Famous People with Name Kumar

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara: is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Sangakkara got his education at Trinity College, Kandy. Sangakkara started his career as a batmsan but subsequently became a wicket-keeper also. His keeping has developed to such

Kumar Dharmasena            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Kumar Dharmasena: is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His first foray into international cricket was in 1994 against South Africa.

Kumar Gaurav            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kumar Gaurav: an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar.He made his film debut with the film Love Story (1981) produced his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster hit.[1]. All youngsters started emulating "Bunty" (his nick-name). His next film, the 1982 release Teri Kasam with actress Poonam Dhillon, another heart-throb of the generation, was a mild success, though his later films proved to be disappointing at the box office.

Kumar Ponnambalam            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Kumar Ponnambalam: was a prominent defence lawyer and a controversial minority Tamil nationalist politician from Sri Lanka. He was shot dead by unknown gunmen immediately after a suspected LTTE suicide bomb attack against the then president Chandrika Kumaratunga.[1]Kumar Ponnambalam was born in capital city of Colombo to an affluent and politically influential minority Sri Lankan Tamil family. His father G. G. Ponnambalam was also a prominent defense attorney and the leader of All Ceylon Tamil Congress, a party that was at times an ally of the ruling majority Sinhalese dominated United National Party in opposition to the Tamil Nationalistic tone of other Tamil political parties.[2]

Kumar Mangalam Birla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kumar Mangalam Birla: is Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group. Its companies in India include Grasim, Hindalco,UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Nuvo, Idea Cellular and Aditya Birla Retail. Headquartered in India, the Group's operations extend to 25 countries.Kumar Mangalam Birla has held and continues to hold several key and responsible positions on various regulatory and professional Boards, such as:

Uttam Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Uttam Kumar: born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee; was a legendary Bengali actor. He is fondly called the Mahanayak or the "Great Hero" of Bengali cinema. He was born Arun Kumar Chatterjee on 3 September 1926 in Kolkata.He had been an actor, director and producer. Apart from acting in two films with Satyajit Ray, Nayak (The Hero) and Chiriyakhana (The Zoo, a thriller written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, in which he played the famous Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi), he has acted in some Hindi films like "Chhoti si Mulaqat" (with Vyjayantimala Bali), "Amanush" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Ananda Ashram" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Kitaab" and "Dooriyan".

Akshay Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Akshay Kumar: an Indian Bollywood film actor. He has appeared in over 80 Hindi language films.During the 90s, Kumar was primarily described as the action hero of Bollywood,[1] starring in hit action films such as Khiladi (1992), Mohra (1994) and Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), and being particularly known for his "Khiladi Series". However, he was simultaneously recognised for his performances in romantic films like Yeh Dillagi (1994) and Dhadkan (2000) as well as dramatic films such as Ek Rishtaa (2001), showing his versatility to perform a range of roles.

Ajith Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ajith Kumar: an Indian film actor and car racer, who has acted in many Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. Ajith Kumar made his acting debut in his only Telugu-language film-to-date, Prema Pustagam in 1992, which was followed by a Tamil film Amaravathi in which he acted his first lead role. After acting in a series of smaller budget films, Ajith was later recognized for his performance as an anonymous lover in the award-winning movie Kadhal Kottai. He went on to demonstrate his versatility as an actor by portraying a variety of unique characters.

P. V. Jagadish Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

P. V. Jagadish Kumar: a Malayalam film actor. He became popular through performances in films such as Mukhachitram, In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, and Hitler. A post graduate rank holder, Jagadish's transition from a college lecturer to a film actor was a smooth one. He was a lead actor in a number of movies in the 1990's but nowadays mainly gets character roles. He has unparalleled flair for comedy most notable in the movie In Harihar Nagar.

Manoj Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manoj Kumar: was an Indian actor, director and producer. He was known and appreciated for playing comic roles in Hindi films. He worked in over 300 Hindi films in a career spanning three decades.Mehmood was one of eight children born to actor and dancer Mumtaz Ali in Bombay. Mehmood had an elder sister and the remaining six siblings were younger to him. Mehmood started acting as a reluctant child actor in Bombay Talkies films like Kismet. Some of his early jobs before he started acting were driving, doing odd jobs, selling poultry. He worked as director P L Santoshi's driver (Later Santoshi's son Rajkumar Santoshi cast Mehmood in his venture Andaz Apna Apna). He was hired to teach table tennis to Meena Kumari in those days. He later married her sister Madhu.