Nayak
Ethnic groups
- Nayak caste, a caste found in India
- Nayak, another name for the Charodi (community) of Karnataka, India
- Nayak , name used by Gor Banjara Community.
Films
- Nayak (1966 film), a 1966 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray
- Nayak (2001 Assamese film), a 2001 Assamese film directed by Munin Barua
- Nayak: The Real Hero, a 2001 Hindi film starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji
People
- Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak, a member of the Madurai Nayak royal family
- Daya Nayak, Indian police inspector
- Ghanashyam Nayak, Indian film and television actor
- Jawahar Nayak, Indian politician
- Raghunatha Nayak, a king of the Nayaks of Tanjore
- Sevappa Nayak, first ruler of the Nayaks of Tanjore
- Thirumalai Nayak, a king of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty
- Varunakulattan, also known as Khem Nayak, 17th-century feudal lord of the Jaffna Kingdom
- Viswanatha Nayak, founder of Madurai Nayak Dynasty
Other uses
- Naik (military rank), also spelt Nayak, a rank in the Indian and Pakistan armies
- Any of the Nayak dynasties, that arose from the fragmentation of the Vijayanagara Empire in South India
- Nayak (title), a title used across India
- Baba Nayak, fictional villain played by Rami Reddy in the 1995 Indian film Andolan
See also
- Nayakan (disambiguation)
- Naik (disambiguation)
- Neyak (disambiguation)
- Nyack (disambiguation)
- Naayak, a 2013 Indian Telugu-language film directed by V. V. Vinayak
- Khal Nayak, 1993 Indian film by Subhash Ghai
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