Gajanan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Gajanan Maharaj, saint from Shegaon, Maharashtra, India *Gajanan Jagirdar (1907–1988), veteran Indian film director, screenwriter and actor *Gajanan Kirtikar, Leader of Shiv Sena Party in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India *Gajanan Dharmshi Babar, member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India *Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (1919–1977), Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India *Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar (1900–1976), Marathi novelist and a literary critic from Maharashtra, India *Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917–1964), Hindi poet, essayist, literary and political critic and fiction writer

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