Notable people with the name Padmanabhan deshpande include: * C. M. Padmanabhan Nair (?–1977), an Indian politician * Dayal Padmanabhan, an Indian film director and producer *

Govindarajan Padmanabhan Govindarajan Padmanaban (born 20 March 1938, in Madras) is an Indian biochemist and biotechnologist. He was the former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and presently serves as honorary professor in the department of biochemi ...

, a renowned biochemist and a pioneer in Indian biotechnology * Manjula Padmanabhan, a playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author * Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai (1878–1970), an Indian social reformer and a freedom fighter *

Mohan Padmanabhan Mohan Padmanabhan is an Indian economist and journalist. He writes for a number of major financial newspapers including '' The Hindu Business Line''. In the 1990s he was Deputy Chief of the News Bureau of the newspaper '' The Hindu Business Line ...

, an Indian economist and journalist * Neela Padmanabhan, a Tamil writer * Padmanabhan Balaram, an Indian biochemist *

Padmanabhan Nair Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair (1928–2007) was an eminent Kathakali exponent, equally known for his capacities as a tutor, theoretician and author of a few authentic texts on the classical dance-drama from Kerala in south India. A son of the K ...

(1928–2007), an eminent Kathakali exponent * Padmanabhan Palpu (1963–1950), a bacteriologist and social revolutionary * Padmanabhan Sivadas, an Indian cricketer * Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army *

Thanu Padmanabhan Thanu Padmanabhan (10 March 1957 – 17 September 2021) was an Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity. He published n ...

(1957–2021), an Indian theoretical physicist * Thinakkal Padmanabhan, a short story writer * Uma Padmanabhan, a Tamil socialite, actress and news presenter * Vijay Padmanabhan, a law professor * Dr. R.S Padmanabhan Leading Dental surgeon of Karnataka -1946, Qualified at Vienna

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