__NOTOC__ Wanja is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
First name Barbara Wanja (born 1959), former freestyle swimmer from East Germany then known as Barbara Krause Dorothy Wanja Nyingi (born 1974), Kenyan ichthyologist Wanja Hlibka, singer with the Don Cossack Choir Wanja Lundby-Wedin (born 1952), Swedish trade unionist and politician Wanja Michuki, Kenyan businesswoman Wanja Ronald Ngah (born 12 September 1991), Cameroonian footballer Wanja Mary Sellers (born 1962), American-Italian actress and director
Surname Iwa Wanja (1905–1991), Bulgarian actress based in Germany Janet Wanja (1984–2024), Kenyan volleyball player Lutz Wanja (born 1956), German swimmer Mbangi Wanja, Sultan of Bagirmi, central Africa, from 1722 to 1736
Fictional characters Wanja, character in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's novel Petals of Blood (1977)
See also Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, Nordic design award Vanja, a given name Vanya (disambiguation) Wangarr, a concept in Yolngu culture, also spelt Wanja