Dutta


Dutta, also spelled Datta (), is an Indian family name Its variation is Dutt. The surname is found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas, Assamese Kalitas (Baro-Bhuyans) and also among Suvarna Baniks and Gandhabaniks in Bengal. The surname is also used by the Mohyal Brahmins of Punjab. Datta means "given" or "granted" in Sanskrit and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity Dattatreya. Notable people with the name include:

Surname 

 Aishwarya Dutta (born 1995), Tamil actress
 Akshay Kumar Datta (1820–1886), writer
 Anandita Dutta Tamuly, record holder in Limca Book of Records
 Aloke Dutta, musician
 Amal Dutta, footballer and coach. Anik Dutta, Bengali film director
 Arpita Singh, born Arpita Dutta, painter
 Aswini Kumar Dutta (1856–1923), nationalist leader and philanthropist
 Bhabatosh Datta (1911–1997), economist and academic
 Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838–1914), born Kedarnath Datta, Hindu religious leader
 Birendra Nath Datta, writer
 Bhupendranath Datta, revolutionary and sociologist. Chitra Singh, born Chitra Shome, singer. Debasish Dutta, Indian origin mechanical engineer and higher education administrator 
 Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), Bengali lawyer and politician
 Divya Dutta (born 1977), film actress. Durjoy Datta, writer
 Himangshu Dutta (1908–1944), composer
 Indrani Dutta, Bengali television actress
 Jyotirmoy Datta, writer, journalist, poet and essayist
 J. P. Dutta (born 1949), film producer, writer and director
 Jyoti Prakash Dutta, Bangladeshi short-story writer
 Kalpana Datta, Indian independence activitist
 Kanailal Dutta, Indian independence activist
 Lara Dutta, actress
 Mitra Dutta, Indian-American physicist 
 Monikangana Dutta, model and actress from Assam
 Moumita Dutta, Indian physicist working at ISRO
 Munmun Dutta, actress
 Premananda Dutta, Bengali revolutionary attached with Chittagong Rebellion 
 Phulrenu Guha, born Phulrenu Dutta, politician and social activist. Radha Raman Dutta, music composer
 Rabindranath Datta, poet and educator
 Rono Dutta, CEO of Interglobe Aviation Limited 
 Samadarshi Dutta, Bengali film actor
 Satyendranath Dutta (1882–1922), Bengali poet. Shanta Dutta, microbiologist
 Sudhindranath Dutta, Bengali poet and essayist
 Supriyo Datta, nanotechnology researcher
 Swami Gambhirananda, born Jatindranath Datta, Hindu religious leader
 Tanushree Dutta, actress
 Tina Dutta, actress
 Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), born Narendranath Datta, Hindu religious leader
 Ullaskar Dutta, Indian independence activist

In popular culture 
In 2012, a Bengali film Dutta vs Dutta was released, directed by Anjan Dutt, the film captured family drama of three generations of a Bengali Dutta family. 