Manek is a
given name and
surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
People
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Manek Bedi
Manek Bedi is a Bollywood actor. He is currently a Film and TV producer and has produced a big hit show "Hitler Didi" for Zee TV
Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television
Pay television, also known as sub ...
, Bollywood actor
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Manek Mathur (born 1988), Indian squash player
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Manek Premchand
Manek Premchand is an Indian writer and historian of film music at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, who has written several books pertaining to the history of Indian film music and biographies of musicians. He has hosted shows on WorldSpace Satelli ...
, Indian writer and historian of film music
Fictional characters
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Manek Tigelaar
''Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'' is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in '' The Wicked Years'' series, and was followed by '' Son o ...
, character from ''Wicked'' novel series
Surname
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Brady Manek
Brady Reece Manek (born September 4, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Earl ...
(born 1998), American basketball player
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Chronox Manek
Chronox Manek (died 1 October 2012) was the Chief Ombudsman of Papua New Guinea from 2008 until September 2012. He hailed from Wambangan village, Boana District, in the Morobe Province and joined the Ombudsman Commission on 3 July 2008. He retired ...
(died 2012), Chief Ombudsman of Papua New Guinea
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Gabriel Manek
Mgr Gabriel Wilhemus Manek (Lay Tjong Sie) SVD (Ailomea Lahurus 1913 – St Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO 30 November 1989) was an Indonesian Archbishop of The Roman Catholic Church
Biography
Gabriel Wilhemus Manek was born on August 18, 1913 in A ...
(1913–1989), Indonesian Archbishop of The Roman Catholic Church
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Gia Manek
Giaa Manek is an Indian television actress. Before venturing into the television industry, she played a minor role in the 2010 Hindi comedy film ''Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke''. Popular television shows to her credit are Star Plus's ''Saath Nibhaa ...
(born 1986), Indian television actress
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Jayesh Manek
Jayesh Manek (born 1956 in Uganda) is an Indian fund manager. He was the winner of the Sunday Times Fantasy Fund Manager competition in 1994 and 1995, beating thousands of other entrants and winning £100,000 on each occasion. This attracted th ...
(born 1956), Indian fund manager
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Pabubha Manek, Indian politician
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Roma Manek
Roma Manek is a Gujarati actress. She has worked in many Gujarati films as lead actress and as Madri (Pandu's second wife) in the television serial ''Mahabharat''.
Selected filmography Hindi movies
Peecha Karo (1988)
*''Chambal ka Badshah*'' ...
, Indian actress from Gujarati
See also
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