Tarun or Tharun is a word from Sanskrit. It is a male given name, meaning "Young man". Notable people with the given name Tarun include: *

Tarun (Telugu actor) Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1983) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, with appearances in a few Tamil and Malayalam films. Tarun began his career as a child actor and received the National Film Award for Bes ...

(born 1992), up coming hero & directors of world cinema *

Tarun Arora Tarun Arora is an Indian Model (person), model, actor and producer who works in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil language films. Career Tarun Arora began modelling while studying hotel management in Bangalore. He won ...

, Indian actor in world cinema *

Tarun Bhattacharya Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya (born 23 December 1957) is an Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer. He studied with Ravi Shankar. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018. Early life Tarun Bhat ...

, Indian musician *

Tarun Bose Tarun Bose (14 September 1928 – 8 March 1972) was an Indian actor, active in Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and education Bose was born in Kolkata, though he grew up in Nagpur, where he studied at St. Francis High School. ...

(1928–1972), Indian actor in Hindi cinema *

Tarun Chandra Tarun Chandra (born 27 April 1983) is an Indian actor based in Kannada Film Industry. He made his film debut in the multi-starrer '' Khushi'' (2003) and has since then acted in various films, notably being, ''Geleya'' (2007), '' Love Guru'' (20 ...

or Tarun, Indian actor in Kannada cinema *

Tarun Dey Tarun Dey is a retired Indian football defender who represented India at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for East Bengal Club and was awarded the Man of the tournament of the 1985 Coca-Cola Cup. Dey is also a qualified AFC coach and manage ...

, Indian footballer *

Tarun Dhillon Tarun Dhillon (born 18 August 1994) is an Indian para badminton player from Haryana. He competes in the SL4 category. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, his second Olympics. Dhillon has been ranked world nu ...

, Indian para-badminton paralympian. *

Tarun Gogoi Tarun Gogoi (1 April 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Con ...

(1936–2020), Indian politician *

Tarun Gopi Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...

, Indian film director in Tamil cinema *

Tarun Khanna (academic) Tarun Khanna (born; 1968) is an Indian-born American academic, author, and an economic strategist. He is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School; where he is a member of the strategy group, and the director of Harva ...

(born 1968), Indian-born American author and economic strategist *

Tarun Khiwal Tarun Khiwal (born 1965) is an Indian fashion and commercial photographer. An engineer by education, he left his first job in 1989, and apprenticed with photographers, Hardev Singh, Prabuddha Dasgupta and Atul Kasbekar, before starting out ...

(born 1967), Indian fashion photographer *

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Aw ...

or Tarun Mazumdar (1931 - 2022), Indian film director in Bengali cinema *

Tarun Mandal Tarun Mandal is an Indian Writer and politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and was the MP representing Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal in the 15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha ...

(born 1959), Indian politician *

Tarun Mansukhani Tarun Mansukhani is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He is best known for directing the 2008 romantic comedy film Dostana (2008 film), ''Dostana''. Filmography As director As assistant dir ...

, Indian film director in Hindi cinema *

Tarun Nethula Tarun Sai Nethula (born 8 May 1983) is an Indian-born cricketer who has played for the New Zealand national cricket team. He started his cricket training at St. Johns Cricket Academy in Hyderabad, Telangana and moved to New Zealand at the age of ...

(born 1983), Indian-born New Zealand cricketer *

Tarun Ram Phukan Tarun Ram Phukan (also Phookun, 22 January 1877 – 28 July 1939) was a prominent leader of Assam. He was popularly known as ''Deshbhakta''. Early life and education Tarun Ram Phukan was born in 1877 in a reputed family of Assam. He was edu ...

(1877–1939), Indian politician *

Tarun Shatriya Sulile Kumar, also known by his stage name Tharun Kumar (also credited as Tarun Shatriya) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut in a supporting role in Tarun Gopi's ''Kaalai'' (2008), before going on ...

, Indian actor in Tamil cinema *

Tarun Tahiliani Tarun Tahiliani is an Indian fashion designer. With his wife Sailaja 'Sal' Tahiliani, he co-founded the multi-designer boutique Ensemble in 1987, and Tahiliani Design studio in 1990. Based in Delhi, he is best known for his ability to infuse Ind ...

, Indian fashion designer *

Tarun Tejpal Tarun Tejpal (born 15 March 1963) is an Indian journalist, publisher, novelist, entrepreneur and founder editor of Tehelka magazine. He is known for the groundbreaking human interest and investigative journalism that was pioneered by Tehelka bet ...

(born 1963), Indian journalist, publisher and a novelist *

Tarun Vijay Tarun Vijay (born 2 March 1956) is an Indian author, social worker and journalist. He was the editor of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) weekly in Hindi, ''Panchjanya (newspaper), Panchajanya'', from 1986 to February 2008. He also writes f ...

(born 1951), Indian author, social worker and politician

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