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* [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], 9th Guru of Sikhs | * [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], 9th Guru of Sikhs | ||
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], Sikh leader | * [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], Sikh leader | ||
* [[Sanaullah Amritsari]], Islamic scholar of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement | |||
* [[Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari]], historian and writer | |||
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* [[Geeta Bali]], actress | * [[Geeta Bali]], actress | ||
* [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]], Punjabi Comedian | * [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]], Punjabi Comedian | ||
* [[Gurshabad]], Playback Singer and | * [[Gurshabad]], Playback Singer and actor | ||
* [[Jeetendra]], actor | * [[Jeetendra]], actor | ||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]], comedian | * [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]], comedian | ||
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* [[Mohammed Rafi]], recording artist | * [[Mohammed Rafi]], recording artist | ||
* [[Narendra Chanchal]], singer | * [[Narendra Chanchal]], singer | ||
* [[Pramod Moutho]], Indian actor | * [[Pramod Moutho]], Indian actor | ||
* [[Prem Dhillon]], Punjabi singer | * [[Prem Dhillon]], Punjabi singer | ||
* [[Rajesh Khanna]], actor | * [[Rajesh Khanna]], actor | ||
* [[Richa Chadda]] , | * [[Richa Chadda]] , actress | ||
* [[Rohan Mehra]], actor | * [[Rohan Mehra]], actor | ||
* [[Sahila Chadha]], actress | * [[Sahila Chadha]], actress | ||
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* [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], writer | * [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], writer | ||
* [[Vir Singh (writer)|Vir Singh]], Punjabi poet | * [[Vir Singh (writer)|Vir Singh]], Punjabi poet | ||
* [[Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari]], Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan's new capital city [[Islamabad]]. | |||
==Others== | ==Others== | ||
[[File:Shammi Rana.jpg|thumb|169x169px|[[Shammi Rana]], Indian sports executive and administrator]] | |||
* [[Bhagat Puran Singh]], environmentalist | * [[Bhagat Puran Singh]], environmentalist | ||
* [[Hans Raj Khanna]], | * [[Hans Raj Khanna]], Judge at the Supreme court of India | ||
* [[Kiran Bedi]], | * [[Kiran Bedi]], First woman IPS officer | ||
* [[Laxmi Kanta Chawla]] | * [[Laxmi Kanta Chawla]], politician | ||
* [[Ritu Kumar]], | * [[Ritu Kumar]], Fashion Designer | ||
* [[Shammi Rana]], Indian sports executive and administrator | |||
* [[Vikas Khanna]], chef | * [[Vikas Khanna]], chef | ||
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This is a list of notable people from Amritsar.
Spiritual leaders[edit | edit source]
- Guru Hargobind, 6th Guru of Sikhs
- Guru Tegh Bahadur, 9th Guru of Sikhs
- Nawab Kapur Singh, Sikh leader
- Sanaullah Amritsari, Islamic scholar of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement
- Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari, historian and writer
Freedom fighters[edit | edit source]
- Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter
- Madan Lal Dhingra, independence activist
Defense personnel[edit | edit source]
- Baba Deep Singh, General
- Bhagat Singh Thind,[1] US Sikh Leader
- Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal
- Saurabh Kalia, soldier
Sportspersons[edit | edit source]
- Abhishek Sharma, cricketer
- Bishan Singh Bedi, cricketer
- Dara Singh, wrestler and actor
- Ghulam Mohammad Baksh, wrestler
- Madan Lal, cricketer
- Ramandeep Singh, footballer
Politicians[edit | edit source]
- Manmohan Singh, 13th Prime Minister of India
- Navjot Singh Sidhu, politician
- Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, politician
- Krishan Kant, 10th Vice-President of India
- Raj Kumar Verka, politician
Entertainers[edit | edit source]
- Akshay Kumar, actor
- Amrinder Gill, Punjabi singer
- Bharti Singh, Indian stand-up comedian
- Chandan Prabhakar, comedian
- Deepa Mehta, Indo-Canadian filmmaker
- Deepti Naval, actress
- Geeta Bali, actress
- Gurpreet Ghuggi, Punjabi Comedian
- Gurshabad, Playback Singer and actor
- Jeetendra, actor
- Kapil Sharma, comedian
- Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer
- Maurice Barrymore, (patriarch of the Barrymore acting family)
- Mohammed Rafi, recording artist
- Narendra Chanchal, singer
- Pramod Moutho, Indian actor
- Prem Dhillon, Punjabi singer
- Rajesh Khanna, actor
- Richa Chadda , actress
- Rohan Mehra, actor
- Sahila Chadha, actress
- Shamshad Begum, classical singer
- Sudesh Lehri, comedian
- Veeru Devgan, director and producer of Hindi films
- Vinod Mehra, actor
- Vipul Mehta, singer
- Waris Ahluwalia, model, actor in US
- Yash Johar, director and producer of Hindi films
Writers[edit | edit source]
- Abdul Hameed, writer
- Bhisham Sahni, Hindi writer
- Dalbir Chetan, Punjabi short-story writer[2]
- Ghulam Abbas, writer
- M. D. Taseer, Urdu poet
- Rupa Bajwa, writer
- Saadat Hasan Manto, writer
- Vir Singh, Punjabi poet
- Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari, Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan's new capital city Islamabad.
Others[edit | edit source]
- Bhagat Puran Singh, environmentalist
- Hans Raj Khanna, Judge at the Supreme court of India
- Kiran Bedi, First woman IPS officer
- Laxmi Kanta Chawla, politician
- Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designer
- Shammi Rana, Indian sports executive and administrator
- Vikas Khanna, chef
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "South/Southeast Asia Library – UC Berkeley Library". Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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