shanmugam
{{Infobox given name
| name = Shanmugam
சண்முகம்
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| pronunciation = Caṇmukam
| gender = Male
| meaning = Six faces
| region = Southern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka
| language = Tamil
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| alternative spelling = Sanmugam
Shanmukham
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| related names = Arumugam
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| derived = Murugan
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| seealso = Shanmuganathan
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Shanmugam ({{langx|ta|சண்முகம்|translit=Caṇmukam}}) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Notable people
=Given name=
- A. C. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- C. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- C. V. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- G. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- K. Shanmugam (born 1959), Singaporean politician and lawyer
- Kannon Shanmugam (born 1972), American lawyer
- M. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- N. T. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- P. Shanmugam (Pondicherry politician) (1927–2013), Indian politician and former chief minister and Lok Sabha member from Pondicherry
- P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1946) (died 2006), Indian politician and former Lok Sabha member from Tamil Nadu
- P. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu politician, born 1960), Indian politician and member of CPI(M)
- P. U. Shanmugam (1924–2007), Indian politician
- Parthiban Shanmugam, Indian writer and director
- R. Shanmugam, Indian politician
- R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (1892–1953), Indian lawyer, economist and politician
- Savithiri Shanmugam (1913–?), Indian National Congress politician
- Shanmugam Subbaiah (1930–2012), Indian film distributor
- T. K. Shanmugam (1912–1973), Indian actor
=Surname=
- Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan (born 1953), Sri Lankan politician
- Sanmugam Appacuddy Tharmalingam (1908–?), Sri Lankan physician and politician
- Sanmugam Arumugam (1905–2000), Ceylonese irrigation engineer and writer
- Shanmugam Jayakumar (born 1939), Singaporean politician, lawyer and diplomat
- Shanmugam Jegadhiswaran, Sri Lankan politician
- Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingam (born 1955), Sri Lankan militant
- Shanmugam Manjunath (1978–2005), Indian marketing manager
- Shanmugam Murugesu (1967–2005), Singaporean drug smuggler, soldier and athlete
- Shanmugam Shankar (born 1963), Indian film director and producer
- Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1978), Indian footballer
See also
- {{In title|Sanmugam}}
- {{In title|Shanmugam}}
- {{In title|Shanmukham}}
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