Indian or Indians may refer to:

Peoples

South Asia

Indian people Indians or Indian people are the citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's second-most populous country, containing 17.7 percent of the global population. In ...

, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country *

South Asian ethnic groups South Asian ethnic groups are an ethnolinguistic grouping of the diverse populations of South Asia, including the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. While Afghanistan is variously consid ...

, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India

Europe

* British Indians, British people of Indian origin

The Americas

* Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin *

Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...

, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America **

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States (Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are ...

, the indigenous people in the United States *** Native American tribes, specific groups of Native Americans ** Indigenous peoples in Canada ***

First Nations in Canada First Nations (french: Premières Nations) is a term used to identify those Indigenous Canadian peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south ...

, the various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis ** Indigenous peoples of South America, peoples living in South America in the pre-Columbian era and their descendants ** Native Mexicans, indigenous people of Mexico **

Indigenous peoples of Central America Central America is a subregion of the Americas formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize. As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the ...

** Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean * West Indians, people from the Caribbean region and the Lucayan Archipelago * Mardi Gras Indians, African-American Carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose suits are influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel

Australia

Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the T ...

, called "Indians" until the 19th century

Languages

* Indian English, a dialect of the English language used in India * Indigenous languages of the Americas, spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America * Languages of India, including Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages

Places

* Indian, West Virginia, a former unincorporated community in Kanawha County * The Indians, an islet group in the British Virgin Islands * Indian Creek (disambiguation) * Indian Island (disambiguation) * Indian River (disambiguation), several rivers and communities * Indian Run (disambiguation), streams in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia *

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Indian cinema

Films

* ''Indian'' (1996 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan * ''Indian'' (2001 film), an Indian Hindi film

Music

* Indians (musician), moniker of Danish singer Søren Løkke Juul accompanied by some musicians also collectively known as Indians * "Indian" (song), by Sturm und Drang * ''Indian'' (soundtrack), an album from the 1996 film * "Indians" (song), by Anthrax

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Indian (card game), a simple card game that involves strategy * Indian soap opera, soap operas written, produced, and filmed in India * ''Indians'' (play), a 1968 play by Arthur Kopit * ''Indians'' (sculpture), a name for ''The Bowman'' and ''The Spearman'', sculptures by Ivan Meštrović

Businesses

* Indian (airline), a now-defunct state-owned airline of India, merged with Air India * Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company, an American company later called Indian Manufacturing Company, that produced the brand "Indian motorcycles" from 1901 to 1953

Sport

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...

, former name of the Cleveland Guardians, an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, US * Frölunda HC or Frölunda Indians, a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg, Sweden * Hannover Indians, a German ice hockey club based in Hannover, Germany * Indian Arrows, the developmental football team of All India Football Federation * Indianapolis Indians, an American minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, US * Indios de Mayagüez, a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League * Mumbai Indians, a franchise cricket team representing the city of Mumbai, India in the Indian Premier League * Springfield Indians, an American minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts, US

Other uses

Indian cuisine Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to India. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally available spices, herb ...

, a wide variety of regional cuisines native to India * Indian Head cent, a coin produced by the United States Mint from 1859 to 1909