Memon may refer to:

Ethnic group and language

Memon people The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Kh ...

, Sunni Muslim community in Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan **

Memons (Kathiawar) The ancestors of present-day Memons who settled a few centuries ago in various parts of the districts of India, particularly Kathiawar (now Saurashtra), commonly identified as simply Memons. The language of Kathiawadi Memons is Memon, sometimes ...

Kutchi Memon Kutchi Memons ( gu, કચ્છી મેમોન, ur, کچھی میمن), also spelled as Cutchi Memons, are an ethnic group or caste from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who speak the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated w ...

, from Kutch, Gujarat ***

Kutchi Memons in Bombay Kutchi Memons is a Sunni Islam Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and ...

Bantva Memons The Batwa Memons are a group of Kathiawadi Memons originating from the town of Bantva, Kathiawar, a former district of the state of Gujarat in India. History Bantva Memons are known to be mercantile people and include in their ranks tycoons such ...

, from Bantva, Gujarat ** Sindhi Memon **

Memons in South Africa Memons in South Africa form a prosperous Muslim subgroup in that country's Indian community and are largely descended from Memons from Kathiawar who immigrated from India in the late 19th century/early 20th century. Villages and towns that Sou ...

Memons in Sri Lanka The Memon People arrived in Ceylon (in modern Sri Lanka) from Sindh region (in modern Pakistan) in the year 1870s. Sunni Hanafi Muslim by origin, the Memon people are entrepreneurs and traders who settled in Ceylon (in modern Sri Lanka) for bus ...

Memoni language Memoni (ميموني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Kathiawari Memons from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India. Memon people are a subgroup or an ethnic group that originated in north-western India. After the In ...

, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India

People with the surname

Abdul Jalil Memon Abdul Jalil Memon (born in Karachi, Pakistan 21 September 1970 - 28 December 2009) was an agriculturist by profession and an active politician from the District of Thatta, Province of Sindh, Pakistan. He and his family had strong affiliations with ...

(born 1970), Pakistani agriculturist and politician *

Jan Muhammad A. Memon Jan Muhammed A Memon, a medical professional. He was born on 1 May 1949 and obtained primary and secondary schooling in Tando Muhammad Khan, followed by MBBS at then Liaquat Medical College (LMC), with distinction in Surgery. He then pursued FR ...

(born 1949), Pakistani medical professional and educationist *

Maimuna Memon Maimuna Enya Memon (born 1992) is a British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award in 2023. Early life Memon was born in Preston, Lancashire to an Irish mother and a Pakistani father ...

(born 1992), British actress and musician *

Marvi Memon Marvi Memon ( ur, ; born 21 July 1972) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme, from February 2015 until June 2018. She had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from M ...

(born 1972), Pakistani politician *

Muhammad Umar Memon Muhammad Umar Memon (Urdu: محمد عمر میمن) Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies, (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Memon was an accomplished scholar, translator, Urdu Short Story writer, and the editor of ''The A ...

(born 1939), Pakistani literature scholar, translator, poet, and writer *

Nasrullah Memon Nasrullah Memon (born 2 March 1978) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies ...

(born 1978), Pakistani cricketer *

Nisar Memon Nisar Memon (born 31 December 1942; ur, نثار میمن, sd, نثار ميمڻ ) is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan, belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Q) during the Pervez Musharraf ...

(born 1942), Pakistani politician *

Nasir Memon Nasir Memon is a computer scientist based in Brooklyn, New York. Memon is a professor and chair of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering computer science and engineering department and affiliate faculty at the computer science dep ...

, American computer scientist *

Sattar Memon Sattar ( ar, ستار ) is a male Muslim given name and surname. It occurs in the compound form * Abdul Sattar, where further details can be found. People with the name in its simple form include: Given name *Sattar (singer) (born 1949) birth ...

(born 1947), Indian physician and author *

Sharjeel Memon Sharjeel Inam Memon (Urdu: ), sd, شرجیل انعام ميمڻ , born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to May 2018. Early life and education He was born on 14 June 197 ...

, Pakistani politician *

Sirajul Haq Memon Sirajul Haq Memon (24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in Tando Jam town, Hyderabad D ...

(1933–2013), Pakistani writer and scholar *

Saud Memon Saud Memon (circa 1961 – 18 May 2007) was a Pakistani businessman from Karachi dealing in yarn and textiles. Memon was said to own the Al-Qaeda safe house in Karachi where American journalist Daniel Pearl was killed. Memon was wanted by law-e ...

(1963–2007), Pakistani businessman *

Tiger Memon Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon (born 24 November 1960), better known by the nickname Tiger Memon, is a gangster and terrorist, reputed to be one of the masterminds behind the 1993 Mumbai bombings. He is wanted by Interpol and the Central Bure ...

(born 1960), Indian gangster *

Yakub Memon Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب‎, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct from the Hebrew or indirect ...

(1962–2015), Indian gangster

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