Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a
Hindu masculine given name. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Gratification".
Notable people with the
given name Santosh
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Santosh Bagrodia
Shri Santosh Bagrodia a politician from Indian National Congress was a Member of the Parliament of India. He represented Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament till 2010.
On 6 April 2008, he became the Coal ...
, former MP, politician representing INC
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Santosh Bhattacharyya
Santosh Bhattacharyya (1 November 1924 – 10 March 2011) was a Bengali Indian scholar, who served as a Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India.
Early life
He was born in Calcutta on 1 November 1924 in a Brahmin family ...
(1924–2011), Bengali scholar
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Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya (1915–1971), lecturer
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Santosh Chowdhary
Santosh Chowdhary (born 5 October 1944) is an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India
The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskri ...
(born 1944), member of Lok Sabha, politician representing INC
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Santosh Dutta
Santosh Dutta (Bengali: সন্তোষ দত্ত; 2 December 1925 – 5 March 1988) was a Bengali actor, best known for playing the character of Jatayu in Satyajit Ray's Feluda movie series ''Sonar Kella'' and '' Joi Baba Felunath''.
Ear ...
, Bengali actor
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Santhosh Echikkanam, contemporary short story writer from Kerala
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Santosh Gangwar
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), ...
(born 1948), India politician representing BJP, former MP
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Santhosh George Kulangara (born 1971), cinematographer and travel writer
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Santhosh Jogi
Santhosh Jogi (
1975 – 13 April 2010) was an Indian film actor and singer who acted in more than 30 films in Malayalam cinema. He marked his debut in a 2004 Malayalam movie, ''Two Wheeler''. His most memorable roles were in '' Mayavi'', in wh ...
(died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer
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Santosh Joshi
Pandit Santosh Joshi (born July 2, 1960) is an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical tradition. He is a member of the Joshi Gharana, a branch of the Lucknow gharana (tabla), Lucknow tabla gharana. He is known f ...
(born 1960), classical vocalist and instrumentalist
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Santosh Juvekar, Marathi film, television and stage actor
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Santosh Kashyap (born 1966), football coach
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Santosh Kumar (1925–1982), name by which the Pakistani film actor Syed Musa Raza was popularly known as
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Santosh Kumar Ghosh
Santosh Kumar Ghosh (9 September 1920 – 26 February 1985) was an Indian Bengali litterateur and a journalist of repute.
Early life
Born in Faridpur district of what is now in Bangladesh, Santosh Kumar had his ancestral house in Barisal distri ...
(1920–1985), Bengali writer and journalist
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Santosh Kumar Gupta
Rear Admiral Santosh Kumar Gupta, MVC, NM is a former flag officer of the Indian Navy. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, the nation's second-highest gallantry award for his command of INAS 300 during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.
Maha Vir Chakr ...
(1936–1991), former Indian Navy admiral, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
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Santosh Kumar Shukla
Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla (Pronounced ; Rām Kiśōr Śukla) (4 September 1923 – 11 December 2003) was an Indian politician and an activist for Indian independence.
He represented Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress as an M.L ...
, social worker, represented INC
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Santosh Lad
Santosh S. Lad (born 27 February 1975 in Sandur, India) is an Indian Congress politician (who represents Indian National Congress). He is a former Minister of Karnataka State for Information and Infrastructure. He was elected as MLA (Member ...
(born 1975), politician representing INC, MLA from Karnataka
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Santosh Madhavan
Santosh Madhavan (born 7 June 1960) is an Indian Godman under the name of Amritha Chaithanya. Santosh Madhavan has been wanted by Interpol since 2004 for fraud committed in United Arab Emirates. A Dubai-based Indian woman, Serafin Edwin, accused h ...
(born 1960), Godman from Kerala serving prison sentence for crimes conducted
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Santosh Marray, Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
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Santosh Mohan Dev
Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in office as the Member of P ...
(born 1934), political leader, represents INC, former MPs
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Santhosh Narayanan
Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry.
Early life
Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappa ...
(born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician
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Santhosh Pandit
Santhosh Pandit is an Indian actor, producer, singer, film editor, philanthropist and internet celebrity.Srikandath, Sivaram (16 November 2011The Curious Case of Santosh Pandit Manorama Online. He is known for the 2011 low-budget film '' Krish ...
, Malayalam film actor
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Santosh Rana
Santosh Rana (1942 – 29 June 2019) was an Indian politician. In the 1960s, he was a prominent figure in the armed struggle of the Naxalites led by Charu Majumdar. Rana received Ananda Puraskar for his book ''Rajnitir Ek Jibon'' in 2018.
A ...
, politician, general secretary of Provisional Central Committee, CPI (ML), and former MLA
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Santosh Rana (CPI)
Santosh Rana is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI w ...
, politician representing CPI, former MLA
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Santosh Sahukhala
Santosh Sahukhala ( ne, सन्तोष साहुखल; born 10 January 1988) is a Nepali international football player.
Early life
As a child he played at the Madhyapur Football Club. His elder brother Bal Gopal Sahukhala is also a p ...
(born 1988), Nepali international football player
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Santosh Saroj
Santosh Saroj is a Bollywood screenwriter and dialogue writer mostly known for films like ' Agneepath',' Major Saab'.His last film as writer was Sirf, released in 2008.He was also assistant director for films like ' Mausam','Raaste Ka Patthar' ...
, Bollywood screenwriter
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Santosh Shah
Santosh Shah is a Nepalese chef based on London, known for competing in the UK’s reality cookery TV series BBC MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020. Declared second runner up, Santosh is credited for popularising Nepalese cuisine in the UK. ...
, Masterchef contestant
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Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has to date ...
(born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala
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Santosh Srinivas
Santosh Srinivas Rowthu is an Indian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer who works in Telugu cinema. He directed '' Kandireega'' which featured Ram Pothineni in lead role.
Early life and career
Santosh was born and brought up in Vis ...
, film director
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Santosh Thundiyil
Santosh Thundiyil is an Indian cinematographer. He is best known for films like ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998), '' Devadoothan'' (2000), ''Krrish'' (2006), '' Pinjar'' (2003), ''Rowdy Rathore'' (2012) and '' Jai Ho'' (2014).
Early life and educ ...
, cinematographer from Kerala
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Santosh Vempala
Santosh Vempala (born 18 October 1971) is a prominent computer scientist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His main work has been in the area of Theoretical Computer Science.
Biography
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(born 1971), computer scientist
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Santosh Yadav
Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 ...
(born 1967), mountaineer
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Anop Santosh
Anop Ravi Santosh Kumar (Urdu : انوپ روی سنتوش کمار ) (born 23 June 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer. He was a member of the Pakistan U-19 national cricket team. He is a wicketkeeping batsman and plays for Pakistan International Ai ...
(born 1991), Pakistani cricket player
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Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh
Arunadhati Ghosh (born 1960) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of eight Tests
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to mea ...
(born 1960), former cricketer
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D. Santosh
D. Santosh (born 26 September 1976) is an Indian film and theatre actor from Trichy, Tamil Nadu who works in Hindi films and theatre plays.
Early life
Santosh was born on 19 September 1976. He is an engineering graduate from PSG Tech, Coimb ...
(born 1976), film and theatre actor from Mumbai
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Ghulam Rasool Santosh
Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as G. R. Santosh, was a prominent Indian painter and poet. He was best known for his themes inspired by Kashmir Shaivism. In 1979, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for ...
(1929–1997), Kashmiri painter
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Kolli Santosh Ravindranath
K. S. Ravindra, popularly known as Bobby, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu language, Telugu cinema. He won Best Debut Director Award for ''Power (2014 Telugu film), Power'' (2014) at Santosham Film Awards.
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(born 1983), screenplay and story writer in Telugu and Kannada films
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N. Santosh Hegde
Nitte Santosh Hegde (born 16 June 1940) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Solicitor General of India and was Lokayukta (ombudsman) for Karnataka State of India from 2006 to 2011.
Early life
Santosh Hegde was born in a Tu ...
(born 1940), Indian jurist, former Supreme Court justice
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Sanigaram Santosh Reddy (born 1942), political leader, former MLA
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T. V. Santhosh (born 1968), artist
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V. Santhosh Kumar
Virothu Santhosh Kumar (born 15 November 1991) is an amateur boxer from India. He competes in 61 – 64 kg category. Santhosh won Silver medal in 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. He was defeated by Daniyar Yeleussinov of Kaz ...
(born 1991), amateur boxer
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