Shankar
Shankar stands for:
- Shiva , god of Hinduism
- Shankara (around 788 - around 820), religious teacher and philosopher of Hinduism
- Shankar-Jaikishan , an Indian musical duo
Shankar is a family name for the following people:
- Anoushka Shankar (* 1981), Indian-British musician
- Gopi Shankar Madurai (* 1991), Indian intersex and LGBT activist
- Harish Shankar (* 1984), Malaysian conductor
- K. Shankar (1926-2006), Indian film director
- L. Shankar (* 1950), Indian violinist and composer
- Lakshmi Shankar (1926-2013), Indian singer
- Mamata Shankar (* 1955), Indian actress, dancer, choreographer
- Melinda Shankar (* 1992), Canadian actress
- Naren Shankar , American screenwriter and producer of television series
- P. Shiv Shankar (1929-2017), Indian politician
- Ramamurti Shankar (* 1947), American physicist of Indian origin
- Ramsewak Shankar (* 1937), Surinamese politician, President 1988 to 1990
- Ravi Shankar (1920–2012), Indian sitar player and composer
- Ravi Shankar Etteh (* 1960), Indian author
- Ravi Shankar Ratnam (* 1956), Indian Brahmin, see Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- S. Shankar (* 1963), Indian film director
- Shalil Shankar (* 1947), Indian sitar player and composer
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (* 1956), Indian Brahmin
- Tejaswin Shankar (* 1998), Indian high jumper
- Uday Shankar (1900–1977), Indian dancer and choreographer
