Shanmugam Explained
Shanmugam
சண்முகம் |
| Pronunciation: | Caṇmukam |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Six faces |
| Region: | Southern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Alternative Spelling: | Sanmugam
Shanmukham |
| Related Names: | Arumugam |
| Derived: | Murugan |
| See also: | Shanmuganathan |
Shanmugam (ta|சண்முகம்|translit=Caṇmukam) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Notable people
Given name
- A. C. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- C. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- C. V. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- G. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- K. Shanmugam (born 1959), Singaporean politician and lawyer
- Kannon Shanmugam (born 1972), American lawyer
- M. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- N. T. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- P. Shanmugam (1927–2013), Indian politician
- P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu) (1946–2006), Indian politician
- P. U. Shanmugam (1924–2007), Indian politician
- Parthiban Shanmugam, Indian writer and director
- R. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892–1953), Indian lawyer, economist and politician
- Savithiri Shanmugam (1913–?), Indian National Congress politician
- Shanmugam Subbaiah (1930–2012), Indian film distributor
- T. K. Shanmugam (1912–1973), Indian actor
Surname
- Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan (born 1953), Sri Lankan politician
- Sanmugam Appacuddy Tharmalingam (1908–?), Sri Lankan physician and politician
- Sanmugam Arumugam (1905–2000), Ceylonese irrigation engineer and writer
- Shanmugam Jayakumar (born 1939), Singaporean politician, lawyer and diplomat
- Shanmugam Jegadhiswaran, Sri Lankan politician
- Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam (born 1955), Sri Lankan militant
- Shanmugam Manjunath (1978–2005), Indian marketing manager
- Shanmugam Murugesu (1967–2005), Singaporean drug smuggler, soldier and athlete
- Shanmugam Shankar (born 1963), Indian film director and producer
- Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1978), Indian footballer
