List of British Indians

This is a list of notable British people of Indian descent (British Indians).

List

Arts & Entertainment

• Naveen Andrews, actor.
• Jas Binag, actor.
• Sarita Choudhury,actress
• Mina Anwar, actor.
• Samir Bhamra, theatre director.
• Gurinder Chadha, movie director.
• Ameet Chana, actor.
• Kulvinder Ghir, actor.
• Shobna Gulati, actor.
• Waris Hussein, film and television director.
• Indira Joshi, actor.
• Rani Khanijau, television presenter.
• Ben Kingsley, actor.
• Ismail Merchant, producer.
• Rhona Mitra (1976 – ) actress and model
• Freddie Mercury, lead singer in Queen (band)
• Jimi Mistry, actor.
• Parminder Nagra, actor.
• Archie Panjabi, actor.
• Anita Rani, television and radio presenter
• Laila Rouass, actor.
• Sunetra Sarker, actor.
• Pooja Shah, actor.
• Meera Syal, comedian.
• Indira Varma, actor.
• Nina Wadia, comedian.
• Bobby Friction and Nihal, radio presenters
• Rajinder Rai, aka Panjabi MC, dance musician.
• Nitin Sawhney, dance musician.
• Talvin Singh, dance musician.
• Tjinder Singh, lead singer of Cornershop.
• Jay Sean, R'n'B singer
• Swami (musical band), Rap/Rock Band
• Juggy D, singer
• Veronica Mehta, singer
• Rishi Rich, music producer
• Charli XCX, Pop singer

Business and Industry

• Tom Singh, Founder New Look
• Avtar Lit, Founder Sunrise Radio.
• Karan Bilimoria, Founder Cobra Beer.
• Gulu Lalvani, Founder Binatone.
• Anurag Dikshit, co-founder PartyGaming
• Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder PartyGaming
• Hinduja brothers
• Firoz Kassam, former owner of Oxford United F.C.
• Anshu Jain, Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank AG
• Nina Bracewell-Smith, non-executive director of Arsenal F.C.
• Lakshmi Mittal, Billionaire, Founder of Mittal Steel.^[1]

Literature and Media

• Lord Waheed Alli, Television producer.
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Columnist.
• Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Television journalist.
• Sunny Hundal, a journalist and a political blogger.
• Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, playwright.
• V.S. Naipaul, author (from Indian community in Trinidad).
• Rana Dasgupta,author
• Rahul Potluri, author of scientific and medical research
• Salman Rushdie, writer
• Sasthi Brata, writer
• Vikram Seth, author.
• Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, author.
• Simon Singh, author of scientific and mathematical interest.
• Vish Dhamija, author.

Politics

• Priti Patel, Employment Minister in David Cameron's Cabinet
• Mancherjee Bhownagree, former Conservative (Second Indian MP in British Parliament).
• Parmjit Dhanda, former Labour MP.
• Nirj Deva, Conservative MEP.
• Piara Khabra, former Labour MP (deceased).
• Ashok Kumar, former Labour MP.
• Claude Moraes, Labour MEP.
• Dadabhai Naoroji, former Liberal Party MP (First Indian MP in British Parliament).
• Shapurji Saklatvala, former Communist MP.
• Marsha Singh, former Labour MP.
• Parmjit Singh Gill, Liberal Democrats.
• Shailesh Vara, Conservative MP.
• Keith Vaz, Labour MP.
• Virendra Sharma – Labour MP and councillor in Ealing.
• Diljit Rana, Baron Rana - MP at the House of Lords
• Seema Malhotra
• Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich
• Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
• Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh
• Dolar Popat, Baron Popat
• Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai

Sports

• Naiktha Bains, Tennis player
• Michael Chopra, footballer, Newcastle United
• Nasser Hussain, cricketer, former England captain
• Ronnie Irani, cricketer.
• Monty Panesar, cricketer.
• Mark Ramprakash, cricketer.
• Harpal Singh, footballer, Leeds United AFC
• Vikram Solanki, cricketer.
• Ravi Bopara, cricketer.

Others

• 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 murderer, born a Parsi.
• Saira Shah, journalist, daughter of Idries Shah.

See also

• British Indian
• Immigration to the United Kingdom
• Indian diaspora
• List of Indian Americans
• List of Indo-Canadians
• Indian (disambiguation)

References