# Shekhar

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**Shekhar** is an Indian male given name (also used as a surname). It may refer to:

## People

### First name

- [Shekhar Chatterjee](/source/Shekhar_Chatterjee) (born 1924), Indian actor and director
- [Shekhar Chaudhuri](/source/Shekhar_Chaudhuri), Indian management professor
- [Shekhar Dutt](/source/Shekhar_Dutt) (1945–2025), Indian politician
- [Shekhar Gawli](/source/Shekhar_Gawli) (1975–2020), Indian cricketer
- [Shekhar Gupta](/source/Shekhar_Gupta) (born 1957), Indian journalist
- [Shekhar Gurera](/source/Shekhar_Gurera) (born 1965), Indian cartoonist
- [Shekhar Joshi](/source/Shekhar_Joshi) (1932–2022), Indian author
- [Shekhar Kapur](/source/Shekhar_Kapur) (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor
- [Shekhar C. Mande](/source/Shekhar_C._Mande) (born 1962), Indian scientist
- [Shekhar Mehta](/source/Shekhar_Mehta) (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver
- [Shekhar Pathak](/source/Shekhar_Pathak) (born 1940s), Indian historian
- [Shekhar Ravjiani](/source/Shekhar_Ravjiani), Indian musician
- [Shekhar Sen](/source/Shekhar_Sen) (born 1961), Indian musician and actor
- [Shekhar Suman](/source/Shekhar_Suman) (born 1962), Indian actor and television host

### Surname

- [Arjun Shekhar](/source/Arjun_Shekhar) (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer
- [B. C. Shekhar](/source/B._C._Shekhar) (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman
- [Chandra Shekhar Azad](/source/Chandra_Shekhar_Azad) (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary
- [Chandra Shekhar Singh](/source/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh) (1927–2007), Indian politician and Prime Minister
- [Mayank Shekhar](/source/Mayank_Shekhar) (born 1980), Indian journalist
- [Neeraj Shekhar](/source/Neeraj_Shekhar) (born 1968), Indian politician
- [R. K. Shekhar](/source/R._K._Shekhar) (1933–1976), Indian composer
- [Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary](/source/Ranjit_Shekhar_Mooshahary) (born 1946), Indian politician
- [S. Ve. Shekher](/source/S._Ve._Shekher) (born 1950), Indian playwright and actor
- [Surya Shekhar Ganguly](/source/Surya_Shekhar_Ganguly) (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

## Other uses

- [*Shekar* (film)](/source/Shekar_(film)), 2022 Indian film
- *[Shekhar: Ek Jivani](/source/Shekhar:_Ek_Jivani)*, Hindi-language novel by Indian writer Agyeya
- *[Simply Shekhar](/source/Simply_Shekhar)*, Indian late-night talk show hosted by Shekhar Suman

## See also

- [Sekar](/source/Sekar), alternate transliteration of the name
- [Chandra Shekhar Singh ministry](/source/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_ministry), the cabinet of the prime minister

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