Famous People with Name Shashi

Shashi Kapoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shashi Kapoor: an Indian film actor and producer and a member of the famous Kapoor family, an influential film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema. He is the younger brother of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, the son of Prithviraj Kapoor, the widower of Jennifer Kendal, and the father of Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, and Sanjana Kapoor. Son Kunal is married to director Ramesh Sippy's daughter and Sanjana to wildlife conservationist Valmik Thapar.

Shashi Tharoor            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shashi Tharoor: an Indian diplomat, politician, and writer who has been known mostly as a writer and for his having worked as an Indian official at the United Nations. In 2006, he was the official candidate of India for the office of United Nations Secretary-General, and came second out of seven official candidates in the race. Tharoor served as the UN Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information between June 2002 and February 2007, during the term of Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is an author, journalist, human-rights advocate, humanitarian and adviser or fellow of various institutions, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Aspen Institute, and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

Shashi Deshpande            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shashi Deshpande: an award-winning Indian novelist. She is the second daughter of famous Kannada dramatist and writer Shriranga. She was born in Karnataka and educated in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Bangalore. Deshpande has degrees in Economics and Law. When she was living in Mumbai she did a course on journalism at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and worked for a couple of months as a journalist for the magazine 'Onlooker' [1].

Shashi Gupta            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shashi Gupta: is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of 13 Tests and 20 ODIs.

Giorgi Shashiashvili            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Giorgi Shashiashvili: is a Georgian footballer. The defender is playing for the national football team of Georgia. He is an all round central defender who can also play as a right back. He currently plays for Ergotelis in Greece.