Santosh (Sanskrit: संतोष), also spelled as Santhosh, is a Hindu masculine given name. The name means "Satisfaction" or "Gratification".Notable people with the given name Santosh Santosh Bagrodia, former MP, politician representing INC Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali scholar Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya (1915–1971), lecturer Santosh Chowdhary (born 1944), member of Lok Sabha, politician representing INC Santosh Dutta, Bengali actor Santhosh Echikkanam, contemporary short story writer from Kerala Santosh Gangwar (born 1948), India politician representing BJP, former MP Santhosh George Kulangara (born 1971), cinematographer and travel writer Santhosh Jogi (died 2010), Malayalam film actor and singer Santosh Joshi (born 1960), classical vocalist and instrumentalist Santosh Juvekar, Marathi film, television and stage actor Santosh Kashyap (born 1966), football coach Santosh Kumar (1925–1982), name by which the Pakistani film actor Syed Musa Raza was popularly known as Santosh Kumar Ghosh (1920–1985), Bengali writer and journalist Santosh Kumar Gupta (1936–1991), former Indian Navy admiral, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra Santosh Kumar Shukla, social worker, represented INC Santosh Lad (born 1975), politician representing INC, MLA from Karnataka Santosh Madhavan (born 1960), Godman from Kerala serving prison sentence for crimes conducted Santosh Marray, Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Santosh Mohan Dev (born 1934), political leader, represents INC, former MPs Santhosh Narayanan (born 1983), Tamil film composer and musician Santhosh Pandit, Malayalam film actor Santosh Rana, politician, general secretary of Provisional Central Committee, CPI (ML), and former MLA Santosh Rana (CPI), politician representing CPI, former MLA Santosh Sahukhala (born 1988), Nepali international football player Santosh Saroj, Bollywood screenwriter Santosh Shah, Masterchef contestant Santosh Sivan (born 1964), cinematographer and film director from Kerala Santosh Srinivas, film director Santosh Thundiyil, cinematographer from Kerala Santosh Vempala (born 1971), computer scientist Santosh Yadav (born 1967), mountaineer Anop Santosh (born 1991), Pakistani cricket player Arunadhati Santosh Ghosh (born 1960), former cricketer D. Santosh (born 1976), film and theatre actor from Mumbai Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929–1997), Kashmiri painter Kolli Santosh Ravindranath (born 1983), screenplay and story writer in Telugu and Kannada films N. Santosh Hegde (born 1940), Indian jurist, former Supreme Court justice Sanigaram Santosh Reddy (born 1942), political leader, former MLA T. V. Santhosh (born 1968), artist V. Santhosh Kumar (born 1991), amateur boxer