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
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