Memon may refer to:

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Memon people The Memon are a Muslim community in Gujarat India, and Sindh, Pakistan, the majority of whom follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. They are divided into different groups based on their origins: Kathiawari Memons, Kutchi Memons and Bantva M ...

, Sunni Muslim community in Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan **

Memons (Kathiawar) The ancestors of present-day Memons who settled a few centuries ago in various parts of the districts of India, particularly Kathiawar (now Saurashtra), commonly identified as simply Memons. The language of Kathiawadi Memons is Memon Memon may r ...

Kutchi Memon Kutchi Memons are an Indian Muslim Community and an ethnic group from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who are Kutchi people speaking the Kutchi language. They are related to the Memons associated with the historic state of Kathiawar, a Muslim commun ...

, from Kutch, Gujarat *** Kutchi Memons in Bombay **

Bantva Memons The Bantwa Memons are a group of Kathiawadi Memons originating from the town of Bantva, Kathiawar, a former district of the state of Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastli ...

, from Bantva, Gujarat **

Sindhi Memon Sindhi Memons () are a people of the Memon community native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, they speak Sindhi as their first language. The present chief of the Memon Community of Sindh is Sharjeel Inam Memon. Historical background Unlik ...

Memons in South Africa Memons in South Africa form a prosperous Muslim subgroup in that country's Indian community and are largely descended from Memons from Kathiawar who emigrated from India in the late 19th century/early 20th century. Villages and towns that South ...

** Memons in Sri Lanka *

Memoni language Memoni (, ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Memons, from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India. Memoni is also spoken by some other communities from Kathiawad (Khatri, Kathiwadi) use Memoni as their mother tongue. Memoni is considered as a ...

, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India

People with the surname

* Abdul Jalil Memon (born 1970), Pakistani agriculturist and politician *

Jan Muhammad A. Memon Jan Muhammad A. Memon (), a medical professional. He was born on 1 May 1949 and obtained primary and secondary schooling in Tando Muhammad Khan, followed by MBBS at then Liaquat Medical College (LMC), with distinction in Surgery. He then pursue ...

(born 1949), Pakistani medical professional and educationist * Maimuna Memon (born 1992), British actress and musician * Marvi Memon (born 1972), Pakistani politician *

Muhammad Umar Memon Muhammad Umar Memon (; 1939 – 2018) was a scholar of the Urdu language and literature. As Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Arabic Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison, his activity included translation, short story writing, ...

(born 1939), Pakistani literature scholar, translator, poet, and writer *

Nasrullah Memon Nasrullah Memon (born 2 March 1978) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi Ri ...

(born 1978), Pakistani cricketer *

Nisar Memon Nisar Memon (born 31 December 1942; ) is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan, belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Q) during the Pervez Musharraf regime in Pakistan.Nasir Memon Nasir Memon is a computer scientist based in Brooklyn, New York. Memon is a professor and chair of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering computer science and engineering department and affiliate faculty at the computer science dep ...

, American computer scientist *

Sattar Memon Sattar Memon (born 1947) is an Indian doctor and author. He has been an Associate Professor of Medicine emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US since 1996, holds a medical degree and is a fellow of the American College of Ph ...

(born 1947), Indian physician and author *

Sharjeel Memon Sharjeel Inam Memon (, born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from June 2008 to August 2023. He is presently the chief of the Memon community of Sindh.Sharjeel Inam Memonhas once again ...

, Pakistani politician *

Sirajul Haq Memon Sirajul Haq Memon (; 24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani Sindhi language novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in Tando Jam town, Hyderabad ...

(1933–2013), Pakistani writer and scholar *

Saud Memon Saud Memon (circa 1961 – 18 May 2007) was a Pakistani businessman from Karachi dealing in yarn and textiles. Memon was said to own the Al-Qaeda safe house in Karachi where American journalist Daniel Pearl was killed. Memon was wanted by law-e ...

(1963–2007), Pakistani businessman *

Tiger Memon Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon (born 24 November 1960), better known by the nickname Tiger Memon, is a gangster and terrorist, reputed to be one of the masterminds behind the 1993 Mumbai bombings. He is wanted by Interpol and the Central Bur ...

(born 1960), Indian gangster *

Yakub Memon Yakub Abdul Razzaq Memon (30 July 1962 – 30 July 2015) was an Indian terrorist over his financial involvements in the 1993 Bombay bombings, and the brother of one of the prime suspects in the bombings, Tiger Memon. After his appeals and petit ...

(1962–2015), Indian gangster

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