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)
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
See also
- Mani Iyer
- Mani (disambiguation)