# Khanna (name)

Khanna is a name.

## Given name

* Khanna Omarkhali, Russian writer

## Surname

Khanna is a Punjabi Hindu and Sikh surname and a Khatri clan. Khannas belong to the Khatri caste and are part of the Dhai Ghar sub-group of Khatri Hindus. According to tradition, Khannas are descendants of a common ancestor named Khan Chand.
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:
* Akshaye Khanna, Indian actor
* Akshay Khanna (British actor)
* Amit Khanna, Indian film producer, director, writer, and journalist
* Amit Khanna (photographer), Indian film director, writer, actor, and fashion photographer
* Anamika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
* Anilkumar Khanna, Indian cricketer
* Arpan Khanna, Canadian politician
* Arvind Khanna, Indian politician, businessman, investor and philanthropist
* Ashok Khanna, Indian cricketer
* Avinash Rai Khanna, Indian politician
* Ayesha Khanna, Indian actress
* Balraj Khanna, Indian author and artist
* Bishamber Khanna, Indian painter and enamellist
* Chahat Khanna, Indian actress
* Derek Khanna, American conservative political commentator and columnist
* Dinesh Khanna, Indian badminton player
* Faqir Chand Khanna, Indian nuclear physicist
* Gaurav Khanna, Indian actor
* Gaurav Khanna (badminton), Indian para-badminton team's head coach
* Gaurav Khanna, Indian-American black hole physicist
* Gopal Khanna, Minnesota's first chief information officer (CIO)
* Hans Raj Khanna, Judge in Supreme Court of India
* Harbans Lal Khanna (?–1984), Indian politician
* Harish Khanna (politician), Indian politician
* Keeya Khanna, Indian actress
* Krishen Khanna, Indian artist
* Kum Kum Khanna, Indian molecular biologist and professor
* Mehr Chand Khanna, Indian politician
* Manish Khanna, Indian actor
* Meera Khanna, Indian writer and activist
* Monica Khanna, Indian actress
* Mukesh Khanna, Indian actor who played the role of Shaktimaan
* Namit Khanna, Indian television actor
* Navin Khanna, Indian researcher and scientist
* Nitin Khanna, Indian-born American entrepreneur
* Padma Khanna (born 1949), Indian actress
* Parag Khanna, Indian American strategy advisor and author
* Paul Khanna, British actor
* Pooja Khanna, Indian Paralympic Archery player
* Pramod Khanna, Indian actor and producer
* Prem Krishna Khanna, Indian freedom fighter
* Raashi Khanna, Indian actress
* Rachel Khanna, American politician
* Radhika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
* Ragini Khanna, Indian actress
* Rahul Khanna, Indian actor
* Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
* Rajinder Khanna, current additional National Security Advisor of India
* Rajnish Khanna, Indian-American photobiologist and research scientist
* Rakesh Khanna, Indian businessman
* Ramesh Khanna, Indian acter and director
* Ranjana Khanna, literary critic and theorist
* Ravi Khanna, Indian actor, journalist and writer
* Renu Khanna Chopra, Indian scientist
* Rini Simon Khanna, Indian news anchor
* Rinke Khanna, Indian actress
* Ro Khanna (born 1976), American politician
* Roma Khanna, television and digital media executive
* Sanjeev Khanna, Indian-American computer scientist
* Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the 51st Chief Justice of India
* Satish Khanna, Indian cricketer
* Shalini Khanna, Indian actress
* Shipra Khanna, Indian chef
* Smriti Khanna, Indian actress and model
* Sucheta Khanna, Indian actress
* Suresh Kumar Khanna, Indian politician
* Surinder Khanna, Indian cricketer
* Tarun Khanna (academic) (born 1968), Indian-born American academic and author
* Tarun Khanna (actor), Indian actor
* Tanvi Khanna, Indian squash player
* Tejendra Khanna, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
* Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress
* Usha Khanna, Indian music director in Hindi cinema
* Vikas Khanna, Indian celebrity chef
* Vikramaditya Khanna, Indo-American lawyer and a law professor
* Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
* Vipin Khanna, Indian businessman, financier and Indian Army officer