Famous People with Name Karan

Karan Johar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Karan Johar: an Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar.[1][2] He is one of the most successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.[3][4]Dharma Productions, founded by his father, is Johar's production company. As a child, He was influenced by commercial Indian cinema and he cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations. [2][6]Johar formally entered the film industry as an actor, portraying Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) close friend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He was also assistant director on this film and helped director Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay for this film.[2] In addition, he selected Shahrukh Khan's costumes, something he continued to do for Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007).[2]

Karan Rastogi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Karan Rastogi: an Indian tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. In 2003, he turned professional. He reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open Junior Championship in 2004. Rastogi currently plays Futures tournaments and events on the ATP Challenger Series.

Karan Singh Grover            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Karan Singh Grover: an Indian television actor and model. He began his television career in Ekta Kapoor's Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi on MTV India. He is currently playing Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye on STAR One.[1][2]He started his career with TV serials like Kitni mast hai zindagi{| Kasautii Zindagii Kay on STAR Plus, Solhah Singaar on Sahara One, and C.I.D. on Sony Entertainment Television, before doing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye on STAR One with co-actress Shilpa Anand (who plays Dr. Riddhima Gupta, his love interest) later replaced by Sukirti Kandpal and now replaced by Jennifer Winget which made him an instant star.

Karan Singh            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Karan Singh: an Indian politician, author, diplomat and present titular Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. He was born as the Yuvraj (Crown Prince), i.e., heir-apparent to the then ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, in the royal family of Jammu and Kashmir. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

Ümit Karan            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ümit Karan: a Turkish football player playing as a striker. He is currently playing for Galatasaray.After playing for Gençlerbirligi for 5 seasons and scoring 47 goals, he moved to Galatasaray at the start of the 2001/2002 season and was a key player in Mircea Lucescu's squad as the main striker after Mario Jardel's departure.During the 2004/2005 he was loaned to Ankaraspor by manager Gheorghe Hagi due to his dip in form. However, Ümit made a strong return for the 2005/2006 season with Galatasaray's new manager Eric Gerets. Getting along well with Gerets and his playing style, Karan scored 16 goals in 18 matches at the start of the season. But early in 2006,

Marija Karan            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Marija Karan: is a Serbian actress. She had her film debut in Kad porastem bicu Kengur and appeared after this in Jesen stiže, dunjo moja.

Chris Karan            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Chris Karan: is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. He played in Mike Nock's trio and the Dudley Moore trio. He also worked with Roy Budd and Katie Melua, along with putting out CDs of his own. Other than drums he has an interest in various percussion styles of the world and plays the tabla on some albums.[2]

Panos Karan            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Panos Karan: is a Greek pianist. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music as a student of Sulamita Aronovsky. He made his professional debut performance at the Southbank Centre at the age of 19. Other performances have included the Hermitage Theatre, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John's, Smith Square, Athens Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall. He was laureate at the 2004 "José Iturbi" International Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain. Concerto performances have included Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos No. 2 and 3 and the complete cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos.

Goran Karan            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Goran Karan: is a Croatian singer from Split. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjic led to some of his finest work, which won him several awards. In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he won the ninth place with his song "Ostani" ("Stay").