Santosh (), also spelled as Santhosh, is a

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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 Mini ...

, former MP, politician representing INC * Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali scholar * Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya (1915–1971), lecturer * Santosh Chowdhary (born 1944), member of Lok Sabha, politician representing INC *

Santosh Dutta Santosh Dutta ( Bengali: সন্তোষ দত্ত; 2 December 1925 – 5 March 1988) was a Bengali actor, best known for playing the character of Jatayu in Satyajit Ray's Feluda movie series ''Sonar Kella'' and '' Joi Baba Felunath''. ...

, Bengali actor *

Santhosh Echikkanam Santhosh Aechikkanam ( ml, സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം) is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, which include ''Komala'' and ''Biriyani' ...

, contemporary short story writer from Kerala *

Santosh Gangwar Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), f ...

(born 1948), India politician representing BJP, former MP *

Santhosh George Kulangara Santhosh George Kulangara (born 25 December 1971) is an Indian television producer, director, broadcaster, publisher, and traveler. He is the founder and managing director of Safari TV, a channel dedicated to travel and history-based programme ...

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

, Marathi film, television and stage actor *

Santosh Kashyap Santosh Kashyap is a football manager who is current head coach of Chennaiyin FC B. During his professional career, he represented India in international level and Mahindra United in the National Football League. Previously, he has been yout ...

(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. He represented Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress as an M.L ...

, social worker, represented INC *

Santosh Lad Santosh S. Lad (born 27 February 1975 in Sandur, India) is an Indian Congress politician (who represents Indian National Congress). He is a former Minister of Karnataka State for Information and Infrastructure. He was elected as MLA (Member ...

(born 1975), politician representing INC, MLA from Karnataka *

Santosh Madhavan Santosh Madhavan (born 7 June 1960) is an Indian Godman under the name of Amritha Chaithanya. Santosh Madhavan has been wanted by Interpol since 2004 for fraud committed in United Arab Emirates. A Dubai-based Indian woman, Serafin Edwin, accused h ...

(born 1960), Godman from Kerala serving prison sentence for crimes conducted * 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 offi ...

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

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry. Early life Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirapp ...

(born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician * Santhosh Pandit, 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. A ...

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

Santosh Sahukhala Santosh Sahukhala ( ne, सन्तोष साहुखल; born 10 January 1988) is a Nepali international football player. Early life As a child he played at the Madhyapur Football Club. His elder brother Bal Gopal Sahukhala is also a p ...

(born 1988), Nepali international football player *

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' He ...

, Bollywood screenwriter *

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

, Masterchef contestant *

Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan (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 dat ...

(born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala * Santosh Srinivas, 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 edu ...

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

Santosh Yadav Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 199 ...

(born 1967), mountaineer * Anop Santosh (born 1991), Pakistani cricket player * Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh (born 1960), former cricketer *

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 *

Ghulam Rasool Santosh Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929 – March 10, 1997), also known as G. R. Santosh, was a prominent Indian painter and poet. He was best known for his themes inspired by Kashmir Shaivism. In 1979, he became the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for ...

(1929–1997), Kashmiri painter * Kolli Santosh Ravindranath (born 1983), screenplay and story writer in 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

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