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".
Notable people
Administration
- 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
- Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War
Art
- 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
- 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
- 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
Journalism
- Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
- Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer
Politics
- Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
- Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician
Science, medicine and academia
- 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
- Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker
- Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker
References
- 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.
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