Bhattacharya (surname) explained

Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin surname.^[1] In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, together with Banerjees, Chatterjees, Gangulys and Mukherjees, form the Kulin Brahmins.^[2]

Notables

• A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s
• Abhi Bhattacharya (1921−1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema
• Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 1958), Indian playback singer and composer
• Abhinash Bhattacharya, leader in revolutionary movement for Indian independence
• Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian film director and screenwriter, Raakh
• Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of digital communication
• Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood
• Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian actor
• Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian politician, Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and President, West Bengal Youth Congress
• Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian footballer
• Arundhati Bhattacharya, Indian banker (former Chairman, State Bank of India)
• Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (1919−2016), Indian archaeologist
• Atanu Bhattacharya, Indian football goalkeeper coach
• B. B. Bhattacharya, Indian economist and educationist
• Basu Bhattacharya (1934−1997), Indian film director (Bollywood)
• Bhabani Bhattacharya (1906-1988), Indian writer, Indo-English literature
• Bibhu Bhattacharya (1944−2011), Indian male actor in Bengali cinema
• Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907−1986), Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist
• Bijon Bhattacharya (1917−1978), Indian theatre and film personality
• Bikash Bhattacharya, Indian politician
• Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1924−1997), Indian novelist and modern Assamese littérateur
• Biswajit Bhattacharya, Indian footballer, manager, and head coach on many prominent Indian domestic league teams
• Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (born 1944), Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–2011)
• Chandril Bhattacharya, Indian singer
• Charu Chandra Bhattacharya (1883−1961), prominent Indian science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla
• Chitra Bhattacharya (1926-2010), Bangladeshi politician from the Awami League and member of parliament
• Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, Indian political artist of the mid-20th century
• Debashish Bhattacharya (born 1963), Indian classical musician who plays the lap slide guitar
• Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladeshi economist and public policy analyst
• Deben Bhattacharya (1921−2001), Indian radio producer, record producer, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, photographer
• Debesh Bhattacharya (1914-2004), Bangladeshi jurist and judge (Appellate level of the Bangladesh Supreme Court)
• Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Indian television actress
• Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Indian singer (son of Surendranath Bhattacharya)
• Dipankar Bhattacharya, Indian politician
• Durga Mohan Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and professor of Sanskrit.
• Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, celebrated Indian political scientist.
• Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya (died 1831), Indian journalist, teacher and reformer
• Gautam Bhattacharya, Indian sports journalist, sports editor of the Ananda Bazar Patrika
• Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895−1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist
• Haridas Bhattacharya (1891−1956), Indian philosopher and educationist
• Hiren Bhattacharyya (1932-2012), Indian Assamese language poet
• Jaya Bhattacharya, Indian television actress
• Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, Indian pandit and one of a group of Hindu nationalists who held a benevolent view of the traditional role of caste in Indian society
• Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1769–1821), Indian poet of the late 18th century
• Kanailal Bhattacharya, Indian educationist, former minister of Commerce and Indrustries and food department, West Bengal
• Kanailal Bhattacharya, Indian nationalist
• Kankan Bhattacharyya, Indian scientist prominent for work on modern non-linear laser spectroscopy
• Kedarnath Bhattacharya, Indian municipal leader, first elected vice-chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation
• Kumar Sanu/Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 1957), Indian playback singer
• Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (1875−1949), Indian philosopher (Calcutta University)
• Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE (1940−2019), British Indian engineer, educator and government advisor
• Lilabati Bhattacharjee, Indian mineralogist and former Director (Mineral Physics), Geological Survey of India
• Lokenath Bhattacharya (1927−2001), prolific Indo-French writer and philosopher
• Madhuri Bhattacharya, Indian actress and former model who has appeared in Kannada and Bollywood films
• Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya CIE (1836−1906), Indian scholar of Sanskrit, principal of the Sanskrit College for over 18 years
• Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Indian football international player and a club level coach and manager
• Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948−2014), Indian writer
• Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya (1888−1967), Indian politician, Commissioner of the Berhampore Municipality from 1932 to 1948
• Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (1921−2016), Indian Assamese language poet and literary critic
• Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya (1887−1954), Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, known as M. N. Roy
• Nirmalendu Bhattacharya (died 2020), Indian politician
• Nivedita Bhattacharya, Indian actress
• P. C. Bhattacharya, Indian central banker, seventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967
• Panchanan Bhattacharya (1853−1919), Indian yogi and chief disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shama Churun Lahiri Mahasaya
• Pannalal Bhattacharya, Indian singer
• Rinki Bhattacharya (born 1942), Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker
• Ritwik Bhattacharya, Indian squash player
• Sameer Bhattacharya, Indian American guitarist for Texas rock band Flyleaf
• Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British Indian journalist based in the US
• Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924−2011), Indian scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
• Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya, Bangladeshi professor at Dhaka University and an intellectual martyr in the Bangladesh Liberation War
• Sharmila Bhattacharya, Indian American head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center
• Shoumo Bhattacharya, Indian medical doctor and academic
• Siva Brata Bhattacherjee (1921−2003), Indian Professor of physics and crystallographer, University of Calcutta
• Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
• Subrata Bhattacharya, Indian football Defender who played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup
• Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950−2015), Indian novelist
• Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926−1947), Indian language poet and playwright
• Suma Bhattacharya, Indian model and film actress
• Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 - 2015), Indian footballer and veteran coach, first official coach of East Bengal Club, Indian Women's Football Team and Bengal Women's Football Team
• Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Indian politician
• Tarun Bhattacharya, Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer
• Utpal Bhattacharya, Indian American finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business
• Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, Indian architect, chief city planner of Jaipur
• Shishir Bhattacharja, Bangladeshi linguist and writer

Notes and References

1. Book: . 8 May 2023 . Dictionary of American Family Names . 6 September 2023 . 153 . . 978-0-19-508137-4 . en .
2. Book: Hopkins, Thomas J. . Krishna consciousness in the West . David G. . Bromley . Larry D. . Shinn . The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West . Bucknell University Press . 1989 . 978-0-8387-5144-2 . https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 . 35–36 . 31 October 2011.