Amitabh or Amitabha or Amitav may refer to: *

Amitābha Amitābha (, "Measureless" or "Limitless" Light), also known as Amituofo in Chinese language, Chinese, Amida in Japanese language, Japanese and Öpakmé in Tibetan script, Tibetan, is one of the main Buddhahood, Buddhas of Mahayana, Mahayana Buddh ...

, an important

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

in Buddhism **

Amitābha Buddha from Hancui Amitābha (, "Measureless" or "Limitless" Light), also known as Amituofo in Chinese, Amida in Japanese and Öpakmé in Tibetan, is one of the main Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism and the most widely venerated Buddhist figure in East Asian Buddhis ...

, a statue from Hancui, China, now in the British Museum **

Amitabha Buddhist Centre Amitabha Buddhist Centre is a Buddhist institution in Geylang, Singapore. It is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international non-profit organisation, founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe. Or ...

, Singapore * Amitav Acharya (born 1962), Indian-Canadian scholar and author * Amitabh Aurora, Indian filmmaker *

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinemati ...

(born 1942), Indian actor in Hindi cinema * Amitabh Bagchi, Indian Maoist *

Amitabh Bajpai Amitabh Bajpai (born 31 July, 1974) is an Indian politician and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral l ...

, Indian politician * Amitav Banerji (born 1926), Indian judge *

Amitabh Bhattacharjee Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many ...

(born 1973), Indian actor *

Amitabh Bhattacharya Amitabh Bhattacharya (born 16 November 1976) is an Indian Bengali lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films. At the beginning of his career back in 2000's, he was working for few musicians as a singer & met Pritam, who gave him ...

, Indian lyricist * Amitabha Bhattacharyya (1931–1992), Indian production engineer * Amitabha Bose, Indian-American government official *

Amitabh Chandra Amitabh Chandra is an Indian-American academic and healthcare economist who is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Chandra received his BA and PhD in economics from the ...

, Indian economist * Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Indian molecular biologist *

Amitabh Chaudhry Amitabh Chaudhry is an Indian businessman, and the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Axis Bank, the third largest private sector bank in India. He joined Axis in January 2019, after heading HDFC Life Insurance for nine ...

(born 1964/65), Indian banker, CEO and MD of Axis Bank *

Amitabha Chowdhury Amitabha Chowdhury (11 November 1927 – 1 May 2015) was an Indian investigative journalist. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his reporting on individual rights and community interests in India India, officially the Republi ...

, Indian journalist * Amitabh Joshi (born 1965), Indian biologist *

Amitabh Mattoo Amitabh Mattoo (born 26 June 1962, Srinagar) is one of India's leading thinkers and writers on Modern and Contemporary History, Political science, International relations. He was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. He is Dea ...

, Indian academic *

Amitabh Mitra Amitabh Mitra is an Indian-born South African physician, poet and artist. Education and career Mitra studied medicine and did postgraduate studies in orthopaedic surgery at the Gajara Raja Medical College, Gwalior, India. He further specialise ...

, Indian-South African poet *

Amitabha Ghosh (disambiguation) Amitabha Ghosh may refer to: * Amitabha Ghosh (planetary geologist), Indian planetary geologist * Amitabha Ghosh (academic, born 1941), Indian researcher, administrator and educator * Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956)

Amitabh Kant Amitabh Kant (born 1 March 1956) is a retired member of the 1980 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) batch, the All India civil service of the Government of India. He served as India's G20 Sherpa from 8 July 2022 till 16 June 2025. He is an Ind ...

, Indian official *

Amitav Mallik Amitav Mallik is an Indian defence technologist and the founder director of the Laser Science and Technology Center, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), India, known for his expertise in the defence system design and developm ...

, Indian technologist *

Amitabha Mukhopadhyay Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (born 5 February 1959) is an Indian cell biologist and a professor at the National Institute of Immunology. He is known for his studies on host-pathogens interaction and drug discovery and is an elected fellow of the India ...

(born 1959), Indian biologist *

Amitabh Rajan Amitabh Rajan (born 1 January 1955) is an Indian Administrative Service officer of Maharashtra cadre and the former Home Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. He headed the Reserve Bank of India Services Board as its Chairman f ...

, Indian banker *

Amitabh Shukla Amitabh Shukla is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi Cinema. He is most known for his work in films like '' Chak De! India'', ''Krrish'', ''Holiday'' and ''Chalte Chalte''. He was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in the 2007 fo ...

, Indian film editor *

Amitabh Singh Amitabh Singh is an Indian Space Scientist. He was Project Manager for Chandrayaan-1 Mission and Deputy Project Director & Operations Director for Chandrayaan-2 & 3 Mission at Indian Space Research Organization. He handled the optical payloa ...

, Indian space scientist *

Amitabha Singh Amitabha Singh is an Indian cinematographer and producer known for the film ''Khosla Ka Ghosla'' and the award-winning '' Chillar Party'', among others. '' The Good Road'', a 2013 film he produced, fetched numerous accolades and was screened ...

, Indian cinematographer *

Amitabh Thakur Amitabh Thakur is an ex-Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a political activist. He was given compulsory retirement in March 2021. During service, Amitabh was known for his strict adherence to rules and regulations as well as for his work ...

, Indian politician *

Amitabh Varshney Amitabh Varshney is an Indian-born American computer scientist. He is an IEEE fellow, and serves as Dean of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. Before being named Dean, Varshney was the director of t ...

, Indian-American computer scientist * ''Amitabha'' (bird), an Eocene fossil bird

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