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, as well as a name of places.

People

Surname

* Benjamin Kedar-Kopfstein, Israeli professor emeritus *

Benjamin Z. Kedar Benjamin Ze'ev Kedar (; born 2 September 1938)Who's Who in Israel 2001 (Tel Aviv, 2002), p. 214: "KEDAR, Benjamin Z. is an Israeli historian, professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was president of the internat ...

, Israeli history professor emeritus * Dvora Kedar, Israeli actress * Ido Kedar, autistic activist * Kedar Devdhar, Indian cricketer * Mordechai Kedar, Israeli scholar and professor *

Nurit Kedar Nurit Kedar () is an Israeli producer and director of documentary films. During the 1980s, she worked in the news department of Israel's Channel 1 in Washington. At the beginning of the 1990s, she returned to Israel, where she worked for CNN and ...

, Israeli producer and director of documentary films * Orit Kedar, Israeli political scientist and professor *

Ruth Kedar Ruth Kedar (; born 27 January 1955) is a Brazilian-born artist and designer, best known for designing the Google logo that was displayed from May 31, 1999 to September 1, 2015. Larry Page and Sergey Brin were looking at designers to design thei ...

, Brazilian-born artist and designer * Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar, Indian politician * Veronica Kedar, Israeli actress, director, producer and screenwriter

Forename

* Kedar "Bud" Pyatt, American mathematician * Kedar Bhave, Indian cricketer * Kedar Chidabhai Dawar, Indian politician * Kedar Das, Indian politician and leader the of Communist Party of India * Kedar Devdhar, Indian cricketer *

Kedar Ghimire Kedar Prasad Ghimire (; born 13 April 1976) is a Nepalese comedian, actor, scriptwriter, and film producer known for his work in the Nepali entertainment industry. He is widely famous and commonly known as ''Magne Budo'' from his hit TV Nepali si ...

, Nepalese comedian, actor, scriptwriter, and film producer *

Kedar Hazra Kedar Hazra (born 1961) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a three time MLA from Jamua Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in Giridih district. He won the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly electi ...

, Indian politician *

Kedar Jadhav Kedar Mahadev Jadhav (born 26 March 1985) is an Indian politician and former cricketer who played for the India national cricket team. He played for Maharashtra in domestic cricket. He was a right hand batter, who occasionally kept wickets an ...

, Indian cricketer * Kedar Karki, Nepalese politician *

Kedar Massenburg William Henry "Kedar" Massenburg (born 1963) is an American record producer and music executive who served as president of Motown Records from 1997 to 2004. Massenburg is best known for discovering and cultivating American singer Erykah Badu, as w ...

, American record producer and record label executive *

Kedar Naik Kedar Jayprakash Naik (born 9 November 1978) is an Indian politician and businessman who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Saligao Assembly constituency. He won the seat after contesting from Indian National ...

, Indian politician and businessman *

Kedar Nath Pandey Kedar Nath Pandey (1 January 1943 – 24 October 2022) was an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist P ...

, Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India *

Kedar Nath Singh (Bihar politician) Kedar Nath Singh is an Indian politician, currently a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and three time consecutive Member of Legislative Assembly (India) A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a ...

, Indian politician *

Kedar Nath Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician) Kedar Nath Singh was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was a three time member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council representing the Indian National Congress from the Varanasi Division Graduates Constituency in Varanasi district. ...

, Indian politician *

Kedarnath Singh Kedarnath Singh (7 July 1934 – 19 March 2018) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi. He was also an eminent critic and essayist. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award (2013), Sahitya Akademi Award (1989) in Hindi for his poetry collection, ''Akaa ...

, Indian poet *

Kedar Pandey Kedar Pandey (14 June 1920 – 3 July 1982) was an Indian freedom fighter and Indian National Congress politician, who remained the Chief Minister of Bihar from March 1972 to 2 July 1973 and Minister of Railways in the Union Cabinet from 12 Nov ...

, Indian freedom fighter and National Congress politician *

Kedar Paswan Kedar Paswan (1920-2016) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Rosera in Bihar as a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a po ...

, Indian politician *

Kedar Prasad Gupta Kedar Prasad Gupta (born 1964) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Minister of Panchayat Raj in the Government of Bihar. He won the Kurhani Assembly constituency of Bihar Legislative Assembly on 8 December 20 ...

, Indian politician *

Kedar Shah Kedar Shah (born 23 March 1923) was an Indian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Hel ...

, Indian water polo player *

Kedar Shinde Kedar Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: ed̪aːɾ ʃin̪d̪e born 16 January 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter from Mumbai, India. Personal life and family Kedar Shinde was born on 16 January 1973 in Mumbai, India. Shinde compl ...

, Indian film director and screenwriter * Kedar Williams-Stirling, English actor * Kedarnath Das, Indian politician *

Kidar Nath Sahani Kidar Nath Sahani (24 October 1926 – 3 October 2012) was a governor of the Indian states of Sikkim (2001–02) and Goa (2002–04). He was a pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and B ...

, governor of the Indian states of Sikkim *

Kidar Sharma Kidar Nath Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), also known as Kedar Sharma, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of movies including '' Neel Kamal'' (1947 ...

, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter *

Qedar (person) Qēḏār (, , , ), also spelled as Kēdár, was the eponymous ancestor of the Qedarite tribal confederation. He is mentioned in the Bible as being a son of Ishmael, while in the Islamic tradition, he is regarded as being the ancestor of the Islam ...

, ancestor of the Qedarite tribal confederation

Other uses

* Kedar Gouri, film directed by Nitai Palit *

Panch Kedar Panch Kedar (), rendered Pancha Kedara in Sanskrit, refers to five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shaivite sect dedicated to god Shiva. They are located in the Garhwal Himalayan region in Uttarakhand, India. They are the subject of ...

, five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shaivite sect *

Kedar (Israeli settlement) Kedar () is a rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south of Ma'ale Adumim and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. In it had a population of . The internatio ...

, rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank *

Kedar (raga) Raga Kedar, also known as Kedara, is a Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical raga. Named after Lord Shiva, the raga occupies a high pedestal in Indian classical music. It is characterised by many melodious turns. This raga is the re ...

, a raga in Indian classical music named after Lord Shiva * Kedar Karki cabinet, 8th provincial government of Koshi Province *

Calodesma kedar ''Calodesma kedar'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1900. It is found in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of ...

, moth of the family Erebidae * Shri Kedar Temple, medieval Hindu temple * Kedar Nath Girdharilal Khatri PG College Moradabad, college in Moradabad *

Kedaram Kedaram (pronounced kēdāram) is a rāga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of ...

, a raga in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) *

Kedarnath (mountain) Kedarnath (or Kedarnath Main) and Kedarnath Dome (or Kedar Dome) are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Division, Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand state, India. Kedarnath (Main) lies on the main ridge that lies s ...

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