Kurup
Kurup is an Indian surname of a Nair sub caste. Martial art masters were generally conferred with the tilte Kalari Kurup and Nambi kurup. In olden days ,the barbers and funeral rite performers of Kaniyar community were called Kani kurup /pothuvan kurup or Kurup and now this sub-caste is almost vanished due to conversion to Ezhava.[1] There are several other castes also has this surname in relation with their hereditary occupational functions, the Kallatu Kurup, Kalam kurup, Vilkurup etc are some among them
Persons with surname Kurup may refer to:
- Debbie Kurup (born 1979), English actress
- Deepika Kurup (born 1998), American inventor, scientist, and clean water advocate
- G. Shankara Kurup (1901–1978), Indian poet
- O. N. V. Kurup (1931–2016), Malayalam poet
- Palattu Koman (also known as Koma Kurup), a pioneer of the kalaripayattu Indian martial art form
- Guru Kunchu Kurup (1881–1970), Kathakali artiste
- Helen Kurup, English actress, sister of Debbie
- Joseph Kurup (born 1944), Malaysian politician
- K. K. N. Kurup (born 1939), Indian historian
- K. Suresh Kurup (born 1956), member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala
- N. Peethambara Kurup, Indian politician
- Neena Kurup, Indian actress
- Pran Kurup (1966–2016), Indian entrepreneur and author
- Saiju Kurup , Malayalam film actor
- Satheesh Kurup, Indian cinematographer
- Shishir Kurup (born 1961), American actor
- Shreeraj Kurup, Indian poet and lyricist
- Sooraj S. Kurup, Indian composer and film actor
- Sukumara Kurup, Indian criminal
- Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1902–1980), Indian poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and story writer
References
- S. N. Sadasivan. A Social History of India. p. 355.
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