Amitava is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Amitava Banerjee (born 1972), Indian born Guernsey cricketer Amitava Bhattacharjee (physicist), theoretical plasma physicist, professor at Princeton University Amitava Bhattacharya (born 1973), Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films Amitava Bose, professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Amitava Chakraborty (born 1981), Indian cricketer Amitava Chattopadhyay (born 1956), the GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor in Corporate Innovation Amitava Das (born 1969), Indian former cricketer Amitava Datta, Indian scientist and professor in high energy physics Amitava Ghosh, IEEE Fellow and Head of North America Radio Systems Research at Nokia Amitava Kumar (born 1963), Indian writer and journalist Amitava Nandy (1943–2014), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India Amitava Raychaudhuri, Indian theoretical particle physicist Amitava Roy (born 1953), judge of the Supreme Court of India Amitava Roy (cricketer) (born 1953), Indian cricketer