Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a
Hindu
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masculine given name. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Gratification".
Notable people with the
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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 ...
, former MP, politician representing INC
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Santosh Bhattacharyya
Santosh Bhattacharyya (1 November 1924 – 10 March 2011) was a Bengali Indian scholar, who served as a Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India.
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He was born in Calcutta on 1 November 1924 in a Brahmin family ...
(1924–2011), Bengali scholar
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Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya
Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya ( bn, সন্তোষচন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য) (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 B ...
(1915–1971), lecturer
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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
The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislat ...
(born 1944), member of Lok Sabha, politician representing INC
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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), India politician representing BJP, former MP
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Santhosh George Kulangara (born 1971), cinematographer and travel writer
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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''. His most memorable roles were in ''Mayavi'', in wh ...
(died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer
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Santosh Joshi
Pandit Santosh Joshi (born July 2, 1960) is an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical tradition. He is a member of the Joshi Gharana, a branch of the Lucknow gharana (tabla), Lucknow tabla gharana. He is known f ...
(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 (1920–1985), Bengali writer and journalist
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Santosh Kumar Gupta
Rear Admiral Santosh Kumar Gupta, MVC, NM is a former flag officer of the Indian Navy. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, the nation's second-highest gallantry award for his command of INAS 300 during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.
Maha Vir Chakr ...
(1936–1991), former Indian Navy admiral, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
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Santosh Kumar Shukla, 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 conducted
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Santosh Marray
Santosh Kumar Marray (born 1957) is the eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Easton. Before this, he served as assistant bishop for both the Diocese of Alabama (2012-2016) and the Diocese of East Carolina (2009-2012). Prior t ...
, 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
Santhosh Pandit is an Indian actor, producer, singer, film editor, philanthropist and internet celebrity.Srikandath, Sivaram (16 November 2011The Curious Case of Santosh Pandit Manorama Online. He is known for the 2011 low-budget film '' Krish ...
, 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)
Santosh Rana is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI w ...
, politician representing CPI, former MLA
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Santosh Sahukhala (born 1988), Nepali international football player
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Santosh Saroj
Santosh Saroj is a Bollywood screenwriter and dialogue writer mostly known for films like ' Agneepath',' Major Saab'.His last film as writer was Sirf, released in 2008.He was also assistant director for films like ' Mausam','Raaste Ka Patthar' ...
, Bollywood screenwriter
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Santosh Shah, Masterchef contestant
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Santosh Sivan (born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala
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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
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Santosh Thundiyil, cinematographer from Kerala
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Santosh Vempala
Santosh Vempala (born 18 October 1971) is a prominent computer scientist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His main work has been in the area of Theoretical Computer Science.
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(born 1971), computer scientist
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Santosh Yadav (born 1967), mountaineer
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Anop Santosh
Anop Ravi Santosh Kumar (Urdu : انوپ روی سنتوش کمار ) (born 23 June 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer. He was a member of the Pakistan U-19 national cricket team. He is a wicketkeeping batsman and plays for Pakistan International Ai ...
(born 1991), Pakistani cricket player
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Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh
Arunadhati Ghosh (born 1960) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She played a total of eight Tests
Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to:
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(born 1960), former cricketer
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D. Santosh
D. Santosh (born 26 September 1976) is an Indian film and theatre actor from Trichy, Tamil Nadu who works in Hindi films and theatre plays.
Early life
Santosh was born on 19 September 1976. He is an engineering graduate from PSG Tech, Coimb ...
(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
K. S. Ravindra, popularly known as Bobby, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu language, Telugu cinema. He won Best Debut Director Award for ''Power (2014 Telugu film), Power'' (2014) at Santosham Film Awards.
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(born 1983), screenplay and story writer in Telugu and Kannada films
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N. Santosh Hegde
Nitte Santosh Hegde (born 16 June 1940) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Solicitor General of India and was Lokayukta (ombudsman) for Karnataka State of India from 2006 to 2011.
Early life
Santosh Hegde was born in a Tulu ...
(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
T. V. Santhosh (born 1968 in Kerala) is an Indian artist based in Mumbai. He obtained his graduate degree in painting from Santiniketan and master's degree in Sculpture from M.S. University, Baroda. Santhosh has acquired a major presence in ...
(born 1968), artist
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V. Santhosh Kumar
Virothu Santhosh Kumar (born 15 November 1991) is an amateur boxer from India. He competes in 61 – 64 kg category. Santhosh won Silver medal in 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. He was defeated by Daniyar Yeleussinov of Kaz ...
(born 1991), amateur boxer
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