Suri (surname)
Suri is a surname of Indian Hindu origin, derived from the Sanskrit सूरी, which means wise or learned, and is primarily used by the Khukhrain clan of the Khatri caste, among other communities.
Notable people who bear the name, but are not necessarily associated with the specific Khatri clan, include:
Business
- Anoop Suri, Indian Hotelier, writer, consultant and Management Guru
- Rajeev Suri, Indian born Singaporean business executive. Current CEO of Inmarsat and former CEO of Nokia
Engineers and scientists
- Mahendra Sūri, 14th century Jain astronomer who wrote the Yantraraja, the first Indian treatise on the astrolabe
- Manil Suri, Indian-American mathematician and writer
- Subhash Suri, Indian-American computer scientist, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Suri Bhagavantam, Indian scientist
Entertainment
- Himanshu Suri, American rapper, of Das Racist
- Duniya Suri, born Suresh Ramaswamy, Indian movie director
- Mohit Suri, Indian film director
- Sandhya Suri, a British-Indian film director and documentarian
- Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model of Kashmiri origin
- Sanjna Suri, Malaysian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder
Sports
- Batram Suri, Solomon Islands footballer
- Chirag Suri, cricketer who represented the United Arab Emirates national cricket team as a vice-captain.
- Julian Suri, American professional golfer
Politics
- Lalit Suri, Indian politician and owner of the LaLiT chain of hotels
Others
- Gurjinder Singh Suri, Captain of Indian Army's 12 Battalion of Bihar Regiment. Notable for posthumously being awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award, for exemplary valor in combat during a gunbattle in the Faulad post attack in 1999
- Jeremi Suri, American historian and author.
- Natasha Suri, former Miss World contestant from India
- Nirmal Chandra Suri, ex Air Chief Marshal of Indian Airforce
- Tej Kaur Suri, social activist, mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan