Bhaskar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Bhāskara I Bhāskara () (commonly called Bhāskara I to avoid confusion with the 12th-century mathematician Bhāskara II) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu–Arabic decimal system with a ...

(c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya * Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer *

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale Bhaskar Raghunath Bakhale (17 October 1869 – 8 April 1922) (also known as Bhaskarrao or Bhaskarbua or Bhaskarbuwa) was a Hindustani classical vocalist, a composer, and a teacher.V.H. Deshpande. Between Two Tanpuras. Popular Publication, 1989. ...

(1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist * Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player * Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player *

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assamese: ভাস্কৰ জ্যোতি মহন্ত) is a 1988 batch (41RR) IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is the current Director General of Assam Police, and had previously served as the special ...

(born: 1963), Indian police officer *

Bhaskar Menon Bhaskar Menon (29 May 1934 – 4 March 2021) was a music industry executive of Indian origin. He hailed from Palakkad, Kerala, India. He initially worked with The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. (HMV) Dum Dum, Calcutta, India as the chairma ...

, music industry executive of Indian origin * Bhaskar Pramanik, present Chairman of Microsoft India * Bhaskar Sunkara, American publisher *

Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe (Devanagari: भास्कर रामचंद्र तांबे) (1873–1941) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Tambe was born on October 27, 1873 in the town of Mugawali near Gwalior. In 1893, h ...

(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India *

Bommarillu Bhaskar Bhaskar, better known as Bommarillu Bhaskar, is an Indian film director. In his early career, he worked as associate director on films ''Bhadra'' and ''Arya''. His directorial debut '' Bommarillu'' starring Siddarth Narayan and Genelia D'souza ...

, known mononymically as Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director * K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director *

Kola Bhaskar Kola Bhaskar (died 4 November 2020) was an Indian film editor. Personal life His son Balakrishna Kola made his acting debut with Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam (2016). Death He died on November 4, 2020 Notable filmography As producer * ''Maalai N ...

, Indian film editor *

M. Bhaskar M. Bhaskar (3 April 1935 – 12 July 2013) was an Indian filmmaker who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. Bhaskar started his film career as an assistant to director C. V. Sridhar. After relieving from his mentor and guru C. V. Sridhar, ...

, also known as ''Oscar Movies'' Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer * M. S. Baskar, Indian actor *

Roy Bhaskar Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...

, British philosopher *

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom ''The Kumars at No. 42''. H ...

, British comedian and actor * V. Bhaskar, Indian economist *

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

, Kannada music director

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Dainik Bhaskar ''Dainik Bhaskar ''is India's largest Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 3rd in the world by circulation and is the largest newspaper in India by circula ...

'', a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India, website bhaskar.com *

Bhaskar Group D B Corp Ltd., informally known as the Dainik Bhaskar Group, is India’s largest newspaper group with 66 editions published in 4 languages, read by 4.4 cr readers (IRS Q4,2012) across 12 states. The major newspapers published by the group ar ...

, an Indian business conglomerate

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