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and surname. It means lotus in

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Kamala Bahuguna Kamala Bahuguna (30 December 1923 – 7 November 2001) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh as member of the Janata Party in 1977. She is 2nd wife of Hemv ...

(1923–2001), Indian politician * Kamala Balakrishnan (1930–2018), Indian immunologist * Kamala Bhattacharya (1945–1961), Indian martyr * Kamala Bose (1947–2012), Indian classical vocalist * Kamala Chakravarty (born 1928), Indian classical musician and dancer *

Kamala Chandrakirana Kamala (or Nana) Chandrakirana is a feminist human rights activist for justice and democracy from Indonesia. She has been a member of the United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice since 2011. She spent over ...

, Indonesian women's rights activist *

Kamala Devi (actress) Kamala Devi (8 October 1933 – 29 November 2010) was an actress of Indian and British parentage, best known for her roles in the 1960s opposite her then-husband, Chuck Connors. She was born in Bombay (the current Mumbai) in British India. He ...

(born 1933), Indian actress * Kamala Devi (footballer) (born 1992), Indian footballer * Kamala-Jean Gopie, Jamaican-born Canadian political activist * Kamala Hampana (born 1935), Indian writer *

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

(born 1964), current vice president of the United States since 2021 * Kamala Hayman, New Zealand newspaper journalist * Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, Sudanese artist *

Kamala Kanta Kalita Dr. Kamala Kanta Kalita is an Indian politician and General Secretary of the Asom Gana Parishad. Dr. Kalita was Health and Family welfare Minister of Assam two times and a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Chaygaon constituency ...

, Indian politician *

Kamala Kamesh Kamala Kamesh is an Indian actress in Tamil movies. She was one of the prominent supporting actress in late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in Tamil movies. She has acted nearly 480 movies in Tamil. She is often seen in all of Visu's movies. Biography ...

(born 1952), Indian actress * Kamala Kumari Karredula, Indian politician * Kamala Krishnaswamy, Indian nutritionist *

Kamala Kotnis Kamala Kotnis was an Indian actress who played roles in Telugu and Hindi movies during the 1940s. She is also notable for being Dev Anand's first heroine in '' Hum Ek Hai'', released in 1946. Early life Kamala Kotnis was born as Kamalabai i ...

, Indian actress *

Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir is the Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia from 2017 to 2021. Early life and education Lakhdhir was born in Brooklyn, New York ...

, American diplomat, ambassador to Malaysia *

Kamala Laxman Kamala Laxman was an Indian author of children's books, and the wife of cartoonist R. K. Laxman. Kamala died in 2015 at the age of 90. She is survived by her son Srinivas, a retired journalist, her daughter-in-law Usha and granddaughter Rimanika. ...

(died 2015), Indian author of children's books *

Kamala Lopez Kamala Lopez is an American filmmaker, actress, writer, director, and political activist. She has had starring roles in '' Black Jesus'', ''Medium'', ''24'', ''Alias'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Miami Vice'', and ''21 Jump Street''. ...

, American filmmaker *

Kamala Markandaya Kamala Markandaya (23 June 1924 – 16 May 2004), pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. She has been called "one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English". Life ...

(1924–2004), Indian novelist and journalist *

Kamala Nehru Kamala Nehru (''née'' Kaul; ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian independence activist and the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Her daughter Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India ...

(1899–1936), wife of Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru * Kamala Nimbkar (1900–1979), American-born occupational therapist in India *

Kamala Parks Kamala Lyn Parks is an American drummer and songwriter from Berkeley, California. She played drums for Kamala & The Karnivores (with Ivy DuBois of Bitch Fight and Sweet Baby, Lynda Skulpone, and Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Bitch Fight and Spitbo ...

, American drummer, songwriter *

Kamala Pujari Kamala Pujari is a tribal woman from Koraput in Odisha, India. She is known for promoting organic farming. Interested in traditional farming, she learned the basic techniques from MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at Jeypore and has contribut ...

, organic agriculture promoter from Orisha *

Kamala Ranathunga Kamala Ranathunga (also spelled Ranatunge) (born 19 October 1937) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which nominated her on its national list to the Parliament of Sri La ...

(born 1937), Sri Lankan politician * Kamala Rani Balakrishnan, Singaporean criminal * Kamala Roka, Nepali politician * Kamala Saikhom, Indian actress * Kamala Sankaran, Indian academic administrator * Kamala Sankrityayan (1920–2009), Indian writer * Kamala Selvaraj, Indian obstetrician and gynecologist * Kamala Shankar, Indian slide guitar player * Kamala Sinha (1932–2014), Indian politician *

Kamala Sohonie Kamala Sohonie (18 June 1912 – 28 June 1997) was an Indian biochemist who in 1939 became the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline. Her acceptance into and work at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, paved the ...

(1912-1998), Indian biochemist *

Kamala Surayya Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her popularity ...

(1934–2009), Indian short story writer and autobiographer * Kamala Todd, Canadian filmmaker

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* Diodorus Kamala (born 1968), Tanzanian politician *

Kumari Kamala Kumari Kamala (born 16 June 1934) is an Indian dancer and actress (also known as Kamala Lakshman). Initially featured as a child dancer, Kamala appeared in almost 100 Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films throughout her career. In the 1970s, she ...

(born 1934), Indian classical dancer

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Kamala (wrestler) James Arthur Harris (May 28, 1950August 9, 2020), better known by his ring name Kamala, was an American professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan. He wrestled barefoot, clad only i ...

(James Arthur Harris, 1950–2020), American professional wrestler

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Kamala Khan Kamala Khan is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editors Sana Amanat and Stephen Wacker, writer G. Willow Wilson, and artists Adrian Alphona and Jamie McKelvie, Kamala is Marvel's first ...

, Marvel Comics superheroine * Kamala, a character in '' Siddhartha'' by Hermann Hesse * Kamala, a character in "

The Perfect Mate "The Perfect Mate" is the 21st episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', the 121st overall. The episode was credited to Gary Percante and Michael Piller from a story by Per ...

", an episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * Kamala, a main character in the

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coming of age comedy-drama series

Never Have I Ever "Never have I ever", also known as "I've never..." or "ten fingers", is a drinking game in which players take turns asking other players about things they have not done. Other players who have done this thing respond by taking a drink. A vers ...

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