Talk:List of British Indians

/* uncited genetic and racial claims */
These are all uncited, feel free to add a WP:RS if you want to readd the name, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 21:23, 30 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Sri and Gopi Hinduja, Billionaires, Founders of Hinduja Group.
 * Anurag Dikshit, Billionaire, Co-founder of PartyGaming.
 * Vikrant Bhargava, Billionaire, Co-Founder of PartyGaming.
 * Tom Singh, Founder of the New Look.
 * Avtar Lit, Founder of Sunrise Radio.
 * Dinesh Dhamija, Founder of Ebookers.
 * Karan Bilimoria, Founder of Cobra Beer.
 * Swaraj Paul, Founder of Caparo Group.
 * Gulu Lalvani, Founder of Binatone.
 * Waheed Alli, Co-founder of Planet 24.
 * Perween Warsi, Founder and Chief Executive of S&A Foods.
 * Gulam Noon, Founder of food product companies.
 * Taj Uddin, Founder of TesQo UK Ltd.

Artists

 * Anish Kapoor, Turner Prize winning Sculptor.

Dancers

 * Shobna Gulati
 * Jasmine Simhalan, Also Martial Artist
 * Madhu Singh, dancer; member of Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008.

Actors

 * Ben Kingsley
 * Parminder Nagra
 * Indira Varma
 * Nicollette Sheridan
 * Naveen Andrews
 * Erick Avari
 * Karen David
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar
 * Jimi Mistry
 * Dev Patel
 * Sarita Choudhury
 * Tara Sharma
 * Shelley Conn
 * Sarita Choudhury
 * Ayesha Dharker
 * Kulvinder Ghir
 * Rory Girvan
 * Gabrielle Anwar
 * Anjali Jay
 * Archie Panjabi
 * Indira Joshi
 * Katrina Kaif
 * Preeya Kalidas
 * Zuleikha Robinson
 * Rhona Mitra
 * Shobu Kapoor
 * Sarita Khajuria
 * Anya Lahiri
 * Mathew Bose
 * Raza Jaffrey
 * Kavi Raz
 * Roshan Seth
 * Ray Panthaki
 * Madhav Sharma
 * Vineeta Rishi
 * Pooja Shah
 * Nikki Patel
 * Meera Simhan
 * Jimmi Harkishin
 * Milind Soman
 * Meera Syal
 * Chandeep Uppal
 * Harvey Virdi
 * Raj Ghatak
 * Jiah Khan
 * Reshma Shetty

Directors

 * Gurinder Chadha
 * Waris Hussein
 * Asif Kapadia
 * Ismail Merchant
 * Pratibha Parmar
 * Sarjit Bains
 * Saira Shah
 * Bharat Nalluri

Journalists

 * Sunny Hundal
 * Riz Khan
 * Hari Kunzru
 * Kamala Markandaya
 * Sangita Myska
 * Anita Rani
 * Pallab Ghosh
 * Shiulie Ghosh
 * Krishnan Guru-Murthy
 * Rajesh Mirchandani
 * Reeta Chakrabarti
 * Manish Bhasin
 * Sonia Deol
 * Sonia Dutta
 * Manish Sahi
 * Hardeep Singh Kohli
 * Raj Patel
 * Ayan Panja
 * Shihab Rattansi
 * Anjali Rao
 * Priya-Kaur Jones
 * Clare Nasir

Medicine

 * Frederick Akbar Mahomed
 * Sake Dean Mahomet
 * Avijit Lahiri

Models

 * Preeti Desai, Miss Great Britain 2006
 * Nifa and Nishan Hindes, Twin Models
 * Karishma Kotak
 * Shivani Kapoor
 * Anya Lahiri
 * Pooja Shah
 * Milind Soman
 * Melanie Sykes
 * Gabrielle Richens
 * Shakira Caine

Music

 * Amar, Singer
 * Freddie Mercury, Lead Singer of Queen (Band)
 * Apache Indian, Singer, Songwriter
 * Reena Bhardwaj, Singer
 * Sheila Chandra, Singer
 * DCS, Bhangra band
 * DJ Kayper, DJ
 * Archis Tiku, Co-founder and bass player in Maxïmo Park.
 * Panjabi MC, dance musician
 * Bobby Friction, DJ, Television Presenter and Radio Presenter
 * Raghav, singer
 * Dr Zeus, Music Director
 * Jay Sean, R&B Singer
 * Juggy D, Bhangra Singer
 * Johnny Kalsi, Dhol Drummer
 * Shahin Badar, songwriter
 * Anya Lahiri, Singer
 * Diamond Duggal, music producer
 * Mentor Kolektiv, Bhangra Group
 * Daljit Neer, Founder of Neer Productions
 * Veronica Mehta, R&B singer
 * DJ Nihal, DJ
 * Nerina Pallot, Singer
 * Sweety Kapoor, music promoter
 * Kavana, singer
 * Amanda Ghost, songwriter
 * Taz (singer)
 * Rishi Rich, music producer
 * Bally Sagoo, DJ
 * Nitin Sawhney, Musician, Producer and Composer
 * Ms Scandalous, Bhangra/ Rap Artist
 * S-Endz, Rapper
 * Anoushka Shankar, Sitar Player
 * Sukshinder Shinda, Bhangra Producer and Artist
 * Shri, musician
 * Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Composer
 * DJ Swami, DJ, Producer, Guitarist

Photographers

 * Pamella Bordes, Plus former Miss India

Philosophers

 * Roy Bhaskar
 * Raghavan N. Iyer
 * Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh

Political figures

 * Manjula Sood, Lord Mayor of Leicester
 * Claude Moraes, Member of European Parliament representing the Labour Party in London
 * Dadabhai Naoroji, MP
 * Mancherjee Bhownagree, MP
 * Shapurji Saklatvala, MP
 * Keith Vaz, MP
 * Piara Khabra, MP
 * Niranjan Deva, MP
 * Virendra Sharma, MP
 * Parmjit Dhanda, MP
 * Marsha Singh, MP
 * Ashok Kumar, MP
 * Parmjit Singh Gill, MP
 * Shailesh Vara, MP
 * Swaraj Paul, Baron Paul of Marylebone, deputy speaker of House of Lords
 * Lord Desai, House of Lords
 * Baron Alli, House of Lords
 * Baron Hameed, House of Lords
 * Baron Bilimoria, House of Lords
 * Baron Dholakia, House of Lords
 * Baron Rana, House of Lords
 * Baron Bhattacharyya, House of Lords
 * Atma Singh, policy advisor
 * Baroness Vadera, House of Lords, Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
 * Harpal Brar, Communist politician and writer
 * Rajani Palme Dutt, Leading figure in the Communist Party of Great Britain
 * Ramesh Kallidai, Secretary General of the Hindu Forum of Britain
 * Udham Singh, Indian Independence activist

Professors

 * Tapan Raychaudhuri, Historian
 * Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Scholar of Political Science, International Relations and South Asian Studies
 * Sarvadaman Chowla, Mathematician
 * Ravinder N. Maini, Professor of rheumatology
 * Prabhu Guptara, Economist

Religious figures

 * Satish Kumar, Jain monk

Radio

 * Nikki Bedi, Radio Presenter
 * DJ Kayper, Radio Presenter
 * Ameet Chana, Radio Presenter
 * Mo Dutta, Radio Presenter
 * Sonia Deol, Radio Presenter
 * Tilusha Ghelani, Radio Producer
 * Avtar Lit, Chairman of Sunrise Radio
 * Daljit Neer, Radio Presenter
 * Bobby Friction, BBC Asian Network Presenter/DJ
 * DJ Nihal, Radio Presenter/DJ
 * Anita Rani, Radio Presenter
 * Manish Sahi, Radio Presenter
 * Shabnam Dutta, Radio Presenter
 * Rozina Sini, Radio Presenter

Cricketers

 * Nasser Hussain
 * Mel Hussain
 * Ronnie Irani
 * Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji
 * Mark Ramprakash
 * Vikram Solanki
 * Monty Panesar
 * Min Patel
 * Samit Patel
 * Nayan Doshi
 * Ravi Bopara
 * Navdeep Poonia

Footballers

 * Michael Chopra, Cardiff City
 * Harpal Singh, Bohemian F.C.
 * Roger Verdi
 * Aman Verma, Leicester City
 * Paul Wilson
 * Netan Sansara
 * Nevin Saroya
 * Rikki Bains
 * Danny Batth,Wolves
 * Kirshnan Patel,Bury F.C.

Others

 * Rajiv Ouseph, professional Badminton player, current England number 1 and World ranked 21
 * Surinder Sunar, Professional Poker Player
 * Vishal Marwaha, field hockey player
 * Arvind Parmar, tennis player
 * Manjit Singh (strongman)

Television

 * Anjum Anand, TV Chef
 * Naveen Andrews, Actor (LOST)
 * Erick Avari, Actor
 * Nicollette Sheridan, Actress (Desperate Housewives, Knots Landing)
 * Nikki Bedi, Presenter
 * Rhona Mitra, Actress (Nip/Tuck)
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar, Comedian and Actor
 * Chris Bisson, Actor
 * Kunal Nayyar, Actor (The Big Bang Theory)
 * Ameet Chana, Actor
 * Indira Varma, Actress (Rome)
 * Shelley Conn, Actress
 * Parminder Nagra, Actress (ER)
 * Ayesha Dharker, Actress
 * Sonia Deol, Presenter
 * Daljit Dhaliwal, Newsreader and Presenter
 * Kulvinder Ghir, Actor
 * Shobna Gulati, Actress
 * Rebecca Hazlewood, Actress
 * Alistair McGowan, comedian and actor
 * Waris Hussein, Director
 * Raji James, Actor
 * Anjali Jay, Actress
 * Indira Joshi, Actress
 * Ronny Jhutti, Actor
 * Preeya Kalidas, Actress
 * Sonali Shah, presenter
 * Navin Chowdhry, Actor
 * Ravi Kapoor, Actor
 * Shobu Kapoor, Actress
 * Sarita Khajuria, Actress
 * Rani Khanijau, Children's TV Presenter
 * Ranvir Singh, Presenter
 * Ben Kingsley, Actor
 * Edmund Kingsley, Actor
 * Inder Manocha, Comedian
 * Jamila Massey, Actress
 * Sangita Myska, TV Presenter
 * Bharat Nalluri, TV Director
 * DJ Nihal, TV Presenter
 * Shefali Oza, Newsreader
 * Babita Pohoomull, Actress
 * Anita Rani, TV Presenter
 * Daljit Neer, TV Presenter
 * Shihab Rattansi, Newsreader
 * Kavi Raz, Actor
 * Laila Rouass, Actress
 * Salima Saxton, Actress
 * Pooja Shah, Actress
 * Bindya Solanki, Actress

Writers

 * Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Duff Cooper Prize winner
 * V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize for Literature
 * Salman Rushdie, Novelist and winner of Man Booker Prize
 * Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Playwright
 * Sharat Sardana, Writer
 * Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, Author
 * Jyoti Guptara, Author
 * Suresh Guptara, Author
 * Raman Mundair, Author
 * Shobna Gulati, Author
 * Vikram Seth, Author
 * Meera Syal, Author
 * Bali Rai, Author
 * Pico Iyer, Novelist
 * Edmund Kingsley, Author
 * Hari Kunzru, Novelist and Journalist
 * Simon Singh, Author
 * Kamala Markandaya, Novelist
 * Sunetra Gupta, Novelist
 * Jamila Massey, Author
 * Raman Mundair, Poet
 * Preethi Nair, Author
 * Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Author and columnist
 * Saira Shah, Author

Other

 * Atul Kochhar, chef
 * Angela Malik, chef
 * Harjap Singh Bhangal, lawyer
 * George Edalji, Solicitor
 * Raj Persaud, psychiatrist

No source, no entry
Please note that inclusion on this list requires a directly-cited reliable source which states that the person concerned is a 'British Indian'. This is basic WP:BLP policy, and is non-negotiable. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)


 * What a truly stupid thing to do. I came to this page and wondered why there was only one name on it!!! Talk about licenced vandalism! --MacRusgail (talk) 19:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)


 * This is basic WP:BLP policy, and is non-negotiable. And read WP:VANDAL. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:46, 19 October 2012 (UTC)


 * It's bureaucratic stupidity, and you should know better. Licenced vandalism. You've rendered this article completely useless, and can't be bothered looking for sources. Completely counterproductive. Hiding behind "policy". What a joke! --MacRusgail (talk) 14:51, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * BLP policy requires that statements regarding ethnicity be sourced. How difficult is that to understand? If you disagree with policy, propose that it be changed - or find the sources yourself. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:57, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Quoting bureaucratic rules at me doesn't alter the fact that you have completely wrecked this article. What good have you actually achieved here? None whatsoever.


 * I come on to a page about one of the largest minorities in the UK, and only one person is actually listed on it!


 * "If you disagree with policy, propose that it be changed - or find the sources yourself." - Yes, if only it were that easy. I don't have weeks to try and find out where you've hidden these debates on Wikipedia (and they're continually moved/altered anyway), let alone the time to engage in continual debates. Needless to say, some people do, and it's not exactly helping Wikipedia. I'm interested in improving content, not some form of legalistic obscurantism.--MacRusgail (talk) 15:11, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * The requirement that Wikipedia articles be sourced isn't "legalistic obscurantism" - it is at the very heart of how Wikipedia works. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:24, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * The fact is that you have destroyed any informative value this article once had. It is now useless.--MacRusgail (talk) 17:13, 23 October 2012 (UTC)


 * What 'informative value' can an entirely unsourced list have? The simple fact is that every unsourced list of this type that I've looked into has turned out to have multiple incorrect entries. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:26, 23 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Much more than a "list" of one name. The surnames, Gupta, Patel etc, probably give a clue too.-MacRùsgail (talk) 10:52, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Andy, if you aren't willing to do anything to fix it, don't remove everything. Its a lot better if you have a comprehensive list with a bunch of [citation needed] signs than a "list" composed entirely of one name. It is also something to consider that the linked pages probably mention that they are British-Indian (yes I understand that is technically not valid, but it works better than removing most of the names for the sake of policy).  If other articles can have [citation needed] why can't this one?  If you are going to look into something follow through, don't just remove everything worthwhile on it other than one name.--Ollyoxenfree (talk) 06:55, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * What part of 'WP:BLP policy is policy' is so hard to understand? And please don't use the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS 'argument' here. As for "the linked pages probably mention that they are British-Indian", from experience of similar unsourced lists, I can assure you that it is very common that they don't - and it is still a violation of policy if they do. If the list matters to you, find the sources, and add individuals to the list when you have them, as policy dictates. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:51, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * You are the one that wants to remove everything, you should be taking a more active beneficial role. Improve the article, don't ruin it by removing everything.  Find the sources you need and add them.  Why do you care enough to remove the informative value of the article but don't care enough to improve the total quality of the article?--Ollyoxenfree (talk) 00:37, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * There is no benefit in what he did at all, apart from giving himself a warm glow about his Aspergian understanding of rule enforcement.--MacRùsgail (talk) 12:40, 24 April 2013 (UTC)