Shah (surname)

Shah is a surname found among the Indo-Iranian people of Central and South Asia. In the Gujarat and Rajasthan regions of India, Shah (Indian family name) is found among the Hindu and Jain banias (traders). This Hindu derivation is from the Gujarati sah ("merchant"; from Sanskrit Sahukarah, merchant).

List of People with the name 'Shah'

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abdullah Shah (died 2004), first person executed by the post-Taliban Afghan state
• Bina Shah, Pakistani journalist and writer
• Bulleh Shah (c. 1680 – c. 1758), Punjabi Sufi poet
• Eddy Shah, Manchester-based businessman and writer
• Hemish Shah (1968–2001), English stock broker and professional poker player
• Idries Shah (1924–1996), Sufi writer
• Jamal Shah, Pakistani television actor
• Jawahar Shah (born 1955), Indian homeopath
• Kiran Shah (born 1956), Kenyan-born actor and stuntman
• Mowahid Shah, Pakistan-born attorney-at-law, writer, and policy analyst
• Naseeruddin Shah, famous Indian actor
• Omar Ali-Shah (1922–2005), prominent exponent of modern Sufism
• Owais Shah (born 1978), Pakistani-born English cricketer
• Pooja Shah (born 1979), British Asian actress
• Raffique Shah (born 1946), Trinidad and Tobago trade unionist and politician
• Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (born 1913), lyrical poet who writes in Gujarati
• Ravindu Shah (born 1972), Kenyan cricketer
• Ray Shah (born 1978), contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother
• Saira Shah, English author, reporter and documentary filmmaker
• Sanjay Shah, former Kenyan, best known for staging an immigration protest
• Satish Beri-Shah, prominent Indian film and television actor
• Sher Shah (VC) (1917–1945), Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sitara Shah, actress who played Parvati Patil in the first three Harry Potter films
• Wali Khan Amin Shah, Afghan-born Al-Qaeda member
• Waris Shah (1719 or 1730–1790), Punjabi poet

See also

• Shah (Indian family name)