Sahni or Sawhney is a Punjabi Hindu and Sikh surname from India.
Notable people with this surname include:
Ajai Sahni, an author and expert on counter-terrorism
Baljit Sahni (born 1987), an Indian football player
Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), a Hindi film actor
Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor
Birbal Sahni, FRS (1891–1949), an Indian paleobotanist
Jaideep Sahni (born 1974), an Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
Mahendra Sahni, an Indian politician
Parikshit Sahni, an Indian film and television actor
Pritam Singh Sahni, also known by his pen name Kasad, a renowned Punjabi poet
Sartaj Sahni, a US-based computer scientist
S K Sahni, a retired Indian Army lieutenant-general
Nitin Sawhney British Indian musician and composer
Mohanbir Sawhney Professor at Kellogg School of Management famous for his Let's Get Vertical theory
