List of British Indians
This is a list of notable British people of Indian descent (British Indians).
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List
Arts and entertainment
- Naveen Andrews, actor
- Gabrielle Anwar, actress (father and grandfather had Indian ancestry)
- Mina Anwar, actor
- Samir Bhamra, theatre director
- Jas Binag, acto
- Gurinder Chadha, movie director
- Ameet Chana, actor
- Charli XCX, pop singer
- Sarita Choudhury, actress
- Bobby Friction, radio presenter
- Tripet Garielle, singer
- Kulvinder Ghir, actor
- Neelam Gill, model
- Shobna Gulati, actor
- Waris Hussein, film and television director
- Indira Joshi, actor
- Juggy D, singer
- Kamaal Khan, Bollywood singer and actor
- Rani Khanijau, television presenter
- Ben Kingsley, actor
- Veronica Mehta, singer
- Ismail Merchant, producer
- Freddie Mercury, lead singer in the band Queen
- Jimi Mistry, actor
- Rhona Mitra (1976–), actress and model
- Parminder Nagra, actor
- Nihal, radio presenter
- Archie Panjabi, actor
- Panjabi MC, real name Rajinder Rai, dance musician
- Anita Rani, television and radio presenter
- Rishi Rich, music producer
- Laila Rouass, actor
- Sunetra Sarker, actor
- Nitin Sawhney, dance musician
- Jay Sean, R'n'B singer
- Pooja Shah, actor
- Talvin Singh, dance musician
- Tjinder Singh, lead singer of Cornershop
- Swami, rap/rock band
- Meera Syal, comedian
- Indira Varma, actor
- Nina Wadia, comedian
Business and industry
- Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder of PartyGaming
- Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer
- Nina Bracewell-Smith, non-executive director of Arsenal F.C.
- Anurag Dikshit, co-founder of PartyGaming
- Hinduja brothers
- Anshu Jain, Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank AG
- Firoz Kassam, former owner of Oxford United F.C.
- Gulu Lalvani, founder of Binatone
- Avtar Lit, founder of Sunrise Radio
- Lakshmi Mittal, billionaire, founder of Mittal Steel[1]
- Tom Singh, founder of New Look
Literature and media
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, columnist
- Lord Waheed Alli, television producer
- Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, playwright
- Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, author
- Rana Dasgupta, author
- Vish Dhamija, author
- Krishnan Guru-Murthy, television journalist
- Sunny Hundal, journalist, political blogger
- V.S. Naipaul, author (from Indian community in Trinidad)
- Rahul Potluri, author of scientific and medical research
- Salman Rushdie, writer
- Sasthi Brata, writer
- Vikram Seth, author
- Simon Singh, author of scientific and mathematical interest
Politics
- Mancherjee Bhownagree, former Conservative, second Indian MP in British Parliament
- Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai
- Nirj Deva, Conservative MEP
- Parmjit Dhanda, former Labour MP
- Parmjit Singh Gill, Liberal Democrat
- Piara Khabra, former Labour MP (deceased)
- Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich
- Ashok Kumar, former Labour MP
- Seema Malhotra
- Claude Moraes, Labour MEP
- Dadabhai Naoroji, former Liberal Party MP, first Indian MP in British Parliament
- Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh
- Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
- Priti Patel, Employment Minister in David Cameron's Cabinet
- Dolar Popat, Baron Popat
- Diljit Rana, Baron Rana, MP at the House of Lords
- Shapurji Saklatvala, former Communist MP
- Virendra Sharma, Labour MP and councillor in Ealing
- Marsha Singh, former Labour MP
- Shailesh Vara, Conservative MP
- Keith Vaz, Labour MP
Sports
- Naiktha Bains, tennis player
- Ravi Bopara, cricketer
- 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
- Neil Taylor, Welsh footballer
Others
- George Edalji, barrister falsely accused of horse killing, defended by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Buck Ruxton, 1930s murderer, born a Parsi
- Saira Shah, journalist, daughter of Idries Shah
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009; current President of the Royal Society (as of November 2015)
See also
- British Indian
- Immigration to the United Kingdom
- Indian diaspora
- List of Indian Americans
- List of Indo-Canadians
- Indian (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Mittal, Arcelor. "Lakshmi Mittal - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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