Keshav is a South Asian male given name which is a modern form of name
Keshava
Keshava (, ) is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama, Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck or ill- ...
, one of the many names of Lord
Krishna
Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...
and Lord
Vishnu
Vishnu (; , , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism, and the god of preservation ( ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Keshav Kashmiri (1410–1490), Indian philosopher
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Keshav Bansal (born 1991), Indian entrepreneur
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Keshav Vaman Bhole (1896–1967), Indian musical composer
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Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Nepalese politician
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Keshav Dutt (1925–2021), Indian field hockey player
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Keshav Ginde (born 1942), Indian flautist
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Keshav Prasad Goenka
Keshav Prasad Goenka (1912–1983) was an Indian businessman, industrialist, and one of the leaders among the earlier generations of the Goenka business family. His father, Badridas Goenka, was the nephew of Ramdutt Goenka, the founder of the Gro ...
(1912–1983), Indian businessman
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Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), Indian chief
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Keshav Rao Jadhav (1933–2018), Indian activist
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Keshav Rao Koratkar (1867–1932), Indian pioneer
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Keshav Kumar (born 1988), Indian cricketer
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Keshav Maharaj (1990), South African cricketer
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Keshav Prasad Mainali, Nepalese politician
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Keshav Malik (1924–2014), Indian poet
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Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981), Indian political leader
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Keshav Mangave (1926–1997), Indian wrestler
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Keshav Prasad Maurya
Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Maurya was associated with a right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriy ...
(born 1969), Indian politician
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Keshav Meshram (1937–2007), Marathi poet
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Keshav R. Murugesh (born 1963), Indian executive officer
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Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Indian scientist
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Keshav Pandit (died 1690), Sanskrit scholar and poet
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Keshav K Pingali, American computer scientist
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Keshav Jagannath Purohit (1923–2018), Marathi writer
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Keshav Roy (born 1926), Indian wrestler
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Keshav Samant, Indian bridge player
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Keshav Sathe (1928–2012), Indian tabla player
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Keshav K. Singh, American cellular biologist
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Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (born 1944), Nepalese judge
Surname
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Amrit Keshav Nayak (1877– 1907), Actor and director
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Umakant Keshav Apte (1903– 1971), First pracharaks
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Bal Keshav Thackeray (1926–2012), Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena
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Dhondo Keshav Karve
Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962) (), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. He advocated widow remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a widower. Karve ...
(1858–1962), Social reformer in India
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Keerthi Keshav Bhat (born 1999), Indian Actress
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Krishnaji Keshav Damle (1866–1905), Marathi poet
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Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar (1929– 2015), Marathi poet
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Payyavula Keshav (born 1965), Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian
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Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898–1969), Marathi writer and poet
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Srinivasan Keshav
Srinivasan Keshav is a computer scientist who is currently the Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.
Biography
After undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1986, he received ...
(born 1965), American-Canadian Computer Scientist from India.
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Vijay Keshav Gokhale(born 1959), Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India.
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Indian masculine given names
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