Manu (name)
Manu is a given name, often derived from Manuel or is of Hindu origin. It can also be a surname. Notable people with the name include:
As a given name
Actors
- Manu Bennett, New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- Manu Narayan, American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM
- Manu Payet, French actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
- Manu Rishi, Indian actor
- Manu Tupou, American actor
Musicians
- Manu Chao, French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin
- Manu Cornet, French musician and writer
- Manu Delago, Austrian composer
- Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician
- Manu Gavassi, Brazilian recording artist, singer, actress
- Manu Guix, Spanish composer
- Manu Katché, French musician
- Manu Koch, Swiss pianist, keyboardist, and composer
- Manu-L, Swiss singer and guitarist
- Manu Lanvin, French singer
- Manu Limbu, Nepali singer
- Manu Louis, Belgian musician
- Manu Militari, Canadian singer
- Manu Manzo, American singer-songwriter
- Manu Shrine, Russian electronic musician
Sports
- Manu (para athlete), Indian paralympian in shot put F37
- Manú (Portuguese footballer), Portuguese footballer Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo
- Manu (footballer, born 1984), Spanish footballer
- Manuela Lareo, Spanish footballer
- Manu Ahotaeiloa, Tongan rugby union player
- Manu Attri, Indian badminton player
- Manu Barreiro, Spanish association football player
- Manu Balda, Ecuadorian footballer
- Manu Bhaker, Indian sport shooter
- Manu Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer
- Manu Busto, Spanish footballer
- Manu Dagher, Liberian-Dutch footballer
- Manu Fernández (footballer, born 1986), Spanish football goalkeeper
- Manu Fernández (footballer, born 2001), Spanish football defender
- Manu Ferrera, Belgian association football player
- Manu Garba, Nigerian association football manager
- Manu Ginóbili, Argentine retired basketball player
- Manu Herrera, Spanish footballer
- Manu Hervás, Spanish association football player
- Manu Honkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Manu Lecomte, Belgian basketball player
- Manu Leiataua, Samoan rugby player
- Manu Maniapoto, New Zealand rugby union player
- Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
- Manu Molina, Spanish footballer
- Manu del Moral, Spanish footballer
- Manu Morlanes, Spanish association football player
- Manu Nayyar, Indian cricketer
- Manu Rodríguez (basketball), Spanish basketball player
- Manu Rodríguez (footballer), Spanish footballer
- Manu Sánchez (footballer, born 1979), Spanish footballer
- Manu Shlomovich, Israeli association football player
- Manu Snellinx, Belgian cyclist
- Manu Sunu, Togolese footballer
- Manu Torres, Spanish footballer
- Manu Trigueros, Spanish footballer
- Manu Tuiasosopo, National Football League defensive lineman
- Manu Tuilagi, Samoan-born rugby player for England
- Manu Vallejo, Spanish footballer
- Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
- Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967), Tongan rugby union footballer and coach
Other
- Afa Anoa'i Jr., American professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu
- Manu (Kannada author), Kannada author
- Manu Ayerdi, Basque economist
- Manu Baligar, Indian writer
- Manu Bhandari, Indian author
- Manu Bhattathiri, Indian author
- Manuhuia Bennett, New Zealand bishop
- Manu Beuselinck, Belgian politician
- Manu Brabo, Spanish photographer
- Manu Chandaria, Kenyan businessman
- Manu Chhabria, Indian businessman
- Manu Crooks, Ghanaian-Australian artist
- Manu Daftary, American money manager
- Manu Diericx, Belgian politician
- Manu Farrarons, French artist
- Manu Feildel, French-born chef living in Australia
- Manu Herbstein, South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
- Manu Joseph, Indian journalist and writer
- Manu Korovulavula, Fijian political leader and civil servant
- Manu Leumann, German philologist
- Manu Majumdar, Bangladeshi politician
- Manu Manjith, Indian lyricist and poet
- Manu Parekh, Indian painter
- Manu S. Pillai, Indian historian and author
- Manu Pineda, Spanish politician
- Manu Platt, American biomedical engineer
- Manu Pluton, French bodybuilder
- Manu Prakash, Indian biophysicist
- Manu Raju, American-Indian journalist
- Manu Ramesan, Malayalee film composer
- Manu Sareen, Indian social worker
- Manu Sharma, Indian criminal
- Manu Singh, Indian activist
- Manu Toigo, Australian television personality
As a surname
- Elvis Manu, Dutch footballer
- Gabriel Manu, Romanian footballer
- Gheorghe Manu, Romanian army general and politician
- Ioan Manu, Romanian boyar and politician
- Jacob Manu, American football player
- Puiu Manu, Romanian graphic designer