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 (born ?), Indian singer, poet and political activist

Balakrishnan

• A. G. Balakrishnan (born ?), Indian politician
• Ajit Balakrishnan (born ?), 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 (born ?), American professor and editor
• Hari Balakrishnan (born ?), American professor of engineering and computer science at MIT
• Jennifer Balakrishnan, American mathematician
• Kalpathy Balakrishnan (born ?), Indian percussionist
• Kavitha Balakrishnan (born 1976), Indian poet, art critic, and contemporary art researcher
• K. Balakrishnan (CPI-M) (born ?), Indian communist politician
• K. Balakrishnan (Kesavan Balakrishnan) (1925–984), Indian politician, writer and editor
• K. Balakrishnan (Tamil Nadu) (born ?), 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 (born 1953), Indian communist politician
• Krish (singer) (Vijay balakrishnan) (born 1977), Indian playback singer
• Madhu Balakrishnan (born 1974), Indian playback singer
• N. L. Balakrishnan (born ?), Indian still photographer and actor
• P. K. Balakrishnan (1926–1991), Indian novelist, critic and historian
• Radhika Balakrishnan (born ?), American human rights advocate
• Ranjith (director) (Ranjith Balakrishnan) (born 1964), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• R. Balki (R. Balakrishnan) (born ?), Indian advertiser, filmmaker, and director
• S. Balakrishnan (composer) (born ?), Indian film score composer and music director
• S. Balakrishnan (Modakurichi MLA) (born ?), Indian politician
• S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA) (born ?), Indian politician
• Sheila Balakrishnan (born ?), 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