Saxena

Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. It is a common surname found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha (also known as North-Indian Kayastha) community of upper caste Hindus^[1][2][3][4] particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India. Saxena, in origin, is derived from the Sanskrit word sakhisena meaning “friend of the army”.^[5]

Notables

• Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva
• Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director
• Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project
• Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer
• Arvind Saxena (born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
• Ashutosh Saxena, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur
• Avadh Saxena, the American Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Indian historian
• Girish Chandra Saxena, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir
• Gopaldas Neeraj, Indian poet and author
• Gunjan Saxena, Indian Airforce Officer
• Harshit Saxena (born 1985), Indian singer and composer
• Harshita Saxena, the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2009 title
• Iresh Saxena (born 1984), Bengal cricketer
• Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 1986), Indian cricketer
• Jatin Sahay Saxena (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer
• K. P. Saxena (1932-2013), Hindi satirist and writer
• Krishna Gopal Saxena (1912–2003), Indian homoeopathic physician
• Manisha Saxena (born 1993), Indian model and television actress
• N. C. Saxena, Indian member of the Planning Commission and of the National Advisory Council
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), Indian poet and author
• Neha Saxena, an Indian television actress
• Neha Saxena, a film actress who acts mainly Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Hindi language films
• Nitin Saxena, Indian computer scientist
• Parag Saxena (born 1955), Hindi Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route
• PN Saxena (1925-1999), Indian academic and founder Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
• Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian Director General of the Income Tax Investigation agency
• Rajan Saxena, Indian management academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIM deemed university in Mumbai
• Rajan Saxena (physician), Indian Dean of the Surgical Gastroenterology Department at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Lucknow
• Rakesh Saxena (born 1952), Indian convicted criminal, financier and trader
• Ramesh Saxena (1944-2011), Indian cricketer
• Sapan Saxena, Indian author, best known for his novel Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel) & UNNS-The Captivation
• Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927-2003), Indian Hindi Poet
• Saumitra Saxena (born 1976), United States based poet of Indian origin
• Sharat Saxena, Indian actor
• Shekhar Saxena, recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award
• Shibban Lal Saxena, Indian politician and Freedom Fighter
• Sushil Kumar Saxena, Indian musicologist, academic and scholar
• Vijay Saxena (1968-1994), Indian actor
• Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 1980), Indian cricketer
• Virendra Saxena, Indian actor
• W. Hansraj Saxena, former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures
• Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi
• Aakash Saxena, MLA from Rampur
• Prem Behari Narain Raizada, Indian calligrapher
• Arun Kumar Saxena, Minister of Zoological Garden & Climate Change