Devendra is a common
Indian masculine given name. It comes from
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
' 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the
Vedic
upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''.
The Vedas (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the ...
god
Indra.
A list of persons with the name
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Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician
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Devendra Bishoo, West Indies cricketer
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Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (Marathi pronunciation: ेवेंद्र फडणवीस born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He served as ...
, Indian politician
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Devendra Goel
Devendra Goel (3 March 1919 – 26 February 1979) was an Indian film director and producer of Bollywood films and best known for his work in the 1950s and early 1960s.
He directed Aankhen on his debut. Devendra Goel also directed the Marathi ...
, Indian filmmaker
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Devendra Jhajharia, Indian javelin thrower
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Devendra Kumar Joshi
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM, NM (born 4 July 1954) is the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA).
He was an Admiral in the Indian Navy and serv ...
, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
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Devendra Pandey, an Indian politician who is best known for hijacking an airplane in 1978
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Devendra Prabhudesai Devendra Prabhudesai is an Indian biographer and manager of media relations and corporate affairs for BCCI in Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) ...
, Indian biographer
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Devendra Prasad Gupta
Devendra Prasad Gupta (; 2 January 1933 – 26 December 2017) was an Indian pre-democratic political sufferer, botanist and academician.
Early life and education
Hailing and raised from a family of Vaidhraj commonly termed as olden Ayurvedic ...
, Indian academic
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Debendra Prasad Ghosh, Indian writer
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Devendra Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
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Dev Alahan
Dev Alahan is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Jimmi Harkishin, the character's first appearance was broadcast on 10 November 1999. He is the ex-husband of Sunita ( Shobna Gulati) and ...
, a fictional character in ITV soap Coronation Street
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Devendra Singh, Indian Banker and a versatile personality
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Indian masculine given names