# 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