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Famous People with Name Shankar

Shankar as First Name

Shankar Oraon     Shankar Oraon       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Oraon: is an Indiaan footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Forward.

Shankar Retinam     Shankar Retinam       Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Shankar Retinam: is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1997. He played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore for the first time in 1999, also playing in that year's Sau

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela     Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela: was his former Estate under Madhya Pradesh. He joined the Bahujan Samaj Party on 4 November 2008. After joining the Bahujan Samaj Party and taking the symbol from Bahujan Samaj Party for Rajnagar seat he immediately declared candidate of Indian National C

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Shankar as Last Name

Ananda Shankar     Ananda Shankar       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ananda Shankar: was an Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar.In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first self-titled album in 1970, featuring original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Doors' Light My Fire. This album has become an enduring cult classic.[citation needed]

Lakshminarayanan Shankar     Lakshminarayanan Shankar       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshminarayanan Shankar: a violinist, vocalist and composer.After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Physics in India, Shankar moved to America in 1969 and earned a doctorate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University. Here he met jazz musicians Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Garrison, and John McLaughlin while working as a teaching assistant and concert master of the University Chamber Orchestra. In 1975 Shankar and McLaughlin founded Shakti, a pioneering, groundbreaking and highly influential east-meets-west collaboration, with a fluid sound that managed to successfully combine seemingly incompatible traditions. His first solo album, Touch Me There, was produced by Frank Zappa in 1979.[3] Shankar founded his own band - The Epidemics, in 1982, with the composer Caroline. He released three albums with the band.

Kamala Shankar     Kamala Shankar       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kamala Shankar: a Hindustani classical guitar player. She is married to sitar player Rajeev Janardan, with whom she performs.[1] Shankar is the first woman to have been awarded a doctorate in guitar. [2][3]Kamala was trained in music by her mother from the age of six, and went on to study with khyal singer Channulal Mishra and sitar maestro Bimalendu Mukherjee. She received a doctorate of music (guitar playing) from vichitra-beenkar Gopal Shankar Mishra at Banaras Hindu University, and also holds bachelor's degrees in both vocal music and zoology.[2]

Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar     Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar: was an Indian painter and sitar player, son of sitar great Ravi Shankar and surbahar (bass sitar) player Annapurna Devi. He could play the sitar, and surbahar, and used to accompany his father on American tours, but did not have a solo career. He was the half-brother of Ravi Shankar's daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.

Raj Shankar     Raj Shankar       Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Raj Shankar: was an Indian biochemist. [1] His main fields of specialization were neurobiochemistry and clinical biochemistry. His contributions on neurochemistry are well recognized and he had been invited to deliver lectures in various prestigious conferences.Shankar studied developmental neurobiology with special emphasis on malnutrition during the brain growth spurt. His work clearly established that undernutrition during brain development causes some irreversible changes. In 1991

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