Akhilesh

Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist
 * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University
 * Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 1986), Indian film director and screenwriter
 * Akhilesh Reddy, British physician-scientist at the Francis Crick Institute in London
 * Akhilesh Sahani (born 1994), Indian cricketer
 * Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962), Indian politician and former Member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha
 * Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
 * Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party
 * Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (born 1956), Indian plant biologist and the director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research
 * Akhilesh Yadav (born 1973), Indian politician and the current President of the Samajwadi Party