Dinesh (
Devanagari
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Hindu
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male
given name
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. The
Sanskrit
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word ' is a compound of ' 'day' and ' 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an
epithet
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of the Sun.
Notable people with the name include:
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Dinesh, Indian film actor
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Dinesh Baboo
Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, actor and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 40 films, filmed more than 20 fil ...
, Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter
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Dinesh Chand, Fijian golfer
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Dinesh Chandimal
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed bat ...
, Sri Lankan cricketer
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Dinesh Chandra Sen
Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen ( bn, দীনেশ চন্দ্র সেন) (3 November 1866 – 20 November 1939)Sengupta, Subodh Chandra (ed.) (1988) ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad, p.208 was a ...
, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore
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Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American political commentator
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Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politician
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Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
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Dinesh Karthik
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian professional cricketer and commentator who nationally plays for the Indian Cricket Team and currently in Indian Premier League playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is also th ...
, Indian cricketer
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Dinesh Kumar, Indian choreographer
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Dinesh Lamba, Indian actor
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Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia (born 17 April 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and politician. Mongia has appeared in limited over internationals for India.
Domestic career
Mongia in domestic cricket career scored 8,100 runs at an average of just under 50 a ...
, Indian cricketer
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Dinesh Nandan Sahay
Dinesh Nandan Sahay (also known as D.N. Sahay) (2 February 1936 – 28 January 2018) was a police officer turned politician and served as DGP of Bihar and later as Governor of Tripura and Governor of Chhattisgarh.
He was born in Madhepur, ...
, Indian governor
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Dinesh Nayak
V. R. Dinesh Nayak (born 17 May 1972 in Ernakulam, Kerala) is a field hockey defender from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test series against Kenya. Nicknamed ''Kaka'', Nayak rep ...
, Indian Hockey player
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Dinesh Patel, Indian professional baseball player
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Dinesh Prasad Singh, Indian politician
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Dinesh Singh, Indian politician
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Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician
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Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer
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Dinesh Kumar, lndian, Coimbatore Paint Mixer and Coming
Director, Tamil Film Industry and
Hollywood Director
References
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