Mohan is a given name and surname. Notable people with this name include:
Sole name
Mohan, another name for Krishna, a major Hindu deity
Mohan (actor) (born 1956), Kollywood film actor
Mohan (director), Indian director of Malayalam films
Mohanlal (born 1960), South Indian film actor
Crazy Mohan (1952–2019), Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright
Given name
Mohan Agashe (born 1947), Indian actor
Mohan Babu (born 1950), born Manchu Bakthavatsalam Naidu, actor, producer, politician from Andhra Pradesh Mohan Baidya, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal Revolutionary Maoist Mohan Bam (born 1991), Nepalese judoka Mohan Bhagwat (born 1950), Indian veterinary doctor and the current Sarsanghachalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Mohan Bhandari (1937–2015), Indian film and television actor Mohan Chand Sharma (1965–2008), Indian Police Inspector who served in the Delhi Police, Special Cell Mohan Choti (1939–1992), Indian film actor Mohan Das, more commonly known as Lotan Baba (or "rolling saint"), an Indian holy man promoting peace by rolling his body along the ground when he travels Mohan Dharia (1925–2013), Indian lawyer, Union minister, and social worker Mohan Ellawala (1948–2009), governor of Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka from October 2, 2008 up until his death in 2009 Mohan al-Furayji, Iraqi Army general who planned the 2008 operation against militias in Basra Mohan Galot (born 1945), Kenyan businessman Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), better known as Mahatma Gandhi, Indian revolutionary, President of the Indian National Congress Mohan Gokhale (1954–1999), Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as Sparsh, Bhavni Bhavai and Mirch Masala Mohan Krishna Indraganti, Telugu film director from India Mohan Jena (born 1957), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India representing the Jajpur constituency of Orissa, and a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party Mohan Joshi (born 1945), Indian actor Mohan Kanda (born 1945), Indian Administrative Service officer and a member of the National Disaster Management Authority Mohan Kapoor (born 1965), Indian actor G. Mohan Kumar (born 1955), Indian Administrative Service and former Defence Secretary and Defence Production Secretary of India Mohan Kumar (director) (1934–2017), Indian film director Mohan Kumar (serial killer) (born 1963), Indian killer called "Cyanide Mohan" Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973), Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India Mohan Lal Grero, Sri Lankan educationist and politician, currently a member of the Provincial Councillor of the Western Province Mohan Lal Jhikram (1919–2010), leader of Indian National Congress from Madhya Pradesh, India Mohan Lal Kashmiri (1812–1877), Indian spy, diplomat, and author Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982), Indian political and social leader, Chief Minister of Rajasthan 1954–1971 Mohan Maharishi, Indian theatre director, actor and a playwright Mohan Munasinghe, Sri Lankan physicist Mohan Patel (born 1952), field hockey player from New Zealand, member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Mohan Kumar Raja (born 1996), Indian sprinter Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), major figure of 20th-century Hindi literature Mohan Rawale (born 1948), member of the 14thLok Sabha of India representing the Mumbai South Central constituency of Maharashtra and a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party Ram Mohan Roy (1774–1833), founder of Brahmo Samaj, a 19th-century spiritual and religious reformation Mohan Sharma, Indian film actor in Malayalam films of Chattakari fame Manmohan Singh (born 1932), Prime minister of India Mohan Singh (general) (1909–1989), Indian military officer and member of the Indian Independence Movement Mohan Singh (1945–2013), Indian politician, former general secretary of the Samajwadi Party Mohan Bikram Singh (born 1935), often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, a Nepalese politician Mohan Singh Kohli (born 1931), Indian mountaineer Mohan Sinha Mehta (1895–1986), founder of Vidya Bhavan group of institutions and Sewa Mandir in Udaipur in Rajasthan Mohan Singh Oberoi (1898–2002), Indian hotelier, founder and chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Mohan Sithara (born 1959), Malayalam film music composer in Kerala Mohan Sivanand (born 1951), Indian journalist and artist Mohan Upreti (1925–1997), Indian theatre director, playwright and a music composer, considered one of the pioneers in Indian theatre music