Keshav

Keshav is a South Asian male given name which is a modern form of name Keshava, one of the many names of Lord Krishna and Lord Vishnu. Notable people with the name include:


 * Keshav Bansal (born 1991), Indian entrepreneur
 * Keshav Vaman Bhole (1896–1967), Indian musical composer
 * Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Nepalese politician
 * Keshav Dutt (1925–2021), Indian field hockey player
 * Keshav Ginde (born 1942), Indian flautist
 * Keshav Prasad Goenka (1912–1983), Indian businessman
 * Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), Indian chief
 * Keshav Rao Jadhav (1933–2018), Indian activist
 * Keshav Rao Koratkar (1867–1932), Indian pioneer
 * Keshav Kumar (born 1988), Indian cricketer
 * Keshav Maharaj (1990), South African cricketer
 * Keshav Prasad Mainali, Nepalese politician
 * Keshav Malik (1924–2014), Indian poet
 * Keshav Dev Malviya (1904–1981), Indian political leader
 * Keshav Mangave (1926–1997), Indian wrestler
 * Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 1969), Indian politician
 * Keshav Meshram (1937–2007), Marathi poet
 * Keshav R. Murugesh (born 1963), Indian executive officer
 * Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Indian scientist
 * Keshav Pandit (died 1690), Sanskrit scholar and poet
 * Keshav K Pingali, American computer scientist
 * Keshav Jagannath Purohit (1923–2018), Marathi writer
 * Keshav Roy (born 1926), Indian wrestler
 * Keshav Samant, Indian bridge player
 * Keshav Sathe (1928–2012), Indian tabla player
 * Keshav K. Singh, American cellular biologist
 * Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya (born 1944), Nepalese judge

Surname

 * Amrit Keshav Nayak (1877– 1907), Actor and director
 * Umakant Keshav Apte (1903– 1971), First pracharaks
 * Bal Keshav Thackeray (1926–2012), Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena
 * Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858–1962), Social reformer in India
 * Keerthi Keshav Bhat (born 1999), Indian Actress
 * Krishnaji Keshav Damle (1866–1905), Marathi poet
 * Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar (1929– 2015), Marathi poet
 * Payyavula Keshav (born 1965), Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian
 * Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898–1969), Marathi writer and poet
 * Srinivasan Keshav (born 1965), American-Canadian Computer Scientist from India.
 * Vijay Keshav Gokhale(born 1959), Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India.