Bhaskar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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* Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya * Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer * Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale (1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist *

Bhaskar Chandavarkar Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with well-known directors of Indian cinema like Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen, K. G. George and Amol ...

(1936–2009), Indian sitar player *

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assamese: ভাস্কৰ জ্যোতি মহন্ত) is a 1988 batch (41RR) IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is the current Director General of Assam Police, and had previously served as the special D ...

(born: 1963), Indian police officer *

Bhaskar Menon Bhaskar Menon (29 May 1934 – 4 March 2021) was a music industry executive of Indian origin. He hailed from Palakkad, Kerala, India. He initially worked with The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. (HMV) Dum Dum, Calcutta, India as the chairm ...

, music industry executive of Indian origin *

Bhaskar Pramanik Bhaskar Pramanik was the former Chairman of Microsoft India. He looked after the company's overall sales, marketing and all other transactions across India. He retired from Microsoft in September 2017. Pramanik resigned from Oracle India to jo ...

, present Chairman of Microsoft India *

Bhaskar Sunkara Bhaskar Sunkara (born June 1989) is an American political writer. He is the founding editor of ''Jacobin,'' the president of ''The Nation,'' and publisher of ''Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy'' and London's ''Tribune''. He is a former ...

, American publisher * Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India * Bommarillu Bhaskar, known mononymically as Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director * K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director * Kola Bhaskar, Indian film editor *

M. Bhaskar M. Bhaskar (3 April 1935 – 12 July 2013) was an Indian filmmaker who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. Bhaskar started his film career as an assistant to director C. V. Sridhar. After relieving from his mentor and guru C. V. Sridhar ...

, also known as ''Oscar Movies'' Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer *

M. S. Baskar Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (born 13 September 1957) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. Before entering the film industry, he was a theatre artist, he made his film debut in 1987 in a small role in the film ''Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi' ...

, Indian actor * Roy Bhaskar, British philosopher *

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom '' The Kumars at No. 42''. ...

, British comedian and actor * V. Bhaskar, Indian economist *

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

, Kannada music director

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Dainik Bhaskar ''Dainik Bhaskar ''is India's largest Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 3rd in the world by circulation and is the largest newspaper in India by circul ...

'', a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India, website bhaskar.com *

Bhaskar Group D B Corp Ltd., informally known as the Dainik Bhaskar Group, is India’s largest newspaper group with 66 editions published in 4 languages, read by 4.4 cr readers (IRS Q4,2012) across 12 states. The major newspapers published by the group ar ...

, an Indian business conglomerate

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