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'''Ahuja''' is an [[Indian surname|Indian]] ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Sindhi name|Sindhi]]) surname, held by [[Hindus]] and [[Sikhs]] of the [[Arora]], [[Jat Sikh|Jat]], and [[Amils|Amil]] [[Lohana]] communities. ''Ahuja'' means "descendant of Ahu".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hanks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 |isbn= |location=New York |pages=xcvii, 15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Thakur |first=U.T. |title=Sindhi Culture |publisher=University of Bombay |year=1959 |pages=85, 87}}</ref>{{Cn|date=January 2026}}<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
=== Administration ===<br />
* [[Deepak Ahuja]] (born 1963), former CFO at Tesla<br />
* [[Kiran Ahuja]] (born 1971), American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management<br />
* [[Ravi Ahuja]] (born 1971), American business executive<br />
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=== Armed Forces ===<br />
* [[Ajay Ahuja]] (1963–1999), Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War<br />
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=== Art ===<br />
* [[Ameena Ahmad Ahuja]], Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist<br />
* [[Charanjit Ahuja]] (1953–2025), Indian music producer and composer<br />
* [[Hamisha Daryani Ahuja]] (born 1984), Indian-Nigerian actress and producer<br />
* [[Mequitta Ahuja]] (born 1976), American contemporary feminist painter<br />
* [[Naman Ahuja]] (born 1974), Indian art historian and curator<br />
* [[Nilesh Ahuja]], Indian singer, songwriter and composer<br />
* [[Rita Rani Ahuja]], American actress<br />
* [[Sachin Ahuja]] (born 1978), Indian music producer and music composer<br />
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=== Athletics ===<br />
* [[Davinder Ahuja]], badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games<br />
* [[Kanika Ahuja]] (born 2002), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Neha Ahuja]] (born 1981), Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics<br />
* [[Suraj Ahuja]] (born 1999), Indian cricketer, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team<br />
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=== Bollywood ===<br />
* [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] (born 1963), Indian actor<br />
* [[Aakash Ahuja]] (born 1991), Indian actor<br />
* [[Arun Kumar Ahuja]] (1917–1998), Indian actor<br />
* [[Govinda Ahuja]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Richa Ahuja]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Sarwar Ahuja]] (born 1980), Indian actor<br />
* [[Shiney Ahuja]] (born 1973), Indian actor<br />
* [[Shubhi Ahuja]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Sonam Kapoor Ahuja]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Suhaas Ahuja]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Sushma Ahuja]] (born 1952), Indian director, writer and actress<br />
* [[Krushal Ahuja]] (born 1994), Indian actor<br />
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=== Journalism ===<br />
* [[Anjana Ahuja]], British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for ''The Times''<br />
* [[Maneet Ahuja]], American author, journalist, television news producer and hedge fund specialist<br />
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=== Politics ===<br />
* [[Gyan Dev Ahuja]], BJP politician<br />
* [[Hargun Das Ahuja]] (born 1970), Pakistani politician<br />
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=== Science, medicine and academia ===<br />
* [[Kamal Ahuja]] (born 1954), physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare<br />
* [[M. M. S. Ahuja]] (1929–1998), Indian physician and endocrinologist<br />
* [[Narendra Ahuja]], Indian-American computer scientist<br />
* [[Nita Ahuja]], American surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine<br />
* [[Ravindra K. Ahuja]] (born 1956), Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym<br />
* [[Sunil Kumar Ahuja]] (born 1961), professor of medicine at the University of Texas<br />
* [[V. K. Ahuja]] (born 1967), professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam, India<br />
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=== Social work ===<br />
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* [[Jagdish Lal Ahuja]] (died 2021), Indian social worker<br />
* [[Sparsh Ahuja]], Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Monte Ahuja College of Business]]<br />
* [[University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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