Shukla

Shukla (शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white".

Notable people with the name include:


 * Abhay Shukla, Indian TV actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in TV series CID
 * Abhinav Shukla (producer), Indian film and TV producer
 * Abhinav Shukla, Indian actor
 * Abhishek Shukla (Indian Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician)
 * Ajai Shukla, Indian army officer, journalist and defense analyst
 * Amarjeet Shukla, Indian actor
 * Anand Shukla, Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1978
 * Anand Swaroop Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
 * Anjuli Shukla, Indian film director and cinematographer, first and till date the only Indian woman to win the National Film Award for Best Cinematography
 * Amitabh Shukla, Indian film editor, most known for his work in Chak De! India, Krrish, Holiday and Chalte Chalte
 * Amitesh Shukla, INC Politician, member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and former Minister of Rural Development in the Government of Chhattisgarh
 * Aseem Shukla, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
 * Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism, former editor of Cricket Samrat
 * Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla, Indian politician, member of the 10th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament
 * Avay Shukla, Indian Administrative Service officer, environmentalist and writer
 * Baikuntha Shukla, Indian nationalist and revolutionary
 * Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla, Indian politician and Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament from Vadodara
 * Balram Shukla, Indian poet and academic
 * Bhagwati Prasad Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
 * Chakrapani Shukla, Member of Parliament, India
 * Champa Devi Shukla, activist from Bhopal, India and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2004
 * Chandra Prakash Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
 * Chitra Shukla, Indian actress who works in Telugu-Kannada language films
 * Daisy Irani (actress) (Daisy Irani Shukla), Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films
 * Deepak Shukla, American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses
 * Haimanti Sukla, Bengali singer
 * Jagadish Shukla, Indian meteorologist, professor at George Mason University, Virginia
 * Jang Bahadur Shukla, Indian mathematician
 * Jhanak Shukla, Indian actress
 * Jyoti Kiran (Jyoti Kiran Shukla), Indian politician, activist, educationist, strategist and Chair of Rajasthan's 5th State Finance Commission
 * Kamlesh Shukla, Indian politician from the BJP and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India
 * Karuna Shukla, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Janjgir constituency of Chhattisgarh
 * Krishna Kant Shukla, Indian physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator
 * Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Indian cricketer and politician
 * Mahendra Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer
 * Manoj Muntashir, Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter
 * Mukesh Shukla, or Mukesh, businessman and politician in Uganda
 * Munna Shukla, Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana
 * Narayan Shukla (also known as SN Shukla), judge of the Allahabad High Court
 * Nikesh Shukla, British author and screenwriter
 * Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2015), Indian physicist, university professor in several countries
 * Pratibha Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya constituency
 * Pravina Shukla, professor of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington
 * Rahul Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket
 * Raj Shukla, Lieutenant General, YSM, SM, currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command (ARTRAC)
 * Raj Kumar Shukla, Indian freedom fighter, who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran for the Champaran Satyagraha
 * Rajeev Shukla, Indian politician, journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. Presently, VP of BCCI
 * Rajendra Shukla (poet), Gujarati poet
 * Rajendra Shukla (politician), Indian politician and MLA from Madhya Pradesh
 * Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who also served as Speaker of both states' Legislative Assembly
 * Rajesh Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand State
 * Rajesh Shukla (statistician), Indian researcher, author and applied statistician
 * Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist), Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker and animal welfare activist
 * Rakesh Shukla (cricketer), Indian cricketer, cricket consultant and commentator
 * Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016), Indian painter and art critic
 * Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader
 * Ramchandra Shukla (1884–1941), known as Acharya Shukla, Indian historian of Hindi literature
 * Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
 * Ravikant Shukla, Indian first class cricketer, former captain of India U19 national cricket team
 * Ravi Kishan, or Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla, Indian actor, politician and TV personality; MP (Lok Sabha) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
 * Richa Moorjani (nee Shukla), Indian-American actress who is best known for her role as Kamala in the series Never Have I Ever
 * Rishi Kumar Shukla, Indian Police Service officer and director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
 * Rishabh Shukla, Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist
 * Riya Shukla, Indian television actress and model who made her film debut with Nil Battey Sannata
 * Rohit Shukla, Major at the Indian Army, Shaurya Chakra awardee
 * Samridhii Shukla, Indian TV actress
 * Sanyam Shukla, Indian badminton player
 * S.N.Shukla, Indian politician
 * Sandeep Shukla, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
 * Saurabh Shukla, Indian actor
 * Shilpa Shukla, Indian actress
 * Shivakant Shukla, Indian cricketer
 * Shiv Pratap Shukla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India
 * Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator
 * Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and model.
 * Shrilal Shukla (1925–2011), Hindi writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
 * Shri Prakash Shukla, Indian gangster and contract killer
 * Supriya Shukla, Indian television and film actress
 * Umesh Shukla, Indian movie director, best known for Oh My God
 * Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister
 * Vidya Dhar Shukla, Chief Hindu Priest of Thailand
 * Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist
 * Vijay Kumar Shukla, or Munna Shukla, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar, India
 * Vikramaditya Shukla, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films
 * Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director, producer of Godmother
 * Vinod Kumar Shukla, modern Hindi writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award
 * Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, among the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican ASSOCIATION

Others
 * Shuklaganj, a suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, situated on the banks of holy river Ganges