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Ravikumar is Hindu given name, which means "Son of the Sun", combining the Sanskrit words "Ravi" (Sun) and "Kumar" (Son). The name may refer to:
- Ravikumar (actor) (born 1953), Indian actor
- Ravikumar (writer) (born 1961), Indian writer
- Ravikumar Samarth (born 1993), Indian cricketer
- Ravikumar Thakur (born 1984), Indian cricketer
- Ravikumar R., Indian director
Ravikumar is an Indian actor in Malayalam movies.He acted mostly in the role of Lord Mahavishnu.He is from Thalassery Kerala He has acted more than 100 Malayalam films. he has also done many Tamil films.
He is an actor who handled hero roles during the 1970s .His movies are Dasavatharam (1976) as Lord Vishnu Seetha Swayamvaram or Seetha kalyanam as Lord Rama ,Sri Murugan as Lord Murugan,Bhaktha Hanuman as Lord Rama
Ravikumar (born 1961) is a prominent Tamil intellectual and an anti-caste activist. He was a key figure in the formation of the little magazine, Nirapirikai. Nirapirikai inspired several new writers in the 1990s in Tamil Nadu.
Ravikumar, along with S. Anand, is one of the founders of the anti-caste publishing house Navayana. He also started People's Education Movement (Makkal Kalvi Eyakkam). He also runs two Tamil journals Dalit and Bodhi.
Ravikumar is the co-editor, along with R. Azhagarasan, of The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing (2012). A. S. Panneerselvan wrote of this book in the Indian Express: "The material is of sterling quality ... However, two glaring problems with this anthology the conspicuous exclusion of some of the finest voices and the narrow interpretation of the growth of Dalit literature and politics do a disservice to the stated objectives." Ravikumar has also served as a Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.