# Mohan (name) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mohan_(name) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mohan_(name).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_(name) > Source revision: 1348194093 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Mohan** is a given name and surname. Notable people with this name include: ## Sole name - Mohan, another name for [Krishna](/source/Krishna), a major Hindu deity - [Mohan (actor)](/source/Mohan_(actor)) (born 1956), Kollywood film actor - [Mohan (director)](/source/Mohan_(director)), Indian director of Malayalam films - [Mohanlal](/source/Mohanlal) (born 1960), South Indian film actor - [Crazy Mohan](/source/Crazy_Mohan) (1952–2019), Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright ## Given name - [Mohan Agashe](/source/Mohan_Agashe) (born 1947), Indian actor - [Mohan Babu](/source/Mohan_Babu) (born 1950), born Manchu Bakthavatsalam Naidu, actor, producer, politician from Andhra Pradesh - [Mohan Baidya](/source/Mohan_Baidya), chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal Revolutionary Maoist - [Mohan Bam](/source/Mohan_Bam) (born 1991), Nepalese judoka - [Mohan Bhagwat](/source/Mohan_Bhagwat) (born 1950), Indian veterinary doctor and the current Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - [Mohan Bhandari](/source/Mohan_Bhandari) (1937–2015), Indian film and television actor - [Mohan Chand Sharma](/source/Mohan_Chand_Sharma) (1965–2008), Indian Police Inspector who served in the Delhi Police, Special Cell - [Mohan Choti](/source/Mohan_Choti) (1939–1992), Indian film actor - [Mohan Das](/source/Lotan_Baba), more commonly known as Lotan Baba (or "rolling saint"), an Indian holy man promoting peace by rolling his body along the ground when he travels - [Mohan Dharia](/source/Mohan_Dharia) (1925–2013), Indian lawyer, Union minister, and social worker - [Mohan Ellawala](/source/Mohan_Ellawala) (1948–2009), governor of Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka from October 2, 2008 up until his death in 2009 - [Mohan al-Furayji](/source/Mohan_al-Furayji), Iraqi Army general who planned the 2008 operation against militias in Basra - [Mohan Galot](/source/Mohan_Galot) (born 1945), Kenyan businessman - [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi](/source/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi) (1869–1948), better known as Mahatma Gandhi, Indian revolutionary, President of the Indian National Congress - [Mohan Gokhale](/source/Mohan_Gokhale) (1954–1999), Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as *Sparsh*, *Bhavni Bhavai* and *Mirch Masala* - [Mohan Krishna Indraganti](/source/Mohan_Krishna_Indraganti), Telugu film director from India - [Mohan Jena](/source/Mohan_Jena) (born 1957), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Jajpur constituency of Orissa, and a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party - [Mohan Joshi](/source/Mohan_Joshi) (born 1945), Indian actor - [Mohan Kanda](/source/Mohan_Kanda) (born 1945), Indian Administrative Service officer and a member of the National Disaster Management Authority - [Mohan Kapoor](/source/Mohan_Kapoor) (born 1965), Indian actor - [G. Mohan Kumar](/source/G._Mohan_Kumar) (born 1955), Indian Administrative Service and former Defence Secretary and Defence Production Secretary of India - [Mohan Kumar (director)](/source/Mohan_Kumar_(director)) (1934–2017), Indian film director - [Mohan Kumar (serial killer)](/source/Mohan_Kumar_(serial_killer)) (born 1963), Indian killer called "Cyanide Mohan" - [Mohan Kumaramangalam](/source/Mohan_Kumaramangalam) (1916–1973), Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India - [Mohan Lal Grero](/source/Mohan_Lal_Grero), Sri Lankan educationist and politician, currently a member of the Provincial Councillor of the Western Province - [Mohan Lal Jhikram](/source/Mohan_Lal_Jhikram) (1919–2010), leader of Indian National Congress from Madhya Pradesh, India - [Mohan Lal Kashmiri](/source/Mohan_Lal_Kashmiri) (1812–1877), Indian spy, diplomat, and author - [Mohan Lal Sukhadia](/source/Mohan_Lal_Sukhadia) (1916–1982), Indian political and social leader, Chief Minister of Rajasthan 1954–1971 - [Mohan Maharishi](/source/Mohan_Maharishi), Indian theatre director, actor and a playwright - [Mohan Munasinghe](/source/Mohan_Munasinghe), Sri Lankan physicist - [Mohan Patel](/source/Mohan_Patel) (born 1952), field hockey player from New Zealand, member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal - [Mohan Kumar Raja](/source/Mohan_Kumar_Raja) (born 1996), Indian sprinter - [Mohan Rakesh](/source/Mohan_Rakesh) (1925–1972), major figure of 20th-century Hindi literature - [Mohan Rawale](/source/Mohan_Rawale) (born 1948), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Mumbai South Central constituency of Maharashtra and a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party - [Ram Mohan Roy](/source/Ram_Mohan_Roy) (1774–1833), founder of Brahmo Samaj, a 19th-century spiritual and religious reformation - [Mohan Sharma](/source/Mohan_Sharma), Indian film actor in Malayalam films of *Chattakari* fame - [Manmohan Singh](/source/Manmohan_Singh) (born 1932), Prime minister of India - [Mohan Singh (general)](/source/Mohan_Singh_(general)) (1909–1989), Indian military officer and member of the Indian Independence Movement - [Mohan Singh](/source/Mohan_Singh) (1945–2013), Indian politician, former general secretary of the Samajwadi Party - [Mohan Bikram Singh](/source/Mohan_Bikram_Singh) (born 1935), often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, a Nepalese politician - [Mohan Singh Kohli](/source/Mohan_Singh_Kohli) (born 1931), Indian mountaineer - [Mohan Sinha Mehta](/source/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta) (1895–1986), founder of Vidya Bhavan group of institutions and Sewa Mandir in Udaipur in Rajasthan - [Mohan Singh Oberoi](/source/Mohan_Singh_Oberoi) (1898–2002), Indian hotelier, founder and chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts - [Mohan Sithara](/source/Mohan_Sithara) (born 1959), Malayalam film music composer in Kerala - [Mohan Sivanand](/source/Mohan_Sivanand) (born 1951), Indian journalist and artist - [Mohan Upreti](/source/Mohan_Upreti) (1925–1997), Indian theatre director, playwright and a music composer, considered one of the pioneers in Indian theatre music ## Surname - [A. G. Mohan](/source/A._G._Mohan) (born 1945), Indian yoga teacher, yoga therapist and author - [Ananthula Madan Mohan](/source/Ananthula_Madan_Mohan) (1931–2004), Indian politician - [Balaji Mohan](/source/Balaji_Mohan) (born 1987), Indian film director - [C. Mohan](/source/C._Mohan) (born 1955), American computer scientist and IBM Fellow - [Chander Mohan](/source/Chander_Mohan), former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana State in India - [Chander Mohan (journalist)](/source/Chander_Mohan_(journalist)) (born 1946), Indian journalist - [Chandra Mohan (disambiguation)](/source/Chandra_Mohan_(disambiguation)), several people - [Chinta Mohan](/source/Chinta_Mohan) (born 1954), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Tirupathi constituency of Andhra Pradesh, and a member of the Indian National Congress - [Dominic Mohan](/source/Dominic_Mohan) (born 1969), British journalist originally from Bristol, England - [Duvvasi Mohan](/source/Duvvasi_Mohan), Telugu comedian - [Earl Mohan](/source/Earl_Mohan) (1889–1928), American film actor of the silent era who appeared in 50 films between 1915 and 1927 - [John Mohan](/source/John_Mohan) (born 1939), American bridge player - [Keith Mohan](/source/Keith_Mohan) (born 1935), English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in the County Championship in 1957 and 1958 - [Kim Mohan](/source/Kim_Mohan) (born 1949), American author and editor - [Mac Mohan](/source/Mac_Mohan) (1938–2010), Indian character actor in Hindi language films - [Madan Mohan (disambiguation)](/source/Madan_Mohan_(disambiguation)), several people - [Manjima Mohan](/source/Manjima_Mohan) (born 1993), Indian film actress - [Monica Mohan](/source/Monica_Mohan), American artist - [Mukti Mohan](/source/Mukti_Mohan), Indian actress and dancer - [Murali Mohan](/source/Murali_Mohan) (born 1940), South Indian film actor, producer and politician - [N. M. Mohan](/source/N._M._Mohan) (1949–2012), Indian comics writer - [Narendra Mohan](/source/Narendra_Mohan) (1934–2002), Indian industrialist, chairman and managing director of Jagran Prakashan, publisher of *Dainik Jagran* - [Neal Mohan](/source/Neal_Mohan), CEO of YouTube since February 2023 - [Neeti Mohan](/source/Neeti_Mohan), Indian singer - [Nicky Mohan](/source/Nicky_Mohan) (born 1970), English former professional footballer who played in defence - [Pantam Gandhi Mohan](/source/Pantam_Gandhi_Mohan), Indian politician - [Radha Mohan](/source/Radha_Mohan) (born 1965), Tamil movie director - [Raja Mohan](/source/Raja_Mohan), Indian academic, journalist and foreign policy analyst - [Rakesh Mohan](/source/Rakesh_Mohan) (born 1948), Indian economist and former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India - [Ram Mohan](/source/Ram_Mohan) (born 1931), veteran in the Indian animation industry - [Saira Mohan](/source/Saira_Mohan) (born 1978), fashion model of Indian, Irish and French heritage - [Saranya Mohan](/source/Saranya_Mohan) (born 1989), Indian film actress who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil films such as *Yaaradi Nee Mohini* and *Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu* - [Shakti Mohan](/source/Shakti_Mohan), Indian dancer and choreographer - [Shweta Mohan](/source/Shweta_Mohan) (born 1985), Indian playback singer who has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, daughter of Sujatha Mohan - [Sujatha Mohan](/source/Sujatha_Mohan) (born 1964), Indian playback singer who has sung in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi movies - [Swati Mohan](/source/Swati_Mohan), Indian-American aerospace engineer - [Vinu Mohan](/source/Vinu_Mohan) (born 1985), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema, son of actress Sobha Mohan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mohan (name)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_(name)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_(name)?action=history)). 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