Ahuja
Ahuja is a Hindu and Sikh surname (chiefly Panjab). It is held by Sikhs and Hindus of the Jat, Arora and Amil Lohana communities. The Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".[1][2]
Notable people[edit]
Administration[edit]
- Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla
- Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management
Armed Forces[edit]
- Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during Kargil War
Art[edit]
- Ameena Ahmed Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
- Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter
- Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator
- Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer
- Varun Ahuja, Indian composer, singer-songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist
- Simran B Ahuja, famous model
Athletics[edit]
- Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games
- Neha Ahuja, Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to have qualified for the Winter Olympics
- Suraj Ahuja, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team
Bollywood[edit]
- Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor
- Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
- Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
- Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
Journalism[edit]
- Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
- Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer
Politics[edit]
- Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
- Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician
Science, medicine and academia[edit]
- Kamal Ahuja, physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
- M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
- Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
- Nita Ahuja, surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
- Ravindra K. Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
- Sunil Kumar Ahuja, professor of medicine, at the University of Texas
- V. K. Ahuja, professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi ,India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam,India
Social work[edit]
- Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker
References[edit]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
- ^ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.