This is a list of notable British people of Indian descent (British Indians).
Historical
Dean Mahomed (1759–1851), British Indian traveller and writer originally from Patna in modern-day Bihar
Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa (1758–1822), Mughal noble married into the aristocratic Ducarel family. Originally from the town of Purnea in modern-day Bihar
Duleep Singh (1838–1893), last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire who was born in Lahore and was exiled to the United Kingdom at the age of 15
Kitty Kirkpatrick (1802–1889), daughter of James Achilles Kirkpatrick and a Hyderabadi noblewoman. Muse of philosopher, Thomas Carlyle.
Sukhsagar Datta (1890–1967), medical doctor, Indian Independence activist and Labour Party official, living in Bristol.
David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (1808–1851), Anglo-Indian politician held to be the first person of Indian descent to be elected in British Parliament.
Sheth Ghoolam Hyder (1776–1823), born in Darbhanga, Bihar, professor of Persian at the East India Company College. One of the first Indians to teach in the UK.
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936), communist activist and British politician of Indian Parsi heritage.
Academia and medicine
Jas Pal Singh Badyal, professor of chemistry, Durham University
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, chemist and Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Baron Kumar Bhattacharyya, former engineer, professor of manufacturing systems at University of Warwick and founder and chairman of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
Dinesh Bhugra, professor of mental health at King's College London, former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the World Psychiatric Association, and President-elect of the British Medical Association
Jagjit Chadha, economist, professor and Director of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
Krishna Chatterjee, professor of endocrinology, University of Cambridge
Rangan Chatterjee, medical doctor, author, television presenter and podcaster
Dame Pratibha Gai, microscopist, professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy, University of York
Hari Hundal, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology, University of Dundee
Mukesh Kapila, diplomat, former civil servant and professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester
Dame Parveen Kumar, medical doctor, professor of medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, former President of the British Medical Association and the Royal Society of Medicine, and former vice-president of the Royal College of Physicians.
Mayur Lakhani, medical doctor and President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Sir Ravinder Maini, rheumatologist, academic and professor at Imperial College London
Yadvinder Malhi, professor of ecosystem science, University of Oxford
Kantilal Vardichand Mardia, statistician
Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King's College London
Chaand Nagpaul, medical doctor and Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association
Baron Narendra Patel, obstetrician and former President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Rahul Potluri, medical doctor and epidemiologist
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and President of the Royal Society
Babulal Sethia, medical doctor, cardiac surgeon and former President of the Royal Society of Medicine
Aditi Shankardass, clinical neuroscientist, Harvard Medical School
Simon Singh, theoretical physicist and popular science author
Ashok Venkitaraman, cancer researcher, director of the Medical Research Council Cancer Unit and Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, University of Cambridge
Sir Tejinder Virdee, professor of physics, Imperial College London.
Arts and entertainment
Artists
Sir Anish Kapoor, sculptor
Poulomi Desai, photographer, sound artist and curator
Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao, painter
Media
Naveen Andrews, actor
Gabrielle Anwar, actress (father and grandfather had Indian ancestry)
Mina Anwar, actor
Vikram Barn, also known as Vikkstar123, Internet personality
Samir Bhamra, theatre director
Sanjeev Bhaskar, actor, comedian, radio commentator, Chancellor of the University of Sussex
Alia Bhatt, actress
Viveik Kalra, actor
Karan Kapoor, photographer, actor, model, son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Kunal Kapoor, actor, ad film producer, ad film director, son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Sanjana Kapoor, actor, theater personality, daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal