# Kumar (name)

Kumar (Sanskrit: कुमार), meaning child, may be used as a personal title, a given name or a family name. It was also the name of Kartikeya, the son of the Hindu god Shiva.

## People
### First name

* Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya (born 1940), Indian-British engineer and politician
* Kumar Mangalam Birla (born 1967), Indian businessman
* Kumar Dharmasena (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Kumar Gandharva (1924–1992), Indian singer
* Kumar Gaurav (born 1960), Indian film actor
* Kumar Indrajitsinhji (born 1937), Indian cricketer
* Kumar Malavalli, Indian businessman
* Kumar Pallana (born 1918), Indian film actor
* Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
* Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Kumar Sanu (born 1957), Indian playback singer
* Kumar Shahani, Indian film director
* Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (1905–1959), Indian cricketer
* Kumar Vishwas, Hindi-language performance poet

### Middle name

* Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936–1973), Indian poet
* Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 1950), Indian politician
* Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1977), Indian linguist
* Akshay Kumar Datta (1820–1886), Bengali writer
* Sunil Kumar Desai, Indian film director
* Ananth Kumar Hegde (born 1968), Indian politician
* Krishna Kumar Kunnath (born 1970), Indian playback singer
* Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1920–1989), Indian singer, composer and producer
* Sushil Kumar Modi, Indian politician
* Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001), Indian politician and diplomat
* Madhav Kumar Nepal (born 1953), Nepalese politician
* Roop Kumar Rathod (born 1973), Indian playback singer and music director
* Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972), Indian bank, activist and poet
* C. Kumar N. Patel (born 1938), Indian engineer and inventor
* Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (born 1942), Indian judge
* Srinivas Kumar Sinha (born 1926), Indian military officer
* Devendra Kumar Joshi (born 1954), 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
* Nani Kumar Ghanta (born 1984), Indian Telugu film actor

### Last name

* A
* B–F
* G–J
* K–O
* P–R
* S
* T–U
* V–Z

#### A

* Ajith Kumar (born 1971), Indian film actor and car racer
* Akhil Kumar (born 1981), Indian boxer
* Akshay Kumar (born 1967), Indian film actor
* Amit Kumar (born 1952), Indian film actor, playback singer and director
* Anant Kumar (born 1969), is a German author of Indian descent
* Ananth Kumar (born 1959), Indian politician
* Anil Kumar (discus thrower) (born 1975), Indian discus thrower
* Anoop Kumar (1926–1997), Indian film actor
* Anup Kumar (actor) (1930–1998), Indian film actor
* Anup Kumar (politician), Fijian politician
* Anurag Kumar, Indian engineer
* Ashok Kumar (1911–2001), Indian film actor
* Ashok Kumar (British politician) (born 1956), Indian-British politician

#### B–F

* Bhushan Kumar, Indian film producer
* Deepak Kumar (historian) (born 1952), Indian historian and philosopher
* Digendra Kumar (born 1969), Indian military officer
* Dilip Kumar (born 1922), Indian film actor and politician
* Dinesh Kumar (boxer) (born 1988), Indian boxer
* Dinesh Kumar (choreographer), Indian choreographer
* Divya Khosla Kumar, Indian actress

#### G–J

* Girish Kumar (born 1989), Indian film actor
* Gulshan Kumar (1956–1997), Indian film producer
* Guran Ditt Kumar, Indian revolutionary
* G. V. Prakash Kumar (born 1987), Indian music score composer
* Hri Kumar, Singaporean politician
* Indra Kumar, Indian film director and producer
* Jainendra Kumar (1905–1988), Indian writer
* Jitender Kumar (middleweight boxer) (born 1977), Indian boxer
* Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer) (born 1988), Indian boxer

#### K–O

* Karthik Kumar (born 1977), Indian theatre and film actor
* Kiran Kumar, Indian film actor
* Kishore Kumar (1929–1987), Indian film actor and playback singer
* Krishan Kumar (sociologist) (born 1942), British sociologist
* Krishan Kumar (actor), Indian film actor and producer
* Krishna Kumar (actor), Indian film actor
* Manoj Kumar (born 1937), Indian film actor and director
* Meira Kumar (born 1945), Indian politician
* Mukesh Kumar (field hockey) (born 1970), Indian field hockey player
* Naresh Kumar (born 1928), Indian tennis player
* Nish Kumar, British stand-up comedian
* Nikhil Kumar (disambiguation)
* Nitish Kumar (born 1951), Indian politician

#### P–R

* Pawan Kumar (director), film Director, actor and screenwriter
* Pooja Kumar (model), American film actress and model
* Pradeep Kumar (1925–2001), Bengali film actor
* Praveen Kumar (Delhi politician) (born 1986), Indian cricketer
* Prem Kumar (Malayalam actor) (born 1967), Indian film actor in Malayalam films
* Prem Kumar (Kannada actor), Indian film actor in Kannada films
* Prem Kumar (footballer) (born 1989), Indian footballer
* Prem Kumar (politician) (born 1960), Indian politician
* R. Sarath Kumar (born 1954), Indian film actor and politician
* Raaj Kumar (1926–1996), Indian film actor
* Rajeev Kumar (IPS) (born 1966), Indian Police Service officer and administrator
* Rajendra Kumar (1929–1999), Indian film actor
* Rajesh Kumar (actor), Indian actor
* Ram Kumar (artist) (born 1924), Indian painter and writer
* Ravinder Kumar, Indian historian
* Ravish Kumar (born 1974), Indian Journalist
* Ritu Kumar, (born 1944), Indian fashion designer

#### S

* Sajjan Kumar (born 1945), Indian politician
* Salesh Kumar (born 1981), Fijian footballer
* Salim Kumar (born 1969), Indian film actor
* Sanjay Kumar (born 1962), Sri Lankan businessman
* Sanjeev Kumar (1938–1985), Indian film actor
* Santosh Kumar, real name: Syed Musa Raza (1925–1982), Pakistani film actor
* Satish Kumar (born 1936), Indian Jain monk and nuclear disarmament advocate
* Shabbir Kumar, Indian playback singer
* Shalini Kumar (born 1980), Indian film actress
* Shanta Kumar (born 1934), Indian politician
* Shivrajkumar (born 1961), Indian film actor
* Shyam Kumar, Indian cricketer
* Sujit Kumar (1934-2010), Indian film actor and producer
* Sushil Kumar (admiral) (1940–2019), Indian Navy admiral
* Sushil Kumar (wrestler) (born 1983), Indian wrestler

#### T–U

* Tarun Kumar (born 1983), Indian film actor
* Tulsi Kumar, Indian playback singer
* Uttam Kumar (1926–1980), Bengali film actor, director and producer
* U. Vimal Kumar, Indian badminton player

#### V–Z

* Vaman Kumar (born 1935), Indian cricketer
* Vedhika Kumar (born 1982), Indian film actress
* Vijender Kumar (born 1985), Indian boxer
* Vijay Kumar (sport shooter), Indian sport shooter
* Vineet Kumar, Indian theatre, television and film actor
* V. Kumar (1934–1996), Indian film score composer
* V. R. Naren Kumar, Indian rally driver
* Yukteshwar Kumar (born 1970), Indian sinologist