{{TOC right}} {{Infobox surname |name = Ghosal |pronunciation = |image = |caption = |meaning = |region = Bengal |origin = Bengali Hindu |variant = |footnotes = }}
'''Ghosal''' or '''Ghoshal''' (Bengali: ঘোষাল) is a Bengali Hindu surname.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Sumit|title= Essays of a Lifetime: Reformers, Nationalists, Subalterns |publisher=SUNY Press|year=2018| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybiBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA312|page=312|isbn=9781438474335}}</ref> The surname is primarily used by Rarhi Kulin Bengali Brahmins.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhaumika |first=Khagendra Nātha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQY4AAAAMAAJ |title=Padabīra utpatti o kramabikāśera itihāsa |date=1982 |publisher=Mitraloka |pages=Div. D p8 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Inden |first=Ronald |url= |title=Marriage & Rank In Bengali Cultue A History Of Caste & Clan In Middle Period Of Bengal |publisher=University of California press |year=1976 |pages=39}}</ref> {{TOC right}}
==Ghosal== * Nandini Ghosal, Indian dancer * Saurav Ghosal (born 1986), Indian squash player * Soukarya Ghosal (born 1986), Indian film director, lyricist, animator and screenwriter
==Ghoshal== * Anup Ghoshal (born 1945), Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer * Chaiti Ghoshal (fl. 1993–2012), Bengali film and television actress * Jiban Ghoshal (26 June 1912 — 1 September 1930), Indian independence activist * Kalipada Ghoshal (1906–1995), artist from Calcutta * Malati Ghoshal (1902–1984), Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer * Panchanan Ghoshal (1907–1990), Bengali writer, criminologist and social worker * Ranjon Ghoshal (1955–2020), founder of the Bangla band Moheener Ghoraguli * Ratna Ghoshal, Bengali film and television actress in India * Shreya Ghoshal (born 1984), Indian singer * Sumantra Ghoshal (1948–2004), academic in the field of management
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