Famous People with Name Chandra

Chandra Crawford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chandra Crawford: is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

Vikram Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vikram Chandra: an Indian writer who has won awards and critical acclaim for his novels and short stories. He is married to writer Melanie Abrams, who, like Chandra, teaches creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley. Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai (Bombay), India and Oakland, California. He is often confused with his namesake Vikram A Chandra, journalist and author of The Srinagar Conspiracy.Chandra received his high school education at Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan, and attended St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. As an undergraduate student, he transferred to the United States. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California, with a magna cum laude B.A. in English (concentration in Creative Writing). Chandra then attended film school at Columbia University in New York, leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel. He received his M.A. from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins in 1987.

Manan Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manan Chandra: an internationally notable Indian amateur snooker player.Chandra reached the semi final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Daniel Ward 8-7. Chandra is married to Anuja Thakur, who is also a successful Indian amateur snookers and billiards player.

Kuntal Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Kuntal Chandra: is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket keeper who is sometimes known by his nickname Papon. After playing for Bangladesh Under-19s in 1999/00 he made his debut for Chittagong Division in 2004/05 against Rajshahi Division, taking five catches and scoring 71 and 33. Despite this extremely promising beginning this has remained his only first class match. He also played in two List A one day matches in the same year.

Narayan Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Narayan Chandra: is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He was born on 8 December 1979 in Narayanganj, Dhaka and is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium-fast bowler. He is sometimes referred to on scoresheets by his nickname Tapu. He played for Barisal Division in 2000/01 but found success hard to come by in both forms of the game.

Ary Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Ary Chandra: is an Indonesian professional basketball player. He plays for Pelita Jaya Esia Jakarta of the Indonesian basketball league. He is also a member of the Indonesia national basketball team. Chandra competed for the Indonesia national basketball team at the F