Nanda is an Indian surname. It is found among the Khatris of Punjab (mostly from the Pothohar and Hazara regions) and the Brahmins of Odisha. [1]
Notable people bearing the surname, who may or may not be associated with the clan, include:
- Agastya Nanda (born 2000), Indian actor
- Ajay Nanda (born 1967), Indian politician
- Ananya Nanda, Indian playback singer and winner of Indian Idol Junior
- Ashish Nanda, Director of IIM Ahmedabad
- Bal Ram Nanda (1917–2010), Indian historian and biographer
- Biddanda Chengappa Nanda (1931–2018), Indian Army General
- Chetanya Nanda (born 1979), Indian cricketer
- Govind Nanda (born 2001), American tennis player
- Gulshan Nanda (1929–1985), Indian novelist and screenwriter
- Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998), former Indian Prime Minister
- Har Prasad Nanda (1917–1999), Indian automotive industrialist
- Ishwar Chander Nanda (1892–1965), Indian academic and dramatist, father of Punjabi drama
- Jimmy Nanda, Indian actress and model, Mrs India 2007
- Kiranmoy Nanda (born 1944), politician
- Meera Nanda (born 1954), Indian writer, historian and philosopher of science
- Nabin Nanda, Indian politician
- Nikhil Nanda (born 1974), Indian businessman, Joint Managing Director of Escorts Group
- Pintu Nanda (1977–2023), Indian actor
- Prashanta Nanda (born 1947), movie actor from Odisha
- Ramakrushna Nanda (1906–1994), Indian writer in the Odia language
- Ratish Nanda (born 1973), Indian conservation architect
- Ravindra Nanda (born 1943), HOD of Craniofacial Sciences at Division of Orthodontics
- Sanjeev Nanda, son of Suresh Nanda and grandson of SM Nanda, accused in the 1999 Delhi hit-and-run case
- Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda (1915–2009), Indian Navy Admiral
- Seema Nanda, American government official
- Seema Nanda, Indian mathematician
- Serena Nanda (born 1938), American author and anthropologist
- Shweta Bachchan Nanda (born 1974), Indian author, journalist and model
- Suresh Nanda (born 1941), Indian businessman and retired Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy
- Srabani Nanda (born 1991), Indian sprinter
- Swati Nanda, Indian actress and model
- Vartika Nanda, Indian journalist and campaigner
- Ved Prakash Nanda (1934–2024), Indian American academic
- William Nanda-Bissell (born 1966), Chairman at FabIndia
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