Manu

Manu may refer to:

Geography

• Manú Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region
  • Manú National Park, Peru
  • Manú River, in southeastern Peru
• Manu River, Tripura, which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh
• Manu Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, United States
• Manu, Tripura, a village in Tripura, India
• Manu, a village in Topliţa Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania
• Manu, a village in Tâmna Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
• Moku Manu, an island in the Hawaiian islands

People with given name Manu

Actors

• Manu Bennett (born 1969), New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• Manu Intiraymi (born 1978), American actor, best known as "Icheb" on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Manu Malik (born 1976), Indian actor
• Manu Narayan (born 1973), American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM
• Manu Payet (born 1975), French actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
• Manu Rishi (born 1971), Indian actor
• Manu Tupou (born 1935-2004), American actor

Musicians

• Manu Chao (born 1961), French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin
• Manu Cornet (born 1981), French musician and writer
• Manu Delago (born 1984), Austrian composer
• Manu Dibango (1933–2020), Cameroonian musician
• Manu Gavassi (born 1993), Brazilian recording artist, singer, actress
• Manu Guix (born 1979), Spanish composer
• Manu Katché (born 1958), French musician
• Manu Koch (born 1972), Swiss pianist, keyboardist, and composer
• Manu-L (born 1983), Swiss singer and guitarist
• Manu Lanvin (born 1973), French singer
• Manu Limbu, Nepal singer
• Manu Louis, Belgian musician
• Manu Militari (born 1979), Canadian singer
• Manu Manzo (born 1994), singer
• Manu Shrine (born 1987-2015), Russian ambient

Sports

• Manú (Portuguese footballer) (born 1982), Portuguese footballer Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo
• Manu (Spanish footballer) (AKA Manu, born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Manuela Lareo (born 1992), Spanish footballer
• Manu Ahotaeiloa (born 1986), Tongan rugby union player
• Manu Attri (born 1992), Indian badminton player
• Manu Barreiro (born 1986), Spanish association football player
• Manu Balda (born 1992), Ecuador footballer
• Manu Bhaker (born 2002), Indian sport shooter
• Manu Bhardwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer
• Manu Busto (born 1980), Spanish footballer
• Manu Dagher (born 1984), Liberian-Dutch footballer
• Manu Fernández (born 1986), Spanish football goalkeeper
• Manu Ferrera (born 1958), Belgian association football player
• Manu Garba (born 1965), Nigerian association football manager
• Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Argentine-born National Basketball Association player
• Manu Herrera (born 1981), Spanish footballer
• Manu Hervás (born 1986), Spanish association football player
• Manu Honkanen (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player
• Manu Lecomte (born 1995), Belgian basketball player
• Manu Leiataua (born 1986), Samoan rugby player
• Manu Maniapoto (born 1935-2017), New Zealand rugby union player
• Manu Ma'u (born 1988), New Zealand rugby league player
• Manu Molina (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Manu del Moral (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Manu Morlanes (born 1999), Spanish association football player
• Manu Nayyar (born 1964), Indian cricketer
• Manu Rodríguez (born 1991), Spanish basketball player
• Manu Sánchez (footballer, born 1979), Spanish footballer
• Manu Shlomovich (born 1927-2000), Israeli association football player
• Manu Snellinx (born 1948), Belgian cyclist
• Manu Sunu (born 1966), Togolese footballer
• Manu Torres (born 1989), Spanish footballer
• Manu Trigueros (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Manu Tuiasosopo (born 1957), National Football League retired defensive lineman
• Manu Tuilagi (born 1991), Samoan-born rugby player for England
• Manu Vallejo (born 1997), Spanish footballer
• Manu Vatuvei (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
• Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 1967) (born 1967), Tongan rugby union footballer and coach

Other

• Afa Anoaʻi Jr. (born 1984), American professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu
• Manu (Kannada author) (1951–2011), Kannada author
• Manu Aierdi (born 1967), Basque economist
• Manu Baligar, Indian writer
• Manu Bhandari (born 1931), Indian author
• Manu Bhattathiri, Indian author
• Manuhuia Bennett, New Zealand bishop
• Manu Beuselinck (born 1970), Belgian politician
• Manu Brabo (born 1981), Spanish photographer
• Manu Chandaria (born 1929), Kenyan businessman
• Manu Chandra, Indian chef
• Manu Chhabria (1946–2002), Indian businessman
• Manu Crooks (born 1993), Ghanaian-Australian artist
• Manu Daftary, American money manager
• Manu Farrarons (born 1967), French artist
• Manu Feildel, French-born chef living in Australia
• Manu Herbstein, South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
• Manu Joseph (born 1974), Indian journalist and writer
• Manu Korovulavula, Fijian political leader and civil servant
• Manu Leumann, German philologist
• Manu Majumdar, Bangladeshi politician
• Manu Manjith (born 1986), Indian lyricist and poet
• Manu Parekh (born 1939), Indian painter
• Manu S. Pillai (born 1990), Indian historian and author
• Manu Pineda, Spanish politician
• Manu Platt (born 1980), American biomedical engineer
• Manu Pluton (born 1942), French bodybuilder
• Manu Prakash, Indian biophysicist
• Manu Raju (born 1980), American-Indian journalist
• Manu Ramesan, Malayalee film composer
• Manu Sareen (born 1968), Indian social worker
• Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian criminal
• Manu Singh (born 1983), Indian activist
• Manu Toigo (born 1969), Australian television personality

Religion

Ancient Mesopotamia

• Manu the Great, a Chaldean god of fate

Hinduism

• Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor of mankind
  • Shraddhadeva Manu, the current Manu
• Manusmṛti or Manu's code, an important early Hindu text
• Manu Needhi Cholan, a legendary Chola Dynasty king

New Age

• Manu (Theosophy), Ascended Master of 5th Race

Sports teams

• Manu Samoa, the Samoa national rugby union team
• F.C. Manu Laeva, a Tuvaluan football club
  • Manu Laeva (women), Tuvaluan women's football club
• Manchester United F.C., professional English football club

Other uses

• 29353 Manu, a main-belt asteroid
• Manu (bird), a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds from New Zealand
• Manu (River City), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera
• Manu (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series
• Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island
• Manu, an alternate name for the Ornithological Society of Polynesia
• Manu, a character in the 2000 French adult film Baise-moi
• Manu, Canadian real estate slang for a modular home
• Manu, an Akan name given to a second born child
• Manu (film), Telugu film

See also

• Manus (disambiguation)