Raja is a common given name and a surname, derived from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan), meaning "king", "ruler".

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* Raja (Tamil actor), Indian Tamil-language film actor *

Raja Abel Raja is an Indian actor working predominantly in Telugu films. He is best known for playing the title role in the Telugu movie '' Anand''. He debuted in 2002, playing a small role in the romantic comedy ''O Chinadana''. Since entering the ind ...

(born 1978), Indian film actor * Raja Babu (''Punyamurthula Appalaraju'', ''Adeel Raja''; 1937–1983), Indian actor * Raja Bell (born 1976), American basketball player *

Raja Bundela Raj Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev also known as Raja Bundela is an Indian actor, producer, politician and civil activist.Presently He is the Vice President of Bundelkhand Vikas Board,Uttar Pradesh. In films, he is notable for appearances in Swa ...

, Indian actor and politician *

Raja Chaudhary Raja Chaudhary is an Indian television actor, writer and producer. He was a contestant on ''Bigg Boss 2. Career Raja Chaudhary played a villain in the Bhojpuri film ''Saiyyan Hamar Hindustani'' opposite Shweta Tiwari. His claim to fame has b ...

(born 1975), Indian television actor *

Raja Chelliah Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (12 December 1922 – 7 April 2009) was an economist and founding chairman of the Madras School of Economics. He completed an MA in economics from the University of Madras and PhD in the United States. He worked as the ch ...

(1922–2009), Indian economist *

Raja Fenske Raja Jean Fenske (born September 25, 1988) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jake Behari in Nickelodeon's ''Unfabulous'' alongside Emma Roberts and Malese Jow. He is sometimes credited as RJ Fenske. Biography Fenske was b ...

(born 1988), American actor * Raja Gemini (Sutan Amrull; born 1974), American make-up artist and drag performer * Raja Gosnell (born 1958), American film director * Raja Ali Haji (1808–1873), Malay historian, poet and scholar * Raja Hasan (born 1979), Indian playback singer *

Raja Petra Kamarudin Yang Mulia Raja Petra bin Raja Kamarudin (born 27 September 1950) at hakam.com.doc file is a Malaysian blogger known for running the Malaysia Today website and publishing a series of controversial commentaries and articles on Malaysian politi ...

(''RPK''; born 1950), Malaysian blogger * Raja Kannappan, Indian politician * Raja Kashif (born 1978), British musician *

Raja Koduri Raja M. Koduri (Rajabali Makaradhwaja Koduri) is an Indian-American computer engineer and executive for computer graphics hardware. He is currently the chief architect and senior vice president of Intel's architecture, graphics and software (IAGS ...

, Indian-American computer engineer *

Raja Nawathe Raja Nawathe (; 14 October 1924 – 15 November 2005) was an Indian film producer, director, assistant film director, in Bombay's Hindi film industry, long before it came to be known as Bollywood. He is known for films like Raj Kapoor-Narg ...

(1924–2005), Indian film director * Raja Paranjape (1910–1979), Indian film actor and director * Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (born 1950), Pakistani politician and businessman * Raja Rafe (born 1983), Syrian footballer * Raja Ramanna (1925–2004), Indian nuclear physicist * Raja Rao (1908–2006), Indian philosopher and writer *

Raja Shehadeh Raja Shehadeh (born 1951) is a Palestinian lawyer, human rights activist and writer. He co-founded the award-winning Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in 1979. In 2008, he won the Orwell Prize, Britain's pre-eminent award for politic ...

(born 1951), Palestinian lawyer and writer * Raja Sen (born 1955), Indian film and television director *

Raja Toumi Raja Toumi (born 3 April 1978) is a Tunisian handball player. She is coaching for Orkanger IF and previously for the Tunisian national team. She was captain for the Tunisian team at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship The 2009 World ...

(born 1978), Tunisian handball player *

Raja Ravi Varma Raja Ravi Varma ( ml, രാജാ രവിവർമ്മ; 29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. His works are one of the best examples ...

(1848–1906), Indian artist

Surname

A. Raja Andimuthu Raja (born Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and deputy general secretary for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He was a member of t ...

(''Andimuthu Raja''; born 1963), Indian politician * A. K. T. Raja, Indian politician * A. M. Raja (politician) (born 1928), Indian politician * Abid Raja (born 1975), Pakistani-Norwegian lawyer and politician *

Adeel Raja Mohammad Adeel Khalid Raja ( ur, محمد عدیل خالد راجہ; born 15 August 1980), or Adeel Raja, is a Pakistan-born Dutch cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the cen ...

(born 1980), Pakistani-Dutch cricketer * Allar Raja (born 1983), Estonian rower * Altaf Raja (born 1967), Indian singer *

Andres Raja Andres Raja (born June 2, 1982) is a retired Estonian decathlete. Raja was born in Leningrad. He finished sixteenth at the 2007 World Championships and sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He set a personal best score of 8119 points ...

(born 1982), Estonian decathlete * Basit Raja (born 1993), Danish cricketer *

D. Raja Doraisamy Raja (born 3 June 1949) is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019. He was former member of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. He was the national secretary of the Communist Part ...

(born 1949), Indian politician * Dharma Raja (1724–1798), Maharajas of Travancore * Farzana Raja (born 1970), Pakistani politician * Hason Raja (1854–1922), Bangladeshi poet *

Jewel Raja Jewel Raja Shaikh (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for South United in the I-League 2nd Division. Career Early career Born in Budge Budge, Kolkata, Jewel though had a keen intere ...

(born 1989), Indian football player *

K. S. Raja Kanagaratnam Sriskandarajah known mononymously as K. S. Raja was a very popular Radio Ceylon radio announcer from Sri Lanka. He was popular with his audiences both in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, India. During the course of the Sri Lankan civil wa ...

(''Kanakaratnam Sriskandarajah''; ?–1989), Sri Lankan radio journalist *

Kanishka Raja Kanisha Raja (1970-2018) was born in Calcutta India, and later lived and worked in New York City. Raja was an artist who explored the intersections between art, craft, and technology, and the gaps that open up as information travels and is repr ...

(born 1970), artist *

Karthik Raja Karthik Raja is an India composer based in Chennai, India. He made his debut as film composer in the Tamil film ''Pandiyan'' (1992) and went on to score music for many critically and commercially acclaimed feature films. Personal life Karthik ...

(born 1973), Indian musician * Kasthuri Raja, Indian film director *

L. Raja L. Raja is an Indian director and actor who works in predominantly Tamil language, Tamil language films and television series. Career Raja began his career as an assistant to director Rajasekhar (director), Rajasekhar. He debuted as a directo ...

, Indian film director and actor * M. Raja (''Raja Mohan''), Indian film director *

Masood Ashraf Raja Masood Ashraf Raja (Urdu: مسعود اشرف راجہ) is a Pakistani-born American writer. Previously, he was an associate professor of postcolonial literature and theory at the University of North Texas. He is also the editor of '' Pakistan ...

(born 1965), Pakistani literary and political scientist and writer * Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), Indian freedom fighter *

Purav Raja Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life ...

(born 1985), Indian tennis player *

Ramiz Raja Ramiz Hasan Raja ( ur, ; born 14 August 1962) is a Pakistani cricket administrator, commentator, YouTuber, and former cricketer who served as the 35th Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board between September 2021 and December 2022. As a pla ...

(born 1962), Pakistani former cricketer * Rameez Raja (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer * Review Raja, Canadian film critic * Rubina Raja, Danish professor of Classical archaeology * S. Raja, Tamil orator, actor. *

Samina Raja Samina Raja ( ur, ‎ 11 September 1961 – 30 October 2012) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked in the National Language Authority as a subject ...

(1961–2012), Pakistani writer and translator * Sivaji Raja, Indian film actor * T. Raja (born 1967), Indian humanitarian * T. K. Raja, Indian politician * Tarana Raja (born 1977), Indian film and television actress and dancer * Wasim Raja (1952–2006), Pakistani cricketer * Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979), Indian playback singer and composer *

Zaeem Raja Zaeem Hasan Raja ( Punjabi, ur, ) (born 24 October 1956 in Lahore) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played for Service Industries, Lahore, Bahawalpur and Multan. His brothers, Wasim Raja and Rameez Raja played for Pakistan while his father, ...

(born 1965), Pakistani former cricketer ;Fictional characters * Rajah,

Jasmine Jasmine ( taxonomic name: ''Jasminum''; , ) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae). It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania. Jasmines are widely cultiva ...

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Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

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Raja ( ar, رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. * Raja ibn Haywa, was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs

Abd al-Malik Abdul Malik ( ar, عبد الملك) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' Malik''. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian insta ...

( r. 685–705),

al-Walid I Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad ca ...

(r. 705–715),

Sulayman Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo. The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْ ...

(r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph Umar (r. 717–720).

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