List of Famous people with last name Shankar

Ravi Shankar

First Name Ravi
Last Name Shankar
Born on April 7, 1920
Died on December 11, 2012 (aged 92)
Born in India

Ravi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit (Master), was an Indian sitar virtuoso and a composer. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.

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Anand Shankar

First Name Anand
Last Name Shankar
Born on November 26, 1986 (age 37)
Born in India

Anand Shankar is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily working in Tamil cinema. Shankar started his career as an assistant director to Siddharth Anand in Anjaana Anjaani (2010). He also assisted producer-director AR Murugadoss in movies such as Thuppakki and 7aum Arivu. He successfully finished his work as debut director on Arima Nambi starring Vikram Prabhu and Priya Anand, a Tamil thriller film. He has directed two movies by now, namely Iru Mugan and Arima Nambi, both of them became blockbusters at the box-office. In 2018, he directed NOTA, starring Vijay Devarkonda in his Tamil debut. The film was released on October 5, 2018.

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Vijay Shankar

First Name Vijay
Last Name Shankar
Born on January 26, 1991 (age 33)

Vijay Shankar is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu state cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. He played for India in 2019 Cricket World Cup.

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Ravi Shankar

First Name Ravi
Last Name Shankar
Born on May 13, 1956 (age 67)
Born in India

Ravi Shankar is an Indian spiritual leader. He is frequently referred to as "Sri Sri" (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. He founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1981, a volunteer-based NGO providing social support to the people. In 1997, he established a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO that engages in relief work and rural development.

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Anoushka Shankar

First Name Anoushka
Born on June 9, 1981 (age 42)

Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer. She is the daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Rajan, and the half-sister of Norah Jones.

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Shubbo Shankar

First Name Shubbo
Born on March 30, 1942
Died on September 15, 1992 (aged 50)

Shubhendra Shankar, also known as Shubho Shankar, was a graphic artist, musician and composer. He was the son and the eldest child of musicians Ravi Shankar and Annapurna Devi.

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Amala Shankar

First Name Amala
Born on June 27, 1919
Died on July 24, 2020 (aged 101)

Amala Shankar was an Indian danseuse. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and mother of musician Ananda Shankar and dancer Mamata Shankar and sister-in-law of musician and composer Ravi Shankar. Amala Shankar acted in the film Kalpana written, co-produced and directed by husband Uday Shankar. She died on Friday, July 24, 2020 in West Bengal’s Kolkata, India. She was 101 years old.

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Adi Shankar

Aditya Shankar
First Name Adi
Last Name Shankar
Born on January 8, 1985 (age 39)
Born in India

Adi Shankar is an Indian American film producer, YouTube personality, and occasional actor, who is best known for Dredd, Castlevania, and his "Bootleg Universe" One-Shot series of unauthorized pop culture satire films which include The Punisher: Dirty Laundry, Venom: Truth in Journalism, and Power/Rangers. He is also known for being the youngest producer to have a number one film at the North American box office with The Grey.

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Ananda Shankar

First Name Ananda
Last Name Shankar
Born on December 11, 1942
Died on March 26, 1999 (aged 56)
Born in India

Ananda Shankar was a Bengali musician, singer and composer best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar.

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Uday Shankar

First Name Uday
Born on December 8, 1900
Died on September 26, 1977 (aged 76)
Born in India

Uday Shankar was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in 1920s and 1930s. He was a pioneer of modern dance in India.

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