Shekhar

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

People

First name

• Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director
• Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor
• Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), Indian politician
• Shekhar Gawli (1975–2020), Indian cricketer
• Shekhar Gupta (born 1957), Indian journalist
• Shekhar Gurera (born 1965), Indian cartoonist
• Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Indian author
• Shekhar Kapur (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor
• Shekhar C. Mande (born 1962), Indian scientist
• Shekhar Mehta (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver
• Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian
• Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician
• Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor
• Shekhar Suman (born 1962), Indian actor and television host

Surname

• Arjun Shekhar (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer
• B. C. Shekhar (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman
• Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary
• Chandra Shekhar Singh (1927–2007), Indian politician and Prime Minister
• Mayank Shekhar (born 1980), Indian journalist
• Neeraj Shekhar (born 1968), Indian politician
• R. K. Shekhar (1933–1976), Indian composer
• Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (born 1946), Indian politician
• S. Ve. Shekher (born 1950), Indian playwright and actor
• Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

Other uses

• Shekar (film), 2022 Indian film
• Shekhar: Ek Jivani, Hindi-language novel by Indian writer Agyeya
• Simply Shekhar, Indian late-night talk show hosted by Shekhar Suman

See also

• Sekar, alternate transliteration of the name
• Chandra Shekhar Singh ministry, the cabinet of the prime minister