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This is a list of British Asian people, namely people in the United Kingdom whose ethnic origin lies in South Asia (for the purposes of the list including Burma). Those with an East Asian ("Oriental") or West Asian ("Middle Eastern") background are not listed; in British English, "Asian" tends to refer to the South (Indian subcontinent) rather than the East or West of the continent.

Contents 1 Business and industry 2 Disability 3 Entertainment 4 Journalism and media 5 Literature and art 6 Medicine 7 Music 8 Politics 9 Sport 10 Other 11 References

[edit] Business and industry

• Waheed Alli, Co-founder of Planet 24.
• Karan Bilimoria, Founder of Cobra Beer.
• Dinesh Dhamija, Founder of Ebookers.
• Sri and Gopi Hinduja. Founders of Hinduja Group.
• Gulu Lalvani, Founder of Binatone.
• Avtar Lit, Founder of Sunrise Radio.
• Shami Ahmed, Founder of Joe Bloggs.
• Lakshmi Mittal, Founder of Mittal Steel.
• Tahir Mohsan, Founder of Time Computers.
• Sir Anwar Pervez, Founder of Bestway Group.
• Tom Singh, Founder of New Look.
• Iqbal Ahmed, Entrepreneur.
• Syed Ahmed, Entrepreneur.
• Tommy Miah, Entrepreneur.
• Shaukat Ali Abdul Ghafoor, Entrepreneur S&Z Group of Companies, CKG LIBYA
• Anurag Dikshit, Co-founder PartyGaming.
• Vikrant Bhargava, Co-founder PartyGaming.
• Firoz Kassam, Former owner of Oxford United F.C..
• Nina Bracewell-Smith, Non-executive director of Arsenal F.C.
• Gulam Noon, Businessman.
• Swaraj Paul, Businessman.
• Agam Jain, Founder of Jayex Group.
• Abdul Latif - Famous British restaurateur

[edit] Disability

• Ivan and Charika Corea, Founders Autism Awareness Campaign UK

[edit] Entertainment

• Waris Hussein, Director.
• Gurinder Chadha, Director.
• Asif Kapadia, Director
• Ismail Merchant, Director
• Pratibha Parmar, Director
• Sarjit Bains, Director
• Saira Shah, Director
• Ismail Merchant, Producer
• Ben Kingsley, Actor; Academy Award winning actor
• Art Malik, Actor.
• Afshan Azad, Actor
• Raza Jaffrey, Actor.
• Naveen Andrews, Actor.
• Ameet Chana, Actor.
• Chris Bisson, Actor
• Simon Nagra, Actor.
• Raji James, Actor
• Ronny Jhutti, Actor
• Ravi Kapoor, Actor
• Kulvinder Ghir, Actor.
• Abhin Galeya, Actor.
• Ray Panthaki, Actor.
• Jimi Mistry, Actor.
• Parminder Nagra, Actress.
• Indira Varma, Actress.
• Zuleikha Robinson, Actress
• Nicollette Sheridan, Actress
• Nazrin Choudhury, Actress.
• Mina Anwar, Actress.
• Shabana Bakhsh, Actress.
• Zahra Ahmadi, Actress.
• Shobna Gulati, Actress.
• Amita Dhiri, Actress.
• Shelley Conn, Actress.
• Amara Karan, Actress.
• Indira Joshi, Actress.
• Preeya Kalidas, Actress.
• Shobu Kapoor, Actress.
• Seeta Indrani, Actress.
• Shefali Chowdhury, Actress
• Lena Kaur, Actress.
• Archie Panjabi, Actress.
• Laila Rouass, Actress.
• Sunetra Sarker, Actress.
• Pooja Shah, Actress.
• Nina Wadia, Actress.
• Charu Bala Chokshi, Actress
• Ayesha Dharker, Actress
• Rebecca Hazlewood, Actress
• Anjali Jay, Actress
• Sarita Khajuria, Actress
• Salima Saxton, Actress
• Bindya Solanki, Actress
• Babita Pohoomull, Actress
• Edmund Kingsley, Actor
• Sanjeev Bhaskar, Comedian and Actor
• Inder Manocha, Comedian
• Jamila Massey, Actress
• Sonia Deol, Presenter
• Anjum Anand, TV Chef
• Nikki Bedi, Presenter
• Sangita Myska, TV Presenter
• Bharat Nalluri, TV Director
• DJ Nihal, TV Presenter
• Dev Patel, Actor; played the lead role in Slumdog Millionaire and Anwar Kharral in Skins
• Anita Rani, TV Presenter
• Kavi Raz, Actor
• Sanjeev Bhaskar, Comedian and Actor.
• Meera Syal, Author, comedian and Actress.
• Rhona Mitra, Actress and Model.
• Kazi Tansen, Television presenter^{[citation needed]}.
• Konnie Huq, Television presenter.
• Rani Khanijau, Television presenter.
• Shazia Mirza, comedian.
• Suleman Mirza, lead dancer of Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008.
• Madhu Singh, dancer; member of Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008.
• Nila Aalia, actor; plays Bel Roy in Hollyoaks
• Anthony Bunsee, actor; plays Govinder Roy in Hollyoaks
• Saira Choudry, actress; plays Anita Roy in Hollyoaks
• Sushil Chudasama, actor; played Scooter Makuna in Coronation Street
• Jimmi Harkishin, actor; plays Dev Alahan in Coronation Street
• Junade Khan, actor; plays Ash Roy in Hollyoaks and played Saj in Coronation Street
• Madhav Sharma, actor; played Prem Mandal in Coronation Street
• Stephen Uppal, actor; plays Ravi Roy in Hollyoaks
• Harvey Virdi, actress; played Nina Mandal in Coronation Street

[edit] Journalism and media

• Asad Ahmad, Television Journalist.
• George Alagiah, Television Journalist.
• Matthew Amroliwala, Television Journalist.
• Naga Munchetty, Television Journalist.
• Pallab Ghosh, Television Journalist.
• Ali Abbasi, Television Journalist.
• Faisal Islam, Television Journalist.
• Martin Bashir, Television Journalist.
• Lisa Aziz, Television Journalist.
• Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Television Journalist.
• Rajesh Mirchandani, Television Journalist.
• Jay Singh-Sohal, Television Journalist.
• Hari Kunzru, Television Journalist.
• Shereen Nanjiani, Television Journalist.
• Nina Hossain, Television Journalist.
• Sangita Myska, Television Journalist.
• Samira Ahmed, Television Journalist.
• Mishal Husain, Television Journalist.
• Rizwan Khan, Television Journalist.
• Darshna Soni, Television Journalist.
• Tazeen Ahmad, Television Journalist.
• Daljit Dhaliwal, Television Journalist.
• Shiulie Ghosh, Television Journalist.
• Tasmin Lucia Khan, Television Journalist.
• Riz Lateef, BBC Television Journalist.
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Columnist.
• Martin Bashir, Broadcaster
• Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC political correspondent
• Reena Combo, Journalist and actress.
• Sonia Deol, Presenter and Reporter.
• Sonia Dutta, Broadcaster and Newsreader
• Sunny Hundal, A journalist and a political blogger.
• Saira Khan, Presenter.
• Manish Sahi, Broadcaster
• Mazher Mahmood, Reporter
• Javed Malik, Journalist
• Sarfraz Manzoor, Radio journalist
• Adil Ray, Presenter and reporter.
• Anita Rani, Presenter and reporter.
• Hardeep Singh Kohli, Writer, presenter and reporter.
• Ayan Panja, Doctor, writer and broadcaster.
• Shihab Rattansi, Journalist and Presenter.
• Vinay Sharma, Broadcaster and Journalist
• Vikram Dodd, criminal correspondent for The Guardian

[edit] Literature and art

• V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize for Literature
• Salman Rushdie, Novelist and winner of Man Booker Prize
• Anish Kapoor, Sculptor and winner of Turner Prize.
• Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Playwright
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Author and columnist
• Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, Author
• Jyoti Guptara, Author
• Suresh Guptara, Author
• Raman Mundair, Author
• Shobna Gulati, Author
• Vikram Seth, Author
• Kamala Markandaya, Author.
• Meera Syal, Author
• Bali Rai, Author
• Tariq Ali - Novelist
• Moniza Alvi - poet and writer
• Nadeem Aslam - novelist
• Imtiaz Dharker - poet and documentary filmmaker
• Hanif Kureishi - Author
• Pico Iyer, Novelist
• Venika Kingsland, Author
• Akram Khan - Dancer
• Runa Islam - Artist
• Rezia Wahid - Textile Artist
• Eenasul Fateh - Magician, known as Aladin
• Edmund Kingsley, Author
• Hari Kunzru, Novelist and Journalist
• Manish Patel, Author
• Simon Singh, Author
• Kamala Markandaya, Novelist
• Jamila Massey, Author
• Raman Mundair, Poet
• Preethi Nair, Author
• Saira Shah, Author
• Navjot Singh, Author of a book on China^{[citation needed]}
• Monica Ali - Author
• Kia Abdullah - Author
• Tahmima Anam - Author
• Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed - Author and political scientist on security studies.

[edit] Medicine

• Sake Dean Mahomet
• Heenal Raichura BSc MB BS UK's became UK's youngest-ever medical student at the age of 16.

[edit] Music

• 1960 to present
  • Nimal Mendis, singer/songwriter - born in Sri Lanka.
• 1970-80's
  • Freddie Mercury singer of Queen is the most successful British Asian musician to date.
  • Boy Chana, Eastern Eye newspaper columnist and radio presenter^{[citation needed]}
  • Jas Mann from Babylon Zoo known for the number one UK single Spaceman (song) which featured on a Levi's TV commercial in 1995.
  • Tjinder Singh, singer/guitarist of Cornershop known for the UK number one "Brimful of Asha" in 1998.
  • Sonya Madan, singer of BritPop act Echobelly who scored numerous Top 40 hits in the UK during the '90s.
  • Talvin Singh, Mercury award-winning Dance Musician.
  • Nitin Sawhney, Dance Musician.
  • Asian Dub Foundation underground rock band.
  • Swami, Alt/Hip-Hop/Electro Band
  • DJ Swami, music producer, DJ, songwriter and remixer, creative force behind the band Swami.
  • S-Endz, musician, performer and vocalist of Swami.
  • Jay Sean, singer
  • Juggy D, Bhangra Singer and producer
  • Kazi Tansen, Singer and TV presenter^{[citation needed]}.
  • Sudha Kheterpal, percussionist, known for playing with Faithless and touring with The Return of the Spice Girls
• 2000 to present
  • Som Wardner singer songwriter in alternative rock band My Vitriol.
  • Natasha Khan singer songwriter in Mercury award-nominated Bat For Lashes.
  • Rex Liu, classical bassoonist
  • Bally Sagoo, DJ and Music Producer.
  • M.I.A. aka Maya Arulpragasam, Mercury award-nominated singer.
  • Raghav pop singer from Canada but scored hits in the UK.
  • Bobby Friction and Nihal, Radio one & Asian Network radio presenters [and individually documentary presenters/writers/producers]
  • Rajinder Rai, aka Panjabi MC, dance musician
  • Rishi Rich, Bhangra Musician\Singer\Composer\Lyricist
  • Archis Tiku, Co-founder and bass player in Maxïmo Park
  • Jules Faife, World music guitarist based in London
  • Tristan Brown, Classical Pianist based in London
  • Bat for Lashes, Pseudonym of English musician Natasha Khan
  • Amit Sharma, singer, guitarist in London based band Ex Libras.
  • Kieran Nagi, singer, pianist in London based band Ex Libras.

[edit] Politics

• Manjula Sood, Lord Mayor of Leicester
• Sadiq Khan, Labour MP.
• Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP.
• Shahid Malik, Labour MP.
• Mohammad Sarwar, Labour MP.
• Marsha Singh, Labour MP.
• Parmjit Dhanda, Labour Party MP.
• Keith Vaz, Labour MP.
• Virendra Sharma, Labour Party MP.
• Ashok Kumar (British politician), Labour Party MP.
• Piara Khabra, Labour MP. (deceased)
• Niranjan Deva, Conservative MEP
• Claude Moraes, Labour MEP.
• Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Labour Peer
• Baron Alli, Labour Peer
• Baroness Vadera, Labour Peer
• Navnit, Lord Dholakia, Liberal Democrat Peer.
• Parmjit Singh Gill, Former Liberal Democrat MP.
• Dadabhai Naoroji, Liberal Party (ret.) (First Indian MP in British Parliament).
• Mancherjee Bhownagree, Conservative (ret.) (Second Indian MP in British Parliament).
• Shailesh Vara, Conservative MP.
• Nirj Deva, Conservative MEP.
• Syed Kamall, Conservative MEP
• Sajjad Karim, Conservative MEP
• Lord Desai, House of Lords
• Baron Bilimoria, House of Lords
• Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, Conservative Peer
• Priti Patel, Conservative Party (former Press Secretary of William Hague's Press Office, Member of the A List and PPC for Nottingham North in 2005 General Election and Conservative PPC for Witham at the 2010 General Election).
• Sadaqut Amin [1], Liberal Democrat, youngest ever politician
• Swaraj Paul
• Mohammad Asghar, Plaid Cymru AM
• Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist MP.
• Salma Yaqoob, Respect Party Vice Chair, Birmingham City

[edit] Sport

First flag indicates country of origin. Second flag indicates country representing.

• Usman Afzaal, cricketer.
• Adnan Ahmed, footballer.
• Kabir Ali, cricketer.
• Kadeer Ali, cricketer.
• Moeen Ali, cricketer.
• Rana Majid Haq, cricketer.
• Rana Omer Hussain, cricketer.
• Amir Khan, boxer.
• Haroon Khan, boxer .
• Adam Langley-Khan, A1 Grand Prix driver.
• Sajid Mahmood, cricketer.
• Adil Rashid, cricketer.
• Zesh Rehman, footballer.
• Bilal Shafayat, cricketer.
• Owais Shah, cricketer.
• Azeem Rafiq, cricketer.
• Hamza Riazuddin, cricketer.
• Nasser Hussain, cricketer.
• Ronnie Irani, cricketer.
• Monty Panesar, cricketer.
• Min Patel, cricketer.
• Samit Patel, cricketer.
• Mark Ramprakash, cricketer.
• Ravinder Bopara, cricketer.
• Vikram Solanki, cricketer.
• Nayan Doshi, cricketer.
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer.
• Ravi Bopara, cricketer
• Michael Chopra, footballer.
• Harpal Singh, footballer.
• Surinder Sunar, poker player
• Vishal Marwaha, field hockey
• Anwar Uddin, footballer
• Jacko Ali, Kickboxer
• Dimitri Mascarenhas, cricketer.

[edit] Other

Flag indicates country of origin.

• Maharaja Duleep Singh, Prince of Perthshire
• George Edalji, barrister falsely accused of horse killing, defended by Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Merle Oberon, British actress of mixed British, Sinhalese, and Irish descent.
• Buck Ruxton, 1930's murder, born a Parsi.
• Saira Shah, journalist, daughter of Idries Shah and a half Parsi woman.
• Shami Chakrabarti, Human rights activist and Director of civil rights organization Liberty.
• Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester

[edit] References