Chander is a given name and surname.
People with the name include:
Surname Anupam Chander (born 1967), American lawyer and academic Bhanu Chander, South Indian actor who acted in many Telugu/Tamil movies Krishan Chander (1914–1977), Urdu and Hindi Afsaana Nigaar, or short story writer
Given name Chander Kumar (born 1944), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India Chander Mohan, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana State in India Chander Prakash (general), (born 1953), Indian general Nirmal Chander Vij (born 1943), the 21st Indian Chief of Army Staff during 31 Dec 2002 – 31 Jan 2005 Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, the chairman and CEO of ITC Limited, one of India's largest multi-business conglomerates
See also Chandra (disambiguation) Chandler (surname), of which Chander is a spelling variant