Santosh

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Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a given name in India and Nepal, usually masculine, sometimes feminine. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Happiness".

Notable people with the given name Santosh, male

Santosh Bagrodia, former MP, politician representing INC
Santosh Anand, Sealing Expert and Researcher
Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali scholar
Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya (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 (died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer
Santosh Joshi (born 1960), classical vocalist and instrumentalist
Santosh Juvekar, 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 (1920–1985), Bengali writer and journalist
Santosh Kumar Gupta (1936–1991), former Indian Navy admiral, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
Santosh Kumar Shukla, social worker, represented INC
Santosh Lad (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 (born 1934), political leader, represents INC, former MPs
Santhosh Narayanan (born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician
Santhosh Pandit, Malayalam film actor
Santosh Rana, politician, general secretary of Provisional Central Committee, CPI (ML), and former MLA
Santosh Rana (CPI), politician representing CPI, former MLA
Santosh Sahukhala (born 1988), Nepali international football player
Santosh Saroj, Bollywood screenwriter
Santosh Shah, Masterchef contestant
Santosh Sivan (born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala
Santosh Srinivas, film director
Santosh Thundiyil, cinematographer from Kerala
Santosh Vempala (born 1971), computer scientist
Anop Santosh (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 (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)

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