Jayaraj or Jeyaraj (' ) is a

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for males and females. The name literally translates to "king of victory / victory king".

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Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj (born 31 May 1960), is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berli ...

(born 1960), Indian filmmaker *

Jeyaraj Fernandopulle Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (, , 11 January 1953 – 6 April 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a cabinet Minister and a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. He was a Roman Catholic and hailed from a minority ethnic group Colombo Ch ...

(1953–2008), Sri Lankan politician * E. P. Jayarajan, Indian politician * M. P. Jayaraj (1946–1989), Indian criminal * M. V. Jayarajan, Indian politician * P. Jayarajan, Indian politician *

Jayaraj Warrier Jayaraj Warrier is an Indian actor, stand-up comedian, Ottamthullal performer, and caricaturist. He appears in Malayalam films in supporting and comedic roles. Early life and career Warrier hails from Thrissur, Kerala. He attended S.N. Boys Hi ...

, Indian (Malayalam) stand-up comedian

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Ajitha Jayarajan Ajitha Jayarajan is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Thrissur city, India. In November 2015 she became the sixth mayor of Thrissur Municipal Corporation The Thrissur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs ...

, Indian politician *

Harris Jayaraj J. Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil cinema, Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, Telugu and two films i ...

(born 1975), Indian composer

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