British people of Parsi descent

The list British people of Parsi descent includes Freddie Mercury, Ness Wadia, Nina Wadia, Kashmira Cooke and Ray Panthaki. The list consists of 58 members and 2 sublists.

British Zoroastrians
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English people of Parsi descent
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Freddie Mercury

British South Asian rock singer

Overview: Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest ...

Date of birth: 5 September 1946

Date of death: 24 November 1991

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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LGBT singers from the United Kingdom 115T

Indian emigrants to England 132T

Zanzibari emigrants to India 1T
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Ness Wadia

Indian businessman

Overview: Ness Nusli Wadia (born 30 May 1971) is a British-Indian businessman. Part of the Wadia family, where his parents and several family members are all involved in business, he is the great-grandson of the ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Manager

Gender: Male

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Wadia family 17T

Parsi people from Mumbai 198T

Businesspeople from Mumbai 267T
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Nauheed Cyrusi

Indian model and actress

Overview: Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian actress, model, and VJ.

Date of birth: 19 October 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi participants 91T

Actresses from Belfast 30T

People from Northern Ireland of Indian descent 4T
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Nina Wadia

British actor

Overview: Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is a British actress, known for playing Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mrs Hussein in the Open All Hours spin-off Still Open All Hours, and for starring ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Raiomond Mirza (Married)

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Wadia family 17T

Indian emigrants to England 132T

21st-century English comedians 249T
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Ray Panthaki

British actor

Overview: Ray Panthaki (born 20 January 1979) is a British actor, producer, writer and director.

Date of birth: 20 January 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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People from Enfield (London borough) 54T

British male actors 101T

English people of Parsi descent 21T
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Kashmira Cooke

British, Relative

Date of birth: 9 December 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: British

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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English people of Gujarati descent 21T

British people of Gujarati descent 22T

LGBT Zoroastrians 8T
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Zubin Varla

BRitish actor-singer

Overview: Zubin Varla (born 1970) is a British actor and singer. He played the role of Judas in the 1996 West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, alongside Steve Balsamo (Jesus), Joanna Ampil (Mary Magdalene) ...

Date of birth: 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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British male stage actors 452T

Parsi people 369T

British Zoroastrians 29T
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Dadabhai Naoroji

Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917)

Overview: Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "official Ambassador of India" was an Indian Parsi scholar, trader and politician who was a Liberal Party ...

Date of birth: 4 September 1825

Date of death: 30 June 1917

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Indian emigrants to England 163T

Zoroastrian studies scholars 40T

Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1,539T
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Satya Bhabha

British actor

Overview: Satya Sorab Bhabha (born 13 December 1983) is an American actor most known for his role as Matthew Patel in the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and his recurring role as Shivrang in New Girl.

Date of birth: 13 December 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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American male actors of Indian descent 68T

American people of Parsi descent 33T

Indian people of German-Jewish descent 5T
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Sam Dastor

Actor

Overview: Sam Dastor (born 2 October 1941) is an actor best known for his appearances in British television series.

Date of birth: 2 October 1941

Age: 83

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Indian emigrants to England 132T

Parsi people from Mumbai 198T

British male actors of Indian descent 41T
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Ariane Sherine

British writer

Overview: Ariane Sherine (born 3 July 1980) is a British musical stand-up comedian, comedy writer and journalist. She created the Atheist Bus Campaign, which ran in 13 countries during January 2009.

Date of birth: 3 July 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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21st-century screenwriters 214T

21st-century English women writers 392T

21st-century British women writers 715T
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Aneela Mirza

Danish singer (born 1974)

Overview: Aneela Mirza (born 8 October 1974) is a Danish singer who has found success as a member of the pop group Toy-Box and as a solo artist under the name of "Aneela".

Date of birth: 8 October 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Danish women singers 110T

Extensive Music artists 13T

21st-century Danish singers 185T
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Firdaus Kanga

British writer

Overview: Firdaus Kanga (born 1960) is an Indian writer and actor who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book Heaven on Wheels about his ...

Date of birth: 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

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Indian emigrants to England 132T

Parsi people from Mumbai 198T

Writers from Mumbai 212T
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Jer Bulsara

Indian, Relative

Date of birth: 16 October 1922

Date of death: 13 November 2016

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

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Women from Gujarat 5T

English people of Gujarati descent 20T

British people of Gujarati descent 20T
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Renu Setna

British actor

Overview: Renu Setna is a Pakistani actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in In Sickness and in Health.

Nationality: Pakistani

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors from Karachi 102T

21st-century British male actors 272T
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Shapoor Reporter

British intelligence agent and diplomat

Overview: Shapoor Reporter or Sir Shapoor Ardeshir Reporter KBE (born 1 January 1920) was a British intelligence agent in Iran who had an important role in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état against the prime minister ...

Date of birth: 1920

Age: 104

Nationality: British

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MI6 operatives in Iran 5T

People of the Iranian Revolution 94T

Deaths in the United Kingdom 2T
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Buck Ruxton

British physician and convicted murderer

Overview: Buck Ruxton (born Bukhtyar Chompa Rustomji Ratanji Hakim; 21 March 1899 – 12 May 1936) was an Indian-born British physician convicted and subsequently hanged for the September 1935 murders of his common-law ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1899

Date of death: 12 May 1936

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

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1930s murders in the United Kingdom 13T

Indian emigrants to England 132T

Medical doctors from Mumbai 49T
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Matthew Amroliwala

BBC newsreader

Overview: Matthew Amroliwala (born 1962) is a British television newsreader, who presents Global with Matthew Amroliwala on BBC World News each weekday at 1500 hrs GMT. He is an occasional relief presenter of the ...

Date of birth: 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: British

Occupation: Journalist

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Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham 82T

Television personalities from Yorkshire 17T

People educated at The King's School, Ely 21T
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Natasha Cooper

Crime fiction writer

Overview: Natasha J. Cooper (born 1951 in Kensington, London) is an English crime fiction writer.

Date of birth: 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women writers 690T

21st-century English women writers 392T

21st-century British women writers 715T
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Bapsybanoo Pavry

Indian-born British socialite

Overview: Bapsybanoo Pavry, also known as Bapsy, Marchioness of Winchester, was born Bapsy Pavry of Bombay, the daughter of a Parsi Head Priest, the Most Rev. Khursheedjee Pavry.

Date of death: 1995

Nationality: British

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Date of death missing 1,326T

Paulet family 39T

English marchionesses 33T