Notable people with the name Padmanabhan include: * C. M. Padmanabhan Nair (?–1977), an Indian politician *

Dayal Padmanabhan Dayal Padmanabhan is an Indian film writer, director and producer, mainly working in Kannada cinema who is a two times Karnataka State award winner and one time Indian Panorama , IFFI( Golden Jublee edition)entrant. His films include ''Baa Bar ...

, an Indian film director and producer * Govindarajan Padmanabhan, a renowned biochemist and a pioneer in Indian biotechnology *

Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai Mannathu Padmanabhan (2 January 1878 – 25 February 1970) was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter from the south-western state of Kerala. He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society (NSS), which represents the ...

(1878–1970), an Indian social reformer and a freedom fighter * Padmanabhan Sivadas, an Indian cricketer * Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army *

Thanu Padmanabhan Thanu Padmanabhan (10 March 1957 – 17 September 2021) was an Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity. He published ...

(1957–2021), an Indian theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize * Vijay Padmanabhan, a law professor * Vidyut Padmanabhan, Director of Motorsport Operations, Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A

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