Famous People with Name Ananda

Ananda Mikola            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Ananda Mikola: is the first native Indonesian racecar driver. He contested the Formula 3000 series from 1999 through 2001 & champions of Asian F3 in 2005 season. He was out of racing for a couple of seasons before driving for A1 Team Indonesia in A1GP. As of the April 2 race in Shanghai, he had scored a best finish of 5th. In the World Series Lights he raced for a team sponsored by AC Milan Football Club. Ananda is the brother of another Indonesian driver, Moreno Soeprapto

Ananda Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ananda Shankar: was an Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar.In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first self-titled album in 1970, featuring original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Doors' Light My Fire. This album has become an enduring cult classic.[citation needed]

Ananda Everingham            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Ananda Everingham: a Thai-Australian film actor and model of Lao and Australian heritage. Working primarily in Thai films, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004 horror film, Shutter.Ananda Matthew Everingham is the son of an Australian father, Bangkok-based photojournalist John Everingham, and a Laotian mother, Keo Sirisomphone. His parents' story was loosely dramatized in the 1983 NBC television movie, Love Is Forever, starring Michael Landon and Laura Gemser, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives under the Mekong to rescue his lover from communist ruled Laos in 1977. It was this movie that in 1983 also led to the senior Everingham mentoring Cork Graham

Ananda Samarakoon            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Ananda Samarakoon: was a Sri Lankan composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Sri Lanka Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music, and founder of the modern geeta sahitya.He was very much influenced by Rabindranath Tagore while in India and his fascination and the desire to imitate the great Indian musician would go on to take him in the direction of creating a musical tradition for the Sri Lankan people.

Ananda Mohan Bose            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ananda Mohan Bose: was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He co-founded the Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations, and later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. In 1874, he becam

K. Murugesan Anandan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

K. Murugesan Anandan: is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Viluppuram constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) political party.