Chandrasekhar, Chandrashekhar or Chandra Shekhar is an Indian name and may refer to a number of individuals. The name comes from the name of an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva. In this form he married the goddess Parvati. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit words "चन्द्र (''candra'')", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (''śekhara'')", meaning "crest" or "crown", which is an epithet of the Shiva.

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In politics and activism: * Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), known as Azad ("The Free"), Indian revolutionary who organised the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) *

K. M. Chandrasekhar K. M. Chandrasekhar (born 20 February 1948) is a retired Indian civil servant, who was the 29th Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India from 2007 to 2011 for a four-year term under which he directly reported to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmoha ...

(born 1948), Indian Cabinet Secretary * Sripati Chandrasekhar (1918–2001), an Indian demographer and politician *

Chandra Shekhar Dubey Chandra Shekhar Dubey (born 2 January 1946) also known as Dadai Dubey was a Cabinet minister in Jharkhand government. He was an elected MLA of Bishrampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Dadai Dubey is a member of the Indian National Congress po ...

(born 1946), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *

Chandrashekhar Prasad Chandrashekar Prasad (20 September 1964 – 31 March 1997) popularly known as Chandu was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Uni ...

(died 1997), assassinated Indian student activist * Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 1954), known as K.C.R., Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Telangana * Chandra Shekhar Singh, known as Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007), eighth Prime Minister of India (1990–91) * Chandrasekhar Singh (1915–1976), deputy leader of the Communist Party of India *

Chandrashekhar Singh Chandrashekhar Singh (17 August 1927 - 9 July 1986) was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the 16th Chief Minister of Bihar from August 1983 to March 1985. He also held a number of Union State Minister positions in the Min ...

, member of the Indian National Congress, Chief Minister of Bihar 1983–85 In sports: *

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a leg spinner. Considered among the top echelon of leg spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi an ...

(B. S. Chandrasekhar, informally "Chandra"; born 1945), Indian cricketer * H. Chandrashekar (nicknamed "Chandru"), Indian footballer *

O. Chandrashekar O. Chandrasekhar Menon (10 July 1935 – 24 August 2021) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome), the 1962 Asian Games (Gold medal), 1964 AFC Asian Cup (Silver ...

, former Indian professional footballer *

Raghavendra Chandrashekar Raghavendra Chandrashekar (born 9 July 1982) is an Indian cricketer, who played for Karnataka in first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A fir ...

(born 1982), Indian cricketer * Rajesh Chandrasekar (born 1989), Indian male road and track cyclist * Chandrasekhar Gadkari (1928–1998), Indian cricketer *

Chinta Chandrashekar Rao Chinta Chandrashekar Rao (born 25 September 1988) was an Indian football player who is currently the head coach for Bangalore Super Division The Bangalore Football League is organised by the Bangalore District Football Association (BDFA), w ...

(born 1988), Indian football player * Venugopal Chandrasekhar, Indian table tennis player In arts and entertainment: *

Chandrashekar Bandiyappa CSB is a South Indian film director who was born in Ummadahally a small village from Mandya district. With an academic qualification of B.Ed. from Bangalore University, M.Sc. in bioscience from Mysore University and a diploma in film technolog ...

, known as CSB, South Indian film director * Bala Devi Chandrashekar, American Bharatanatyam dancer *

Hitha Chandrashekar Hitha Chandrashekhar is an Indian actress who works in Kannada films. She rose to fame with 2017 film ''1/4 Kg Preethi''. Career Hitha completed an acting course from Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai before making her film debut in 2017 ...

, Indian film actress who works in Kannada films * Jay Chandrasekhar (born 1968), American film actor, director and writer * Joseph Vijay Chandrashekar (known simply as Vijay), Indian film actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema (Kollywood) * Lakshmi Chandrashekar, Indian film actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India * Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Indian director, actor, screenwriter and lyricist working predominantly in Kannada cinema * Vagai Chandrasekhar (known simply as Chandrasekhar), Kollywood film actor * Chandrashekhar Dubey (1924–1993), Indian actor and radio personality * Chandrashekhara Kambara (born 1937), Indian poet, playwright, and professor * Chandrashekhar Vaidya (known simply as Chandrashekhar; 1922–2021), Bollywood film actor * Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (born 1973), Tollywood film director In science and academia: * Hariharan Chandrashekar (born 1956), Indian environmental economist, eco-entrepreneur, writer, and policy advocate and urban analyst * Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar (1930–2004), Indian physicist * Srinivasan Chandrasegaran, pioneer in genome editing *

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran Srinivasan Chandrasekaran (born 1945) is an Indian organic and organometallic chemist, academic and a former chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Division of Chemical Sciences. He was also a former Dean of the Faculty of Scienc ...

(born 1945), Indian chemist *

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (; ) (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who spent his professional life in the United States. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for "... ...

(1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics, after whom the astrophysics formula Chandrasekhar limit and quantity Chandrasekhar number are named *

Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar (born 1956) is an Indian bioinorganic chemist and a former director of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, a CSIR subsidiary. He was appointed the director of National Institute of ...

(born 1956), Indian bioinorganic chemist, former director of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology * Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics *

Chandrashekhar Khare Chandrashekhar B. Khare (born 1968) is a professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles. In 2005, he made a major advance in the field of Galois representations and number theory by proving the level 1 Serre conjecture, and ...

, professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles *

Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri Sankurathri Foundation (SF) was established in 1989 by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri in memory of his wife Manjari, son Kiran and daughter Sarada, who died in the bombing of Air India Flight 182 off the coast of Ireland on 23 June 1985. Cha ...

, founder of free Sarada Vidyalayam School and Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology * Y. S. Chandrashekhar, Indian-American cardiologist In business: *

Chandrashekhar Agashe Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe ( mr, चंद्रशेखर आगाशे; IAST: Candraśekhara Āgāśe; 14 February 1888 — 9 June 1956) was an Indian industrialist and lawyer, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra S ...

(1888–1956), Indian industrialist

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