Bhaskar

Bhaskar (भास्कर) is both a male given name and a surname from Sanskrit literally meaning the "light maker", referring to the sun. Notable people with the name include:

People

 * Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya
 * Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer
 * Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale (1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist
 * Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
 * Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
 * Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (born: 1963), Indian police officer
 * Bhaskar Menon, music industry executive of Indian origin
 * Bhaskar Pramanik, present Chairman of Microsoft India
 * Bhaskar Sunkara, American publisher
 * Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India
 * Bommarillu Bhaskar, known mononymically as Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
 * K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
 * Kola Bhaskar, Indian film editor
 * M. Bhaskar, also known as Oscar Movies Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer
 * M. S. Baskar, Indian actor
 * Roy Bhaskar, British philosopher
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar, British comedian and actor
 * V. Bhaskar, Indian economist
 * Vijaya Bhaskar, Kannada music director

Other uses

 * Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India, website bhaskar.com
 * Bhaskar Group, an Indian business conglomerate
 * Bhaskar (Indian werewolf character), fictional character played by Varun Dhawan in the 2022 Indian film Bhediya, based on the legendary Yapum from Arunachal Pradesh