# Gopal

Gopal may refer to:
* Gopal (caste), a social community of Odisha in India
* Gopal (Krishna), the infant/child form of Lord Krishna
* Gopal Bansa, ancient Kingdom in Nepal
* The Gopalas, an early Gaudiya Vaishnava institution
* Gandhian Organisation for Peace and Liberty (GOPAL), an organization founded by Jayatirtha Dasa
* Gopala (mathematician), medieval Indian mathematician
* Gopala (ruler), founder of the medieval Indian Pala dynasty

## People with the given name

* Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982), Vice President of India from 1969 to 1974
* Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856–1895), Indian social reformer
* Gopal Balakrishnan (born 1966), American philosopher
* Gopal Baratham (1935–2002), Singaporean author and neurosurgeon
* Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895–1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist
* Gopal Bose (1947–2018), Indian cricketer
* Gopal Gurunath Bewoor (1916–1989), Indian military officer and diplomat
* Gopal Bhar, Medieval Bengali jester
* Gopal Bhargava (born 1952), Indian politician
* Gopal Bhatnagar, Canadian surgeon
* Gopal Chakraborty (born 1936), Indian cricketer
* Gopal Singh Chauhan, Indian politician
* Gopal Chhotray (1916–2003), Indian playwright
* Gopal Singha Dev (fl. 1712–1748), king of the Mallabhum
* Gopal Singha Dev II (fl. 1809–1876), king of the Mallabhum
* Gopal Prasad Dubey (born 1957), Indian dancer
* Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar (1916–1998), Indian Marathi writer
* Gopal Hari Deshmukh (1823–1892), Indian activist, thinker, and social reformer
* Gopal Datt, Indian actor
* Gopal Ghose (1913–1980), Indian painter
* Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915), Indian politician
* Gopal Gupta (computer scientist), Indian computer scientist
* Gopal Gupta (philosopher), Indian philosopher
* Gopal Gurung (1939–2016), Nepalese journalist, author, politician, and futurist
* Gopal Goyal Kanda (born 1965), Indian businessman and politician
* Gopal Khanna, Indian-American civil servant
* Gopal Swami Khetanchi (born 1958), Indian painter
* Gopal Kirati, Nepalese politician
* Gopal Krishna (born 1947), Indian radio astronomer
* Gopal Krishan (1926–2004), Indian musician
* Gopal Kundu (born 1959), Indian biologist
* Gopal Chandra Lamichhane (born 1974), Nepali film director
* Gopal Mayekar (1934–2021), Indian politician and Marathi writer
* Gopal Meena, Indian politician
* Gopal Mishra (1933–2009), Indian journalist and columnist
* Gopal Shankar Misra (1957–1999), Indian musician and music teacher
* Gopal Mittal (1906–1993), Indian Urdu poet, writer, critic and journalist
* Gopal Krishna Muhuri (died 2001), Bangladeshi academic administrator
* Gopal Krishna Nayak (born 1960), Indian academic
* Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), Indian Hindi poet
* Gopal Parajuli, Nepalese writer
* Gopal Parmar, Indian politician
* Gopal Prasad Parajuli (born 1953), Nepali judge
* Gopal Krishna Pillai (born 1949), Indian civil servant
* Gopal Purushottam Phadke (died 2009), Indian sports coach
* Gopal Prasad (born 1945), Indian-American mathematician
* Gopal R, Indian military officer
* Gopal Rai, Indian politician
* Gopal Rai (Nepalese politician) (died 2006), Nepalese politician
* Gopal Rajwani (died 2000) Indian politician and criminal
* Gopal Raju (1928–2008), Indian-American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman, and philanthropist
* Gopal Rath (1945–2016), Indian Odia poet
* Gopal Singh Rawat, Indian bureaucrat
* Gopal Prasad Rimal (1918–1973), Nepalese poet
* Gopal Saini (born 1954), Indian runner
* Gopal Krishna Sarangi, Indian economist
* Gopal Sharma (born 1960), Indian cricketer
* Gopal Prasad Sharma (born 1964), Indian artist
* Gopal Sharman (1935–2016), Indian playwright, composer, and writer
* Gopal Shetty, Indian politician
* Gopal Singh (politician) (1917–1990), Indian politician
* Gopal Narayan Singh, Indian politician
* Gopal Prasad Sinha, Indian neurologist and politician
* Gopal K. Singh (born 1976), Indian Hindi actor
* Gopal Das Shrestha (1930–1998), Nepali journalist
* Gopal Subramanium (born c. 1958), Indian lawyer
* Gopal Kalan Tandel (born 1953), Indian politician
* Gopal Jee Thakur (born 1969), Indian politician
* Gopal Vittal (born 1967), Indian business executive
* Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), Indian poet
* Gopal Baba Walangkar (c. 1840–1900), Indian social reformer
* Gopal Yonzon (1943–1997), Nepalese singer

## People with the surname

* Anand Gopal, American journalist
* Antonio Gopal (born 1947), Seychellois hurdler
* Akhil Gopal (born 2005),
* B. Gopal, Indian director
* Balasubramanian Gopal (born 1970), Indian biologist
* Dheerendra Gopal (died 2000), Indian Kannada actor
* E. S. Raja Gopal (1936–2018), Indian physicist
* Geetha Narayanan Gopal (born 1989), Indian chess player
* K. Gopal (INC politician), Indian politician
* K. Gopal (AIADMK politician) (born 1960), Indian politician
* Nakkeeran Gopal (born 1959), Indian journalist
* Narayan Gopal (1930–1990), Nepalese singer and composer
* P. K. Gopal, Indian social worker
* Priyamvada Gopal (born 1968), Indian-British English language academic
* Saroj Chooramani Gopal (born 1944) Indian physician
* Sarvepalli Gopal (1923–2002), Indian historian
* Ram Gopal (author) (born 1925), Indian writer and historian
* Ram Gopal (dancer) (1912–2003), Indian-British dancer
* Tilakam Gopal (born 1941), Indian volleyball player
* Vin Gopal (born 1985), American politician