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{{Infobox surname<br />
| name = Kapoor<br />
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| region = [[Punjab region|Punjab]] <br /> [[Pashtunistan]]<br />
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] <br /> [[Hindko language|Hindko]] <br /> [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ([[Hindi]]-[[Urdu]])<br />
| languageorigin = [[Sanskrit]]<br />
| variant = ''Kapur''<br />
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{{wiktionary|Kapoor|Kapur}}<br />
'''Kapoor''' also spelt as Kapur is a [[Hindu]] surname that originated with the Punjabi [[Khatri]] community and the <ref>{{cite book|author1=Sudhir Kakar|title=A Book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections|date=30 October 2014|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9789351188858|edition=2014}}</ref> sub-caste of North India.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patrick Hanks|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|date=8 May 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19977-169-1|page=275|edition=2003|access-date=14 April 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA275}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
Notable people bearing the name ''Kapoor'' include:<br />
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===Entertainment===<br />
{{see also|Kapoor family}}<br />
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* [[Abhishek Kapoor]], Indian film actor, writer.<br />
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* [[Aditya Raj Kapoor]], Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family<br />
* [[Aditya Roy Kapur]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Akshay Kapoor]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Anil Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, film producer, son of Surinder Kapoor<br />
* [[Anish Kapoor]], British - Indian sculptor, creator of [[The Bean]]<br />
* [[Anupriya Kapoor]], Indian television actress<br />
* [[Anu Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Arjun Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Boney Kapoor and [[Mona Shourie Kapoor]]<br />
* [[Babita|Babita Khanna Kapoor]], former Bollywood actress, wife of Randhir Kapoor<br />
* [[Bharat Kapoor]], director, writer, producer<br />
* [[Boney Kapoor]] film director and producer, son of Surinder Kapoor<br />
* [[Ekta Kapoor]] producer for television and movies (Bollywood)<br />
* [[Gautami Kapoor]], Indian television actress and model<br />
* [[Goga Kapoor]], Indian film actor<br />
* [[Jayasudha|Jayasudha Kapoor]], South Indian film actress, wife of Nitin Kapoor<br />
* [[Jeetendra|Jeetendra Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Kamal Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Kanika Kapoor]], Indian singer.<br />
* [[Karan Kapoor]], Indian film actor and model, son of Shashi Kapoor<br />
* [[Kareena Kapoor]], Bollywood actress<br />
* [[Karisma Kapoor]], Bollywood actress<br />
* [[Kishore Namit Kapoor]], Indian actor and film-acting trainer<br />
* [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959)]], Bollywood Actor, son of Shashi Kapoor<br />
* [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)]], Bollywood Actor<br />
* [[Kunal Karan Kapoor]], Indian television actor<br />
* [[Kunaal Roy Kapur]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Mahendra Kapoor]], Indian playback singer<br />
* [[Mallika Kapoor]], South Indian film actress<br />
* [[Namitha Kapoor]], South Indian movie actress<br />
* [[Neetu Kapoor]], born ''Neetu Singh'', Indian actress<br />
* [[Nitin Kapoor]], Bollywood producer<br />
* [[Pankaj Kapur]], Bollywood actor, film-maker<br />
* [[Pinchoo Kapoor]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Indian theatre and Hindi film industry entrepreneur, patriarch of the [[Kapoor family]] of entertainers<br />
* [[Raj Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, producer and director, son of Prithviraj Kapoor<br />
* [[Rajat Kapoor]], Indian actor, writer and director<br />
* [[Rajiv Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor<br />
* [[Rajit Kapur]], Indian film and theater actor and director<br />
* [[Ram Kapoor]], TV actor and model<br />
* [[Ranbir Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Rishi Kapoor<br />
* [[Randhir Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor<br />
* [[Ravi Kapoor]], British actor<br />
* [[Rhea Kapoor]], Bollywood film producer, daughter of Anil Kapoor<br />
* [[Rishi Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor<br />
* [[Sanjana Kapoor]], Bollywood actress, theatre-person, owner of [[Prithvi Theatre]]<br />
* [[Sanjay Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Surinder Kapoor<br />
* [[Sanjeev Kapoor]], gourmet chef<br />
* [[Shahid Kapoor]], Bollywood actor, son of Pankaj Kapur<br />
* [[Shakti Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Shalini Kapoor Sagar]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Shammi Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Sharad Kapoor]], Indian actor, who works in Hindi movies and television<br />
* [[Shraddha Kapoor]], Bollywood actress, daughter of [[Shakti Kapoor]]<br />
* [[Shashi Kapoor]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Shekhar Kapur]], Indian film-maker<br />
* [[Shivani Kapoor]], British model<br />
* [[Shobha Kapoor]], Indian television and film producer<br />
* [[Shobu Kapoor]], British actress of Indian descent<br />
* [[Siddhanth Kapoor]], Indian actor and assistant director, son of Shakti Kapoor<br />
* [[Sonam Kapoor]], Bollywood actress<br />
* [[Sonia Kapoor]], Indian television actress<br />
* [[Siddharth Roy Kapur]], Bollywood actor and producer<br />
* [[Sridevi Kapoor]], Indian actress and film producer<br />
* [[Steven Kapur]], also known as "Apache Indian", pop singer<br />
* [[Subhash Kapoor]], Indian film director, producer and screenwriter<br />
* [[Sudarshan Kapoor]], California professor, advocate of King and Gandhi<br />
* [[Supriya Pathak|Supriya Pathak Kapoor]], Bollywood actress, wife of Pankaj Kapur<br />
* [[Surinder Kapoor]], Bollywood film producer<br />
* [[Trilok Kapoor]], Indian film actor, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor<br />
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]], Bollywood actor<br />
* [[Vaani Kapoor]], Indian actress and model<br />
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===Others===<br />
*[[Narinder Singh Kapoor]], Punjabi writer<br />
*[[Aashish Kapoor]], Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]], "Dave Kapoor" pro-wrestler wrestling as "Ranjin Singh"<br />
*General [[Deepak Kapoor]], chief of Army staff, Indian Army<br />
*[[Neha Kapur]], beauty queen<br />
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==Fictional characters==<br />
* [[Gita Kapoor]], a character in the British TV drama ''[[EastEnders]]''<br />
* [[Kelly Kapoor]], a character in the US TV show ''The Office''<br />
* [[Sanjay Kapoor (EastEnders)]], a character in the British TV drama ''EastEnders''<br />
* [[Sharmilla Kapoor]], a character in the British TV drama ''EastEnders''<br />
* Venkat Kapoor, a NASA program director in the Andy Weir novel [[The Martian (Weir novel)|''The Martian'' (Weir novel)]]<br />
** Vincent Kapoor (the same character renamed), a NASA program director in [[The Martian (film)|''The Martian'' (film)]], the movie based on the Weir novel<br />
*[[Ajay Kapoor (Neighbours)]], a character in the soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]''<br />
*[[Priya Kapoor]], a character in the soap opera ''Neighbours''<br />
*[[Rani Kapoor]], a character in the soap opera ''Neighbours''<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
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