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, which means "lamp" and "light".

Notable people named Deepa

Deepa Bhaskar Deepa Bhaskar is an Indian film and theatre actress, voice artist and classical dancer. Considered by many to be a child prodigy who was introduced to the film industry through Tiger Prabhakar's movie ''Mahendra Varma''. She acted in movies l ...

, Indian actress *

Deepa Bhatia Deepa Bhatia is a Bollywood film editor, producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like ''Tare Zameen Par'', ''My Name is Khan'', ''Rock On'', ''Kai Po Che'', ''Student of the Year'' and ...

, Indian film editor *

Deepa Chari Deepa Chari is an Indian actress and swimsuit model"Models of Bangalore Fashion Week , CITYROCKZ", 29 January 201CityRockz-dee/ref> working in Kollywood. Background Chari was born in Mumbai, India. She took to modeling at an early age and beca ...

, Indian actress and model *

Deepa Dasmunsi Deepa Dasmunsi is an Indian politician. She served as the member of parliament for Raiganj in the 15th Lok Sabha. She was the Minister of State for Urban Development from October 2012 until May 2014. She was the wife of Indian National Congress ...

(born 1960), Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha *

Deepa Fernandes Deepa Fernandes is one of the hosts of NPR's Here and Now. She has formerly hosted the WBAI radio program '' Wakeup Call'' and the nationally syndicated Pacifica radio news show ''Free Speech Radio News'' on the politically independent, anti-war ...

, Indian-American journalist and radio host *

Deepa Gahlot Deepa Gahlot is a theater and film critic, book author, and scriptwriter. She has written several books on cinema, translated several plays (by Manav Kaul and Paresh Mokashi) into English and adapted Paulo Coelho's novel ''The Alchemist'' for the st ...

, Indian critic and writer *

Deepa Jayakumar Deepa Jayakumar (born 10 November 1974), also known as J. Deepa, is a former politician and journalist. Personal life Deepa was born on 10 November 1974Deepa Kaul (born 1944), Indian politician and social worker *

Deepa Malik Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. She also w ...

(born 1970), Indian athlete *

Deepa Marathe Deepa Madhukar Marathe (; born 25 November 1972) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in five Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals for India between 1997 and 20 ...

(born 1972), Indian cricketer * Deepa Mehta (born 1950), Canadian-Indian director and screenwriter *

Deepa Miriam Deepa Miriam (Malayalam: ദീപ മിറിയം, Tamil: தீபா மிரியம்; born April 1981) is an Indian playback singer of South Indian movies. Her debut film was '' Naan Avanillai''. Deepa rose to fame with the song '' ...

(born 1981), Indian singer * Deepa M. Ollapally, American political scientist *

Deepa Shree Niraula Deepa Shree Niraula (दिपाश्री निरौला) is Nepalese artist, comedian, and radio personality best known for her role in the Nepali television serial ''Tito Satya''. She is also known for her role in the comedy film ser ...

(born 1975), Nepalese actress *

Deepa Parab Deepa Parab (born 31 October 1974) is an Marathi and Hindi film and television actress. She currently appears in the television show''Tu Chal Pudha'' as Ashwini Waghmare. Acting career She has appeared in Marathi films and serials. In 2020-202 ...

(born 1981), Indian actress and entertainer *

Deepa Sahi Deepa Sahi (born 30 November 1962) is an Indian actress and producer from an Army background, who is best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie ''Maya Memsaab'', opposite actor Farrukh Sheikh. She made her directorial debut with the mov ...

(born 1965), Indian actress and producer *

Deepa Sannidhi Deepa Sannidhi (born Rahasya) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film ''Saarathi''. Personal life Rahasya was born in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka to Shashidhar and Nanda. She ...

(born 1990), Indian actress *

Deepa Sashindran Deepa Sashindran ( ml, ദീപ ശശീന്ദ്രൻ; born 3 July 1974) is an Indian artist and a disciple of the Kuchipudi expert Smt. Manju Bhargavi. She is a performing artist, teacher of the Indian classical dance form Kuchipudi, ch ...

(born 1974), Indian choreographer and dancer *

Deepa Venkat Deepa Venkat is a Tamil film and television actress. Besides being an actress, she is also a popular dubbing artist and a radio disc jockey at Hello FM Chennai. She has played leading roles in over 80 television serials and a few Tamil movies ...

, Indian actress in Tamil films and television * Deepa, stage name of

Unni Mary Unni Mary (born 12 March 1962) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films, where she had used the screen name Deepa. Personal life Unnimary was born to Augustine Fernande ...

in Tamil films

Notable people named Dipa

Dipa Nusantara Aidit Dipa Nusantara Aidit (born Ahmad Aidit; 30 July 1923 – 22 November 1965) was an Indonesian communist politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) from 1951 until his summary execution during the mass ...

(1923–1965), Indonesian politician *

Dipa Karmakar Dipa Karmakar (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian Gymnast from Tripura State. She is the first gymnast of India who competed in the Olympics. In her debut 2016 Summer Olympics, in the final she reached till 4th position. At the Rio Olympics, sh ...

(born 1993), Indian gymnast *

Dipa Khondokar Deepa Khandakar (born 28 November) is a Bangladeshi television actress. Deepa Khandakar mainly acts in television dramas. She has modeled in commercials and starred in notable films. Among her notable films is '' Bhaijan Elore (India)'', ''Officer ...

, Bangladeshi actress * Dipa Ma (1911–1989), Indian meditation teacher *

Dipa Shah Ananya Shah, better known as Dipa Shah, is an Indian actress who works mainly in South Indian films, television productions, and commercials. Career Shah started her film career in 2009, her debut film ''Ninnu Kalisaka''. In 2010, she acted in ...

, Indian actress

Notable people named Deepa

Notable people named Dipa

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