Ashok is a given name.
It may refer to:
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Actors
Ashok Kumar (Tamil actor) (born 1981), South Indian actor and Bharatnatyam performer
Ashok Kumar (1911–2001), Indian film actor
Ashok Lokhande (born 1950), Indian film actor
Ashok Mehta (1947–2012), Indian film actor
Ashok Saraf (born 1947), Indian actor and comedian, Marathi and Hindi
Ashok Selvan (born 1989), Indian actor
Ashok Shinde, Indian film actor
Ashok (Kannada actor) (born 1951), Kannada film actor
Chief Ministers of Indian states
Ashok Chavan (born 1958), Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Ashok Gehlot (born 1951), chief minister of the Indian state of Rajasthan
R. Ashok, former Deputy Chief Minister of Indian State of Karnataka
Cricketers
Ashok Upadhyay (born 1953), Indian cricketer
Asoka de Silva (cricketer) (born 1956), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
Film-related
Ashok Amritraj (born 1956), Indian American film producer
Ashok Gaikwad (born 1962), Indian film director
Ashok, a fictional character portrayed by Danny Denzongpa in his 1980 Indian film Phir Wohi Raat
Law and enforcement
Ashok Chaturvedi (born 1947), former chief of India's external intelligence agency
Ashok Desai, Attorney General of India, 1996 to 1998
Asoka de Silva (judge) (born 1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala judge, Chief Justice
Ashok B. Hinchigeri, Indian judge
Ashok Kamte (1965–2008), Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police for the East Region
Literature
Ashok Banker (born 1964), Indian novelist and short story writer
Ashokamitran (1931–2017), influential figure in post-independent Tamil literature
Others
Ashok Banerjee, Indian academic
A. H. Asoka de Silva, Sri Lanka Navy officer
Ashok Captain (born 1960), Indian herpetologist
Ashok Row Kavi (born 1947), Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist
Ashok (powerlifter)