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Shukla ( sa, शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white". Similar to what goes for Shukla Paksha (शुक्लपक्ष) bright moonlight during waxing phase. Today it is a surname used by Brahmins in North India. Traditionally, people with Shukla surname have been found in the North Indian states and the Gangetic Plains, although significant numbers are present in other parts of the country as well.

Notable people with the name include:

* Abhay Shukla, Indian TV actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in TV series ''CID''
* Abhinav Shukla (producer), Indian film and TV producer
* Abhinav Shukla, Indian actor
* Ajai Shukla, Indian army officer, journalist and defense analyst
* Amarjeet Shukla, Indian actor
* Anand Shukla, Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1978
* Anand Swaroop Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
* Anjuli Shukla, Indian film director and cinematographer, first and till date the only Indian woman to win the National Film Award for Best Cinematography
* Amitabh Shukla, Indian film editor, most known for his work in ''Chak De! India'', ''Krrish'', ''Holiday'' and ''Chalte Chalte''
* Amitesh Shukla, INC Politician, member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and former Minister of Rural Development in the Government of Chhattisgarh
* Aseem Shukla, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
* Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism, former editor of ''Cricket Samrat''
* Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla, Indian politician, member of the 10th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament
* Avay Shukla, Indian Administrative Service officer, environmentalist and writer
* Baikuntha Shukla, Indian nationalist and revolutionary
* Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla, Indian politician and Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament from Vadodara
* Balram Shukla, Indian poet and academic
* Bhagwati Prasad Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
* Chakrapani Shukla, Member of Parliament, India
* Champa Devi Shukla, activist from Bhopal, India and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2004
* Chandra Prakash Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
* Chitra Shukla, Indian actress who works in Telugu-Kannada language films
* Daisy Irani (actress) (Daisy Irani Shukla), Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films
*Damubhai Shukla, founder in 1935 of Navchetan School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
* Deepak Shukla, American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses
* Haimanti Sukla, Bengali singer
* Jagadish Shukla, Indian meteorologist, professor at George Mason University, Virginia
* Jang Bahadur Shukla, Indian mathematician
* Jhanak Shukla, Indian actress
*Jugal Kishore Shukla, publisher from 1826 of ''Udant Martand'', the first Hindi newspaper
* Jyoti Kiran (Jyoti Kiran Shukla), Indian politician, activist, educationist, strategist and Chair of Rajasthan's 5th State Finance Commission
* Kamlesh Shukla, Indian politician from the BJP and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India
* Karuna Shukla, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Janjgir constituency of Chhattisgarh
* Krishna Kant Shukla, Indian physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator
* Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Indian cricketer and politician
* Mahendra Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer
* Manoj Muntashir, Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter
* Mukesh Shukla, or Mukesh, businessman and politician in Uganda
* Munna Shukla, Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana
* Narayan Shukla (also known as SN Shukla), judge of the Allahabad High Court
* Nikesh Shukla, British author and screenwriter
* Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2015), Indian physicist, university professor in several countries
* Prabhat Prakash Shukla, Indian diplomat, Ambassador to Russia
* Pratibha Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya constituency
* Pravina Shukla, professor of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington
* Rahul Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket
* Raj Shukla, Lieutenant General, YSM, SM, currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command (ARTRAC)
* Raj Kumar Shukla, Indian freedom fighter, who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran for the Champaran Satyagraha
* Rajeev Shukla, Indian politician, journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. Presently, VP of BCCI
* Rajendra Shukla (poet), Gujarati poet
* Rajendra Shukla (politician), Indian politician and MLA from Madhya Pradesh
* Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who also served as Speaker of both states' Legislative Assembly
* Rajesh Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand State
* Rajesh Shukla (statistician), Indian researcher, author and applied statistician
* Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist), Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker and animal welfare activist
* Rakesh Shukla (cricketer), Indian cricketer, cricket consultant and commentator
* Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016), Indian painter and art critic
* Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader
* Ramchandra Shukla (1884–1941), known as Acharya Shukla, Indian historian of Hindi literature
* Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
* Ravikant Shukla, Indian first class cricketer, former captain of India U19 national cricket team
* Ravi Kishan, or Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla, Indian actor, politician and TV personality; MP (Lok Sabha) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
* Richa Moorjani (nee Shukla), Indian-American actress who is best known for her role as Kamala in the series ''Never Have I Ever''
* Rishi Kumar Shukla, Indian Police Service officer and director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
* Rishabh Shukla, Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist
* Riya Shukla, Indian television actress and model who made her film debut with ''Nil Battey Sannata''
* Rohit Shukla, Major at the Indian Army, Shaurya Chakra awardee
* Sanyam Shukla, Indian badminton player
* S.N.Shukla, Indian politician
* Sandeep Shukla, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
* Saurabh Shukla, Indian actor
* Shilpa Shukla, Indian actress
* Shivakant Shukla, Indian cricketer
* Shiv Pratap Shukla, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India
* Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator
* Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and model.
* Shrilal Shukla (1925–2011), Hindi writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
* Shri Prakash Shukla, Indian gangster and contract killer
* Supriya Shukla, Indian television and film actress
* Umesh Shukla, Indian movie director, best known for ''Oh My God''
* Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister
* Vidya Dhar Shukla, Chief Hindu Priest of Thailand
* Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist
* Vijay Kumar Shukla, or Munna Shukla, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar, India
* Vikramaditya Shukla, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films
* Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director, producer of ''Godmother''
* Vinod Kumar Shukla, modern Hindi writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award
* Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, among the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican ASSOCIATION

Others
* Shuklaganj, a suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, situated on the banks of holy river Ganges

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