Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to:
People
edit- Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo
- Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author
- Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanese cricketer
- C. Sankar, Indian politician
- Kayman Sankar (1926–2014), Guyanese rice magnate
- R. Sankar (1909–1972), former Chief Minister of Kerala, India
- Sankar Das Sarma (born 1953), India-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist
- Sankar Basu, electrical engineer
Others
edit- Gauri Sankar, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal
- Ponnar Sankar, an epic poem in the Tamil language
- Sankar Cement, a brand of cement manufactured by India Cements
- Sankar, Nepal, a village in Nepal
- Sankar Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India