Ramanujan (name)

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'''Ramanuj''' or '''Ramanujan''' or '''Ramanujam''' is a [[Tamilian|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] name literally meaning 'The younger brother of [[Rama]]' referring to [[Lakshmana]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}. The name however is rarely used by [[Malayalis]] themselves nowadays and has come to be known as a common name used by the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[Iyengar]] community{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}. The most famous personalities with this name are the 11th century philosopher [[Ramanuja]] and the [[Malayali]] poet Ramanujan [[Ezhuthachan]]. Ramanujan is also the name for '''[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]]''' (1887–1920), an Indian mathematician who is considered by many to be one of the most talented mathematicians in history.

==People with the name==
*[[Ramanuja]] (1017–1137), Hindu theologian, philosopher, and exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition
* [[A. K. Ramanujan]] (1929–1993), Indian author, who wrote in both English and Kannada
* [[Abinandhan Ramanujam]], Indian cinematographer
* [[C. P. Ramanujam]] (1938–1974), Indian mathematician who worked on number theory and algebraic geometry
* [[Dheepa Ramanujam]], Indian film actress who appears in Tamil films
* [[Gopala Ramanujam]] (1915–2001), former Governor of Goa and Orissa
* [[Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal]], director of the Indian Space Research Organisation
* [[Ramanujan Srinivasan]] (1938–1984), Indian physicist
* [[Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan]], poet, considered the father of the Malayalam language

'''Fictional characters'''
* [[Amita Ramanujan]], a fictional mathematician on the TV show, ''NUMB3RS''

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[[Category:Malayalam terms]]
[[Category:Hindu gods]]

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