Mani (name)

Mani (Sanskrit for "jewel, gem"), is a common proper name in South Asia. It is most common in Pakistan and India. There are also a number of unrelated names also spelled Mani, some of them hypokoristic, such as German Mani for Manfred.

List of persons with the given name

• Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 276), Iranian prophet
• Mani (bass guitarist) (born 1962), English rock musician
• Mani Ram Bagri (1920–2012), politician from India
• Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990), Indian master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
• Mani Charenamei (born 1959), Indian politician
• Mani Damodara Chakyar (born 1946), Indian performance artist
• Mani Haghighi (born 1969), Iranian filmmaker, screen writer and actor
• Mani Jegathesan, Malaysian athlete
• Mani Kaul (1944–2011), Indian film director
• Mani Lama, Nepalese politician
• Mani Leib (1883–1953), Ukrainian Yiddish poet
• Mani Liaqat (born 1984), British actor and comedian
• Mani Matter (1936–1972), Swiss singer-songwriter
• Mani Menon (born 1948), Indian-American surgeon
• Mani Nagappa (born 1925), Indian sculptor
• Mani Neumeier (born 1940), German rock musician
• Mani Prasad (born 1930), Indian vocalist
• Mani Rao (born 1965), Indian poet and translator
• Mani Sharma (born 1964), Indian music director
• Mani Ratnam (born 1956), Indian Tamil film director, producer, and writer
• Mani Goel, author, spiritual healer&teacher,independent filmmaker of Indian Origin. (www.mani-healing.com)

Mani Panse ( born 8 September 1971) Indian Writer

List of persons with the surname

• Alain Mamou-Mani (born 1949), French film producer and writer
• Arthur Mamou-Mani (born 1983), French architect
• Babu Mani, Indian footballer
• Charulatha Mani (born 1981), Indian singer
• Ehsan Mani (born 1945), Pakistani cricket player and official
• G. K. Mani, Indian politician
• Guy Mamou-Mani, French columnist
• Giuseppe Mani (born 1936), Italian archbishop
• Hadizatou Mani, Nigerien human rights activist
• Jose K. Mani, Indian politician
• K.C.S. Mani (1922–1987), Indian communist activist
• K. M. Mani (born 1933), Indian politician
• Karaikudi Mani (born 1945), Indian percussionist
• Kalabhavan Mani (born 1971), Indian actor and singer
• Ko. Si. Mani (1929–2008), Indian politician
• Mahadeva Subramania Mani (1908–2003), Indian entomologist
• Myriam Léonie Mani (born 1977), Cameroonian athlete
• Pravin Mani, Indian musician
• Sapol Mani (born 1991), Togolese footballer
• Vettam Mani (1921–1987), Indian scholar and writer
• V.S. Mani, Indian legal scholar
• Mani Kumar, Great Indian IOS Develpoer from Panzer Technologies Hyderabad

See also

• Mani Iyer
• Mani (disambiguation)