Dinesh (
Devanagari
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Hindu
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given name
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Sanskrit
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word ' is a compound of ' 'day' and ' 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an
epithet
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of the Sun.
Notable people with the name include:
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Dinesh, Indian film actor
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Dinesh Baboo, Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter
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Dinesh Chand, Fijian golfer
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Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lankan cricketer
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Dinesh Chandra Sen, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore
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Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (; born April 25, 1961) is an American Right-wing politics, right-wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, and filmmaker. He has made several films and written over a dozen books, several of them The New Y ...
, Indian-American political commentator
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Dinesh Gunawardena
Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena (, ; born 2 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. He also held the positions of Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka), Minister of Public Administ ...
, Sri Lankan politician
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Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
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Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who played comic and supporting roles in Hindi films. He has appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (film), Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter an ...
, Indian actor
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Dinesh Karthik
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is a former Indian professional cricketer, coach, and Sports commentator, commentator. Karthik played for the India national cricket team and also captained Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu in ...
, Indian cricketer
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Dinesh Kumar, Indian choreographer
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Dinesh Lamba, Indian actor
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Dinesh Mongia, Indian cricketer
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Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Indian governor
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Dinesh Nayak, Indian Hockey player
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Dinesh Patel, Indian professional baseball player
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Dinesh Prasad Singh, Indian politician
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Dinesh Rambally, Trinidadian politician
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Dinesh Sharma, Indian politician
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Dinesh Singh, Indian politician
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Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician
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Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer
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Dinesh Padala,A famous person in india,andhra pradesh,vijayawada
* Dinesh Jajem,A famous person in rajasthan,jaipur
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