Sudhir is an
Indian masculine given name. The
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...
word ' means "very wise", "resolute".
Notable people with the name include:
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Sudhir (Pakistani actor)
Shah Zaman Khan Afridi better known as Sudhir (Urdu: ) or Lala Sudhir (25 January 1921 – 19 January 1997) was a Pakistani actor, director and producer. Sudhir was a highly respected film personality.
He is known as the first action her ...
(1922–1997), Pakistani actor
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Sudhir (Hindi actor)
Bhagwandas Moolchand Luthria (1944 – 12 May 2014) aka Sudhir ( hi, सुधीर) was a Bollywood film actor. He was best known for his role in the film '' Satte Pe Satta'' with Amitabh Bachchan. He acted in over 200 films in a career span ...
(1944–2014), Bollywood actor
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Sudhir, Indian Para Powerlifter
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Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist)
Sudhir Chaudhary is an Indian journalist, and media personality. He is currently working at Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak as Consulting Editor and hosting it's flagship prime-time show ''Black & White'' (''B & W''). He was formerly the editor-in ...
, Indian journalist
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Sudhir Dalvi
Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film ''Shirdi ...
(born 1939), Indian actor
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Sudhir Joshi (1948–2005), Indian Marathi actor and comedian
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Sudhir Kakar
Sudhir Kakar (born 25 July 1938) is an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and author in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion.
Education and personal life
Kakar spent his early childhood near Sargodha, now in Pakistan an ...
(born 1938), Freudian psychoanalyst and writer
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Sudhir Kumar Baliyan
Sudhir Kumar Baliyan is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh. He served as cabinet minister in Kalyan Singh ministry. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elected from Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district
Mu ...
, Indian politician
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Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary (born 1983), fan of the Indian cricket team
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Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga, Indian weightlifter
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Sudhir Kumar Giri, Indian politician
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Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Tabla artist and professor
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Sudhir Mishra
Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''Dharavi'' and '' Chameli''.
Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his work recognised by the Govern ...
, Indian film director and screenwriter
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Sudhir Naik (born 1945), Indian cricketer
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Sudhir Pandey
Sudhir Pandey is an Indian film and serial television actor.Sudhir Phadke
Sudhir Phadke (, 25 July 1919 – 29 July 2002) was an Indian singer- composer. He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi ''Sugam Sangeet'' (light music) for five decades. Apart from Marathi, Phadke sang and composed so ...
(1919–2002), Marathi singer-composer from India
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Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar (1934–2009), Chief Minister of Tripura, India, 1988–1992
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Sudhir Ruparelia
Sudhir Ruparelia (born 17 January 1956) is a Ugandan business magnate and investor of Indian origin. He is the chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group. His investments are mainly in the areas of banking, insuran ...
(born 1956), businessman and entrepreneur in Uganda
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Sudhir Tailang
Sudhir Tailang (26 February 1960 – 6 February 2016) was an Indian cartoonist.
Career
Tailang was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on 26 February 1960. Tailang, who made his first cartoon in 1970, started his career with the ''Illustrated Weekly o ...
(1960–2016), Indian cartoonist
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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held continuously since 1999. In his ...
(born 1966), Indian sociologist and urban ethnographer
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Indian masculine given names