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ese first name for males. The Hindi word means 'Spirit Full' or 'Full of Consciousness'; the name is derived from the

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word 'Chaitanya'. Chetan may refer to: *

Chetan Anand (badminton) Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India. Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has a career ...

, badminton player from India *

Chetan Anand (director) Chetan Anand (3 January 1921 – 6 July 1997) was a Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, '' Neecha Nagar'', was awarded the Grand Prix Prize (Now Golden Palm) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. ...

(1921–1997), Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director *

Chetan Baboor Chetan Baboor (April 22, 1974) is an Indian international table tennis champion and winner of the Arjuna Award for 1997 - an award recognizing outstanding achievement in sports in India. He belongs to the Babbur Kamme community of Holenarasipu ...

(born 1974), Indian international table tennis champion *

Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist and YouTuber. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Five of his novels have been adapted into films. Family, education, and ...

(born 1974), Indian author, columnist, and speaker *

Chetan Chauhan Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (; 21 July 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the re ...

(1947-2020), former Indian cricketer and Member of Parliament *

Chetan (actor) Chetan (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language television and films. He is married to television actress Devadarshini who starred with him in ''Vidadhu Karuppu''. This was part of the television series '' Marmad ...

, Tamil television and film actor *

Lucian Chetan Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed supersti ...

(born 1985), Romanian football player * Chetan Eknath Chitnis (born 1961), Principal Investigator into malaria at ICGEB, New Delhi *

Chetan Hansraj Chetan Hansraj (born 15 June 1972) is an Indian film and television actor. Career Hansraj started his career as a child actor in 1980, doing over 250 press advertisements and 30 ad films, and his debut film ''Kook Doo Koo'' was selected for th ...

, Indian Television actor *

Chetan Joshi Chetan Joshi is a noted flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He was born in Jharia and brought up at Noamundi and Bokaro Steel City. He was trained under Late Acharya Jagadish (Bokaro), Late Pandit Bholanath Prasanna (Allahabad) ...

, flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition *

, former model and Indian Film and television actor popular for portraying villain roles in TV serials. *

Chetan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

(born 1984), Kannada film actor *

Chetan Patel Chetan Morar Patel (born 12 April 1972) is a former English first-class cricketer. Patel was born at Islington in April 1972. Having initially studied at Loughborough University, Patel later studied at Keble College, Oxford. While studying at ...

(born 1972), former English cricketer *

Kris Chetan Ramlu Kris 'Chetan' Ramlu (Hindi: चेतन रामलु) is a New Zealand musician of Fijian-Indian descent, recognized for his skills as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and music producer. Chetan embarked on his musical journey at a young a ...

, New Zealand musician, *

Chetan Sakariya Chetan Sakariya (born 28 February 1998) is an Indian international cricketer who has played for Indian cricket team but currently plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the India cricket team in July 2021. ...

, Indian Cricketer *

Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma (born 3 January 1966) is a former Indian cricketer and politician who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for Indian cricket team. On 24 December 2020, he was elected as Chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket tea ...

(born 1966), medium pace bowler who was a member of the Indian cricket team *

Chetan Sosca Chetan Krishna popularly known as Chetan Sosca ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಸಾಸ್ಕ) is an Indian playback singer and composer who has performed the music for many Kannada films. Career Krishna’s film music debut was in the 2001 movie Koth ...

, Indian playback singer *

Chetan Suryawanshi Chetan Suryawanshi (born 24 February 1985) is an Indian-born Singaporean cricketer who was a captain for the Singapore national cricket team. Singapore is his adoptive country and he has been playing for it since 2004. Born in Pune, Maharashtr ...

(born 1985), Indian born cricketer

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