Krishnan
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Krishnan is a popular name in South India
. Some well known Krishnans are:
Krishnan is also a popular surname. Some famous Krishnans are:
Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name, like below:
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
. Some well known Krishnans are:
- K. S. Krishnan (1898-1961), Indian physicist who codiscovered Raman scatteringRaman scatteringRaman scattering or the Raman effect is the inelastic scattering of a photon. It was discovered by Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan in liquids, and by Grigory Landsberg and Leonid Mandelstam in crystals....
with his mentor C. V. Raman - M. Krishnan (1912-1996), pioneering Indian naturalist, photographer and writer
- M. S. Krishnan (geologist)M. S. Krishnan (geologist)Maharajapuram Seetharaman Krishnan was an Indian geologist.Krishnan excelled in early student years and was given a fellowship to study in England. He completed his Ph. D. at the age of 26 and joined the Geological Survey of India and worked alongside Lewis Fermor, C. S. Fox, J. A. Dunn, A. M....
(1898-1970), Indian geologist and geophysicist. - M. S. KrishnanM. S. KrishnanM. S. Krishnan is the Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow & Professor of Business Information Technology; Chair of Business Information Technology at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.- Education :...
, Professor of Business Information Technology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - N. S. KrishnanN. S. KrishnanNagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan , popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK' was a leading Tamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry - in the 1940s and 1950s....
(1908-1957), well known TamilTamil peopleTamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
film comedian
Krishnan is also a popular surname. Some famous Krishnans are:
- Ramanathan KrishnanRamanathan KrishnanRamanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:Krishnan honed his skills under his father, T.K. Ramanathan...
(b 1937) is a TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India - Ramesh KrishnanRamesh KrishnanRamesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...
(b 1971) is a TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Chennai, son of Ramanathan Krishnan - Trisha KrishnanTrisha KrishnanTrisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...
, a South Indian film actor - Ramya KrishnanRamya KrishnanRamya Krishnan is an actress who performs in Indian cinema. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.-Early life and background:...
, a South Indian film actor
Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name, like below:
- Ananthakrishnan
- Balakrishnan
- Jayakrishnan
- Muralikrishnan
- Ramakrishnan
- Radhakrishnan
- Venkatakrishnan