Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. It is a common surname found amongst the
Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha
Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha, also referred to as North-Indian Kayastha, is a subgroup of Hindus of the Kayastha community that are mainly concentrated in the Hindi Belt of North India.
In Hindu texts and traditions, they are described to have de ...
(also known as North-Indian Kayastha) community of upper caste
Hindus
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
particularly in the
Hindi-speaking
The Central Indo-Aryan languages or Hindi languages are a group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken across Northern and Central India. They historically form a dialect continuum that descends from the Middle Prakrits. Located in the Hindi Belt, th ...
regions of India. Saxena, in origin, is derived from the Sanskrit word ''sakhisena'' meaning “friend of the army”.
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Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva
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Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director
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Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project
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Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer
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Arvind Saxena
Arvind Saxena (born 8 August 1955) is an Indian civil servant and is the former chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). A 1978-batch officer, he served in the Indian Postal Service for 10 years, before joining the Research and A ...
(born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
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Ashutosh Saxena, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur
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Avadh Saxena, the American Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Banarsi Prasad Saxena
Banarsi Prasad Saxena ( Banarsi Prasad Saksena) was an Indian historian associated with Allahabad University.
Saxena was awarded a PhD by University of London, School of Oriental Studies in 1931. He later became head of the departments of history ...
, Indian historian
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Girish Chandra Saxena
Girish Chandra Saxena (5 January 1928 – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the Resea ...
, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir
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Gopaldas Neeraj
Gopaldas Saxena (known by his ''nom-de-plume'', Neeraj; 4 January 1925 – 19 July 2018) was an Indian poet and author of Hindi literature. He was also a poet of Hindi Kavi sammelan (Poets Meet). He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj".
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, Indian poet and author
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Gunjan Saxena, Indian Airforce Officer
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Harshit Saxena
Harshit Saxena (born 21 August 1985) is an Indian playback singer and composer. He is known for his work in various Bollywood films, including ''Murder 2'', ''Hate Story'', and ''Sab Kushal Mangal''.
His debut was as music director for the ' ...
(born 1985), Indian singer and composer
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Harshita Saxena, the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2009 title
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Iresh Saxena (born 1984), Bengal cricketer
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Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 1986), Indian cricketer
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Jatin Sahay Saxena (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer
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K. P. Saxena (1932-2013), Hindi satirist and writer
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Krishna Gopal Saxena (1912–2003), Indian homoeopathic physician
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Manisha Saxena (born 1993), Indian model and television actress
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N. C. Saxena, Indian member of the Planning Commission and of the National Advisory Council
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Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), Indian poet and author
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Neha Saxena, an Indian television actress
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Neha Saxena, a film actress who acts mainly Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Hindi language films
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, Indian computer scientist
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Parag Saxena (born 1955), Hindi Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route
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PN Saxena (1925-1999), Indian academic and founder Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
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Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian Director General of the Income Tax Investigation agency
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Rajan Saxena
Rajan Saxena is an Indian management expert, academic & writer. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIMS, a deemed university in Mumbai, a former director of Indian Institute of Management, Indore, S. P. Jain Institute of Management ...
, Indian management academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIM deemed university in Mumbai
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Rajan Saxena (physician)
Rajan Saxena was born on 01-03- in Lucknow and is Dean and Head of the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, a medical institution of national importance in India and Padma S ...
, Indian Dean of the Surgical Gastroenterology Department at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Lucknow
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Rakesh Saxena (born 1952), Indian convicted criminal, financier and trader
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Ramesh Saxena (1944-2011), Indian cricketer
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Sapan Saxena
Sapan Saxena (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian writer, known for his novels ''Finders, Keepers'', '' UNNS-The Captivation'' and '' The Tenth Riddle''.
Early life and education
Sapan Saxena was born on 5 April 1985, at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. ...
, Indian author, best known for his novel
Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel) &
UNNS-The Captivation
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Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (15 September 1927 – 23 September 1983) was a Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright. He was one of the seven poets who
first published in one of the " Tar Saptaks", which ushered in the ‘Prayogvaad’ (Experimen ...
(1927-2003), Indian Hindi Poet
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Saumitra Saxena
Saumitra Saxena (Devanāgarī: , born 1976) is a United States based poet of Indian origin. He is one of the widely read poets of Hindi language of present generation. His critically acclaimed first collection of poems in Hindi titled "Mitra" (born 1976), United States based poet of Indian origin
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Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films.
Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played ...
, Indian actor
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Shekhar Saxena, recipient of the 2017
Leon Eisenberg
Leon Eisenberg (August 8, 1922 – September 15, 2009) was an American child psychiatrist, social psychiatrist and medical educator who "transformed child psychiatry by advocating research into developmental problems".
He is credited with se ...
Award
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Shibban Lal Saxena, Indian politician and Freedom Fighter
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Sushil Kumar Saxena, Indian musicologist, academic and scholar
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Vijay Saxena
Vijay Saxena (1 January 1968 – 24 June 1994) was an Indian actor who was active in Hindi films from 1990 to 1994. He gained fame for his striking resemblance to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, which opened doors for him to play lead ro ...
(1968-1994), Indian actor
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Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 1980), Indian cricketer
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Virendra Saxena
Virendra Saxena (born 23 November 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi theatre, film, and television. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Saxena is known for his character roles as well as his unique voice. He has acted i ...
, Indian actor
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W. Hansraj Saxena
W. Hansraj Saxena is the Chief executive officer, CEO of the News J Channel. He is the former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures, an Indian film distribution and production company, subsidiary of Sun Group and a division of Sun TV Network. ...
, former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures
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Vinai Kumar Saxena
Vinai Kumar Saxena (born 23 March 1958) is an Indian business executive who is currently serving as the List of lieutenant governors of Delhi, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Delhi since 2022. He previously served as chairman of the Khadi and Villa ...
, Lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi
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Aakash Saxena, MLA from Rampur
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Prem Behari Narain Raizada, Indian calligrapher
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Arun Kumar Saxena, Minister of Zoological Garden & Climate Change
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