Viswanathan
Viswanathan is an Indian surname and given name. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe" (from višva, "universe" + natha, "lord," an epithet of the god Shiva), + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
It may refer to:
- G. Viswanathan (born 1938), founder and chancellor of VIT University in India
- Geraldine Viswanathan (born 1995), Australian actress
- Kaavya Viswanathan (born 1987), Indian-American Harvard undergraduate student, noted for plagiarism in her 2006 novel
- M. S. Viswanathan (1928-2015), Tamil film music composer
- T. Viswanathan, (1927–2002), South Indian classical Carnatic flutist
- Viswanathan Anand (born 1969), World Chess Champion 2007-2013
See also
- Biswanath Chariali
- Bishwanath Upazila
- Biswanath Das
- Biswanath Halder
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