Shanta is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Women
Shanta Apte (1916–1964), Indian singer and actress
Shanta Chaudhary, Nepalese social reformer and politician
Shanta Chhetri (born 1956), Indian politician
Shanta Dutta, Indian medical researcher
Shanta Dhananjayan (born 1943), Indian dancer, half of the Indian dance duo the Dhananjayans
Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), Indian theatre director
Shanta Ghosh (born 1975), German retired sprinter
Shanta Gokhale (born 1939), Indian writer
Shanta Hublikar (1914–1992), Indian actress and singer
Shanta Islam, Bangladeshi actress, anchor, and director Najma Haque (1985–present)
Shanta Meena, Indian politician elected in 2024
Shanta Pathak (1927–2010), British businesswoman
Shanta Jean Persaud, British diabetes researcher and academic
Shanta Rao (1930–2007), Indian dancer
Shanta S. Rao (1923–1979), Indian medical researcher
Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), Indian poet
V. Shanta (1927–2021), Indian oncologist
Shanta Vasisht (born c. 1926), Indian politician
Men
Shanta Devarajan, Indian economist and academic
Shanta Kumar (born 1934), Indian politician
Shanta Das Manandhar (1934–2023), Nepalese pioneering children's literature writer