Ahuja

Ahuja is a Punjabi and Sindhi Hindu and Sikh surname. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".[1][2]

## Notable people

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### Administration

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* 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

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* Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War

### Art

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* Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
* Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, Indian-Nigerian actress and producer
* Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter
* Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator
* Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
* Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer

### Athletics

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* Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games
* Kanika Ahuja, Indian cricketer
* 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

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* Govinda (Govind Arun Kumar Ahuja), Indian actor
* Aakash Ahuja, Indian actor
* Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor
* Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
* Richa Ahuja, Indian actress
* Sarwar Ahuja, Indian actor
* Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
* Shubhi Ahuja, Indian actress
* Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
* Suhaas Ahuja, Indian actor
* Sushma Ahuja, Indian director, writer and actor
* Krushal Ahuja, Indian actor

### Journalism

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* Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
* Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer

### Politics

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* Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
* Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician

### Science, medicine and academia

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* 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

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* Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker
* Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
2. ^ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

Surname list

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