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This is a list of notable British people of Indian descent '''([[British Indians]])'''.
{{Lists of Britons}}


== Academia and medicine==
* [[Jas Pal Badyal|Jas Pal Singh Badyal]], professor of chemistry, [[Durham University]]
* Sir [[Shankar Balasubramanian]], chemist and Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, [[University of Cambridge]]
* Baron [[Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya|Kumar Bhattacharyya]], former engineer, professor of manufacturing systems at [[University of Warwick]] and founder and chairman of the [[Warwick Manufacturing Group]]
*[[Dinesh Bhugra]], professor of mental health at [[King's College London]], former President of the [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]] and the [[World Psychiatric Association]], and President-elect of the [[British Medical Association]]
* [[Jagjit Chadha]], economist, professor and Director of the [[National Institute for Economic and Social Research|National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR)]]
* [[Krishna Chatterjee]], professor of endocrinology, [[University of Cambridge]]
* [[Rangan Chatterjee]], medical doctor, author, television presenter and podcaster
* Dame [[Pratibha Gai]], microscopist, professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy, [[University of York]]
* Hari Hundal, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology, [[University of Dundee]]
* [[Mukesh Kapila]], diplomat, former civil servant and professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the [[University of Manchester]]
* Dame [[Parveen Kumar]], medical doctor, professor of medicine at [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]], former President of the [[British Medical Association]] and the [[Royal Society of Medicine]], and former vice-president of the [[Royal College of Physicians]].
* [[Mayur Lakhani]], medical doctor and President of the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]]
* Sir [[Ravinder Maini]], rheumatologist, academic and professor at [[Imperial College London]]
* [[Yadvinder Malhi]], professor of ecosystem science, [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Kantilal Vardichand Mardia]], statistician
* [[Anand Menon]], professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, [[King's College London]]
* [[Chaand Nagpaul]], medical doctor and Chair of the Council of the [[British Medical Association]]
* Baron [[Narendra Patel, Baron Patel|Narendra Patel]], obstetrician and former President of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]
* [[Rahul Potluri]], medical doctor and epidemiologist
* Sir [[Venkatraman Ramakrishnan]], winner of the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] and President of the [[Royal Society]]
* [[Babulal Sethia]], medical doctor, cardiac surgeon and former President of the [[Royal Society of Medicine]]
* [[Aditi Shankardass]], clinical neuroscientist, [[Harvard Medical School]]
* [[Simon Singh]], theoretical physicist and popular science author
* [[Ashok Venkitaraman]], cancer researcher, director of the [[MRC Cancer Unit|Medical Research Council Cancer Unit]] and Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, [[University of Cambridge]]
* Sir [[Tejinder Virdee]], professor of physics, [[Imperial College London]].

== Arts and entertainment ==

===Artists===
* Sir [[Anish Kapoor]], sculptor
*[[Poulomi Desai]], photographer, sound artist and curator
* [[Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao]], painter

===Media===
* [[Naveen Andrews]], actor
* [[Gabrielle Anwar]], actress (father and grandfather had Indian ancestry)
* [[Mina Anwar]], actor
* [[Vikkstar123|Vikram Barn]], also known as Vikkstar123, Internet personality
* [[Samir Bhamra]], [[theatre director]]
* [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]], actor, comedian, radio commentator, Chancellor of the [[University of Sussex]]
* [[Alia Bhatt]], actor
* [[Viveik Kalra]], actor
* [[Karan Kapoor]], photographer, actor, model, son of [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Jennifer Kendal]]
* [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959)|Kunal Kapoor]], actor, ad film producer, ad film director, son of [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Jennifer Kendal]]
* [[Sanjana Kapoor]], actor, theater personality, daughter of [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Jennifer Kendal]]
* [[Upinder Randhawa]], producer, director, actor, journalist
* [[Jas Binag]], actor
* [[Gurinder Chadha]], [[movie director]]
* [[Ameet Chana]], actor
* [[Anya Chalotra]], actress (father of British Indian ancestry)
* [[Bobby Friction]], radio presenter
* [[Kulvinder Ghir]], actor
* [[Neelam Gill]], model
* [[Shobna Gulati]], actor
* [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]], television presenter
* [[Jasmine Dotiwala]], television / radio presenter, reporter, producer, journalist, columnist
* [[Waris Hussein]], film and television director
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]], actor
* [[Avan Jogia]], actor (father was British Indian)
* [[Indira Joshi]], actor
* [[Juggy D]], singer
* [[Katrina Kaif]], actress
* [[Kamaal Khan]], Bollywood singer and actor
* [[Rani Khanijau]], television presenter
* [[Rahul Kohli]], actor
* [[Ismail Merchant]], producer
* [[Jimi Mistry]], actor
* [[Rhona Mitra]] (1976–), actress and model
* [[Neet Mohan]], actor
* [[Naga Munchetty]], television presenter and journalist
* [[Parminder Nagra]], actress
* [[Archie Panjabi]], actress
* [[Dev Patel]], actor
* [[Himesh Patel]], actor
* [[Upen Patel]], model
* [[Aaron Phagura (actor)|Aaron Phagura]], actor
* [[Anita Rani]], television and radio presenter
* [[Amber Rose Revah]], actress
* [[Laila Rouass]], actor
* [[Sunetra Sarker]], actor
* [[Naomi Scott]], actress
* [[Amit Shah (actor)]]
* [[Pooja Shah]], actor
* [[Sonali Shah]], television presenter
* [[Babita Sharma]], television presenter
* [[Indira Varma]], actor
* [[Mandip Gill]], actress

===Comedians===
*[[Nish Kumar]], comedian
*[[Paul Chowdhry]], comedian
*[[Sanjeev Bhaskar]], comedian
* [[Nina Wadia]], comedian
* [[Meera Syal]], comedian
*[[Danny Bhoy]], comedian
* [[Ahir Shah]], comedian
* [[Hardeep Singh Kohli]], comedian
* [[Paul Sinha]], comedian, doctor and quizzer most known for starring in [[The Chase (UK game show)|The Chase]]
* [[Adil Ray]], British-Indian and British-Pakistani

===Music===
*[[Jai Paul]], musician
*[[Anoushka Shankar]], sitar player and composer
*[[Kanika Kapoor]], singer
* [[Swami (musical band)|Swami]], rap/rock band
* [[Tjinder Singh]], lead singer of [[Cornershop]]
* [[Talvin Singh]], dance musician
* [[Nitin Sawhney]], dance musician
* [[Jay Sean]], R & B singer
*[[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], classical composer
* [[Panjabi MC]], real name Rajinder Rai, [[dance music]]
* [[Rishi Rich]], music producer
* [[H-Dhami]], singer songwriter
* [[Freddie Mercury]], lead singer of the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
* [[Veronica Mehta]], singer
* [[Charli XCX]], pop singer
*[[DJ Talent|Anthony Ghosh]], DJ
*[[Bally Sagoo]], record producer
*[[Shri (musician)|Shri]], musician
*[[Susheela Raman]], musician
*[[Nik Thakkar]], multi-disciplinary recording artist
*[[Panjabi Hit Squad]], Rav & Dee are Producers, DJ's and broadcasters for [[BBC Asian Network]] & [[BBC 1Xtra]]
*[[Steel Banglez]], record producer

== Business and industry ==

*[[Amit Bhatia]], businessman, owner of Swordfish Investments and Chairman of [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
*[[Anshu Jain]], Head of Global Markets, [[Deutsche Bank AG]]
*[[Anurag Dikshit]], co-founder of PartyGaming
*[[Ashish Thakkar]], businessman and entrepreneur, founder of [[Mara Group]], and Chair of the Global Entrepreneurs Council of the [[United Nations Foundation]]
*[[Avtar Lit]], founder of [[Sunrise Radio]]
*[[Dheeraj Hinduja]], businessman and chairman of [[Ashok Leyland]]
*[[Dinesh Dhamija]], entrepreneur and politician
*[[Firoz Kassam]], former owner of [[Oxford United F.C.]]
*[[Gopichand Hinduja]], billionaire and co-chairman of [[Hinduja Group]]
*[[Gulu Lalvani]], founder of [[Binatone]]
*[[Kamel Hothi]], Director at Lloyds Bank
*[[Karan Bilimoria]], founder of Cobra Beer
*[[Lakshmi Mittal]], Steel magnate
*[[Nina Bracewell-Smith]], non-executive director of [[Arsenal F.C.]]
*[[Param Singh (entrepreneur)|Param Singh]], entrepreneur
*[[Pratik Dattani]], entrepreneur and investor
*[[Sanjeev Gupta]], billionaire and founder and executive chairman of [[Liberty House Group]]
*[[Srichand Parmanand Hinduja]], billionaire and chairman of [[Hinduja Group]]
*[[Tom Singh]], founder of [[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]]
*[[Vikrant Bhargava]], co-founder of [[PartyGaming]]
*[[Neville Wadia]], Bombay Industrialist, and philanthropist

== Literature and media ==
* [[Anita Anand]], journalist and author
* [[Anushka Asthana]], journalist and editor
* [[Yasmin Alibhai-Brown]], columnist
* Lord [[Waheed Alli]], television producer
* [[Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti]], playwright
* [[Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri]], author
* [[Rana Dasgupta]], author
* [[Vish Dhamija]], author
* [[Janan Ganesh]], author and columnist
* [[Krishnan Guru-Murthy]], television journalist
* [[Mehdi Hasan]], political journalist, broadcaster and author
* [[Sunny Hundal]], journalist, political blogger
* [[Maya Jaggi]], writer, literary critic and editor
* [[Manjit Kumar]], author of mathematical and scientific interest
* Sir [[V.S. Naipaul]], author and winner of the 2001 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* Sir [[Salman Rushdie]], author, writer and winner of the 1981 [[Booker Prize]]
* [[Sunjeev Sahota]], novelist and winner of the 2017 [[European Union Prize for Literature]]
* [[Angela Saini]], science journalist and author
* [[Sathnam Sanghera]], journalist and author
* [[Sasthi Brata|Sasthi]] Brata, writer
* [[Vikram Seth]], author
* [[Nikesh Shukla]], author
*[[Jay Shetty|Jay Shetty, author, podcaster and motivational speaker]]

==Politics==

===Members of Parliament===
* [[Mancherjee Bhownagree]], former Conservative, second Indian MP in British Parliament
* [[Dinesh Dhamija]], former Liberal Democrat MEP
* [[Parmjit Singh Gill]], Liberal Democrat MP
* [[Piara Khabra]], former Labour MP (deceased)
* [[Ashok Kumar (British politician)|Ashok Kumar]], former Labour MP
* [[Seema Malhotra]], Labour MP
* [[Lisa Nandy]]. Labour MP, current [[Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Shadow Foreign Secretary]]
* [[Dadabhai Naoroji]], former Liberal Party MP, first Indian MP in British Parliament
* [[Priti Patel]], Conservative MP and current UK [[Home Secretary]]
* [[Shapurji Saklatvala]], former Communist MP
* [[Alok Sharma]], Conservative MP and current [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]]
* [[Virendra Sharma]], Labour MP
* [[Marsha Singh]], former Labour MP
* [[Rishi Sunak]], Conservative MP, current [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] and Finance Minister of UK
* [[Shailesh Vara]], Conservative MP
* [[Keith Vaz]], former Labour MP
* [[Valerie Vaz]], Labour MP

===Peers===
* [[Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya|Kumar Bhattacharyya]], Baron Bhattacharyya of Moseley, former engineer, government advisor and Labour peer in the House of Lords.
* [[Shami Chakrabarti]], Baroness Chakrabarti of Kennington, Labour Party politician, barrister and former director of [[Liberty (advocacy group)|Liberty]]
* [[Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai]]
* [[Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich]]
* [[Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh]]
* [[Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn]]
* [[Dolar Popat]], Baron Popat of Harrow
* [[Diljit Rana, Baron Rana]]
* [[Indarjit Singh]], Baron Singh of Wimbledon, Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords

===Members of Scottish Parliament===
* [[Sandesh Gulhane]], First male MSP of Indian descent
* [[Pam Gosal]], First female MSP of Indian descent

===Members of the Senedd===
* [[Altaf Hussain (Welsh politician)|Altaf Hussain]], First AM of Indian descent

===Members of European Parliament===
* [[Nirj Deva]], former Conservative MP and MEP
* [[Claude Moraes]], former Labour MEP

===Others in politics===
* [[Raheem Kassam]], conservative British political activist
* [[Neeraj Patil]], Mayor of Lambeth

== Sports ==
* [[Naiktha Bains]], [[tennis]] player
* [[Ravi Bopara]], [[cricket]]er
* [[Michael Chopra]], [[association football|football]]er, Newcastle United
* [[Yan Dhanda]], footballer
* [[Isa Guha]], cricketer
* [[Nasser Hussain]], cricketer, former England captain
* [[Ronnie Irani]], cricketer
* [[Jazz Juttla]], footballer
* [[Monty Panesar]], cricketer
* [[Kishor Patel]], cricketer
* [[Mark Ramprakash]], cricketer
* [[Harpal Singh]], footballer, Leeds United AFC
* [[Vikram Solanki]], cricketer
* [[Neil Taylor (footballer)|Neil Taylor]], Welsh footballer
* [[Simranjit Thandi]], footballer

== Others ==
* [[George Edalji]], barrister falsely accused of horse killing, defended by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* [[Buck Ruxton]], 1930s murderer, born a [[Parsi people|Parsi]]
* [[Saira Shah]], journalist, daughter of [[Idries Shah]]
* [[Zion Lights]], British born activist
*[[Sophia Duleep Singh]], suffragette
*[[Sunand Prasad]], Architect, former RIBA president
*[[Dina Jinnah]], daughter of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]

==See also==
* [[British Indian]]
* [[Immigration to the United Kingdom]]
* [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]
*[[List of British Sikhs]]
* [[List of Indian Americans]]
* [[List of Indo-Canadians]]
* [[Indian (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Lists of British people by origin|Indians]]
[[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity|Indian Britons]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent|+]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Lists of people of Indian descent|British]]

List of British Indians - Revision history

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