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