List of British Indians
Appearance
This is a list of notable British people of Indian descent (Indian Britons).
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Artists
- Anish Kapoor, Sculptor
Businesspeople
- Vikrant Bhargava, Entrepreneur - former Group Marketing Director of PartyGaming
- Nina Bracewell-Smith, Non-executive director of Arsenal F.C.
- Anurag Dikshit, Billionaire co-founder of PartyGaming
- Hindujas, A Family of Business people
- Firoz Kassam, Former owner of Oxford United F.C.
- Lakshmi Mittal, Billionaire Industrialist
- Gulam Noon, Founder of food product companies specialising in Indian cuisine
- Tom Singh, Founder of the New Look
- Neetu Sharma, Lloyds Register of Shipping
Dancers
- Shobna Gulati
- Jasmine Simhalan, Also Martial Artist
- Madhu Singh, dancer; member of Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008.
Film
Actors
- Naveen Andrews
- Erick Avari
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Charu Bala Chokshi
- Sarita Choudhury
- Shelley Conn
- Ayesha Dharker
- Kulvinder Ghir
- Anjali Jay
- Indira Joshi
- Katrina Kaif
- Preeya Kalidas
- Shobu Kapoor
- Sarita Khajuria
- Ben Kingsley
- Anya Lahiri
- Parminder Nagra
- Manish Patel
- Kavi Raz
- Zuleikha Robinson
- Roshan Seth
- Pooja Shah
- Meera Simhan
- Milind Soman
- Meera Syal
- Chandeep Uppal
- Nadia Nyce
Directors
- Gurinder Chadha
- Waris Hussein
- Asif Kapadia
- Ismail Merchant
- Pratibha Parmar
- Sarjit Bains
- Saira Shah
- Bharat Nalluri
Journalists
Medicine
Models
- Preeti Desai, Miss Great Britain 2006
- Nifa and Nishan Hindes, Twin Models
- Shivani Kapoor
- Anya Lahiri
- Pooja Shah
- Milind Soman
Music
- Amar, Singer
- Apache Indian, Singer, Songwriter
- Reena Bhardwaj, Singer
- Sheila Chandra, Singer
- DCS, Bhangra band
- DJ Kayper, DJ
- Dr Zeus, Music Director
- Juggy D, Bhangra Singer
- Johnny Kalsi, Dhol Drummer
- Anya Lahiri, Singer
- Mentor Kolektiv, Bhangra Group
- Freddie Mercury, Lead Singer of Queen
- Daljit Neer, Founder of Neer Productions
- DJ Nihal, DJ
- Nerina Pallot, Singer
- Bally Sagoo, DJ
- Nitin Sawhney, Musician, Producer and Composer
- Ms Scandalous, Bhangra/ Rap Artist
- Jay Sean, R&B Singer
- S-Endz, Rapper
- Anoushka Shankar, Sitar Player
- Sukshinder Shinda, Bhangra Producer and Artist
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- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Composer
- DJ Swami, DJ, Producer, Guitarist
Photographers
- Pamella Bordes, Plus former Miss India
Philosophers
Political Figures
- Mancherjee Bhownagree, MP
- Harpal Brar, Communist politican and writer
- Rajani Palme Dutt, Leading figure in the Communist Party of Great Britain
- Ramesh Kallidai, Secretary General of the Hindu Forum of Britain
- Piara Khabra, MP
- Claude Moraes, Member of European Parliament representing the Labour Party in London
- Dadabhai Naoroji, MP
- Shapurji Saklatvala, MP
- Atma Singh
- Udham Singh, Indian Independence activist
- Manjula Sood, Lord Mayor of Leicester
Professors
- Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Scholar of Political Science, International Relations and South Asian Studies
- Sarvadaman Chowla, Mathematician
- Ravinder N. Maini, Professor of rheumatology
Religious Figures
- Satish Kumar, Jain monk
- Harish Purohit, Hindu priest
Radio
- Nikki Bedi, Radio Presenter
- DJ Kayper, Radio Presenter
- Ameet Chana, Radio Presenter
- Sonia Deol, Radio Presenter
- Tilusha Ghelani, Radio Producer
- Avtar Lit, Chairman of Sunrise Radio
- Daljit Neer, Radio Presenter
- DJ Nihal, Radio Presenter
- Anita Rani, Radio Presenter
- Manish Sahi, Radio Presenter
- Shabnam Dutta, Radio Presenter
- Rozina Sini, Radio Presenter
Sport
Cricketers
- Nasser Hussain
- Ronnie Irani
- Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji
- Mark Ramprakash
- Vikram Solanki
- Monty Panesar
- Ravi Bopara
Footballers
- Michael Chopra, Sunderland A.F.C.
- Harpal Singh, Bohemian F.C.
Other
- Surinder Sunar, Professional Poker Player
Television
- Anjum Anand, TV Chef
- Naveen Andrews, Actor (LOST)
- Erick Avari, Actor
- Nikki Bedi, Presenter
- Sanjeev Bhaskar, Comedian and Actor
- Chris Bisson, Actor
- Ameet Chana, Actor
- Charu Bala Chokshi, Actress
- Shelley Conn, Actress
- Ayesha Dharker, Actress
- Sonia Deol, Presenter
- Daljit Dhaliwal, Newsreader and Presenter
- Kulvinder Ghir, Actor
- Shobna Gulati, Actress
- Rebecca Hazlewood, Actress
- Waris Hussein, Director
- Raji James, Actor
- Anjali Jay, Actress
- Indira Joshi, Actress
- Ronny Jhutti, Actor
- Preeya Kalidas, Actress
- Ravi Kapoor, Actor
- Shobu Kapoor, Actress
- Sarita Khajuria, Actress
- Rani Khanijau, Children's TV Presenter
- Ben Kingsley, Actor
- Edmund Kingsley, Actor
- Inder Manocha, Comedian
- Jamila Massey, Actress
- Sangita Myska, TV Presenter
- Parminder Nagra, Actress (ER)
- Bharat Nalluri, TV Director
- DJ Nihal, TV Presenter
- Shefali Oza, Newsreader
- Babita Pohoomull, Actress
- Anita Rani, TV Presenter
- Shihab Rattansi, Newsreader
- Kavi Raz, Actor
- Laila Rouass, Actress
- Salima Saxton, Actress
- Pooja Shah, Actress
- Bindya Solanki, Actress
Writers
- Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Playwright
- Shobna Gulati
- Pico Iyer, Novelist
- Venika Kingsland
- Edmund Kingsley
- Hari Kunzru, Novelist and Journalist
- Manish Patel
- Kamala Markandaya, Novelist
- Jamila Massey
- Raman Mundair, Poet
- Preethi Nair
- Salman Rushdie, Novelist
- Saira Shah
- Navjot Singh (Author), Author of Books on China
- Meera Syal, Comedian, Actress
Other
- George Edalji, Solicitor
- Armaan Genomal, Child Prodigy
- Nagachetan Bangalore M, Research Fellow and a Scientist