Madan
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- Madan (people), an ethnic group from southern Iraq
- Medan (son of Abraham)Medan (son of Abraham)According to the Bible, Medan ; also spelt Madan was the third son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah...
- MadhanMadhanMadhan , whose real name is Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govinda Kumar, is a famous Tamil cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic who works for Ananda Vikatan magazine, a leading Tamil weekly. Though his native is Thanjavur, he was brought up in Chennai...
a.k.a. Madan or Mathan, the pen name of a famous Indian cartoonist, journalist and writer - Sudalai MadanSudalai MadanSudalai Madan or Madan, is a regional Tamil male deity who is popular in South India, particularly Tamil Nadu. He is considered to be the son of Shiva and Parvati...
, a popular non-Vedic deity in southern India
Places
- Madan, Montana ProvinceMadan, Montana ProvinceMadan is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, located in the Boychinovtsi municipality of the Montana Province ....
, a village in the Boychinovtsi municipality of northwestern Bulgaria - Madan, Smolyan Province, a town and municipality in southern Bulgaria
- KapanKapan-Notable landmarks:*Vahanavank monastery*Baghaberd and Halidzor Fortresses.*Tatev Monastery - This monastery, situated northwest of Kapan was founded in the ninth century in the place of an ancient tabernacle well-known in ancient times...
, a city in Armenia, formerly Madan
People
- Martin MadanMartin Madan (MP)Colonel Martin Madan was groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and MP forWootton Basset from 1742 to 1747. Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards.-Family:...
(1700–1756), groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales - Falconer MadanFalconer MadanFalconer Madan was Librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University.Falconer was the fifth son of George and Harriet Madan. He was educated at Marlborough College and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he took part in Oxford and Cambridge Chess matches in 1873 and 1874, and won the University...
(1851–1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University - Jamshed MadanJamshed MadanJamshed Madan was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Bengal. He was born in Karachi and died in Calcutta....
(1915–1986), Indian cricketer. - José Óscar Sánchez MadanJosé Óscar Sánchez MadanJosé Óscar Sánchez Madan, born in Marianao on 10 December 1961is a Cuban journalist and author in several Cuban newspapers, and a regular contributor of the Miami-based independent news agency CUBANET....
(1961–), Cuban journalist. - Judith MadanJudith MadanJudith Madan was an English poet. She was the grand daughter of Lady Sarah Cowper , the diarist....
(1702–1781), English poet - Martin MadanMartin MadanMartin Madan was an English barrister, clergyman and writer, known for controversial views on marriage expressed in his book Thelyphthora.-Life:...
(1726–1790), English barrister, clergyman and writer - Spencer MadanSpencer MadanSpencer Madan was an English churchman, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough.-Life:The son of Colonel Martin Madan and Judith Madan of London, and younger brother of Martin Madan, he was sent to Westminster School in 1742, and in 1746 went to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1749 he...
(1729–1813), English churchman - Triloki Nath MadanTriloki Nath MadanTriloki Nath Madan in Kashmir, India is an anthropologist, with a Ph.D from the Australian National University . He is currently Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, and Distinguished Senior Fellow , Center for the Study of Developing Societies,...
(1933–), Indian academic - Moti Lal MadanM. L. MadanMoti Lal Madan, DVM, Ph.D. is an Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator.From 1994 to 1995, Madan served as Joint Director of the National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal and was later, from 1995 to 1999, Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of...
(1939–), Indian biotechnology researcher, veterinarian, academic and administrator - MadanMadan (film director)Madan is a Telugu film director and writer born and brought up in Madanapalli, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his graduation from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi at Annie Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalli. He used to write and direct play-lets and short stories...
, Telugu film writer and Director