Balakrishna (name)

Balakrishna or Balakrishnan is Hindu surname, derived from Bala Krishna. Notable people with the surname include:

Balakrishna

• Balakrishna (Kannada actor) (1913–1995)
• Balakrishna Guruji, a Reiki master and hypnotherapist
• Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (1910–1984) a poet from Goa, India
• Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 1960), Indian film actor
• Rasamayi Balakrishna, Indian singer, poet and political activist

Balakrishnan

• A. G. Balakrishnan, Indian politician
• Ajit Balakrishnan, Indian entrepreneur and business executive
• A. V. Balakrishnan (Arun V. Balakrishnan) (1922–2015), American applied mathematician and professor
• C. Balakrishnan (1918–1997), Indian plastic surgeon
• C. N. Balakrishnan (1934–2018), Indian politician
• C. V. Balakrishnan (born 1952), Indian writer
• David Balakrishnan (born 1954) American founder of the Turtle Island Quartet
• Gopal Balakrishnan, American professor and editor
• Hari Balakrishnan, American professor of engineering and computer science at MIT
• Jennifer Balakrishnan, American mathematician
• Kalpathy Balakrishnan, Indian percussionist
• bKamala Rani Balakrishnan, Singaporean criminal
• Kavitha Balakrishnan (born 1976), Indian poet, art critic, and contemporary art researcher
• K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M), Indian communist politician
• K. Balakrishnan (Kesavan Balakrishnan) (1925–984), Indian politician, writer and editor
• K. Balakrishnan (Tamil Nadu), Indian communist politician
• K. G. Balakrishnan (Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan) (born 1945), Indian Chief Justice and Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India
• Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (1953–2022), Indian communist politician
• Krish (singer) (Vijay balakrishnan) (born 1977), Indian playback singer
• Madhu Balakrishnan (born 1974), Indian playback singer
• N. L. Balakrishnan, Indian still photographer and actor
• P. K. Balakrishnan (1926–1991), Indian novelist, critic and historian
• Radhika Balakrishnan, American human rights advocate
• Ranjith (director) (Ranjith Balakrishnan) (born 1964), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• R. Balki (R. Balakrishnan), Indian advertiser, filmmaker, and director
• S. Balakrishnan (composer) (1948–2019), Indian film score composer and music director
• S. Balakrishnan (Modakurichi MLA), Indian politician
• S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA), Indian politician
• Sheila Balakrishnan, Indian obstetrician and a gynaecologist
• S. K. Balakrishnan (1935–2001), Indian politician
• S. N. Balakrishnan, University chancellor
• V. Balakrishnan (disambiguation), several people
• Vivian Balakrishnan (born 1961), Singaporean government bureaucrat

See also

• 16116 Balakrishnan, a main-belt asteroid