Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a

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, usually masculine, sometimes feminine. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Happiness".

Notable people with the given name Santosh, male

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 * Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali scholar *

Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya () (30 August 1915 – 14 December 1971) was a senior lecturer of the department of history at the University of Dhaka, who was killed by an Al Badr squad on 14 December 1971. Early life Bhattacharya came from a B ...

(1915–1971), lecturer * Santosh Dutta, Bengali actor * Santhosh Echikkanam, contemporary short story writer from Kerala * Santosh Gangwar (born 1948), Indian politician representing BJP, former MP * Santhosh George Kulangara (born 1971), cinematographer and travel writer *

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'' and played the main antagonist in ''Mayavi''. Person ...

(died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer * Santosh Joshi (born 1960), classical vocalist and instrumentalist *

Santosh Juvekar Santosh Juvekar is an Indian film, television and stage actor. Known for his work in Marathi films. He has also acted in Hindi films and Web series. Career Juvekar started with his acting career in 2004 with the Marathi play ''Aani Makarand ...

, Marathi film, television and stage actor * Santosh Kashyap (born 1966), football coach * Santosh Kumar (1925–1982), name by which the Pakistani film actor Syed Musa Raza was popularly known as *

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 * Santosh Kumar Gupta (1936–1991), former Indian Navy admiral, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra *

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 *

Santosh Lad Santosh Shivaji Lad (born 27 February 1975) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka, and is a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kalghatgi Assembly con ...

(born 1975), politician representing INC, MLA from Karnataka * Santosh Madhavan (born 1960), Godman from Kerala serving prison sentence for crimes committed * Santosh Marray, Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama *

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 of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in offic ...

(born 1934), political leader, represents INC, former MPs *

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan (born 15 May 1983) is an Indian film composer and musician who has predominately worked in Tamil cinema, while also having some Telugu and Malayalam films to his credit. He is known for his collaborations with Pa. Ranjith ...

(born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician *

Santhosh Pandit Santhosh Pandit is an Indian actor, producer, screenwriter, composer, singer, and film editor.Srikandath, Sivaram (16 November 2011The Curious Case of Santosh Pandit Manorama Online. He is best known for his 2011 low-budget film '' Krishnanum R ...

, Malayalam film actor *

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. Agr ...

, politician, general secretary of Provisional Central Committee, CPI (ML), and former MLA *

Santosh Rana (CPI) Santosh Rana is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India. He studied at Bhattar College at Danton, graduating with a B.A. in 1969. He contested the Tamluk Tamluk (), is a town and a municipality in the Indian Stat ...

, politician representing CPI, former MLA *

Santosh Sahukhala Santosh Sahukhala (; born 10 January 1988) is a Nepali international football forward. Early life As a child he played at the Madhyapur Football Club. His elder brother Bal Gopal Sahukhala is also a professional footballer. He started playi ...

(born 1988), Nepali international football player *

Santosh Saroj Santosh Saroj is a Bollywood screenwriter and dialogue writer mostly known for films like ' Agneepath (1990) and '' Shahenshah'' (1988)','Major Saab (1998)'.His last film as writer was Sirf, released in 2008.He was also assistant director for fi ...

, Bollywood screenwriter *

Santosh Shah Santosh Shah is a Nepalese chef based in London, known for competing in the UK's reality cookery TV series BBC MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020. Declared first runner up, Santosh is credited for popularising Nepalese cuisine in the UK and ...

, Masterchef contestant *

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 *

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 *

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 ...

, cinematographer from Kerala * Santosh Vempala (born 1971), computer scientist *

Anop Santosh Anop Ravi Santosh Kumar (Urdu : انوپ روی سنتوش کمار) (born 23 June 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer who currently represents Canada in international cricket. He was a member of the Pakistan U-19 national cricket team. He is a wick ...

(born 1991), Pakistani cricket player * D. Santosh (born 1976), film and theatre actor from Mumbai * Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997), Kashmiri painter * Kolli Santosh Ravindranath (born 1983), screenwriter and director of Telugu and Kannada films * N. Santosh Hegde (born 1940), Indian jurist, former Supreme Court justice * Sanigaram Santosh Reddy (born 1942), political leader, former MLA * T. V. Santhosh (born 1968), artist * V. Santhosh Kumar (born 1991), amateur boxer

Notable people with the given name Santosh, female

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 * Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh (born 1960), former cricketer * Santosh Yadav (born 1967), Indian mountaineer * Santosh Saini, fictional title character of the movie ''

Santosh (2024 film) ''Santosh'' is a 2024 Hindi-language police procedural crime drama film written and directed by Sandhya Suri. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, India, Germany, and France. Set in rural north India, it stars Shahana Go ...

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