Kapoor

Kapoor
LanguagePunjabi
Hindko
Hindustani (Hindi–Urdu)
Origin
Region of originPunjab
Other names
Variant formsKapur, Capoor

Kapoor or Kapur (Punjabi: کپور (Shahmukhi); ਕਪੂਰ (Gurmukhi), IPA: [kəpuːɾ]) is a Punjabi surname of Khatri clan found among the Punjabi Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities.

Notable people

Notable people bearing the name Kapoor include:

Academia

  • Anuradha Kapur (born 1951), Indian theatre director and professor at the National School of Drama
  • Arnav Kapur, American computer scientist and engineer
  • Deepak Kapur (born 1950), Indian-American computer scientist and professor
  • Devesh Kapur, Indian-American scholar and author
  • Ilan Kapoor (born 1959), Indian postcolonial scholar
  • Jagdish Chandra Kapur (1920–2010), Indian social scientist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kapur Surya Foundation
  • Kapil Kapoor (born 1940), Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions at JNU
  • Mahendra Nath Kapur (1910–1994), Indian educator served as the Principal of Modern School, New Delhi, for thirty years
  • Neera Kapur Badhwar, Indian philosopher and professor
  • Pradeep Kumar Kapur (born 1954), Indian academic and diplomat
  • Ratna Kapur (born 1959), Indian law professor and former director of the Centre for Feminist Legal Research in New Delhi, India
  • Shitij Kapur, Indo-British doctor and administrator
  • Shiv G. Kapoor, Indian-American professor at the University of Illinois
  • S. Paul Kapur, American scholar, professor and administrator
  • Sudarshan Kapoor, Indian-American professor emeritus, California State University
  • Sukhbir Singh Kapoor (born 1935), Indian writer and educator
  • V. K. Kapoor, Vice Chancellor of Raffles University, Neemrana, Rajasthan

Activists

Army

Artists

Authors

Bureaucrats and politicians

Businessmen

  • Amit Kapur, American-born internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of WhoCo and Gravity. Served as COO of MySpace
  • B. K. Kapur, Indian businessman and former chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
  • Jagdish Capoor, Indian banker
  • John Kapoor, American multi-millionaire, pharmaceutical entrepreneur, former CEO of Insys Therapeutics
  • Mike Kapur (born 1962), British entrepreneur
  • Rakesh Kapoor (born 1958), Indian businessman, former chief executive officer of Reckitt Benckiser
  • Rakhee Kapoor Tandon (born 1986), Indian business entrepreneur and venture capitalist
  • Rana Kapoor (born 1957), Indian banker and the founder of Yes Bank
  • Ritu Kapur, CEO of Quintillion Media, which jointly owns BloombergQuint with Bloomberg L.P. She is the co-founder of The Quint and Network18.
  • Subhash Kapoor, Indian art dealer and smuggler
  • Sunjay Kapur (1971–2025), Indian industrialist and billionaire
  • Vimal Kapur, Indian-American executive

Chefs

  • Kunal Kapur (born 1979), Indian celebrity chef and restaurateur known for hosting and judging MasterChef India.
  • Sanjeev Kapoor (born 1964), Indian celebrity chef

Directors and producers

Film and TV actors

Journalists

Science and technology

  • Anuja Trehan Kapur (born 1975), Indian criminal psychologist
  • Kishen Singh Kapoor (1873–1936), Indian mathematician, author and teacher.
  • Raman Kapur, Indian medical acupuncturist, author and the president of the Indian Society of Medical Acupuncture.
  • Shyam Sunder Kapoor (born 1938), Indian nuclear physicist and a former director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Singers and dancers

  • Geeta Kapoor (born 1973), Indian choreographer and television personality
  • Himani Kapoor (born 1988), Indian singer and finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
  • Kanika Kapoor (born 1978), Indian singer
  • Mahendra Kapoor (1934–2008), Indian singer
  • Meena Kapoor (1930–2017), Indian singer
  • Raman Kapoor, Indian singer and songwriter. He was a contestant on the TV shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Rising Star.
  • Sez on the Beat, stage name of Sajeel Kapoor, Indian music composer and producer
  • Sneha Kapoor (born 1986), Indian salsa dancer, choreographer, and instructor
  • Steven Kapur (born 1967), also known as "Apache Indian", British pop singer

Sportspersons

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kumari, Patiraj; Singh, Ashok Pratap (2007). Psychological Implications in Industrial Performance. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8220-200-9. The Nais have several got/gotra and clans. Among the gotra, the common ones are Kasab/Kashyap, Bhardwaj and Kaundal. Several Rajput clans are distinguished which are also used as surnames by younger, educated persons, viz., Jaswal, Jammual, Patial, Chandel, Katoch and others like Kapoor and Gangotiya.
  2. ↑ Kakar, Sudhir (30 October 2014). A Book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections (2014 ed.). Penguin UK. ISBN 9789351188858.
  3. ↑ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names (2003 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-19977-169-1. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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