title: Kumaran (surname)
text: # Kumaran (surname)
  
  Kumaran is a surname. People with the surname include:
  
  * Dharshan Kumaran (born 1975), an English chess grandmaster
  * I. K. Kumaran (1903–1999), Indian freedom fighter who fought for liberation from France in 1954
  * K. P. K. Kumaran, politician and former member of the Parliament of India who represented Tamil Nadu
  * K. P. Kumaran, Malayalam film maker
  * Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (1916–2007), Kathakali artiste in classical Indian dance-drama
  * Kumaran Asan (1873–1924), one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, South India
  * M. K. Kumaran (1915–1994), famous writer, journalist and politician of Kerala, India
  * Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941), teacher and a prominent short story writer in Malayalam
  * S. S. Kumaran, Tamil film composer
  * Sangili Kumaran or Cankili II (died 1619), the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom
  * Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran, Indian First Class cricketer
  * Tiruppur Kumaran (1904–1932), Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement
  