Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Akhilesh Das Akhilesh Das Gupta (31 March 1961 – 12 April 2017) was an educationist, professor, and Indian politician. He was the son of Freedom Fighter Babu Banarasi Das, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was the president of Badminton Associat ...

(1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University *

Akhilesh Jaiswal Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 19 March 1986) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Early life and background Akhilesh Jaiswal was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He grew up in Bhopal, did his schooling from there and came to Mumbai in 2006 fo ...

(born 1986), Indian film director and screenwriter *

Akhilesh Reddy Akhilesh Reddy is a British physician-scientist. He completed the MB/PhD program at the University of Cambridge where he received a PhD from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He previously was a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical ...

, British physician-scientist at the Francis Crick Institute in London *

Akhilesh Sahani Akhilesh Sahani (born 16 March 1994) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Arunachal Pradesh in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Arunachal Pradesh in the 2018–19 Ranji Tr ...

(born 1994), Indian cricketer *

Akhilesh Prasad Singh Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 5 January 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar, India. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. In 2018, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar as member of Congress. He was appointed Bihar Pradesh Cong ...

(born 1962), Indian politician and former member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha *

Akhilesh Pratap Singh Akhilesh Pratap Singh (born 21 May 1960) is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the Rudrapur constituency of Uttar Pradesh until 2017 and is a member and spokesperson for the Ind ...

, Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *

Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Akhilesh Pati Tripathi (born 20 January 1984) was an Indian politician and member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (M.L.A.). He was a member of Aam Aadmi Party and represented Model Town Assembly constituency, Model Town (Assembly con ...

, Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party *

Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (born 15 May 1956) is an Indian plant biologist and the former director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Known for his studies on plant genomics and biotechnology, Tyagi is an elected fellow of all the three ...

(born 1956), Indian plant biologist and the director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research *

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...

(born 1973), Indian politician and the current president of the Samajwadi Party

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