Manu

Manu may refer to:

Geography

• Manú Province, a province of Peru, in the Madre de Dios Region

• Manú National Park, Peru
• Manú River, in southeastern Peru

• Manu River, Tripura, which originates in India and flows into Bangladesh
• Manu, Tripura, an assembly constituency under Tripura East, a Lok Sabha constituency
• Manu (Nigeria), a town in Sokoto State
• Manu, a village in Topliţa Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania
• Manu, a village in Tâmna Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
• Moku Manu, an island in the Hawaiian islands

People

Manu means "bird" in Māori. The word is used figuratively to mean a person held in high esteem and is often found as a given name among Māori and Pacific Island people.

In Spanish and Portuguese (the latter as Manú), it is most often a short form of Emanuel.

Actors

• Manu Bennett, New Zealand actor, best known as "Crixus" on the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• Manu Intiraymi, American actor, best known as "Icheb" on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Manu Narayan, American actor, and lead singer of the band DARUNAM

Musicians

• Manu Chao, French-born singer and musician of Spanish origin
• Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician
• Manu Katché, French drummer
• Manu-L, Swiss singer and musician

Sports

• Afa Anoaʻi Jr., a professional wrestler who used the ring name Manu
• Manú (footballer) (born 1982), Portuguese football winger
• Manuel Fernández Muñiz, aka Manu, Spanish football goalkeeper
• Manu Ginóbili (born 1977), Argentine basketball player
• Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
• Manu Tuiasosopo, NFL defensive lineman
• Manu Tuilagi, Samoan-born rugby player for England
• Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
• Deacon Manu, Fijian rugby union player
• Elizabeth Manu, New Zealand netballer
• Nasi Manu, New Zealand rugby union player
• Pauliasi Manu, New Zealand rugby union player
• Salesi Manu, Australian rugby union player
• Sika Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
• Willie Manu, a Tongan-Australian rugby league player

Other

• Manuhuia "Manu" Bennett, New Zealand bishop
• Manu Feildel, French-born chef living in Australia.
• Manu Herbstein, South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
• Manu Leumann, German philologist
• Gheorghe Manu, Romanian general and politician
• Ioan Manu, Romanian boyar and politician

Religion

Ancient Mesopotamia

• Manu the Great, a Chaldean god of fate

Hinduism

• Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor of mankind
  • Shraddhadeva Manu, the current Manu
• Manusmṛti or Manu's code, an important early Hindu text
• Manu Needhi Cholan, a legendary Chola Dynasty king

New Age

• Manu (Theosophy), Ascended Master of 5th Race

Sports teams

• Manu Samoa, the Samoa national rugby union team
• F.C. Manu Laeva, a Tuvaluan football club
  • Manu Laeva (women), Tuvaluan women's football club
• Manchester United F.C., professional English football club

Other

In Polynesia

• Manu (genus), a genus of prehistoric albatross-like birds from New Zealand
• Manu, alternate name for the Ornithological Society of Polynesia
• Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island

Elsewhere

• Manu (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series
• Manu, a character in the 2000 French adult film Baise-moi
• Manu (River City), a character on a BBC Scotland soap opera
• Manu, Canadian real estate slang for a modular home
• Manu, an Akan name given to a second born child
• 29353 Manu, a main-belt asteroid