Vijayan is a South Indian name and may refer to:

• Pinarayi Vijayan (born 1944), Indian politician
• Vijayan (actor) (1944–2007), Tamil & Malayalam film actor
• Vijayan (stunt coordinator), action choreographer for South Indian films
• Vijayan Nair, American statistician
• Vijayan Pillai, Indian politician
• Vijayan K. Pillai (born c. 1948), American professor of social work

• Chandroth Vijayan (born 1936), Indian cricketer
• Dushara Vijayan (born 1997), Indian actress
• E. K. Vijayan (born 1953), Indian politician
• East Coast Vijayan, Indian lyricist
• G. S. Vijayan, Indian film director
• Geetha Vijayan (born 1972), Indian actress
• I. M. Vijayan (born 1969), Indian footballer
• Jay Vijayan, Tamil entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor
• K. Vijayan, Indian film director
• M. Vijayan (born 1941), Indian structural biologist
• M. N. Vijayan (1930–2007), Indian writer, orator and academic
• Nanjil Vijayan, Indian actor and comedian
• O. V. Vijayan (1930–2005), Malayalam novelist and cartoonist
• P. Vijayan (born 1968), Indian police officer
• Rajisha Vijayan, Indian actress
• Raman Vijayan (born 1973), Indian football manager
• Rex Vijayan (born 1983), Indian guitarist, composer and producer
• Sivakumar Vijayan (born 1982), Indian cinematographer
• T. C. Vijayan, Indian politician
• V S Vijayan (born 1945), Indian environmentalist and wildlife biologist
• V. T. Vijayan, South Indian film editor
• Vazhenkada Vijayan, Indian Kathakali dancer
• Vinod Vijayan, Indian film producer and director

• Dasan and Vijayan, fictional characters in the Nadodikkattu film series