Kannan
Kannan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. The name is derived from the Hindu god Krishna who is known as Kannan in Tamil. In Tamil it means "playful" or "merry."Notable people
Given name
- B. Kannan, Indian cinematographer
- K. Kannan, Singaporean footballer
- Kannan, Indian film music composer
- Kannan Balakrishnan, Indian musician
- Kannan Iyer, Indian film writer and actor
- Kannan Soundararajan, Indian mathematician
- M. Kannan, Indian politician
- P. Kannan, Indian politician
- R. Kannan, Indian film director
- S. P. Kannan, Indian politician
- Srirangam Kannan, Indian musician
- Vedham Puthithu Kannan, Indian filmmaker
Surname
- Biju C. Kannan, Indian film director
- Beena Kannan, Indian businesswoman
- Bharathi Kannan, Indian film director
- Embar Kannan, Indian musician
- Kanal Kannan, Indian film choreographer
- Ravindran Kannan, Indian computer scientist
- Siddharth Kannan, Indian broadcaster
- Yaar Kannan, Indian film director
Other uses
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