Famous People with Name Narayan

Paresh Narayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Paresh Narayan: is an academic of Fiji Indian origin, who is Australia's youngest Professor of Finance and is now the chair of finance at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.

R K Narayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

R K Narayan: is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists writing in English.Most of Narayan's work, starting with his first novel Swami and Friends (1935), captures many Indian traits while retaining a unique identity of its own. He was sometimes compared to the American writer William Faulkner, whose novels were also grounded in a compassionate humanism and celebrated the humour and energy of ordinary life.

Badri Narayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Badri Narayan: an eminent Indian artist, illustrator, author and story-teller.He started painting with no formal training, and his first public showing was in 1949, followed by a solo show in 1954. In the years since, he has had over 50 solo shows and his work is in several collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art and the National Museum (India) in New Delhi. Initially, he worked on tile and ceramic, and this informed some of his subsequent water-colors. His paintings are intimate and appealing, often with an element of fantasy, with simple outlines and accessible subject matter in two-dimensional stylized representations. He works primarily in ink or pastel and watercolor.

Arvind Narayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Arvind Narayan: is a former football player from India. He is best known for being one of the few players of Indian Origin. Narayan along with Umesh Kaushal and Simran Singh has played with the All India Football Team in Goa, India during 2006. He has also trained in Jap

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan: is a noted Indian politician, social reformer, TV commentator and columnist. He is the President of Lok Satta Party and currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Kukatpally constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He is also a former Indian public admini