Ramnad Krishnan (14 September 1918 – 29 January 1973) was a vocalist in the Carnatic tradition.

He served on the faculty of Government College of Carnatic Music in Madras.

[2][3][4][5] Krishnan came from a musical family (his elder brother was the singer and violinist Prof. V Lakshminarayana) and was one of the founding organizers of the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival.

His younger brother, the mridangist Ramnad Raghavan was on Wesleyan University's faculty.

[6] After his relatively early death, his disciples like Prof. Ritha Rajan, Nagamani Srinath, and Brinda's daughter Vegavahini proved to be able carriers of his legacy.