# 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
* Quassim Cassam, professor
* Sut Jhally, professor
* Azim Nanji, professor
* Urjit Patel, economist
* Sir Nilesh Samani, physician
* Malkiat Singh, author and publisher
* Sir Tejinder Virdee, scientist

## Business

* Allidina Visram, pioneer and businessman
* Manu Chandaria, businessman
* Francisco D'Souza, CEO
* Navin Engineer, businessman
* Trushar Khetia, CEO of the Tria Group
* Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, settler and businessman
* Naushad Merali, businessman
* Pradeep Paunrana, businessman
* Baloobhai Patel, businessman
* Atul Shah, businessman
* Bhimji Depar Shah, businessman
* Vimal Shah, businessman

## Law and politics

* Sonia Birdi, politician
* Suella Braverman, British politician
* Abdul Majid Cockar, Chief Justice of Kenya
* Isher Dass, politician
* Shams-ud-Deen, politician
* Manilal Ambalal Desai, politician
* Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza, lawyer
* Achhroo Ram Kapila, lawyer
* Chunilal Madan, Chief Justice of Kenya
* Joseph Murumbi, politician
* Pio Gama Pinto, journalist and politician
* Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, politician
* Kalpana Rawal, lawyer and judge
* Shakeel Shabbir, politician
* Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh, businessman
* Makhan Singh, trade unionist
* Sir Mota Singh, barrister and judge
* Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Amin Walji, politician

## Music and the Arts

* Ruhila Adatia-Sood, journalist
* Liaquat Ahamed, author
* Adeel Akhtar, actor
* Mohamed Amin, photographer
* Kuljit Bhamra, composer
* Samir Bhamra, playwright
* Bali Brahmbhatt, playback singer
* Gurinder Chadha, film director
* Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, author
* Ravida Din, film producer
* Nitin Ganatra, actor
* Kulvinder Ghir, actor
* Viram Jasani, composer and musician
* Ajaib Kamal, poet
* Shenaaz Nanji, author
* Nadira Naipaul, journalist
* Dev Patel, actor
* Shailja Patel, poet
* Priya Ramrakha, photojournalist
* Deep Roy, actor
* Kiran Shah, actor and stuntman
* Pooja Shah, actress
* Sukhbir Singh, bhangra artist
* Manoj Sood, actor
* Bahadur Tejani, poet
* Moyez G. Vassanji, author
* Ali Velshi, journalist
* Zain Verjee, journalist
* Smriti Vidyarthi, journalist
* Imran Yusuf, comedian
* Amber Rose Revah, actress

## Sport

* Rajab Ali, cricketer
* Sabir Butt, squash player
* Dipak Chudasama, cricketer
* Basher Hassan, cricketer
* Aasif Karim, cricketer
* Frasat Ali Mughal, cricketer
* Shekhar Mehta, rally driver
* Tanmay Mishra, cricketer
* Hitesh Modi, cricketer
* Khaaliqa Nimji, squash player
* Dipak Patel, cricketer
* Rakep Patel, cricketer
* Mehmood Quraishy, cricketer
* Zahid Sadiq, cricketer
* Jawahir Shah, cricketer
* Ravindu Shah, cricketer
* Reg Sharma, cricketer
* Mohammad Sheikh, cricketer
* Gurdeep Singh, cricketer
* Joginder Singh, rally driver
* Narendra Thakker, cricketer
* Qasim Umar, cricketer
* Hiren Varaiya, cricketer
* Roger Verdi, footballer
* Shehzana Anwar, archer
* Pushkar Sharma, cricketer.

## Other

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