Manoj is a name of Indian origin. Notable people called Manoj include:

Business

Manoj Badale Manoj Badale OBE (born 31 December 1967) is an Indian businessman and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Blenheim Chalcot, and owner of Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals. Life ...

(born 1967), Indian businessman *

Manoj Bhargava Manoj Bhargava (born 1953) is an Indian American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC ( dba Living Essentials LLC), the company known for producing the 5-hour Energy drink. By 2012 ...

(born 1953), Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist

Education

* Manoj Chitnavis, British teacher and chemist * Manoj Datta, Indian professor and civil engineer * Manoj Pant, Indian professor and international trade expert

Film and television

Manchu Manoj Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with ''Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He re ...

(born 1983), Indian film actor * M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970), Indian-American filmmaker *

Manoj (film editor) Manoj is an Indian film editor who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor for '' Ivide''. Selected filmography * ''Smart City'' (2006) * '' Madambi'' (2008) * ''Crazy Gopalan'' (2008) ...

, editor of films such as ''Ivide'' *

Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema and has also done Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he i ...

(born 1969), also credited as Manoj Bajpai, Indian film actor, predominantly in Bollywood and Telugu films * Manoj Bharathiraja (born 1976), Tamil film actor * Manoj Joshi (born 1945), Indian film and television actor * Manoj K. Jayan (born 1966), Indian actor in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films *

Manoj Kumar Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic theme ...

(born 1937), Indian actor and director in Bollywood films *

Manoj Kumar (film director) Manoj Kumar is an Indian film director, producer and television actor who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films and Tamil serials. He is the brother-in-law of Bharathiraja. Career After assisting Bharathiraja in various films, he made h ...

(born 1960), who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films *

Manoj Mitra Manoj Mitra (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh. Initially he used to study at home b ...

(born 1938), Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright *

Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa (born 8 December 1963), is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series ''Office Office'' (2001). He has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including '' 7½ Phere'' (2005), ' ...

(born 1963), Indian film and television actor * Manoj Paramahamsa, Indian cinematographer, primarily working in Tamil cinema *

Manoj Punj Manoj Punj was an Indian punjabi language, Punjabi film director. He directed the hits in Cinema of Punjab, Punjabi Cinema. After graduating with a degree in arts, and experiencing theater in Chandigarh, he assisted Prof. P. S. Nirola who made c ...

(1970–2006), Punjabi film director *

Manoj Punjabi Manoj Punjabi (born 7 December 1972) is an Indonesian film and television producer. He is the CEO & Founder of MD Entertainment, the biggest production house in Indonesia and the only national film company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exhange ( ...

(born 1972), Indian-Indonesian film and television producer * Manoj Sharma (born 1973), Indian director, screenwriter, and editor in primarily Hindi and Bhojpuri films *

Manoj Sood Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Canadian film and television actor. Life and career Manoj Sood was born in Mombasa, Kenya, to Indian Hindu parents, Dr. B.K. Sood and Narindar Sood. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964, growing u ...

(born 1962), Canadian film and television actor *

Manoj Tyagi Manoj Tyagi (born 1968 ) is an Indian screenwriter and film director in the Hindi cinema. He had won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay twice, for ''Page 3'' (2005) and '' Apaharan'' (2006), apart from Filmfare Award for Best Screenpl ...

(born 1974), Indian screenwriter and film director in Hindi cinema

Music

Maalavika Manoj Maalavika Manoj (born 16 September 1993) known professionally as Mali, is an Indian musician and songwriter based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was a member of the underground band Bass-in-Bridge, and became a solo artist after the band dissolve ...

(born 1993), independent musician and songwriter based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu *

Manoj George Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, solo violinist and choral arranger of 2 albums : ''Winds of Samsara'', which won the Grammy Award for the Best New Age Album in 2015 an ...

, composer and violinist in the Malayalam and Kannada film industries *

Manoj–Gyan Manoj–Gyan was an Indian musical duo consisting of composers Manoj Bhatnagar and Gyan Varma. In the 1980s, the two collaboratively composed music for a few Hindi-language as well as Tamil-language films. Manoj hails from the state of Uttar Pr ...

, Indian music director duo for Hindi and Tamil language films * Manoj Tiwari (born 1971), singer, actor, television presenter and music director from Bihar, India

Politics

* K. S. Manoj (born 1965), Kerala politician representing Alapuzha Lok Sabha constituency *

Manoj Chakraborty Manoj Chakraborty is an Indian politician and was Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Baharampur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election ...

, West Bengal politician *

Manoj Juneja Manoj Juneja (born 1960) is the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Prior to joining WFP, he served in 2011-12 as Deputy Director-General for Operations at the UN Food and Agricul ...

(born 1960), Indian United Nations official *

Manoj Kumar (Delhi politician) Manoj Kumar is a politician of Aam Aadmi Party. Political career Kumar won the seat, defeating the Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 7490 votes in 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election from Kondli. In 2015, Manoj Kuma ...

Manoj Kumar (politician) Manoj Kumar (born 15 June 1964) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Palamau constituency of Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to ...

(born 1964), Lok Sabha member representing the Palamau

Constituency of Jharkhand

* P. H. Manoj Pandian (born 1971), politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly *

Manoj Pradhan Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was convicted of murder in January 2010. He was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of Orissa. He has been convicted in two cases of murde ...

, Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party *

Manoj Rajoria Dr. Manoj Rajoria (born 19 December 1969) is an indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Karauli-Dholpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Rajasthan. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party ...

(born 1969), Indian politician * Manoj Kumar Singh, Bihar politician *

Manoj Sinha Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railway ...

(born 1959), politician representing Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency

Sports and games

* Manoj Baishya (born 1980), Nepalese cricketer *

Manoj Bhagawati Manoj Bhagawati was an Indian cricketer who played for Assam. Bhagawati made a single first-class appearance, during the 1988-89 Ranji Trophy competition, against Orissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 20 ...

, Indian cricketer *

Manoj Cheruparambil Manoj Cheruparambil (born 24 October 1979) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He played in two One Day Internationals for the Hong Kong cricket team in 2004, both in Colombo in Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup, the first against Bangladesh ...

(born 1979), Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer * Manoj David (born 1975), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manoj Hemaratne (born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Manoj Joglekar Manoj Vijay Joglekar (born 1 November 1973), is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak Bowling (cricket), bowler. An opener, he faced competition in his early days from more famous Mumbai prodigies – Vinod Kam ...

(born 1973), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Katuwal Manoj Katuwal (born 14 March 1985) is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played for the Nepal national cricket team between 2002 and 2006 including two first-class matches. Biography Born in Nepal in 1985, Man ...

(born 1985), Nepalese cricketer *

Manoj Kumar (boxer) Manoj Kumar (born 10 December 1986), is an Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He hails from the village of Rajound in the Kaithal district of Haryana. Early life and debut in ...

(born 1986), Indian welterweight boxer * Manoj Kumar (chess player) (born 1977), Fijian chess champion *

Manoj Parmar Manoj Mansinh Parmar (born 1 March 1967) is a former Indian cricketer. Parmar was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Botad, Gujarat. Parmar made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in the 1991–92 Ranji ...

(born 1967), Indian cricketer * Manoj Tiwary (born 1985), Indian cricketer *

Manoj Prabhakar Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and Coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and has also opened the innings sometimes for the I ...

(born 1963), Indian cricketer * Manoj Rodrigo (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manoj Thonipurakkal Manoharan (born 1991), Indian footballer

Writing

Manoj Das Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, Padma Bhus ...

(1934–2021), Indian writer in Oriya and English * Manoj Gupta (born 1967), Indian publisher and editor *

Manoj Joshi (journalist) Manoj Joshi is an Indian journalist and author specialising in security and international relations. As of 2013 he is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank. Before that he was a professional jou ...

, Indian journalist and author *

Manoj Khanderia Manoj Khanderia (6 July 1943 – 27 October 2003) was an Indian poet and a Ghazal writer of Gujarati language. Life He was born on 6 July 1943 in Junagadh, Gujarat to Vrajlal and Vijyabahen. He studied at various schools in various towns ...

(1943–2003), poet and ghazalkaar of Gujarati Literature *

Manoj Kuroor Manoj Kuroor (Malayalam മനോജ് കുറൂർ; born 31 May 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist who writes in Malayalam. Personal life Manoj Kuroor was born at Kottayam, to chenda exponent Kuroor Cheriya Vasudevan Namboothiri and Sre ...

(born 1971), Malayalam poet and lyricist

Other people

* Manoj Kumar Pandey (1975–1999), Indian Army officer, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra * Manoj Pande (civil servant), Indian civil servant (IRPS) and Member Staff of Railway Board *

Manoj Pande (general) General Manoj Pande, (born 6 May 1962) is an Indian Army General serving as the 29th and the current Chief of the Army Staff. He previously served as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Comma ...

, Indian Army general {{Given name, type=both Sanskrit-language names