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Following is | Following is a list of famous and notable [[Punjabi people]], an ethnolinguistic group belonging to the [[Punjab region]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It contains people mainly from what is today [[Punjab, Pakistan]] and [[Punjab, India]], and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language. | ||
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==Nobel laureates== | ==Nobel laureates== | ||
[[File:Abdus Salam 1987.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Abdus Salam]], first Pakistani Nobel prize winner in Physics]] | [[File:Abdus Salam 1987.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Abdus Salam]], first Pakistani Nobel prize winner in Physics]] | ||
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=== India === | === India === | ||
*[[Har Gobind Khorana]], Medicine [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel prize]] laureate | *[[Har Gobind Khorana]], Medicine [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel prize]] laureate | ||
==Military leaders== | ==Military leaders== | ||
===Medieval Punjab=== | ===Medieval Punjab=== | ||
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==== Muslim ==== | ==== Muslim ==== | ||
*[[Shaikha Khokhar]] | * [[Shaikha Khokhar]] | ||
* [[Jasrath Khokhar]] | * [[Jasrath Khokhar]] | ||
* [[Sultan | * [[Muzaffar Shah I|Sultan Zafar Khan]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n254 249]}}</ref><ref name="Wink">{{Cite book|last=Wink|first=André|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyYslywJUE8C&q=gujarat+sultanate+tank+khatri&pg=PA143|title=Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries|date=1990|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-13561-1|pages=143|language=en|quote=Zafar Khan (entitled Muzaffar Shah) himself was a convert to Islam from a sub-caste of the Khatris from southern Punjab}}</ref> | ||
* [[Shahbaz Khan Kamboh]] | * [[Husseyn Langah I|Sultan Husseyn Langah I]]<ref name="glossary2">{{cite book|last=Rose|first=H.A.|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z, Volume 3|year=1997|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=9788185297705|quote=Langah are described by Tod as a clan of the Chaluk or Solanki tribe of Agnikula Rajputs, who inhabited Multan and Jaisalmer...}}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Sultan Sarang Khan]] | ||
*[[Muhammad Saleh Kamboh]] | * [[Dulla Bhatti]] | ||
* [[Shahbaz Khan Kamboh]], Governor of [[Bengal]] | |||
* [[Wazir Khan (Lahore)|Wazir Khan]],<ref name="Koch">{{Cite book|last=Koch|first=Ebba|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/69022179|title=The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra|date=2006|publisher=Thames & Hudson|others=Richard André. Barraud|isbn=978-0-500-34209-1|location=London|pages=45|oclc=69022179}}</ref> Governor of [[Ajmer]] | |||
* [[Saadullah Khan (Mughal Empire)|Saadullah Khan]],<ref name="Siddiqui">{{Cite journal|last=Siddiqui|first=Shabbir A.|title=Relations Between Dara Shukoh and Sa'adullah Khan|date=1986|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44141552|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=47|pages=273–276|jstor=44141552|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> [[List of Mughal grand viziers|Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire]] | |||
* [[Muhammad Saleh Kamboh]] | |||
* [[Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh]] | * [[Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh]] | ||
* [[Adina Beg|Adina Beg Arain]] | * [[Adina Beg|Adina Beg Arain]], Governor of [[Lahore]] and [[Multan]] | ||
*[[Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal|Ahmad Khan Kharal]][[File:Adina Beg Khan.jpg|thumb|235x235px|[[Adina Beg]], last | * [[Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal|Ahmad Khan Kharal]][[File:Adina Beg Khan.jpg|thumb|235x235px|[[Adina Beg]], last Muslim governor of the Punjab]] | ||
==== Sikh ==== | ==== Sikh ==== | ||
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* [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] | * [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] | ||
* [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]] | * [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]] | ||
* [[Sardar Gulab Singh|Gulab Singh | * [[Sardar Gulab Singh Rathore|Gulab Singh Rathore]] | ||
* [[Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba|Tara Singh Ghaiba]] | * [[Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba|Tara Singh Ghaiba]] | ||
* [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] | * [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] | ||
* [[Baghel Singh|Baghel Singh Dhaliwal]] | * [[Baghel Singh|Baghel Singh Dhaliwal]] | ||
* [[Charat Singh | * [[Charat Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Maha Singh]] | ||
* [[Ran Singh Nakai|Ran Singh Sandhu]] | |||
* [[Heera Singh Sandhu]] | |||
* [[Gujjar Singh Banghi|Gujjar Singh Dhillon]] | * [[Gujjar Singh Banghi|Gujjar Singh Dhillon]] | ||
* [[Lehna Singh Majithia]] | * [[Lehna Singh Majithia]] | ||
* [[Suba Singh]] | * [[Suba Singh]] | ||
==== Hindu ==== | |||
* [[Todar Mal|Raja Todar Mal]], Finance minister | |||
=== Sikh Empire === | === Sikh Empire === | ||
[[File:MaharajaRanjitSIngh - L Massard.gif|thumb|221x221px|[[Ranjit Singh]], founder of the Sikh Empire]] | [[File:MaharajaRanjitSIngh - L Massard.gif|thumb|221x221px|[[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], founder of the Sikh Empire]] | ||
==== Sikh ==== | ==== Sikh ==== | ||
* [[Ranjit Singh | * [[Ranjit Singh]] | ||
* [[Kharak Singh | * [[Kharak Singh]] | ||
* [[Sher Singh | * [[Sher Singh]] | ||
* [[Nau Nihal Singh | * [[Nau Nihal Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Duleep Singh]] | ||
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa | * [[Rattan Singh]] | ||
* [[Pashaura Singh]] | |||
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] | |||
* [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla]] | * [[Chattar Singh Attariwalla]] | ||
* [[Sham Singh Atariwala | * [[Sham Singh Atariwala]] | ||
* [[Jodh Singh Ramgarhia]] | * [[Jodh Singh Ramgarhia]] | ||
* [[Akali Phula Singh | * [[Akali Phula Singh]] | ||
* [[Veer Singh Dillon | * [[Veer Singh Dillon]] | ||
* [[Amar Singh Majithia]] | * [[Amar Singh Majithia]] | ||
* [[Jawahar Singh (wazir)|Jawahar Singh Aulakh]] | * [[Jawahar Singh (wazir)|Jawahar Singh Aulakh]] | ||
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* [[Ranjodh Singh Majithia]] | * [[Ranjodh Singh Majithia]] | ||
* [[Mangal Singh Ramgarhia]] | * [[Mangal Singh Ramgarhia]] | ||
* [[Akali Hanuman Singh | * [[Akali Hanuman Singh]] | ||
* [[Sada Kaur]] | |||
* [[Karmo Kaur]] | |||
* [[Datar Kaur]] | |||
* [[Jind Kaur]] | |||
* [[Chand Kaur]] | |||
* [[Nanaki Kaur Atariwala]] | |||
* [[Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon]] | |||
* [[Mehtab Kaur]] | |||
* [[Raj Kaur]] | |||
* [[Desan Kaur]] | |||
==== Hindu ==== | ==== Hindu ==== | ||
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* [[Dewan Mokham Chand]] | * [[Dewan Mokham Chand]] | ||
* [[Misr Diwan Chand|Misr Dewan Chand]] | * [[Misr Diwan Chand|Misr Dewan Chand]] | ||
* [[Mahan Singh Mirpuri|Mahan Singh Mirpuri Bali]] | * [[Mahan Singh Mirpuri|Mahan Singh Mirpuri Bali]] | ||
* | * [[Gulab Singh Dogra]] | ||
* [[Dhian Singh Dogra]] | |||
* [[Ranbir Singh|Ranbir Singh (Maharaj)]] | |||
* [[Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra|Dewan Sawan Mal Chopra]] | * [[Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra|Dewan Sawan Mal Chopra]] | ||
* [[Zorawar Singh Kahluria|Raja Zorawar Singh Kahluria]] | * [[Zorawar Singh Kahluria|Raja Zorawar Singh Kahluria]] | ||
* [[Diwan Mulraj Chopra|Dewan Mulraj Chopra]] | |||
==== Muslim ==== | |||
*[[Diwan Mulraj Chopra|Dewan Mulraj Chopra]] | |||
* [[Jarnail Ghaus Khan|Mian Ghaus Khan]] | |||
* [[Sultan Mahmud Khan]] | |||
* [[Ilahi Bakhsh]] | |||
* [[Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana]] | |||
* [[Fakir Azizuddin]] | |||
===Pakistan Armed Forces=== | ===Pakistan Armed Forces=== | ||
[[File:Raheel Sharif.jpg|thumb|upright|[[General]] [[Raheel Sharif]], former [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Pakistan Army]], is the most respected and popular general in the country's history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Zahid|date=2016-11-23|title=The | [[File:Raheel Sharif.jpg|thumb|upright|[[General]] [[Raheel Sharif]], former [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] of the [[Pakistan Army]], is the most respected and popular general in the country's history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Zahid|date=2016-11-23|title=The general's legacy|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1298018|access-date=2021-02-08|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>]] | ||
==== Air Force ==== | ==== Air Force ==== | ||
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*[[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] [[Saif Ali Janjua]], Nishan-e-Haider | *[[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] [[Saif Ali Janjua]], Nishan-e-Haider | ||
*[[Lance naik|Lance Naik]] [[Muhammad Mahfuz Awan|Muhammad Mahfuz]], Nishan-e-Haider | *[[Lance naik|Lance Naik]] [[Muhammad Mahfuz Awan|Muhammad Mahfuz]], Nishan-e-Haider | ||
*[[Sowar]] [[Sawar Muhammad Hussain|Muhammad Hussain]], Nishan-e-Haider | *[[Sowar]] [[Sawar Muhammad Hussain|Muhammad Hussain]], Nishan-e-Haider | ||
====Navy==== | ====Navy==== | ||
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*Air Chief Marshal [[Dilbagh Singh]], former Chief of Indian Air Force | *Air Chief Marshal [[Dilbagh Singh]], former Chief of Indian Air Force | ||
*Air Chief Marshal [[Nirmal Chandra Suri]], former Chief of Indian Air Force | *Air Chief Marshal [[Nirmal Chandra Suri]], former Chief of Indian Air Force | ||
*[[Rakesh Sharma]] Indian Air Force | *[[Rakesh Sharma]], Indian Air Force, first Indian in space | ||
====Army==== | ====Army==== | ||
[[File:General Bikram Singh Chief of Army Staff | [[File:General Bikram Singh taking over as the new Chief of the Army Staff, in New Delhi on May 31, 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bikram Singh (general)|General Bikram Singh]], former [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army]]]] | ||
*[[General]] [[Deepak Kapoor]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Deepak Kapoor]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[General]] [[Om Prakash Malhotra]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Om Prakash Malhotra]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[General]] [[Ved Prakash Malik]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Ved Prakash Malik]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[General]] [[Bikram Singh (general)|Bikram Singh]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Bikram Singh (general)|Bikram Singh]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[General]] [[Pran Nath Thapar]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Pran Nath Thapar]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[General]] [[Nirmal Chander Vij]], former Indian Army Chief | *[[General]] [[Nirmal Chander Vij]], former Indian Army Chief | ||
*[[Lt General]] [[Jagjit Singh Aurora]] (1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; led the ground forces campaign in the eastern front of the war | |||
*[[Lt General]] [[Punita Arora]], first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;<ref>{{cite web|title=Land Forces Site - Featured Articles|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906170749/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html|archive-date=2012-09-06|access-date=2012-06-06|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of [[Indian Navy]]<ref>{{cite news|title=AFMC chief becomes first lady Vice-Admiral|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/72768/|access-date=2005-05-17}}</ref> | |||
* Major General [[Shabeg Singh]] | |||
*[[Brigadier]] [[Kuldip Singh Chandpuri]] (retired), awarded [[Maha Vir Chakra]] (MVC) by the [[Indian Army]] for his leadership in the [[Battle of Longewala]] | |||
*[[Vikram Batra|Captain Vikram Batra]], former officer of Indian army, martyred in 1999 [[Kargil war]] and was awarded [[Param Vir Chakra]] posthumously | *[[Vikram Batra|Captain Vikram Batra]], former officer of Indian army, martyred in 1999 [[Kargil war]] and was awarded [[Param Vir Chakra]] posthumously | ||
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* [[Narinder Singh Kapany]], Indian-American physicist known for his work on fiber optics | * [[Narinder Singh Kapany]], Indian-American physicist known for his work on fiber optics | ||
* [[Rana Kapoor]], founder and managing director of Yes Bank | * [[Rana Kapoor]], founder and managing director of Yes Bank | ||
* [[Raj Kundra]], British–Indian businessman | |||
* [[Vinod Khosla]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]] | * [[Vinod Khosla]], co-founder of [[Sun Microsystems]] | ||
* [[F. C. Kohli]], regarded as the "father" of the Indian software industry, founder of TCS | * [[F. C. Kohli]], regarded as the "father" of the Indian software industry, founder of TCS | ||
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*[[Jawad Ahmad]] | *[[Jawad Ahmad]] | ||
*[[Khursheed Bano]] | *[[Khursheed Bano]] | ||
*[[Mahvash Waqar]] | *[[Mahvash Waqar]] | ||
*[[Masood Rana]] | |||
*[[Meesha Shafi]] | *[[Meesha Shafi]] | ||
*[[Mustafa Zahid]] | *[[Mustafa Zahid]] | ||
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*[[Zil-e-Huma]] | *[[Zil-e-Huma]] | ||
*[[Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan]] | *[[Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan]] | ||
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* [[Jaswinder Brar]] | * [[Jaswinder Brar]] | ||
* [[Kuldeep Manak]] | * [[Kuldeep Manak]] | ||
* [[Mohammad Sadiq]] | * [[Muhammad Sadiq (singer)|Mohammad Sadiq]] | ||
* [[Pammi Bai]] | * [[Pammi Bai]] | ||
* [[Parkash Kaur]] | * [[Parkash Kaur]] | ||
* [[Ranjit Kaur]] | * [[Ranjit Kaur]] | ||
* [[Sardool Sikander]] | * [[Sardool Sikander]] | ||
* [[Satwinder Bitti]] | * [[Satwinder Bitti]] | ||
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[[File:Jagjit Singh (Ghazal Maestro).jpg|thumb|[[Jagjit Singh]], popular [[ghazal]] singer|upright]] | [[File:Jagjit Singh (Ghazal Maestro).jpg|thumb|[[Jagjit Singh]], popular [[ghazal]] singer|upright]] | ||
====Classical Hindustani Music==== | ====Classical Hindustani Music==== | ||
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[[File:Sukhwinder Singh (singer).jpg|thumb|[[Sukhwinder Singh]], singer of [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Grammy]] award-winning song "[[Jai Ho (song)|Jai Ho]]"|upright]] | |||
====Modern playback==== | ====Modern playback==== | ||
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* [[Jaspinder Narula]] | * [[Jaspinder Narula]] | ||
* [[Jazzy B]] | * [[Jazzy B]] | ||
* [[Karan Aujla]] | |||
* [[Kanika Kapoor]] | * [[Kanika Kapoor]] | ||
* [[Kanth Kaler]] | * [[Kanth Kaler]] | ||
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* [[Ninja]] | * [[Ninja]] | ||
* [[Nitin Mukesh]] | * [[Nitin Mukesh]] | ||
* [[Miss Pooja]] | * [[Miss Pooja]] | ||
* [[Rekha Bhardwaj]] | * [[Rekha Bhardwaj]] | ||
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==Cartoonists== | ==Cartoonists== | ||
*[[Shekhar Gurera]], editorial cartoonist | *[[Shekhar Gurera]], editorial cartoonist | ||
*[[Pran Kumar Sharma]], cartoonist of ''Chacha Chaudhary'' fame | *[[Pran Kumar Sharma]], cartoonist of ''Chacha Chaudhary'' fame | ||
== Doctors == | == Doctors == | ||
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English | <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> | ||
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> | <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> | ||
=== India === | === India === | ||
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* [[Kirpal Singh Chugh]] | * [[Kirpal Singh Chugh]] | ||
* [[Harbans Lall Gulati]] | * [[Harbans Lall Gulati]] | ||
* [[Gagandeep Kang]] | |||
* [[Kapil Sharma]] | |||
* [[Sunil Grover]] | |||
* [[Ved Prakash Kamboj]] | * [[Ved Prakash Kamboj]] | ||
* [[Tarlochan Singh Kler]] | * [[Tarlochan Singh Kler]] | ||
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=== Pakistan === | === Pakistan === | ||
* [[Asad Abidi]], | * [[Asad Abidi]], professor of electrical engineering at the [[University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)]] | ||
* [[Masud Ahmad|Masud Ahmed]], theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the ''Theoretical Physics Group'' - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons | * [[Masud Ahmad|Masud Ahmed]], theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the ''Theoretical Physics Group'' - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons | ||
* [[Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist)|Ishtiaq Ahmed]], | * [[Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist)|Ishtiaq Ahmed]], professor of political science at the [[University of Stockholm]] | ||
* [[Nazir Ahmed (physicist)|Nazir Ahmed]], experimental physicist and first chairman of the [[Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission|Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)]] | * [[Nazir Ahmed (physicist)|Nazir Ahmed]], experimental physicist and first chairman of the [[Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission|Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)]] | ||
* [[Farooq Azam]], | * [[Farooq Azam]], professor of oceanography at the [[University of California, San Diego]] | ||
* [[Tariq Ali]], political activist, historian, writer, journalist and public intellectual | * [[Tariq Ali]], political activist, historian, writer, journalist and public intellectual | ||
*[[Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry]], nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program | *[[Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry]], nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program | ||
*[[Nayyar Ali Dada]], architect in modernist architecture | |||
* [[Fayyazuddin]], theoretical physicist | * [[Fayyazuddin]], theoretical physicist | ||
* [[Mahbub ul Haq]], economist and inventor of the [[Human Development Index|Human Development Index (HDI)]] | * [[Mahbub ul Haq]], economist and inventor of the [[Human Development Index|Human Development Index (HDI)]] | ||
* [[Tasawar Hayat]], mathematician | * [[Tasawar Hayat]], mathematician | ||
* [[Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist)|Shahbaz Khan]], hydrologist and | * [[Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist)|Shahbaz Khan]], hydrologist and director of the UNESCO cluster office in Jakarta | ||
* [[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood]], nuclear engineer | * [[Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood]], nuclear engineer | ||
* [[Salim Mehmud]], rocket scientist | * [[Salim Mehmud]], rocket scientist | ||
* [[Atif Mian]], | * [[Atif Mian]], professor of economics, public policy and finance at [[Princeton University]] | ||
* [[Zia Mian]], physicist and co-director of the | * [[Zia Mian]], physicist and co-director of the program on science and global security at [[Princeton University]] | ||
* [[Ghulam Murtaza (physicist)|Ghulam Murtaza]], theoretical physicist | * [[Ghulam Murtaza (physicist)|Ghulam Murtaza]], theoretical physicist | ||
* [[Qaiser Mushtaq]], mathematician | * [[Qaiser Mushtaq]], mathematician | ||
* [[Adil Najam]], | * [[Adil Najam]], dean of global studies at [[Boston University]] | ||
* [[Ayub Ommaya|Ayyub Ommaya]], neurosurgeon and inventor of the [[Ommaya reservoir]] | * [[Ayub Ommaya|Ayyub Ommaya]], neurosurgeon and inventor of the [[Ommaya reservoir]] | ||
* [[Khalil Qureshi]], physical chemist | * [[Khalil Qureshi]], physical chemist | ||
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*[[Harvinder Sahota]], Indian American cardiologist | *[[Harvinder Sahota]], Indian American cardiologist | ||
*[[Pritam Saini]], English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu writer; historian; literary critic<ref>Punjabi author Pritam Saini dead, Tribune News Service, Monday, November 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India, / http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/punjab1.htm</ref> | *[[Pritam Saini]], English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu writer; historian; literary critic<ref>Punjabi author Pritam Saini dead, Tribune News Service, Monday, November 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India, / http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/punjab1.htm</ref> | ||
*[[Sanjay Saini]], | *[[Sanjay Saini]], professor of radiology, [[Harvard Medical School]]<ref>Clinical Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Abdomen, pp 111, Endoscopy and gastrointestinal radiology By Gregory G. Ginsberg, Michael L. Kochman, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2004</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.massgeneral.org/radiology/index.asp?page=staff&subpage=saini |title=Sanjay Saini, MD, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School |access-date=2011-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212143520/http://www2.massgeneral.org/radiology/index.asp?page=staff |archive-date=2009-12-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
*[[Subhash Saini]], | *[[Subhash Saini]], senior computer scientist, [[NASA Ames Research Center]], USA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/nano4/saini.html |title=Subhash Saini |publisher=Zyvex.com |access-date=2009-09-20}}</ref> | ||
*[[P. K. Sethi]] | *[[P. K. Sethi]] | ||
*[[Dheeraj Sharma (professor)|Dheeraj Sharma]], professor at IIM-Ahmedabad; writer | *[[Dheeraj Sharma (professor)|Dheeraj Sharma]], professor at IIM-Ahmedabad; writer | ||
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*[[Rakesh Sharma]], first Indian in space | *[[Rakesh Sharma]], first Indian in space | ||
==Bollywood (India)== | ==Film & TV== | ||
===Bollywood (India)=== | |||
The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood: | The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood: | ||
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|The Rajs|| [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Anita Raj]] | |The Rajs|| [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Anita Raj]] | ||
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|The Puris|| [[Madan Puri]], [[Amrish Puri]], | |The Puris|| [[Madan Puri]], [[Amrish Puri]], | ||
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|The Khannas - 1|| [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Twinkle Khanna]], [[Rinke Khanna]] | |The Khannas - 1|| [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Twinkle Khanna]], [[Rinke Khanna]] | ||
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|The Khannas - 2|| [[Vinod Khanna]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211120409/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=197 Parliamentary Biography]</ref> [[Akshaye Khanna]], [[Rahul Khanna]] | |The Khannas - 2|| [[Vinod Khanna]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211120409/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=197 Parliamentary Biography]</ref> [[Akshaye Khanna]], [[Rahul Khanna]] | ||
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|The Kapurs|| [[Pankaj Kapur]], [[Shahid Kapoor]] | |The Kapurs|| [[Pankaj Kapur]], [[Shahid Kapoor]] | ||
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|[[Kapoor family|The Kapoors]] - 1|| [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Kareena Kapoor]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Randhir Kapoor]], [[Karishma Kapoor]], [[Rajiv Kapoor]], [[Karan Kapoor]] | |[[Kapoor family|The Kapoors]] - 1|| [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Kareena Kapoor]], [[Ranbir Kapoor]], [[Rishi Kapoor]],<br>[[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Randhir Kapoor]], [[Karishma Kapoor]], [[Rajiv Kapoor]], [[Karan Kapoor]] | ||
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|The Kapoors - 2|| [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Boney Kapoor]], | |The Kapoors - 2|| [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Boney Kapoor]],<br>[[Sanjay Kapoor]], [[Arjun Kapoor]], [[Sonam Kapoor]] | ||
[[Sanjay Kapoor]], [[Arjun Kapoor]], [[Sonam Kapoor]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|The Kapoors - 3|| [[Jeetendra]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Ekta Kapoor]] | |The Kapoors - 3|| [[Jeetendra]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Ekta Kapoor]] | ||
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===Individual Actors=== | ====Individual Actors==== | ||
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* [[Achala Sachdev]] | * [[Achala Sachdev]] | ||
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* [[Akshay Kumar]] | * [[Akshay Kumar]] | ||
*[[Akshay Dogra]] | *[[Akshay Dogra]] | ||
* [[Akanksha Juneja]] | * [[Akanksha Juneja]] | ||
* [[Annu Kapoor]] | * [[Annu Kapoor]] | ||
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* [[Ammy Virk]] | * [[Ammy Virk]] | ||
* [[Arjan Bajwa]] | * [[Arjan Bajwa]] | ||
* [[Armaan Kohli]] | * [[Armaan Kohli]] | ||
* [[Avtar Gill]] | * [[Avtar Gill]] | ||
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* [[Binnu Dhillon]] | * [[Binnu Dhillon]] | ||
* [[Celina Jaitley]] | * [[Celina Jaitley]] | ||
* [[Diljit Dosanjh]] | * [[Diljit Dosanjh]] | ||
* [[Dilip Kumar]] | |||
* [[Deepak Parashar]] | * [[Deepak Parashar]] | ||
* [[Geeta Bali]] | * [[Geeta Bali]] | ||
* [[Geeta Basra]] | * [[Geeta Basra]] | ||
* [[Gippy Grewal]] | * [[Gippy Grewal]] | ||
* [[Gracy Singh]] | * [[Gracy Singh]] | ||
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* [[Gul Panag]] | * [[Gul Panag]] | ||
* [[Gulshan Grover]] | * [[Gulshan Grover]] | ||
* [[Gurdas Maan]] | |||
* [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]] | |||
* [[Gurshabad Singh]] | * [[Gurshabad Singh]] | ||
* [[Harman Baweja]] | * [[Harman Baweja]] | ||
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* [[Juhi Chawla]] | * [[Juhi Chawla]] | ||
* [[Jyothika]] | * [[Jyothika]] | ||
* [[Kajal Aggarwal]] | * [[Kajal Aggarwal]] | ||
* [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] | * [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] | ||
* [[Kapil Sharma]] | |||
* [[Karan Johar]] | * [[Karan Johar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Karan Singh Grover]] | ||
* [[Kidar Nath Sharma]] | * [[Kidar Nath Sharma]] | ||
* [[Kiran Juneja]] | * [[Kiran Juneja]] | ||
* [[Kirron Kher]] | * [[Kirron Kher]] | ||
* [[Kulraj Randhawa]] | |||
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] | * [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] | ||
* [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] | * [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] | ||
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* [[Mandira Bedi]] | * [[Mandira Bedi]] | ||
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] | * [[Mangal Dhillon]] | ||
* [[Manjot Singh]] | |||
* [[Manoj Pahwa]] | |||
* [[Mehar Mittal]] | * [[Mehar Mittal]] | ||
* [[Minissha Lamba]] | * [[Minissha Lamba]] | ||
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* [[Mukesh Khanna]] | * [[Mukesh Khanna]] | ||
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] | * [[Mukesh Rishi]] | ||
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] | |||
* [[Navin Nischol]] | * [[Navin Nischol]] | ||
* [[Neeru Bajwa]] | * [[Neeru Bajwa]] | ||
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* [[Pavan Malhotra]] | * [[Pavan Malhotra]] | ||
* [[Pooja Batra]] | * [[Pooja Batra]] | ||
* [[Poonam Dhillon]] | * [[Poonam Dhillon]] | ||
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] | * [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] | ||
* [[Praveen Kumar (actor)|Praveen Kumar]] | * [[Praveen Kumar (actor)|Praveen Kumar]] | ||
* [[Prem Chopra]] | * [[Prem Chopra]] | ||
* [[Priya Gill]] | * [[Priya Gill]] | ||
* [[Preity Zinta]] | |||
* [[Pulkit Samrat]] | * [[Pulkit Samrat]] | ||
* [[Puneet Issar]] | * [[Puneet Issar]] | ||
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* [[Rajit Kapur]] | * [[Rajit Kapur]] | ||
* [[Rakesh Bedi]] | * [[Rakesh Bedi]] | ||
* [[Rahul Dev]] | |||
* [[Rakul Preet Singh]] | * [[Rakul Preet Singh]] | ||
* [[Ranjeet]] | * [[Ranjeet]] | ||
* [[Ranvir Shorey]] | |||
* [[Rana Ranbir]] | * [[Rana Ranbir]] | ||
* [[Ram Kapoor]] | * [[Ram Kapoor]] | ||
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*[[Ridhi Dogra]] | *[[Ridhi Dogra]] | ||
* [[Ruby Bhatia]] | * [[Ruby Bhatia]] | ||
* [[Sahil Anand]] | |||
* [[Samir Soni]] | * [[Samir Soni]] | ||
* [[Sargun Mehta]] | * [[Sargun Mehta]] | ||
* [[Sudesh Berry]] | * [[Sudesh Berry]] | ||
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] | * [[Shakti Kapoor]] | ||
* [[Sheeba Chaddha]] | * [[Sheeba Chaddha]] | ||
* [[Shiny Ahuja]] | * [[Shiny Ahuja]] | ||
* [[Shoma Anand]] | |||
* [[Sidharth Malhotra]] | * [[Sidharth Malhotra]] | ||
* [[Simi Garewal]] | * [[Simi Garewal]] | ||
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* [[Sunny Leone]] | * [[Sunny Leone]] | ||
* [[Suraiya]] | * [[Suraiya]] | ||
* [[Surbhi Jyoti]] | |||
* [[Taapsee Pannu]] | * [[Taapsee Pannu]] | ||
* [[Tinnu Anand]] | |||
* [[Urvashi Sharma]] | * [[Urvashi Sharma]] | ||
* [[Varun | * [[Vaani Kapoor]] | ||
* [[Varun Sharma]] | |||
* [[Vicky Kaushal]] | * [[Vicky Kaushal]] | ||
*[[Vidyut Jamwal]] | *[[Vidyut Jamwal]] | ||
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* [[Yami Gautam]] | * [[Yami Gautam]] | ||
* [[Yash Johar]] | * [[Yash Johar]] | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Kareena2.jpg|[[Kareena Kapoor Khan]] [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] actress | File:Kareena2.jpg|[[Kareena Kapoor Khan]], [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] actress | ||
File: | File:Priyanka Chopra at 2019 Cannes (cropped).jpg|[[Priyanka Chopra]], Miss World 2000, Indian and American film actress | ||
File:Akshay Kumar in Sydney for Heyy Babyy.jpg|[[Akshay Kumar]] [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] actor | File:Akshay Kumar in Sydney for Heyy Babyy.jpg|[[Akshay Kumar]], [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] actor | ||
File:Ranbir Kapoor at the launch of 'Barfi!' promo 10.jpg|[[Ranbir Kapoor]], Indian film actor | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Directors=== | ====Directors==== | ||
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* [[Abdur Rashid Kardar]] | * [[Abdur Rashid Kardar]] | ||
* [[Abhishek Kapoor]] | * [[Abhishek Kapoor]] | ||
* [[Aditya Chopra]] | * [[Aditya Chopra]] | ||
* [[Anil Sharma]]. | * [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]. | ||
* [[Anurag Singh (director)|Anurag Singh]] | * [[Anurag Singh (director)|Anurag Singh]] | ||
* [[B. R. Chopra]] | * [[B. R. Chopra]] | ||
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===Documentary filmmakers=== | ====Documentary filmmakers==== | ||
* [[Mukesh Gautam]] | * [[Mukesh Gautam]] | ||
=== | ===Lollywood (Pakistan)=== | ||
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* [[ | * [[Aamina Sheikh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Aasia|Aasia Begum]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Adeel Chaudhry]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Adnan Shah Tipu|Adnan Shah]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ahmed Ali Akbar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ahsan Khan]] | ||
* [[Albela (actor)|Albela]] | |||
* [[Ali Ejaz]] | |||
* [[Ali Kazmi]] | |||
[[ | * [[Ali Zafar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Anjuman Shehzadi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Anwar Kamal Pasha]] | ||
* [[Armeena Khan]] | |||
* [[Asad Malik]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Aslam Pervaiz]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Babar Ali]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Babra Sharif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bahar Begum]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bilal Ashraf]] | ||
* [[Bushra Ansari]] | |||
* [[Firdous Begum]] | |||
* [[Ghulam Mohiuddin (actor)|Ghulam Mohiuddin]] | |||
* [[Gohar Rasheed]] | |||
* [[Habib-ur-Rehman (actor)|Habib-ur-Rehman]] | |||
[[ | * [[Hamid Rana]] | ||
* [[Hamza Ali Abbasi]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Humayun Saeed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Iftikhar Thakur]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Inayat Hussain Bhatti]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Irfan Khoosat]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Javed Sheikh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jia Ali]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kifayat Hussain Bhatti]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Meera (actress)|Meera]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mikaal Zulfiqar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Moammar Rana]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohsin Abbas Haider]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Munawar Zarif]] | ||
* [[Nargis (actress)|Nargis]] | |||
* [[Nayyar Ejaz]] | |||
* [[Neelo]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Nirma (actress)|Nirma]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rafi Khawar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rani (Pakistani actress)|Rani]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Resham]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sabiha Khanum]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sahiba Afzal]] | ||
* [[Saleem Sheikh]] | |||
* [[Salma Mumtaz]] | |||
* [[Salman Shahid]] | |||
* [[Shaan Shahid]] | |||
* [[Shafqat Cheema]] | |||
* [[Shahid (actor)|Shahid Hameed]] | |||
* [[Shahida Mini]] | |||
* [[Sultan Rahi]] | |||
* [[Tariq Aziz (TV personality)|Tariq Aziz]] | |||
* [[Usman Peerzada]] | |||
* [[Waheed Murad]] | |||
* [[Yasir Hussain]] | |||
* [[Zara Sheikh]] | |||
* [[Zeba]] | |||
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====Directors==== | |||
* [[Hassan Rana]] | |||
* [[Hassan Tariq]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Iqbal Kashmiri]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Javed Raza]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kashif Nisar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Masood Parvez]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nusrat Thakur]] | ||
* [[Pervaiz Kaleem]] | |||
* [[Riaz Shahid]] | |||
* [[Sarmad Khoosat]] | |||
* [[Syed Noor]] | |||
=== | ===Punjabi cinema (India)=== | ||
{{Further|Punjabi cinema}} | |||
====Directors==== | |||
* [[Amberdeep Singh]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Amitoj Maan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Anurag Singh (director)|Anurag Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Baljit Singh Deo]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gippy Grewal]] | ||
* [[Harry Baweja]] | |||
* [[Jagdeep Sidhu]] | |||
* [[Manmord Sidhu]] | |||
* [[Pankaj Batra]] | |||
* [[Rohit Jugraj Chauhan]] | |||
* [[Simerjit Singh]] | |||
* [[Smeep Kang]] | |||
====Actors==== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Diljit-Dosanjh-and-others-grace-Rising-Star-2-Uthao-Soch-Ki-Deewar-3.jpg(2).edit1.jpg|[[Diljit Dosanjh]], star of ''[[Jatt & Juliet]]'' and ''[[Punjab 1984]]'' | |||
File:Jassi Gill.JPG|[[Jassi Gill]], star of ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' and ''[[Sargi]]'' | |||
File:Neeru Bajwa at Kochi International Fashion Week 2011 02.jpg|[[Neeru Bajwa]], star of ''[[Jatt & Juliet 2]]'' and ''[[Jihne Mera Dil Luteya]]'' | |||
File:Sargun Mehta at a pre-Diwali party.jpg|[[Sargun Mehta]], star of ''[[Angrej]]'' and ''[[Lahoriye]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally. | |||
'''Actors''' | |||
{{Main|List of Punjabi cinema actors}} | |||
=== | '''Actresses''' | ||
{{Main|List of Punjabi cinema actresses}} | |||
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* [[ | ===Tamil cinema (India)=== | ||
* [[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Simran Bagga]], Punjabi Hindu | ||
* [[ | * [[Jyothika]], Punjabi Hindu | ||
* [[Kajal Agarwal]], Punjabi Hindu | |||
* [[Sonia Aggarwal]], Punjabi Hindu | |||
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* [[ | ===International Film and TV personalities=== | ||
* [[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Lilly Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Purva Bedi]] | ||
* [[Waris Ahluwalia]] | |||
* [[Tarsem Singh]] | |||
* [[Monica Dogra]] | |||
* [[Param Gill]] | |||
* [[Kunal Nayyar]] | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
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[[File: | ==Ancient figures== | ||
[[File:Surrender of Porus to the Emperor Alexander.jpg|thumb|right|Porus and Alexander|upright=0.6]] | |||
* [[Porus]] | |||
* [[Taxiles]] | |||
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]] | |||
* [[Chanakya]] | |||
==Folklore== | |||
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* [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar | * [[Heer Ranjha]] | ||
* [[Mirza Sahiba]] | |||
* [[Puran Bhagat]] | |||
* [[Prince Saiful Malook and Badri Jamala|Sayful Muluk]] | |||
* [[Sohni Mahiwal]] | |||
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==Religious and spiritual figures== | |||
=== Muslim Sufis and saints === | |||
[[File:BullehShah.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bulleh Shah]] was a [[Punjabi Muslims|Punjabi Muslim]] Sufi poet|upright=0.6]] | |||
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* [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar]] (first major poet of Punjabi) | |||
* [[Rukn-e-Alam]] | |||
* [[Madho Lal Hussain|Shah Hussain]] | * [[Madho Lal Hussain|Shah Hussain]] | ||
* [[Mian Mir]] | |||
* [[Ahmad Sirhindi|Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi]] | |||
* [[Sultan Bahu]] | * [[Sultan Bahu]] | ||
* [[Shah Inayat Qadiri|Shah Inayat]] | |||
* [[Bulleh Shah]] | * [[Bulleh Shah]] | ||
* [[Waris Shah]] | * [[Waris Shah]] | ||
* [[Mian Muhammad Bakhsh|Mian Muhammad Baksh]] | * [[Mian Muhammad Bakhsh|Mian Muhammad Baksh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Meher Ali Shah]] | ||
* [[Ghulam | * [[Khwaja Ghulam Farid|Khawaja Ghulam Farid]] | ||
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* [[ | ===Hindu Gurus and saints=== | ||
* [[ | * [[Sri Chand]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ramdev]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rampal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mastana Balochistani]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shah Satnam Singh]] | ||
* [[Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod|Kanwar Saheb]] | |||
* [[ | ===Radha Soami Satsang Beas=== | ||
* [[ | * [[Jaimal Singh|Baba Jaimal Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sawan Singh|Baba Sawan Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jagat Singh (Sant)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]] | ||
* [[Gurinder Singh|Baba Gurinder Singh]] | |||
=== | |||
===Ahmadiyya community=== | |||
{{ | {{Main article|Khalifatul Masih}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] (1889–1908) | ||
* [[ | * [[Hakeem Noor-ud-Din|Malauna Hakeem Noor-ud-Din]] (1908–1914) | ||
* [[ | * [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]] (1914–1965) | ||
* [[ | * [[Mirza Tahir Ahmad]] (1982–2003) | ||
* [[ | * [[Mirza Masroor Ahmad]] (2003–present) | ||
===Sikh Gurus=== | |||
[[File:GuruNanakFresco-Goindwal.jpg|thumb|189x189px|[[Guru Nanak]], founder of [[Sikhism]]]] | |||
* [[Guru Nanak]] | |||
* [[Guru Angad]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Guru Amar Das]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Ram Das]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Arjan|Guru Arjan Dev]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Hargobind]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Har Rai]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Har Krishan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Guru Gobind Singh]] | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
== | ===Religious Sikhs=== | ||
* [[Giani Sant Singh Maskeen]] | |||
* [[Nanua Bairagi]], [[Sikh]] mystic, martyr and poet | |||
* [[Sharan Kaur Pabla]], martyr who died while performing the last rites of [[Guru Gobind Singh|Guru Gobind Singh's]] older sons | |||
* [[Labh Singh Saini]] (1895–1947), freedom fighter and President of Shiromani Akali Dal | |||
* [[Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura]], Jathedar of Akal Takth 1964–1980, highest spiritual and temporal authority of Sikhs | |||
== | ==Writers== | ||
==== | === Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu === | ||
==== | ==== India ==== | ||
[[File:Giani Gurdit Singh.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Giani Gurdit Singh]]]] | |||
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* [[Bhai Gurdas]] | |||
* [[Amrita Pritam]] | |||
{{Div col|colwidth= | * [[Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bhai Vir Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Damodar Das Arora]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Dhani Ram Chatrik]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Giani Gurdit Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gulzar]] (Sampooran Singh Gulzar), [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner for the film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' | ||
* [[ | * [[Harbhajan Singh (poet)|Harbhajan Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Inderjit Hasanpuri]] | ||
* [[Jaswant Neki]] | |||
* [[Jaswant Singh Kanwal]] | |||
* [[Jaswant Singh Rahi]] | |||
* [[Kulwant Singh Virk]] | |||
* [[Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi]] | |||
* [[Nanak Singh]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Navtej Bharati]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pandit Lekh Ram]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pash]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shardha Ram Phillauri]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]] | ||
* [[Surjit Hans]] | |||
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====Pakistan==== | ==== Pakistan ==== | ||
[[File:Allama Iqbal.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Muhammad Iqbal]], widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of [[Urdu]] in the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All writings of Allama Iqbal|url=https://www.rekhta.org/poets/allama-iqbal/all|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Rekhta}}</ref>]] | |||
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* [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Baba Farid]] | |||
* [[Madho Lal Hussain|Shah Hussain]] | |||
* [[Sultan Bahu]] | |||
* [[Bulleh Shah]] | |||
== | * [[Ali Haider Multani]] | ||
{{Div col|colwidth= | * [[Lutf Ali]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Waris Shah]] | ||
* [[Hashim (poet)|Hashim]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Qadir Yar]] | ||
* [[Mian Muhammad Bakhsh|Mian Muhammad Baksh]] | |||
* [[Khawaja Ghulam Fareed]] | |||
* [[Ghulam Rasool Alampuri]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Zafar Ali Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Muhammad Iqbal]] | ||
* [[Ali | * [[Hakim Ahmad Shuja]] | ||
* [[Hafeez Jalandhari]] | |||
* [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]] | |||
* [[Ustad Daman]] | |||
* [[Saadat Hasan Manto]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Shareef Kunjahi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ahmad Rahi]] | ||
* [[Habib Jalib]] | |||
* [[Anwar Masood]] | |||
* [[Aizaz Ahmad Azar]] | |||
* [[Mazhar Tirmazi]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Ali Arshad Mir]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mir Tanha Yousafi]] | ||
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* [[ | ===English=== | ||
* [[ | [[File:Khushwantsingh.jpg|thumb|right|[[Khushwant Singh]] (1915-2014) was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.|upright]] | ||
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* [[ | * [[Alamgir Hashmi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ahmed Rashid]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Amrita Pritam]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Deepak Chopra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jaspreet Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Chetan Bhagat]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kartar Singh Duggal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Khushwant Singh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/khushwant-singh.html |title=Khushwant Singh - Khushwant Singh Biography, Life History of Khuswant Singh |publisher=Iloveindia.com |date=1915-02-02 |access-date=2012-06-06}}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Manil Suri]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohammed Hanif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mulk Raj Anand]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nadeem Aslam]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Neville Tuli]] | ||
* [[Partap Sharma]] | |||
* [[Romila Thapar]] | |||
* [[Susham Bedi]] | |||
* [[Tariq Ali]] | |||
* [[Ved Mehta]] | |||
* [[Vikram Seth]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Yuyutsu Sharma]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Zulfikar Ghose]] | ||
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== | ==Journalists== | ||
===Print=== | |||
====India==== | |||
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* [[ | * [[Ajit Saini]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Angela Saini]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Aroon Purie]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Barjinder Singh Hamdard]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Barkha Dutt]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Karan Thapar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kuldip Nayar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pritam Saini]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sadhu Singh Hamdard]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Swati Mia Saini]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Tarun Tejpal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Tavleen Singh]] | ||
* [[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]] | |||
* [[Vinod Mehta]] | |||
* [[Yuyutsu Sharma]] | |||
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== | ====England==== | ||
*[[Simon Singh]] | |||
*[[Riz Khan]] | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
== | ====Pakistan==== | ||
= | |||
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* [[ | * [[Agha Shorish Kashmiri]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ayaz Amir]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Hameed Nizami]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Janbaz Mirza]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Najam Sethi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mazhar Ali Khan (journalist)|Mazhar Ali Khan]] | ||
* [[Mubashir Lucman]] | |||
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* [[ | |||
===Electronic/broadcast=== | |||
====India==== | |||
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* [[Amrita Cheema]] | |||
* [[Aniruddha Bahal]] | |||
* [[Barkha Dutt]] | |||
* [[Daljit Dhaliwal]] | |||
* [[Karan Thapar]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Monita Rajpal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Satinder Bindra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Tavleen Singh]] | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
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===Pakistan=== | ====Pakistan==== | ||
* [[Yawar Hayat Khan]] | |||
* [[Mishal Husain]] | |||
* [[Hassan Nisar]] | |||
==Models== | |||
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* [[ | * [[Amarjot Kaur]]<ref name="Indiatimes.com 2015">{{cite web | title=Amarjot Kaur - Femina Miss India Chandigarh Contestants | website=Indiatimes.com | date=20 August 2015 | url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/photoshow/17568937.cms?curpg=3 | access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu]], Punjabi beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned [[Miss Universe 2021]] | ||
* [[Hasleen Kaur]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Jesse Randhawa]], Bollywood model | ||
* [[ | * [[Kuljeet Randhawa]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mahek Chahal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mandira Bedi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Navneet Kaur Dhillon]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Neha Kapur]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Neelam Gill]], [[Burberry]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gurleen Chopra]], model<ref name="The Independent 2014">{{cite news | title=Burberry enlists first Indian model Neelam Gill as its new beauty muse | website=The Independent | date=22 August 2014 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/burberry-enlists-first-indian-model-as-its-new-beauty-muse-9685846.html | access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
* [[Simran Kaur Mundi]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Sonam Bajwa|Sonampreet Bajwa]] | ||
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* [[ | |||
==Revolutionaries== | |||
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* [[Bhagat Singh]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Bhai Mati Das]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bhai Parmanand]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Choudhry Rahmat Ali]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ganda Singh|Ganda Singh Phangureh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Harnam Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jahanara Shahnawaz]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kartar Singh Sarabha]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Madan Lal Dhingra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Muhammad Arif Khan Rajbana Sial]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Muhammad Iqbal]] | ||
* [[Rahmat Ali]] | |||
* [[Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan]] | |||
* [[Sardul Singh Caveeshar]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Sukhdev]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Udham Singh]] | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
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=== | ==Politicians== | ||
=== | ===India=== | ||
*[[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Jasmin Kaur Dhaliwal]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Amarinder Singh]] | ||
* [[Arun Jaitley]], former [[Finance Minister of India]] | |||
* [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]] | |||
*[[ | * [[Bhagwant Mann]], [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Baldev Singh]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Bibi Jagir Kaur]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Buta Singh]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Charanjit Singh Channi]], former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Darbara Singh]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Giani Zail Singh]], former [[President of India]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Girdhari Lal Dogra]] | ||
* [[Gulzari Lal Nanda]] | |||
* [[Gurdial Singh Dhillon]] | |||
* [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]] | |||
* [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], former [[Prime Minister of India]] | |||
* [[Jagjit Singh Taunque]] | |||
* [[Krishan Kant]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Kanshi Ram]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Madanlal Khurana]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Malik Umar Hayat Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Manmohan Singh]], former [[Prime Minister of India]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], [[Chief Minister of Haryana]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Master Tara Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Parkash Singh Badal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pratap Singh Kairon]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Priya Dutt]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rai Bahadur Chaudhari Dewan Chand Saini]] | ||
* [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]] | |||
* [[Raghav Chadha]] | |||
* [[Sant Fateh Singh]] | |||
* [[Sardul Singh Caveeshar]] | |||
* [[Sheila Dikshit]] | |||
* [[Simranjit Singh Mann]] | |||
* [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] | |||
* [[Sushma Swaraj]] | |||
* [[Swaran Singh]] | |||
* [[Laxmi Kanta Chawla]] | |||
* [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]] | |||
* [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]] | |||
* [[Sarup Chand Singla]] | |||
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===Pakistan=== | |||
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* [[ | * [[Allama Muhammad Iqbal]] | ||
* [[Chaudhry Afzal Haq]] | |||
* [[Chaudhry Amir Hussain]] | |||
* [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan]] | ||
* [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]] | |||
* [[Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Choudhary Rahmat Ali]] | ||
* [[Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry]] | |||
* [[Feroz Khan Noon]] | |||
* [[Ghulam Bibi]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Hamza Shahbaz]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Hanif Ramay]] | ||
* [[Liaqat Abbas Bhatti]] | |||
* [[Liaqat Ali Khan]] | |||
* [[Malik Amjad Ali Noon]] | |||
* [[Malik Anwer Ali Noon]] | |||
* [[Malik Ghulam Muhammad|Ghulam Muhammad]] | |||
[[ | * [[Malik Meraj Khalid]] | ||
* [[Master Taj-uj-Din Ansari]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Mazhar Ali Azhar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mian Iftikharuddin]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mian Umar Hayat]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Muhammad Rafiq Tarar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mushahid Hussain Syed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nawaz Sharif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nisar Ali Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rana Sanaullah Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (politician)|Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saqlain Anwar|Saqlain Anwar Sipra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sardar Ayaz Sadiq]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shahbaz Sharif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shahid Hussain Bhatti]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sheikh Waqas Akram]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Syeda Sughra Imam]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Wasim Sajjad]] | ||
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* [[ | |||
* [[ | ===United States=== | ||
* [[ | * [[Preet Bharara]], former member of the [[U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nikki Haley]], [[Governor of South Carolina]], former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Piyush "Bobby" Jindal]], [[Governor of Louisiana]], former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jenifer Rajkumar]], Member of [[New York State Assembly]] from [[Queens]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ro Khanna]], Member of [[United States House of Representatives]] from California's 17th congressional district | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
==== | === United Kingdom === | ||
[[ | *[[Rishi Sunak]], [[Conservative]] [[Member of parliament|MP]] and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] | ||
*[[Sajid Javid]] | |||
*[[Sajjad Karim]] | |||
===Canada=== | |||
*[[Harjit Sajjan]] | |||
*[[Jagmeet Singh]] | |||
*[[Raj Saini]] | |||
*[[Sonia Sidhu]] | |||
*[[Navdeep Bains]] | |||
*[[Gurratan Singh]] | |||
*[[Gagan Sikand]] | |||
*[[Tim Uppal]] | |||
==Sportspersons== | |||
===Baseball=== | |||
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* [[ | * [[Jasvir Rakkar]] | ||
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* [[ | |||
===Chess=== | |||
* [[Tania Sachdev]] | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | ===Table Tennis=== | ||
* [[Manika Batra]] | |||
===Tennis=== | |||
* [[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Shikha Uberoi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Yuki Bhambri]] | ||
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* [[ | |||
* [[ | ===Cricket=== | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | ====India==== | ||
* [[ | [[File:Harbhajan Singh bowling.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets]] | ||
* [[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Aashish Kapoor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ajay Ratra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Akash Chopra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Amarjit Kaypee]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ashok Malhotra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Atul Wassan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Balwinder Sandhu]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Barinder Sran]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bhupinder Singh snr]] | ||
* [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] | |||
* [[Chetan Sharma]] | |||
* [[Gautam Gambhir]] | |||
* [[Gourav Dhiman]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Gurkeerat Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gursharan Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Harbhajan Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Harvinder Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kapil Dev]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30028.html | title=Kapil Dev - Player Webpage | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=2007-03-17}}</ref> | ||
* [[ | * [[Lala Amarnath]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Madan Lal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Manoj Prabhakar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohinder Amarnath]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Nikhil Chopra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Paras Dogra]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Piyush Chawla]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rajinder Ghai]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Reetinder Sodhi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sarandeep Singh]] | ||
* [[Shikhar Dhawan]] | |||
* [[Sunny Sohal]] | |||
* [[Surinder Amarnath]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Surinder Khanna]] | ||
* [[V. R. V. Singh]] | |||
* [[Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)|Vijay Mehra]] | |||
* [[Vikram Rathour]] | |||
* [[Virat Kohli]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Yuvraj Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Yograj Singh]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Yuvraj of Patiala|Yadavendra Singh]] | ||
* [[ | |||
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==== | ====Pakistan==== | ||
{{Div col|colwidth= | [[File:Shoaib Akhtar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.6|[[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistani]] [[cricket]]er [[Shoaib Akhtar]] is one of the fastest bowlers in the world.]] | ||
* [[ | {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Aamer Malik]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Aamer Sohail]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Aaqib Javed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]] | ||
* [[Abdul Razzaq (Pakistani cricket player)|Abdul Razzaq]] | |||
* [[Aizaz Cheema]] | |||
* [[Asif Masood]] | |||
* [[Ata-ur-Rehman (cricketer)|Ata-ur-Rehman]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Azeem Hafeez]] | ||
* [[Azhar Mahmood]] | |||
* [[Fazal Mahmood]] | |||
* [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Ijaz Ahmed]] | |||
* [[Imran Khan]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Imran Farhat]] | ||
* [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]] | |||
* [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] | |||
* [[Intikhab Alam]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kamran Akmal]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Khan Mohammad]] | ||
* [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] | |||
* [[Majid Khan (cricket player)|Majid Khan]] | |||
* [[Maqsood Ahmed]] | |||
* [[Mohammad Hafeez]] | |||
* [[ | * [[Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer, born 1946)|Mohammad Ilyas]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohammad Nazir]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer)|Mohammad Wasim]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammed Asif]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Moin Khan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mudassar Nazar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Pervez Sajjad]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rameez Raja]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saleem Altaf]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saleem Elahi]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saleem Malik]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Salman Butt]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sarfraz Nawaz]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shabbir Ahmed (cricketer)|Shabbir Ahmed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shoaib Akhtar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shoaib Malik]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shujauddin Butt|Shujauddin]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sohail Tanvir]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Tahir Naqqash]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Talat Ali]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Taufeeq Umar]] | ||
* [[Wasim | * [[Waqar Hasan]] | ||
* [[Waqar Younis]] | |||
* [[Wasim Akram]] | |||
* [[Wasim Raja]] | |||
* [[Zaheer Abbas]] | |||
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==== | ====England==== | ||
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* [[ | * [[Ajaz Akhtar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ajmal Shahzad]] | ||
* [[Monty Panesar]] | |||
* [[Ravi Bopara]] | |||
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=== | ====Canada==== | ||
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* [[ | * [[Ashish Bagai]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Harvir Baidwan]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Haninder Dhillon]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ishwar Maraj]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jimmy Hansra]] | ||
* [[Harjit Singh Sajjan]] | |||
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=== | ====Bangladesh==== | ||
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* [[ | * [[Junaid Siddique]] | ||
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=== | ====New Zealand==== | ||
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* [[Ish Sodhi]] | |||
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===Basketball=== | |||
* [[Sim Bhullar]] | |||
* [[Satnam Singh Bhamara]] | |||
* [[Amjyot Singh]] | |||
===Hockey=== | |||
====Field hockey==== | |||
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* [[The Great Gama|Ghulam Muhammad (The Great Gama)]], remained undefeated | * [[Abdul Rashid (field hockey)|Abdul Rashid]] | ||
* [[The Great Khali]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] | * [[Ajitpal Singh]] | ||
* [[Dara Singh]] | * [[Asif Bajwa]] | ||
* [[Bholu Pahalwan]] | * [[Balbir Singh Sr.]] | ||
* [[Premchand Dogra]] | * [[Baljeet Singh Saini]] | ||
* [[Aslam Pehlwan]] Rustam-e-Punjab | * [[Baljit Singh Dhillon]] | ||
* [[Tiger Jeet Singh]] | * [[Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini]] | ||
* [[The Singh Brothers]], WWE wrestlers | * [[Gagan Ajit Singh]] | ||
* [[Hanif Khan]] | |||
* [[Hasan Sardar]] | |||
* [[Inder Singh (field hockey)|Inder Singh]] | |||
* [[Kaleemullah Khan (field hockey)|Kalimullah]] | |||
* [[Kamran Ashraf]] | |||
* [[Kulbir Bhaura]] | |||
* [[Manzoor Hussain (field hockey)|Manzoor Hussain]] | |||
* [[Muhammad Shahbaz]] | |||
* [[Prabhjot Singh]] | |||
* [[Prithipal Singh]] | |||
* [[Ramandeep Singh (field hockey, born 1971)|Ramandeep Singh]] | |||
* [[Ravi Kahlon]] | |||
* [[Saini Sisters]] | |||
* [[Shahbaz Ahmed]] | |||
* [[Shahnaz Sheikh]] | |||
* [[Sardara Singh]] | |||
* [[Sohail Abbas]] | |||
* [[Wasim Feroz]] | |||
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====Ice hockey==== | |||
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* [[Jujhar Khaira]] | |||
* [[Manny Malhotra]] | |||
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===Athletics=== | |||
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* [[Neeraj Chopra]], first Indian athlete to win a gold medal | |||
* [[Milkha Singh]] | |||
* [[Kamaljeet Sandhu]] | |||
* [[Makhan Singh (sprinter)|Makhan Singh]] | |||
* [[Ajmer Singh (athlete)|Ajmer Singh]] | |||
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===Golf=== | |||
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* [[Ashbeer Saini]] | |||
* [[Jeev Milkha Singh]] | |||
* [[Jyoti Randhawa]] | |||
* [[Arjun Atwal]] | |||
* [[P. G. Sethi]] | |||
* [[Gaurav Ghei]] | |||
* [[Shiv Kapur]] | |||
* [[Gaganjeet Bhullar]] | |||
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===Wrestling=== | |||
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* [[The Great Gama|Ghulam Muhammad (The Great Gama)]], remained undefeated | |||
* [[The Great Khali]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] | |||
* [[Dara Singh]] | |||
* [[Bholu Pahalwan]] | |||
* [[Premchand Dogra]] | |||
* [[Aslam Pehlwan]] Rustam-e-Punjab | |||
* [[Tiger Jeet Singh]] | |||
* [[The Singh Brothers]], WWE wrestlers | |||
* [[Younus Khan]] (former Rustam-e-Pakistan), Sitara-e-Imtiaz | * [[Younus Khan]] (former Rustam-e-Pakistan), Sitara-e-Imtiaz | ||
* [[Jinder Mahal]] (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi), [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] | * [[Jinder Mahal]] (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi), [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] | ||
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===Shooting=== | |||
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* [[Abhinav Bindra]], first individual Olympic gold medalist | |||
* [[Gagan Narang]], the only Indian to win two medals at a World championship | |||
* [[Avneet Sidhu]], Commonwealth Games medalist, [[Arjun Award]]ee | |||
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===Cycling=== | |||
* [[Alexi Grewal]], American-Sikh, won gold medal in Olympics | |||
===Soccer=== | |||
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* [[Michael Chopra]], English footballer | |||
* [[Harpal Singh]] | |||
* [[Harmeet Singh (footballer)|Harmeet Singh]] | |||
* [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]], second Indian goalkeeper and first to professionally play as GK for 1st division European club | |||
* [[Sandesh Jhingan]], India u-23 and national team player, was adjudged the best footballer of the inaugural ISL | |||
* [[Jarnail Singh (footballer)|Jarnail Singh]] | |||
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===Boxing=== | |||
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* [[Amir Khan (British boxer)|Amir Iqbal Khan]] | |||
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===Volleyball=== | |||
* [[Nirmal Saini]] | |||
=== | === Sports executives and administrators === | ||
[[File:Shammi Rana.jpg|thumb|upright|Shammi Rana]] | |||
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* [[ | * [[Shammi Rana]] | ||
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=== Mixed martial arts === | |||
===Mixed martial arts=== | |||
* [[Kultar Gill]], Indian-Canadian mixed martial artist | * [[Kultar Gill]], Indian-Canadian mixed martial artist | ||
* [[Singh Jaideep]], Indian-Japanese mixed martial artist | * [[Singh Jaideep]], Indian-Japanese mixed martial artist | ||
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==Artists== | ==Artists== | ||
[[File:Amrita Sher-Gil 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Amrita Sher-Gil]] | |||
*[[Allah Bakhsh (painter)|Allah Bakhsh]], painter | |||
*[[Amrita Sher-Gil]], painter | *[[Amrita Sher-Gil]], painter | ||
*[[Anish Kapoor]], sculptor | *[[Anish Kapoor]], sculptor | ||
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*[[Ahmed Parvez]], painter | *[[Ahmed Parvez]], painter | ||
*[[Bashir Mirza]], painter | *[[Bashir Mirza]], painter | ||
*[[Zubeida Agha]], | *[[Zubeida Agha]], painter | ||
*[[Rashid Rana]], | *[[Rashid Rana]], sculptor | ||
*[[Quddus Mirza]], | *[[Quddus Mirza]], art critic | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Punjabis]] | * [[Punjabis]] | ||
* [[List of British Punjabis]] | * [[List of British Punjabis]] | ||
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[[Category:Punjabi people|* ]] | [[Category:Punjabi people|*]] | ||
[[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity|Punjabi]] | [[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity|Punjabi]] | ||
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Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Nobel laureates
Pakistan
- Abdus Salam, Physics Nobel prize laureate
India
- Har Gobind Khorana, Medicine Nobel prize laureate
Military leaders
Medieval Punjab
Muslim
- Shaikha Khokhar
- Jasrath Khokhar
- Sultan Zafar Khan[1][2]
- Sultan Husseyn Langah I[3]
- Sultan Sarang Khan
- Dulla Bhatti
- Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, Governor of Bengal
- Wazir Khan,[4] Governor of Ajmer
- Saadullah Khan,[5] Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire
- Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
- Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
- Adina Beg Arain, Governor of Lahore and Multan
- Ahmad Khan Kharal
Adina Beg, last Muslim governor of the Punjab
Sikh
- Banda Singh Bahadur
- Baba Deep Singh Sandhu
- Kapur Singh Virk
- Hari Singh Dhillon
- Ala Singh Sidhu
- Jhanda Singh Dhillon
- Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- Jai Singh Kanhaiya
- Gulab Singh Rathore
- Tara Singh Ghaiba
- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
- Baghel Singh Dhaliwal
- Charat Singh
- Maha Singh
- Ran Singh Sandhu
- Heera Singh Sandhu
- Gujjar Singh Dhillon
- Lehna Singh Majithia
- Suba Singh
Hindu
- Raja Todar Mal, Finance minister
Sikh Empire
Sikh
- Ranjit Singh
- Kharak Singh
- Sher Singh
- Nau Nihal Singh
- Duleep Singh
- Rattan Singh
- Pashaura Singh
- Hari Singh Nalwa
- Chattar Singh Attariwalla
- Sham Singh Atariwala
- Jodh Singh Ramgarhia
- Akali Phula Singh
- Veer Singh Dillon
- Amar Singh Majithia
- Jawahar Singh Aulakh
- Tej Singh
- Sher Singh Attariwalla
- Ranjodh Singh Majithia
- Mangal Singh Ramgarhia
- Akali Hanuman Singh
- Sada Kaur
- Karmo Kaur
- Datar Kaur
- Jind Kaur
- Chand Kaur
- Nanaki Kaur Atariwala
- Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon
- Mehtab Kaur
- Raj Kaur
- Desan Kaur
Hindu
- Dewan Mokham Chand
- Misr Dewan Chand
- Mahan Singh Mirpuri Bali
- Gulab Singh Dogra
- Dhian Singh Dogra
- Ranbir Singh (Maharaj)
- Dewan Sawan Mal Chopra
- Raja Zorawar Singh Kahluria
- Dewan Mulraj Chopra
Muslim
Pakistan Armed Forces
Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
- Air Chief Marshal Zafar Chaudhry
- Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat Rana
- Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman
- Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan
- Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan
- Air Marshal Nur Khan
- Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry
- Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, Nishan-e-Haider
Army
- General (R) Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General Qamar Javed Bajwa, current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General Zia ul Haq, former Chief of Army Staff and President of Pakistan
- General (R) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan army
- General (R) Tikka Khan, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa
- Lt Gen (R) Abdul Ali Malik
- Lt Gen (R) Nasser Khan Janjua
- Maj Gen (R) Rao Farman Ali
- Maj Gen (R) Muhammed Akbar Khan
- Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua, most senior Pakistani officer killed in battle during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 while fighting with his troops on the front line
- Maj Gen (R) Iftikhar Khan, first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army
- Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan
- Maj Gen (R) Raja Sakhi Daler Khan
- Maj Gen (R) Akhtar Hussain Malik
- Maj Gen (R) Noel Israel Khokhar
- Brig (R) Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan
- Brig (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua
- Major Tufail Muhammad, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Muhammad Akram, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Shabbir Sharif, Nishan-e-Haider
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar, Nishan-e-Haider
- Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Nishan-e-Haider
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, Nishan-e-Haider
- Sowar Muhammad Hussain, Nishan-e-Haider
- Admiral (R) Muhammad Asif Sandila
- Admiral (R) Muhammad Afzal Tahir
Indian Armed Forces
Airforce
- Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, former Chief of Indian Air Force,[7] Awarded highest military peace award.
- Marshal Arjan Singh, former Chief of Indian Air Force;[8] only marshal in the history of Indian Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, former Chief of Indian Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri, former Chief of Indian Air Force
- Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force, first Indian in space
Army
- General Deepak Kapoor, former Indian Army Chief
- General Om Prakash Malhotra, former Indian Army Chief
- General Ved Prakash Malik, former Indian Army Chief
- General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army Chief
- General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief
- General Nirmal Chander Vij, former Indian Army Chief
- Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; led the ground forces campaign in the eastern front of the war
- Lt General Punita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;[9] first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy[10]
- Major General Shabeg Singh
- Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army for his leadership in the Battle of Longewala
- Captain Vikram Batra, former officer of Indian army, martyred in 1999 Kargil war and was awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously
- Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, former Chief of Indian Navy
- Admiral S.M. Nanda, former Chief of Indian Navy
Other notables
- Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS officer
- Uday Singh Taunque, awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star; first Indian to die in Iraq War as part of the US Army
Singapore Armed Forces
Army
- Colonel Gurcharan Singh Sekhon
Business
India
Pakistan
- Anwar Pervez, founder of Bestway
- Ashar Aziz, founder of FireEye in Silicon Valley
- Bashir Tahir, former CEO of Dhabi Group
- Fred Hassan, director at Warburg Pincus
- James Caan, founder of Hamilton Bradshaw
- Malik Riaz, founder of Bahria Town,
- Mansoor Ijaz, founder of Crescent Investment Management Ltd
- Mian Muhammad Latif, founder of Chenab Group
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, founder of Nishat Group
- Michael Chowdrey, founder of Atlas Air
- Muhammad Zahoor, owner of ISTIL Group
- Shahid Khan, owner of Flex-N-Gate, Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C
- Sohaib Abbasi, former CEO of Informatica
- Zameer Choudrey, CEO of Bestway
Music
Pakistan
Punjabi Folk
Sufi Qawwali
- Fateh Ali Khan
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Badar Miandad
- Ghulam Farid Sabri
- Maqbool Ahmad Sabri
- Amjad Sabri
Classical Hindustani Gharanas
Panjabi Gharana
Patiala Gharana
- Barkat Ali Khan
- Amanat Ali Khan
- Bade Fateh Ali Khan
- Ghulam Ali
- Hamid Ali Khan
- Asad Amanat Ali Khan
- Farida Khanum
Sham Chaurasia Gharana
Modern Playback
- Abdullah Qureshi
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Aima Baig
- Ali Aftab Saeed
- Ali Azmat
- Ali Sethi
- Ali Zafar
- Annie Khalid
- Asrar Shah
- Atif Aslam
- Bilal Saeed
- Bohemia
- Faakhir Mehmood
- Fakhar-e-Alam
- Farhad Humayun
- Farhan Saeed
- Goher Mumtaz
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Haroon
- Humaira Arshad
- Humaira Channa
- Imran Khan
- Javed Bashir
- Jawad Ahmad
- Khursheed Bano
- Mahvash Waqar
- Masood Rana
- Meesha Shafi
- Mustafa Zahid
- Nabeel Shaukat Ali
- Naheed Akhtar
- Naseebo Lal
- Noor Jehan
- Nouman Javaid
- Sahir Ali Bagga
- Salman Ahmad
- Sanam Saeed
- Sara Raza Khan
- Shamoon Ismail
- Shiraz Uppal
- Shuja Haider
- Tassawar Khanum
- Umair Jaswal
- Uzair Jaswal
- Waris Baig
- Zil-e-Huma
- Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan
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Sufi Qawwali
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Classical Hindustani Music
Patiala Gharana
Sham Chaurasia Gharana
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Modern playback
- AP Dhillon
- Afsana Khan
- Alla Rakha
- Amrinder Gill
- Anushka Manchanda
- Akhil Sachdeva
- Arijit Singh
- Asees Kaur
- Babbu Mann
- Bhupinder Singh
- Roshan Prince
- Daler Mehndi
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Garry Sandhu
- Geeta Zaildar
- Gippy Grewal
- Gurinder Gill
- Guru Randhawa
- Hard Kaur
- Hardy Sandhu
- Himani Kapoor
- Honey Singh
- Jass Manak
- Jassi Gill
- Jasmine Sandlas
- Jaspinder Narula
- Jazzy B
- Karan Aujla
- Kanika Kapoor
- Kanth Kaler
- Kavita Seth
- Kundan Lal Saigal
- Labh Janjua
- Mahendra Kapoor
- Meena Kapoor
- Mika Singh
- Mohammed Rafi
- Mohit Chauhan
- Mukesh
- Narinder Biba
- Narendra Chanchal
- Neeraj Shridhar
- Neha Bhasin
- Neha Kakkar
- Nimrat Khaira
- Ninja
- Nitin Mukesh
- Miss Pooja
- Rekha Bhardwaj
- Richa Sharma
- Satinder Sartaaj
- Shailendra Singh
- Shibani Kashyap
- Shehnaz Gill
- Sidhu Moose Wala
- Sonu Nigam
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Suraiyya
- Taz
- Tony Kakkar
- Tulsi Kumar
- Zakir Hussain
Cartoonists
- Shekhar Gurera, editorial cartoonist
- Pran Kumar Sharma, cartoonist of Chacha Chaudhary fame
Doctors
India
- Satya Paul Agarwal
- M. M. S. Ahuja
- Jasbir Singh Bajaj
- Dr Mukesh Batra
- Harpinder Singh Chawla
- Ram Nath Chopra
- Kirpal Singh Chugh
- Harbans Lall Gulati
- Gagandeep Kang
- Kapil Sharma
- Sunil Grover
- Ved Prakash Kamboj
- Tarlochan Singh Kler
- Purshotam Lal
- Prithipal Singh Maini
- Ravinder N. Maini
- Jaswant Singh Neki
- Harvinder Sahota
- Baldev Singh
- Daljit Singh
- Khushdeva Singh
- Sahib Singh Sokhey
- Janak Raj Talwar
- K. K. Talwar
- Purshottam Lal Wahi
- Mahinder Watsa
- Khushwant Lal Wig
Educators and scientists
Pakistan
- Asad Abidi, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, professor of political science at the University of Stockholm
- Nazir Ahmed, experimental physicist and first chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Farooq Azam, professor of oceanography at the University of California, San Diego
- Tariq Ali, political activist, historian, writer, journalist and public intellectual
- Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program
- Nayyar Ali Dada, architect in modernist architecture
- Fayyazuddin, theoretical physicist
- Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)
- Tasawar Hayat, mathematician
- Shahbaz Khan, hydrologist and director of the UNESCO cluster office in Jakarta
- Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, nuclear engineer
- Salim Mehmud, rocket scientist
- Atif Mian, professor of economics, public policy and finance at Princeton University
- Zia Mian, physicist and co-director of the program on science and global security at Princeton University
- Ghulam Murtaza, theoretical physicist
- Qaiser Mushtaq, mathematician
- Adil Najam, dean of global studies at Boston University
- Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
- Khalil Qureshi, physical chemist
- Muneer Ahmad Rashid, mathematical physicist
- Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the electroweak unification theory
- Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
India
- M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
- Om P. Bahl, Indian molecular biologist
- Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Indian physician and diabetologist; conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award
- Hoon Balakram, Indian mathematician
- Indu Banga, historian at Punjab University, Chandigarh
- Lekh Raj Batra, distinguished mycologist and linguist
- Sabeer Bhatia, founder of the Hotmail email service and Jaxtr
- Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Praveen Chaudhari, Indian American physicist
- Kasturi Lal Chopra, Indian material physicist
- Ram Nath Chopra, Indian medical officer; widely considered the "father of Indian pharmacology"
- Virender Lal Chopra, Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist, former director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Kirpal Singh Chugh, Indian nephrologist
- Manoj Datta, Indian engineer
- Sukh Dev, Indian organic chemist
- Vinod Dham, engineer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist; popularly known as "Pentium Engineer"
- Meena Dhanda, philosopher and academic at University of Wolverhampton
- Satish Dhawan
- Baldev Singh Dhillon
- Vijay K. Dhir, Indo-American scientist
- Guru Prakash Dutta, Indian cell biologist and immunologist
- Khem Singh Gill, Indian academic, geneticist
- Piara Singh Gill, Indian nuclear physicist
- Sucha Singh Gill, Indian academic, economist
- Khem Singh Grewal, Indian pharmacologist
- Ravi Grover, Indian nuclear scientist
- Hansraj Gupta, Indian mathematician
- Sardul Singh Guraya, Indian biologist
- Ranjit Lal Jetley, soldier and scientist
- Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, Indian agricultural scientist
- Ved Prakash Kamboj
- Vijay Kumar Kapahi, Indian astrophysicist
- Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian-born American Sikh physicist
- Satinder Vir Kessar, Indian synthetic organic chemist
- Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize winner
- Pradeep Khosla, academic computer scientist
- Vinod Khosla Indian American engineer and businessman
- Rakesh Khurana, Indian-American educator
- Neelam Kler, Indian neonatologist
- Nayanjot Lahiri, Indian historian and archaeologist at Ashoka University
- Purshotam Lal, Indian cardiologist
- Narinder Kumar Mehra, Indian immunologist
- Mridula Mukherjee, Indian historian specialized in modern India Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Manohar Lal Munjal, Indian acoustical engineer
- Yash Pal, Indian scientist, educator and educationist
- Mohinder Singh Randhawa, Punjabi civil servant, botanist, historian, art and culture promoter, prominent writer
- Narinder Singh Randhawa, Indian agricultural scientist
- Suresh Rattan
- Birbal Sahni, Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent
- Daya Ram Sahni, Indian archaeologist
- Harvinder Sahota, Indian American cardiologist
- Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini, Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Sartaj Sahni, American-Indian computer scientist
- Harvinder Sahota, Indian American cardiologist
- Pritam Saini, English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu writer; historian; literary critic[13]
- Sanjay Saini, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School[14][15]
- Subhash Saini, senior computer scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, USA[16]
- P. K. Sethi
- Dheeraj Sharma, professor at IIM-Ahmedabad; writer
- Khushdeva Singh, Indian physician and social worker
- Manjit Singh, armament scientist
- Upinder Singh, Indian historian specialized in ancient India at University of Delhi
- Sahib Singh Sokhey, Indian biochemist
- Janak Raj Talwar, Indian cardiothoracic scientist
- B. K. Thapar, Indian archaeologist; Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1978–1981
- Kartar Singh Thind
- Surinder Vasal, Indian geneticist scientist
- Purshottam Lal Wahi
- Khushwant Lal Wig, Indian physician
Astronauts
India
- Kalpana Chawla
- Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space
Film & TV
Bollywood (India)
The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood:
Individual Actors
- Achala Sachdev
- Aditya Roy Kapur
- Akshay Kumar
- Akshay Dogra
- Akanksha Juneja
- Annu Kapoor
- Amrinder Gill
- Ammy Virk
- Arjan Bajwa
- Armaan Kohli
- Avtar Gill
- Aryan Vaid
- Ayushman Khurana
- Babbal Rai
- Bhumika Chawla
- Bina Rai
- Binnu Dhillon
- Celina Jaitley
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Dilip Kumar
- Deepak Parashar
- Geeta Bali
- Geeta Basra
- Gippy Grewal
- Gracy Singh
- Govinda
- Gul Panag
- Gulshan Grover
- Gurdas Maan
- Gurpreet Ghuggi
- Gurshabad Singh
- Harman Baweja
- Harry Ahluwalia
- Jassi Gill
- Jaspal Bhatti
- Jimmy Shergill
- Juhi Chawla
- Jyothika
- Kajal Aggarwal
- Kanwaljit Singh
- Kapil Sharma
- Karan Johar
- Karan Singh Grover
- Kidar Nath Sharma
- Kiran Juneja
- Kirron Kher
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Kunal Kapoor
- Lakha Lakhwinder Singh
- Mahek Chahal
- Mahie Gill
- Mandira Bedi
- Mangal Dhillon
- Manjot Singh
- Manoj Pahwa
- Mehar Mittal
- Minissha Lamba
- Mink Brar
- Mona Singh
- Monica Bedi
- Mukesh Khanna
- Mukesh Rishi
- Mukesh Tiwari
- Navin Nischol
- Neeru Bajwa
- Neetu Singh
- Neha Dhupia
- Om Prakash
- Om Puri
- Parmeet Sethi
- Pavan Malhotra
- Pooja Batra
- Poonam Dhillon
- Pran
- Praveen Kumar
- Prem Chopra
- Priya Gill
- Preity Zinta
- Pulkit Samrat
- Puneet Issar
- Raj Babbar
- Rajat Kapoor
- Rajit Kapur
- Rakesh Bedi
- Rahul Dev
- Rakul Preet Singh
- Ranjeet
- Ranvir Shorey
- Rana Ranbir
- Ram Kapoor
- Raveena Tandon
- Rati Agnihotri
- Ridhi Dogra
- Ruby Bhatia
- Sahil Anand
- Samir Soni
- Sargun Mehta
- Sudesh Berry
- Shakti Kapoor
- Sheeba Chaddha
- Shiny Ahuja
- Shoma Anand
- Sidharth Malhotra
- Simi Garewal
- Simone Singh
- Simran Bagga
- Smriti Irani
- Sonu Sood
- Sunny Leone
- Suraiya
- Surbhi Jyoti
- Taapsee Pannu
- Tinnu Anand
- Urvashi Sharma
- Vaani Kapoor
- Varun Sharma
- Vicky Kaushal
- Vidyut Jamwal
- Vikas Bhalla
- Vijay Arora
- Vinod Mehra
- Vivek Shauq
- Yami Gautam
- Yash Johar
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Directors
- Abdur Rashid Kardar
- Abhishek Kapoor
- Aditya Chopra
- Anil Sharma.
- Anurag Singh
- B. R. Chopra
- Brij Sadanah
- Chetan Anand
- David Dhawan
- Deepa Mehta
- Deepak Balraj Vij
- Deepak Sareen
- Dharmesh Darshan
- Goldie Behl
- Guddu Dhanoa
- Gulzar
- Harry Baweja
- Inder Raj Anand
- J.P.Dutta
- Kamal Sadanah
- Karan Johar
- Karan Malhotra
- Kunal Kohli
- Lekh Tandon
- Loveleen Tandan
- Mira Nair
- Mohan Kumar
- Mukul Anand
- Pankaj Parashar
- Prakash Mehra
- Punit Malhotra
- Raj Kanwar
- Raj Khosla
- Rajiv Rai
- Rajkumar Kohli
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Ramanand Sagar
- Ravi Chopra
- Ravi Tandon
- Shekhar Kapoor
- Siddharth Anand
- Subhash Ghai
- Suneel Darshan
- Tinnu Anand
- Umesh Mehra
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Vijay Anand
- Vipin Handa
- Yash Chopra
Documentary filmmakers
Lollywood (Pakistan)
- Aamina Sheikh
- Aasia Begum
- Adeel Chaudhry
- Adnan Shah
- Ahmed Ali Akbar
- Ahsan Khan
- Albela
- Ali Ejaz
- Ali Kazmi
- Ali Zafar
- Anjuman Shehzadi
- Anwar Kamal Pasha
- Armeena Khan
- Asad Malik
- Aslam Pervaiz
- Babar Ali
- Babra Sharif
- Bahar Begum
- Bilal Ashraf
- Bushra Ansari
- Firdous Begum
- Ghulam Mohiuddin
- Gohar Rasheed
- Habib-ur-Rehman
- Hamid Rana
- Hamza Ali Abbasi
- Humayun Saeed
- Iftikhar Thakur
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti
- Irfan Khoosat
- Javed Sheikh
- Jia Ali
- Kifayat Hussain Bhatti
- Meera
- Mikaal Zulfiqar
- Moammar Rana
- Mohsin Abbas Haider
- Munawar Zarif
- Nargis
- Nayyar Ejaz
- Neelo
- Nirma
- Rafi Khawar
- Rani
- Resham
- Sabiha Khanum
- Sahiba Afzal
- Saleem Sheikh
- Salma Mumtaz
- Salman Shahid
- Shaan Shahid
- Shafqat Cheema
- Shahid Hameed
- Shahida Mini
- Sultan Rahi
- Tariq Aziz
- Usman Peerzada
- Waheed Murad
- Yasir Hussain
- Zara Sheikh
- Zeba
Directors
- Hassan Rana
- Hassan Tariq
- Iqbal Kashmiri
- Javed Raza
- Kashif Nisar
- Masood Parvez
- Nusrat Thakur
- Pervaiz Kaleem
- Riaz Shahid
- Sarmad Khoosat
- Syed Noor
Punjabi cinema (India)
Directors
- Amberdeep Singh
- Amitoj Maan
- Anurag Singh
- Baljit Singh Deo
- Gippy Grewal
- Harry Baweja
- Jagdeep Sidhu
- Manmord Sidhu
- Pankaj Batra
- Rohit Jugraj Chauhan
- Simerjit Singh
- Smeep Kang
Actors
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The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.
Actors
Actresses
Tamil cinema (India)
- Simran Bagga, Punjabi Hindu
- Jyothika, Punjabi Hindu
- Kajal Agarwal, Punjabi Hindu
- Sonia Aggarwal, Punjabi Hindu
International Film and TV personalities
Ancient figures
Folklore
Religious and spiritual figures
Muslim Sufis and saints
Hindu Gurus and saints
Radha Soami Satsang Beas
- Baba Jaimal Singh
- Baba Sawan Singh
- Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh
- Maharaj Charan Singh
- Baba Gurinder Singh
Ahmadiyya community
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1889–1908)
- Malauna Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1908–1914)
- Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (1914–1965)
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1982–2003)
- Mirza Masroor Ahmad (2003–present)
Sikh Gurus
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Angad
- Guru Amar Das
- Guru Ram Das
- Guru Arjan Dev
- Guru Hargobind
- Guru Har Rai
- Guru Har Krishan
- Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Guru Gobind Singh
Religious Sikhs
- Giani Sant Singh Maskeen
- Nanua Bairagi, Sikh mystic, martyr and poet
- Sharan Kaur Pabla, martyr who died while performing the last rites of Guru Gobind Singh's older sons
- Labh Singh Saini (1895–1947), freedom fighter and President of Shiromani Akali Dal
- Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura, Jathedar of Akal Takth 1964–1980, highest spiritual and temporal authority of Sikhs
Writers
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
India
- Bhai Gurdas
- Amrita Pritam
- Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
- Bhai Vir Singh
- Damodar Das Arora
- Dhani Ram Chatrik
- Giani Gurdit Singh
- Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Gulzar), Oscar winner for the film Slumdog Millionaire
- Harbhajan Singh
- Inderjit Hasanpuri
- Jaswant Neki
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal
- Jaswant Singh Rahi
- Kulwant Singh Virk
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
- Nanak Singh
- Navtej Bharati
- Pandit Lekh Ram
- Pash
- Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Shardha Ram Phillauri
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi
- Surjit Hans
Pakistan
- Baba Farid
- Shah Hussain
- Sultan Bahu
- Bulleh Shah
- Ali Haider Multani
- Lutf Ali
- Waris Shah
- Hashim
- Qadir Yar
- Mian Muhammad Baksh
- Khawaja Ghulam Fareed
- Ghulam Rasool Alampuri
- Zafar Ali Khan
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Hakim Ahmad Shuja
- Hafeez Jalandhari
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz
- Ustad Daman
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Shareef Kunjahi
- Ahmad Rahi
- Habib Jalib
- Anwar Masood
- Aizaz Ahmad Azar
- Mazhar Tirmazi
- Ali Arshad Mir
- Mir Tanha Yousafi
English
Journalists
India
England
Pakistan
Electronic/broadcast
India
Pakistan
Models
- Amarjot Kaur[20]
- Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, Punjabi beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned Miss Universe 2021
- Hasleen Kaur
- Jesse Randhawa, Bollywood model
- Kuljeet Randhawa
- Mahek Chahal
- Mandira Bedi
- Navneet Kaur Dhillon
- Neha Kapur
- Neelam Gill, Burberry
- Gurleen Chopra, model[21]
- Simran Kaur Mundi
- Sonampreet Bajwa
Revolutionaries
Politicians
India
- Jasmin Kaur Dhaliwal
- Amarinder Singh
- Arun Jaitley, former Finance Minister of India
- Ashwani Kumar
- Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab (India)
- Baldev Singh
- Bibi Jagir Kaur
- Buta Singh
- Charanjit Singh Channi, former Chief Minister of Punjab (India)
- Darbara Singh
- Giani Zail Singh, former President of India
- Girdhari Lal Dogra
- Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- Inder Kumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India
- Jagjit Singh Taunque
- Krishan Kant
- Kanshi Ram
- Madanlal Khurana
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
- Malik Umar Hayat Khan
- Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
- Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Haryana
- Master Tara Singh
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Parkash Singh Badal
- Pratap Singh Kairon
- Priya Dutt
- Rai Bahadur Chaudhari Dewan Chand Saini
- Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
- Raghav Chadha
- Sant Fateh Singh
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Sheila Dikshit
- Simranjit Singh Mann
- Surjit Singh Barnala
- Sushma Swaraj
- Swaran Singh
- Laxmi Kanta Chawla
- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
- Parminder Singh Dhindsa
- Sarup Chand Singla
Pakistan
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Chaudhry Amir Hussain
- Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Ghulam Bibi
- Hamza Shahbaz
- Hanif Ramay
- Liaqat Abbas Bhatti
- Liaqat Ali Khan
- Malik Amjad Ali Noon
- Malik Anwer Ali Noon
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Malik Meraj Khalid
- Master Taj-uj-Din Ansari
- Mazhar Ali Azhar
- Mian Iftikharuddin
- Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
- Mian Umar Hayat
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Mushahid Hussain Syed
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
- Nawaz Sharif
- Nisar Ali Khan
- Rana Sanaullah Khan
- Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan
- Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan
- Saqlain Anwar Sipra
- Sardar Ayaz Sadiq
- Shahbaz Sharif
- Shahid Hussain Bhatti
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din
- Sheikh Waqas Akram
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari
- Syeda Sughra Imam
- Wasim Sajjad
United States
- Preet Bharara, former member of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jenifer Rajkumar, Member of New York State Assembly from Queens
- Ro Khanna, Member of United States House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district
United Kingdom
Canada
- Harjit Sajjan
- Jagmeet Singh
- Raj Saini
- Sonia Sidhu
- Navdeep Bains
- Gurratan Singh
- Gagan Sikand
- Tim Uppal
Sportspersons
Baseball
Chess
Table Tennis
Tennis
Cricket
India
- Aashish Kapoor
- Ajay Ratra
- Akash Chopra
- Amarjit Kaypee
- Ashok Malhotra
- Atul Wassan
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Barinder Sran
- Bhupinder Singh snr
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- Chetan Sharma
- Gautam Gambhir
- Gourav Dhiman
- Gurkeerat Singh
- Gursharan Singh
- Harbhajan Singh
- Harvinder Singh
- Jahangir Khan
- Kapil Dev[22]
- Lala Amarnath
- Madan Lal
- Maninder Singh
- Manoj Prabhakar
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Nikhil Chopra
- Paras Dogra
- Piyush Chawla
- Rajinder Ghai
- Reetinder Sodhi
- Sarandeep Singh
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Sunny Sohal
- Surinder Amarnath
- Surinder Khanna
- V. R. V. Singh
- Vijay Mehra
- Vikram Rathour
- Virat Kohli
- Yuvraj Singh
- Yograj Singh
- Yadavendra Singh
Pakistan
- Aamer Malik
- Aamer Sohail
- Aaqib Javed
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Razzaq
- Aizaz Cheema
- Asif Masood
- Ata-ur-Rehman
- Azeem Hafeez
- Azhar Mahmood
- Fazal Mahmood
- Ijaz Ahmed
- Imran Khan
- Imran Farhat
- Imran Nazir
- Imtiaz Ahmed
- Intikhab Alam
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Kamran Akmal
- Khan Mohammad
- Mahmood Hussain
- Majid Khan
- Maqsood Ahmed
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Mohammad Nazir
- Mohammad Wasim
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Mohammed Asif
- Moin Khan
- Mudassar Nazar
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Pervez Sajjad
- Rameez Raja
- Saeed Ahmed
- Saleem Altaf
- Saleem Elahi
- Saleem Malik
- Salman Butt
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Shabbir Ahmed
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Shujauddin
- Sohail Tanvir
- Tahir Naqqash
- Talat Ali
- Taufeeq Umar
- Waqar Hasan
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Wasim Raja
- Zaheer Abbas
England
Canada
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Basketball
Hockey
Field hockey
- Abdul Rashid
- Ajitpal Singh
- Asif Bajwa
- Balbir Singh Sr.
- Baljeet Singh Saini
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini
- Gagan Ajit Singh
- Hanif Khan
- Hasan Sardar
- Inder Singh
- Kalimullah
- Kamran Ashraf
- Kulbir Bhaura
- Manzoor Hussain
- Muhammad Shahbaz
- Prabhjot Singh
- Prithipal Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Ravi Kahlon
- Saini Sisters
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Shahnaz Sheikh
- Sardara Singh
- Sohail Abbas
- Wasim Feroz
Ice hockey
Athletics
- Neeraj Chopra, first Indian athlete to win a gold medal
- Milkha Singh
- Kamaljeet Sandhu
- Makhan Singh
- Ajmer Singh
Golf
Wrestling
- Ghulam Muhammad (The Great Gama), remained undefeated
- The Great Khali, World Heavyweight Champion
- Dara Singh
- Bholu Pahalwan
- Premchand Dogra
- Aslam Pehlwan Rustam-e-Punjab
- Tiger Jeet Singh
- The Singh Brothers, WWE wrestlers
- Younus Khan (former Rustam-e-Pakistan), Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi), WWE Champion
Shooting
- Abhinav Bindra, first individual Olympic gold medalist
- Gagan Narang, the only Indian to win two medals at a World championship
- Avneet Sidhu, Commonwealth Games medalist, Arjun Awardee
Cycling
- Alexi Grewal, American-Sikh, won gold medal in Olympics
Soccer
- Michael Chopra, English footballer
- Harpal Singh
- Harmeet Singh
- Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, second Indian goalkeeper and first to professionally play as GK for 1st division European club
- Sandesh Jhingan, India u-23 and national team player, was adjudged the best footballer of the inaugural ISL
- Jarnail Singh
Boxing
Volleyball
Sports executives and administrators
Mixed martial arts
- Kultar Gill, Indian-Canadian mixed martial artist
- Singh Jaideep, Indian-Japanese mixed martial artist
- Arjun Bhullar, Indian-Canadian mixed martial artist
Artists
- Allah Bakhsh, painter
- Amrita Sher-Gil, painter
- Anish Kapoor, sculptor
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai, painter
- Ahmed Parvez, painter
- Bashir Mirza, painter
- Zubeida Agha, painter
- Rashid Rana, sculptor
- Quddus Mirza, art critic
See also
References
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Zafar Khan (entitled Muzaffar Shah) himself was a convert to Islam from a sub-caste of the Khatris from southern Punjab
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- ↑ "Burberry enlists first Indian model Neelam Gill as its new beauty muse". The Independent. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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