List of Famous people with last name Chandra

Sreerama Chandra Mynampati is a professional singer, Indian Idol 5 winner from Hyderabad who debuted his playback career in the Telugu film industry. Sreeram won the fifth season of music reality show Indian Idol 5. In 2013, he made his Telugu cinema acting debut with the film Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara. He has also played the lead in Prema Geema Jantha Nai. He acted with Salman Khan for an advertisement with Suzuki.

Vikram Chandra is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.

Subhash Chandra Goenka is an Indian billionaire media baron. He is the chairman of the Essel Group, an Indian media conglomerate, and founded Zee TV in 1992. He was also the chairman of Zee Media but resigned as Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the company on 24 May 2016. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian parliament for the Haryana state in the 2016 Rajya Sabha election, as an independent candidate supported by legislators from the BJP.

Sushil Chandra is a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service officer. He is the current and 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He previously served as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Tanuja Chandra is an Indian film director and writer. She co-wrote the screenplay Yash Chopra's hit Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and for frequently directing woman-oriented films where the female actors are the main protagonists of her films, notably Dushman (1998) and Sangharsh (1999).

Ade Chandra is a retired Chinese Indonesian badminton player.

Nitu Chandra is an Indian actress, film producer and theatre artist. She is also a classical dancer and a sportsperson, involved in the promotion of basketball in the country through her close association with the NBA and Taekwondo, being a fourth Dan black-belt. She has her own production house named Champaran Talkies, winning the National Award for the film Mithila Makhaan. The national award-winning film was directed by her brother Nitin Chandra. Her younger brother Abhishek Chandra is a Fashion Designer in Hindi Films.

Satish Chandra was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Deputy Minister for Defence, 1952—55, Deputy Minister for Production, 1955—57 and Deputy Minister for Commerce and Industry, 1957—62 in the Nehru Ministry.