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'''Shankar''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "Beneficent" or "Giver of Bliss". Shankar is also the name of Hindu God, lord Shiva (Shiva shankara) the south Indian version of the name Shankara also written sometimes as Sankara.
Notable people with the name include:
===Given name===
*[[Shankar Balasubramanian]], UK Chemical Biologist
*[[Shankar Venugopalan]], Finance Consultant, College Station
*[[Shankar Lamichhane]], Nepalese Essayist
*[[Shankar Mahadevan]], singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio
*[[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]], Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar
*[[Shankar Nagar]], Nepalese town
*[[Shankar Narayanan]], Works at Athenahealth
*[[Shankar (actor)]] (Shankar Panikkar, born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as Shankar
*[[K. Shankar Pillai]] (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist
**''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'', a magazine founded by him
*Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, half of the [[Shankar Jaikishan]] music-director duo
*[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (1918–1999), ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997
*[[Shankar Tucker]], American clarinetist and music composer
*[[Shankar Vedantam]], reporter with [[NPR]] and host of 'Hidden Brain' podcast
===Surname===
*[[Adrian Shankar]], English cricketer
*[[Anand Shankar]], Tamil film director and writer
*[[Ananda Shankar]] (1942–1999), Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanusree Shankar
*[[Anoushka Shankar]] (born 1981), Indian sitar player and composer in the United States, daughter of Ravi Shankar
*[[Colonel Shankar]], the ''nom de guerre'' of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
*[[K. Shankar]], Tamil film director
*[[L. Shankar]] (born 1950), Indian violinist
*[[Mamata Shankar]] (born 1955), actress in the Bengali language film industry of India
*[[Mani Shankar]], Indian film-maker
*[[N. Shankar]], Telugu film director
*[[Naren Shankar]], writer, producer and director of several television series
*[[Norah Jones|Geethali Norah Jones Shankar]] ([[Norah Jones]], born 1979), American singer-songwriter, daughter of Ravi Shankar
*[[Ramamurti Shankar]], physicist
*[[Ravi Shankar]] (1920–2012), famous sitar player
*[[Ravi Shankar (poet)]], poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University
*[[S. Shankar]], Tamil film director
*[[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], guru and founder of the Art of Living movement
*[[Uday Shankar]] (1900–1977), classical dancer
*[[Sankar (film director)]] (V. R. Shankar), Malayalam film director and writer
Notable people with the name include:
===Given name===
*[[Shankar Balasubramanian]], UK Chemical Biologist
*[[Shankar Venugopalan]], Finance Consultant, College Station
*[[Shankar Lamichhane]], Nepalese Essayist
*[[Shankar Mahadevan]], singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio
*[[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]], Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar
*[[Shankar Nagar]], Nepalese town
*[[Shankar Narayanan]], Works at Athenahealth
*[[Shankar (actor)]] (Shankar Panikkar, born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as Shankar
*[[K. Shankar Pillai]] (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist
**''[[Shankar's Weekly]]'', a magazine founded by him
*Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, half of the [[Shankar Jaikishan]] music-director duo
*[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (1918–1999), ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997
*[[Shankar Tucker]], American clarinetist and music composer
*[[Shankar Vedantam]], reporter with [[NPR]] and host of 'Hidden Brain' podcast
===Surname===
*[[Adrian Shankar]], English cricketer
*[[Anand Shankar]], Tamil film director and writer
*[[Ananda Shankar]] (1942–1999), Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanusree Shankar
*[[Anoushka Shankar]] (born 1981), Indian sitar player and composer in the United States, daughter of Ravi Shankar
*[[Colonel Shankar]], the ''nom de guerre'' of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
*[[K. Shankar]], Tamil film director
*[[L. Shankar]] (born 1950), Indian violinist
*[[Mamata Shankar]] (born 1955), actress in the Bengali language film industry of India
*[[Mani Shankar]], Indian film-maker
*[[N. Shankar]], Telugu film director
*[[Naren Shankar]], writer, producer and director of several television series
*[[Norah Jones|Geethali Norah Jones Shankar]] ([[Norah Jones]], born 1979), American singer-songwriter, daughter of Ravi Shankar
*[[Ramamurti Shankar]], physicist
*[[Ravi Shankar]] (1920–2012), famous sitar player
*[[Ravi Shankar (poet)]], poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University
*[[S. Shankar]], Tamil film director
*[[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], guru and founder of the Art of Living movement
*[[Uday Shankar]] (1900–1977), classical dancer
*[[Sankar (film director)]] (V. R. Shankar), Malayalam film director and writer
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