Nagorao Ghanashyam Deshpande (1909–2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.

Deshpande was born on 21 August 1909 in the town of Shendurjan in Buldhana District of Maharashtra.

His brother (V G Deshpande) and cousin (Sumati Suklikar) were politicians with Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

Poet Deshpande's poems have been set to music, mainly by singer-composer G N Joshi.

Deshpande received in 1986 a Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of poems Khoon Gathi.