Shastri - People With The Surname Shastri

People With The Surname Shastri

• Heera Lal Shastri (born 1899), Indian politician and the first chief minister of Rajasthan state
• Keshavram Kashiram Shastri (born 1905), founding leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
• Lal Bahadur Shastri (born 1904), second Prime Minister of the Republic of India
• Narayani Shastri (born 1978), television and theatre actress
• Narendra Shastri (born 1920), missionary sent to Bali in the 1950s
• Pandurang Shastri Athavale (born 1920), Indian philosopher also known as Dada-ji
• Prakash Vir Shastri (born 1923), noted Member of the Parliament of India (Sansad)
• Ram Shastri, 18th century Chief Justice in the apex court of the Maratha Empire
• Ravi Shastri (born 1962), former Indian Test cricketer
• Satya Vrat Shastri, Sanskrit scholar
• Shukraraj Shastri (born 1894), pre-eminent Nepalese intellectual
• Sivanath Sastri (born 1847), scholar, religious reformer, educator, writer and historian
• Syama Sastri (born 1762), among the most renowned composers of Carnatic music
• Vagish Shastri (born 1934), Sanskrit Grammarian, who discovered a short cut way of learning Sanskrit
• Vishnu Kant Shastri (born 1929), Indian politician who served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh
• Anant Maral Shastri (born 1912), Freedom Fighter, Poet, Sanskrit Scholar
• Ram Nath Shastri (1914 – 2009), Dogri poet, Sahitya Akademi Fellow