# Menon (surname)

Menon (Malayalam:) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Indian
### In arts, entertainment, and media
#### Journalism

* Appan Menon (1947–1996), Indian print and television journalist
* C. Karunakara Menon (1863–1922), Indian journalist and politician
* Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon (1857–1935), Indian journalist
* Mini Menon, Indian journalist
* Ramesh Menon, Indian author, journalist, and documentary film maker

#### Literature

* Anil Menon, Indian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction
* I. K. K. Menon (1919–2013), Indian writer
* Indu Menon (born 1980), Indian writer, novelist, and sociologist
* M. K. Menon (1928–1993), Indian writer
* Menon Marath (1906–2003), Indo-Anglican novelist
* Nalapat Narayana Menon (1887–1954), Indian author
* Nivedita Menon, feminist writer and professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University
* Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (1847–1899), Indian novelist
* Puthezhath Raman Menon (1891–1973), Indian Writer, President of Kerala Sahitya Akademy, Judge of Kerala High Court
* P.C. Kuttikrishna Menon (1915–1979), Indian author, also known as Uroob
* Ramesh Menon, Indian author, journalist, and documentary film maker
* Ritu Menon, Indian feminist writer and publisher
* Sandhya Menon, American young adult fiction author
* Sreebala K Menon, Malayali author and filmmaker
* Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958), Indian poet
* Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1911–1985), Indian poet

#### Performing arts and film

* Aishwarya Menon (born 1992), Indian film actress
* Alok Vaid-Menon (born 1991), American writer and performance artist
* Anjali Menon, Indian film director and screenwriter
* Anoop Menon, Indian film actor, screenwriter and lyricist
* Anuradha Menon, Indian television actress and theatre artist
* Arjun Menon (born 1987), Indian playback singer
* Asha G. Menon (born 1986), Indian playback singer
* Balachandra Menon (born 1954), Indian film actor, director and script writer
* Bhaskar Menon, Indian music executive
* Karthika Menon (born 1986), Indian film actress known by her stage name Bhavana
* Biju Menon (born 1970), Indian film actor
* Divya S. Menon (born 1987), Indian singer and television anchor
* Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 1973), Indian film maker
* Hemanth Menon (born 1989), Indian film actor
* Jaya Menon, Indian actress
* Kay Kay Menon (born 1966), Indian film, stage and television actor
* Lakshmi Menon (actress) (born 1996), Indian film actress
* Lakshmi Menon (model) (born 1981), Indian model
* Meena Menon (born 1970), Indian voice-dubbing artist and singer
* Nithya Menon, Indian film actress and playback singer
* P. N. Menon (director) (1928–2008), film maker
* Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon (1881–1949), Indian actor
* Rajiv Menon (born 1963), Indian advertising director, cinematographer, actor and film maker
* Ramesh Menon, Indian author, journalist, and documentary film maker
* Ravi Menon (1950–2007), Indian film actor
* Rejith Menon (born 1988), Indian film actor
* Renuka Menon, Indian Malayali film actress
* Revathi Menon, Indian film actress and director
* Sekhar Menon (born 1980), Indian actor
* Sheetal Menon, Indian model and actress
* Shweta Menon, Indian model, actress and television anchor
* Siddharth Menon (born 1989), Indian Malayalam playback singer and actor
* Siddharth Menon (born 1989), Indian Hindi and Marathi film actor
* Sindhu Menon, Indian film actress
* Sreebala K Menon, Malayali author and filmmaker
* Sreevalsan J. Menon, Indian vocalist and composer
* Suresh Menon (born 1967), Indian actor, comedian and television personality
* Suresh Chandra Menon Indian actor, cinematographer and film director
* Unni Menon (born 1955), Indian film playback singer
* Valsala Menon (born 1945), Indian film actress
* Vimala Menon (born 1943), Indian dance instructor

#### Other arts

* Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), Indian contemporary artist
* C. Madhava Menon (1911–1984), Indian painter
* T.A.S Menon, Indian artist and former Principal of the Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts Mavelikara

### In business

* G. A. Menon (1931–2003), Indian businessperson
* Jaishankar Menon (born 1956), Indian electrical engineer; developer of RAID technology
* P. N. C. Menon (born 1948), Indian-Omani businessman

### In government, law, and politics
#### In government

* A. R. Menon (1886–1960), Indian National Congress politician and doctor
* Ambat Sivarama Menon (1870–1939), Indian politician
* C. Achutha Menon (1913–1991), former Chief Minister of Kerala
* C. Karunakara Menon (1863–1922), Indian journalist and politician
* C. P. Karunakara Menon (1891–1976), Indian civil servant and administrator
* K. P. S. Menon (senior) (1898–1982), Indian civil servant
* Lakshmi N. Menon (1899–1994), former Deputy Foreign Minister of India
* Leela Damodara Menon (born 1923), Indian politician
* M. G. Ramachandran (1917–1987), actor and previous Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
* M. G. K. Menon (born 1928), Indian physicist and policymaker
* Muthal Puredath Murlidhar Menon, Indian diplomat
* N. Gopala Menon, Indian lawyer and politician
* P. N. Menon (diplomat) (1920–1975), Indian Ambassador to Greece and Yugoslavia
* P. Narayana Menon, Indian lawyer, politician and administrator
* Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970), Indian politician, lawyer, and freedom fighter
* Prabhakar Menon retired Indian diplomat
* Shivshankar Menon (born 1949), Indian National Security Advisor
* T. Govindan Menon (born 1823), Indian civil servant and administrator
* T. Sankunni Menon (1820–1881), Indian civil servant and administrator
* V. K. Krishna Menon (1896–1974), former Defence Minister of India
* V. P. Menon (1893–1965), Indian civil servant; played a vital role in the integration of India
* Vinod C. Menon, member of the National Disaster Management Authority of India

#### Social activists

* K. P. K. Menon, Indian lawyer and political activist
* K. P. Karunakara Menon (1930–2002), Indian social activist; former president of the Nair Service Society
* K. P. Kesava Menon (1886–1978), Indian independence activist
* Mukundan C. Menon, Indian human rights activist
* Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970), Indian politician, lawyer, and freedom fighter
* V. Viswanatha Menon, Indian communist political activist

### In science and academia

* A. Sreedhara Menon (1925–2010), Indian historian
* Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London
* Anil Menon, Indian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction
* Geeta Menon, Dean of the Undergraduate College at New York University Stern School of Business
* Indu Menon (born 1980), Indian writer, novelist, and sociologist
* K. Ramunni Menon (1872–1949), Indian educator
* M. G. K. Menon (born 1928), Indian physicist and policymaker
* M. K. Krishna Menon, Indian gynecologist and obstetrician
* Mani Menon (born 1948), Indian-American surgeon
* N. R. Madhava Menon (born 1935), Indian legal educator
* Nivedita Menon, feminist writer and professor of political thought at Jawaharlal Nehru University
* P Kesava Menon (1917–1979), Indian mathematician
* R. V. G. Menon, Indian professor of engineering
* T. Bhaskara Menon (1898–1948), professor of pathology and principal of Andhra Medical College
* Usha Menon, professor of gynaecological cancer at University College London
* V. K. Narayana Menon (born 1911), Indian art critic and scholar of classical Indian dance and Indian classical music

### In sport

* Narendra Menon (born 1946), former Indian cricketer
* Nitin Menon (born 1983), Indian cricketer and umpire
* Prashanth Menon (born 1977), Indian cricketer
* Ramesh Menon (cricketer) (born 1963), Indian cricketer
* Renjith Menon (born 1977), Indian cricketer
* Sashi Menon (born 1952), Indian former professional tennis player
* Satish Menon (born 1969), Indian cricketer

### In other fields

* Atmananda Krishna Menon (1883–1959), Indian sage, guru, and philosopher
* Swami Chinmayananda
* Narayan Menon (born 1944), former officer of the Indian Air Force

## French

It has also appeared, less frequently, as a French surname:
* Louis François Henri de Menon (1717–1776), French agronomist
* Tugdual Menon (died 1560s), French composer

## Other nationalities

This surname has appeared in other places:
* Aldrovani Menon (born 1972), former Brazilian football player
* Harikrish Menon (born 1973), Malaysian singer, songwriter, and record producer
* Luiz Cláudio Menon (born 1944), Brazilian basketball player
* Rashed Khan Menon (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician
* Sundaresh Menon (born 1962), Chief Justice of Singapore and a former Attorney-General of Singapore
* Vanu Gopala Menon (born 1960), Singapore civil servant and diplomat, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN
* Anil Menon (born 1976), American NASA astronaut
* Anna Menon (born 1985), American engineer and commercial astronaut