# Saxena

Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. It is a common surname found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha (also known as North-Indian Kayastha) community of upper caste Hindus particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India. Saxena, in origin, is derived from the Sanskrit word sakhisena meaning “friend of the army”.

## Notables

* Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva
* Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director
* Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project
* Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer
* Arvind Saxena (born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
* Ashutosh Saxena, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur
* Avadh Saxena, the American Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
* Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Indian historian
* Girish Chandra Saxena, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir
* Gopaldas Neeraj, Indian poet and author
* Gunjan Saxena, Indian Airforce Officer
* Harshit Saxena (born 1985), Indian singer and composer
* Harshita Saxena, the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2009 title
* Iresh Saxena (born 1984), Bengal cricketer
* Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 1986), Indian cricketer
* Jatin Sahay Saxena (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer
* K. P. Saxena (1932-2013), Hindi satirist and writer
* Krishna Gopal Saxena (1912–2003), Indian homoeopathic physician
* Manisha Saxena (born 1993), Indian model and television actress
* N. C. Saxena, Indian member of the Planning Commission and of the National Advisory Council
* Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), Indian poet and author
* Neha Saxena, an Indian television actress
* Neha Saxena, a film actress who acts mainly Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Hindi language films
* Nitin Saxena, Indian computer scientist
* Parag Saxena (born 1955), Hindi Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route
* PN Saxena (1925-1999), Indian academic and founder Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
* Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian Director General of the Income Tax Investigation agency
* Rajan Saxena, Indian management academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIM deemed university in Mumbai
* Rajan Saxena (physician), Indian Dean of the Surgical Gastroenterology Department at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Lucknow
* Rakesh Saxena (born 1952), Indian convicted criminal, financier and trader
* Ramesh Saxena (1944-2011), Indian cricketer
* Sapan Saxena, Indian author, best known for his novel Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel) & UNNS-The Captivation
* Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927-2003), Indian Hindi Poet
* Saumitra Saxena (born 1976), United States based poet of Indian origin
* Sharat Saxena, Indian actor
* Shekhar Saxena, recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award
* Shibban Lal Saxena, Indian politician and Freedom Fighter
* Sushil Kumar Saxena, Indian musicologist, academic and scholar
* Vijay Saxena (1968-1994), Indian actor
* Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 1980), Indian cricketer
* Virendra Saxena, Indian actor
* W. Hansraj Saxena, former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures
* Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi
* Aakash Saxena, MLA from Rampur
* Prem Behari Narain Raizada, Indian calligrapher
* Arun Kumar Saxena, Minister of Zoological Garden & Climate Change