Manoj is a name of Indian origin. Notable people called Manoj include:

Business

Manoj Badale Manoj Badale OBE (born 31 December 1967) is an Indian businessman and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Blenheim Chalcot, and owner of Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals. Life ...

(born 1967), Indian businessman *

Manoj Bhargava Manoj Bhargava (born 1953) is an Indian Americans, Indian American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC (Doing business as, dba Living Essentials LLC), the company known for producing ...

(born 1953), Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist

Education

Manoj Chitnavis Manoj Chitnavis FRSC is a British teacher and chemist. Education Chitnavis arrived in the UK from Uganda in 1972, and settled in Devon. He studied chemistry and biology at the University of Plymouth from 1985 and was later appointed as a rese ...

, British teacher and chemist *

Manoj Datta Manoj Datta is an Indian engineer specialized in geotechnical engineering, foundation engineering, ground engineering, earth dams, landfill engineering and geoenvironmental engineering. He was the Director of Punjab Engineering College and w ...

, Indian professor and civil engineer *

Manoj Pant Manoj Pant is an Indian expert in International Trade. He is the Director of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, since August 2017. Previously, he was a full-time professor at the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru ...

, Indian professor and international trade expert

Film and television

* Manchu Manoj (born 1983), Indian film actor *

M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu M. Night Shyamalan ( ; born August 6, 1970) is an Indian-American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India, and raise ...

(born 1970), Indian-American filmmaker *

Manoj (film editor) Manoj is an Indian film editor who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor for ''Ivide''. Selected filmography * ''Smart City'' (2006) * ''Madambi'' (2008) * ''Crazy Gopalan'' (2008) * ...

, editor of films such as ''Ivide'' * Manoj Bajpayee (born 1969), also credited as Manoj Bajpai, Indian film actor, predominantly in Bollywood and Telugu films *

Manoj Bharathiraja Manoj K. Bharathi (born 11 September 1976 as Manoj Bharathiraja) is an Indian actor. He is most noted as the son of director Bharathiraja. Manoj made his acting debut with ''Taj Mahal'' in 1999. He has been the part of few Tamil movies like ''S ...

(born 1976), Tamil film actor * Manoj Joshi (born 1945), Indian film and television actor *

Manoj K. Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadom Jayan also known as Manoj K.Jayan is an Indian actor of Malayalam and Tamil films. He has also done a few Telugu and Kannada films and has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Se ...

(born 1966), Indian actor in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films *

Manoj Kumar Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic theme ...

(born 1937), Indian actor and director in Bollywood films *

Manoj Kumar (film director) Manoj Kumar is an Indian film director, producer and television actor who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films and Tamil serials. He is the brother-in-law of Bharathiraja. Career After assisting Bharathiraja in various films, he made h ...

(born 1960), who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films * Manoj Mitra (born 1938), Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright *

Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa (born 8 December 1963), is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series ''Office Office'' (2001). He has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including '' 7½ Phere'' (2005), ' ...

(born 1963), Indian film and television actor *

Manoj Paramahamsa Manoj Paramahamsa is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. Career He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father UV Babu, has directed more than half-a-dozen films in Telugu and Manoj has sai ...

, Indian cinematographer, primarily working in Tamil cinema * Manoj Punj (1970–2006), Punjabi film director *

Manoj Punjabi Manoj Punjabi (born 7 December 1972) is an Indonesian film and television producer. He is the CEO & Founder of MD Entertainment, the biggest production house in Indonesia and the only national film company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exhange ( ...

(born 1972), Indian-Indonesian film and television producer *

Manoj Sharma Manoj Sharma (born 19 October 1973) is an Indian film director, film writer, screenwriter and editor. As a screenplay writer and director, he is noted for ''Bin Phere Free Me Ttere'', ''Sparsh-the touch'', ''Mai ka Bitwa'' and ''Swaha: Life Be ...

(born 1973), Indian director, screenwriter, and editor in primarily Hindi and Bhojpuri films *

Manoj Sood Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Canadian film and television actor. Life and career Manoj Sood was born in Mombasa, Kenya, to Indian Hindu parents, Dr. B.K. Sood and Narindar Sood. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964, growing u ...

(born 1962), Canadian film and television actor *

Manoj Tyagi Manoj Tyagi (born 1968 ) is an Indian screenwriter and film director in the Hindi cinema. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for ''Page 3'' (2005) and '' Apaharan'' (2006), apart from Filmfare Award for Best Screenpl ...

(born 1974), Indian screenwriter and film director in Hindi cinema

Music

Maalavika Manoj Maalavika Manoj (born 16 September 1993) known professionally as Mali, is an Indian musician and songwriter based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was a member of the underground band Bass-in-Bridge, and became a solo artist after the band dissolved ...

(born 1993), independent musician and songwriter based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu *

Manoj George Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, solo violinist and choral arranger of 2 albums : ''Winds of Samsara'', which won the Grammy Award for the Best New Age Album in 2015 and ...

, composer and violinist in the Malayalam and Kannada film industries *

Manoj–Gyan Manoj–Gyan was an Indian musical duo consisting of composers Manoj Bhatnagar and Gyan Varma. In the 1980s, the two collaboratively composed music for a few Hindi-language as well as Tamil-language films. Manoj hails from the state of Uttar Pr ...

, Indian music director duo for Hindi and Tamil language films * Manoj Tiwari (born 1971), singer, actor, television presenter and music director from Bihar, India

Politics

K. S. Manoj Kurisinkal Sebastian Manoj (born 19 April 1965) is an Indian politician and physician. He hails from Kerala and was a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament for the 14th Lok Sabha, representing Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency) ...

(born 1965), Kerala politician representing Alapuzha Lok Sabha constituency *

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election A ...

, West Bengal politician * Manoj Juneja (born 1960), Indian United Nations official *

Manoj Kumar (Delhi politician) Manoj Kumar is a politician of Aam Aadmi Party. Political career Kumar won the seat, defeating the Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 7490 votes in 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election from Kondli. In 2015, Manoj Kumar ...

Manoj Kumar (politician) Manoj Kumar (born 15 June 1964) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Palamau constituency of Jharkhand and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's ...

(born 1964), Lok Sabha member representing the Palamau

Constituency of Jharkhand

P. H. Manoj Pandian P. H. Manoj Pandian (born 8 August 1971) is a politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Alangulam constituency. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All Indi ...

(born 1971), politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly *

Manoj Pradhan Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was convicted of murder in January 2010. He was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of Orissa. He has been convicted in two cases of murder ...

, Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party *

Manoj Rajoria Dr. Manoj Rajoria (born 19 December 1969) is an indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Karauli-Dholpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Rajasthan. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party c ...

(born 1969), Indian politician * Manoj Kumar Singh, Bihar politician *

Manoj Sinha Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railway ...

(born 1959), politician representing Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency

Sports and games

* Manoj Baishya (born 1980), Nepalese cricketer * Manoj Bhagawati, Indian cricketer *

Manoj Cheruparambil Manoj Cheruparambil (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He played in two One Day Internationals for the Hong Kong cricket team in 2004, both in Colombo in Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, the first against Bangladesh ...

(born 1979), Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer *

Manoj David Ramesh Randeer "Manoj" David (born 8 February 1975) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who has played three One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for Canada national cricket team, Canada. References External links

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(born 1975), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Manoj Hemaratne Manoj Veerendra Hemaratne (born July 24, 1969, in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who played for the Antonians Sports Club Antonians Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It played first-class cricket f ...

(born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manoj Joglekar (born 1973), Indian cricketer * Manoj Katuwal (born 1985), Nepalese cricketer *

Manoj Kumar (boxer) Manoj Kumar (born 10 December 1986), is an Indian boxing, boxer who won a gold medal in the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light welterweight, light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He hails from the village of R ...

(born 1986), Indian welterweight boxer *

Manoj Kumar (chess player) Manoj Kumar is a Fijian chess player who has won the Fiji National Championship eight times: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The Fiji Sports Councils Awards named him Fiji national domestic Player of the year twice, in 2007 and ...

(born 1977), Fijian chess champion * Manoj Parmar (born 1967), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Tiwary Manoj Tiwari or Manoj Tiwary may refer to: * Manoj Tiwari (film director) (born 1967), Bollywood film director *Manoj Tiwari (politician) (born 1971), Indian politician, singer, and actor who served as an MP for North East Delhi * Manoj Tiwari (Ut ...

(born 1985), Indian cricketer * Manoj Prabhakar (born 1963), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Rodrigo Manoj Rodrigo (born Warnakulasooriya Edrian Manoj Srikantha Rodrigo on 1 November 1983) was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club. He was born in Chila ...

(born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Manoj Thonipurakkal Manoharan Manoj is a name of Indian origin. Notable people called Manoj include: Business * Manoj Badale (born 1967), Indian businessman * Manoj Bhargava (born 1953), Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Education * Manoj Chitnavis, British tea ...

(born 1991), Indian footballer

Writing

Manoj Das Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, Padma Bhusan ...

(1934–2021), Indian writer in Oriya and English *

Manoj Gupta Manoj Gupta (born December 23, 1967) is an Indian publisher, editor, and the President and Co-founder of Raja Pocket Books and its subsidiary Raj comics. He established the most popular and longest running comic book company Raj Comics together wi ...

(born 1967), Indian publisher and editor * Manoj Joshi (journalist), Indian journalist and author *

Manoj Khanderia Manoj Khanderia (6 July 1943 – 27 October 2003) was an Indian poet and a Ghazal writer of Gujarati language. Life He was born on 6 July 1943 in Junagadh, Gujarat to Vrajlal and Vijyabahen. He studied at various schools in various towns ...

(1943–2003), poet and ghazalkaar of Gujarati Literature *

Manoj Kuroor Manoj Kuroor (Malayalam മനോജ് കുറൂർ; born 31 May 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist who writes in Malayalam. Personal life Manoj Kuroor was born at Kottayam, to chenda exponent Kuroor Cheriya Vasudevan Namboothiri and Sree ...

(born 1971), Malayalam poet and lyricist

Other people

Manoj Kumar Pandey Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, Param Vir Chakra, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999) was an officer of the Indian Army who was posthumously awarded India's highest military honour, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership dur ...

(1975–1999), Indian Army officer, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra *

Manoj Pande (civil servant) Manoj Pande is an Indian civil servant serving as the current Member (Staff) of the Indian Railways Board since 2019. Manoj Pande is a 1989 Batch Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer. Prior to Member (Staff) of the Indian Railways Boar ...

, Indian civil servant (IRPS) and Member Staff of Railway Board * Manoj Pande (general), Indian Army general {{Given name, type=both Sanskrit-language names