Vishwanath (also spelt Viswanath, Vishvanath, Viswanatha) is an Indian surname and given name. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe" (from višva, "universe" + natha, "lord," an epithet of the god Shiva), including the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n, -m. It may refer to:
Films
Justice Viswanathan, 1971 Indian Tamil language film
Kashi Vishwanath, a 2019 Indian film
Lawyer Viswanath, a 1978 Indian film
Vishwanath (1978 film), a Hindi film directed by Subhash Ghai
Vishwanath (1996 film), a Tamil film directed by K. Goutham
Viswanatha Nayakudu, a 1987 Indian Telugu film
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy, 2001 Indian Tamil film
Viswanathan Velai Venum, a 1985 Indian Tamil film
People
Given name
Vishwanath Bhatt (1898 – 1968), Gujarati literary critic and lexicographer
Vishwanath Bhoir, Indian politician
Vishwanath Bondre (1936 – 2014), Indian cricketer
Vishwanath Das Shastri, Indian politician
Vishwanath Datta, Bengali barrister, philanthropist and novelist
Vishwanath Dev Gajapati (1500 - 1571), a Kalinga king
Vishwanath Jadhav (1885−1964), Indian classical khyal singer
Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade (1863 – 1926), Indian historian, scholar, writer, commentator Vishwanath Mahadeshwar (born 1960), Indian politician Vishwanath Meghwal, Indian politician Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik (1833 – 1899), Indian legal expert on Hindu law Viswanatha Nayak, Vijayanagara viceroy to Madurai, during the 16th century Vishwanath Patil, Indian politician Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (born 1940), Indian poet, editor, critic Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008), seventh Prime Minister of India Vishwanath Rao Ringe (born 1922), Hindustani Classical Music vocalist and composer Vishwanath Reddy Mudnal, Indian politician Vishwanath Shahdeo (1817 – 1858), king of Barkagarh estate and a rebel in the Indian rebellion of 1857 Vishwanath Sharma, Indian politician Vishwanath Shastri, Indian politician Vishwanath Tamasker, Indian politician Vishwanath Tripathi (born 1931), Indian writer Vishwanath Vaishampayan (1910 – 1967), Indian revolutionary Viswanatha Kaviraja, 14th century Indian poet Viswanatha Sastri, Carnatic music composer Viswanatha Satyanarayana, (1895 – 1976), an Indian Telugu writer Viswanathan Anand, (born 1969) Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion Viswanathan Kumaran, Indian chemical engineer and rheologist Viswanathan Manikan (born 1951), Indian activist Viswanathan Raghunathan (born 1954), Indian academic, author, columnist Viswanathan Ratnam, Indian Judge Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, Indian music-director duo V. Ravichandran (film producer), full name Viswanath Ravichandran
Surname
Adagur H. Vishwanath (born 1949), Indian politician
Acharya Vishwanath Baitha, Indian politician
Ashoke Viswanathan, Indian Bengali filmmaker
Ashvin Vishwanath, (born 1973), Indian-American theoretical physicist
A. K. Viswanathan, Indian Police Service officer
Cheri Viswanath (1933 – 2014), South indian screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and journalist Chitra Vishwanath, an Indian architect Balaji Vishwanath (1680–1719), Peshwas (Prime Minister) of the Maratha empire Balasubramanian Viswanathan, Indian material scientist Bhaskar Vishwananth Ghokale (1903 – 1962), Indian Ayurveda practitioner Biju Viswanath, Malayalam film and photography director
Dhirajlal Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker (1897–1947), British colonial official and Paymaster General of the Port of Karachi G. Viswanathan, founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology, India Geraldine Viswanathan, (born 1995), Australian actress Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Yiddish-language poet and author Gundappa Viswanath (born 1949), Indian cricketer Hari Viswanath, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter Harish Viswanathan, Indian scientist Indira Viswanathan Peterson, Indian literary critic Janaki Vishwanathan, Indian film maker K. A. P. Viswanatham (1899 – 1994), Indian scholar, orator and social activist