Chandrasekhar

Chandrasekhar or Chandra Shekhar is an Indian name and may refer to a number of individuals. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit words "चन्द्र (candra)", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (zekhara)", meaning "crest" or "crown" which is an epithet of Hindu god Shiva.^[1][2] The name may refer to:

In politics and activism:

• Chandrasekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary
• Chandra Shekhar Singh known as Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007), former Prime Minister of India
• Sripati Chandrasekhar (1918–2001), an Indian demographer and politician
• K M Chandrasekhar (born 1948), Indian Cabinet Secretary
• Chandra Shekhar Dubey (born 1946), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
• Chandrashekhar Prasad (died 1997), assassinated Indian student activist
• Chandrashekhar Singh (1915–1976), deputy leader of the Communist Party of India

In sports:

• Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (born 1945), Indian cricketer
• Chandrasekhar Gadkari (1928–1998), Indian cricketer

In arts and entertainment:

• Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (born 1973), Tollywood film director
• Jay Chandrasekhar (born 1968), American film actor, director and writer
• Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Indian film director and writer
• Chandrashekhara Kambara (born 1937), Indian poet, playwright, and professor
• Chandrashekhar (born 1922), Bollywood film actor

In science and academia:

• Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar (1930–2004), Indian physicist.
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
  • Chandrasekhar limit, an astrophysics formula named for him.
  • Chandrasekhar number, an astrophysics quantity also named for him.
• Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
• Chandrashekhar Khare, professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles
• Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri, founder of free Sarada Vidyalayam School and Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology

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