Bharat (given name)

Bharat (occasionally also romanised as Bharath or Bharata) is an Indian given name.

Notable people with the name include:

• Bharata, brother of Lord Rama
• Bharata, figure in the Mahabharata
• Bharata Muni, ancient Indian musicologist, author of the Natyashastra
• Bharath (actor) (born 1983), Indian Tamil film actor
• Bharath B. J., Indian music producer, composer and singer
• Bharat Mohan Adhikari (1936–2019), Nepali politician and freedom fighter
• Bharat Anand, American economist
• Bharat Awasthy (born 1938), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Bala, Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Bharat Barot, Indian politician
• Bharat Bhushan (academic), American professor of bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics
• Bharat Bhushan (yogi) (born 1952), Indian yoga guru and author
• Bharat Bhushan Goswami (born 1955), Indian sarangi player
• Bharat Bhalke (died 2020), Indian politician
• Bharat Bhushan Ashu (born 1971), Indian politician
• Bharat Goenka, Indian industrialist
• Bharat Boghara, Indian politician and cotton producer
• Bharat B. Chattoo (1951–2016), scientist
• Bharat Chawda (born 1978), Indian television actor
• Bharat Chhikara (born 1985), Indian field hockey player
• Bharat Chipli (born 1983), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Singh Chowhan, Indian politician
• Bharat Desai (born 1952), American businessman
• Bharat Desai (cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Ganeshpure (born 1969), Marathi comedian
• Bharat Gopy (Kodiyettem Gopy, 1937–2008), Indian film actor, producer and director
• Bharat Gupt (born 1946), Indian professor of English, classicist and musicologist
• Bharat Gurung, Nepali aide-de-camp
• Bharat Kamat (born 1967), Hindustani classical tabla player
• Bharat Karnad, national security expert
• Bharat Kaul, Indian actor
• Bharat Khanna (1914–1993), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Khawas (born 1992), Nepali footballer
• Bharat Khorani, Indian politician
• Bharat Masrani, Canadian banker
• Bharat Ram Meghwal (born 1956), Indian politician
• Bharat Nalluri (born 1965), British-Indian film and television director
• Bharat Narah, Indian politician
• Bharat Pandya, Indian politician
• Bharat Patankar, Indian activist
• Bharat Patel (born 1952), Zimbabwean judge
• Bharat Popli (born 1990), Indian-born New Zealand cricketer
• Bharat Ram (1914–2007), Indian industrialist
• Bharat Ramamurti, American attorney and political advisor
• Bharat Rangachary Indian film director and producer of Bollywood
• Bharat Ratra (born 1960), Indian-American physicist
• Bharat Singh Rawat, Indian politician
• Bharat Sawad (1968–?), Nepalese weightlifter
• Bharat Shah (cricketer) (1945–2016), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Shah (born 1944), Indian film financier and distributor
• Bharat Kumar Shah, Nepalese politician
• Bharath Shetty Y (born 1971), Indian politician
• Bharat Singh, Indian politician
• Bharat Sitaula, Nepali pop singer-songwriter and record producer
• Bharat Sundar (born 1988), Indian Carnatic singer
• Bharat Swamy, Indian rock musician
• Bharat Tripathi (born 1989), English cricketer
• Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (born 1954), Indian farmer and educator
• Bharat Raj Upreti (1950–2015), justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal
• Bharat Vatwani, Indian psychiatrist
• Bharat Veer (born 1988), Indian cricketer
• Bharat Vyas (1918–1983), Indian lyricist for Hindi films
• Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Indian politician