# Nayak (surname)

Nayak is an Indian surname.

## List of people with the name

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### A

* Aarti Nayak, Indian classical music vocalist
* Abhinav Sunder Nayak, Indian film director
* Achutha Ramachandra Nayak (r. 1520–1540), ruler of the Nayaks of Gingee
* Achuthappa Nayak (r. 1580–1614), ruler of the Nayaks of Tanjore
* Akash Das Nayak (born 1981), Indian actor
* Alagiri Nayak, king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty
* Amar Kumar Nayak (born 1973), Indian politician
* Ambika Nayak, known professionally as Kayan, Indian musician
* Amrit Keshav Nayak (1877–1907), Indian theatre actor and director
* Ananta Nayak (born 1969), Indian politician
* Archana Nayak (born 1966), Indian politician
* Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Indian politician

### B

* B. V. Nayak (born 1966), Indian politician
* Baksi Nayak (1922–1993), Indian politician
* Bapulal Nayak (1879–1947), Indian stage actor and director
* Barsha Patnaik (née Nayak), Indian actress
* Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak (born 1965), Indian journalist and martial artist
* Bijay Kumar Nayak, Indian Protestant bishop
* Bijaya Kumar Nayak (1951–2020), Indian lawyer and politician
* Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak, member of the Madurai Nayak royal family
* Bhima Nayak (died 1876), Indian revolutionary

### C

* Chetan Nayak (born 1971), American physicist and computer scientist
* Chokkanatha Nayak (1662–1682), king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty

### D

* Daya Nayak, Indian police inspector
* Dinesh Nayak (born 1972), Indian field hockey player
* Durga Prasan Nayak, Indian politician

### E

* Era Krishnappa Nayak (r. 1524–1566), king of Belur

### G

* G. Hampayya Nayak (born 1939), Indian politician
* Ghanashyam Nayak (1944–2021), Indian film and television actor
* Gopal Krishna Nayak (born 1960), Indian professor of information systems
* Gopalkrishna P. Nayak (1927–2017), Indian Kannada drama writer
* Govindray H. Nayak (1933–2023), Indian writer and academic

### H

* H. M. Nayak (1931–2000), Indian academic, writer and folklorist

### J

* Jatindra Kumar Nayak (born 1956), Indian translator, literary critic and columnist
* Jawahar Nayak (born 1954), Indian politician
* Jhabbu Nayak, founder of the Jhabua dynasty
* Jyoti Ranjan Nayak (born 1994), Indian actor

### K

* K. Praveen Nayak (born 1962), Indian film director
* Karemma Nayak, Indian politician
* Khem Nayak, also known as Varunakulattan, 17th-century feudal lord of the Jaffna Kingdom
* Krushna Chandra Nayak, Indian politician
* Krutibas Nayak (born 1955), Indian author
* Kumara Krishnappa Nayak, ruler of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty

### L

* Laichan Nayak, Indian politician
* Laxman Nayak (1899–1943), tribal civil rights activist of South Odisha in eastern India
* Laxminarayan Nayak (1918–2019), Indian politician
* Lok Nayak (1902–1979), also known as Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician, theorist and independence activist

### M

* Mahavir Nayak (born 1942), Indian Nagpuri singer and songwriter
* Mayankbhai Nayak, Indian politician
* Mohan Nayak (1921–1983), Indian politician
* Mrutyunjaya Nayak (born 1952), Indian educationalist and social worker from Odisha
* Mukesh Nayak (born 1957), Indian politician
* Mukund Nayak (born 1949), Indian artist and folk singer
* Muljibhai Nayak (1892–1971), Indian theatre director

### N

* Nakul Nayak (born 1963), Indian politician
* Nalini Nayak, Indian activist
* Nandlal Nayak (born 1973), Indian folk artist and film director
* Narasimha Nayak (born 1978), Indian politician
* Narendra Nayak (born 1951), Indian rationalist
* Nauri Nayak, Indian politician
* Nina Nayak (born 1953), Indian social worker

### P

* Padma Charana Nayak (born 1926), Indian Gandhism activist
* Pedda Koneti Nayak (r. 1635–1652), founder of the Penukonda Nayak kingdom
* Pradyumna Kumar Nayak, Indian politician
* Pranati Nayak (born 1995), Indian artistic gymnast
* Pransukh Nayak (1910–1989), Indian Gujarati theatre actor and director
* Pratap Chandra Nayak, Indian politician
* Preet Kaur Nayak (born 1983), Indian television actress
* Premananda Nayak, Indian politician
* Puttur Narasimha Nayak (born 1958), Indian singer

### R

* Radhakant Nayak (born 1939), Indian politician
* Radhika and Dudhika Nayak (1888–1902/1903), Indian conjoined twin sisters
* Raghubhai Morarji Nayak (1907–2003), Indian educationist and social worker
* Raghunatha Nayak (r. 1600–1634), king of the Nayaks of Tanjore
* Rajarshi Raghabananda Nayak (1938–2016), Indian writer
* Ramdas Nayak (died 1994), Indian politician
* Ramesh Karthik Nayak (born 1997), Indian Telugu writer
* Ranjit Nayak (born 1968), Indian businessperson

### S

* S. R. Nayak (born 1944), Indian judge
* Saandesh B. Nayak (born 1975), Bollywood film director
* Sachin Nayak (born 1977), Indian actor
* Sandeep Nayak (born 1976), Indian physician
* Sanjay Nayak (born 1975), Indian filmmaker
* Sarada Prasad Nayak (born 1959), Indian politician
* Sarat Nayak, Indian music composer and singer
* Sarat Chandra Nayak (born 1957), Indian Catholic bishop
* Satyarth Nayak (born 1981), Indian author and screenwriter
* Sevappa Nayak (r. 1532–1560), first ruler of the Nayaks of Tanjore
* Shailesh Nayak (born 1953), Indian scientist
* Simarani Nayak (born 1964), Indian politician
* Sohan Lal Nayak, Indian politician
* Subham Nayak (born 1998), Indian cricketer
* Sudhir Nayak (born 1972), Indian classical harmonium player
* Sujit Nayak (born 1989), Indian cricketer
* Sumitra Nayak (born 2000), Indian rugby player
* Suru Nayak (born 1954), Indian cricketer
* Swarup Nayak (1947–2023), Indian musician and actor

### T

* Tapasya Nayak Srivastava (born 1986), Indian television actress
* Thirumalai Nayak (r. 1623–1659), king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty
* Tubaki Krishnappa Nayak (r. 1509–1521), was an army commander in service of the Vijayanagar emperor

### V

* Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak (1938–2009), Indian mathematician
* Vijaya Raghava Nayak (1590s-1673), king of the Nayaks of Tanjore
* Vishal Nayak, Indian television actor
* Viswanatha Nayak (r. 1529–1564), founder of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty