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{{short description|List of notable members of the Khatri community}}
[[File:Hari Singh Nalwa british museum.jpg|thumb|275x275px|[[Hari Singh Nalwa]], Commander-in-Chief of the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa Army]]]]
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Following is a list of notable members of the [[Khatri]] community in India.

== Historical figures ==
=== Religious figures ===
* [[Sikh Gurus]]<ref>{{cite book | title = The A to Z of Sikhism | url = https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle | url-access = limited | author = W. H. McLeod | isbn = 978-0-8108-6828-1 | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 2009 | page = [https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle/page/n118 86] }}</ref>
** [[Guru Nanak Dev]] Bedi, founder of [[Sikhism]]
** [[Guru Angad Dev]], Trehan
** [[Guru Amar Das]], Bhalla
** [[Guru Ram Das]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Arjan Dev]], Sodhi
**[[Guru Har Gobind]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Har Rai]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Har Krishan]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Sodhi, founder of [[Khalsa]]
* [[Bhai Daya Singh]], the first of the [[Panj Pyare]] (the initial members of the [[Khalsa]]), belonged to the Sobti clan of the Khatris<ref>{{cite book | title = The Sikhs in History: a Millennium Study, with new afterwords | author = Sangat Singh | publisher = Uncommon Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-81-900650-2-3 | page = 71 }}</ref>
*'''[[Sri Chand|Baba Sri Chand]]''' was the founder of the ascetic sect of [[Udasin]] and was the elder son of [[Guru Nanak]], first [[Guru]] and founder of [[Sikhism]].
*'''Baba Prithi Chand''' (1558–1618), the eldest son of [[Guru Ram Das]] after the younger brother [[Guru Arjan]] was the founder of the Mina sect.
*Ram Rai, the eldest son of [[Guru Har Rai]] was the founder of Ram Raiyas sect of Sikhism.
*[[Balak Singh|Baba Balak Singh Batra]], an religious Leader who founded [[Namdhari]] Sect.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grewal|first=J.S|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_nryFANsoYC|title=The Sikhs of Punjab|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1998|isbn=9780521637640}}</ref>
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*[[Shiv Dayal Singh|Shiv Dayal Singh Seth]], founder of the [[Radha Soami|Radhasoami]] religious movement.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seth|first=Partap Singh|title=Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj|pages=6 and 36}}</ref>
*[[Baba Dyal Singh|Baba Dayal Singh]], founder of [[Nirankari]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Kenneth W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HV4nHv8urgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA87&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&hl=en|title=Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24986-7|pages=87|language=en}}</ref>

=== Sikh Empire ===
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] (Uppal Khatri) (1791–1837), the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa army]] of the [[Sikh Empire]] under [[Ranjit Singh]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Hari Singh Nalwa, "champion of the Khalsaji" (1791-1837)|isbn=978-81-7304-785-5|page=228|author=Vanit Nalwa|date=13 January 2009}}</ref>
*'''Sir Deva Singh Arora''' (1834 - 1890) Patiala Administrator
* [[Dewan Mokham Chand]] (1785-1814), General of the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa Army]] under [[Ranjit Singh]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Khushwant Singh A History Of The Sikhs Vol. 1 |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/KhushwantSinghAHistoryOfTheSikhsVol.1/page/n231/mode/2up |language=English |quote=Mokham Chand, the most distinguished of the Darbar's generals was the son of Wisakhi Mal, a Khatri tradesman of the village Kunjah, near Gujrat}}</ref>
* [[Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra]], Governor of [[Lahore]] and [[Multan]], Commander in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa Army]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Bobby Singh Bansal, Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan, Hay House, Inc, 1 December 2015</ref>
* [[Diwan Mulraj Chopra]] (1814–1851), Governor of [[Multan]], leader of a rebellion against the British which led to the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

=== Gujarat Sultanate ===

*[[Muzaffar Shah I|Sultan Muzaffar Shah I]], the founder of the [[Gujarat Sultanate]], a Muslim Khatri kingdom and it's ruling [[Muzaffarid dynasty, Gujarat|Muzaffarid Dynasty.]] He was a Tanka [[Khatri]] convert to Islam.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Watt|first=W. Montgomery|date=January 1965|title=The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat: A History of Gujarat from 1298 to 1442. By S. C. Misra. pp. xii + 252. Asia Publishing House. London. 1963. 45s.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0035869x00123998|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland|volume=97|issue=1|pages=79|doi=10.1017/s0035869x00123998|issn=0035-869X}}</ref>[[File:KishenPershad ca1915.jpeg|thumb|223x223px|His Excellency Highness Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur, in uniform as commander of the state forces of the Indian state of Hyderabad. (He was prime minister twice as well).]]

=== Bardhaman Raj ===
* [[Bijay Chand Mahtab|Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahtab]] [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India|KCSI]], [[Indian Order of Merit|IOM]] (19 October 1881 – 29 August 1941) was the ruler of [[Bardhaman Raj]], [[Bengal]] in [[British India]] from 1887 till his death in 1941<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burdwan Municipality|url=http://burdwanmunicipality.gov.in/about.php?subject=About%20Burdwan%20Town|access-date=23 September 2020|website=burdwanmunicipality.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[Uday Chand Mahtab|Maharaja Uday Chand Mahtab]] of [[Bardhaman Raj]], [[K.C.I.E.]], (14 July 1905 – 10 October 1984) was the last ruler of [[Burdwan Raj]], who ruled from 1941 until 1955<ref>"No. 37119". ''[[The London Gazette]]'' (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2938.</ref>

=== Hyderabad State ===

*'''[[Chandu Lal|Maharaja Chandu Lal]]''' was the [[Prime Minister]] (1833–1844) for 3rd [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] [[Sikandar Jah]].
* [[Kishen Pershad|Maharaja Kishen Pershad]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]] (1864-1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad state|Prime Minister of Hyderabad State]] twice <ref>{{Cite book|last=Patel|first=Alka|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GU8zAQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition|last2=Leonard|first2=Karen|date=2011-12-07|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-21887-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Leonard|first=Karen Isaksen|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=32aMey7k-IYC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA183&dq=kishen+pershad+khatri&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad|date=1994|publisher=Orient BlackSwan|isbn=978-81-250-0032-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bawa|first=Basant K.|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=h45uAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=kishen+pershad+khatri&q=kishen+pershad+khatri&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=The Last Nizam: The Life and Times of Mir Osman Ali Khan|date=1992|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-670-83997-1|language=en}}</ref>

=== Kashmir ===

* [[Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal]], The ruler of Kashmir (1753-1762)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jagmohan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWjLtfi-ssIC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA61&dq=raja+sukh+jiwan+khatri&hl=en|title=My FrozenTturbulence in Kashmir (7th Ed.)|date=2006|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-995-6|pages=62|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jambu Lochan|Jambu lochan]], King of Jammu State

=== Hindu Martyr ===
* [[Haqiqat Rai]], beheaded at the age of 14 for refusing to convert to Islam by Governor Zakariya Khan. Puri stood up against his classmates ridiculing Hindu deities.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gaur, I. D., 1956-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227921397|title=Martyr as bridegroom : a folk representation of Bhagat Singh|date=2008|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-81-905835-0-3|location=New Delhi, India|oclc=227921397}}</ref>

== Indian military ==
* [[Vikram Batra]], [[Param Vir Chakra]] awardee during the [[Kargil War|1999 Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 January 2013|title='Yeh Dil Mange More': An ode to Captain Vikram Batra|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CHD-yeh-dil-mange-more-an-ode-to-captain-vikram-batra-4158610-PHO.html|access-date=27 September 2020|website=dailybhaskar|language=en}} {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2021-08-22|title=Vikram Batra’s parents say Shershaah ‘well made’, open up about Dimple Cheema: ‘Said she would live with his memories’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/vikram-batras-parents-say-shershaah-well-made-open-up-about-dimple-cheema-said-she-would-live-with-his-memories-7465247/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pran Nath Thapar|General Pran Nath Thapar]], 4th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ&q=thapar|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=175–176|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Admiral]] [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]], 8th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=":1" />
*[[Air Marshal]] [[Om Prakash Mehra]], [[Chief of Staff]] of the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name=":1" />
[[File:Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Sukhdev Thapar]], along with [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]]]]

== Indian independence activists ==
* [[Sukhdev Thapar|Sukhdev Thappar]], Indian freedom fighter, a senior member of the [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]], he participated in several actions alongside [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru]], and was hanged by the British authorities on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. He was a Thappar Khatri.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark of a martyr|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66NnbCTpc?url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-23|access-date=27 September 2020|website=The Tribune|date=13 May 2007}}</ref>
* [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he [[Assassination|assassinated]] [[Curzon Wyllie|William Hutt Curzon Wyllie]], a British official.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra (Tribute On Death Anniversary)|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&u=https://www.jagran.com/blogs/days/madan-lal-dhingra-indian-revolutionary-freedom-fighter/&prev=search&pto=aue|access-date=27 September 2020|website=Dainik Jagran}}</ref>
*[[Prem Krishna Khanna|Prem Krishan Khanna]], Indian freedom fighter and a member of the [[Hindustan Republican Association]]. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the [[Kakori Conspiracy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Puri |first1=Baij Nath |title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study |year=1988 |publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors |page=146 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Khatris_a_Socio_cultural_Study/7ytuAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr. Mehrotra N.C.|title=Swatantrata Andolan Mein Shahjahanpur Ka Yogdan|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=133}}</ref>
*[[Purushottam Das Tandon]], Indian freedom fighter who opposed the partition of India, British rule over India and was instrumental in making [[Hindi]] the ''Official Language of the Indian Republic.'' He was awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], India's highest civilian award in 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=137|language=en}}</ref>

== Science, technology and academics ==

* [[Satish Dhawan]], Former Chairman of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|title=Khatris, a socio cultural study|publisher=M.N Publishers and Distributors|year=1988|location=India|pages=128–131}}</ref>
* [[Har Gobind Khorana]], Nobel-prize winner<ref>{{Cite web|last=shepherd|first=kancha ilaiah|title=Why Haven’t the Shudras Got a Nobel Prize So Far?|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/14/19544/why-havent-the-shudras-got-a-nobel-prize-so-far|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.thecitizen.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Daya Ram Sahni]], First Director-General of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Ram Nath Chopra]], Father of Indian [[Pharmacology]]<ref name=":2" />
* [[Birbal Sahni]], Indian [[Paleobotany|Paleobotanist]] and elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] of London (FRS) <ref name=":2" />
* [[Mahesh Prasad Mehray]], Indian [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital<ref name=":2" />
*[[Mahatma Hansraj]], co-founder of [[D.A.V. College Managing Committee|Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V)]] on whose memory [[Hansraj College]] was established.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cush|first=Denise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4mGlbutbgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA283&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&hl=en|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|last2=Robinson|first2=Catherine|last3=York|first3=Michael|date=2012-08-21|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-18978-5|pages=283|language=en}}</ref>
*[[F. C. Kohli|Faqir Chand Kohli]], also known as "father of Indian software Industry", founder of [[Tata Consultancy Services|Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS)]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Oral History of F.C. Kohli|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkSRrxpQDKA|language=en|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref>
*[[Kalpana Chawla]] (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an [[Americans|American]] astronaut and [[engineer]] who was the first woman of [[Indian people|Indian]] origin to go to space.

== Business and finance ==

*[[Jagdish Chandra Mahindra|Jagdish Chandra]] and [[Kailash Chandra Mahindra]], founders of [[Mahindra & Mahindra]]. It is a part of the [[Mahindra Group]], an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWkfAQAAIAAJ|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=15 May 2008|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-20507-9|location=|pages=69–72|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Thapar">{{cite book|last1=Chopra|first1=Pran Nath|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Religions_and_Communities_of_India/HAtuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Pran+Nath+Thapar+khatri&dq=Pran+Nath+Thapar+khatri&printsec=frontcover|title=Religions and Communities of India|publisher=East-West Publications|year=1982|isbn=978-0-85692-081-3|page=115|language=en|access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mohan Singh Oberoi]] ,founder and chairman of the [[The Oberoi Group]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Karam Chand Thapar]], of the [[Thapar Group]] of companies.<ref name="Thapar" />
*[[Kunal Bahl]], co-founder of [[Snapdeal]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=snapdeal&hl=en|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=2018-11-25|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rana Kapoor]], co-founder of [[Yes Bank]]<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=yes+bank+wadhawan&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=yes%20bank&f=false|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=2018-11-25|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rahul Bhatia]], co-founder of [[IndiGo|IndiGo Airlines]]<ref name=":6" />
*[[Har Prasad Nanda|HP Nanda]], founder of [[Escorts Limited]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[S.K Burman]] and [[Anand Burman]], founder and chairman of [[Dabur]] respectively<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhandari|first=Bhupesh|date=2009-09-29|title=Lunch with BS: Anand Burman|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-anand-burman-109092900036_1.html|access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref>
*[[Vinod Khosla]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]]
*[[Ponty Chadha]], founder of Wave Group<ref name=":3" />
*[[Pankaj Chaddah]], co-founder of [[Zomato]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Sabeer Bhatia]], co-founder of [[Outlook.com|Hotmail.com]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Kuldip Singh Dhingra]], co-founder of [[Berger Paints]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Om Prakash Munjal]], founder of [[Hero MotoCorp]] and [[Hero Cycles]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Aroon Purie]], founder of [[India Today]] and [[Aaj Tak]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT306&dq=aaj+tak+punjab+kesri+khatri&hl=en|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=2018-11-25|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madhu Trehan]] , co-founder of [[India Today|IndiaToday]] and [[Newslaundry|Newslaundary]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Lala Jagat Narain]], founder of [[Punjab Kesari|Punjab Kesri]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Lala Harkishen Lal]], also known as "Napoleon of Finance", co-founder of [[Punjab National Bank]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheikh|first=Majid|date=2015-02-15|title=HARKING BACK: Man who introduced electricity to Lahore|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1163686|access-date=2021-09-03|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The rise and fall of Harkishen Lal {{!}} Political Economy {{!}} thenews.com.pk|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/562600-rise-fall-harkishen-lal|access-date=2021-09-03|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

== Bollywood ==
* [[Dev Anand]], Indian actor<ref name=":3" />
* [[Kanika Kapoor]], Indian singer<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 June 2016|title=I'm not Punjabi, I don't know Punjabi: Kanika Kapoor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/im-not-punjabi-i-dont-know-punjabi-kanika-kapoor-2866104/|access-date=23 September 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering an icon: Prithviraj Kapoor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2010/sep/09/remembering-an-icon-prithviraj-kapoor-185155.html |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=New Indian Express |date=9 September 2010}}</ref>
* [[Raj Kapoor]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khilnani |first1=Sunil |title=Incarnations India in 50 Lives |date=2016 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=9780241208236 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Incarnations/poiGCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=raj+kapoor+khatri+caste&pg=PT366&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
*[[Balraj Sahni]], Indian actor<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Dwyer|first=Rachel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzr8DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA4&dq=khatri&hl=en|title=Yash Chopra|date=2019-07-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83902-132-9|pages=4|language=en}}</ref>
*[[B. R. Chopra|B.R Chopra]], Indian actor<ref name=":7" />
* [[Rajesh Khanna]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farook |first1=Farhana |title=Rajesh Khanna's rooh is still in Aashirwad |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/rajesh-khannas-rooh-is-still-in-aashirwad-9782.html |website=Filmfare |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en |date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kabir Bedi]], Indian Actor<ref name=":2" />
*[[Sidharth Malhotra]], Indian Actor<ref name=":4" />
*[[Ayushmann Khurrana]], Indian actor<ref name=":5">{{Citation|title=AYUSHMAN KHURRANA AND PARINEETI CHOPRA SAID THAT THEY ARE KHATRI {{!}}{{!}} KHATRI SOORME|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhSQKtKj9E|language=en|access-date=2021-08-26}}</ref>
*[[Parineeti Chopra]], Indian actor<ref name=":5" />
*[[Akshay Kumar]], Indian actor<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rai|first=Rajesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzkrDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA106&dq=akshay+kumar+khatri&hl=en|title=Religion and Identity in the South Asian Diaspora|last2=Sankaran|first2=Chitra|date=2017-07-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-55159-5|pages=106|language=en}}</ref>

== Politics ==
* [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], 12th Prime Minister of India<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghai|first=Rajat|date=7 May 2014|title=The office of Prime Minister: A largely north Indian upper-caste, Hindu affair|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-office-of-prime-minister-a-largely-north-indian-upper-caste-hindu-affair-114050700846_1.html|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Manmohan Singh]], 13th Prime Minister of India<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ilaiah Shephard|first=Kancha|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Shudra/V34fEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1|title=The Shudra : Vision of a New Path|publisher=Penguin Random House India|isbn=9789390914241}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Nair|first=Supriya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SI3eDQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT308&dq=khatri+supriya+nair&hl=en|title=The Caravan Book of Profiles|date=2017-01-11|publisher=Random House India|isbn=978-93-5214-049-7|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Two-time Acting Prime Minister of India
*[[Manohar Lal Khattar]], 10th Chief Minister of Haryana<ref>{{Cite web|last=Padmanabhan|first=Sneha Alexander,Vishnu|date=2019-10-15|title=BJP and caste equation in Haryana|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/how-the-bjp-cracked-haryana-s-caste-conundrum-11571122458510.html|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.livemint.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sheila Dikshit|Sheila Kapoor Dikshit]], Former Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Padalkar|first=Ravindra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbgUEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT297&dq=JAWAHAR+LAL+NEHRU+PUNJABI+KHATRI&hl=en|title=Ruling Dynasties of Independent India - Volume 1|date=2021-01-16|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63714-799-3|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madan Lal Khurana]], Former Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=madan+lal+khurana+khatri&hl=en|title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India|date=2010|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-93-80607-04-7|pages=298-299|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Bhim Sen Sachar]], was the [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]], thrice.
*[[Mangal Sein]], was the deputy chief minister of [[Haryana]] from 1977 to 1979.
*'''[[Giani]]''' [[Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir|Gurmukh Singh Musafir]], Former Chief Minister of Punjab

== Sports ==

* [[Abhinav Bindra]], First Indian to win an Individual Olympic Gold Medal<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gagandeep|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WdwBgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PP3&dq=abhinav+bindra+khatri&hl=en|title=Abhinav Bindra|date=|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5186-056-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Shikhar Dhawan]], cricketer<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gandhi|first=A. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwuJDQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Shikhar Dhawan|date=|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kapil Dev|Kapil Dev Nikhanj]], captained the Indian cricket team that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sardesai|first=Rajdeep|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK9oDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA132&dq=kapil+dev+khatri&hl=en|title=Democracy's XI|date=October 2017|publisher=Juggernaut Books|isbn=978-93-86228-48-2|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Virat Kohli]], cricketer

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