakash, Indian biophysicist
 * Manu Raju (born 1980), American-Indian journalist
 * Manu Ramesan, Malayalee film composer
 * Manu Sareen (born 1968), Indian social worker
 * Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian criminal
 * Manu Singh (born 1983), Indian activist
 * Manu Toigo (born 1969), Australian television personality

As a surname

 * Gabriel Manu (born 1981), Romanian footballer
 * Gheorghe Manu (1833–1911), Romanian army general and politician
 * Ioan Manu (1803–1874), Romanian boyar and politician
 * Jacob Manu (born 2003), American football player
 * Puiu Manu (born 1928), Romanian graphic designer