Ranganathan is a South Indian name. It is derived from the Sanskrit name Ranganatha, which is the name of the

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

god Vishnu, as depicted resting on the '' nāga'' Shesha. The name derives from the Sanskrit words ''ranga'', meaning "place of assembly," and ''nath'', meaning "protector," and thus by extension the name literally means "protector of the place of assembly." It may refer to: *

S. R. Ranganathan Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan ( 9 August 1892 – 27 September 1972) was a librarian and mathematician from India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major fa ...

, mathematician and librarian *

T. Ranganathan Tanjore Ranganathan (born Madras, India, 13 March 1925 - died 22 December 1987) was a Carnatic musician specializing in percussion instruments, particularly the ''mridangam'', having studied under Palani Subramaniam Pillai. Ranganathan began p ...

, musician * R. Madhavan, film actor *

B. Ranganathan B. Ranganathan is an Indian politician and has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Purasawalkam (State Assembly Constituen ...

, breast cancer technologist *

Ramesh Ranganathan Justice Ramesh Ranganathan (born 28 July 1958) is an Indian judge. He is the former Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He had earlier served as the Acting Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court and judge of Andhra Pradesh High Cour ...

, Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court * Romesh Ranganathan, English stand-up comedian

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