Famous People with Name Thanu

Thanu Padmanabhan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Thanu Padmanabhan: an Indian theoretical physicist. He is currently Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (IUCAA) at Pune, India. His principal fields of research are Cosmology and the interface between Gravity and Quantum theory.Padmanabhan did his schooling in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and did his B.Sc (1977) and M.Sc (1979) in Physics from University College, Kerala University, securing Gold Medals for his academic brilliance. He published his first research paper (on general relativity) when he was a B.Sc student, at the age of 20. He joined TIFR, Mumbai for PhD and became a faculty member there in 1980 where he continued till 1992. He moved to IUCAA in 1992 and is currently the Dean of Core Academic Programmes.

Thanunchai Baribarn            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Thanunchai Baribarn: a Thai footballer He was a former Midfielder and Defender of Thailand national team since 1999-2002 he played in various tournaments such as 1999 Southeast Asian Games, 2000 King's cup and Asian Cup in 2000 and 2002.[2] and scored 6 goals for the national team.

Thanura Gunatilleke            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Thanura Gunatilleke: was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. He was born in Colombo. Gunatilleke made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1995-96 season, against Galle Cricket C