Puran (name)
Puran or Pooran is a personal name found independently in South Asia and in Iran. Notable people with this name include:Given name
- Puran Appu, Sri Lankan revolutionary
- Puran Bhagat, Punjabi ascetic
- Puran Bhatt, puppeteer from India
- Puran Singh Bundela, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- Pooran Farrokhzad, Iranian writer and encyclopedist
- Puran Chand Joshi, Indian communist politician
- Pooran Chand Joshi, Indian social anthropologist
- Puran Singh Phartyal, Indian politician from Uttarakhand, member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Pooran Prakash, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- Puran Rana Tharu, Nepalese politician
- Puran Singh, Punjabi poet, scientist and mystic
- Puran Chand Wadali, Indian Sufi singer and musician
Surname
- Nicholas Pooran, Trinidadian cricketer
