Danesh or Danish (دانش) is a

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word which literally translates to "knowledge", "science" and "wisdom". It is a popular Muslim name in the

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. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Film and television

* Danish Taimoor (born 1983), Pakistani actor and model *

Danish Nawaz Danish Nawaz Baloch ( ur, ; born 4 August 1978) is a Pakistani television and film actor, director, and comedian. He has established a career in Pakistani television and is mostly famous as a comedian. He is best known for his lead comedy rol ...

(born 1978), Pakistani director, comedian and actor * Danish Pandor, Indian actor in ''Agent Raghav – Crime Branch''

Journalism

Danish Karokhel Danish Karokhel is the director of '' Pajhwok Afghan News'', which is one of the leading independent news agencies in Afghanistan. In 2008, he won an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to P ...

, Afghan journalist, director of Pajhwok Afghan News agency *

Danish Siddiqui Danish Siddiqui (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Delhi, who used to lead the national Reuters multimedia team and was Chief Photographer India. He received his first 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photogra ...

(1980–2021), Indian photojournalist, killed in Afghanistan

Sport

Danish Kaneria Danish Parabha Shankar Kaneria ( ur, ; ), (born 16 December 1980) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2000 and 2010. A right-arm leg spinner known for his well-disguised googly. He is fourth ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Danish Atlas Khan, Pakistani squash player *

Danish Mujtaba Danish Mujtaba (born 20 December 1988 in Allahabad) is an Indian professional field hockey player. He made his debut for the national team in 2009. He represented India during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio. He ...

, Indian field hockey player

Other

* Daniş Tunalıgil, Turkish diplomat

Surname

* Agha Danish, Pakistani naval officer * Davoud Danesh-Jafari, Iranian economist *

Haji Mohammad Danesh Hajee Mohammad Danesh (1900 – 28 June 1986) was a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist born in the British India. Early life Hajee Mohammad Danesh was born to a Bengali Muslim peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the Dinajp ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Ihsan Danish Ehsan Danish (, 2 February 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq ), was an Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan. Ehsan Danish had penned down over 100 scholastic books on poetry, prose, linguistics, lex ...

(1915–1982), Pakistani poet * Noon Meem Danish (born 1958), Pakistani poet *

Sarwar Danish Muhammad Sarwar Danish ( prs, ; born 1961) is an Afghan politician who was the second vice president of Afghanistan, from 2014 to 2021. He was previously the acting minister of justice from 2004 to 2010 and acting minister of higher education f ...

(born 1961), Afghan politician *

Tyler Danish Tyler Michael Danish (born September 12, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. Career Danish attende ...

(born 1994), American

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for the

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