Shankar is a common name in India. It generally refers to:

Shiva, Hindu god who is referred to by many names

Ramamurti Shankar, Textbook author and physics professor at Yale University

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movement

Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher (guru) of around the ninth century

Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (Norah Jones), American singer-songwriter

Ravi Shankar, sitar player

L. Shankar, Indian violinist

S. Shankar, Tamil film director

Shankar, part of the Shankar-Jaikishan music-director duo.

Colonel Shankar, the nom de guerre of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker

Anoushka Shankar

Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya

Ravi Shankar, poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University

Uday Shankar, classical dancer

Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi

Mani Shankar Mukherjee, Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar

Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese Essayist

Shankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio.