Memon

Memon may refer to:

• Memon people, a collection of ethnic groups from the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent. Memons come from the Lohana caste of Gujarat.
  • Memons from Kathiawar, usually simply called Memons that speaks Memoni Language, further divided into sub-group which is generally refer to their ancestral village or town
  • Sindhi Memons a related group native to Sindh, that speaks Sindhi
  • Kutchi Memons a group from Kutch that speaks Kutchi
  • Okhai Memons a group from Okha Port that speaks Memoni Language.
  • Jetpur Memons a group from Jetpur, Gujrat, India that speaks Memoni Language. Their Language is little different as compare to Okhai's and Kutchi's.

Geographical Areas Named Memon

• Murad Memon Goth, one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
• Government Degree College Memon Goth, a Co-education degree college located in Memon Goth Karachi, Pakistan

Languages

• Memon language, spoken by Memons of Kathiwar,

People named Memon

• Abdul Jalil Memon, Agriculturist by profession and an active politician from the District of Thatta, Province of Sindh, Pakistan
• Nasrullah Memon, Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad
• Siddiq Memon, Pakistani businessman born in Karachi, Sindh. He is the current Chairman of Traders Action Committee Pakistan.
• Nisar Memon (b. 1942), Pakistani politician
• Tiger Memon (b. 1960), Indian gangster and terrorist
• Yakub Memon (c. 1962-2015), Indian gangster
• Saud Memon (c. 1961-2007), Pakistani businessman
• Marvi Memon (b. 1972), Pakistani politician
• Muhammad Umar Memon, Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies
• Sattar Memon, Associate Professor of Medicine emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island since 1996 and holds M.D. and F.A.C.P. degrees.
• Shaikh Ibrahim Memon Madani, imam and Muslim scholar
• Sharjeel Inam Memon, Pakistani politician, affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party.
• Jan Muhammad A. Memon, a medical professional and an educationist par excellence.
• Sirajul Haq Memon, acclaimed Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court