Tharakan may refer to:
Title
Tharakan (title), an honorific hereditary title given for aristocratic knanaya Christians and few Saint Thomas Christian families in Kerala, India Tharakan (Hindu caste), a Hindu caste from the Palakkad district of Kerala, India
Persons Thachil Matthoo Tharakan (1741–1814), influential Syrian Christian leader, minister, trader and exporter who played a major role in the history of erstwhile Travancore and Cochin kingdoms of modern-day Kerala, India Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan (1903–1993), Malayalam poet who earned the title Mahakavi K. M. Tharakan (1930–2003), critic, novelist, litterateur and educationalist from Kerala, India Hormis Tharakan, Indian Police Service officer from Kerala who was the chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of India during 2005–2007
See also Ezhupunna Tharakan, a 1989 Malayalam movie