Animesh is an Indic given name. The following notable people have the given name:

• Animesh Nandy Bangladeshi singer and Electrical and Electronics Engineer.
• Animesh Aich Bangladeshi film maker, actor, director and writer.
• Animesh Ray professor of computational and molecular biology
• Animesh Debbarma the leader of the National Conference of Tripura party
• Animesh Chakravorty Bengali Indian academic and a professor of chemistry.
• Animesh Roy Cybersecurity consultant, CEO of Arishti Consolidated Private limited.
• Animesh Sharma Digital strategist and consultant, Digitalwala

Animesh may also refer to:

• Animesh quartet series novels by Samaresh Majumdar whose principal character is Animesh Mitra