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List of Kenyan Asian people

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The following is a list of notable Kenyan Asians, either persons born in or resident in Kenya with ancestry in South Asia or those descended from Kenyan Asians.

Academia, medicine and science

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Business

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Law and politics

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Music and the Arts

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Sport

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Other

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See also

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References

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