Tandon (Tandan, Tanden, or Tondon) is a surname found among the Hindu Khatris and Sikhs of Punjab, India.[1]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the Surname, include:
Activists
[edit]- Purushottam Das Tandon, Bharat Ratna, Indian freedom fighter
Actors
[edit]- Amit Tandon, Indian singer, television actor
- Ayush Tandon, Indian actor who played "Pi" in Life of Pi
- Kushal Tandon, Indian model, television actor
- Lavina Tandon, Indian actress
- Priya Tandon, Indian actress
- Raveena Tandon, Indian film actress
- Sachet Tandon, Bollywood playback singer who has sung the song "Bekhayali"
- Saumya Tandon, Indian television actress
Administrators
[edit]- B. B. Tandon, IAS officer who served as 14th Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Chandrika Tandon, businesswoman and vice chairman at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
- Gulshan Lal Tandon, former chairman of Coal India Limited
- Neera Tanden, American political consultant and staff secretary to President Joe Biden since 2021
- Prakash Tandon, former chairman at Hindustan Lever and author
Artists
[edit]- Grace Martine Tandon, better known by her stage name Daya, American singer and song writer
- Loveleen Tandan, co-director of Slumdog Millionaire
- Lekh Tandon, Indian filmmaker
- Ravi Tandon, film director and producer
Athletes
[edit]- Ansh Tandon, Indo-Emirati international cricketer
- Rakesh Tandon, Indian cricketer
- Ramit Tandon, professional squash player who represents India. He was ranked number 46 in the world and India rank 2.
- Shikha Tandon, swimmer with 146 national medals, and 36 medals in international competitions, including five gold medals. Arjuna Award winner.
Entrepreneurs
[edit]- Atul Tandon, Indian American entrepreneur
- Devdutt Tandon (1902-1980), founder of Tandon Motorcycles
- Rakhee Kapoor Tandon, business entrepreneur and venture capitalist. She is one of "India’s 25 Most Influential Women", according to India Today.
- Sirjang Lal Tandon, manufacturer of Tandon PC and disk drive, founder of Tandon Corporation
Politicians
[edit]- Ajay Tandon, Indian politician
- Annu Tandon, MP in the 15th Lok Sabha from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
- Ashutosh Tandon, Indian politician and currently serving as Minister of Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation in the UP Government.
- Balram Das Tandon, Indian politician and the Former Governor of Chhattisgarh.
- Lalji Tandon, Indian politician who served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Bihar.
- Sanjay Tandon, Chandigarh State President of Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shiv Narayan Tandon (?-1999), Indian politician
- Yash Tandon, Indian-Ugandan policymaker, political activist, professor, author and public intellectual.
Scientists and doctors
[edit]- Atul Tandon (1948-2015), Indian professor of management
- Badri Nath Tandon, Indian gastroenterologist, hepatologist, medical researcher and academic
- Prakash Narain Tandon, Indian neuroscientist and neurosurgeon. Padma Bhushan awardee
- Pramod Tandon, Indian Plant Biotechnologist and academic.
- Nikhil Tandon, Indian endocrinologist
- Nina Tandon, American biomedical engineer and tissue engineering researcher
- Rajesh Tandon, practitioner of participatory research and development. He is one of the founding fathers of Participatory Research.
- Sampat Kumar Tandon, Indian geologist. He is a former pro-vice chancellor at Delhi University
- Veena Tandon, Indian parasitologist, academic and a NASI senior scientist
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (1st ed.). Oxford University Press (OUP). p. 2623. ISBN 978-0199677764. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh, based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community