List of Kenyan Asian people

The following is a list of notable Kenyan Asians, either persons born in or resident in Kenya with ancestry in South Asia or those descended from Kenyan Asians.

Academia, medicine and science

• Ali S. Asani, professor ^[1]
• Quassim Cassam, professor ^[2]
• Sut Jhally, professor ^[3]
• Azim Nanji, professor ^[4]
• Urjit Patel, economist ^[5]
• Sir Nilesh Samani, physician ^[6]
• Malkiat Singh, author and publisher ^[7]
• Sir Tejinder Virdee, scientist ^[8]

Business

• Allidina Visram, pioneer and businessman ^[9]
• Manu Chandaria, businessman ^[10]
• Francisco D'Souza, CEO ^[11]
• Navin Engineer, businessman ^[12]
• Trushar Khetia, CEO of the Tria Group ^[13]
• Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, settler and businessman ^[14]
• Naushad Merali, businessman ^[15]
• Pradeep Paunrana, businessman ^[16]
• Baloobhai Patel, businessman ^[17]
• Atul Shah, businessman ^[18]
• Bhimji Depar Shah, businessman ^[19]
• Vimal Shah, businessman ^[20]

Law and politics

• Sonia Birdi, politician ^[21]
• Suella Braverman, British politician ^[22]
• Abdul Majid Cockar, Chief Justice of Kenya ^[23]
• Isher Dass, politician ^[24]
• Shams-ud-Deen, politician ^[25]
• Manilal Ambalal Desai, politician ^[26]
• Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza, lawyer ^[27]
• Achhroo Ram Kapila, lawyer ^[28]
• Chunilal Madan, Chief Justice of Kenya ^[29]
• Joseph Murumbi, politician ^[30]
• Pio Gama Pinto, journalist and politician ^[31]
• Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, politician ^[32]
• Kalpana Rawal, lawyer and judge ^[33]
• Shakeel Shabbir, politician ^[34]
• Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh, businessman ^[35]
• Makhan Singh, trade unionist ^[36]
• Sir Mota Singh, barrister and judge ^[37]
• Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ^[38]
• Amin Walji, politician ^[39]

Music and the Arts

• Ruhila Adatia-Sood, journalist ^[40]
• Liaquat Ahamed, author ^[41]
• Adeel Akhtar, actor ^[42]
• Mohamed Amin, photographer ^[43]
• Kuljit Bhamra, composer ^[44]
• Samir Bhamra, playwright ^[45]
• Bali Brahmbhatt, playback singer ^[46]
• Gurinder Chadha, film director ^[47]
• Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, author ^[48]
• Ravida Din, film producer ^[49]
• Nitin Ganatra, actor ^[50]
• Kulvinder Ghir, actor ^[51]
• Viram Jasani, composer and musician ^[52]
• Ajaib Kamal, poet ^[53]
• Shenaaz Nanji, author ^[54]
• Nadira Naipaul, journalist ^[55]
• Dev Patel, actor ^[56]
• Shailja Patel, poet ^[57]
• Priya Ramrakha, photojournalist ^[58]
• Deep Roy, actor ^[59]
• Kiran Shah, actor and stuntman ^[60]
• Pooja Shah, actress ^[61]
• Sukhbir Singh, bhangra artist ^[62]
• Manoj Sood, actor ^{[63] [ self-published source ]}
• Bahadur Tejani, poet ^[64]
• Moyez G. Vassanji, author ^[65]
• Ali Velshi, journalist ^[66]
• Zain Verjee, journalist ^[67]
• Smriti Vidyarthi, journalist ^[68]
• Imran Yusuf, comedian ^[69]
• Amber Rose Revah, actress ^[70]

Sport

• Rajab Ali, cricketer ^[71]
• Sabir Butt, squash player ^[72]
• Dipak Chudasama, cricketer ^[73]
• Basher Hassan, cricketer ^[74]
• Aasif Karim, cricketer ^[75]
• Frasat Ali Mughal, cricketer ^[76]
• Shekhar Mehta, rally driver ^[77]
• Tanmay Mishra, cricketer ^[78]
• Hitesh Modi, cricketer ^[79]
• Khaaliqa Nimji, squash player ^[80]
• Dipak Patel, cricketer ^[81]
• Rakep Patel, cricketer ^[82]
• Mehmood Quraishy, cricketer ^[83]
• Zahid Sadiq, cricketer ^[84]
• Jawahir Shah, cricketer ^[85]
• Ravindu Shah, cricketer ^[86]
• Reg Sharma, cricketer ^[87]
• Mohammad Sheikh, cricketer ^[88]
• Gurdeep Singh, cricketer ^[89]
• Joginder Singh, rally driver ^[90]
• Narendra Thakker, cricketer ^[91]
• Qasim Umar, cricketer ^[92]
• Hiren Varaiya, cricketer ^[93]
• Roger Verdi, footballer ^[94]
• Shehzana Anwar, archer
• Pushkar Sharma, cricketer. ^[95]

Other

• Ameer Faisal Alavi, army officer ^[96]
• Bali Mauladad, Big-game hunter ^[97]
• Niira Radia, corporate lobbyist ^[98]
• Girdhari Lal Vidyarthi, journalist ^[99]
• Sanjay Shah, man who lived in Nairobi Airport for 437 days after being refused an English passport ^[100]
• Aly Kassam-Remtulla, academic and writer

See also

• Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin
• Overseas Pakistani
• Indians in Uganda
• Indians in Tanzania
• Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa

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