Saxena

Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. Kayastha in origin, it derives from the Sanskrit word sakhisena meaning “friend of the army”.

Notables

 * Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva
 * Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director
 * Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project
 * Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer
 * Arvind Saxena (born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
 * Ashutosh Saxena, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur
 * Avadh Saxena, the American Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
 * Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Indian historian
 * Girish Chandra Saxena, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir
 * Gopaldas Neeraj, Indian poet and author
 * Gunjan Saxena, Indian Airforce Officer
 * Harshit Saxena (born 1985), Indian singer and composer
 * Harshita Saxena, the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2009 title
 * Iresh Saxena (born 1984), Bengal cricketer
 * Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 1986), Indian cricketer
 * Jatin Sahay Saxena (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer
 * K. P. Saxena (1932-2013), Hindi satirist and writer
 * Krishna Gopal Saxena (1912–2003), Indian homoeopathic physician
 * Manisha Saxena (born 1993), Indian model and television actress
 * N. C. Saxena, Indian member of the Planning Commission and of the National Advisory Council
 * Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), Indian poet and author
 * Neha Saxena, an Indian television actress
 * Neha Saxena, a film actress who acts mainly Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Hindi language films
 * Nitin Saxena, Indian computer scientist
 * Parag Saxena (born 1955), Hindi Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route
 * PN Saxena (1925-1999), Indian academic and founder Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
 * Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian Director General of the Income Tax Investigation agency
 * Rajan Saxena, Indian management academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIM deemed university in Mumbai
 * Rajan Saxena (physician), Indian Dean of the Surgical Gastroenterology Department at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Lucknow
 * Rakesh Saxena (born 1952), Indian convicted criminal, financier and trader
 * Ramesh Saxena (1944-2011), Indian cricketer
 * Sapan Saxena, Indian author, best known for his novel Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel) & UNNS-The Captivation
 * Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927-2003), Indian Hindi Poet
 * Saumitra Saxena (born 1976), United States based poet of Indian origin
 * Sharat Saxena, Indian actor
 * Shekhar Saxena, recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award
 * Shibban Lal Saxena, Indian politician and Freedom Fighter
 * Sushil Kumar Saxena, Indian musicologist, academic and scholar
 * Vijay Saxena (1968-1994), Indian actor
 * Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 1980), Indian cricketer
 * Virendra Saxena, Indian actor
 * W. Hansraj Saxena, former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures
 * Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi
 * Aakash Saxena, MLA from Rampur
 * Prem Behari Narain Raizada, Indian calligrapher
 * Arun Kumar Saxena, Minister of Zoological Garden & Climate Change