Puran (name)

Puran, Pooran or Poeran (Dutch spelling) is a name or surname found in South Asia (India), Iran, the Netherlands, Suriname and Guyana. Notable people with this name include:

Given name

 * Puran Appu (1812–1848), Sri Lankan revolutionary
 * Puran Bhagat, Punjabi ascetic
 * Puran Bhatt, puppeteer from India
 * Puran Singh Bundela, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
 * Pooran Farrokhzad (1933–2016), Iranian writer and encyclopedist
 * Puran Chand Joshi (1907–1980), Indian communist politician
 * Pooran Chand Joshi, Indian social anthropologist
 * Puran Singh Phartyal, Indian politician from Uttarakhand, member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
 * Pooran Prakash, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
 * Puran Rana Tharu, Nepalese politician
 * Puran Singh (1881–1931), Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic
 * Puran Chand Wadali, Indian Sufi singer and musician

Surname

 * Nicholas Pooran (born 1995), Trinidadian cricketer and former limited overs captain of West Indies cricket team