Dhinakaran or Dinakaran is a given name or surname, which may refer to:
D. G. S. Dhinakaran, Indian evangelical preacher T. T. V. Dhinakaran, Indian politician Dinakaran, Tamil newspaper Dinakaran attack, the attack on the newspaper Vaishali Dinakaran (born 1987) an Indian writer P. D. Dinakaran (born 1950) Indian Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court Thinakaran, daily Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka