Famous People with Name Chandra

Chandra Crawford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chandra Crawford: is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

Radhagobinda Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Radhagobinda Chandra: was a successful astronomer of Indian subcontinent. He is a pioneer of modern astronomical research. He was born in modern-day Bangladesh, then part of the Bengal province of British India.

Alvent Yulianto Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Alvent Yulianto Chandra: s a male badminton player from Indonesia.He has been playing badminton since he was 10 years old in a club named Suryanaga Gudang Garam Surabaya.

G.S. Sharat Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

G.S. Sharat Chandra: was an internationally acclaimed author of both poetry and fiction. Much of his work touches on the deep emotions of the Indian/American immigrant.Indian-born Chandra received a law degree in India but came to the United States in the 1960s to become a wr

Sheila Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sheila Chandra: an English pop singer of Indian descent.As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon, and created a fusion of Western (synthpop) and Indian pop styles. She married Steve Coe, who became the band's producer, and along with Martin Smith, the band evolved into this talented trio. They made a lone album Third Eye in 1982 from which they had a surprise hit single "Ever So Lonely". They followed-up with the single Shakti which peaked at #41, but this was to be the band's final charting single. Monsoon recorded a varied selection of songs. The album also includes a cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", featuring the distinctive EBow guitar sound of Bill Nelson.

Vikram Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Chandra: an Indian writer who has won awards and critical acclaim for his novels and short stories. He is married to writer Melanie Abrams, who, like Chandra, teaches creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley. Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai (Bombay), India and Oakland, California. He is often confused with his namesake Vikram A Chandra, journalist and author of The Srinagar Conspiracy.Chandra received his high school education at Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan, and attended St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. As an undergraduate student, he transferred to the United States. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California, with a magna cum laude B.A. in English (concentration in Creative Writing). Chandra then attended film school at Columbia University in New York, leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel. He received his M.A. from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins in 1987.