Shekhar is an Indian male given name (also used as a surname). It may refer to:

People

First name

Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director

Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor

Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), Indian politician

Shekhar Gawli (1975–2020), Indian cricketer

Shekhar Gupta (born 1957), Indian journalist

Shekhar Gurera (born 1965), Indian cartoonist

Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Indian author

Shekhar Kapur (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor

Shekhar C. Mande (born 1962), Indian scientist

Shekhar Mehta (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver

Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian

Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician

Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor

Shekhar Suman (born 1962), Indian actor and television host

Surname

Arjun Shekhar (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer

B. C. Shekhar (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman

Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary

Chandra Shekhar Singh (1927–2007), Indian politician and Prime Minister

Mayank Shekhar (born 1980), Indian journalist

Neeraj Shekhar (born 1968), Indian politician

R. K. Shekhar (1933–1976), Indian composer

Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (born 1946), Indian politician

S. Ve. Shekher (born 1950), Indian playwright and actor

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

Other uses

Shekar (film), 2022 Indian film

Shekhar: Ek Jivani, Hindi-language novel by Indian writer Agyeya

Simply Shekhar, Indian late-night talk show hosted by Shekhar Suman

See also

Sekar, alternate transliteration of the name

Chandra Shekhar Singh ministry, the cabinet of the prime minister

Indian masculine given names

Masculine given names

Shekhar