Raj (name)

Raj (from Hindi राज , depending on the context "rule", "king", "ruler") is a male given name or a family name of Indian origin.

Name bearer

First name

• Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004), Indian novelist and short story writer
• Raj Chandra Bose (1901–1987), Indian mathematician and statistician
• Baldev Raj Chopra (1914–2008), Indian film director and producer
• Raj Kapoor (1924–1988), Indian film actor, film director and film producer
• Raj Nanda (* 1978), Australian squash player
• Raj Patel (* 1972), British-American scientist, journalist and activist
• Raj Reddy (* 1937), Indian-American computer scientist
• Raj Tischbierek (* 1962), German chess player

family name

• Jagdish Raj (1928–2013), Indian actor
• KN Raj (1924-2010), Indian economist
• Karthik Raj (* 1997), Singaporean football player
• R. Bharath Raj († 2015), Indian motorsport official
• Sundar Raj (born 1951), Indian film actor
• Sunder Raj († 2006), Indian fisherman, see death on North Sentinel Island 2006
• Vanessa Raj (* 1996), Malaysian squash player