Arjun (name)
Arjun is an Indian male given name, which means lustrous, shiny white, color of the lightning; of the milk; of silver; made of silver. It is also the name of the Arjun tree due to its silvery bark; Name of lndra, and of the third of the Pandava prince.
Notable persons with the name
Legendary
- Arjuna, a character of the Mahabharata
- Kartavirya Arjuna, a character of the Mahabharata and ''Ramayana''
Rulers
- Arjuna Varman I, Paramara king of central India
- Arjuna Varman II, Paramara king of central India
- Arjuna, a Paratarajas ruler of Baluchistan area
Actors
- Arjun (Firoz Khan), Indian actor, born as Firoz Khan, who played the role of Arjuna in B. R. Chopra's TV series Mahabharat
- Arjun Bijlani, Indian television actor and model
- Arjun Kapoor, Indian movie actor
- Arjun Punj, Indian television actor
- Arjun Rampal, Indian fashion model and movie actor
- Arjun Sarja, Indian movie actor
- Allu Arjun, Indian actor of Telugu films
- Raj Arjun, Indian movie/television actor
- Sara Arjun, Indian child actress
Sports
- Arjun Atwal, Indian professional golfer
- Arjun Erigaisi, Indian chess grandmaster
- Arjun Menon, Singaporean cricket player and coach
- Arjun Naidu, former Indian First Class cricketer
- Arjun Nair, Australian cricketer
- Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricketer, now a politician
- Arjun Yadav, former Indian First Class cricketer
Others
- Guru Arjan, the 5th Sikh Guru.
- Arjun Appadurai, Indian-American social theorist
- Arjun Janya, Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer
- Arjun Munda, chief minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand
- Arjun Kanungo, Indian singer