Kumaran (surname)
Kumaran is a surname. People with the surname include:
- Dharshan Kumaran, an English chess grandmaster
- I. K. Kumaran, Indian freedom fighter who fought for liberation from France in 1954
- K. P. K. Kumaran, politician and former member of the Parliament of India who represented Tamil Nadu
- K. P. Kumaran, Malayalam film maker
- Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair, Kathakali artiste in classical Indian dance-drama
- Kumaran Asan, one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India
- M. K. Kumaran, famous writer, journalist and politician of Kerala, India
- Moorkoth Kumaran, teacher and a prominent short story writer in Malayalam
- S. S. Kumaran, Tamil film composer
- Sangili Kumaran or Cankili II, the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom
- Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran, Indian First Class cricketer
- Tiruppur Kumaran, Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement