Venkatesh

Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity. Notable persons with the name include:


 * A. Venkatesh Naik (1936 - 2015), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
 * A. Venkatesh (director), Tamil film director
 * Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981), Australian mathematician of Indian descent
 * 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 B. Ketkar (1857–1930), Marathi scholar and astronomer
 * Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, modern sociologist and urban ethnographer, American of Indian descent
 * T. G. Venkatesh, Indian businessman and politician
 * Venkatesh (actor) (born 1960), aka Victory Venkatesh, Indian film actor of Telugu films
 * Venkatesh Kabde, Indian politician
 * Venkatesh Kulkarni (1945–1998), American novelist and academic
 * Vyankatesh Madgulkar (1927–2001), Marathi writer
 * Venkatesh Prasad (born 1969), Indian cricketer