List of people with surname Basnet

Basnet or Basnyat is a common Nepali surname. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname.

Notable people

 * Abhiman Singh Basnet; First Chief of the Army of unified Nepal
 * Anita Basnet, Nepalese footballer
 * Arjun Kumar Basnet, South Asian Games marathon silver medalist
 * Bacchu Kailash, folk singer
 * Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat; Nepalese Mulkazi
 * Basanta Basnet, Nepalese journalist
 * Biren Basnet, Bhutanese footballer
 * Dhokal Singh Basnyat, Governor of Kumaun, Garhwal
 * Hari Bahadur Basnet, former minister
 * Kehar Singh Basnyat, General of the Army during Unification of Nepal
 * Khare Basnet, Bhutanese footballer
 * Kirtiman Singh Basnyat, Nepalese Mulkazi (equivalent to Prime Minister); Army Commander at Nepal Tibet war
 * Lal Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese politician
 * Madhab Basnet, Nepalese journalist
 * Mahesh Basnet, Former Minister of Industry
 * Mohan Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese politician
 * Naahar Singh Basnyat, Warrior of Nepal Army
 * Nischal Basnet, Nepalese Director, Producer and Actor
 * Pahalman Singh Basnyat, title of Khaptadi Raja, a Commanding Colonel
 * Parshuram Basnet, Notorious Don and CPN UML politician
 * Pushpa Basnet; Social worker (CNN Heroes Award 2012)
 * Raju Basnet Nepalese cricket player
 * Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Former Home Minister of Nepal
 * Shivaram Singh Basnyat, General of Army of Gorkha Kingdom; titled Senapati Badabir (trans. Chieftain Brave)
 * Singha Bahadur Basnyat, Former Chief (COAS) of Nepal Army
 * Subarna Prabha Devi, (born to Subudhi Basnyat); Queen Mother and Regent of Nepal
 * Tanka Basnet, Nepalese footballer
 * Tek Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese politician