Sinha (surname)

Sinha is a surname commonly used in India. Sinha surname is from the Eastern part of India]. Sinha (meaning "lion") belong to the Kayastha and Bhumihar community and largely populated in Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. You may refer to:

• Akhoury Purnendu Bhusan Sinha (b. 1928), Indian solid state chemist
• Amara Sinha (c. AD 375) Sanskrit grammarian and poet
• Anindya Sinha - Indian primatologist
• Anubhav Sinha (b. 1965) Indian film director
• Anugrah Narayan Sinha (1887–1957) Indian politician
• Anupam Sinha - Raj Comics artist
• Basawon Singh (Sinha) (1909–1989) Indian nationalist and freedom fighter
• Bejoy Kumar Sinha(1909-1992), Indian revolutionary
• DeLon Jayasingha - Sinhalese Musician / Sri Lankan American-based Rapper / Hip-hop Artist
• Gayatri Sinha, Indian art critic and curator based in New Delhi
• Gunjan Sinha (b. 1967), Indian-American entrepreneur and business executive
• Indra Sinha (b. 1950) Indian/British author
• Jagmohanlal Sinha (b. 1920) Indian lawyer, former judge
• J. K. Sinha - Indian Police Service officer
• Kaliprasanna Sinha (1841(?)–1870), also known as Hootum Pyancha, Bengali author, playwright, and philanthropist
• Krityunjai Prasad Sinha - Indian theoretical physicist
• Kumares C. Sinha, Indian-American engineer, researcher and educator
• Mala Sinha (b. 1936) Indian actress
• Man Mohan Sinha (b. 1933) Air Marshal I.A.F
• Manjul Sinha - Indian television director
• Manoj Sinha (b. 1959) Indian politician, Ghazipur
• Nirmal Chandra Sinha (1911–1997), Indian tibetologist and author
• Paul Sinha (b. 1970) British Bengali stand-up comedian and general practitioner
• Rameshwar Prasad Sinha (d. 1965) Indian politician
• Ranjit Sinha (1953–2021), Indian police officer and former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
• Rashmi Sinha (b. 1960) Homemaker
• Ravindra Kumar Sinha (b. 1954) Biologist and environmentalist
• Raja Radhika Raman Sinha (1937–2008), Indian civil engineer and a writer of Hindi literature
• Ratan Kumar Sinha (b. 1951), Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer
• Sachidanand Sinha (b. 1937) Indian poet
• Sandali Sinha (b. 1971) Indian actress
• Sarat Chandra Sinha (1914–2005) Indian writer and politician
• Satyendra Narayan Sinha (1917–2006) Indian politician
• Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha (1863–1928) Indian lawyer and statesman
• Shantha Sinha - Indian professor and activist
• Sonakshi Sinha - Indian actress and model
• Shatrughan Sinha (b. 1946) Indian actor and politician
• Shumona Sinha (b. 1973), naturalised French writer born in Calcutta
• Siddharth Sinha, Indian filmmaker
• [[Smrity Sinha] (b. 1989), Indian film actress
• Sri Krishna Sinha (1887–1962) Indian nationalist known as Bihar Kesari, first Chief Minister of Bihar
• Srinivas Kumar Sinha (b. 1926) Indian politician
• Surajit Chandra Sinha (1926–2002), Indian anthropologist
• Surendra Kumar Sinha (b. 1951), Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist
• Tapan Sinha (b. 1924). Indian film director
• Tarak Sinha (1950–2021), Indian cricket coach
• Toshi Sinha, Indian voice actress
• Tuhin Sinha (b. 1977), author
• U K Sinha (b. 1952), Indian businessman and politician
• Vidya Sinha (b. 1947), Indian film and television actress
• Yashwant Sinha (b. 1937), Indian politician
• Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (b. 1958), Indian diplomat