Krishnan

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Krishnan is a common name in South India. Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name such as Ananthakrishnan, Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, Jayakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Ramakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, and Venkatakrishnan.

Some well known Krishnans are:

  • Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898–1961), Indian physicist who codiscovered Raman scattering with his mentor C. V. Raman
  • M. S. Krishnan, Professor of Business Information Technology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Madhaviah Krishnan (1912–1996), Indian naturalist, photographer and writer
  • Maharajapuram Seetharaman Krishnan (geologist) (1898–1970), Indian geologist and geophysicist
  • Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan (1908–1957), Tamil film comedian
  • Ramanathan Krishnan (born 1937), tennis player from Chennai
  • Ramesh Krishnan (born 1961), tennis player from Chennai, son of Ramanathan Krishnan
  • Ramya Krishnan (born 1967), South Indian film actor
  • Trisha Krishnan, South Indian film actor
  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970), British journalist of Indian descent

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