Manu may refer to:

Geography

* Manú Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region ** Manú National Park, Peru **

Manú River The Manú is a river in southeastern Peru. It runs down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains into the Amazon Basin. It runs through what is now protected as the Manú National Park, a vast Biosphere Reserve, home to arguably the highest con ...

, in southeastern Peru * Manu River (Tripura), which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh *

Manu Temple Manu Temple is a summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated one mile south of the North Rim's Widforss Point, northeast of parent Buddha Temple, and three miles southwest of the N ...

, a summit in the Grand Canyon, United States *

Manu, Tripura Manu is a village in Dhalai, Tripura, India. It falls under Tripura East Lok Sabha Constituency. Location National Highway 108 ends at Manu.

, a village in Tripura, India *Manu, a village in Topliţa Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania *Manu, a village in

Tâmna Tâmna is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It border ...

Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania *

Moku Manu Moku Manu, or Bird Island in the Hawaiian language, is an offshore islet of Oahu, three-quarters of a mile off Mokapu Peninsula. Moku Manu and an adjacent small islet are connected by an underwater dike. The island was formed from debris flung f ...

, an island in the Hawaiian islands

As a given name

Actors

* Manu Bennett (born 1969), New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series ''Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' *

Manu Intiraymi Manu Intiraymi (born April 22, 1978) is a film actor, writer, director and producer. As an actor, he is known for playing the former Borg Icheb on the television series '' Star Trek: Voyager'', and as Billy on ''One Tree Hill''. His producing ...

(born 1978), American actor, best known as "Icheb" on the television series ''Star Trek: Voyager'' * Manu Narayan (born 1973), American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM * Manu Payet (born 1975), French actor, comedian, radio and television presenter * Manu Rishi (born 1971), Indian actor * Manu Tupou (1935–2004), American actor

Musicians

* Manu Chao (born 1961), French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin * Manu Cornet (born 1981), French musician and writer * Manu Delago (born 1984), Austrian composer * Manu Dibango (1933–2020), Cameroonian musician * Manu Gavassi (born 1993), Brazilian recording artist, singer, actress *

Manu Guix Manu Guix (Manuel Guix Tornos) (born 8 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) is a composer, musical director and Spanish performer. He has been linked to Operación Triunfo since its inception in 2001, and has acted as a coach in every edition of t ...

(born 1979), Spanish composer * Manu Katché (born 1958), French musician * Manu Koch (born 1972), Swiss pianist, keyboardist, and composer * Manu-L (born 1983), Swiss singer and guitarist * Manu Lanvin (born 1973), French singer * Manu Limbu, Nepali singer * Manu Louis, Belgian musician * Manu Militari (born 1979), Canadian singer * Manu Manzo (born 1994), American singer-songwriter * Manu Shrine (1987–2015), Russian electronic musician

Sports

* Manú (Portuguese footballer) (born 1982), Portuguese footballer Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo * Manu (footballer, born 1984) (born 1984), Spanish footballer *

Manuela Lareo Manuela “Manu” Lareo Polanco (born 29 May 1992) is a Spanish-born Dominican footballer who plays as a left attacking midfielder for Segunda División Pro club RCD Espanyol and the Dominican Republic women's national team. Early life Lare ...

(born 1992), Spanish footballer *

Manu Ahotaeiloa Manu Ahotaeiloa (born 12 January 1986) is a Tongan rugby union player who currently plays for Agen in the Top 14 competition. He plays as a centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center ...

(born 1986), Tongan rugby union player *

Manu Attri Manu Attri (born 31 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy. For mixed doubles events, he p ...

(born 1992), Indian badminton player * Manu Barreiro (born 1986), Spanish association football player *

Manu Balda Faberth Manuel 'Manu' Balda Rodríguez (born 21 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian Association football, footballer who plays for C.D. El Nacional as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Club career Born in Portoviejo, Balda moved to Barcelona in 2001, age ...

(born 1992), Ecuadorian footballer * Manu Bhaker (born 2002), Indian sport shooter *

Manu Bhardwaj This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Himachal Pradesh cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in ...

(born 1975), Indian cricketer *

Manu Busto Manuel 'Manu' Adolfo Busto Loza (born 7 October 1980) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Miengo as a forward. Club career Busto was born in Santander, Cantabria. He only played lower league football in his country, amassing Segunda Divi ...

(born 1980), Spanish footballer *

Manu Dagher Manu Dagher (born 12 October 1984) is a Liberian former footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is signed to Waltham Forest F.C., Waltham Forest in England and was also a member of the Liberia national football team. ...

(born 1984), Liberian-Dutch footballer *

Manu Fernández Manuel Fernández Muñiz (born 9 May 1986), commonly known as Manu, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, and a product of ''Mareo'', Sporting de Gijón's youth academy, Man ...

(born 1986), Spanish football goalkeeper *

Manu Ferrera Manu Ferrera (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish-born football coach, best known for his career in Belgium. He works as a scout for Gent. Career As a player He started playing football at Crossing Schaerbeek, the team in which he made his debut ...

(born 1958), Belgian association football player * Manu Garba (born 1965), Nigerian association football manager * Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Argentine-born National Basketball Association player *

Manu Herrera Manuel "Manu" Herrera Yagüe (born 29 September 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for CF Intercity. Club career Born in Madrid, Herrera joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 1995, aged 13, and made his senior deb ...

(born 1981), Spanish footballer *

Manu Hervás Manuel 'Manu' Hernández-Sonseca Hervás (born 6 June 1986) is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder, and the current assistant manager of Swiss Challenge League ...

(born 1986), Spanish association football player *

Manu Honkanen Manu Honkanen (born 29 April 1996) is a Finnish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga. Honkanen made his Liiga debut playing with HC TPS TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champi ...

(born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player *

Manu Lecomte Emmanuel Lecomte (born 16 August 1995) is a Belgian basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team. Career C ...

(born 1995), Belgian basketball player *

Manu Leiataua Manu Leiataua (born 26 December 1986) is a rugby union hooker who plays for Perpignan and Samoa. Leiataua made his debut for Samoa in 2013 and was part of the squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby W ...

(born 1986), Samoan rugby player *

Manu Maniapoto Manukapua "Manu" Maniapoto (29 June 1935 – 24 January 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Maniapoto represented at a provincial level, playing 107 times for the province between 1960 and 1968, scoring 10 tries and kicking one ...

(1935–2017), New Zealand rugby union player *

Manu Ma'u Manu may refer to: Geography *Manú Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region **Manú National Park, Peru **Manú River, in southeastern Peru *Manu River (Tripura), which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh *Manu Temple ...

(born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player *

Manu Molina Manuel "Manu" Antonio Molina Valero (born 20 November 1991) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Huelva, Andalusia, Molina was a product of local Recreativo de Huelva yout ...

(born 1991), Spanish footballer *

Manu del Moral Manuel "Manu" del Moral Fernández (born 25 February 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a forward or winger. He played 272 games and scored 53 goals in La Liga, representing Atlético Madrid, Getafe, Sevill ...

(born 1984), Spanish footballer *

Manu Morlanes Manuel "Manu" Morlanes Ariño (born 12 January 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca. Club career Born in Zaragoza, Morlanes represented local Real Zaragoza as a youth before swit ...

(born 1999), Spanish association football player *

Manu Nayyar Manu Nayyar (born 9 May 1964) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 57 first-class matches for Delhi between 1986 and 1994. He is now working as a referee. See also * List of Delhi cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have pl ...

(born 1964), Indian cricketer *

Manu Rodríguez Manuel Rodríguez Barrientos (born 17 August 1991) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the LEB Oro. Career Rodríguez started playing professionally at hometown CB Granada. After the club was dissolved in 201 ...

(born 1991), Spanish basketball player *

Manu Sánchez (footballer, born 1979) Antonio Manuel 'Manu' Sánchez Gómez (born 25 January 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Sánchez was born in Fuengirola, Province of Málaga. He came through the ranks of Real Madrid but neve ...

, Spanish footballer *

Manu Shlomovich Manu Shlomovich (1927–2000) was an Israeli footballer who played for Juventus and Maccabi Netanya. Both of his sons Eliezer and Moshe also played football, both played together in Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון ...

(1927–2000), Israeli association football player *

Manu Snellinx Manu Snellinx (23 August 1948 – 29 May 2017) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the sprint and tandem events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly ...

(born 1948), Belgian cyclist * Manu Sunu (born 1966), Togolese footballer * Manu Torres (born 1989), Spanish footballer *

Manu Trigueros Manuel Trigueros Muñoz (born 17 October 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal. Trigueros has spent his entire professional career with Villarreal, making a club record of over 450 tot ...

(born 1991), Spanish footballer *

Manu Tuiasosopo Manu'ula Asovalu Tuiasosopo (born August 30, 1957) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was the 18th overall selection of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at ...

(born 1957), National Football League defensive lineman * Manu Tuilagi (born 1991), Samoan-born rugby player for England * Manu Vallejo (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Manu Vatuvei (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league player *

Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967) Manu Vunipola (born circa 1967 in Kolomotu'a,) is a Tongan former rugby union player and former Tonga sevens coach. He played as scrum-half. Currently he is the Minister of Sport of Tonga. Career Vunipola debuted for Tonga in the 1987 Rugby Wo ...

, Tongan rugby union footballer and coach

Other

Afa Anoa'i Jr. Afa Anoa'i Jr. (born October 6, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotion WWE in the late 2000s under the ring name Manu. Early life and education Anoa'i attended ...

(born 1984), American professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu *

Manu (Kannada author) P. N. Rangan (1951– 8 November 2011, known by his pen name Manu) was an Indian scientist and Kannada people, Kannadiga author. Career Manu wrote more than 9 books in 9 publications in Kannada, Telugu and English languages. Bibliography ...

(1951–2011), Kannada author *

Manu Ayerdi Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola (born 13 January 1967) is a Basques, Basque economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre. Ear ...

(born 1967), Basque economist * Manu Baligar, Indian writer *

Manu Bhandari Mannu Bhandari Yadav (3 April 1931 – 15 November 2021) was an Indian author, screenplay writer, teacher, and playwright. Primarily known for her two Hindi novels, ''Aap Ka Bunty'' (''Your Bunty'') and ''Mahabhoj'' (''Feast''), Bhandari also ...

(born 1931), Indian author *

Manu Bhattathiri Manu Bhattathiri is the author of ''Savithri’s Special Room and Other Stories'' and ''The Town That Laughed.'' He is also the co-founder of Cheers! Communications, an advertising agency based out of Bengaluru, India. ''The Town That Laughed'' ...

, Indian author * Manuhuia Bennett, New Zealand bishop *

Manu Beuselinck Manu Beuselinck (born 25 March 1970 in Ostend) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chambre des r ...

(born 1970), Belgian politician *

Manu Brabo Manu Brabo (1981) is a Spanish photojournalist who was captured in Libya along with three other journalists while covering the Libyan Civil War in 2011 and who was part of the Associated Press team to win the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News P ...

(born 1981), Spanish photographer *

Manu Chandaria Manilal Premchand Chandaria OBE CBS EBS (born 1 March 1929) is a Kenyan businessman of Indian descent who was born in Nairobi. He is a senior member of the Comcraft Group of Companies, a billion dollar enterprise that has a presence in over 40 ...

(born 1929), Kenyan businessman *

Manu Chhabria Manohar Rajaram Chhabria (March 1, 1946 – April 6, 2002), commonly known as Manu Chhabria was an Indian businessman based in Dubai, and the owner of the $2.5 billion transnational conglomerate, Jumbo Group. Career Chhabria started his car ...

(1946–2002), Indian businessman *

Manu Crooks Emmanuel Adu, better known by his stage name Manu Crooks, is a Ghanaian-Australian rapper based in Sydney. Biography Emmanuel Adu grew up in Ghana and moved to Australia when he was 12 years old where he attended Parramatta High School. He f ...

(born 1993), Ghanaian-Australian artist *

Manu Daftary Manu Daftary is an American money manager who manages the Quaker Strategic Growth Fund. In the ten years from 1997 to 2006, the fund beat the S&P 500 by an average of nine percent per year. Career He began his investment management career at the ...

, American money manager *

Manu Farrarons Manu Farrarons (born 1967) is a French-born Polynesian tattoo artist. Farrarons' art is a mix of Polynesian styles and designs, mostly Tahitian and Marquesan, which he mixes with Māori and Hawaiian influences. Biography Born in 1967 in Cholet ( ...

(born 1967), French artist * Manu Feildel, French-born chef living in Australia *

Manu Herbstein Manu Herbstein (born 1936) is the South African author of ''Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade'' (2001), which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award ha ...

, South African author of ''Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade'' *

Manu Joseph Manu Joseph (born 22 July 1974) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the former editor of ''Open'' magazine. Life and career Manu was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai. His father Joseph Madapally is a film maker who directe ...

(born 1974), Indian journalist and writer *

Manu Korovulavula Ratu Manunivavalagi Korovulavula, OF (born 22 June 1934 in Suva), is a Fijian political leader and civil servant. A former Senator, Korovulavula was appointed Minister for Transport in the interim Cabinet of Commodore Frank Bainimarama on 8 Janu ...

, Fijian political leader and civil servant * Manu Leumann, German philologist *

Manu Majumdar Manu Majumdar (born 14 August 1959) is an Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply ...

, Bangladeshi politician * Manu Manjith (born 1986), Indian lyricist and poet * Manu Parekh (born 1939), Indian painter *

Manu S. Pillai Manu S. Pillai (born 1990) is an Indian writer and popular historian.Known for his works on the Travancore monarchy and the history of Princely India, he is most famous for his debut book, The Ivory Throne, which is about Rani Sethu Lakshmi ...

(born 1990), Indian historian and author * Manu Pineda, Spanish politician *

Manu Platt Manu Omar Platt (born 1980) is an American biomedical engineer who is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. He serves as Diversity Director of the Center on Emergent Behaviors ...

(born 1980), American biomedical engineer *

Manu Pluton Emmanuel "Manu" Pluton is a French former competitive bodybuilder, film actor, and pornographic actor. Bodybuilding career Pluton's most successful year in bodybuilding was 1965 when he won the contests of ''Mr. France'' (Tall category and Overal ...

(born 1942), French bodybuilder * Manu Prakash, Indian biophysicist * Manu Raju (born 1980), American-Indian journalist * Manu Ramesan, Malayalee film composer *

Manu Sareen Manu Sareen (born 16 May 1968 in India) is the former Minister for Equality and former Church and Nordic Cooperation, in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt and former and member of the Copenhagen City Council, elected for the Danish Social L ...

(born 1968), Indian social worker * Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian criminal *

Manu Singh Manu Singh (मनु सिंह ) is an environmentalist and a social justice and peace activist. He is a well known spiritual trainer, experimenting with a variety of meditative techniques, and a renowned interfaith practitioner. Currently ...

(born 1983), Indian activist *

Manu Toigo Manu Toigo is a survivalist from Queensland, Australia, who was featured on Discovery Channel's TV show ''Naked and Afraid'' and ''Curiosity''. Early life Manu was born in Queensland and lived on her parents' farm. At the age of 17 she joined ...

(born 1969), Australian television personality

As a surname

Gabriel Manu Gabriel Manu (born 5 December 1981) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Playing career Gabriel Nicolae Manu started his football career at Sportul Studențesc București in 1990, in Junior League, where he won five national title ...

(born 1981), Romanian footballer *

Gheorghe Manu Gheorghe Manu (26 July 1833, Bucharest, Wallachia – 16 May 1911, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania) was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman. He served as Prime Minister (1889–1891), Minister of War, Minister of the Inter ...

(1833–1911), Romanian army general and politician * Ioan Manu (1803–1874), Romanian boyar and politician *

Puiu Manu Puiu Manu (born September 14, 1928 in Bucharest) is a Romanian graphic designer and comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics ...

(born 1928), Romanian graphic designer

Religion

Ancient Mesopotamia

Manu the Great Manu the Great was a Chaldean god who "presided over fate". Manu the Great is unrelated to and should not be confused with the Hindu progenitor of mankind, Manu nor any of his manifestations. He is referred to as one of the ''dii minores'', or ...

, a Chaldean god of fate

Hinduism

* Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor of mankind ** Vaivasvata Manu, the current Manu *

Manusmṛti The ''Manusmṛiti'' ( sa, मनुस्मृति), also known as the ''Mānava-Dharmaśāstra'' or Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitution among the many ' of Hinduism. In ancient India, the sages often wrote their ...

or Manu's code, an important early Hindu text *

Manu Needhi Cholan Ellalan ( ta, எல்லாளன், translit=Ellāḷaṉ; si, එළාර, translit=Eḷāra) was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty, also known as "Manu Needhi Cholan", who upon capturing the throne became king of the Anuradhapura Kingd ...

, a legendary Chola Dynasty king

New Age

Manu (Theosophy) In the teachings of Theosophy, the Manu is one of the most important beings at the highest levels of Initiation of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, along with Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, the Maha Chohan, and Djwal Khul. According t ...

, Ascended Master of 5th Race

Sports teams

* Manu Samoa, the Samoa national rugby union team * F.C. Manu Laeva, a Tuvaluan football club ** Manu Laeva (women), Tuvaluan women's football club *

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...

, an English football club

Other uses

* 29353 Manu, a main-belt asteroid * ''Manu'' (bird), a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds from New Zealand * ''Manu'' (film), Telugu film * Manu (''River City''), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera * ''Manu'' (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series * Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island * An alternate name for the

Ornithological Society of Polynesia The Ornithological Society of Polynesia (French: Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie), also known as Manu, a Polynesian word for "bird", is an environmental non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats ...

* A character in the 2000 French adult film ''

Baise-moi ''Baise-moi'' is a 2000 French crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film recei ...

'' * Canadian real estate slang for a modular home * An Akan name given to a second born child * A manu bomb, the New Zealand term for

Cannonball (diving) A cannonball, also referred to as a bomb, is a diving style where the diver hugs their knees and attempts to enter the water with their body shaped as much like a sphere as possible. The goal is to create a large splash. Known in German as the '' ...