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Dayal

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Dayal is a name and given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Benny Dayal (born 1984), a UAE born Indian playback singer
  • Bhagwat Dayal Sharma or B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), first Chief Minister of Haryana of Independent India
  • Bhawani Dayal Arya College, formerly known as Bhawani Dayal High School, a school established in Fiji in 1972
  • Dadu Dayal (1544–1603), saint from Gujarat, India
  • Data Dayal Maharishi or Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal, born in Bhadohi District of Uttar Pradesh state in India in 1860
  • Dau Dayal Joshi, former member of Lok Sabha from Kota
  • Dayal Ji or Advaitanand Ji (1846–1919), son of Tulsi Das Ji, born in Pukh, Nakshatra in the province of Bihar, India
  • Dayal Padmanabhan (born 1970), Indian film director and producer
  • Dayal Thakur (born 1952), Indian classical singer in the North Indian Hindustani music tradition
  • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya or Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916–1968), leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, now the Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Har Dayal (1884–1939), Indian nationalist revolutionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America
  • Ishwar Dayal Mishra, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party
  • Ishwar Dayal Swami or I.D. Swami, former union minister of state of India
  • John Dayal, (born 1948), Indian Christian activist and self-proclaimed "Dalit rights" activist
  • Lala Deen Dayal (1844–1905), Indian photographer
  • Manav Dayal I.C.Sharma, spiritual leader of Manavta Mandir Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
  • Manish Dayal, American film and television actor
  • Manjula Dayal, Fijian businesswoman
  • Param Dayal or Baba Faqir Chand, (1886–1981), Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga
  • Ram Dayal Munda (1939–2011), Indian scholar and regional music exponent
  • Ranjit Singh Dayal or Ranjit Singh Dyal (1928–2012), Indian Army general and an administrator
  • Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना) (1927–1983), Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright
  • Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), the ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997
  • Shankar Dayal Singh, contributor to the society and literature
  • Shiv Dayal Batish (1914–2006), Indian musician born in Patiala, India to a Brahmin family
  • Shiv Dayal Singh (1818–1878), Sant Mat guru
  • Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi (1899–1959), Indian lawyer and politician

Diyal name also found in pashtoon saraiki caste.

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