Tandon
Tandon is a surname found among the Hindu Khatris and Sikhs of Punjab, India.
Notable people
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the Surname, include:Activists
- Purushottam Das Tandon, Bharat Ratna, Indian freedom fighter
Entertainment
- Amit Tandon, Indian singer, television actor
- Ayush Tandon, Indian actor who played "Pi" in Life of Pi
- Kushal Tandon, Indian model, television actor
- Lavina Tandon, Indian actress
- Priya Tandon, Indian actress
- Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
- Sachet Tandon, Bollywood playback singer who has sung the song "Bekhayali"
- Saumya Tandon, Indian television actress and host
Administrators
- B. B. Tandon, IAS officer who served as the 14th Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Chandrika Tandon, Indian-American businesswoman and vice chairman at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
- Gulshan Lal Tandon, Indian bureaucrat and former chairman of Coal India Limited
- Harish Tandon, Indian judge
- Neera Tanden, American political consultant and staff secretary to President Joe Biden since 2021
- Prakash Tandon, Indian effective, former chairman at Hindustan Lever and author
Artists
- Grace Martine Tandon, better known by her stage name Daya, American singer and song writer
- Loveleen Tandan, Indian casting and film director, co-director of Slumdog Millionaire
- Lekh Tandon, Indian filmmaker
- Manik Lal Tandon, Indian filmmaker
- Pratap Narayan Tandon, Indian Hindi social novelist and literary critic
- Ravi Tandon, Indian film director and producer
- Shamir Tandon, Indian music composer and director
Athletes
- Ansh Tandon, Indo-Emirati international cricketer
- Rakesh Tandon, Indian cricketer
- Ramit Tandon, professional squash player who represents India. He was ranked number 46 in the world and India rank 2.
- Shikha Tandon, Indian swimmer with 146 national medals, and 36 medals in international competitions, including five gold medals. Arjuna Award winner.
Entrepreneurs
- Devdutt Tandon, founder of Tandon Motorcycles
- Rakhee Kapoor Tandon, Indian-American business entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is one of "India’s 25 Most Influential Women", according to India Today.
- Sirjang Lal Tandon, Indian manufacturer of Tandon PC and disk drive, founder of Tandon Corporation
Politicians
- Ajay Tandon, Indian politician
- Annu Tandon, Indian politician, MP in the 15th Lok Sabha from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
- Ashutosh Tandon, Indian politician and currently serving as Minister of Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation in the UP Government.
- Balram Das Tandon, Indian politician and the former Governor of Chhattisgarh
- Mukesh Tandan, Indian politician
- Lalji Tandon, Indian politician who served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Bihar.
- Sanjay Tandon, Indian politician, Chandigarh State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shiv Narayan Tandon, Indian politician
- Yash Tandon, Indian-Ugandan policymaker, political activist, professor, author and public intellectual.
Scientists and doctors
- Atul Tandon, Indian professor of management
- Badri Nath Tandon, Indian gastroenterologist, hepatologist, medical researcher and academic
- Maya Tandon, Indian anesthesiologist and road safety activist
- Prakash Narain Tandon, Indian neuroscientist and neurosurgeon. Padma Bhushan awardee
- Pramod Tandon, Indian Plant Biotechnologist and academic
- Nikhil Tandon, Indian endocrinologist
- Nina Tandon, American biomedical engineer and tissue engineering researcher
- Rajesh Tandon, Indian practitioner of participatory research and development. He is one of the founding fathers of Participatory Research.
- Sampat Kumar Tandon, Indian geologist. He is a former pro-vice chancellor at Delhi University
- Usha Tandon, Indian academic and legal scholar
- Veena Tandon, Indian parasitologist, academic and a NASI senior scientist
- Vibha Tandon, Indian academic and scientist in the fields of chemistry and molecular medicine
Others
- Lata Tondon, Indian chef and marathon cook