Manoj is a male given name of Indian origin. Notable people called Manoj include:

Business

Manoj Badale Manoj Badale Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 31 December 1967) is a British Indian businessman and venture business builder. He is the co-founder and managing partner of venture builder firm Blenheim Chalcot, and lead owner of Indian Pre ...

(born 1967), Indian businessman * Manoj Bhargava (born 1953), Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist

Education

* Manoj Chitnavis, British teacher and chemist * Manoj Datta, Indian professor and civil engineer * Manoj Pant, Indian professor and international trade expert

Film and television

* Manchu Manoj (born 1983), Indian film actor *

M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu M. Night Shyamalan ( ; born August 6, 1970) is an American filmmaker. His films often employ supernatural plots and twist endings. The cumulative gross of his films exceeds $3.3 billion globally. Shyamalan has received vario ...

(Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, born 1970), Indian-American filmmaker * Manoj (film editor), editor of films such as ''Ivide'' *

Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two ...

(born 1969), also credited as Manoj Bajpai, Indian film actor, predominantly in Bollywood and Telugu films * Manoj Bharathiraja (19762025), Tamil film actor *

Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, also known as Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films in addition to a few Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for h ...

(born 1966), Indian actor in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films * Manoj Joshi (actor) (born 1965), Indian stage, film and television actor *

Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar (born Harikrishan Giri Goswami; 24 July 1937 – 4 April 2025) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in t ...

(1937–2025), Indian actor and director in Bollywood films *

Manoj Kumar (Tamil director) Manoj Kumar (born 23 September 1955) is an Indian film director, producer and actor who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films and Tamil serials. He is the brother-in-law of Bharathiraja. Career After assisting Bharathiraja in various f ...

(born 1960), who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films * Manoj Mitra (1938–2024), Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright * Manoj Pahwa (born 1963), Indian film and television actor * Manoj Paramahamsa, Indian cinematographer, primarily working in Tamil cinema * Manoj Punj (1970–2006), Punjabi film director *

Manoj Punjabi Manoj Dhamoo Punjabi (born 7 December 1972) is an Indonesian film and television producer. Born in a prominent Indian-Indonesian entertainment business family, he co-founded and is the CEO of MD Entertainment (Multi Dimensia Entertainment, also ...

(born 1972), Indian-Indonesian film and television producer * Manoj Sharma (born 1973), Indian director, screenwriter, and editor in primarily Hindi and Bhojpuri films * Manoj Sood (born 1962), Canadian film and television actor *

Manoj Tyagi Manoj Tyagi is an Indian screenwriter and film director who works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for ''Page 3 (film), Page 3'' (2005) and ''Apaharan'' (2006), along with the Filmfare Award for B ...

(born 1974), Indian screenwriter and film director in Hindi cinema

Music

Maalavika Manoj Maalavika Manoj (born 16 September 1993) known professionally as Mali (), is an Indian singer-songwriter based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Early and personal life Maalavika Manoj was born on 16 September 1993 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Malayali p ...

(born 1993), independent musician and songwriter based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu *

Manoj George Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, solo violinist and choral arranger of 3 Grammy Award Winning albums : ''Winds of Samsara'', in 2015, ''Divine Tides'' in 2022 for the B ...

, composer and violinist in the Malayalam and Kannada film industries *

Manoj–Gyan Manoj–Gyan was an Indian musical duo consisting of composers Manoj Bhatnagar and Gyan Varma. In the 1980s, the two collaboratively composed music for a few Hindi-language as well as Tamil-language films. Manoj hails from the state of Uttar Pr ...

, Indian music director duo for Hindi and Tamil language films *

Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician) Manoj Kumar Tiwari (born 1 February 1971) is an Indian politician, singer and actor. He is serving as a Member of Parliament from North East Delhi since 2014. Tiwari contested the 2009 general election as a Samajwadi Party candidate from G ...

(born 1971), singer, actor, television presenter and music director from Bihar, India

Politics

K. S. Manoj Kurisinkal Sebastian Manoj (born 19 April 1965) is an Indian politician and physician. He hails from Kerala and was a Member of Parliament for the 14th Lok Sabha, representing Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency as a Communist Party of India ( ...

(born 1965), Kerala politician representing Alapuzha Lok Sabha constituency *

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, princ ...

, West Bengal politician *

Manoj Juneja Manoj Juneja (born 1960) is the founder and Managing Partner of a niche Strategy Consulting firm. He was until late 2023 the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which was awarded ...

(born 1960), Indian United Nations official *

Manoj Kumar (Delhi politician) Manoj Kumar is a politician of Aam Aadmi Party. Political career Kumar won the seat, defeating the Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 7490 votes in 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election from Kondli. In 2015, Manoj Kumar ...

Manoj Kumar (Jharkhand politician) Manoj Kumar (born 15 June 1964) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Palamau constituency of Jharkhand and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's ...

(born 1964), Lok Sabha member representing the Palamau Constituency of Jharkhand * P. H. Manoj Pandian (born 1971), politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly *

Manoj Pradhan Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was convicted of murder in January 2010. He was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of Orissa. He has been convicted in two cases of murd ...

, Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party *

Manoj Rajoria Manoj Rajoria (born 19 December 1969) is an Indian politician and former member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha & 17th Lok Sabha from Karauli-Dholpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Rajasthan. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Bhar ...

(born 1969), Indian politician * Manoj Kumar Singh, Bihar politician * Manoj Sinha (born 1959), politician representing Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency

Sports and games

Manoj Baishya Manoj Kumar Baishya (born 25 March 1980) is a former Nepalese cricketer. Manoj is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Nepal national cricket team, Nepal against Papua New Guinea national cricket team, PNG in February ...

(born 1980), Nepalese cricketer * Manoj Bhagawati, Indian cricketer * Manoj Cheruparambil (born 1979), Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer * Manoj David (born 1975), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manoj Hemaratne (born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manoj Joglekar (born 1973), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Katuwal Manoj Katuwal (born 14 March 1985) is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played for the Nepal national cricket team between 2002 and 2006 including two first-class matches. Biography Born in Nepal in 1985, Man ...

(born 1985), Nepalese cricketer * Manoj Kumar (boxer) (born 1986), Indian welterweight boxer * Manoj Kumar (chess player) (born 1977), Fijian chess champion * Manoj Parmar (born 1967), Indian cricketer * Manoj Tiwary (cricketer) (born 1985), Indian cricketer * Manoj Prabhakar (born 1963), Indian cricketer * Manoj Rodrigo (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer

Writing

* Manoj Das (1934–2021), Indian writer in Oriya and English * Manoj Gupta (born 1967), Indian publisher and editor *

Manoj Joshi (journalist) Manoj Joshi is an Indian journalist and author specialising in security and international relations. As of 2013 he is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi–based think tank. Before that he was a professional jo ...

, Indian journalist and author *

Manoj Khanderia Manoj Khanderia (6 July 1943 – 27 October 2003) was an Indian poet and a Ghazal writer of Gujarati literature, Gujarati language. Life He was born on 6 July 1943 in Junagadh, Gujarat to Vrajlal and Vijyabahen. He studied at various scho ...

(1943–2003), poet and ghazalkaar of Gujarati Literature * Manoj Kuroor (born 1971), Malayalam poet and lyricist

Other people

* Manoj Kumar Pandey (1975–1999), Indian Army officer, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra * Manoj Pande (civil servant), Indian civil servant (IRPS) and Member Staff of Railway Board * Manoj Pande (general), Indian Army general {{Given name, type=both Sanskrit-language names