Tarun or Tharun is a word from Sanskrit. It is a male given name, meaning "young male". Notable people with the given name Tarun include: * Tarun (Telugu actor) (born 1981), Indian actor in Telugu and Tamil cinema * Tarun Arora, Indian actor in Hindi cinema * Tarun Bhattacharya, Indian musician *

Tarun Bose Tarun Bose (14 September 1928 – 8 March 1972) was an Indian actor, active in Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and education Bose was born in Kolkata, though he grew up in Nagpur, where he studied at St. Francis High School. ...

(born 1928), Indian actor in Hindi cinema * Tarun Chandra or Tarun, Indian actor in Kannada cinema *

Tarun Dey Tarun Dey is a retired Indian football defender who represented India at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for East Bengal Club and was awarded the Man of the tournament of the 1985 ''Coca Cola Cup''. Dey is also a qualified AFC coach and m ...

, Indian footballer *

Tarun Gogoi Tarun Gogoi (11 October 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral vi ...

(born 1936), Indian politician *

Tarun Gopi Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...

, Indian film director in Tamil cinema *

Tarun Khanna Tarun Khanna (born; 1968) is an Indian-born American academic, author, and an economic strategist. He is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School; where he is a member of the strategy group, and the director of Harvar ...

(born 1968), Indian-born American author and economic strategist *

Tarun Khiwal Tarun Khiwal (born 1965) is an Indian fashion and commercial photographer. An engineer by education, he left his first job in 1989, and apprenticed with photographers, Hardev Singh, Atul Kasbekar and Prabuddha Dasgupta, before starting out on h ...

(born 1967), Indian fashion photographer * Tarun Majumdar or Tarun Mazumdar (born 1931), Indian film director in Bengali cinema *

Tarun Mandal Tarun Mandal is an Indian politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and was the MP representing Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal in the 15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were el ...

(born 1959), Indian politician *

Tarun Mansukhani Tarun Mansukhani is a Bollywood director and writer. His most popular film to date would be Dostana produced by Karan Johar starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra. Born into a Sindhi family, he was educated at the Law ...

, Indian film director in Hindi cinema * Tarun Nethula (born 1983), Indian-born New Zealand cricketer * Tarun Ram Phukan (1877–1939), Indian politician *

Tarun Shatriya Sulile Kumar, also known by his stage name Tharun Kumar (also credited as Tarun Shatriya) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut in a supporting role in Tarun Gopi's ''Kaalai'' (2008), before going on t ...

, Indian actor in Tamil cinema *

Tarun Tahiliani Tarun Tahiliani is a noted Indian fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body post ...

, Indian fashion designer * Tarun Tejpal (born 1963), Indian journalist, publisher and a novelist *

Tarun Vijay Tarun Vijay (born 2 March 1956) is an Indian author, social worker and journalist. He was the editor of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) weekly in Hindi, ''Panchajanya'', from 1986 to February 2008. He also writes for the ''Daily Pioneer''. ...

(born 1951), Indian author, social worker and politician

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