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, meaning "lamp" and "light".

Notable people named Deepa

Deepa Bhaskar Deepa Bhaskar is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer. Considered by many to be a child prodigy who was introduced to the film industry through Tiger Prabhakar's movie ''Mahendra Varma''. She has acted in several K ...

, Indian actress * Deepa Bhatia, Indian film editor * Deepa Chari, Indian actress and model * Deepa Dasmunsi (born 1960), Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha * Deepa Fernandes, Indian-American journalist and radio host *

Deepa Gahlot Deepa Gahlot is a theater and film critic, book author, and scriptwriter. She has written several books on cinema, translated several plays (by Manav Kaul and Paresh Mokashi) into English and adapted Paulo Coelho's novel ''The Alchemist'' for the s ...

, Indian critic and writer * Deepa Jayakumar (born 1974), Indian politician * Deepa Kaul (born 1944), Indian politician and social worker *

Deepa Malik Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian para athlete from Haryana. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. In 2020, she was elected as Presid ...

(born 1970), Indian athlete * Deepa Marathe (born 1972), Indian cricketer *

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2 ...

(born 1950), Canadian-Indian director and screenwriter * Deepa Miriam (born 1981), Indian singer * Deepa M. Ollapally, American political scientist *

Deepa Shree Niraula Deepa Shree Niraula (दिपाश्री निरौला) is a Nepalese actress, comedian, director and radio personality. Beginning her career with supporting roles in films, she is known for her role in the Nepali television sitcom '' ...

(born 1975), Nepalese actress * Deepa Parab (born 1981), Indian actress and entertainer *

Deepa Sahi Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer, best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie ''Maya Memsaab'', opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. She made her directorial debut with the movie ''Tere Mere Phere'' in 2011. Early and personal life ...

(born 1965), Indian actress and producer *

Deepa Sannidhi Deepa Sannidhi (born Rahasya) is an Indian former actress who mainly appears in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film ''Saarathi'', which won her the Suvarna Film Awards, Suvarna Film Award for Best Femal ...

(born 1990), Indian actress * Deepa Sashindran (born 1974), Indian choreographer and dancer *

Deepa Venkat Deepa Venkat is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She works as a radio disc jockey at Hello FM Chennai in addition. She has starred in several Tamil films as well as television series. Career Deepa made her acting career with the movie ...

, Indian actress in Tamil films and television * Deepa, stage name of

Unni Mary Unni Mary is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada films, where she used the screen name ''Deepa''. Personal life Unnimary was born 12 March 1962 to Augustine Fernandes a ...

in Tamil films

Notable people named Dipa

* Dipa Nusantara Aidit (1923–1965), Indonesian politician *

Dipa Karmakar Dipa Karmakar (; born 9 August 1993) is an Indian former artistic gymnast. She is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Olympics, in the vault event, she missed a medal by just 0.15 points. Karmakar is one ...

(born 1993), Indian gymnast * Dipa Khondokar, Bangladeshi actress *

Dipa Ma Nani Bala Barua (25 March 1911 – 1 September 1989), better known as Dipa Ma, was an Indian meditation teacher of Theravada Buddhism and was of Barua descent. She was a prominent Buddhist master in Asia and also taught in the United States w ...

(1911–1989), Indian meditation teacher * Dipa Shah, Indian actress

Notable people named Deepa

Notable people named Dipa

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