Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from
Venkateswara
Venkateswara, also known by various other names, is a form of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara is the presiding deity of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, located in Tirupati, Sri Balaji District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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, a Hindu deity.
Notable persons with the name include:
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A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
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A. Venkatesh (director)
A. Venkatesh is an Indian film director and actor working in Tamil cinema. Beginning his career as an assistant, he directed his first film, '' Mahaprabhu'', in 1996.
Career
Initially, he worked as an assistant to director K. Rajeshwar on ''N ...
, Tamil film director
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Akshay Venkatesh
Akshay Venkatesh (born 21 November 1981) is an Australian mathematician and a professor (since 15 August 2018) at the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests are in the fields of counting, equidistribu ...
(born 1981), Australian mathematician of Indian descent
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G. K. Venkatesh
Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (21 September 1927 – 17 November 1993) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Ta ...
(1927–1993), composer of film music in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
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Marthand K. Venkatesh
Marthand K. Venkatesh is an Indian film editor who mostly works for Telugu films, and is the winner of four Nandi Awards.
Life and career
Venkatesh is son of noted Telugu film editor K. A. Marthand. He used to assist his father in editing for ...
, Indian film editor in Tollywood
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Mukta Venkatesh (1902–2003), Indian painting artist
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Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Kannada writer
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Poojashree Venkatesh, Indian tennis player
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Venkatesh Geriti
Venkatesh Geriti is an Indian classical liberal, anti-corruption activist, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Swatantrata Center and India's Future Foundation, an educational organization in Hyderabad, and a scholar at Atlas Summit. ...
, Indian political activist
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Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan, Indian politician
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Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer (born 25 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh cricket team, Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy, domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Domestic career
Iyer made ...
, Indian cricketer
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S. P. Venkatesh
S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He was at his prime in the late 80s and 90s, being reputed for his background scores and songs ...
, Indian music composer
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Shanmugam Venkatesh
Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 23 November 1978) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer and currently, the assistant manager of East Bengal. He is an AFC A License coach.
Honours Player
Salgaocar
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(born 1977), Indian football player
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Shridhar Venkatesh B. Ketkar (1857–1930), Marathi scholar and astronomer
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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held continuously since 1999. In his ...
, modern sociologist and urban ethnographer, American of Indian descent
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T. G. Venkatesh, Indian businessman and politician
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Venkatesh (actor)
Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few hindi films. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film '' Kaliyuga Pandavulu'' for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a c ...
(born 1960), aka Victory Venkatesh, Indian film actor of Telugu films
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Venkatesh Kabde, Indian politician
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Venkatesh Kulkarni
Venkatesh Srinivas Kulkarni (1945 – May 3, 1998) was an Indian-American novelist and academic.
Early life and education
Kulkarni was born in India and graduated from university at age 17. He was originally scheduled to go to medical schoo ...
(1945–1998), American novelist and academic
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Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 - 27 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi language, Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra cal ...
(1927–2001), Marathi writer
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Venkatesh Prasad
Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad (; born 5 August 1969), is a former Indian cricketer, Cricket Coach , Commentator who played Tests and ODIs. He made his debut in 1994. Primarily a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prasad was noted for his bowling ...
(born 1969), Indian cricketer
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