Krishnan
# Krishnan

Krishnan is a common name in South India. Krishnan refers to the Hindu deity Krishna. Krishnan is also combined with other names into a single name such as Ananthakrishnan, Balakrishnan, Gopalakrishnan, Jayakrishnan, Muralikrishnan, Ramakrishnan, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, and Venkatakrishnan.

## Notable people with the name Krishnan

* Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898–1961), Indian physicist who codiscovered Raman scattering with his mentor C. V. Raman
* M. S. Krishnan, Professor of Business Information Technology at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
* Madhaviah Krishnan (1912–1996), Indian naturalist, photographer and writer
* Maharajapuram Seetharaman Krishnan (geologist) (1898–1970), Indian geologist and geophysicist
* Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan (1908–1957), Tamil film comedian
* Ramanathan Krishnan (born 1937), tennis player from Chennai
* Ramesh Krishnan (born 1961), tennis player from Chennai, son of Ramanathan Krishnan
* Ramya Krishnan (born 1967), South Indian film actor
* Trisha Krishnan, South Indian film actor
* Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970), British journalist of Indian descent
