Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a
given name
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in
India
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and
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, usually masculine, sometimes feminine. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Happiness".
Notable people with the given name Santosh, male
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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 Mini ...
, former MP, politician representing INC
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Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali scholar
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Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya (1915–1971), lecturer
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Santosh Dutta, Bengali actor
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Santhosh Echikkanam, contemporary short story writer from Kerala
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Santosh Gangwar (born 1948), Indian politician representing BJP, former MP
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Santhosh George Kulangara (born 1971), cinematographer and travel writer
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Santhosh Jogi (died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer
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Santosh Joshi (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 (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 movement, Indian independence.
He represented Socialist Party (India), Social ...
, social worker, represented INC
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Santosh Lad (born 1975), politician representing INC, MLA from Karnataka
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Santosh Madhavan (born 1960), Godman from Kerala serving prison sentence for crimes committed
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Santosh Marray, Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama
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Santosh Mohan Dev (born 1934), political leader, represents INC, former MPs
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Santhosh Narayanan (born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician
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Santhosh Pandit, Malayalam film actor
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Santosh Rana, politician, general secretary of Provisional Central Committee, CPI (ML), and former MLA
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Santosh Rana (CPI), politician representing CPI, former MLA
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Santosh Sahukhala (born 1988), Nepali international football player
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Santosh Saroj, Bollywood screenwriter
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Santosh Shah, Masterchef contestant
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Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan ISC (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 ...
(born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala
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Santosh Srinivas, film director
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Santosh Thundiyil, cinematographer from Kerala
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Santosh Vempala (born 1971), computer scientist
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Anop Santosh (born 1991), Pakistani cricket player
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D. Santosh (born 1976), film and theatre actor from Mumbai
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Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997), Kashmiri painter
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Kolli Santosh Ravindranath (born 1983), screenwriter and director of Telugu and Kannada films
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N. Santosh Hegde (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 (born 1991), amateur boxer
Notable people with the given name Santosh, female
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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 from the Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency), Hoshiarpur constit ...
(born 1944), member of Lok Sabha, politician representing INC
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Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh (born 1960), former cricketer
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Santosh Yadav (born 1967), Indian mountaineer
* Santosh Saini, fictional title character of the movie ''
Santosh (2024 film)''
References
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Nepalese given names