Shah (surname)

Shah (surname)

Shah (Gujarati: શાહ) is a surname common among people from India.

List of People with the name 'Shah'

The surname Shah may refer to:
* Abdullah Shah (died 2004), was the first person executed by the post-Taliban Afghan state.
* Anil R. Shah, MD, facial plastic surgeon
* Jason Shah
* Bina Shah is a Pakistani journalist and writer
* Bulleh Shah (c.1680-c.1758), a Punjabi Sufi poet.
* Eddy Shah, a Manchester-based businessman and writer.
* Hemish Shah (1968-2001), an English stock broker and professional poker player.
* Idries Shah (1924-1996), a Sufi writer.
* Jamal Shah, a Pakistani television actor.
* Jawahar Shah (born 1955), Indian homeopath.
* Kiran Shah (born 1956), a Kenyan-born actor and a stuntman.
* Mohammed Ali Shah, an Iranian citizen currently detained at Guantanamo Bay.
* Nehal Shah, an Australian-Indian
*Naseeruddin Shah, actor
* Nirav Shah (born 1986)
* Omar Ali-Shah (died 2005), a prominent exponent of modern sufism.
* Owais Shah (born 1978), a Pakistani-born English cricketer.
* Pooja Shah (born 1979) is a British Asian actor
* Raffique Shah (born 1946), a Trinidad and Tobago trade unionist and politician.
* Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (born 1913), a lyrical poet who writes in Gujarati.
* Ravindu Shah (born 1972) is a Kenyan cricketer.
* Ray Shah (born 1978) was a contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother.
* Reza Shah, ruler
* Sheraz Shah, American-Pakisani Genius
* Saira Shah, an English author, reporter and documentary filmmaker
* Sanjay Shah is a former Kenyan, best known for staging an immigration protest.
* Satish Beri-Shah was a prominent Indian film and television actor.
* Sher Shah (VC) (1917-1945), an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
* Sitara Shah, an actress who played Parvati Patil in the first three Harry Potter films.
* Wali Khan Amin Shah, an Afghan-born Al-Qaeda member.
* Waris Shah (1719 or 1730–1790), a Punjabi poet


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