# Bhattacharya (surname)

Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin surname, Bhoṭṭacarjo (ভট্টাচার্য). In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, together with Banerjees, Chatterjees, Gangulys and Mukherjees, form the Kulin Brahmins.

## Notables

* A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s
* Abhi Bhattacharya (1921−1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema
* Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 1958), Indian playback singer and composer
* Abhinash Bhattacharya, leader in revolutionary movement for Indian independence
* Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian film director and screenwriter, Raakh
* Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of digital communication
* Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood
* Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian actor
* Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian politician, Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and President, West Bengal Youth Congress
* Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian footballer
* Arundhati Bhattacharya, Indian banker (former Chairman, State Bank of India)
* Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (1919−2016), Indian archaeologist
* Atanu Bhattacharya, Indian football goalkeeper coach
* B. B. Bhattacharya, Indian economist and educationist
* Basu Bhattacharya (1934−1997), Indian film director (Bollywood)
* Bhabani Bhattacharya (1906-1988), Indian writer, Indo-English literature
* Bibhu Bhattacharya (1944−2011), Indian male actor in Bengali cinema
* Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907−1986), Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist
* Bijon Bhattacharya (1917−1978), Indian theatre and film personality
* Bikash Bhattacharya, Indian politician
* Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1924−1997), Indian novelist and modern Assamese littérateur
* Biswajit Bhattacharya, Indian footballer, manager, and head coach on many prominent Indian domestic league teams
* Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (born 1944-2024), Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–2011)
* Chandril Bhattacharya, Indian singer
* Charu Chandra Bhattacharya (1883−1961), prominent Indian science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla
* Chitra Bhattacharya (1926-2010), Bangladeshi politician from the Awami League and member of parliament
* Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, Indian political artist of the mid-20th century
* Debashish Bhattacharya (born 1963), Indian classical musician who plays the lap slide guitar
* Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladeshi economist and public policy analyst
* Deben Bhattacharya (1921−2001), Indian radio producer, record producer, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, photographer
* Debesh Bhattacharya (1914-2004), Bangladeshi jurist and judge (Appellate level of the Bangladesh Supreme Court)
* Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Indian television actress
* Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Indian singer (son of Surendranath Bhattacharya)
* Dipankar Bhattacharya, Indian politician
* Durga Mohan Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and professor of Sanskrit.
* Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, celebrated Indian political scientist.
* Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya (died 1831), Indian journalist, teacher and reformer
* Gautam Bhattacharya, Indian sports journalist, sports editor of the Ananda Bazar Patrika
* Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895−1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist
* Haridas Bhattacharya (1891−1956), Indian philosopher and educationist
* Hiren Bhattacharyya (1932-2012), Indian Assamese language poet
* Jaya Bhattacharya, Indian television actress
* Jay Bhattacharya (born 1968), Indian professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy
* Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, Indian pandit and one of a group of Hindu nationalists who held a benevolent view of the traditional role of caste in Indian society
* Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1769–1821), Indian poet of the late 18th century
* Kanailal Bhattacharya, Indian educationist, former minister of Commerce and Industries and food department, West Bengal
* Kanailal Bhattacharya, Indian nationalist
* Kankan Bhattacharyya, Indian scientist prominent for work on modern non-linear laser spectroscopy
* Kedarnath Bhattacharya, Indian municipal leader, first elected vice-chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation
* Kumar Sanu/Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 1957), Indian playback singer
* Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (1875−1949), Indian philosopher (Calcutta University)
* Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE (1940−2019), British Indian engineer, educator and government advisor
* Lilabati Bhattacharjee, Indian mineralogist and former Director (Mineral Physics), Geological Survey of India
* Lokenath Bhattacharya (1927−2001), prolific Indo-French writer and philosopher
* Madhuri Bhattacharya, Indian actress and former model who has appeared in Kannada and Bollywood films
* Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya CIE (1836−1906), Indian scholar of Sanskrit, principal of the Sanskrit College for over 18 years
* Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Indian football international player and a club level coach and manager
* Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948−2014), Indian writer
* Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya (1888−1967), Indian politician, Commissioner of the Berhampore Municipality from 1932 to 1948
* Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (1921−2016), Indian Assamese language poet and literary critic
* Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya (1887−1954), Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, known as M. N. Roy
* Nirmalendu Bhattacharya (died 2020), Indian politician
* Nivedita Bhattacharya, Indian actress
* P. C. Bhattacharya, Indian central banker, seventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967
* Panchanan Bhattacharya (1853−1919), Indian yogi and chief disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shama Churun Lahiri Mahasaya
* Pannalal Bhattacharya, Indian singer
* Rinki Bhattacharya (born 1942), Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker
* Ritwik Bhattacharya, Indian squash player
* Sameer Bhattacharya, Indian American guitarist for Texas rock band Flyleaf
* Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British Indian journalist based in the US
* Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924−2011), Indian scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
* Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya, Bangladeshi professor at Dhaka University and an intellectual martyr in the Bangladesh Liberation War
* Sharmila Bhattacharya, Indian American head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center
* Shoumo Bhattacharya, Indian medical doctor and academic
* Siva Brata Bhattacherjee (1921−2003), Indian Professor of physics and crystallographer, University of Calcutta
* Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
* Subrata Bhattacharya, Indian football Defender who played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup
* Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950−2015), Indian novelist
* Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926−1947), Indian language poet and playwright
* Suma Bhattacharya, Indian model and film actress
* Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 - 2015), Indian footballer and veteran coach, first official coach of East Bengal Club, Indian Women's Football Team and Bengal Women's Football Team
* Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Indian politician
* Tarun Bhattacharya, Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer
* Utpal Bhattacharya, Indian American finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business
* Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, Indian architect, chief city planner of Jaipur
* Shishir Bhattacharja, Bangladeshi linguist and writer