Kumaran is a surname. People with the surname include:
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Dharshan Kumaran (born 1975), an English chess grandmaster
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I. K. Kumaran (1903–1999), Indian freedom fighter who fought for liberation from France in 1954
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K. P. K. Kumaran, politician and former member of the Parliament of India who represented Tamil Nadu
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K. P. Kumaran, Malayalam film maker
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Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (1916–2007), Kathakali artiste in classical Indian dance-drama
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Kumaran Asan
Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (Malayalam: എൻ. കുമാരൻ ആശാൻ) (12 April 1873 – 16 January 1924) was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher. He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam ...
(1873–1924), one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India
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M. K. Kumaran (1915–1994), famous writer, journalist and politician of Kerala, India
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Moorkoth Kumaran
Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941) was a social reformer, a teacher and a short story writer in Malayalam.
Kumaran came from a Thiyya family of Thalassery, Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. He initiated ...
(1874–1941), teacher and a prominent short story writer in Malayalam
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S. S. Kumaran, Tamil film composer
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Sangili Kumaran or Cankili II (died 1619), the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom
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Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran () (born 30 December 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu), also known as 'Kenny' and 'Thiru Kumaran', is an Indian First Class cricketer & Cricket Coach. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
He w ...
, Indian First Class cricketer
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Tiruppur Kumaran (1904–1932), Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement
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