Arumugam or Arumukan is a Tamil male

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. Due to the Tamil tradition of using

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s it may also be a

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for males and females. Arumugam is one of the many names of the

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god Murugan, which refers to his six faces (Aru = six + Mugam = face).

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Arumugam Arumugam or Arumukan 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. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan, which refers to his six faces (Ar ...

, Indian politician *

A. Arumugam A. Arumugam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Edapadi constituency in 1967 Events Jan ...

, Indian politician *

A. S. A. Arumugam A. S. A. Arumugam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Janata Party candidate from Virudhunagar (State Assemb ...

, Indian politician *

C. Arumugam Maduranthakam C. Arumugam, popularly known as Madhuranthagathar, was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was the founder member of Dravida Munetra Kazhag ...

, Indian politician *

J. N. Arumugam Joseph Nalliah Arumugam (born 23 February 1896) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant. Early life Arumugam was born on 23 February 1896. He was from Katkovalam near Point Pedro in northern Ceylon. He was educated at Jaffna Central College. H ...

(born 1896), Ceylonese civil servant * R. Arumugam (born 1953), Malaysian footballer * R. S. Arumugam, Indian politician *

T. Arumugam T. Arumugam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Ariyal ...

, Indian politician *

T. P. Arumugam T. P. Arumugam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Tiruchengode constituency in the 1996 ...

, Indian politician * V. Arumugam, Indian politician * V. Arumugam, Malaysian politician *

Veerapandi S. Arumugam Veerapandi S Arumugam (26 January 1937 – 23 November 2012) was a Tamil Nadu politician. He was born to Solai Goundar in Poolavari, Salem. He died on 23 November 2012 in Chennai due to illness. Political career Arumugam first became a ...

(1937–2012), Indian politician * Arumuka Navalar (1822–1879), Ceylonese revivalist

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* Arumugam Arulpiragasam (died 1975), Ceylonese civil servant *

Arumugam Canagaratnam Arumugam Canagaratnam ( ta, ஆறுமுகம் கனகரத்தினம்; 1873–1929) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon. Early life and family Canagaratnam was born in 1873. He was the son o ...

(born 1873), Ceylonese lawyer and politician * Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician * Arumugam Mohanasundaram (1928–2012), Indian actor * Arumugam Pillai Coomaraswamy (1783–1836), Ceylonese politician * Arumugam Sinnaththurai Thurairajah Raviharan, Sri Lankan politician *

Arumugam Thiagarajah Arumugam Thiagarajah ( ta, ஆறுமுகம் தியாகராஜா; 17 April 1916 – 25 May 1981) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life Thiagarajah was born on 17 April 1916. He was pri ...

(1916–1981), Sri Lankan teacher and politician *

Arumugam Thondaman Savumiamoorthy Arumugam Ramanathan Thondaman (29 May 1964 – 26 May 2020) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a Cabinet Minister. He was the grandson of prominent unionist Saumyamoorthi Thondaman. He was the leader of the Ceylon Workers ...

(born 1964), Sri Lankan politician *

Arumugam Vijiaratnam Arumugam Vijiaratnam (24 August 1921 – 18 February 2016) was the only Singaporean who represented his country in four sports — hockey, cricket, football and rugby — doing so from 1946 to 1956. He was the first Singaporean engineer. ...

(born 1921), Singaporean athlete * Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam (1906–1987), Sri Lankan physicist and academic * David Arumugam, Malaysian singer * Loganathan Arumugam (1953–2007), Malaysian singer *

Nicole Arumugam Nicole Arumugam is a British actress. She is half Irish, half Malaysian. She is best known for appearing on British television, most notably the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', where she played Michelle Fowler's college friend and flatmate Shell ...

, British actress

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