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Ravi Modi
Ravi Modi (born 1977) is an Indian first-generation entrepreneur who founded Vedant Fashions, the company behind Manyavar, India's leading men's ethnic celebration wear brand.
Ravi Patel (actor)
Ravi Vasant Patel (born 1978, Freeport, Illinois) is an American actor, writer, and director known for Meet the Patels, Master of None, Grandfathered, and as Amit Patel on Fox's Animal Control; distinct from actor Ravi R. Patel (born 1990).
Ravi phase
The Ravi phase, also called the Ravi aspect, is the earliest known occupation at Harappa, a village settlement of hand-built pottery dating from about 3700 to 2800 BCE.
Ravi Pujari (ರವಿ ಪುಜಾರಿ)
Ravi Pujari (ರವಿ ಪುಜಾರಿ), Raviprakash Sulya Pujari, Indian underworld gangster from Udupi, Karnataka; extradited from Senegal in 2020 as Anthony Fernandes; faces 200+ extortion and murder cases under IPC and MCOCA.
Ravi Ramamoorthi
Ravi Ramamoorthi is an American computer scientist in computer graphics and vision, a UC San Diego professor known for the signal-processing theory of light reflection.
Ravi Rampaul
Ravi Rampaul (Ravindranath Rampaul), born 1984 in Preysal, Trinidad, is a West Indies right-arm fast-medium bowler. 18 Tests (49 wickets), 92 ODIs (117 wickets), 2012 World T20 winner, record ODI 86 by a No. 10.
Ravi Rana (रवी गंगाधर राणा)
Ravi Rana (Ravi Gangadhar Rana) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who represents Badnera in the state assembly, and the husband of former member of Parliament Navneet Rana.
Ravi Retnakaran
Ravi Retnakaran is a Canadian endocrinologist and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, known for research on reversing early type 2 diabetes.
Ravi River
The Ravi River, known in Vedic Sanskrit as Parushni and to Greek writers as Hydraotes, is a transboundary river of the Indus basin and one of the five rivers of the Punjab.
Ravi Sethi
Ravi Sethi is a computer scientist known for the Sethi–Ullman algorithm and for co-authoring the compilers textbook Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, the "dragon book."
Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is an Indian spiritual teacher who founded the Art of Living Foundation in 1981 and teaches the Sudarshan Kriya breathing practice worldwide.
Ravi Shankar (রবি শঙ্কর)
Ravi Shankar (রবি শঙ্কর), born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury (1920–2012), was an Indian sitar virtuoso and composer who brought Hindustani classical music to the West through George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin, the Concert for Bangladesh, and his Apu Trilogy and Gandhi film scores.
Ravi Shankar Prasad (रवि शंकर प्रसाद)
Ravi Shankar Prasad (रवि शंकर प्रसाद), born 1954 in Patna, is a BJP leader, Supreme Court Senior Advocate, and Patna Sahib MP who served as Union minister for Law and Justice, Communications, and Electronics and IT from 2014 to 2021 and championed Digital India.
Ravi Shankar Prasher
Ravi Shankar Prasher is an American mechanical engineer who works on nanoscale heat transport and thermal management of electronics, and is Chief Technology Officer of Bloom Energy.
Ravi Shastri
Ravi Shastri, Indian all-rounder (1981-1992), 1983 World Cup winner, 1985 Champion of Champions, commentator, and India head coach 2017-2021 who led Test wins in Australia twice.
Ravi Teja (రవి తేజ)
Ravi Teja (Telugu: రవి తేజ), born Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju, is an Indian Telugu-film actor and producer, born 1968 in Jaggampeta, Andhra Pradesh. Nicknamed Mass Maharaja, he rose from assistant director to stardom with Idiot (2002), won Nandi and Filmfare awards, and his films include Vikramarkudu, Kick, Dhamaka, and Irumudi (2026).
Ravi Thadhani
Ravi Thadhani is an American nephrologist-scientist who is chief medical officer of Cedars-Sinai Health System and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025 for pioneering the first FDA-approved test to predict preeclampsia.
Ravi Tomar
Ravi Tomar is an Indian diagnostics executive who founded CRL Diagnostics, a New Delhi-based diagnostic testing chain, and leads it as Chairman and Managing Director.
Ravi V. Bellamkonda
Ravi V. Bellamkonda is a biomedical engineer known for neural interfaces and the tumor monorail device that lures brain tumor cells out of the brain; he became Ohio State's 18th president in 2026.
Ravi Vallis
Ravi Vallis is a 205 km Martian outflow channel on Xanthe Terra, carved by a catastrophic flood from Aromatum Chaos; IAU-named in 1979 for an ancient Pakistani river.
Ravi Varma (Kakinada actor)
Ravi Varma (Kakinada actor): Telugu character actor from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, debut Vennela (2005), Raakhi with Jr. NTR, Ghazi Attack; distinct from Ravi Varma Adduri.
Ravi Varman
Ravi Varman (S. Ravi Varman), Indian cinematographer from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu; shot Barfi!, Ram-Leela, Tamasha, Jagga Jasoos, Ponniyin Selvan I & II; won the 70th National Film Award for Best Cinematography and joined the ASC in 2025.
Ravi Viswanathan
Ravi Viswanathan is a venture capital investor, founder and managing partner of NewView Capital, which he created in 2018 by spinning out NEA's growth practice with a $1.35 billion debut fund.
Ravi Zacharias
Ravi Zacharias was a Canadian evangelical Christian apologist who founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in 1984, wrote more than 25 books, and led the ministry until his death in 2020.
Ravichandran (Kannada actor)
Veeraswamy Ravichandran (ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್), the "Crazy Star" of Kannada cinema, is an actor-director-music director born 1961 (some sources say 1960, Tirunelveli). Debut Khadeema Kallaru (1982); directorial debut Premaloka (1987); known for Shanti Kranti's pan-Indian gamble and the AI film I Am God – The Crazy.
Ravichandran (Tamil actor)
Ravichandran, born B. S. Raman and credited as Kalaingnar Thilagham, was a Tamil actor who debuted in the 1964 hit Kadhalikka Neramillai and starred in over 105 films.
Ravichandran Ashwin (ரவிச்சந்திரன் அஸ்வின்)
Ravichandran Ashwin (ரவிச்சந்திரன் அஸ்வின்), Indian off-spinner and right-handed batter, born 1986 Chennai; 537 Test wickets at 24, fastest to 250 and 300 Test wickets, retired December 2024.
Ravidas
Ravidas, also known as Raidas or Guru Ravidass, was a North Indian sant and poet of the nirguna bhakti tradition whose hymns appear in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Ravidasvir hydrochloride
Ravidasvir hydrochloride (盐酸拉维达韦, PPI-668, ASC-16) is an oral pangenotypic HCV NS5A inhibitor used with sofosbuvir; developed via DNDi-Pharco collaboration, WHO EML-listed 2023, approved in Egypt, China, and Malaysia.
Ravikant Capital
Ravikant Capital is a manager of Delaware limited-partnership venture capital funds based in Seattle and Lynnwood, Washington, raising money through lettered funds like E2, E4, and G1.