Venkatesh Explained

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