Ravi
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Ravi is a common Hindu
male given name
. It means Sun
. Ravi may refer to:
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It means Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. Ravi may refer to:
- Ravi (god), a Hindu solar deity
- Ravi RiverRavi RiverThe Ravi is a trans-boundary river flowing through Northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of the six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region ....
, a Himalayan river flowing through India and Pakistan
People
- Ravi HutheesingRavi HutheesingRavi Hutheesing is an American singer-songwriter/guitarist and former guitarist for the band Hanson, motivational speaker, writer, and pilot who works in both the music and aviation industries under the brand names "Ravi" and "The Raviator"; and also a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family.He is the...
, musician (singer/songwriter, former guitarist of HansonHanson (band)Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
), aviator, lecturer - Ravi BaichwalRavi BaichwalRavi Baichwal is a news anchor and reporter at WLS-TV in Chicago. In 2008 he won the Chicago Emmy Award for best anchor from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was a CTV News Channel Morning anchor weekdays from 6 AM to 10 AM from 2002 to 2006...
, journalist - Pandit Ravi ShankarRavi ShankarRavi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
, a sitar virtuoso - Ravi SoodRavi SoodRavi Sood is a Canadian financier and venture capitalist. Sood was raised in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He was educated at the University of Waterloo Ravi Sood (born July 5, 1976) is a Canadian financier and venture capitalist. Sood was raised in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He was educated at the...
, a Canadian-born financier - Ravi (music director)Ravi (music director)Ravi Shankar Sharma , often referred to mononymously as Ravi, is an Indian music director, who has composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films...
(also known as Bombay Ravi), an Indian film music director - Ravi (Ivar Johansen)Ravi (Ivar Johansen)Ivar Christian Johansen is a Norwegian popular musician under the pseudonym Ravi . He writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv....
, a Norwegian artist - Ravi ZachariasRavi ZachariasFrederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias is an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian apologist. Zacharias is the author of numerous Christian books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? and bestsellers Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver...
, an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian philosopher, apologist and evangelist - Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar usually known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, born Ravi Shankar Ratnam, born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation , which aims at relieving individual stress, societal problems and violence. It is an NGO with UNESCO consultative status...
, a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation - Raja Ravi VarmaRaja Ravi VarmaRaja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter from the princely state of Travancore who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana...
- Indian painter - Ravi ShastriRavi ShastriRavishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
, a former Indian cricketer - Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, a Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer; first Asian Nobel laureate - Ravi Bopara, an English cricketer
- Ravindra JainRavindra JainRavindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...
, an Indian music composer - Ravi ManiUC Solar TeamThe University of Calgary Solar Team is a multi-disciplinary student based team at the University of Calgary established to design and build a solar car to compete in the American Solar Challenge and the World Solar Challenge...
, a Fijian solar car builder - Ravi Sodha, Online Marketer based in the UK
Fiction
- The in-training bookman in the manga D.Gray-manD.Gray-manis an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma...
, also known as "Lavi" or "Rabi" - The Ravi LancersThe Ravi LancersThe Ravi Lancers is a novel by John Masters, part of his series of novels portraying the British Raj through the experiences of members of the Savage family....
, novel by John MastersJohn MastersLieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO was an English officer in the British Indian Army and novelist. His works are noted for their treatment of the British Empire in India.-Life:...