Shashi may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

China

Shashi City Shashi may refer to: Places and jurisdictions China *Shashi City (), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 *Shashi District (), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 ** Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi ** Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-track ...

(), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 *

Shashi District :''See Shashi for namesakes'' Shashi () is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan. History Shashi was founded during t ...

(), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 **

Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi :''See Shashi for namesakes'' Shashi () is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan. History Shashi was founded during th ...

** Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-track railway in Hubei province, China * Shashi, Liuyang (沙市镇), town in Hunan province * Shashi, Shaodong (砂石镇), town of Shaodong County, Hunan province

Africa

* Shashi River or Shashe River, major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe

People

Shashi is an Indian and Nepali male and female name, abstracted from ancient

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

language, meaning "Moon".

Politics

Shashi Kumar Shashi Kumar (born 2 December 1965) is an actor and politician from Karnataka. He works predominantly in Kannada films also appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. He acted with many leading ladies in 1990s and he acted as Rajnikanth's brothe ...

(born 1965), actor and politician from Karnataka, India *

Shashi Shrestha Shashi Shrestha (Nepali language, Nepali: शशी श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese politician, Central Committee member of Janamorcha Nepal (Amik Sherchan faction). She was appointed as Minister of State for Health and Population on April 2 ...

, Nepalese politician, Central Committee member of Janamorcha Nepal *

Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor (; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat, who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is currently the Chairman of Committee on External Affairs. ...

(born 1956), Indian Minister of State for Human Resource Development

Culture, science and entertainment

* Shashi Caan, American architect, designer, advocacy icon, founder of The Shashi Caan Collective * Shashibhusan Dasgupta (1911–1964), Bengali scholar of philosophy, languages and literature *

Shashi Deshpande Shashi Deshpande (born 1938) is an Indian novelist. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri Award in 1990 and 2009 respectively. Biography She was born on 19 august 1938 in Dharwad, Karnataka, the second daughter of ...

(born 1938), Indian novelist *

Shashi Gupta Shashi Gupta (born 3 April 1964) is a former Indian Test and One Day International cricketer and former National Selector of the Indian Women's Cricket Team at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). She has played a total of 13 Tests ...

(born 1964), Indian Test and One Day International cricketer * Shashi Isaac (born 1982), football player (midfielder) from Saint Kitts & Nevis *

Shashikala Shashikala Saigal (née Jawalkar; 4 August 1932 – 4 April 2021), better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s. Early years Shas ...

(1933–2021), Indian actress *

Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful acto ...

(1938–2017), Indian film actor, director and producer * Shashi P. Karna (born 1956), Indian-American nanotechnology *

Shashi Naidoo Shashi Naidoo (born November 4, 1980) is a South African actress, television presenter, model, MC, entrepreneur, and fashion blogger. She is best known for co-hosting the E.TV magazine show ''20 Something''. During this time, she also co-hosted ...

(born 1980), South African actress, model and television anchor *

Shashi Nambisan Shashi Nambisan is currently a professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has held various positions previously such as the director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University, United States, where he w ...

, Indian-born director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University *

Shashi Puri Shashi Puri is an Indian actor who appeared in Hindi Bengali and Punjabi films. He also did a few Punjabi films including ''Saali Adhi Gharwali'', ''Duja Viah'', ''Udeekan Saun Diyan'', ''Jako Rakhe Saiyan'' etc. Filmography Hindi *''Grahan'' ...

, Hindi film actor *

Shashi Warrier Shashi Warrier is an Indian author who wrote ''Hangman's Journal''. He was born in Kerala and has an MSc(Hons.) in Economics from BITS Pilani. His father was in the Indian armed forces and Warrier spent his childhood in different parts of the cou ...

, Indian author of ''Hangman's Journal''

Other

Shashi language Ikizu (''Ikikizu, Kiikiizo'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania. Its dialects are Ikizu proper and Sizaki. Maho (2009) treats Sizaki (Shashi) as a separate language. However, ''Ethnologue'' 16th edition retired the ISO ...

or Ikizu language, a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania