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ese first name for males. The Hindi word means 'Spirit Full' or 'Full of Consciousness'; the name is derived from the

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word 'Chaitanya'. Chetan may refer to: *

Chetan Anand (badminton) Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India. Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has a career ...

, badminton player from India *

Chetan Anand (director) Chetan Anand (3 January 1921 – 6 July 1997) was a Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, '' Neecha Nagar'', was awarded the Grand Prix Prize (Now Golden Palm) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. ...

(1921–1997), Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director * Chetan Baboor (born 1974), Indian international table tennis champion *

Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist and YouTuber. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Five of his novels have been adapted into films. Family, education, a ...

(born 1974), Indian author, columnist, and speaker * Chetan Chauhan (1947-2020), former Indian cricketer and Member of Parliament *

Chetan (actor) Chetan (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language television and films. He is married to television actress Devadarshini who starred with him in ''Vidadhu Karuppu''. This was part of the television series '' Marmade ...

, Tamil television and film actor * Lucian Chetan (born 1985), Romanian football player *

Chetan Eknath Chitnis Chetan Eknath Chitnis is an Indian scientist in the field of malaria research. He is the head of the ''Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit'' at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2009) as ...

(born 1961), Principal Investigator into malaria at ICGEB, New Delhi * Chetan Hansraj, Indian Television actor * Chetan Joshi, flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition * Chetan Hansraj, former model and Indian Film and television actor popular for portraying villain roles in TV serials. * Chetan Kumar (born 1984), Kannada film actor * Chetan Patel (born 1972), former English cricketer * Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician, * Chetan Sakariya, Indian Cricketer *

Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma (born 3 January 1966) is a former Indian cricketer and politician who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for Indian cricket team. On 24 December 2020, he was elected as Chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket tea ...

(born 1966), medium pace bowler who was a member of the Indian cricket team *

Chetan Sosca Chetan Krishna popularly known as Chetan Sosca ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಸಾಸ್ಕ) is an Indian playback singer and composer who has performed the music for many Kannada films. Career Krishna’s film music debut was in the 2001 movie Kothi ...

, Indian playback singer * Chetan Suryawanshi (born 1985), Indian born cricketer

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