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'''Ghosh''' ({{langx|bn|ঘোষ}}) is a native Bengali surname that is found among the Bengali Hindu community of India and Bangladesh. A popular alternative spelling is Ghose.
Ghoshes originally belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. According to GK Ghosh, some Bengali surnames like Ghosh were adopted from Buddhist tradition.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghosh |first=G. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6eBAAAAMAAJ |title=Legends of Origin of the Castes and Tribes of Eastern India |date=2000 |publisher=Firma KLM |isbn=978-81-7102-046-1 |pages=111 |language=en}}</ref> Ghoshes are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Soukalin gotra, along with Boses, Mitras, and Bangaja (Eastern Bengal) Guhas.<ref name=Hopkins1989pp35-36>{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC |pages=35–36 |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref>
Ghosh surname is in vogue among the Sadgop and Goala/Gowala communities in Bengal.<ref name=mclane2002landp157>{{cite book |title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal |author=John R. McLane |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-5215-2654-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&dq=ghosh+sadgop&pg=PA157 |page=157}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Oh Calcutta|date=1993|publisher=University of Virginia|edition=Volume 22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwRDAAAAYAAJ&q=sadgope+milkman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMvjAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk-lore |date=1975 |publisher=Indian Publications |pages=172 |language=en}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950), birth name Aurobindo Ghose, Indian philosopher * Barindra Kumar Ghosh (1880–1959), Indian revolutionary and journalist * Amitav Ghosh (1956–2020), Indian writer * Amitav Ghosh (banker), Indian banker * Anindita Ghosh, British historian * Anirvan Ghosh (born 1964), American neuroscientist * DJ Talent (born 1978), birth name Anthony Ghosh, British reality television contestant * Aparna Ghosh, Bangladeshi actress and model * Atulkrishna Ghosh (1890–1966), Indian revolutionary * Atulya Ghosh (1904–1986), Indian politician * Debaprasad Ghosh (1894–1985), Indian politician * Debendra Nath Ghosh (1890–1999), Bangladeshi politician * Dhiman Ghosh (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer * Dilip Ghosh (economist), American economist * Dilip Ghosh (born 1964), Indian politician * Dipu Ghosh (born 1940), Indian badminton player * Elise Ghosh (born 2009), Canadian rhythmic gymnast * Ganesh Ghosh (1900–1994), Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician * Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844–1912), Bengali actor, director, and writer * Helen Ghosh (born 1956), British civil servant * Jayanta Kumar Ghosh (1937–2017), Indian statistician * Jayati Ghosh (born 1955), Indian economist * Malay Ghosh (born 1944), Indian statistician * Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952), birth name Mukunda Lal Ghosh, Indian yogi and guru * Opashona Ghosh (born 1987), Indian illustrator and graphic designer * Pallab Ghosh (born 1962), Indian journalist * Partho Ghosh (1949–2025), Indian film director and producer * Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (1891–1983), first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India * Rabi Ghosh (1931–1997), Indian actor * Ranjan Ghosh (academic), Indian academic and teacher * Reshmi Ghosh (born 1978), Indian beauty queen and actress * Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (born 1975), Dutch journalist, computer scientist and open-source software advocate * Rituparno Ghosh (1963–2013), Indian film director * Robin Ghosh (1929–2016), Bangladeshi musician and music composer * Rudranil Ghosh (born 1973), Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films * Samit Ghosh (born 1949), Indian businessman * Sangita Ghosh (born 1976), Indian actress * Sarat Kumar Ghosh (1878–1962), Indian civil servant and jurist * Shankar Ghosh (musician) (1935–2016), Indian tabla player * Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021), Indian poet * Shibdas Ghosh (1923–1976), Indian politician * Shiulie Ghosh (born 1968), British journalist * Shreela Ghosh (born 1962), Indian arts executive and actor * Sisir Kumar Ghosh (1840–1911), Indian journalist * Subodh Ghosh (1909–1980), Indian author and journalist * Subroto Ghosh (born 1987), Indian cricketer * Sujoy Ghosh (born 1966), Indian film director, actor and screenwriter * Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh (1952–2025), Bangladeshi politician * Taposh Ghosh (born 1991), Bangladeshi cricketer
==See also== * Ghose * R v Ghosh, an English criminal law case
==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}}
Category:Surnames Category:Bengali Hindu surnames Category:Surnames of Indian origin Category:Kayastha