Krishan is a given name and surname. Notable persons with that name include:

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* Krishan Bheel (born 1968), Pakistani politician * Krishan Chander (1914–1977), Urdu and Hindi Afsaana Nigaar, or short story writer *

Krishan Dev Sethi Krishan Dev Sethi (1 January 1928 – 28 January 2021) was the General secretary of Democratic Conference Jammu and Kashmir and was the last member of J&K's constituent assembly. Sethi was not only a well known leader in Jammu, where he resided ...

, the current general secretary of Democratic Conference Jammu and Kashmir * Krishan Dinidu (born 1990), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Krishan Imdika Krishan Imdika (born Saralanthi Pathiranage Krishan Imdika on July 6, 1976) was a Sri Lankan cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at ...

(born 1976), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Krishan Kant Krishan Kant (28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002) was an Indian politician who served as the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death 2002. Formerly, he was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of Lo ...

, the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death * Krishan Kant Saini (born 1931), Indian Airforce helicopter pilot who achieved the world's highest altitude helicopter landing *

Krishan Kumar (sociologist) Krishan Kumar (born 1942 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a British Sociology, sociologist who is currently Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia, where he holds the titles University Professor and William R. Kenan, Jr., ...

(born 1942), British sociologist * Krishan Kumar (actor), Indian film actor and producer * Krishan Kumar Modi, (born 1940), Indian businessman and head of Modi Enterprises * Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer *

Krishan Lal Balmiki Krishan Lal Balmiki ( hi, कृष्ण लाल वाल्मीकि) (10 July 1942 – 21 April 2010) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was a member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya ...

(1942–2010), Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan *

Krishan Sabnani Krishan Sabnani (born 1954 in New Delhi) is an Indian-American networking researcher. He has made many seminal contributions to the Internet infrastructure design, protocol design, and wireless networks. Krishan (with T. V. Lakshman and T. Woo) m ...

(born 1954), senior vice president of the Networking Research Laboratory at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs in New Jersey *

Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Maharaj Krishan Kaushik (2 May 1955 – 8 May 2021) was a member of the India men's national field hockey team and coach of the India women's national field hockey team. Biography He was a member of the team when it won the gold medal at ...

(1955–2021), former member of the

India men's national field hockey team The India men's national field hockey team represents India in international field hockey competitions, and is governed by Hockey India. The team was formerly under the control of Indian Hockey Federation. India was the first non-European team t ...

and former coach * Predhiman Krishan Kaw, Indian plasma physicist, currently the director of the Institute for Plasma Research *

Raj Krishan Gaur Raj Krishan Gaur (20 October 1931 - 2011) (ex- Agricultural minister from Himachal at the cabinet rank), son of B. R. Pandit, was born on 20 October 1931 at Ranghri, Kullu. He has done B.Sc. He was educated at Punjab Technical University, J ...

(born 1931), Agricultural minister from Himachal *

Vikas Krishan Yadav Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg ...

(born 1992), Indian male boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games

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Gopal Krishan Pandit Gopal Krishan Sharma (1926-2004) was an exponent of Vichitra Veena, an ancient Indian musical instrument. Early life and Musical Training Gopal Krishan was given initial music lessons by his father, Pandit Nand Kishore, who was himself ...

, Indian musician and player of the

vichitra veena The ''vichitra veena'' ( sa, विचित्र वीणा) is a stick zither, a plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. Similar to the Carnatic music, Carnatic ''gottuvadhyam'' (chitra vina) it has no frets and is played with a ...

Guru Har Krishan Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: ; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, ...

(1656–1664), the eighth of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism *

Kewal Krishan Kewal Krishan (10 October 1923 – 30 June 2008) was a medical practitioner and politician in Punjab, India. He was the Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly ( Vidhan Sabha) from 2002 to 2007. He was first elected as an Indian Nation ...

(1923–2008), Indian medical practitioner and politician *

Rajendra Krishan Rajinder Krishan Duggal (6 June 1919 – 23 September 1987) also credited as Rajendra Krishan, was an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Biography Rajinder Krishan was born in a Duggal family at Jalalpur Jattan on 6 June 1919, in Gujrat ...

(1919–1988), Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter

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