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.