Famous People with Name Vikram

Vikram Chatwal            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Chatwal: is an American hotelier. In April 1999, at the age of 28, he created Vikram Chatwal Hotels, an independent hotel group of nine luxury hotels in five cities. The flagship hotel in the group is Dream Hotel.Chatwal had a reputation as a wealthy Manhattan socialite and playboy, having dated celebrities such as Kate Moss. He was named as one of the world's most eligible bachelors by the magazine Radar and a BBC TV program. Chatwal was the first Sikh in a leading role, as 'Nishan' in the movie One Dollar Curry.[citation needed]

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.

Vikram Bhatt            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Bhatt: a Bollywood Director. He is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt, who was one of the pioneer of Indian Films and the son of cinematographer Pravin Bhatt. He has more than 21 films to his credit and at present he is the creative head of a conglomerate called ASA productions.

Vikram Banerjee            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Vikram Banerjee: is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. Banerjee's first-class career started in 2004, playing the university varsity match for Cambridge University, with a second exactly a year later. Banerjee represented Cambridge university in each year of his degree. Banerjee made his County Championship debut for Gloucestershire in August 2006, just two months after representing Surrey in the Second XI Championship for the first and only time, picking up four wickets with the ball in the first innings. Banerjee's first innings for Gloucester saw him bowl economically with figures of 0-73 off 24 overs, as Gloucestershire headed for an innings defeat against Somerset. During the 2006 season Banerjee represented Dulwich in the Surrey Premiership and Bath in 2007 when not on county duty. Part of the ECB Emerging Players squad in the winters of 2006 and 2007 Vikram Banerjee has repeatedly been described as "one to watch"(Spin Magazine 2007).

Vikram Singh Solanki            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Vikram Singh Solanki: is an English cricketer, who plays county cricket for Worcestershire, of whom he is the captain. In 2007 he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county. He as also played over 50 One Day Internationals for his country