List of Kenyan Asian people
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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.
- 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]