Raghavan (Tamil: ராகவன்; Malayalam: രാഘവന്‍) is a

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n name. It derives from the

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''raghava'', meaning "derived from

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" or "descendant of Raghu" (an

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of the Hindu god

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, an incarnation of

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), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States. It may refer to:

People

* Azhikodan Raghavan, Kerala politician *

Edappally Raghavan Pillai Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a close associate of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai. The pair, the front-runners of romanticism in Malayalam, was considered by many as the She ...

, Malayalam poet * K. Raghavan, Malayalam music composer *

K. Raghavan Pillai K. Raghavan Pillai (1920–1987) was a writer and scholar of Kerala, India. He, a well known novelist, was born in November 1920 in Puliyur, near Chengannur Chengannur (also spelled Chengannoor or Chenganur) is a Municipality in the Al ...

, writer and scholar from Kerala, India *

M. K. Raghavan M. K. Raghavan (born 21 April 1952) is an Indian Politician. He is a Member of 17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven ...

, Member of Parliament from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, India *

M. V. Raghavan Melathu Veettil Raghavan (5 May 1933 – 9 November 2014) was a veteran Communist leader and a former Minister in Kerala state of India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Marxist Party, an alliance partner in the United Democratic ...

, communist leader from Kerala, India *

Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai (1900–1979) was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor who was well known in the role of Ashaan in Kavyamela. He was born in 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village near Haripad in Alappuzha District ...

, Malayalam dramatist, poet, screenwriter, and actor from India * N. S. Raghavan, Indian industrialist *

P. Raghavan P. Raghavan was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kerala, India. From 1991 to 2001 he represented Uduma constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly. Biography P. Raghavan was born on 15 October 1945, the youngest of seven c ...

, Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kasargod district *

P. K. Raghavan P. K. Raghavan (23 April 1934 – 19 August 2005) was an Indian politician and former Minister of Kerala State. He came to active politics through the Student movement of the Communist Party of India. Political life He became a member of the ...

, former Minister of Kerala, India *

P. M. Raghavan Ponnabeth Mambally Raghavan (18 December 1920, date of death unknown) was an Indian cricketer who played at first-class cricket, first-class level for Travancore-Cochin cricket team, Travancore-Cochin (now Kerala cricket team, Kerala) from 1951 ...

, Kerala first-class cricketer *

Pa. Raghavan Pa. Raghavan, a well known Tamil writer, winner of the prestigious ‘ Bharathiya Basha Parishad Award’ in 2004. His best known and most appreciated work is Yathi, a Novel, which shows the world of Indian Sanyasis (Monks). His non fictions l ...

, Tamil writer and journalist from India *

Radha Raghavan Radha Raghavan (born 3 June 1961) is an Indian National Congress politician from Kerala. She has been a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for two terms and resigned from her second one. Early life Radha Raghavan was born on 3 June 1961 ...

, (born 1961), Indian National Congress politician *

Raghavan N. Iyer Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer (10 March 1930 – 20 June 1995) was an Indian academic, political theorist and philosopher. Educated at Oxford, he was professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1965 to 1986, wh ...

, academic and philosopher from Madras, India * Ramnad Raghavan, Indian ''mridangam'' player *

Raghavan (actor) Raghavan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian actor who has acted in Malayalam more than 100 films including Telugu and Kannada films. Malayalam actor Jishnu was his son. From early 2000s he is more active on Malayalam and Tamil television se ...

, Indian film actor in Malayalam films *

M. R. Srinivasaprasad Madapusi Raghavan Srinivasaprasad, usually known as M. R. Srinivasaprasad (born in 1959 in Salem, Tamil Nadu) is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler who played cricket for Karnataka Ranji in the Wills Trophy (1983/84 � ...

, Indian cricketer * Srinivasacharya Raghavan, Indian mathematician *

Sriram Raghavan Sriram Raghavan (born 22 June 1963) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is primarily considered an auteur of neo-noir action thrillers. Raghavan made his directorial debut with '' Ek Hasina Thi'' (2004). H ...

, Indian film director and screenwriter *

Sumeet Raghavan Sumeet Raghavan is an Indian film, television, and theatre actor known for his roles in '' Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedi Naye Kissey,'' Hudd Kar Di'', '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'', '' Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo'', ''Badi Door Se Aaye Hai'', and ...

, Indian film and television actor * Suren Raghavan, Sri Lankan academic * Raghavan Thirumulpad, Ayurvedic scholar and physician from Kerala, India * V. R. Raghavan, Indian military strategist * V. S. Raghavan, (b. 1925), Tamil actor *

K.G. Raghavan KG, Kg, kG or kg may refer to: Units of measurement * kg, the kilogram, the SI base unit of mass * kG or kGs, the kilogauss, a unit of measurement of magnetic induction People * KG (wrestler), ring name of Syuri (born 1989) * K. G. Cunningham ( ...

, Malayalee author, Amrutavani, (Poetic Malayalam rendering of Quran)

Asteroids

* 24149 Raghavan, asteroid

Films

Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram ''Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram'' is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Durai, starring Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth and Sumithra. The film was released on 12 August 1977, and did not do well at the box office. It is considered a lost fi ...

, Tamil film *A character in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, film {{disambiguation, given name, surname Indian surnames Indian given names Tamil masculine given names