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Kapoor

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Indian Khatri clan
This article is about the name. For other uses, seeKapoor (disambiguation).
Kapoor,Kapur
Pronunciation'K_Poor'
LanguagePunjabi
Hindko
Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu)
Origin
Region of originPunjab
Other names
Variant formKapur
Look upKapoor orKapur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Kapoor orKapur (IPA:[kəpuːɾ]) is aPunjabi surname ofKhatri caste[2] found in thePunjabi Hindu andSikh communities.[3][page needed][4]

Notable people

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Notable people bearing the nameKapoor include:

Academia

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  • 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, Indo-British scholar and author
  • Ilan Kapoor (born 1959), Indian postcolonial scholar
  • Jagdish Chandra Kapur (1920–2010), Indian social scientist, entrepreneur and the founder ofKapur Surya Foundation
  • Kapil Kapoor (born 1940), Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions atJNU
  • 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

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Army

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Artists

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Authors

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Bureaucrats and politicians

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Businessmen

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  • 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 ofThe Quint and Network18.
  • Subhash Kapoor, Indian art dealer and smuggler
  • Sunjay Kapur (1971–2025), Indian industrialist and billionaire
  • Vimal Kapur, Indian-American executive

Chefs

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

Directors and producers

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Film actors

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See also:Kapoor family

Journalists

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Science and technology

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  • 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

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  • 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.
  • Sneha Kapoor (born 1986), Indian salsa dancer, choreographer, and instructor
  • Steven Kapur (born 1967), also known as "Apache Indian", British pop singer

Sportspersons

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Kumari, Ashok Pratap Singh& Patiraj (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 likeKapoor and Gangotiya.
  2. ^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 likeKapoor and Gangotiya.
  3. ^Kakar, Sudhir (30 October 2014).A Book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections (2014 ed.). Penguin UK.ISBN 9789351188858.
  4. ^Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003).Dictionary of American Family Names (2003 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 275.ISBN 978-0-19977-169-1. Retrieved14 April 2018.
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