Venkatesh may refer to:
- Venkateswara: A Hindu Deity
- G. K. Venkatesh (1927–1993), composer of film music in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
- A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
- Daggubati Venkatesh (born 1960), aka Victory Venkatesh, Indian film actor of Tollywood films
- Venkatesh Prasad (born 1969), Indian cricketer
- Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981), Australian mathematician of Indian descent
- Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 1977), Indian football player
- Marthand K. Venkatesh, Indian film editor in Tollywood
- Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, modern sociologist and urban ethnographer, American of Indian descent
- A. Venkatesh (director), Tamil film director
- Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Kannada writer
- Venkatesh Madgulkar, Marathi writer
- Mukta Venkatesh (1902–2003), Indian painting artist
- S. P. Venkatesh, Indian music composer
- Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar (died 1937), Marathi scholar
- Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan, Indian politician
- Venkatesh Ketakar, Indian astronomer
- Poojashree Venkatesh, Indian tennis player
- Swathi Venkatesh (born 1984), Russian-born Indian television presenter and actress
- Venkatesh Kulkarni (1945–1998), American novelist and academic