Padmanabhan
Notable people with the name Padmanabhan include:
- C. M. Padmanabhan Nair, an Indian politician
- Dayal Padmanabhan, an Indian film director and producer
- Govindarajan Padmanabhan, a renowned biochemist and a pioneer in Indian biotechnology
- Manjula Padmanabhan, a playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author
- Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, an Indian social reformer and a freedom fighter
- Mohan Padmanabhan, an Indian economist and journalist
- Neela Padmanabhan, a Tamil writer
- Padmanabhan Balaram, an Indian biochemist
- Padmanabhan Nair, an eminent Kathakali exponent
- Padmanabhan Palpu, a bacteriologist and social revolutionary
- Padmanabhan Sivadas, an Indian cricketer
- Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
- Thanu Padmanabhan, an Indian theoretical physicist
- Thinakkal Padmanabhan, a short story writer
- Uma Padmanabhan, a Tamil socialite, actress and news presenter
- Vijay Padmanabhan, a law professor
- Dr. R.S Padmanabhan Leading Dental surgeon of Karnataka -1946, Qualified at Vienna
