Mathur (name)

Mathur is a subcaste of the Kayastha community in Northern India, with their origins possibly in Mathura.

Mathur in South India
Sizeable Mathur community is also found in South India, mostly in Hyderabad. They mostly migrated from North India to find placement in administration under Medieval Indian rulers.

Notable people

 * Anurag Mathur, Indian author and journalist
 * Arjun Mathur (born 1981), British-Indian actor
 * Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 1943), the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India
 * Deepak Mathur (born 1952), Indian molecular and atomic physicist and professor
 * Govind Mathur (born 1959), Indian Judge
 * M. V. Mathur or Mukut Vehari Mathur (1915-2004), Indian economist and scholar
 * Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933), Indian actress, food and travel writer, and television personality
 * Mathura Das Mathur (1918–1993), Indian politician from Rajasthan
 * Mini Mathur (born 1975), Indian television host, actor and model
 * Mukesh Chand Mathur (1923–1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, Indian playback singer
 * Neil Nitin Mukesh Mathur (born 1982), Indian actor, born to singer Nitin Mukesh, and the grandson of singer Mukesh
 * Nitin Mukesh Mathur, Indian playback singer
 * Om Prakash Mathur (born 1952), Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India
 * Pradeep Mathur (born 1955), Indian politician and former 4 time MLA from the Mathura constituency of Uttar Pradesh
 * Pradeep Mathur (scientist) (born 1955), Indian organometallic and cluster chemist and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
 * Prem Mathur Indian pilot, first Indian woman commercial pilot
 * Raghav Mathur (born 1981), known professionally as Raghav, is a Canadian singer-songwriter
 * R. K. Mathur or Radha Krishna Mathur (born 1953), Indian IAS officer
 * Rajiv Dayal Mathur, Indian Air Marshal, officer in the Indian Air Force
 * Sanjay Mathur (born 1968), German professor, inorganic chemist and past president of the American Ceramic Society
 * Sharan Rani Backliwal née Mathur (1929–2008), Indian classical sarod player and music scholar
 * Sheila Dhar (1929–2001), Indian author and singer of Kirana gharana
 * Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009), Indian politician and minister
 * Somesh Mathur, Indian singer, composer, songwriter, and music producer
 * Surat Mathur (1930–2021), Indian long-distance runner
 * Sushma Seth Mathur (born 1936), Indian stage, film and television actress
 * Vartika Mathur (1979), Professor in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi