Dinesh

Dinesh (Devanagari: Template:Lang Template:IAST) is a common Hindu male given name. The Sanskrit word Template:IAST is a compound of Template:IAST 'day' and Template:IAST 'lord', meaning 'day-lord', an epithet of the Sun. Notable people with the name include:

• Dinesh Kumar, Indian professor
• Dinesh, Indian film actor
• Dinesh Baboo, Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter
• Dinesh Chand, Fijian golfer
• Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dinesh Chandra Sen, Indian researcher on Bengali folklore
• Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American political commentator
• Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politician
• Dinesh Gupta, Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary
• Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer
• Dinesh Kumar, Indian choreographer
• Dinesh Lamba, Indian actor
• Dinesh Mongia, Indian cricketer
• Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Indian governor
• Dinesh Nayak, Indian Hockey player
• Dinesh Patel, Indian professional baseball player
• Dinesh Prasad Singh, Indian politician
• Dinesh Singh, Indian politician
• Dinesh Singh, Punjab politician
• Dinesh Subasinghe, Sri Lankan composer, violinist and music producer
• Dinesh Kumar, lndian, Coimbatore Paint Mixer and Coming

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• Dinesh Anand, a film actor who used to work in Br Chopra's Mahabharata as Vikarna.