Dutt is a family name of varied origins. The English family name "Dutt" is derived from Middle English language word ''dut'', meaning delight. The Indian family name Dutt is a variation of the surname Datta. People with the name include:

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* Amit Dutt, Indian scientist * Anil Dutt, Indian cricketer *

Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt (Bengali: অঞ্জন দত্ত) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter known for his work in the Bengali alternative music genre ''anyodharar gaan''. As an actor, Dutt began his career in Bengali cinema i ...

, Indian film personality *

Aroti Dutt Aroti Dutt (1924–2003) was a social worker from India. She was the world president of the Associated Countrywomen of the World for two terms, from 1965 to 1971, and subsequently their Member of Honour. She was also the international vice-pr ...

, Indian social worker *

Ashok Krishna Dutt Ashok Krishna Dutt was an Indian politician . He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Dum Dum in 1977 defeating Communist leader Indrajit Gupta. He was a Solicitor and Advocate and practiced in the Calcutta H ...

, Indian politician *

Ashwini Dutt Vyjayanthi Movies is an Indian Production company, film production company established in 1974 by C. Aswani Dutt. It is one of the biggest film production houses in Telugu cinema. Vyjayanthi Movies is especially known for its big-budget product ...

, Indian film producer *

Avijit Dutt Avijit Dutt is an Indian filmmaker, actor, theater director and communications consultant. Living and working out of New Delhi. He has done his masters from Calcutta University in English Literature and began his career at an English Faculty in ...

, is an Indian film and theatre personality * Ayesha Dutt, Indian film producer, model and actress *

Bahar Dutt Bahar Dutt (born 20 June 1975) is an Indian television journalist and environmental editor and columnist for CNN-IBN. Early life Bahar Dutt is the daughter of SP Dutt and Prabha Dutt, who was among India's first female journalists and influen ...

, Indian television journalist *

Barkha Dutt Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'. She is also an opinion columnist with ''The Hindus ...

, Indian television journalist * Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian independence activist and revolutionary *

Brahm Dutt Brahm Dutt (27 March 1926 – 5 October 2014) was an Indian politician and a member of the 8th Lok Sabha & 9th Lok Sabha. He represented the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha Constituency Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sa ...

, Indian politician * Chi. Guru Dutt, Indian actor * Ganesh Dutt, Indian lawyer and administrator * Geeta Dutt, Indian singer *

Gopal Datt ''Gopal Datt'' is an Indian actor and writer. Gopal Datt started as theater artist in 1999 until he got first starring role in Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai. He also went on to star in the blockbuster Tere Naam, Samrat & Co. and the National Award-win ...

, Indian actor and writer *

Guru Dutt Sondhi Guru Dutt Sondhi (10 December 1890 – 20 November 1966) ...

, Indian sports administrator *

Guru Dutt Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), better known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, choreographer, and writer.Rajadhyaksha, Ashish, and Paul Willemen. 9941998''Encyclopedia of Indian ...

, Indian film director, producer and actor *

Gurusaday Dutt Gurusaday Dutt (1882–1941) was a civil servant, folklorist, and writer. He was the founder of the ''Bratachari'' Movement in the 1930s. Early life and education Gurusaday was the son of the Ramkrishna Dutta Chaudhuri and Anandamayee Debi. ...

, Indian civil servant folklorist, and writer *

Gurusai Dutt Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt or R. M. V. Gurusaidutt or Gurusai Dutt born (on 1 March 1990) to RMV Bharadwaj and RM Anjana is a badminton player from India. He trains at the Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy. He won the gold medal at t ...

, Indian badminton player * Gyan Dutt, Indian music director * Keshav Dutt, Indian field hockey player * Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri, Indian politician *

Kyra Dutt Debi Dutta better known by her stage name Kyra Dutt is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. She was one of the models of the famous Kingfisher Calendar in 2013. She made her debut in a small role beside Ranbir Kapoo ...

, Indian actress * Maanayata Dutt, Indian entrepreneur * Mallika Dutt, Indian-American human rights activist * Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian Bengali-language dramatist and poet *

Nalinaksha Dutt Nalinaksha Dutt (1893–1973), was an Indian scholar of Buddhism, professor of Sanskrit and Pali at the University of Calcutta and chaired The Asiatic Society, among other representative functions, as Vice-President of the Maha Bodhi Society. H ...

, Indian politician * Narayan Dutt Sharma, Indian politician *

Nargis Dutt Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she made her screen debut in a minor role ...

, Indian film actress *

Neel Dutt Neel Dutt (born 7 March 1979) is an Indian composer and singer from Kolkata. He received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction from the Govt. of India in 2012 for the soundtrack of the Bengali film ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona'' (Ranjana ...

, Indian music composer and singer *

Nikil Dutt Nikil Dutt is a Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine, United States. Professor Dutt's research interests are in embedded systems, electronic design automation, computer architecture, optimizing compiler ...

, American professor of computer science *

Nirupama Dutt Nirupama Dutt (born 1955) is an Indian poet, journalist and translator. She writes poems in Punjabi, and translates them into English herself. A senior journalist with forty years of experience, she has worked with leading Indian newspapers and ...

, Indian poet, journalist and translator * Parvez Dewan, (Dewan Parvez Dutt), Indian author and administrator * Prabhabati Bose (Dutt), mother of Indian leader Subhas Chandra Bose * Priya Dutt, Indian politician *

Priyanka Dutt Priyanka Dutt Chalasani (born 19 December 1984) is an Indian film producer known for her work in Telugu cinema. She is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. Dutt studied film m ...

, Indian film producer *

Probodh Dutt Probodh Dutt (born 10 June 1917) was an Indian cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Bengal between 1935 and 1944. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Tw ...

, Indian cricketer * Rajani Palme Dutt, British politician * Ritika Dutt, Canadian entrepreneur * Robin Dutt, German football player * Romesh Chunder Dutt, Indian civil servant and writer *

Sadhan Dutt Sadhan Dutt (also spelt Sadhan Dutta) (1921-2008) was an Indian scientist and entrepreneur. Life and career Born on 29 May 1921, he finished his school education at Guwahati and graduated in mechanical and electrical engineering from Indi ...

, Indian scientist and entrepreneur *

Salme Pekkala-Dutt Salme Pekkala-Dutt (: Salme Anette Murrik) (29 August 1888 – 30 August 1964) was an Estonian-British communist politician, wife of Rajani Palme Dutt. The Finnish-Estonian author Hella Wuolijoki was her elder sister. Murrik was also grandaunt of ...

, Estonian-British communist politician, wife of Rajani Palme Dutt * Sanjay Balraj Dutt, Indian actor and film producer * Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor *

Saroj Nalini Dutt Saroj Nalini Dutt (''née'' De) MBE (9 October 1887 – 19 January 1925) was an Indian feminist and social reformer. Background She was born in her father, Brajendranath De’s, country house in Bandel, near Hooghly, in Bengal Province. Sh ...

, Indian feminist and social reformer *

Shekhar Dutt Shekhar Dutt was the governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Earlier he had served on various bureaucratic posts including, as an IAS officer, as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. Career Dutt belongs to the 196 ...

, Indian bureaucrat *

Subimal Dutt Subimal Dutt (সুবিমল দত্ত), OBE, ICS (5 December 1903 - 2 March 1992) was an Indian diplomat and ICS officer. He served as India's Commonwealth Secretary and later as Foreign Secretary under Jawaharlal Nehru and was also ...

, Indian diplomat3 *

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful film ...

, Indian wrestler *

, Indian movie actor and politician * Sunil K. Dutt, Indian photographer *

Swapna Dutt Swapna Dutt Chalasani (born 30 August 1981) is an Indian film producer based in Hyderabad. Swapna Dutt is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. She began her career in film ma ...

, Indian film producer * Toru Dutt, Indian Bengali-language poet * Tribhuvan Dutt, Indian politician * Uday Chand Dutt, Indian physician * Utpal Dutt, Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright * Vidya Prakash Dutt, Indian educationist and parliamentarian *

Yashica Dutt Yashica Dutt or Yashica Dutt Nidaniya is an Indian writer and freelance journalist who has written on topics including fashion, gender, identity, culture and caste. Following the response to her 2016 blog post, ‘Today, I’m coming out as Dal ...

, Indian writer and journalist *

Yogendra Dutt Yogendra Dutt is a Fijian professional football manager. From 2006 to 2009 he worked as manager for Ba F.C. In July 2009 Dutt is a new coach of Fiji national football team. From 2011 he again works as manager for Ba F.C. Honour * League Champi ...

, Fijian professional football manager *

Yogeshwar Dutt Yogeshwar Dutt (born 2 November 1982) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 60 kg category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. He won gold medals at th ...

, Indian wrestler

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Anvita Dutt Guptan Anvita Dutt Guptan (born 20 February 1972) is an Indian dialogue writer, screenplay writer, story writer, lyricist and director of Bollywood films. Early life and background Her father worked with the Indian Air Force (IAF), thus she grew in s ...

, Indian film writer *

Brahm Dutt Dwivedi Brahm Dutt Dwivedi (1938–1997) was an Indian cabinet minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh, and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Dwivedi was shot dead in Farrukhabad district in February 1997. His widow Prabha later contested ...

, Indian cabinet minister * Chandra Dutt Pande, Indian politician * Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi, Indian theatre personality and professor *

Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay (3 August 1898 – 26 June 1983) was an Indian politician, statesman, and leader in the Indian independence movement. He was a Member of Parliament from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, belonging to the Indian National Congress ...

, Indian politician * Shambhu Dutt Sharma, Indian independence and anti-corruption activist * Shri Dutt Sharma, Indian politician *

Som Dutt Battu Som Dutt Battu (born 11 April 1938) is a Shimla-based Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. He was a winner of the civilian honour of Himachal Gaurav. He is also a member of Empanelment Committee for Hindustani Music at Indian ...

, Indian vocalist *

Sunil Dutt Dwivedi Sunil Dutt Dwivedi is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Farrukhabad constituency in Farrukhabad of Uttar Pradesh. Political career Sunil Dutt Dwivedi contested Uttar Prad ...

, Indian politician * Vijay Dutt Shridhar, Indian journalist and writer

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