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Gopal (caste) Gopal or Gauda is an Indian caste, which is a synonym of Ahir from Odisha State in East India. Their traditional occupation include dairy farming, cattle herding, cultivation and carrying palanquins of deities. They also worked as Paikas (sold ...

, a social community of Odisha in India *

Gopal (Krishna) Gopala Krishna ( sa, गोपालकृष्ण, translit=Gopālakṛṣṇa, lit=cow-protector Krishna) refers to a form of the Hindu deity Krishna, as featured in the Harivamsha and the Puranas. The narratives of Gopala Krishna are set in t ...

, the infant/child form of Lord Krishna *

Gopal Bansa Gopala Dynasty (Gopal Bansha) was a first dynasty of Nepal founded by Gopa (Yadava) in the Kathmandu Valley. The Lunar dynasty is the origin of the Gopala. The Kings of Gopala Bansha ruled over Nepal for 505 years. It was replaced by rulers of M ...

, ancient Kingdom in Nepal * The Gopalas, an early Gaudiya Vaishnava institution * Gandhian Organisation for Peace and Liberty (GOPAL), an organization founded by Jayatirtha Dasa

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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar ''Gopal Ganesh Agarkar'' (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Maharashtra, India. At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he was co-founder of multiple educational in ...

(1856–1895), Indian social reformer *

Gopal Balakrishnan Gopal Balakrishnan was a professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, until he was fired due to allegations of sexual assault. Balakrishnan studied European intellectual history and historical ...

(born 1966), American philosopher * Gopal Baratham (1935–2002), Singaporean author and neurosurgeon * Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895–1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist * Gopal Bose (1947–2018), Indian cricketer *

Gopal Gurunath Bewoor General Gopal Gurunath Bewoor PVSM PB (11 August 1916 – 24 October 1989), was a senior officer of the Indian Army who served as the 8th Chief of Army Staff, and later an Indian diplomat to Denmark. In a long service spanning four decades, G ...

(1916–1989), Indian military officer and diplomat *

Gopal Bhar Gopal Bhar or Gopal Bhand ( bn, গোপাল ভাঁড় ) was a court jester in medieval Bengal. He was in the court of Raja Krishnachandra (1710–1783), the then-king of Nadia in the 18th century. Gopal used to give joy to others by la ...

, Medieval Bengali jester *

Gopal Bhargava Gopal Bhargava (born 1 July 1952) is an Indian politician and a senior cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister on July 2, 2020, for his sixth term, which is the highest number of terms any minis ...

(born 1952), Indian politician *

Gopal Bhatnagar Gopal Bhatnagar is a Canadian cardiac surgeon based in Toronto, Canada. Bhatnagar headed the cardiovascular surgery unit at Trillium Health Centre and served as chief of staff at Trillium Hospital from 2005 to March 2013. He is a practitioner of ...

, Canadian surgeon * Gopal Chakraborty (born 1936), Indian cricketer *

Gopal Singh Chauhan Gopal Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party. Political career In 1983, he started his political journey by becoming the chairman of Chanderi Janpad Panchayat, holding it till 2003. He became ...

, Indian politician * Gopal Chhotray (1916–2003), Indian playwright *

Gopal Singha Dev Gopal Singha Dev ( bn, গোপাল সিংহ দেব) was the fifty-fifth Raja of Mallabhum. He ruled from 1712 to 1748 CE.Malabhum, Bishnupur-Chandra, Manoranjan; 2004; Kolkata. Deys Publishing He helped the Nawab of Bengal, Alivardi ...

( 1712–1748), king of the Mallabhum * Gopal Singha Dev II ( 1809–1876), king of the Mallabhum * Gopal Prasad Dubey (born 1957), Indian dancer * Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar (1916–1998), Indian Marathi writer *

Gopal Hari Deshmukh Gopal Hari Deshmukh (18 February 1823 – 9 October 1892) was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His original surname was Shidhaye. Because of 'Vatan' (right of Tax collection) that the family had re ...

(1823–1892), Indian activist, thinker, and social reformer * Gopal Datt, Indian actor * Gopal Ghose (1913–1980), Indian painter *

Gopal Krishna Gokhale Gopal Krishna Gokhale ( �ɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian 'moderate' political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the India ...

(1866–1915), Indian politician *

Gopal Gupta (computer scientist) Gopal Gupta is an Erik Jonsson Professor and the head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. Education Gupta has received a B.Tech. degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, I ...

, Indian computer scientist * Gopal Gupta (philosopher), Indian philosopher * Gopal Gurung (1939–2016), Nepalese journalist, author, politician, and futurist * Gopal Goyal Kanda (born 1965), Indian businessman and politician *

Gopal Khanna Gopal Khanna was sworn in as the 5th director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on May 9, 2017. He resigned on January 11, 2021. Previously, he was appointed Minnesota's first Chief Information Officer (CIO) by Governor Tim Paw ...

, Indian-American civil servant * Gopal Swami Khetanchi (born 1958), Indian painter * Gopal Kirati, Nepalese politician * Gopal Krishna (born 1947), Indian radio astronomer *

Gopal Krishan Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma (1926-2004) was an exponent of Vichitra Veena, an ancient Indian musical instrument. Early life and Musical Training Gopal Krishan was given initial music lessons by his father, Pandit Nand Kishore, who was himself ...

(1926–2004), Indian musician * Gopal Kundu (born 1959), Indian biologist * Gopal Chandra Lamichhane (born 1974), Nepali film director *

Gopal Mayekar Gopal Mayekar (1934 – 22 July 2021) was a writer and a leader of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was a member of 9th Lok Sabha from North Goa. He served as minister in Dayanand Bandodkar's ministry of Goa, Daman and Diu Goa, Daman and ...

(1934–2021), Indian politician and Marathi writer * Gopal Meena, Indian politician *

Gopal Menon Gopal Menon (born 29 April 1974) is an Indian documentary film director, producer and cinematographer known for his activism through social action documentaries. He has made films on violence, religious fundamentalism, nationality question, stat ...

(born 1974), Indian film director * Gopal Mishra (1933–2009), Indian journalist and columnist * Gopal Shankar Misra (1957–1999), Indian musician and music teacher * Gopal Mittal (1906–1993), Indian Urdu poet, writer, critic and journalist * Gopal Krishna Muhuri (died 2001), Bangladeshi academic administrator * Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay (1913–2005), Indian businessman * Gopal Krishna Nahak (1960–2001), Indian social entrepreneur * Gopal Krishna Nayak (born 1960), Indian academic * Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), Indian Hindi poet *

Gopal Parajuli Gopal Parajuli is a Nepalese poet and writer. He won the Madan Puraskar The Madan Puraskar ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in Nepal which Madan Puraskar Guthi confers annually for an outstanding book in the Nepal ...

, Nepalese writer * Gopal Parmar, Indian politician *

Gopal Prasad Parajuli Gopal Parajuli (born 28 April 1953) was the former and 27th chief Justice of Nepal. He was born in Tanahun, Nepal. Inconsistencies in his birth date due to multiple records showing multiple dates led to his removal on 14 March 2018 by the Judici ...

(born 1953), Nepali judge * Gopal Krishna Pillai (born 1949), Indian civil servant * Gopal Purushottam Phadke (died 2009), Indian sports coach * Gopal Poddar (born 1951), Indian businessman *

Gopal Prasad Gopal Prasad (born 31 July 1945 in Ghazipur, India) is an Indian-American mathematician. His research interests span the fields of Lie groups, their discrete subgroups, algebraic groups, arithmetic groups, geometry of locally symmetric space ...

(born 1945), Indian-American mathematician * Gopal R, Indian military officer *

Gopal Rai Gopal Rai (born May 10, 1975) is the Minister for Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Development and General Administration in Government of Delhi under the leadership of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. He is also social activist and a membe ...

, Indian politician * Gopal Rai (Nepalese politician) (died 2006), Nepalese politician * Gopal Rajwani (died 2000) Indian politician and criminal *

Gopal Raju Gopal Raju (3 January 1928 – 10 April 2008) was an Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropist. He was considered to be a pioneer of Indian American ethnic media in the United States. Career Raju launche ...

(1928–2008), Indian-American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman, and philanthropist * Gopal Rath (1945–2016), Indian Odia poet *

Gopal Singh Rawat Gopal S ingh Rawat (died 22 September 2020) was an Officer on Special Duty to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.

, Indian bureaucrat * Gopal Prasad Rimal (1918–1973), Nepalese poet *

Gopal Saini Gopal Saini (born 1954) is a former Indian middle distance runner. He held the national record in 3000 meters Steeplechase which was unbeaten for 37 years. Saini set the 3000m Steeplechase record (8:30.88) in Tokyo,Japan on 5 June 1981 which was ...

(born 1954), Indian runner *

Gopal Krishna Sarangi Gopal Krishna Sarangi is an Indian economist specializing in energy economics, climate change, energy regulations, energy access, etc. He is at present an Assistant Professor at Department of Policy Studies, Teri University. Education His doctor ...

, Indian economist *

Gopal Sharma Gopal Sharma (born 3 August 1960) is a former Indian cricketer who played in five Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals from 1985 to 1990. He was an off-spinner but was overshadowed by the spinners of the day for a place in the interna ...

(born 1960), Indian cricketer * Gopal Prasad Sharma (born 1964), Indian artist *

Gopal Sharman Gopal Sharman (19 August 1935 - 16 June 2016) was the author of 14 plays, three books, writer-director of scores of television programmes, many articles and columns, and is best known for his dramatic version of the great epic, '' The Ramayana' ...

(1935–2016), Indian playwright, composer, and writer *

Gopal Shetty Gopal Chinayya Shetty is an Indian politician. He is a member of parliament from Mumbai North. Previously, he was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Borivali Vidhan Sabha constituency.He is currently the Member of Parliament for M ...

, Indian politician *

Gopal Singh (politician) Gopal Singh (29 November 1917 – 8 August 1990) was an Indian Governor and politician. He was also a former head of the country's Minorities' Commission and a writer. Singh was the Governor of Goa from May 1987, earlier the Lieutenant Gover ...

(1917–1990), Indian politician * Gopal Narayan Singh, Indian politician * Gopal Prasad Sinha, Indian neurologist and politician * Gopal K. Singh (born 1976), Indian Hindi actor * Gopal Das Shrestha (1930–1998), Nepali journalist * Gopal Subramanium (born 1958), Indian lawyer * Gopal Kalan Tandel (born 1953), Indian politician * Gopal Jee Thakur (born 1969), Indian politician * Gopal Vittal (born 1967), Indian business executive *

Gopal Prasad Vyas Gopal Prasad Vyas (13 February 1915 – 28 May 2005) was an Indian poet, known for his humorous poems. His poems have been compiled into several books such as ''To Mein Kya Karoon'', ''Ras Rasamrit'', ''Maff Kijiye'' and ''Baat Baat Mein Baat''. ...

(1915–2005), Indian poet *

Gopal Baba Walangkar Gopal Baba Walangkar, also known as Gopal Krishna, (ca. 1840-1900) is an early example of an activist working to release the untouchable people of India from their historic socio-economic oppression, and is generally considered to be the pioneer ...

( 1840–1900), Indian social reformer *

Gopal Yonzon Gopal Yonzan, also spelled Yonjan, (26 August 1943 – 20 May 1997) was a Nepali lyricist, singer, and composer. He was known for his patriotic Nepali songs. His voice range allowed him to sing songs of every genre of Nepalese music. He belongs ...

(1943–1997), Nepalese singer

People with the surname

Anand Gopal Anand Gopal is a writer for The New Yorker magazine and author of ''No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes'', which describes the travails of three Afghans caught in the war on terror. It was a finalist f ...

, American journalist * Antonio Gopal (born 1947), Seychellois hurdler *

B. Gopal Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as ''Bobbili Raja'', '' Lorry Driver'', ''Assembly Rowdy'', ''State Rowdy'', ''Rowdy Inspector'', ''Samar ...

, Indian director * Balasubramanian Gopal (born 1970), Indian biologist *

Dheerendra Gopal Gopal Rao, known by his stage name Dheerendra Gopal, was an Indian film and stage actor known for his work in Kannada films. He acted in over 350 films and was predominantly recognized for his performances in villainous and comic roles. After m ...

(died 2000), Indian Kannada actor * E. S. Raja Gopal (1936–2018), Indian physicist * Geetha Narayanan Gopal (born 1989), Indian chess player * K. Gopal, Indian politician * K. Gopal (AIADMK politician) (born 1960), Indian politician *

Nakkeeran Gopal Nakkheeran Gopal (born 10 April 1959) is a veteran journalist from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the editor and publisher of Tamil political investigative journal ''Nakkheeran''. He shot to national fame in the 1990s when he took interviews with Ve ...

(born 1959), Indian journalist *

Narayan Gopal Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya ( ne, नारायणगोपाल गुरबाचार्य) (4 October 1939 – 5 December 1990), known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a prominent popular singer and composer of Nepali mus ...

(1930–1990), Nepalese singer and composer * P. K. Gopal, Indian social worker *

Priyamvada Gopal Priyamvada Gopal (born 1968) is an Indian-born academic, writer and public intellectual who is Professor of Postcolonial Studies in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge. Her primary teaching and research interests are in coloni ...

(born 1968), Indian-British English language academic *

Sarvepalli Gopal Sarvepalli Gopal (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well-known Indian historian. He was the son of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and the second President of India. He was the author of the ''Radhakrishnan: A Biography ...

(1923–2002), Indian historian * Ram Gopal (author) (born 1925), Indian writer and historian * Ram Gopal (dancer) (1912–2003), Indian-British dancer * Tilakam Gopal (born 1941), Indian volleyball player * Vin Gopal (born 1985), American politician

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