title: Chand (name)
text: # Chand (name)
  
  Chand means Moon in Hindi.
  
  Chand is also both a given name, middle name and a surname of North Indians and Nepalese. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Chand Bardai, Indian poet
  * Chand Bibi, Indian ruler and warrior
  * Chand Burke, Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi language films
  * Chand Kaur, ruler of the Sikh Empire
  * Chand Nawab (born 1963), Pakistani journalist
  * Chand Sadagar, rich river and sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India
  * Chand Usmani (1933–1989), Indian actress
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Amir Chand (1889–1970), Indian physician and teacher of medicine
  * Anand Chand (1913–1983), 44th Raja of Bilaspur
  * Bhuwan Chand (born 1949), Nepali actress
  * Bidhi Chand (1579-1638), Sikh religious preacher
  * Binayadhoj Chand, Nepalese politician
  * Dashrath Chand (1941-????), Nepalese politician and martyr
  * Manzoor Chand (born 1942), Pakistani social worker
  * Dhyan Chand (1905–1979), Indian field hockey player
  * Dutee Chand (born 1996), Indian sprinter
  * Ganesh Chand, Fijian academic and politician of Indian descent
  * Hari Chand (1953-2022), Indian long distance runner
  * Lokendra Bahadur Chand (born 1940), former PM of Nepal
  * Meira Chand (born 1942), British novelist of Swiss-Indian parentage
  * Mukesh Chand (1923–1976), Indian playback singer
  * Nar Bahadur Chand, member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly belonging to Nepali Congress
  * Nek Chand (1924–2015), Indian artist
  * Nihâl Chand (1710–1782), Indian painter and poet
  * Parmod Chand (born 1955/1956), Fijian politician and a member of the Fijian Parliament
  * Prithvi Chand, Indian politician
  * Ramesh Chand (born 1974), Indian politician
  * Rohit Chand (born 1992), Nepalese Footballer
  * Sansar Chand (c. 1765–1824), Rajput ruler of the state of Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
  * Sri Chand (1494 – 1629), founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and son of Guru Nanak, first guru and founder of Sikhism
  * Tara Chand (archaeologist), Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University, India
  * Tara Chand (Himachal Pradesh politician), member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
  * Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician) (born 1963), member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
  * Tara Chand (Pakistani politician), former Provincial Minister of Balochistan
  * Tapan Kumar Chand (born 1959), Indian mining veteran, executive and author
  * Unmukt Chand (born 1993), Indian cricketer
  