Venkatesh

Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity.

Some notable persons with the name include:

Given name

• Akshay Venkatesh, number theorist and prize-winning mathematician
• A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
• A. Venkatesh (director), Tamil film director
• Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981), Australian mathematician of Indian descent
• Daggubati Venkatesh (born 1960), aka Victory Venkatesh, Indian film actor of Tollywood films
• G. K. Venkatesh (1927–1993), composer of film music in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
• Marthand K. Venkatesh, Indian film editor in Tollywood
• Mukta Venkatesh (1902–2003), Indian painting artist
• Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Kannada writer
• Poojashree Venkatesh, Indian tennis player
• Venkatesh Geriti, Indian political Activist
• Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan, Indian politician
• Venkatesh Iyer, Indian cricketer
• S. P. Venkatesh, Indian music composer
• Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1977), Indian football player
• Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar (died 1937), Marathi scholar
• Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, modern sociologist and urban ethnographer, American of Indian descent
• Swathi Venkatesh (born 1984), Russian-born Indian television presenter and actress
• T. G. Venkatesh, politician
• Venkatesh Kabde, Indian politician
• Venkatesh Ketakar, Indian astronomer
• Venkatesh Kulkarni (1945–1998), American novelist and academic
• Venkatesh Madgulkar, Marathi writer
• Venkatesh Prasad (born 1969), Indian cricketer