Kohli may refer to any of the unrelated surnames of Indian and Swiss-German origins. It most commonly refers to

Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian Cricket, international cricketer who plays One Day International, ODI cricket for the India national cricket team, national team and is a former Captain (cricket), captain in all formats. He is a ...

, an Indian cricketer Other notable people with the surname Kohli include:

Administration

* Ajay Kohli, American marketing theorist and former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Marketing. * D. P. Kohli, the founder Director of the CBI, India's Central Investigation Agency * F. C. Kohli, Indian industrialist and founder of Tata Consultancy Services, also known as father of Indian software industry * Pawanexh Kohli, Chief Executive and Advisor of India's National Centre for Cold-chain Development * Ravina Raj Kohli, former President of STAR News * R. K. Kohli, Indian educational administrator and Vice-Chancellor of Amity University * Sunil Kumar Kohli, 46th Controller General of Defence Accounts of India

Armed Forces

Sourendra Nath Kohli Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli, PVSM (21 June 1916 – 21 January 1997) was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 7th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1973 until 29 February 1976. Kohli served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC- ...

, former Indian Navy chief

Entertainment

Armaan Kohli Armaan Kohli is a former Indian actor. He is the son of film director Rajkumar Kohli and actress Nishi, and is most known for his role in '' Jaani Dushman''. Early life and education Kohli was born to film director Rajkumar Kohli and actres ...

, Indian actor * Bisham Kohli, Indian film personality, better known as Vishal Anand *

Dev Kohli Dev Kohli (2 November 1942 – 26 August 2023) was an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. He penned hundreds of songs in Bollywood films and wrote many hit songs such as ''Maaye Ni Maaye'', ''Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen'', ''Geet Gaata Hoon'','' ...

, Indian poet *

Girish Kohli __NOTOC__ Girish Kohli (born 29 November 1983 in Mumbai) is an Indian Film maker, author and screenwriter. He is the writer-director of CRAZXY and the writer of the thrillers ''Mom'' (2017) and '' HIT: The First Case'' (2022) and historical wa ...

, Indian author and screenwriter *

Gurdeep Kohli Gurdeep Kohli, (born 30 January 1980) also known by her married name Gurdeep Punj is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She is known for her television roles as Hemani Singh in '' Best of Luck Nikki'', Dr. Juhi in '' Sanjivani'', ...

, Indian actor *

Hardeep Singh Kohli Hardeep Singh Kohli (born 21 January 1969) is a British presenter, comedian, writer and director who has appeared on various radio and television programmes. Having moved to Scotland at a young age, he has had a long association with the arts i ...

, British presenter *

Himansh Kohli Himansh Kohli (born 3 November 1989) is an Indian actor from Delhi. He is best known for his role as Raghav Oberoi in the Hindi drama '' Humse Hai Liife''. He made his Bollywood debut with '' Yaariyaan'' (2014). Biography Kohli was born to fa ...

, Indian actor * Jas Kohli, Indian author *

Kuku Kohli Kuku Kohli (born Avtar Kohli; 4 June 1949) is a director, writer, editor and screenwriter of Bollywood Films. He was born in Peshawar. He gave Ajay Devgan his first break in Bollywood film '' Phool Aur Kaante''. Career Early in his career, h ...

, Indian director, writer, editor and screenwriter *

Kunal Kohli Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer, writer and actor in Bollywood. He is best known for directing the romantic comedy '' Hum Tum'' (2004), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Director, and the romantic thriller '' Fanaa'' (2 ...

, Indian film director, producer and writer *

Madan Mohan (composer) Madan Mohan Kohli (25 June 1924 – 14 July 1975), better known as Madan Mohan, was an Indian music director of the 1950s, 1960s and the 1970s. He is considered one of the most melodious and skilled music directors of the Hindi film indust ...

, Indian singer and composer *

Narendra Kohli Narendra Kohli (6 January 1940 – 17 April 2021) was an Indian author. Writing in Hindi-language, he is credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He is also regarded as a trendsetter in the sense that he pio ...

, Indian Hindi-language author *

Neelu Kohli Neelu Kohli (also Nilu Kohli) is an Indian film and television actress. She has done many roles in many Indian television series, like Sangam, Naamkaran, Mere Angne Mein, Maddam Sir and Choti Sarrdaarni. She is also worked in Hindi films such ...

, Indian television actress *

Nishi (actress) Nishi Kohli (born Krishna Kumari Sharma, 1 January 1935), known professionally as Nishi, is an Indian former actress who has worked in Punjabi cinema, Punjabi and Hindi-language films. She frequently acted with Dara Singh. Early life and caree ...

, Indian actor *

Purab Kohli Purab Kohli is an Indian actor, model and former video jockey. Career Television Kohli started his career as an actor with the 1998 television show '' Hip Hip Hurray'' on Zee TV and earned recognition through video jockeying on Channel V. H ...

, Indian actor, model and former video jockey *

Rahul Kohli Rahul Kohli (born 13 November 1985) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti in '' iZombie'' (2015–2019), Owen Sharma in '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), Sheriff Hassan in ''Midnight Mass'' ...

, English actor *

Rajkumar Kohli Rajkumar Kohli (14 September 1930 – 24 November 2023) was an Indian film director. He was famous for directing several popular Bollywood films like ''Lootera'' (1965) starring Dara Singh and Nishi (Nishi later married Kohli) as well as Punj ...

, Indian film director *

Rochak Kohli Rochak Kohli is an Indian music director for Bollywood films. He is famous for writing the song 'Karan's Saddle Point'. He made his music debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy '' Vicky Donor'' with " Pani Da Rang". The song was made in col ...

, Indian music director, composer, singer, instrumentalist and lyricist *

Sanjeev Kohli Sanjeev Singh Kohli (born 30 November 1971) is a Scottish actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom ''Still Game'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom '' Fag ...

, British Indian comedian, writer and actor * Sunita Kohli, Indian interior designer *

Vikas Kohli Vikas Kohli is an Indian musician and music producer, whose work covers a variety of genres from punk, jazz, hip-hop, to Country, Metal, and Bollywood pop. He is known for his expertise in song arrangements and his one-on-one artist development ...

, Indian musician and music producer

Judiciary

Hima Kohli Hima Kohli (born 2 September 1959) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2021 to 2024. Earlier, she served as a judge of the Delhi High Court. and then the second chief justice of the Telangana High Court, being the first woman ...

, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court * Nalin Kohli, Indian advocate and politician * Permod Kohli, Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court

Politics

* Abdul Ghani Kohli, Indian politician * Ajit Pal Singh Kohli, Indian politician and MLA from Patiala Assembly constituency *

Amolak Rattan Kohli Amolak Rathan Kohli (born 3 November 1942) is a former governor of the Indian state of Mizoram. He served as governor of Mizoram from 2001 to 2006. Early life and education Kohli is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a gr ...

, former governor of the Indian state of Mizoram *

Krishna Kohli Krishna Kumari Kohli (, ; born 1 February 1979), also known by the nickname Kishoo Bai, is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. She is the second Hindu woman to hold this position. She is kn ...

, Pakistani politician *

Mohammad Aslam Kohli Mohammad Aslam Kohli is a political leader from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the head of the ''Gujjar and Bakerwal Tehreek-e-Insaf'', an organization representing Gujjar and Bakarwal interests, such as ensuring continuation of s ...

, Indian politician *

Om Prakash Kohli Om Prakash Kohli (9 August 1935 – 20 February 2023) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019. He was the president of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1999 to 2000 and had served as a member of t ...

, former Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019. *

Veeru Kohli Veeru Kohli ( ; 1964-2023) was a Pakistani bonded labor and human rights activist. She was known for starting to campaign against slavery after twenty years of living in bondage herself. Personal life She was born to a poor Hindu scheduled caste ...

, Pakistani human rights activist

Science and medicine

Anil Kohli Anil Kohli is an Indian dental surgeon, medical administrator and a former president of the Dental Council of India. He is an elected fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and holds the honorary ran ...

, Indian dental surgeon and former president of the Dental Council of India. * Martin Kohli, Swiss sociologist * Prerna Kohli, Indian clinical psychologist * Pushmeet Kohli, American computer scientist at Google DeepMind where he heads the "Robust and Reliable AI" and "AI for Science" teams. *

Sanjai Kohli Sanjai Kohli is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur known for his work developing consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. In addition to his recognition for GPS work, he founded multiple startups and is the CEO of MIPS Technologi ...

, Indian electrical engineer known for his work in developing GPS

Sports

Fränzi Mägert-Kohli Franzinska "Fränzi" Mägert-Kohli (born 31 May 1982) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won the gold medal in the parallel slalom at the 2009 Snowboarding World Championships. External links * * * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople fr ...

, Swiss snowboarder *

Mohan Singh Kohli Captain Mohan Singh Kohli (born 11 December 1931), is an Indian Navy officer and mountaineer, who led the 1965 Indian Everest Expedition, which saw nine men reach the summit of Everest, a world record for 17 years. Early life Born and ...

, Indian mountaineer who led India's first mission to climb Mount Everest * Kabir Kohli, Indian footballer *

Palak Kohli Palak Kohli (born 12 August 2002) is an Indian professional para-badminton player from Jalandhar. Personal life Palak Kohli comes from Jalandhar. Career Kohli trains in the national training camp under Gaurav Khanna Gaurav Khanna (bo ...

, Indian professional Para-badminton player * Parth Kohli, Indian cricketer * Nikhil Kohli, Indian cricketer * Shah Kohli, Indian Judo player *

Sushil Kohli Sushil Kohli {born 19 April 1953) is an Indian swimmer and water polo player. His father was the late Sh Mulkh Raj Kohli, who along with his brother late Sh Deshraj Kohli started the company Beat All Sports commonly known as BAS. He received a ...

, Indian swimmer and water polo player, Asian Games bronze medalist *

Taruwar Kohli Taruwar Sushil Kohli (born 17 December 1988) is an Indian former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He scored two triple-centuries in first-class cricket. In domestic cricket, he appeared with ONGC. Early l ...

, Indian cricketer

References

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