The following is a list of notable Kenyan Asians, either persons born in or resident in Kenya with ancestry in South Asia or those descended from Kenyan Asians.
Academia, medicine and science Ali S. Asani, professor Quassim Cassam, professorhttp://www.thefreethinktank.com/interview-professor-quassim-cassam/ Interview with Prof. Cassam Sut Jhally, professor Azim Nanji, professor Urjit Patel, economist Sir Nilesh Samani, physician Malkiat Singh, author and publisher Sir Tejinder Virdee, scientist Business Allidina Visram, pioneer and businessman Manu Chandaria, businessman Francisco D'Souza, CEO Navin Engineer, businessman Trushar Khetia, CEO of the Tria Group Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, settler and businessman Naushad Merali, businessman Pradeep Paunrana, businessman Baloobhai Patel, businessman Atul Shah, businessman Bhimji Depar Shah, businessman Vimal Shah, businessman
Law and politics Sonia Birdi, politicianHarleen Jabbal, "Kenya: Sonia Birdi's Dinner in Honour of William Ruto" The Star (12 November 2013). Suella Braverman, British politician Abdul Majid Cockar, Chief Justice of Kenya Isher Dass, politicianZarina Patel, Challenge to Colonialism: The Struggle of Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee for Equal Rights in Kenya, Publishers Distribution Services, 1997 Shams-ud-Deen, politicianRobert G. Gregory, India and East Africa: a history of race relations within the British Empire, 1890-1939, Clarendon Press, 1971 Manilal Ambalal Desai, politicianEmmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Dictionary of African Biography, Volumes 1-6, OUP USA, 2 Feb 2012, p.185 Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza, lawyer Achhroo Ram Kapila, lawyer Chunilal Madan, Chief Justice of Kenya Joseph Murumbi, politician Pio Gama Pinto, journalist and politician Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, politician Kalpana Rawal, lawyer and judge Shakeel Shabbir, politician Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh, businessman Makhan Singh, trade unionist Sir Mota Singh, barrister and judge Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United KingdomPuri, Anjali (10 August 2015). "UK Cabinet member Rishi Sunak on being British, Indian & Hindu at same time". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Amin Walji, politician
Music and the Arts Ruhila Adatia-Sood, journalist Liaquat Ahamed, author"India, China should wish the rest of the world also grows" , The Economic Times, 17 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-05 Adeel Akhtar, actor Mohamed Amin, photographer Kuljit Bhamra, composerAlison Donnell, Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 11 Sep 2002 Samir Bhamra, playwright Bali Brahmbhatt, playback singer Gurinder Chadha, film director Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, author Ravida Din, film producerRoach Pierson, Ruth; Griffin Cohen, Marjorie (January 1, 1993). Canadian Women's Issues: Volume I: Strong Voices. Lorimer. p. 206. . Nitin Ganatra, actor Kulvinder Ghir, actor Viram Jasani, composer and musician Ajaib Kamal, poet Shenaaz Nanji, author Nadira Naipaul, journalistFrench, Patrick. The world is as it is. Knopf, New York 2008, p. 472 (online). Dev Patel, actor Shailja Patel, poet Priya Ramrakha, photojournalistFoluke Ogunleye, African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 17 Mar 2014 Deep Roy, actor Kiran Shah, actor and stuntman Pooja Shah, actress Sukhbir Singh, bhangra artist Manoj Sood, actorAbdur Rahim, Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants, Xlibris Corporation, 2014, p346 Bahadur Tejani, poet Moyez G. Vassanji, author Ali Velshi, journalist Zain Verjee, journalist Smriti Vidyarthi, journalist Imran Yusuf, comedian Amber Rose Revah, actress
Sport Rajab Ali, cricketer Sabir Butt, squash player Dipak Chudasama, cricketer Basher Hassan, cricketer Aasif Karim, cricketer Frasat Ali Mughal, cricketer Shekhar Mehta, rally driver Tanmay Mishra, cricketer Hitesh Modi, cricketer Khaaliqa Nimji, squash player Dipak Patel, cricketer Rakep Patel, cricketer Mehmood Quraishy, cricketer Zahid Sadiq, cricketer Jawahir Shah, cricketer Ravindu Shah, cricketer Reg Sharma, cricketer Mohammad Sheikh, cricketer Gurdeep Singh, cricketer Joginder Singh, rally driver Narendra Thakker, cricketer Qasim Umar, cricketer Hiren Varaiya, cricketer Roger Verdi, footballer Shehzana Anwar, archer Pushkar Sharma, cricketer.
Other Ameer Faisal Alavi, army officer Bali Mauladad, Big-game hunter Niira Radia, corporate lobbyist Girdhari Lal Vidyarthi, journalistDurrani, Nazmi, Liberating Minds, Restoring Kenyan History: Anti-Imperialist Resistance by Progressive South Asian Kenyans 1884-1965, Vita Books, 22 Mar 2017, p.71 Sanjay Shah, man who lived in Nairobi Airport for 437 days after being refused an English passport Aly Kassam-Remtulla, academic and writer
See also Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin Overseas Pakistani Indians in Uganda Indians in Tanzania Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa
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