Kapoor

Kapoor
Family name
Meaning	"Descendants of Moon (Chand)"[1]
Region of origin	India
Language(s) of origin	Sanskrit
Related names	Kapur

Kapoor is an Indian surname of Punjabi Hindu and Sikh origin. Notable people bearing this name include:

Entertainment

• Abhishek Kapoor, Indian film actor, writer and director
• Aditya Raj Kapoor, Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family
• Aditya Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor
• Akshay Kapoor, Indian actor
• Amit Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
• Anil Kapoor, Bollywood actor, film producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
• Ashish Kapoor, Indian television actor
• Anu Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Arjun Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor
• Babita Khanna Kapoor, former Bollywood actress, wife of Randhir Kapoor
• Bharat Kapoor, director, writer, producer
• Boney Kapoor film director and producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
• Ekta Kapoor producer for television and movies (Bollywood)
• Gautami Kapoor, Indian television actress and model
• Goga Kapoor, Indian film actor
• Jayasudha Kapoor, South Indian film actress, wife of Nitin Kapoor
• Jeetendra Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Kamal Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Karan Kapoor, Indian film actor and model, son of Shashi Kapoor
• Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bollywood actress
• Karisma Kapoor, Bollywood actress
• Kishore Namit Kapoor, Indian actor and film-acting trainer
• Kunal Kapoor (actor), Bollywood Actor
• Kunal Kapoor, Bollywood Actor
• Kunal Karan Kapoor, Indian television actor
• Kunaal Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor
• Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer
• Mallika Kapoor, South Indian film actress
• Namitha Kapoor, South Indian movie actress
• Nitin Kapoor, Bollywood producer
• Pankaj Kapur, Bollywood actor, film-maker
• Pinchoo Kapoor, Indian actor
• Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian theatre and Hindi film industry entrepreneur, patriarch of the Kapoor family of entertainers.^[2]
• Raj Kapoor, Bollywood actor, producer and director, son of Prithviraj Kapoor
• Rajiv Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
• Ram Kapoor, TV actor
• Ranbir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Rishi Kapoor
• Randhir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
• Ravi Kapoor, British actor
• Rhea Kapoor, Bollywood film producer, dauther of Anil Kapoor
• Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
• Sanjana Kapoor, Bollywood actress, theatre-person, owner of Prithvi Theatre
• Sanjay Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Surinder Kapoor
• Sanjeev Kapoor, gourmet chef
• Shahid Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Pankaj Kapur
• Shakti Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Shammi Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Sharad Kapoor, Indian actor, who works in Hindi movies and television
• Shraddha Kapoor, Bollywood actress and daughter of Shakti Kapoor
• Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
• Shekhar Kapur, Indian film-maker
• Shivani Kapoor, British model
• Shobha Kapoor, Indian television and film producer
• Shobu Kapoor, British actress of Indian descent
• Siddhanth Kapoor, Indian actor and assistant director, son of Shakti Kapoor
• Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood actress
• Sonia Kapoor, Indian television actress
• Siddharth Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor and producer
• Sridevi Ayyapan Kapoor, Indian film actress, second wife of Boney Kapoor
• Steven Kapur, also known as "Apache Indian", a pop singer
• Subhash Kapoor, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
• Supriya Pathak Kapoor, Bollywood actress, wife of Pankaj Kapur
• Surinder Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
• Trilok Kapoor, Indian film actor, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor
• Tusshar Kapoor, Bollywood actor
• Vaani Kapoor, Indian actress and model

Others

• Anish Kapoor, sculptor
• Aashish Kapoor, Indian cricketer
• General Deepak Kapoor, chief of Army staff, Indian Army
• Kanika Kapoor, Singer
• Neha Kapur, Beauty queen
• Rajat Kapoor, Entrepreneur

References

1. Indian Surnames Origin Meaning
2. Raj Kapoor, Charitavali series, Author, Lata Khubchandani, Publisher Rupa, 2003, ISBN 8171678165, 9788171678167