Shanmugam () 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
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