Ahuja

Last updated January 15, 2026

Ahuja is an Indian (Punjabi and Sindhi) surname, held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".^[1]^[2]^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable people

Administration

Deepak Ahuja (born 1963), former CFO at Tesla
Kiran Ahuja (born 1971), American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management
Ravi Ahuja (born 1971), American business executive

Armed Forces

Ajay Ahuja (1963–1999), Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War
Puneet Ahuja, Indian general

Art

Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
Charanjit Ahuja (1953–2025), Indian music producer and composer
Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (born 1984), Indian-Nigerian actress and producer
Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), American contemporary feminist painter
Naman Ahuja (born 1974), Indian art historian and curator
Nilesh Ahuja, Indian singer, songwriter and composer
Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
Sachin Ahuja (born 1978), Indian music producer and music composer

Athletics

Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games
Kanika Ahuja (born 2002), Indian cricketer
Neha Ahuja (born 1981), Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics
Suraj Ahuja (born 1999), Indian cricketer, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team

Bollywood

Govinda (born 1963), Indian actor
Aakash Ahuja (born 1991), Indian actor
Arun Kumar Ahuja (1917–1998), Indian actor
Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
Richa Ahuja, Indian actress
Sarwar Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actor
Shiney Ahuja (born 1973), Indian actor
Shubhi Ahuja, Indian actress
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
Suhaas Ahuja, Indian actor
Sushma Ahuja (born 1952), Indian director, writer and actress
Krushal Ahuja (born 1994), Indian actor

Journalism

Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer and hedge fund specialist

Politics

Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
Hargun Das Ahuja (born 1970), Pakistani politician

Science, medicine and academia

Kamal Ahuja (born 1954), physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
M. M. S. Ahuja (1929–1998), Indian physician and endocrinologist
Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
Nita Ahuja, American surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
Ravindra K. Ahuja (born 1956), Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born 1961), professor of medicine at the University of Texas
V. K. Ahuja (born 1967), professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam, India

Social work

Jagdish Lal Ahuja (died 2021), Indian social worker
Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
↑ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

This page lists people with the surname Ahuja.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.

[2] Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

[1]

[2]