The name Mahesh (/mahe-sh/) is short version of a name of Sanskrit origin, Maheswara or Umamaheswara, meaning "GREAT RULER " (Mahaa + Ishwar). It is a popular name for Hindu boys as it is one of the names of Shiva. People with the name include:

Those known by the single name

Mahesh (actor) Mahesh is an Indian actor in Malayalam films and television serials. He came into the movie industry as a hero and later started doing negative roles and supporting roles. Career He started his career as an assistant director for the director ...

, Indian Malayalam film actor *

Mahesh (Tamil actor) Mahesh (born 3 May 1990) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut in the 2010 film, ''Angadi Theru'', directed by Vasanthabalan. Career Mahesh was spotted by Vasanthabalan's assistants while playing for hi ...

, Indian Tamil film actor

Sport

Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he ...

(born 1974), Indian tennis player * Mahesh Bogahalanda (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Mahesh Chhetri Mahesh Kumar Chhetri ( ne, महेश कुमार क्षेत्री) (born 26 January 1988) is a Nepalese cricketer. Mahesh is a right-handed opening batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Nepal against Singapore in Apri ...

(born 1988), Nepali cricketer *

Mahesh Gawli Mahesh Gawli (born 23 January 1980) is an Indian football coach and former footballer who played as a centre-back and represented India national football team on 68 occasions between 2000 and 2011. Club career Gawli was born in Goa and began ...

(born 1980), Indian footballer *

Mahesh Hemantha Mahesh Hemantha was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. Hemantha made his first-class debut during the Saravanamuttu Trophy competition of 1991–92, playing for Kalutara Physical Culture Centre. Hemantha's career began unstead ...

, Sri Lankan cricketer *

Mahesh Mangaonkar Mahesh Mangaonkar (born 23 March 1994 in Mumbai) is a professional squash player who represented India. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 44 in January 2015. He won the prestigious British Junior Open Under-15 category in 2009 ...

(born 1994), Indian squash player *

Mahesh Rawat Mahesh Rawat (born 25 October 1985) is an Indian cricketer who is also the captain of Railways cricket team, Indian Railways cricket team. He played with Rajasthan Royals and was part of the Pune Warriors India team in the Indian Premier League. ...

(born 1985), Indian cricketer *

Mahesh Rodrigo Mahesha Rodrigo (30 June 1928 – 7 January 2011) was a Ceylonese sportsman who represented his country in first-class cricket and rugby union. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and played for the First XI cricket team and First XV rugb ...

(1928 - 2011), Sri Lankan cricketer and rugby player *

Yo Mahesh Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh (born 21 December 1987), is a former Indian cricketer who played for Tamil Nadu. He is a right-hand batsman and bowls with his right hand. He studied in St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. He broke ...

(born 1987), Indian cricketer

Entertainment

Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Award ...

(born 1975), Indian film actor *

Mahesh Aney Mahesh Aney is an Indian cinematographer. Career A Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) graduate with specialization in cinematography, Mahesh Aney has shot more than a thousand commercials including some award-winning films for Pepsi ...

, Indian cinematographer *

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...

(born 1946), Indian film director, producer and screenwriter *

Mahesh Shetty Mahesh Shetty (born 21 May 1984) is an Indian actor who works in television serials and Bollywood films. He made his television debut with '' Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' (2008) as Balraj Sahni. He is known for portraying Siddhant Kapoor in So ...

Indian Television and Film Actor *

Mahesh Dattani Mahesh Dattani (born 7 August 1958) is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer. He wrote such plays as ''Final Solutions'', ''Dance Like a Man'', ''Bravely Fought the Queen'', ''On a Muggy Night in Mumbai'', ''Tara'', ''Thirty Days in ...

(born 1958), Indian director, actor and writer *

Mahesh Elkunchwar Mahesh Elkunchwar (born 9 October 1939) is an Indian playwright and screenplay writer in Marathi language with more than 20 plays to his name, in addition to his theoretical writings, critical works, and his active work in India's ''Parallel Cin ...

(born 1939), Indian playwright *

Mahesh Kothare Mahesh Amber Kothare (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ koʈʰaːɾe born 28 September 1953) is an Indian List of Marathi film actors, film actor, List of Indian film directors, director and producer of Marathi cinema, Marat ...

, Indian actor, director and producer *

Mahesh Mahadevan Mahesh Mahadevan was an Indian film composer in the 1990s. Over the last decade of the 20th century, Mahesh composed more than 250 popular advertising jingles including the extremely popular Regaul Blue jingle. He also composed the music for six ...

(1955–2002), Indian film music composer *

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

(born 1953), Indian director, actor, writer and producer *

Mahesh Thakur Mahesh Thakur is an Indian actor who has played roles in many films, TV serials and web series. He has authored a book titled I-Quotes which was published in early 2021 by Popular Prakashan Popular Prakashan is an Indian independent publis ...

, Indian actor *

Erode Mahesh Erode Mahesh is an Indian television presenter, actor, writer, comedian, video jockey and educator. He is well known for his works in the television field and is currently serving as one of the judges in the comedy premiere show, ''Kalakka Pova ...

, Indian actor and television personality

Other

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 1918

(1917–2008), Indian spiritual leader * Mahesh Das or Maheshdas Bhat (1528–1586), real name of

Birbal Birbal (; born Mahesh Das; 1528 16 February 1586), or Raja Birbal, was a Saraswat Hindu Bhatt Brahmin advisor and main commander (''Mukhya Senapati'') of army in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. He is mostly known in the Indian subcon ...

, Grand Vizier in the court of Mughal emperor Akbar * Mahesh Kumar Kanodia (1937 - 2020), Indian politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *

Mahesh Madhavan Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/1964) is an Indian businessman, and the CEO of Bacardi, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, since September 2017. Early life Madhavan was born in Madras (now Chennai Chennai ( ...

(born 1963/64), Indian businessman, CEO of Bacardi *

Mahesh Rangarajan Mahesh Rangarajan (born 22 April 1964) is a researcher, author and historian with a special interest in environmental history and colonial history of ''British and contemporary India''. He has taught Environmental Studies and History at Ashoka U ...

(born 1964), Indian author and historian Sanskrit-language names {{given-name-stub