# Dasgupta

Dasgupta (pronounced) (Bengali: দাশগুপ্ত) is a common Bengali surname that is used by the Bengali Hindus of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste of Bengal.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname Dasgupta were residents of India and 28.9% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:
* 1. West Bengal (1: 2,387)
* 2. Tripura (1: 6,243)
* 3. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 15,711)
* 4. Delhi (1: 16,187)
* 5. Daman and Diu (1: 18,685)
* 6. Assam (1: 21,393)

## Notable people
### A

* Aloke Dasgupta, sitar player
* Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet
* Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Indian economist
* Asim Dasgupta (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.

### B

* Basudeb Dasgupta, Bengali novelist and short-story writer
* Benu Dasgupta, cricketer
* Bijon Dasgupta, Art Director
* Biplab Dasgupta, Marxist economist
* Birsa Dasgupta, film director
* Buddhadev Dasgupta (born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod
* Buddhadev Dasgupta, (born 1944) Indian film-maker

### C

* Chandan Dasgupta, Indian theoretical physicist
* Chidananda Dasgupta (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian

### D

* Deep Dasgupta, cricketer

### G

* Gurudas Dasgupta (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament

### H

* Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist

### I

* Indraadip Dasgupta, music composer
* Indrani Dasgupta, Indian Supermodel.

### J

* Jahar Dasgupta, painter
* Jishu Dasgupta, Bengali actor
* Jnanendra Das Gupta, Indo-Swedish chemist

### K

* Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic
* Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director
* Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist
* Kurchi Dasgupta, painter and writer
* Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee

### M

* Mahananda Dasgupta, experimental physicist

### N

* Nairanjana Dasgupta, statistician
* Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist

### P

* Partha Dasgupta, economist
* Piyush Dasgupta, academic, political activist
* Poonam Dasgupta, actress
* Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer
* Probal Dasgupta, linguist
* Prokar Dasgupta, urologist
* Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic

### R

* Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar
* Rana Dasgupta, British-Indian writer
* Renuka Dasgupta, Bengali singer
* Roma Dasgupta (Suchitra Sen before marriage), Indian actress
* Rohit K. Dasgupta, Academic and Politician

### S

* Samit Dasgupta, mathematician
* Sanjoy Dasgupta, computer scientist
* Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician
* Shamik Dasgupta, comic book writer
* Shamita Das Dasgupta, social activist
* Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
* Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist
* Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician
* Sudhin Dasgupta, Bengali music director
* Surendranath Dasgupta, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher
* Sujaya Dasgupta, actress
* Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, singer
* Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist, MP, Politician

### T

* Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Indian physicist

### U

* Uma Dasgupta, Indian actress

### Y

* Yash Dasgupta, actor and model