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 Manoj Bhargava (born 1953) is an Indian American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC ( dba Living Essentials LLC), the company known for producing the 5-hour Energy drink. By 2012, the brand ha ...

(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 Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with '' Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He ...

(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 Manoj Kumar Bharathiraja (11 September 1976 – 25 March 2025) was an Indian actor, film director, producer and playback singer who worked in Tamil cinema. He was the son of director Bharathiraja and made his acting debut with his father's ''Ta ...

(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) Manoj N. Joshi (born 14 December 1965) is an Indian actor known for working in film, stage and television. He has acted in over 70 films since 1998, many of his roles being comic roles. Joshi is the recipient of several awards including a Natio ...

(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 Manoj Mitra (22 December 1938 – 12 November 2024) was an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director, and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira District, Khulna division. Initiall ...

(1938–2024), Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright *

Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa (born 8 December 1963), is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series '' Office Office'' (2001). Pahwa has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including '' 7½ Phere'' (2005 ...

(born 1963), Indian film and television actor *

Manoj Paramahamsa Manoj Paramahamsa is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.He have done 25 films cinematography. His notable works include '' Eeram'' (2009), '' Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010), '' Nanban'' (2012), '' Race G ...

, Indian cinematographer, primarily working in Tamil cinema *

Manoj Punj Manoj Punj was an Indian punjabi language, Punjabi film director. He directed the hits in Cinema of Punjab, Punjabi Cinema. After graduating with a degree in arts, and experiencing theater in Chandigarh, he assisted Prof. P. S. Nirola who made ...

(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 Manoj Sharma (born 19 October 1973) is an Indian film director, film writer, screenwriter and editor. As a screenplay writer and director, he is noted for ''Bin Phere Free Me Ttere'', ''Sparsh-the touch'', ''Mai ka Bitwa'' and ''Swaha: Life Be ...

(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 Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as the minister of state for Communications (independent charge) and minister of state for Railways i ...

(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 Manoj Cheruparambil (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He played in two One Day Internationals for the Hong Kong cricket team in 2004, both in Colombo in Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, the first against Bangladesh an ...

(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) Manoj Kumar (born 10 December 1986), is an Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He hails from the village of Rajound in the Kaithal district of Haryana. Early life and debut in ...

(born 1986), Indian welterweight boxer *

Manoj Kumar (chess player) Manoj Kumar is a Fijian chess player who has won the Fiji National Championship eight times: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fiji Sports Councils Awards named him Fiji national domestic Player of the year twice, in 2007 and ...

(born 1977), Fijian chess champion * Manoj Parmar (born 1967), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Tiwary (cricketer) Manoj Kumar Tiwary (born 14 November 1985) is an Indian former international cricketer who is now a politician. He was a right-handed batter who bowled occasional leg break. Tiwary represented Bengal in domestic cricket and appeared for multip ...

(born 1985), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Prabhakar Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and also opened the innings a few times for the Ind ...

(born 1963), Indian cricketer * Manoj Rodrigo (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer

Writing

Manoj Das Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, and Padm ...

(1934–2021), Indian writer in Oriya and English *

Manoj Gupta Manoj Gupta (born December 23, 1967) is an Indian publisher, editor, and the President and Co-founder of Raja Pocket Books and its subsidiary Raj comics. He established the most popular and longest running comic book company Raj Comics together ...

(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 Manoj Kuroor (born 31 May 1971) is an Indian poet, novelist and lyricist who writes in Malayalam. Personal life Manoj Kuroor was born at Kottayam, to chenda exponent Kuroor Cheriya Vasudevan Namboothiri and Sreedevi Andarjanam. He is the grand ...

(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) Manoj Pande is an Indian people, Indian civil servant serving as the current Member (Staff) of the Indian Railways Board since 2019. Manoj Pande is a 1989 Batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer. Prior to Member (Staff) of the Indian ...

, Indian civil servant (IRPS) and Member Staff of Railway Board * Manoj Pande (general), Indian Army general {{Given name, type=both Sanskrit-language names