Viswanathan
Viswanathan is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe", + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
Notable people
- A. K. Viswanathan, Indian police officer
- Ashoke Viswanathan, Indian film maker
- Balasubramanian Viswanathan, Indian material scientist
- C. N. Visvanathan, Indian politician
- G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor of VIT University in India
- Geraldine Viswanathan, Australian actress
- Harish Viswanathan, American engineer
- Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Indian literary critic
- Janaki Vishwanathan, Indian film maker
- K. A. P. Viswanatham, Indian scholar
- K. K. Viswanathan, Indian politician
- K. R. Viswanathan, Indian politician
- Kaavya Viswanathan, Indian-American Harvard undergraduate student, noted for plagiarism in her 2006 novel
- Kaithapram Vishwanathan Namboothiri, Indian musician
- Kanithi Viswanatham, Indian politician
- Kasi Viswanathan, Indian film editor
- M. S. Viswanathan, Tamil film music composer
- Mahesh Viswanathan, American engineer
- Mitraniketan Viswanathan, Indian social reformer
- N. Viswanathan, Indian actor
- N. K. Viswanathan, Indian film director
- N. S. Vishwanathan, Indian banker
- P. Viswanathan, Indian politician
- Padma Viswanathan, Canadian playwright
- Paris Viswanathan, Indian painter and film maker
- Poornam Viswanathan, Indian actor
- R. Viswanathan, Indian politician
- Radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist
- Ramakrishnan Vishwanathan, Indian soldier
- Raman Viswanathan, Indian physician
- Shiv Visvanathan, Indian academic
- Susan Visvanathan, Indian sociologist
- T. Viswanathan, South Indian classical Carnatic flutist
- T. K. Viswanathan, Indian administrator
- T. R. Viswanathan, American engineer
- V. Viswanathan, Indian politician
- Viswanathan Anand, World Chess Champion 2007-2013
- Visvanathan Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan politician
- Viswanathan Kumaran, Indian chemical engineer
- Viswanathan Manikan, Indian community activist
- Viswanathan Raghunathan, Indian academic
- Viswanathan Ratnam, Indian judge
- V. Ravichandran (film producer), full name Viswanathan Ravichandran
- Visvanathan Rudrakumaran, Prime Minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
- Viswanathan Shanta, Indian oncologist
Other uses
- A. R. C. Viswanathan College, arts and science college in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Justice Viswanathan, 1971 Indian Tamil language film
- K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College, medical college in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Viswanatham, town in Tamil Nadu, India
- Viswanathan Ramamoorthy, 2001 Indian Tamil film
- Viswanathan Velai Venum, a 1985 Indian Tamil film