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'''Madan/Madaan''' is a surname. In India it is found among [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Arora]]s and [[Kashmiri Pandits]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lawrence|first=Sir Walter Roper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAHweWRUs0C&q=Dar&pg=PA304|title=The Valley of Kashmir|quote=Among the leading Krams may be mentioned the following names:— Tikku, Razdan, Kak, Munshi, Mathu, Kachru, Pandit, Sapru, Bhan, Zitshu, Raina, Dar, Fotadar, '''Madan''', Thusu, Wangnu, Muju, Hokhu, and Dulu.|date=2005|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1630-1|pages=304|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=November 13, 2014 |last=Raina |first=Mohini Qasba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bb-QBQAAQBAJ&dq=Madan+Kashmiri+surname&pg=PA55 |url-status=live |access-date=April 5, 2023 |title=Kashur The Kashmiri Speaking People: Analytical Perspective |page=55 |quote=Among the leading Krams may be mentioned the following names: Tikku, Razdan, Kak, Munshi, Mathu, Kachru, Pandit, Sipru, Bhan, Zitshu, Raina, Dhar, Fotadar, '''Madan''', Thusu, Wangnu, Muju, Hokhu, and Dulu. Of these the members of the Dhar family have probably been the most influential. |isbn=9781482899450 |publisher=Partridge Singapore |language=en-IN }}</ref><ref name="Bansi Pandit">{{cite book |author=[[Bansi Pandit|Pandit, Bansi]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoC6GWr47QC&dq=bhat+butt+name+kashmir&pg=PA99 |title=Explore Kashmiri Pandits |publisher=Dharma Publications |isbn=9780963479860 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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*[[Arthur Cornwallis Madan]], British linguist of African languages (Swahili and others) and UMCA missionary (Zanzibar, Rhodesia), taught at Christ College<br />
*[[Falconer Madan]] (1851–1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University<br />
*[[Frances Maria Cowper]] (née Madan; sometimes known as Maria Frances; 1726–1797), British poet<br />
*[[Jamshed Madan]] (1915–1986), Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Jamshedji Framji Madan]] (1856–1923), Indian film and theatre magnate, one of the pioneers of film production in India<br />
*[[José Óscar Sánchez Madan]] (b. 1961), Cuban journalist<br />
*[[Judith Madan]] (1702–1781), English poet<br />
*[[Martin Madan]] (1726–1790), English barrister, clergyman and writer<br />
*[[Martin Madan (MP)]] (1700–1756), groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales<br />
*[[M. L. Madan|Moti Lal Madan]] (b. 1939), Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator<br />
*[[Spencer Madan]] (1729–1813), English churchman<br />
*[[Triloki Nath Madan]] (b. 1933), Indian academic<br />
*Sonya Madan, lead singer of [[Echobelly]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri-language surnames]]<br />
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[[Category:Brahmin communities]]<br />
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[[Category:Brahmin gotras]]</div>Ajay Kumar