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'''Sikh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|iː|k}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|k}}; {{lang-pa|ਸਿੱਖ}}, ''{{IAST|sikkh}}'' {{IPA-pa|ˈsɪkkʰ|IPA}}) is the title and name given to an adherent of [[Sikhism]]. The term has its origin in the [[Sanskrit]] term ''{{IAST|[[śiṣya]]}}'', meaning "disciple, learner" or ''{{IAST|śikṣa}}'', meaning "instruction".
'''Sikh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|iː|k}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|k}}; {{langx|pa|ਸਿੱਖ}}, ''{{IAST|sikkh}}'' {{IPA|pa|ˈsɪkkʰ|IPA}}) is the title and name given to an adherent of [[Sikhism]]. The term has its origin in the [[Sanskrit]] term ''{{IAST|[[śiṣya]]}}'', meaning "disciple, learner" or ''{{IAST|śikṣa}}'', meaning "instruction".
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==Academia==
==Academia==
[[File:Deep Saini Headshot Wikipedia 2019.png|upright|thumb|[[Deep Saini]] is the incoming Principal and Vice-Chancellor at [[McGill University]]]]
[[File:Dr.Jagdeep SIngh Bachher.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Jagdeep Singh Bachher]] is the incoming Chancellor at [[University of Waterloo]]]]
*[[Jagdeep Singh Bachher]], Chancellor of [[University of Waterloo]] and [[Chief Investment Officer]] of the [[University of California]]
*[[Deep Saini]], Vice Chancellor at [[McGill University]]
*[[Deep Saini]], Vice Chancellor at [[McGill University]]
===Biology===
===Biology===
*[[Baldev Singh Dhillon]]
*[[Baldev Singh Dhillon]]
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===Economics===
===Economics===
*[[Manmohan Singh]]
*[[Indermit Gill]], [[Chief Economist of the World Bank]]
*[[Manmohan Singh]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] and prime minister.
*[[Tarlok Singh (economist)]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], member of [[Planning Commission (India)]] from its inception in 1950 until 1967.
*[[Sucha Singh Gill]]
*[[Sucha Singh Gill]]
===Medicine===
===Medicine===
*[[Autar Singh Paintal]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], discovered [[Low pressure receptors|Type B atrial receptors]],  Gastric Stretch Receptors, Mucosal Mechanoreceptors of the Intestines, Ventricular Pressure Receptors, Pressure-Pain Receptors in the Muscles, and [[Juxtacapillary receptors]].
*[[Baldev Singh (neurologist)|Baldev Singh]]
*[[Baldev Singh (neurologist)|Baldev Singh]]
*[[Daljit Singh (ophthalmologist)|Daljit Singh]]
*[[Daljit Singh (ophthalmologist)|Daljit Singh]]
* [[David Shannahoff-Khalsa]], prolific researcher on the psychiatric applications of Kundalini Yoga based at the Biocircuits Institute at the [[University of California]], San Diego.
* [[David Shannahoff-Khalsa]], prolific researcher on the psychiatric applications of Kundalini Yoga based at the Biocircuits Institute at the [[University of California]], San Diego.
*[[Gagandeep Kang]]
*[[Gagandeep Kang]]
*[[Jaswant Singh Neki]]
*[[Jaswant Singh Neki]]
*[[Harkishan Singh]]
*[[Harpal Kumar]], Chief Executive of [[Cancer Research UK]]
*[[Harpal Kumar]], Chief Executive of [[Cancer Research UK]]
* [[Harminder Dua]], discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
* [[Harminder Dua]], discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
*[[Harpinder Singh Chawla]]
*[[Harpinder Singh Chawla]]
* [[Harvinder Sahota]], cardiologist; invented the FDA-approved Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty and holds patents of 24 other medical inventions.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
* [[Harvinder Sahota]], cardiologist; invented the FDA-approved Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty and holds patents of 24 other medical inventions.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
*[[Jasbir Singh Bajaj]]
*[[Jasbir Singh Bajaj]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]
*[[Khem Singh Grewal]]
*[[Khem Singh Grewal]]
*[[Khushdeva Singh]]
*[[Khushdeva Singh]]
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* [[Narinder Singh Kapany]], physicist, specializing in fiber optics. He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by ''[[Fortune Magazine]]'' in its ''Businessmen of the Century'' (November 22, 1999) edition.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
* [[Narinder Singh Kapany]], physicist, specializing in fiber optics. He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by ''[[Fortune Magazine]]'' in its ''Businessmen of the Century'' (November 22, 1999) edition.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
*[[Piara Singh Gill]]
*[[Piara Singh Gill]]
==Architects==
==Architects==
*[[Ram Singh (architect)|Ram Singh]], one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects
*[[Ram Singh (architect)|Ram Singh]], one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects
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* [[Harbhajan Mann]]
* [[Harbhajan Mann]]
* [[Harry Baweja]]
* [[Harry Baweja]]
* [[Jasmin Bhasin]]
* [[Jaspal Bhatti]]
* [[Jaspal Bhatti]]
* [[Jaswinder Bhalla]]
* [[Jaswinder Bhalla]]
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* [[Surveen Chawla]]
* [[Surveen Chawla]]
* [[Yograj Singh]]
* [[Yograj Singh]]
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* [[Yuvraj Hans]]{{div col end}}


====Bollywood====
====Bollywood====
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*[[Sunny Deol]]
*[[Bobby Deol]]
*[[Gippy Grewal]]
*[[Gippy Grewal]]
*[[Honey Singh]]
*[[Honey Singh]]
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*[[Priya Gill]]
*[[Priya Gill]]
*[[Priya Rajvansh]]
*[[Priya Rajvansh]]
*[[Swaran Lata (actress)|Swaran Lata]]
*[[Swaran Lata (actress)|Swaran Lata]]
*[[Taapsee Pannu]]
*[[Taapsee Pannu]]
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====American====
====British====
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*[[Kulvinder Ghir]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/08_august/13/sikhs.shtml Press Office – Sikhs and the City]. BBC (2004-08-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/england/desidownload/ Podcasts – Desi Download]. BBC. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
 
*[[Parminder Nagra]]<ref>[http://www.celebrityweddingbuzz.com/celebrity_weddings/2009/01/er-star-parminder-nagra-weds-in-traditional-sikh-ceremony.html Celebrity Weddings: “ER” Star Parminder Nagra Weds in Traditional Sikh Ceremony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202024609/http://www.celebrityweddingbuzz.com/celebrity_weddings/2009/01/er-star-parminder-nagra-weds-in-traditional-sikh-ceremony.html |date=2010-02-02 }}. Celebrityweddingbuzz.com (2009-01-29). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Satinder Sartaj]]
 
*[[Tarsem Singh]]
 
*[[Kabir Bedi]]
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* [[Alexandra Aitken]] (Uttrang Kaur Khalsa) – Environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite
* [[Ameet Chana]] – Actor
* [[Ameet Chana]] – Actor
* [[Amrit Maghera]] – Professional model turned actress
* [[Amy Maghera]] – Professional model turned actress
* [[Chandeep Uppal]] – Critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film ''[[Anita and Me (film)|Anita and Me]]''.
* [[Chandeep Uppal]] – Starred as Meena Kumar in the film ''[[Anita and Me (film)|Anita and Me]]''.
* [[Jassa Ahluwalia]] – Actor and presenter
* [[Jassa Ahluwalia]] – Actor and presenter
* [[Kulvinder Ghir]]&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/08_august/13/sikhs.shtml Press Office – Sikhs and the City]. BBC (2004-08-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20091003182649/http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/desidownload/ Podcasts – Desi Download]. BBC. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Lena Kaur]] – Best known for her role as [[Leila Roy]] in Channel 4's [[Hollyoaks]]  
* [[Lena Kaur]] – Best known for her role as [[Leila Roy]] in Channel 4's [[Hollyoaks]]  
* [[Mandip Gill]] – Actress
* [[Parminder Nagra]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.celebrityweddingbuzz.com/celebrity_weddings/2009/01/er-star-parminder-nagra-weds-in-traditional-sikh-ceremony.html Celebrity Weddings: “ER” Star Parminder Nagra Weds in Traditional Sikh Ceremony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202024609/http://www.celebrityweddingbuzz.com/celebrity_weddings/2009/01/er-star-parminder-nagra-weds-in-traditional-sikh-ceremony.html |date=2010-02-02 }}. Celebrityweddingbuzz.com (2009-01-29). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Simon Rivers]] – English actor who played the role of [[Kevin Tyler (Doctors)|Kevin Tyler]] in Doctors
* [[Simon Rivers]] – English actor who played the role of [[Kevin Tyler (Doctors)|Kevin Tyler]] in Doctors
* [[Stephen Uppal]] – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
* [[Stephen Uppal]] – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the British soap ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
* [[Mandip Gill]] – Actress
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====Others====
* [[Kabir Bedi]]
* [[Satinder Sartaaj]]
* [[Tarsem Singh]]


===Comedians===
===Comedians===
[[File:LillySingh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Lilly Singh]] became the first person of Indian descent to host an American major broadcast network late-night talk show, hosting [[A Little Late with Lilly Singh]] on [[NBC]] from 2019 to 2021.<ref name="first">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/youtube-star-lilly-singh-set-become-first-bisexual-late-night-n983896 |title=YouTube star Lilly Singh set to become first bisexual late-night host |publisher=NBC News |language=en |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320054532/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/youtube-star-lilly-singh-set-become-first-bisexual-late-night-n983896 |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singh-talk-show-1.5280121 |title='All these people have my back:' celebs support Lilly Singh's talk show debut |date=September 11, 2019 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921204340/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singh-talk-show-1.5280121 |archive-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/lilly-singh-late-night-show/ |title=YouTube Star Lilly Singh is the First Woman of Indian-Origin to Host a U.S. Late Night Show - |date=March 16, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] India |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011135558/https://rollingstoneindia.com/lilly-singh-late-night-show/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref>]]
[[File:LillySingh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Lilly Singh]] became the first person of Indian descent to host an American major broadcast network late-night talk show, hosting [[A Little Late with Lilly Singh]] on [[NBC]] from 2019 to 2021.&lt;ref name="first"&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/youtube-star-lilly-singh-set-become-first-bisexual-late-night-n983896 |title=YouTube star Lilly Singh set to become first bisexual late-night host |date=15 March 2019 |publisher=NBC News |language=en |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320054532/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/youtube-star-lilly-singh-set-become-first-bisexual-late-night-n983896 |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singh-talk-show-1.5280121 |title='All these people have my back:' celebs support Lilly Singh's talk show debut |date=September 11, 2019 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921204340/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singh-talk-show-1.5280121 |archive-date=September 21, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite magazine |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/lilly-singh-late-night-show/ |title=YouTube Star Lilly Singh is the First Woman of Indian-Origin to Host a U.S. Late Night Show - |date=March 16, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] India |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011135558/https://rollingstoneindia.com/lilly-singh-late-night-show/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;]]
* [[Paul Chowdhry]] – Comedian and actor
* [[Paul Chowdhry]] – Comedian and actor
*[[Lilly Singh]]
*[[Lilly Singh]]
*[[Jus Reign]]
*[[Jus Reign]]
*[[Jaspal Bhatti]]
*[[Jaspal Bhatti]]
===Directors===
===Directors===
[[File:Dhar Mann Updated (cropped).jpg|130px|thumb|[[Dhar Mann]]  is known for his video production company, Dhar Mann Studios, that creates short films for social media platforms such as YouTube.]]
[[File:Dhar Mann Updated (cropped).jpg|130px|thumb|[[Dhar Mann]]  is known for his video production company, Dhar Mann Studios, that creates short films for social media platforms such as YouTube.]]
*[[Dhar Mann]]
*[[Dhar Mann]]
*[[Vikkstar123]]
*[[Vikkstar123]]
*[[Gurinder Chadha]]<ref>[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_032603a.html Biographies – Gurinder Chadha: Bender of Rules]. The Sikh Times (2003-03-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sikhnet.com/-arts/gurinder-chadha-va-sikh-treasures Gurinder Chadha at the V&A : Sikh Treasures.]. SikhNet (2008-07-21). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sikhchic.com/film_stage/sikhbriton_filmmaker_gurinder_chadha_is_back The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Sikh-Briton Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha is Back!]. sikhchic.com (2009-05-14). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Gurinder Chadha]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_032603a.html Biographies – Gurinder Chadha: Bender of Rules]. The Sikh Times (2003-03-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhnet.com/-arts/gurinder-chadha-va-sikh-treasures Gurinder Chadha at the V&amp;A : Sikh Treasures.]. SikhNet (2008-07-21). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhchic.com/film_stage/sikhbriton_filmmaker_gurinder_chadha_is_back The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Sikh-Briton Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha is Back!]. sikhchic.com (2009-05-14). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Param Gill]]
*[[Param Gill]]
* [[Perry Bhandal]] – Film director, screenwriter
* [[Perry Bhandal]] – Film director, screenwriter
*[[Namrata Singh Gujral]]<ref>[http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=55&cat=12 The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Breaking the Mold: Namrata Singh Gujral]. sikhchic.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/5700/namrata-singh-gujral.htm Namrata Singh Gujral Biography]. Perfect People (1976-02-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Namrata Singh Gujral]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=55&amp;cat=12 The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Breaking the Mold: Namrata Singh Gujral]. sikhchic.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/5700/namrata-singh-gujral.htm Namrata Singh Gujral Biography]. Perfect People (1976-02-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;


===Fashion===
===Fashion===
* [[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>
* Amarjot Kaur&lt;ref name="Indiatimes.com 2015"&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu]], Punjabi beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned [[Miss Universe 2021]]
* [[Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu]], Punjabi beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned [[Miss Universe 2021]]
[[File:Sandhu graces Vineet Jain’s Miss Universe 2021 success bash.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu]]  was [[Miss Universe 2021]].]]
* [[Hasleen Kaur]]
* [[Hasleen Kaur]]
* [[Jesse Randhawa]], Bollywood model
* [[Jesse Randhawa]], Bollywood model
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* [[Neha Kapur]]
* [[Neha Kapur]]
* [[Neelam Gill]], [[Burberry]]  
* [[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>
* [[Gurleen Chopra]], model&lt;ref name="The Independent 2014"&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Simran Kaur Mundi]]
* [[Simran Kaur Mundi]]
* [[Sonam Bajwa|Sonampreet Bajwa]]
* [[Sonam Bajwa|Sonampreet Bajwa]]
*[[Waris Ahluwalia]]
*[[Waris Ahluwalia]]
===Other artists===
* [[Vishavjit Singh]], American cartoonist


==Musicians==
==Musicians==
=== Hindi music ===
* [[Arijit Singh]]
* [[Asees Kaur]]
* [[Daler Mehndi]]
* [[Diljit Dosanjh]]
* [[Guru Randhawa]]
*[[Hans Raj Hans]]
* [[Harrdy Sandhu]]
*[[Harshdeep Kaur]]
* [[Honey Singh]]
* [[Jagjit Singh]]
* [[Mika Singh]]
* [[Neha Kakkar]]
* [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
=== Punjabi music ===
=== Punjabi music ===
* [[Amar Singh Chamkila]]
* [[Amar Singh Chamkila]]
* [[Amrinder Gill]]
* [[Amrinder Gill]]
* [[AP Dhillon]] singer, rapper and record producer associated with Punjabi music.
* [[AP Dhillon]] singer, rapper and record producer associated with Punjabi music
* [[Apna Sangeet]]
* [[Apna Sangeet]]
* [[Asa Singh Mastana]]
* [[Asa Singh Mastana]]
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* [[Harbhajan Mann]]
* [[Harbhajan Mann]]
* [[Hard Kaur]]
* [[Hard Kaur]]
* [[Hard Kaur]]
* [[Harrdy Sandhu]]
* [[Hardy Sandhu]]
* [[Honey Singh]]
* [[Honey Singh]]
* [[Jagmeet Bal]]
* [[Jas Mann]] (with [[Babylon Zoo]])
* [[Jas Mann]] (with [[Babylon Zoo]])
* [[Jasmine Sandlas]]
* [[Jasmine Sandlas]]
* [[Jaspinder Narula]]
* [[Jaspinder Narula]]
* [[Jass Manak]]
* [[Jass Manak]]
* [[Jassi Gill]]
* [[Jassie Gill]]
* [[Jaz Dhami]]  
* [[Jaz Dhami]]  
* [[Jazzy B]]
* [[Jazzy B]]
* [[Juggy D]]<ref>[http://www.desiparty.com/content/content.aspx?GetArticle=1&ArticleID=5&BackURL=/content/ContentHome.aspx Content|Juggy D profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709014856/http://www.desiparty.com/content/content.aspx?GetArticle=1&ArticleID=5&BackURL=%2Fcontent%2FContentHome.aspx |date=2011-07-09 }}, DesiParty.com;m retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref>
* [[Juggy D]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.desiparty.com/content/content.aspx?GetArticle=1&amp;ArticleID=5&amp;BackURL=/content/ContentHome.aspx Content|Juggy D profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709014856/http://www.desiparty.com/content/content.aspx?GetArticle=1&amp;ArticleID=5&amp;BackURL=%2Fcontent%2FContentHome.aspx |date=2011-07-09 }}, DesiParty.com;m retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Kamal Heer]]
* [[Kamal Heer]]
* [[Kanth Kaler]]
* [[Kanth Kaler]]
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* [[Miss Pooja]]
* [[Miss Pooja]]
* [[Narinder Biba]]
* [[Narinder Biba]]
* [[Navtej Singh Rehal]] of [[Bombay Rockers]]
* [[Nimrat Khaira]]
* [[Nimrat Khaira]]
* [[Panjabi MC]]
* [[Panjabi MC]]
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* [[Rabbi Shergill]]
* [[Rabbi Shergill]]
* [[Ravinder Grewal]]
* [[Ravinder Grewal]]
* [[Rishi Rich]]<ref>[http://www.desihits.com/celebs/view/Rishi+Rich Rishi Rich]. Desihits.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://singhisking.co.uk/?p=213 Rishi rich] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110222629/http://singhisking.co.uk/?p=213 |date=2010-01-10 }}. Singh is King.co.uk (2008-12-29); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref>
* [[Rishi Rich]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.desihits.com/celebs/view/Rishi+Rich Rishi Rich]. Desihits.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://singhisking.co.uk/?p=213 Rishi rich] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110222629/http://singhisking.co.uk/?p=213 |date=2010-01-10 }}. Singh is King.co.uk (2008-12-29); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Roshan Prince]]
* [[Roshan Prince]]
* [[Sahotas]]
* [[Sahotas]]
* [[Sangtar]]
* [[Sangtar]]
* [[Satinder Sartaaj]]
* [[Satinder Sartaaj]]
* [[Shailender Singh|Shailendra Singh]]
* [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]]
* [[Shehnaz Gill]]
* [[Shehnaaz Gill]]
* [[Sidhu Moose Wala]] Indian rapper, singer and songwriter
* [[Sidhu Moose Wala]] Indian rapper, singer-songwriter
* [[Snatam Kaur]]
* [[Snatam Kaur]]
* [[Sukhbir (musician)|Sukhbir]]
* [[Sukhbir (musician)|Sukhbir]]
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* [[Surinder Shinda]]
* [[Surinder Shinda]]
* [[Surjit Bindrakhia]]
* [[Surjit Bindrakhia]]
* [[Tarsame Singh Saini]] AKA "Taz"
* [[Tarsem Jassar]]
* [[Tarsem Jassar]]
* [[Taz (singer)|Taz]]
* [[Taz (singer)|Taz]]
* [[Uttam Singh]]
* [[Uttam Singh]]


=== English music ===
=== English music ===
[[File:JaySean-3110.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Kamaljit Singh Jhooti]] (better known by his stage name Jay Sean) became the first [[South Asian]] to top the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in 2009 with his single [[Down (Jay Sean song)|''Down'']].<ref>{{citation|title=Jay Sean's the Urban US legend|work=Daily Mirror|date=10 October 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013001217/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|archive-date=13 October 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
[[File:JaySean-3110.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Kamaljit Singh Jhooti]] (better known by his stage name Jay Sean) became the first [[South Asian]] to top the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in 2009 with his single [[Down (Jay Sean song)|''Down'']].&lt;ref&gt;{{citation|title=Jay Sean's the Urban US legend|work=Daily Mirror|date=10 October 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013001217/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|archive-date=13 October 2009|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;]]
*[[Jay Sean]]
*[[Jay Sean]]
*[[NAV (rapper)]]
*[[NAV (rapper)]]
[[File:Nav Denver Co May 7th.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Navraj Singh Goraya ]] (better known by his stage name NAV) topped the [[Billboard Hot 200]] in 2019 with his album [[Bad Habits (Nav album)|''Bad Habits'']].]]
[[File:Nav Denver Co May 7th.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Navraj Singh Goraya]] (better known by his stage name NAV) topped the [[Billboard Hot 200]] in 2019 with his album [[Bad Habits (Nav album)|''Bad Habits'']].]]
 
===Visual arts===
===Visual arts===
*[[Amrita Sher-Gil]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/arts/amritashergil/amritashergill.html|title=Untitled Document|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/art-culture/amrita-sher-gill.html Amrita Sher-Gill]. Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Amrita Sher-Gil]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/arts/amritashergil/amritashergill.html|title=Untitled Document|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/art-culture/amrita-sher-gill.html Amrita Sher-Gill]. Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Aman Singh Gulati]]
*[[Aman Singh Gulati]]
*[[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]]
*[[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]]
*[[S. G. Thakur Singh]]
*[[S. G. Thakur Singh]]
*[[Sohan Singh]]
*[[Sohan Singh]]
=== Hindi music ===
* [[Arijit Singh]]
* [[Asees Kaur]]
* [[Daler Mehndi]]
* [[Diljit Dosanjh]]
* [[Guru Randhawa]]
*[[Hans Raj Hans]]
* [[Harrdy Sandhu]]
*[[Harshdeep Kaur]]
* [[Honey Singh]]
* [[Jagjit Singh]]
* [[Jasleen Royal]]
* [[Mika Singh]]
* [[Neha Kakkar]]
* [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
* [[Badshah (rapper)]]


==Writers==
==Writers==
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*[[Harbans Singh]]
*[[Harbans Singh]]
*[[Jodh Singh]]
*[[Jodh Singh]]
*[[Sant Isher Singh]]
*[[Rattan Singh Bhangu]]
*[[Rattan Singh Bhangu]]
*[[Max Arthur Macauliffe]]
*[[Max Arthur Macauliffe]]
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*[[Sathnam Sanghera]]
*[[Sathnam Sanghera]]
*[[Jagjit Singh Dardi]] ([[Punjab Rattan]])
*[[Jagjit Singh Dardi]] ([[Punjab Rattan]])
=== Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu ===
=== Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu ===
*[[Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi]]
*[[Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi]]
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*[[Harcharan Singh (writer)|Harcharan Singh]] (playwright)
*[[Harcharan Singh (writer)|Harcharan Singh]] (playwright)
*[[Jaswant Singh Kanwal]]
*[[Jaswant Singh Kanwal]]
*[[Amrita Pritam]]
*[[Amrita Pritam]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]
*[[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]]
*[[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]]
*[[Kulwant Singh Virk]]
*[[Kulwant Singh Virk]]
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*[[Bali Rai]]
*[[Bali Rai]]
*[[Jaspreet Singh]]
*[[Jaspreet Singh]]
*[[Khushwant Singh]]
*[[Khushwant Singh]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]
*[[Dayal Kaur Khalsa]]
*[[Dayal Kaur Khalsa]]
*[[Ranj Dhaliwal]]
*[[Ranj Dhaliwal]]
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===Running===
===Running===
[[File:Milkha Singh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Milkha Singh]]]]
[[File:Milkha Singh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Milkha Singh]]]]
*[[Milkha Singh]],<ref>[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html Sikh Sports personality Flying Sikh Milkha Singh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225164938/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html |date=2015-02-25 }}. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/sports/milkha-singh.html Milkha Singh]. Mapsofindia.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/08milka.htm Olympics Special: Milkha Singh on the race of his life]. Rediff.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/Milkha_Singh_The_Flying_Sikh/index0.html Milkha Singh The Flying Sikh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114916/http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/Milkha_Singh_The_Flying_Sikh/index0.html |date=2010-03-24 }}. Sadapunjab.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Milkha Singh]],&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html Sikh Sports personality Flying Sikh Milkha Singh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225164938/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html |date=2015-02-25 }}. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/sports/milkha-singh.html Milkha Singh]. Mapsofindia.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/08milka.htm Olympics Special: Milkha Singh on the race of his life]. Rediff.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/Milkha_Singh_The_Flying_Sikh/index0.html Milkha Singh The Flying Sikh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114916/http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/Milkha_Singh_The_Flying_Sikh/index0.html |date=2010-03-24 }}. Sadapunjab.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Ranjit Bhatia]]
*[[Ranjit Bhatia]]
*[[Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]]
*[[Gurbachan Singh Randhawa]]
*[[Kamaljeet Sandhu]]
*[[Kamaljeet Sandhu]]
*[[Fauja Singh]],<ref>[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_041904a.html Biographies – Fauja Singh: "I Run While Talking to God"]. The Sikh Times (2004-04-19); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref> a centenarian marathon runner
*[[Fauja Singh]],&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_041904a.html Biographies – Fauja Singh: "I Run While Talking to God"]. The Sikh Times (2004-04-19); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; centenarian marathon runner


===Basketball===
===Basketball===
*[[Nav Bhatia]], businessman, First Sikh with NBA Championship Ring  
*[[Nav Bhatia]], businessman, First Sikh with NBA Championship Ring  
*[[Sim Bhullar]], Canadian professional basketball player<ref>{{cite news|last1=Magagnini|first1=Stephen|title=Region's Sikhs rally behind Kings rookie Sim Bhullar|url=http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/article17482079.html|accessdate=2 June 2016|work=[[Sacramento Bee]]|date=April 5, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Sim Bhullar]], Canadian professional basketball player&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Magagnini|first1=Stephen|title=Region's Sikhs rally behind Kings rookie Sim Bhullar|url=https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/article17482079.html|access-date=2 June 2016|work=[[Sacramento Bee]]|date=April 5, 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Satnam Singh Bhamara]]
*[[Satnam Singh Bhamara]]
[[File:Harry Dhami.jpg|thumb|upright|Harry Dhami]]


===Boxing===
===Boxing===
*[[Andrew Kooner|Andrew Singh Kooner]] - Former Bantamweight Champion of Canada
*[[Harry Dhami]] - British professional boxer, British welterweight champion 2000-2001. First Asian to win a British Title. Undefeated Southern Area Champion 1996-2000
*[[Andrew Kooner|Andrew Singh Kooner]] - Former bantamweight champion of Canada
*[[Akaash Bhatia]] - British featherweight professional boxer
*[[Akaash Bhatia]] - British featherweight professional boxer
*[[Sukhdeep Singh Chakria]] - Canadian Middleweight Boxer
*[[Sukhdeep Singh Chakria]] - Canadian middleweight boxer


===Cycling===
===Cycling===
*[[Alexi Grewal]], Olympic Gold medalist<ref>[http://www.sikhtimes.com/books_060803a.html Book Reviews – The Many Faces of the Sikh Diaspora]. The Sikh Times (2003-06-08). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030308/windows/note.htm The Tribune – Windows – Taking note]. Tribuneindia.com (2003-03-08). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref> (1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)
*[[Alexi Grewal]], Olympic Gold medalist&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhtimes.com/books_060803a.html Book Reviews – The Many Faces of the Sikh Diaspora]. The Sikh Times (2003-06-08). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030308/windows/note.htm The Tribune – Windows – Taking note]. Tribuneindia.com (2003-03-08). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; (1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)


===Cricket===
===Cricket===
*[[Amar Virdi]] - Cricketer for [[Surrey County Cricket Club]]
*[[Amar Virdi]] - cricketer for [[Surrey County Cricket Club]]
*[[Anureet Singh]]
*[[Anureet Singh]]
*[[Arshdeep Singh (cricketer)|Arshdeep Singh]] - Cricketer for India's National Team
*[[Arshdeep Singh (cricketer)|Arshdeep Singh]] - cricketer for India's national team&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=How 'the kid who wanted the world' is taking it by storm|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/124458/how-the-kid-who-wanted-the-world-is-taking-it-by-storm|access-date=3 January 2025|date=1 January 2025|website=Cricbuzz}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Balwinder Sandhu]]
*[[Balwinder Sandhu]]
*[[Bhupinder Singh, Sr.]]
*[[Bhupinder Singh, Sr.]]
*[[Bishan Singh Bedi]] Former Cricketer & Captain for India's National Team
*[[Bishan Singh Bedi]] - former cricketer and captain for India's national team
*[[Jasprit Bumrah]]
*[[Gurkeerat Singh Mann]]
*[[Gurkeerat Singh Mann]]
*[[Gursharan Singh]]
*[[Gursharan Singh]]
*[[Harbhajan Singh]]
*[[Harbhajan Singh]]
*[[Tanveer Sangha]], member of Australia cricket team
*[[Gurinder Sandhu]] - member of Australia cricket team
*[[Gurinder Sandhu]], member of Australia cricket team
*[[Harvinder Singh (cricketer)|Harvinder Singh]]&lt;ref name="sikhtimes.com"&gt;[http://www.sikhtimes.com/news_100706b.html News and Analysis – Harbhajan Apologizes for Letting Hair Down, Slams S.G.P.C]. The Sikh Times (2006-10-07); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Harvinder Singh]]<ref name="sikhtimes.com">[http://www.sikhtimes.com/news_100706b.html News and Analysis – Harbhajan Apologizes for Letting Hair Down, Slams S.G.P.C]. The Sikh Times (2006-10-07); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Ish Sodhi]] - member of New Zealand cricket team
*[[Ish Sodhi]], member of New Zealand cricket team
*[[Jasprit Bumrah]] - Indian cricketer, regarded as one of the best bowlers in modern-day cricket.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Bumrah's phenomenal 2024:Redefining fast bowling excellence|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/132968/bumrahs-phenomenal-2024-redefining-fast-bowling-excellence|access-date=3 January 2025|date=1 January 2025|website=Cricbuzz}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Simi Singh]] - Cricketer for Ireland National Team
*[[Mandeep Singh]]
*[[Mandeep Singh]]
*[[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]]
*[[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]]
*[[Manpreet Gony]]
*[[Manpreet Gony]]
*[[Monty Panesar]] Former Cricketer for England's National Team<ref>[http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/monty_panesar.html Monty Panesar Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607124042/http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/monty_panesar.html |date=2010-06-07 }}, Biographyonline.net; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref> member of English cricket team
[[File:Monty Panesar (2014) (02).jpg|thumb|Monty Panesar, former cricketer for England's national team|150px]]
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] - Former Cricketer for India's National Team
*[[Monty Panesar]] - former cricketer for England's National Team&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/monty_panesar.html Monty Panesar Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607124042/http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/monty_panesar.html |date=2010-06-07 }}, Biographyonline.net; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; member of English cricket team
*[[Ravi Bopara]],<ref>[http://www.cricketnirvana.com/players/england/ravi-bopara.html Ravi Bopara], Cricketnirvana.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref> member of English cricket team
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] - former cricketer for India's national team
*[[Ravi Bopara]]&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.cricketnirvana.com/players/england/ravi-bopara.html Ravi Bopara], Cricketnirvana.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; - member of English cricket team
*[[Reetinder Sodhi]]
*[[Reetinder Sodhi]]
*[[Sarandeep Singh]]
*[[Sarandeep Singh]]
*[[Simi Singh]] - cricketer for Ireland national team
*[[Simranjit Singh]]
*[[Simranjit Singh]]
*[[Shubman Gill]]
*[[Shubman Gill]]
*[[Sukhdeep Singh (cricketer)|Sukhdeep Singh]] - cricketer for Kenya national team
*[[Sunny Sohal]]
*[[Sunny Sohal]]
*[[Vikramjit Singh]] - Cricketer for Netherlands National Team
*[[Tanveer Sangha]] - member of Australia cricket team
*[[Vikramjit Singh]] - cricketer for Netherlands national team
*[[V. R. V. Singh]]
*[[V. R. V. Singh]]
*[[Yograj Singh]]
*[[Yograj Singh]]
*[[Yuvraj Singh]] - Former Cricketer for India's National Team
*[[Yuvraj Singh]] - former cricketer for India's national team


===Equestrian===
===Equestrian===
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===Football===
===Football===
*[[Manprit Sarkaria]] - Footballer for [[SK Sturm Graz]] in [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]. He was named in the Team of the Year for [[2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2021-2022 Austrian Bundesliga Season]]
*[[Manprit Sarkaria]] - Footballer for [[SK Sturm Graz]] in [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]. He was named in the Team of the Year for [[2021–22 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2021-2022 Austrian Bundesliga Season]]
*[[Shaan Hundal]] - Footballer for [[Inter Miami]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://canadasoccer.com/profile/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Canada Soccer |language=en-CA}}</ref>
*[[Shaan Hundal]] - Footballer for [[Inter Miami]]&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://canadasoccer.com/profile/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Canada Soccer |date=21 November 2019 |language=en-CA}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Yan Dhanda]] - Footballer for [[Ross County F.C.]]
*[[Yan Dhanda]] - Footballer for [[Ross County F.C.]]
*[[Rikki Bains]] - Footballer for [[Bedworth United]]
*[[Rikki Bains]] - Footballer for [[Bedworth United]]
*[[Danny Batth]] - Footballer for [[Sunderland A.F.C.]]. Previously played for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]], [[Stoke City]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.]].
*[[Danny Batth]] - Footballer for [[Sunderland A.F.C.]] Previously played for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]], [[Stoke City]], [[Middlesbrough F.C.]]
*[[Mal Benning]] - Footballer for [[Port Vale F.C.]]
*[[Mal Benning]] - Footballer for [[Port Vale F.C.]]
*[[Gurdev Singh Gill]] - Former Footballer for [[India national football team]]
*[[Gurdev Singh Gill (footballer)|Gurdev Singh Gill]] - Former footballer for [[India national football team]]
*[[Arjan Raikhy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitter Status |url=https://twitter.com/arjanraikhy20/status/1382419105937043460 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> - Footballer for [[Aston Villa]]
*[[Arjan Raikhy]]&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Twitter Status |url=https://twitter.com/arjanraikhy20/status/1382419105937043460 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Twitter |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; - Footballer for [[Aston Villa]]
*[[Harpal Singh]] - Former Footballer for [[Leeds United]]
*[[Harpal Singh]] - Former footballer for [[Leeds United]]
*[[Harmeet Singh (footballer)|Harmeet Singh]] - Former [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] International Footballer
*[[Harmeet Singh (footballer)|Harmeet Singh]] - Former [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] international footballer
*[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] - Former Footballer for [[JCT FC]]
*[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] - Former footballer for [[JCT FC]]
*[[Roger Verdi]] - Former [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] Footballer
*[[Roger Verdi]] - Former [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] footballer
*[[Jazz Juttla]] - Former Footballer for [[Greenock Morton F.C.]]
*[[Jazz Juttla]] - Former footballer for [[Greenock Morton F.C.]]
*[[Jarnail Singh (referee)|Jarnail Singh]] - Former [[English Football League]] Referee.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-01-04 |title=Singh Gill is Premier League's first Sikh assistant referee |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/singh-gill-is-premier-leagues-first-sikh-assistant-referee-2023-01-04/ |access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref>
*[[Jarnail Singh (referee)|Jarnail Singh]] - Former [[English Football League]] referee&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |last= |date=2023-01-04 |title=Singh Gill is Premier League's first Sikh assistant referee |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/singh-gill-is-premier-leagues-first-sikh-assistant-referee-2023-01-04/ |access-date=2023-05-11}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Jagvir Singh]] - [[Denmark|Danish]] Footballer
*[[Jagvir Singh]] - [[Denmark|Danish]] footballer


===Golf===
===Golf===
*[[Jyoti Randhawa]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com">[http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/viewscolumnskhushwantsingh/Rooting-for-the-turban/Article1-518784.aspx Rooting for the turban] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419065529/http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/viewscolumnskhushwantsingh/Rooting-for-the-turban/Article1-518784.aspx |date=2010-04-19 }}. Hindustan Times (2010-03-14); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Jyoti Randhawa]]&lt;ref name="hindustantimes.com"&gt;[http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/viewscolumnskhushwantsingh/Rooting-for-the-turban/Article1-518784.aspx Rooting for the turban] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419065529/http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/viewscolumnskhushwantsingh/Rooting-for-the-turban/Article1-518784.aspx |date=2010-04-19 }}. Hindustan Times (2010-03-14); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Arjun Atwal]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
*[[Arjun Atwal]]&lt;ref name="hindustantimes.com"/&gt;
*[[Gaganjeet Bhullar]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
*[[Gaganjeet Bhullar]]&lt;ref name="hindustantimes.com"/&gt;
*[[Ashbeer Saini]]
*[[Ashbeer Saini]]
*[[Jeev Milkha Singh]]
*[[Jeev Milkha Singh]]


===Hockey===
===Hockey===
====Ice hockey====
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*[[Arshdeep Bains]] - Prospect of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League  
*[[Arshdeep Bains]] - Prospect of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League  
*[[Jujhar Khaira]] - Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in [[NHL]].
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====Field hockey====
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*[[Avtar Singh Sohal]]
*[[Balbir Singh Dosanjh]]
*[[Balbir Singh Dosanjh]]
*[[Harvinder Singh Kular]]
*[[Harvinder Singh Marwa]]
*[[Harmanpreet Singh]]  
*[[Harmanpreet Singh]]  
*[[Ravi Kahlon]]
*[[Ravi Kahlon]]
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*[[Baljit Singh Dhillon]]
*[[Baljit Singh Dhillon]]
*[[Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini]]
*[[Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini]]
[[File:Jagbir &amp; Sandeep Singh.jpg|thumb|Jagbir Singh (L) and Sandeep Singh (R), Indian professional field hockey player|150px]]
*[[Jagbir Singh]]
*[[Gagan Ajit Singh]]
*[[Gagan Ajit Singh]]
*[[Garewal Singh]]
*[[Garewal Singh]]
*[[Gurdev Singh (field hockey)|Gurdev Singh Kullar]] (field hockey)
*[[Gurdev Singh (field hockey)|Gurdev Singh Kullar]]  
*[[Jujhar Khaira]] - Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in [[NHL]].
*[[Kulbir Bhaura]]
*[[Kulbir Bhaura]]
*[[Paramjit Bahia]] – field hockey Canada&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Sikhs in Hockey {{!}} Canada {{!}} World Cup {{!}} Paramjit Bahia |url=https://www.sikhsinhockey.com/Default.aspx?id=595214 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.sikhsinhockey.com}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Pargat Singh]]
*[[Pargat Singh]]
*[[Prabhjot Singh (field hockey)|Prabhjot Singh]]
*[[Prabhjot Singh (field hockey)|Prabhjot Singh]]
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===Rally===
===Rally===
* [[Joginder Singh (rally driver)|Joginder Singh]], won the Safari Rally three times, in 1965 driving a Volvo PV544 with his brother Jaswant as co-driver, and in 1974 and 1976. A Kenyan known as "The Flying Sikh"
*[[Karamjit Singh]], PRWC champion 2002, Asia Pacific Rally Championship champion 2001. A Malaysian known as the "Flying Sikh"
*[[Karamjit Singh]], PRWC champion 2002, Asia Pacific Rally Championship champion 2001. A Malaysian known as the "Flying Sikh"


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===Shooting===
===Shooting===
*[[Abhinav Bindra]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref>[http://worldsikhnews.com/6%20August%202008/Sikh%20shooter%20wins%20first%20ever%20individual%20gold%20for%20India%20at%20Olympics.htm WSN-Sports News-Sikh shooter wins first ever individual gold for India at Olympics]. Worldsikhnews.com (2008-08-11). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sikhnet.com/daily-news/sikhs-shoot Sikhs that shoot]. SikhNet (2008-08-13); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIsports/INDIA/A_Z/B/Abhinav_Bindra_1/1_Won_Gold-Medal.htm Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal]. Nriinternet.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref> Olympic gold medalist in shooting
*[[Abhinav Bindra]],&lt;ref name="hindustantimes.com"/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://worldsikhnews.com/6%20August%202008/Sikh%20shooter%20wins%20first%20ever%20individual%20gold%20for%20India%20at%20Olympics.htm WSN-Sports News-Sikh shooter wins first ever individual gold for India at Olympics]. Worldsikhnews.com (2008-08-11). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhnet.com/daily-news/sikhs-shoot Sikhs that shoot]. SikhNet (2008-08-13); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.nriinternet.com/NRIsports/INDIA/A_Z/B/Abhinav_Bindra_1/1_Won_Gold-Medal.htm Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal]. Nriinternet.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; Olympic gold medalist in shooting
*[[Avneet Sidhu]], Commonwealth Games medalist in shooting
*[[Avneet Sidhu]], Commonwealth Games medalist in shooting
*[[Manavjit Singh Sandhu]], world champion in shooting
*[[Manavjit Singh Sandhu]], world champion in shooting
*[[Heena Sidhu]], world champion in shooting
*[[Heena Sidhu]], world champion in shooting
=== Skateboarding ===
* [[PJ Ladd]], American professional skateboarder


===Swimming===
===Swimming===
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===Wrestling===
===Wrestling===
*[[Amar Dhesi]] - Canadian Freestyle Wrestler in 125kg Class.
*[[Amar Dhesi]] - Canadian freestyle wrestler in 125&amp;nbsp;kg Class
*[[Dara Singh]] - Former Wrestler and Inducted in WWE Legacy Class in 2018.
*[[Dara Singh]] - Former wrestler and inducted in WWE Legacy Class in 2018
*[[Tiger Joginder Singh]]
*[[Tiger Joginder Singh]]
*[[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]]
*[[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]]
*[[Tiger Jeet Singh]]<ref>[http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/singh.htm PAGE OF FAME: Tiger Jeet Singh]. Garywill.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/may/05sspec.htm Tiger Singh: Most feared man in Japan – Rediff Sports]. In.rediff.com (2005-05-05); retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sceneandheard.ca/article.php?id=1080&morgue=1 SceneandHeard.ca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505075751/http://www.sceneandheard.ca/article.php?id=1080&morgue=1 |date=2009-05-05 }}. SceneandHeard.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Tiger Jeet Singh]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/singh.htm PAGE OF FAME: Tiger Jeet Singh]. Garywill.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/may/05sspec.htm Tiger Singh: Most feared man in Japan – Rediff Sports]. In.rediff.com (2005-05-05); retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sceneandheard.ca/article.php?id=1080&amp;morgue=1 SceneandHeard.ca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505075751/http://www.sceneandheard.ca/article.php?id=1080&amp;morgue=1 |date=2009-05-05 }}. SceneandHeard.ca. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Dilsher Shanky]] - [[WWE]] Wrestler
*[[Dilsher Shanky]] - [[WWE]] wrestler
*[[Jinder Mahal]] - [[WWE]] Wrestler and former holder of the WWE Championship.
*[[Jinder Mahal]] - [[WWE]] wrestler and former holder of the WWE Championship
*[[Tiger Ali Singh|Gurjit Singh]] - Former [[WWE]] Wrestler.
*[[Jasleen Singh Saini]]
*[[Tiger Ali Singh|Gurjit Singh]] - Former [[WWE]] wrestler
*[[Ranjin Singh]]
*[[Ranjin Singh]]
*[[Gadowar Singh Sahota]]
*[[Gadowar Singh Sahota]]
*[[Arjan Bhullar]]
*[[Arjan Bhullar]]
*[[Tiger Ali Singh]]
*[[Tiger Ali Singh]]
*[[Raj Singh (wrestler)]] - Former [[Impact Wrestling]] Wrestler.
*[[Raj Singh (wrestler)]] - Former [[Impact Wrestling]] wrestler


==Business==
==Business==
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{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Ajay Banga]], President/COO, MasterCard; ex-CEO- Citi Group-Asia Pacific
[[File:President Joe Biden meets with newly appointed President of the World Bank Ajay Banga, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House - P20230504AS-0840.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Ajay Banga]] is [[President of the World Bank Group]].]]
*[[Ajay Banga]], Indian-born American business executive. He is currently the president of the [[World Bank Group]] and was before that executive chairman of [[Mastercard]], after having previously served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from July 2010 until December 31, 2020
*[[Analjit Singh]], founder/chairman, Max India Limited; chair, Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd; Max Healthcare Institute Ltd and Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd
*[[Analjit Singh]], founder/chairman, Max India Limited; chair, Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd; Max Healthcare Institute Ltd and Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd
* [[Avtar Lit]], founder of Sunrise Radio
* [[Avtar Lit]], founder of Sunrise Radio
* [[Avtar Saini]], microprocessor designer and former vice president of Intel
* [[Avtar Saini]], microprocessor designer and former vice president of Intel
* [[Baljit Singh Chadha]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist
*[[Bob Singh Dhillon]], founder/CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp.
*[[Bob Singh Dhillon]], founder/CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp.
*[[Dyal Singh Majithia]], Indian banker
*[[Dyal Singh Majithia]], Indian banker
*[[Gurbachan Singh Dhingra]], owner of [[Berger Paints|Berger Paints India]]
*[[Gurbachan Singh Dhingra]], owner of [[Berger Paints|Berger Paints India]]
*[[Gurbaksh Chahal]], entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/24/LV8P13K9P3.DTL&hw=gurbaksh&sn=001&sc=1000 Advice from young millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal]. Sfgate.com (2008-10-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Gurbaksh Chahal]], entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Advice-from-young-millionaire-Gurbaksh-Chahal-3264414.php Advice from young millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal]. Sfgate.com (2008-10-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[H. S. Bedi (entrepreneur)]], telecom
*[[H. S. Bedi (entrepreneur)]], telecom
*[[Jasminder Singh]], British businessman
*[[Jasminder Singh]], British businessman
*[[Jessie Singh Saini]], founder of BJS Electronics and American industrialist of Indian descent.
*[[Jessie Singh Saini]], founder of BJS Electronics and American industrialist of Indian descent
*[[Kamel Hothi]], former banker at Lloyds Bank
*[[Kamel Hothi]], former banker at Lloyds Bank
* [[Kanwal Rekhi]], one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
* [[Kanwal Rekhi]], one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
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*[[Kushal Pal Singh]], Chairman and CEO of [[DLF Limited|DLF]]
*[[Kushal Pal Singh]], Chairman and CEO of [[DLF Limited|DLF]]
*[[Malvinder Mohan Singh]], Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
*[[Malvinder Mohan Singh]], Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
*[[Mohan Singh Oberoi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/ms-oberoi.html|title=M.S. Oberoi Profile|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref>
*[[Mohan Singh Oberoi]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/ms-oberoi.html|title=M.S. Oberoi Profile|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[M. S. Banga]], ex-CEO, Hindustan Lever
*[[M. S. Banga]], ex-CEO, Hindustan Lever
*[[Omichund]], Bengali Sikh merchant who participated in the conspiracy against the Nawab of Bengal with the British East India Company
*[[Omichund]], Bengali Sikh merchant who participated in the conspiracy against the Nawab of Bengal with the British East India Company
*[[Param Singh (property developer)]], property developer, entrepreneur
*[[Param Singh (property developer)]], property developer, entrepreneur
*[[Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]
*[[Sanjiv Sidhu]], Founder and President of [[i2 Technologies]], richest Indian on Earth in 2000
*[[Sanjiv Sidhu]], Founder and President of [[i2 Technologies]], richest Indian on Earth in 2000
*[[Sant Singh Chatwal]],<ref name="forbes.com">[https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0619/078.html Upgrading], Forbes.com; retrieved 14 December 2010</ref> owner of the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels & Resorts
*[[Sant Singh Chatwal]],&lt;ref name="forbes.com"&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0619/078.html Upgrading], Forbes.com; retrieved 14 December 2010&lt;/ref&gt; owner of the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels &amp; Resorts
*[[Satwant Singh]], Le Meridien Hotel, DSS Enterprises, Pure Drink
*[[Satwant Singh]], Le Meridien Hotel, DSS Enterprises, Pure Drink
*[[Shivinder Mohan Singh]], Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
*[[Shivinder Mohan Singh]], Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
*[[Sobha Singh (builder)]] developer of [[New Delhi]]
*[[Tom Singh]], founder, New Look (Fashion chain)
*[[Tom Singh]], founder, New Look (Fashion chain)
*[[Trishneet Arora]], author  
*[[Trishneet Arora]], author  
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==Humanitarians==
==Humanitarians==
*[[Bhagat Puran Singh]],<ref>[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sewadars/puransingh.html Read Biography of Bhagat Puran Singh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726141832/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sewadars/puransingh.html |date=2010-07-26 }}. Sikh-history.com (1904-06-04). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://sikhfoundation-store.org/catalog/selfless-life-bhagat-puran-singh-pingalwara-p-236.html A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara: A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728022610/http://sikhfoundation-store.org/catalog/selfless-life-bhagat-puran-singh-pingalwara-p-236.html |date=2011-07-28 }}. Sikhfoundation-store.org (2009-06-02). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref> founder of Pingalwara, Home of Disabled, Amritsar
*[[Bhagat Puran Singh]],&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sewadars/puransingh.html Read Biography of Bhagat Puran Singh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726141832/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sewadars/puransingh.html |date=2010-07-26 }}. Sikh-history.com (1904-06-04). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://sikhfoundation-store.org/catalog/selfless-life-bhagat-puran-singh-pingalwara-p-236.html A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara: A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728022610/http://sikhfoundation-store.org/catalog/selfless-life-bhagat-puran-singh-pingalwara-p-236.html |date=2011-07-28 }}. Sikhfoundation-store.org (2009-06-02). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; founder of Pingalwara, Home of Disabled, Amritsar
*[[Bhai Trilochan Singh Panesar]], devoted his life to sewa (service to community and God) and simran (remembrance of God), the two tenets of Sikh life.
*[[Bhai Trilochan Singh Panesar]], devoted his life to sewa (service to community and God) and simran (remembrance of God), the two tenets of Sikh life.
*[[Ravi Singh (humanitarian)|Ravi Singh]], CEO, Khalsa Aid
*[[Ravi Singh (humanitarian)|Ravi Singh]], CEO, Khalsa Aid
* [[Alex Sangha]], social worker and documentary film producer and Founder of Sher Vancouver
* [[Alex Sangha]], social worker and documentary film producer and Founder of Sher Vancouver
 
* [[Gurdev Singh Gill (physician)|Gurdev Singh Gill]], Canadian physician, community leader, and activist, of Indian origin
== [[Kharku|Kharkus]] ==
 
* [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale|Saint Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale]]
* [[Gurbachan Singh Manochahal|Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal]]
* [[Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala|Bhai Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala]]
* [[Talwinder Singh Parmar|Talwindar Singh Babbar]]
* [[Sukhdev Singh Babbar|Bhai Sukhdev Singh Babbar]]
* [[Toofan Singh|Bhai Jugraj Singh Toofan]]
* [[Manbir Singh Chaheru]]
* [[Avtar Singh Brahma]]
* [[Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala]]
* [[Shabeg Singh|Maj Gen Shahbeg Singh]]
* [[Amrik Singh|Bhai Amrik Singh]]
* [[Harjinder Singh Jinda]]
* [[Sukhdev Singh Sukha]]
* [[Labh Singh|General Labh Singh]]


==Military==
==Military==
===Indian Army===
===Indian Army===
* [[General (India)|General]] [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]], former [[Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]].
* [[General (India)|General]] [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]], former [[Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]].
* [[General (India)|General]] [[Bikram Singh (general)|Bikram Singh]], former [[Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]].
* [[General (India)|General]] [[Bikram Singh (general, born 1952)|Bikram Singh]], former [[Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army]].
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Bikram Singh (lieutenant general)|Bikram Singh]], GOC [[XV Corps (India)|XV Corps]], 1960–63
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Bikram Singh (general, born 1911)|Bikram Singh]], GOC [[XV Corps (India)|XV Corps]], 1960–63
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Joginder Singh Dhillon]]
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Harbaksh Singh]], [[Padma Vibhushan]] led Indian Army in [[Indo-Pak War of 1965]]
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Jagjit Singh Aurora]]
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Joginder Singh Dhillon]] led Indian Army in [[Indo-Pak War of 1965]]
* [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Jagjit Singh Aurora]], led Indian Amy in [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971]]


===Indian Navy===
===Indian Navy===
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===Indian Air Force===
===Indian Air Force===
* [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force]] [[Arjan Singh]], former [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]], [[Indian Air Force]].<ref>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/defence/marshal-arjan-singh.html Marshal Arjan Singh]. Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
* [[Marshal of the Indian Air Force]] [[Arjan Singh]], former [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]], [[Indian Air Force]], [[Padma Vibhushan]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/defence/marshal-arjan-singh.html Marshal Arjan Singh]. Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Dilbagh Singh]], former Chief, [[Indian Air Force]].
* [[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Dilbagh Singh]], former Chief, [[Indian Air Force]].
*[[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Birender Singh Dhanoa]], former chief, [[Indian Air Force]].
*[[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Birender Singh Dhanoa]], former Chief, [[Indian Air Force]].
*[[Air Chief Marshal]] [[Amar Preet Singh]]
*[[Harjit Singh Arora]]
*[[Harjit Singh Arora]]
*[[Trilochan Singh Brar]]
*[[Trilochan Singh Brar]]
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* [[Bhagat Singh Thind]]
* [[Bhagat Singh Thind]]
* [[Uday Singh Taunque]]
* [[Uday Singh Taunque]]


===Military Gallantry Award Winners===
===Military Gallantry Award Winners===
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*Major General [[Kulwant Singh Pannu]]
*Major General [[Kulwant Singh Pannu]]


== Monarchs==
==Sikh General==
===Sikh nationalist leaders===
* [[Baba Gurditta]], son of Guru Hargobind (sixth Sikh guru), and father of Guru Har Rai (seventh Sikh guru) of Sikhism
* [[Bidhi Chand]], Sikh religious preacher and military commander
* [[Baba Banda Singh Bahadur]], commander of [[Khalsa]] army
* [[Binod Singh]], army man and disciple of Guru Gobind Singh and was among few Sikhs who accompanied him to Nanded in 1706
* [[Baj Singh]], also known as Baj Bahadur; Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr
* [[Fateh Singh (Sikh warrior)|Fateh Singh]], warrior in Sikh history; known for beheading Wazir Khan who was the Mughal Governor of Sirhind, administering a territory of the Mughal Empire between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa|Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa]], Commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire
* [[Mahan Singh Mirpuri|Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri]], famous general in the Sikh Khalsa Army, and was the second-in-command General to General Hari Singh Nalwa
* [[Khushal Singh Jamadar|Raja Khushal Singh Jamadar]], military officer and chamberlain of the Sikh Empire
* [[Sahib Singh Bedi|Baba Sahib Singh Bedi]]
* [[Bhai Maharaj Singh]]


* [[Baba Banda Singh Bahadur]] was a commander of [[Khalsa]] army
==Monarchs==
* [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]] was a Sikh leader of During [[Sikh Confederacy]] and ruler of [[Ahluwalia Misl]]
===Sikh Empire===
* [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]] was a Sikh leader during the period of [[Sikh Confederacy]] and founder of [[Ramgarhia Misl]]
* [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab, a founder of the [[Sikh Empire]], also a Misldar of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Baba Deep Singh]] was one of the most hallowed martyrs in the history of Sikhs, he was also a founder of [[Shaheedan Misl]]
* [[Charat Singh]] was the father of [[Mahan Singh]], and the grandfather of [[Ranjit Singh]]; he was the founder of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh]] was the oraganizer of [[Sikh Confederacy]] and [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]], He was also a Founder of [[Singhpuria Misl]]
* [[Akali Phula Singh]] was an [[Nihang|Akali Nihang]] leader
* [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] was a founder of [[Sikh Empire]]
* [[Binod Singh|Baba Binod Singh]] was the first jathedar of [[Buddha Dal]]
 
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh]] was the organizer of [[Sikh Confederacy]] and the [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]]. He was also a founder of [[Singhpuria Misl]]
* [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia|Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], was a supreme leader of [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]]. He was also misldar of [[Ahluwalia Misl]].He founded the [[Kapurthala state]] in 1772.
* [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]], Popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab was a founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]. He was also a Misldar of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Maharaja Kharak Singh]], second emperor of the [[Sikh Empire]]
* [[Maharaja Kharak Singh]], second emperor of the [[Sikh Empire]]
* [[Nau Nihal Singh|Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh]], third emperor of the Sikh Empire.
* [[Nau Nihal Singh|Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh]], third emperor of the Sikh Empire
* [[Sher Singh|Maharaja Sher Singh]], was the fourth maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
* [[Sher Singh|Maharaja Sher Singh]], fourth maharaja of the Sikh Empire
* [[Maharaja Dalip Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh]] was the last Emperor of the Sikh Empire
* [[Maharaja Dalip Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh]], last Emperor of the Sikh Empire
* [[Ala Singh]]. was the first king of [[princely state]] of [[Patiala State]]


=== [[Misl]] Period Notable Rulers ===
=== [[Misl]] Period Rulers ===
 
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], oraganizer of [[Sikh Confederacy]] and [[Dal Khalsa (Sikh Army)|Dal Khalsa]], He was also a Founder of [[Singhpuria Misl]]
* [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]], founder of [[Ramgarhia Misl]]
* [[Jassa Singh Ahluwalia]], Sikh leader of during the [[Sikh Confederacy]] and ruler of [[Ahluwalia Misl]]
* [[Jassa Singh Ramgarhia]], Sikh leader during the period of [[Sikh Confederacy]] and founder of [[Ramgarhia Misl]]
* [[Baba Deep Singh]], one of the most hallowed martyrs in the history of Sikhs, he was also a founder of [[Shaheedan Misl]]
* [[Charat Singh]], father of [[Mahan Singh]], and the grandfather of [[Ranjit Singh]]; he was the founder of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Maha Singh]], second chief of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]. He was the eldest son of [[Charat Singh]]. He was the father of [[Ranjit Singh]]
* [[Jodh Singh Ramgarhia]], second ruler of the [[Ramgarhia Misl]]
* [[Jodh Singh Ramgarhia]], second ruler of the [[Ramgarhia Misl]]
* [[Phulkian sardars|Phul Singh Sidhu]], founder of the [[Phulkian Misl]]
* [[Phulkian sardars|Phul Singh Sidhu]], founder of the [[Phulkian Misl]]
* [[Hari Singh Dhillon]], ruler of [[Bhangi Misl]], one of the most powerful rulers of Punjab during Misl period
* [[Hari Singh Dhillon]], ruler of [[Bhangi Misl]], one of the most powerful rulers of Punjab during Misl period
* [[Bhuma Singh Dhillon]], ruler of [[Bhangi Misl]]
* [[Bhuma Singh Dhillon]], ruler of [[Bhangi Misl]]
* [[Jhanda Singh Dhillon]] was a Chief of Bhangi Misl, Under his leadership the Dhillon family became the dominant de facto ruling power of Punjab.  
* [[Jhanda Singh Dhillon]], Chief of Bhangi Misl; under his leadership the Dhillon family became the dominant de facto ruling power of Punjab.  
* [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]], founder of [[Kanhaiya Misl]]
* [[Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya]], second chief of [[Kanhaiya Misl]].  He was the eldest son of [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]] And the father of Maharani [[Mehtab Kaur]]
* [[Sada Kaur]] was the chief of [[Kanhaiya Misl]] and the mother-in-law of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]]
* [[Baghel Singh]], ruler of the [[Singh Krora Misl]]
* [[Sardar Gulab Singh]], founder of [[Dallewalia Misl]]
* [[Heera Singh Sandhu]], founder of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Heera Singh Sandhu]], founder of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Ran Singh Nakai|Ran Singh Sandhu]], third ruler of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Ran Singh Nakai]], third ruler of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Karmo Kaur|Karmo Kaur Sandhu]], regent of [[Nakai Misl]]  
* [[Karmo Kaur]], regent of [[Nakai Misl]]  
* [[Datar Kaur|Datar Kaur Sandhu]], princess of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Datar Kaur|Datar Kaur Sandhu]], princess of [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Kahan Singh Nakai]] was the last ruler of the [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Kahan Singh Nakai]], last ruler of the [[Nakai Misl]]
* [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya|Jai Singh Sandhu]] was the founder of [[Kanhaiya Misl]]
* [[Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya]] was second chief of [[Kanhaiya Misl]].  He was the eldest son of [[Jai Singh Kanhaiya]] And the father of Maharani [[Mehtab Kaur]]
* [[Sada Kaur|Sada Kaur Dhaliwal]] was the chief of [[Kanhaiya Misl]] and the mother-in-law of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]]
* [[Baghel Singh|Baghel Singh Dhaliwal]], ruler of the [[Singh Krora Misl]]
* [[Sardar Gulab Singh Rathore|Gulab Singh Rathore]] was the founder of [[Dallewalia Misl]]
* [[Charat Singh]] was the father of [[Maha Singh]] and the grandfather of [[Ranjit Singh]]. He was the founder of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Desan Kaur|Desan Kaur Warrach]], regent of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]
* [[Maha Singh]] was second chief of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]. He was the eldest son of [[Charat Singh]]. He was the father of [[Ranjit Singh]]
* [[Raj Kaur|Raj Kaur Sidhu]], regent of [[Sukerchakia Misl]]


===Titular Ruler===
== Revolutionaries and freedom fighters==
 
*[[Bhai Maharaj Singh]]
* [[Maharaja Bhupinder Singh]]
* [[Raghubir Singh Jind]]
* [[Hira Singh Nabha]]
* [[Yadavindra Singh]]
 
==Politicians==
===Indian revolutionaries and freedom fighters===
*[[Bhai Randhir Singh]]
*[[Bhai Randhir Singh]]
*[[Baba Gurdit Singh]]
*[[Baba Gurdit Singh]]
*[[Baba Gurmukh Singh]]
*[[Baba Gurmukh Singh]]
*[[Baldev Singh]]  
*[[Baldev Singh]]  
*[[Bhagat Singh]], also known as "Shaheed-e-Azam",<ref>[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/bhagat.html Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref> was a charismatic Indian socialist revolutionary whose acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement
*[[Bhagat Singh]], also known as "Shaheed-e-Azam",&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/bhagat.html Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; was a charismatic Indian socialist revolutionary whose acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement
*[[Captain Mohan Singh]]
*[[Captain Mohan Singh]]
*[[Gurdan Saini]]
*[[Gurdan Saini]]
*[[Kartar Singh Sarabha]],<ref>[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sarabha.html Kartar Singh Sarabha]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.searchsikhism.com/sarabha.html Sikh Martyrs – Kartar Singh Sarabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404004508/http://www.searchsikhism.com/sarabha.html |date=2010-04-04 }}. Searchsikhism.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref> Indian Sikh revolutionary and the most active member of the [[Ghadar Party]]
*[[Kartar Singh Sarabha]],&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sarabha.html Kartar Singh Sarabha]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.searchsikhism.com/sarabha.html Sikh Martyrs – Kartar Singh Sarabha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404004508/http://www.searchsikhism.com/sarabha.html |date=2010-04-04 }}. Searchsikhism.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; Indian Sikh revolutionary and the most active member of the [[Ghadar Party]]
*[[Labh Singh Saini]]
*[[Labh Singh Saini]]
*[[Teja Singh Samundri]]
*[[Teja Singh Samundri]]
*[[Udham Singh]]<ref>[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/udhams.html Shaheed Udham Singh]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref>
*[[Udham Singh]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/udhams.html Shaheed Udham Singh]. Sikh-history.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Harnam Singh Saini]]
*[[Harnam Singh Saini]]
*[[Sardul Singh Kavishar]]
*[[Sardul Singh Kavishar]]
*[[Sardar Ajit Singh]], was an Indian revolutionary, he was the uncle of sardar [[Bhagat Singh]]
*[[Sardar Ajit Singh]], Indian revolutionary, uncle of sardar [[Bhagat Singh]]
*[[Dharam Singh Hayatpur]] was an Indian revolutionary, he was a prominent member of the [[Sikh]] political and religious group the [[Babbar Akali Movement]] in India
*[[Dharam Singh Hayatpur]], Indian revolutionary, prominent member of the [[Sikh]] political and religious group the [[Babbar Akali Movement]] in India
*[[Kartar Singh Jhabbar]], was an Indian revolutionary, he was a [[Sikh]] leader known for his role in the [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]] of the 1920s
*[[Kartar Singh Jhabbar]], Indian revolutionary, [[Sikh]] leader known for his role in the [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]] of the 1920s
*[[Ripudaman Singh]], Indian revolutionary
*[[Ripudaman Singh]], Indian revolutionary
*[[Baba Kharak Singh]]
*[[Baba Kharak Singh]]
*[[Bhai Balmukund]] was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter
*[[Bhai Balmukund]], Indian revolutionary freedom fighter
*[[Ram Singh (activist)|Ram Singh]], credited as being the first [[Indian people|Indian]] to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon.
*[[Ram Singh (activist)|Ram Singh]], credited as being the first [[Indian people|Indian]] to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon.
*[[Kishan Singh Gargaj]]
*[[Kishan Singh Gargaj]]
*[[Sohan Singh Bhakna]], was an Indian revolutionary, the founding president of the [[Ghadar Party]]
*[[Sohan Singh Bhakna]], Indian revolutionary, the founding president of the [[Ghadar Party]]
*[[Sohan Singh Josh]], was an Indian communist activist and freedom fighter
*[[Sohan Singh Josh]], Indian communist activist and freedom fighter
*[[Diwan Mulraj Chopra]]
*[[Diwan Mulraj Chopra]]
*[[Gulab Kaur]]
*[[Gulab Kaur]]
*[[Sunder Singh Lyallpuri]], was a General of [[Akali Movement]]
*[[Sunder Singh Lyallpuri]], a General of [[Akali Movement]]
*[[Maya Singh Saini]]
*[[Maya Singh Saini]]
*[[Jagbir Singh Chhina]]
*[[Jagbir Singh Chhina]]
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*[[Jaswant Singh Rahi]]
*[[Jaswant Singh Rahi]]
*[[Giani Ditt Singh]]
*[[Giani Ditt Singh]]
*[[Ganda Singh]], was a prominent member of the Ghadar Party
*[[Ganda Singh]], prominent member of the Ghadar Party
*[[Teja Singh Swatantar]]
*[[Teja Singh Swatantar]]
===Canada===
*[[Sukhwinder Singh Sangha]]
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*[[Ishar Singh Marhana]], Ghadr revolutionary
* [[Gurbax Singh Malhi]] – former Liberal MP
* [[Amrit Mangat]] – Liberal MPP, Brampton
* [[Gulzar Singh Cheema]] – [[Manitoba]] and [[British Columbia]] Former MLA
* [[Gurmant Grewal]] – former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below)
* [[Manmeet Bhullar|Manmeet Singh Bhullar]] – former Progressive Conservative MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
* [[Hardial Bains]] – founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada from 1970–1997
* [[Harinder Takhar]] – Ontario Liberal MPP and [[Minister of Transportation (Ontario)|Minister of Transportation]]
* [[Harry Bains]] – [[British Columbia]] [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic]]
* [[Herb Dhaliwal]] – former Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
* [[Jagmeet Singh]] – Ontario NDP MPP / leader of the Federal New Democratic Party
* [[Vic Dhillon]] – [[Ontario]] [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]]
* [[Harjit Sajjan]] – Liberal MP, [[Vancouver South]] and [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)]]
* [[Navdeep Bains]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Education and Science
* [[Amarjeet Sohi]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
* [[Bardish Chagger]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and leader of the Government in the House of Commons
* [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] – former Premier of British Columbia, former MPP, former federal Minister of Health
* [[Prab Gill]] – MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
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===Pakistan===
 
* [[Mahindar Pall Singh]], Sikh MPA, politician and Business man from [[Multan]]
 
===Fiji===
*[[Ujagar Singh]] Elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji in the 1968, representing the National Federation Party (NFP). He was also a member of independent Fiji's House of Representatives.


==Politicians==
===India===
===India===
*[[Amarinder Singh]].former [[chief minister]] of [[Punjab India|Punjab]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 1995 - Colnect 163737 - Giani Zail Singh former President - Commemoration.jpeg|130px|thumb|[[Zail Singh]] ]]
*[[Baldev Singh]]
[[File:Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Manmohan Singh]] ]]
*[[Bhagwant Maan]].Current [[chief Minister]] of [[Punjab India|Punjab]]
*[[Amarinder Singh]] former [[chief minister]] of [[Punjab India|Punjab]]
*[[Baldev Singh]], first [[Minister of Defence (India)|defence minister]] of India 1947-1952
*[[Bhagwant Maan]] current [[chief Minister]] of [[Punjab India|Punjab]]
*[[Buta Singh]]  
*[[Buta Singh]]  
*[[Charanjit Singh Channi]]
*[[Charanjit Singh Channi]]
*[[Darbara Singh]]
*[[Darbara Singh]]
*[[Giani Zail Singh]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 1995 - Colnect 163737 - Giani Zail Singh former President - Commemoration.jpeg|130px|thumb|[[Giani Zail Singh]] served as [[President of India]] from 1982 to 1987, becoming the first Sikh [[head of state]] in 133 years.]]
*[[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]
*[[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]
*[[Gurdial Singh Dhillon]]
*[[Gurdial Singh Dhillon]]
*[[Gurmukh Singh Musafir]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], Chief Minister of Punjab 1966-1967
*[[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]]
*[[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]]
*[[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]
*[[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]
*[[Manmohan Singh]],<ref>[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_111405a.html Biographies – Manmohan Singh: Architect of the New India]. The Sikh Times (2005-11-14); retrieved 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEaDKgzcs3gC&dq=father+of+economic+reforms+manmohan&pg=PA46 |title=Manmohan Singh: Visionary to Certainty - K. Bhushan, G. Katyal - Google Books |accessdate=2016-04-02|isbn=9788176486941 |last1=Bhushan |first1=K. |last2=Katyal |first2=G. |year=2004 }}</ref>
*[[Manmohan Singh]], served as the only non-[[Hinduism in India|Hindu]] [[Prime Minister of India]] from 2004 to 2014, becoming the first Sikh [[head of government]] in 155 years.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_111405a.html Biographies – Manmohan Singh: Architect of the New India]. The Sikh Times (2005-11-14); retrieved 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEaDKgzcs3gC&amp;dq=father+of+economic+reforms+manmohan&amp;pg=PA46 |title=Manmohan Singh: Visionary to Certainty - K. Bhushan, G. Katyal - Google Books |accessdate=2016-04-02|isbn=9788176486941 |last1=Bhushan |first1=K. |last2=Katyal |first2=G. |year=2004 |publisher=APH }}&lt;/ref&gt;
[[File:Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Manmohan Singh]] served as the only non-[[Hinduism in India|Hindu]] [[Prime Minister of India]] from 2004 to 2014, becoming the first Sikh [[head of government]] in 155 years.]]
*[[M. S. Gill]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], implemented [[electronic voting machines]] as [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] from 1996 to 2001, presided over [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] and associated [[Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|scandal]] as [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports]] from 2008 to 2011.
*[[Master Tara Singh]]
*[[Master Tara Singh]]
*[[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]],<ref>[http://www.india-server.com/news/montek-singh-ahluwalia-receives-sikh-of-4795.html Montek Singh Ahluwalia Receives Sikh Of The Year 2008 Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521171756/http://www.india-server.com/news/montek-singh-ahluwalia-receives-sikh-of-4795.html |date=2010-05-21 }}, India-server.com; retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.journalism.co.uk/66/articles/532849.php Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia confirmed for Sikh Forum Annual Dinner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826075121/http://www.journalism.co.uk/66/articles/532849.php |date=2010-08-26 }}. Journalism.co.uk (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref><ref>[http://www.sikhnet.com/news/montek-singh-conferred-sikh-year-2008-award Montek Singh conferred 'Sikh of the Year' 2008 award]. SikhNet (2008-11-24). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.</ref> Deputy Chairman, Planning commission of India
*[[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]],&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.india-server.com/news/montek-singh-ahluwalia-receives-sikh-of-4795.html Montek Singh Ahluwalia Receives Sikh Of The Year 2008 Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521171756/http://www.india-server.com/news/montek-singh-ahluwalia-receives-sikh-of-4795.html |date=2010-05-21 }}, India-server.com; retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.journalism.co.uk/66/articles/532849.php Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia confirmed for Sikh Forum Annual Dinner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826075121/http://www.journalism.co.uk/66/articles/532849.php |date=2010-08-26 }}. Journalism.co.uk (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.sikhnet.com/news/montek-singh-conferred-sikh-year-2008-award Montek Singh conferred 'Sikh of the Year' 2008 award]. SikhNet (2008-11-24). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.&lt;/ref&gt; [[Padma Vibhushan]], Deputy Chairman, Planning commission of India
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
*[[Nirmal Singh Kahlon]]
*[[Nirmal Singh Kahlon]]
*[[Parkash Singh Badal]]
*[[Parkash Singh Badal]], [[Padma Vibhushan]]
*[[Pratap Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Pratap Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Pratap Singh Kairon]]
*[[Pratap Singh Kairon]]
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*[[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
*[[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
*[[Sant Fateh Singh]]
*[[Sant Fateh Singh]]
*[[Sardar Ujjal Singh]], former Governor of Punjab and Tamil Nadu<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Governors|url=http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PastGovernors.htm|publisher=[[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]]}}</ref>
*[[Sardar Ujjal Singh]], former Governor of Punjab and Tamil Nadu&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=Past Governors|url=http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PastGovernors.htm|publisher=[[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
*[[Sardul Singh Caveeshar]]
*[[Sardul Singh Caveeshar]]
*[[Simranjit Singh Mann]]
*[[Simranjit Singh Mann]]
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*[[Surinder Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Surinder Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
*[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
*[[Swaran Singh]]
*[[Swaran Singh]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second-longest serving cabinet minister; served as [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] 1964-1966 and 1970-1974 and as [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defense]] 1966-1970 and 1974-1975.
*[[Varinder Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Varinder Singh Bajwa]]
*[[Zail Singh]] served as [[President of India]] from 1982 to 1987, becoming the first Sikh [[head of state]] in 133 years.
===Canada===
[[File:Harjit Sajjan February 2016.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Harjit Sajjan]] ]]
[[File:Jagmeet Singh at the 2nd National Bike Summit - Ottawa - 2018 (42481105871) (cropped v2).jpg|130px|thumb|[[Jagmeet Singh]] ]]
[[File:Uppalmp.png|130px|thumb|[[Tim Uppal]] ]]
* [[Gurbax Singh Malhi]] – former Liberal MP
* [[Amrit Mangat]] – Liberal MPP, Brampton
* [[Gulzar Singh Cheema]] – [[Manitoba]] and [[British Columbia]] Former MLA
* [[Gurmant Grewal]] – former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below)
* [[Manmeet Bhullar|Manmeet Singh Bhullar]] – former Progressive Conservative MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
* [[Hardial Bains]] – founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada from 1970–1997
* [[Harinder Takhar]] – Ontario Liberal MPP and [[Minister of Transportation (Ontario)|Minister of Transportation]]
* [[Harry Bains]] – [[British Columbia]] [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democratic]]
* [[Herb Dhaliwal]] – former Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|last=Austen|first=Ian|date=2017-10-02|title=Sikh Becomes Canada's First Nonwhite Political Party Leader|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/world/canada/jagmeet-singh-canada-politics.html|access-date=2021-04-28|issn=0362-4331}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Jagmeet Singh]] – Ontario NDP MPP / leader of the Federal New Democratic Party is the first non-[[White Canadian|White]] leader of a major federal political party in Canada, having led the [[New Democratic Party]] since [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|2017]]
* [[Vic Dhillon]] – [[Ontario]] [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]]
* [[Harjit Sajjan]] – Liberal MP, [[Vancouver South (federal electoral district)|Vancouver South]] and [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)]] served as the first non-[[White Canadian|White]] [[Canadian Minister of National Defence]] from 2015 to 2021.
* [[Navdeep Bains]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Education and Science
* [[Amarjeet Sohi]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
* [[Bardish Chagger]] – Liberal MP, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and leader of the Government in the House of Commons
* [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] – former Premier of British Columbia, former MPP, former federal Minister of Health
* [[Prab Gill]] – MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
* [[Tim Uppal]] became the first turbaned Sikh Canadian cabinet minister in 2011 and is currently [[Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada|deputy leader of the Conservative Party]].
===Pakistan===
* [[Mahindar Pall Singh]], Sikh MPA, politician and Business man from [[Multan]]
===Fiji===
*[[Ujagar Singh]] Elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji in the 1968, representing the National Federation Party (NFP). He was also a member of independent Fiji's House of Representatives.
===Kenya===
*[[Makhan Singh (trade unionist)]]
*[[Sonia Birdi]]


===Malaysia===
===Malaysia===
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===Mauritius===
===Mauritius===
*[[Kher Jagatsingh]] – Minister of Education and Minister of Planning & Economic Development (1967-1982)
*[[Kher Jagatsingh]] – Minister of Education and Minister of Planning &amp; Economic Development (1967-1982)


===New Zealand===
===New Zealand===
*[[Kanwal Singh Bakshi]], Member of Parliament from 2008 (first Indian and first Sikh MP in New Zealand)
*[[Kanwal Singh Bakshi]], Member of Parliament from 2008 (first Indian and first Sikh MP in New Zealand)
*[[Sukhi Turner]], Mayor of Dunedin 1995-2005
*[[Sukhi Turner]], Mayor of Dunedin 1995-2005
===Philippines===
===Philippines===


*[[Ramon Bagatsing]]
*[[Ramon Bagatsing]]
===Singapore===
===Singapore===
[[File:Pritam Singh Singapore 4 (cropped).jpg|130px|thumb|[[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]] has served as [[Singapore]]'s first [[Leader of the Opposition (Singapore)|Leader of the Opposition]] since 2020.]]
[[File:Pritam Singh Singapore 4 (cropped).jpg|130px|thumb|[[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]]]]
*[[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]]
*[[Pritam Singh (Singaporean politician)|Pritam Singh]] served as [[Singapore]]'s first [[Leader of the Opposition (Singapore)|Leader of the Opposition]] since 2020.
 
===Thailand===
*[[Santi Thakral]]


===United Kingdom===
===United Kingdom===
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* [[Parmjit Dhanda]], former Labour MP
* [[Parmjit Dhanda]], former Labour MP
* [[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi|Tan Dhesi]], Labour MP
* [[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi|Tan Dhesi]], Labour MP
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* [[Parmjit Singh Gill]], Liberal Democrats
* [[Parmjit Singh Gill]], Liberal Democrats
* [[Paul Uppal]], former Conservative MP
* [[Paul Uppal]], former Conservative MP
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===United States===
===United States===
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[[File:Gurbir Grewal SEC.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Gurbir Grewal]] ]]
[[File:DS Saund.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Dalip Singh Saund]] ]]
*[[Ravinder Bhalla]], New Jersey politician and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] mayor elect
*[[Ravinder Bhalla]], New Jersey politician and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] mayor elect
*[[Preet Bharara]] (born 1968), former U. S. attorney
*[[Preet Bharara]] (born 1968), former U. S. attorney
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*[[Preet Didbal]], First Sikh Mayor in the United States. Mayor of Yuba City, CA
*[[Preet Didbal]], First Sikh Mayor in the United States. Mayor of Yuba City, CA
*[[Kashmir Gill]], banker and former mayor
*[[Kashmir Gill]], banker and former mayor
[[File:Gurbir-S-Grewal Official.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Gurbir Grewal]] served as the first non-[[White American|White]] [[Attorney General of New Jersey|Attorney General]] of [[New Jersey]] from 2018 to 2021.]]
*[[Gurbir Grewal]], 61st Attorney General of New Jersey served as the first non-[[White American|White]] [[Attorney General of New Jersey|Attorney General]] of [[New Jersey]] from 2018 to 2021.
*[[Gurbir Grewal]], 61st Attorney General of New Jersey
*[[Nikki Haley]], governor of South Carolina and former UN Ambassador
*[[Martin Hoke]] (born 1952), Republican politician
*[[Martin Hoke]] (born 1952), Republican politician
*[[Dalip Singh Saund]] (1899–1973), Democrat politician
*[[Dalip Singh Saund]] (1899–1973), Democrat politician served as the first [[Asian American]] in Congress from 1957 to 1963. At the time of his first inauguration, he was the only non-[[White American|White]] in Congress.
[[File:DS Saund.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Dalip Singh Saund]] served as the first [[Asian American]] in Congress from 1957 to 1963. At the time of his first inauguration, he was the only non-[[White American|White]] in Congress.]]
*[[G. B. Singh]], periodontist and retired army officer
*[[G. B. Singh]], periodontist and retired army officer
*[[Bhagat Singh Thind]] (Bhagat Singh Thind (1892–1967) writer, scientist, and lecturer on spirituality, involved in legal battle over the rights of Indians to obtain U.S. citizenship
*[[Bhagat Singh Thind]] (Bhagat Singh Thind (1892–1967) writer, scientist, and lecturer on spirituality, involved in legal battle over the rights of Indians to obtain U.S. citizenship
*[[Uday Singh Taunque]] (1982–2003) soldier, KIA, bronze star recipient  
*[[Uday Singh Taunque]] (1982–2003) soldier, KIA, bronze star recipient
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==Religious figures==
==Religious figures==
===Sikh Gurus===
* [[Guru Nanak]] known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
* [[Guru Angad]] was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak for many years, Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad ("my own limb") and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru
* [[Guru Amar Das]] sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73
* [[Guru Ram Das]] was the fourth of the ten Sikh gurus. Guru Ram Das is credited with founding and building the city of Amritsar.
* [[Guru Arjan Dev]] was the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith.
* [[Guru Hargobind Sahib]] was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, He symbolized it by wearing two swords, representing the dual concept of mīrī and pīrī (temporal power and spiritual authority). In front of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht (the throne of the timeless one). The Akal Takht represents the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) today
* [[Guru Har Rai]]  was the seventh of the ten Sikh Gurus. He became the Sikh leader at age 14, on 3 March 1644, after the death of his grandfather and the sixth Sikh leader Guru Hargobind.He guided the Sikhs for about seventeen years, till his death at age 31.
* [[Guru Har Krishan]] was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday. It is said that he died because he contracted smallpox while successfully curing his followers
* [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1675.
* [[Guru Gobind Singh]] was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed by Emperor Aurangzeb
===Panj Pyare (the five beloved ones)===
* [[Daya Singh|Bhai Daya Singh]]
* [[Mohkam Singh|Bhai Mokham Singh]]
* [[Bhai Sahib Singh]]
* [[Bhai Himmat Singh]]
* [[Bhai Dharam Singh]]
===Historical importance to [[Sikh]] religion===
===Historical importance to [[Sikh]] religion===
*[[Bhai Mardana]] (1459–1534) was Guru Nanak Dev's companion on all of his Udasis (travels) and he played kirtan.
*[[Bhai Mardana]] (1459–1534) was Guru Nanak Dev's companion on all of his Udasis (travels) and he played kirtan.
*[[Bebe Nanaki]] (1464–1518) is known as the first Sikh. She was the elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder and first Guru (teacher) of Sikhism. Bebe Nanaki was the first to realize her brother's spiritual eminence.
*[[Bebe Nanaki]] (1464–1518) is known as the first Sikh. She was the elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder and first Guru (teacher) of Sikhism. Bebe Nanaki was the first to realize her brother's spiritual eminence.
*[[Sri Chand]] ( ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ )(1494–1629)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/personalities/baba%20srichand/babasrichand.htm|title=Untitled Document|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref> was the first son of [[Guru Nanak]], raised by his sister. Sri Chand was a renunciate [[yogi]]. After his father left Sri Chand stayed in [[Dera Baba Nanak]] and maintained Guru Nanak's temple. He established the [[Udasi]] order who travelled far and wide to spread the Word of Nanak.
*[[Sri Chand]] ( ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ )(1494–1629)&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/personalities/baba%20srichand/babasrichand.htm|title=Untitled Document|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt; was the first son of [[Guru Nanak]], raised by his sister. Sri Chand was a renunciate [[yogi]]. After his father left Sri Chand stayed in [[Dera Baba Nanak]] and maintained Guru Nanak's temple. He established the [[Udasi]] order who travelled far and wide to spread the Word of Nanak.
*[[Mata Khivi]] ( ਮਾਤਾ ਖੀਵੀ ) (1506–1582) is the only woman mentioned in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. She was the wife of Guru Angad, and established the langar system, a free kitchen where all people were served as equals. Only the best possible ingredients were used, and everyone was treated with utmost courtesy. Her hospitality has been emulated over the centuries and has become the first cultural identity of the Sikhs. She helped her husband to establish the infant Sikh community on a stronger footing, and is described as good natured, efficient, and beautiful.
*[[Mata Khivi]] ( ਮਾਤਾ ਖੀਵੀ ) (1506–1582) is the only woman mentioned in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. She was the wife of Guru Angad, and established the langar system, a free kitchen where all people were served as equals. Only the best possible ingredients were used, and everyone was treated with utmost courtesy. Her hospitality has been emulated over the centuries and has become the first cultural identity of the Sikhs. She helped her husband to establish the infant Sikh community on a stronger footing, and is described as good natured, efficient, and beautiful.
*[[Baba Buddha]] (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631) was one of the earliest disciples of Guru Nanak. He lived an exemplary life and was called on to perform the ceremony passing the guruship on to five gurus, up to Guru Hargobind. Baba Buddha trained the sixth Guru in martial arts as a young man to prepare him for the challenges of the guruship.
*[[Baba Buddha]] (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631) was one of the earliest disciples of Guru Nanak. He lived an exemplary life and was called on to perform the ceremony passing the guruship on to five gurus, up to Guru Hargobind. Baba Buddha trained the sixth Guru in martial arts as a young man to prepare him for the challenges of the guruship.
*[[Bhai Gurdas]] ( ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ) (1551–1637) is one of the most eminent literary personalities in the history of the [[Sikh]] [[religion]]. He was a scholar, poet and the [[scribe]] of the [[Adi Granth]]. He was an able [[missionary]] and an accomplished [[theologian]]. Being well versed in Indian religious thought, he was able to elaborate profoundly the tenets of [[Sikhism]].
*[[Bhai Gurdas]] ( ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ) (1551–1637) is one of the most eminent literary personalities in the history of the [[Sikh]] [[religion]]. He was a scholar, poet and the [[scribe]] of the [[Adi Granth]]. He was an able [[missionary]] and an accomplished [[theologian]]. Being well versed in Indian religious thought, he was able to elaborate profoundly the tenets of [[Sikhism]].
*[[Mata Gujri]] (1624–1705) joined the ninth Guru in his long meditation at [[Baba Bakala]] before he assumed the guruship. She gave birth to and raised the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Mata Gujri accompanied her youngest grandsons, Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh to their martyrdom at [[Sirhind-Fategarh]], and subsequently passed as well.
*[[Mata Gujri]] (1624–1705) joined the ninth Guru in his long meditation at [[Baba Bakala]] before he assumed the guruship. She gave birth to and raised the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Mata Gujri accompanied her youngest grandsons, Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh to their martyrdom at [[Sirhind-Fategarh]], and subsequently passed as well.
*[[Mai Bhago]] (ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/bhago.html|title=Great Sikh Warriors|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320221721/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/bhago.html|archive-date=20 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is one of the most famous women in Sikh history. She is always pictured on horseback wearing a turban with her headscarf gracefully flowing in the wind, courageously leading an army into battle. A staunch Sikh by birth and upbringing, she was distressed to hear in 1705 that some of the Sikhs of her village who had gone to Anandpur to fight for Guru Gobind Singh had deserted him under adverse conditions. She rallied the deserters, persuading them to meet the Guru and apologize to him. She led them back to Guru Gobind Singh in the battlefield at Muktsar (Khidrana) Punjab. She thereafter stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh as one of his bodyguards, in male attire. After Guru Gobind Singh left his body at Nanded in 1708, she retired further south. She settled in Jinvara, where, immersed in meditation, she lived to an old age.
*[[Mai Bhago]] (ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ)&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/bhago.html|title=Great Sikh Warriors|publisher=|accessdate=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320221721/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/bhago.html|archive-date=20 March 2016|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt; is one of the most famous women in Sikh history. She is always pictured on horseback wearing a turban with her headscarf gracefully flowing in the wind, courageously leading an army into battle. A staunch Sikh by birth and upbringing, she was distressed to hear in 1705 that some of the Sikhs of her village who had gone to Anandpur to fight for Guru Gobind Singh had deserted him under adverse conditions. She rallied the deserters, persuading them to meet the Guru and apologize to him. She led them back to Guru Gobind Singh in the battlefield at Muktsar (Khidrana) Punjab. She thereafter stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh as one of his bodyguards, in male attire. After Guru Gobind Singh left his body at Nanded in 1708, she retired further south. She settled in Jinvara, where, immersed in meditation, she lived to an old age.
*[[Bhai Mani Singh]] (1644–1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr. He was a childhood companion of Guru Gobind Singh[1] and took the vows of Sikhism when the Guru inaugurated the Khalsa in March 1699. Soon after that, the Guru sent him to Amritsar to take charge of the Harmandar, which had been without a custodian since 1696. He took control and steered the course of Sikh destiny at a critical stage in Sikh history. The nature of his death in which he was dismembered joint by joint has become a part of the daily Sikh Ardas (prayer).
*[[Bhai Mani Singh]] (1644–1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr. He was a childhood companion of Guru Gobind Singh[1] and took the vows of Sikhism when the Guru inaugurated the Khalsa in March 1699. Soon after that, the Guru sent him to Amritsar to take charge of the Harmandar, which had been without a custodian since 1696. He took control and steered the course of Sikh destiny at a critical stage in Sikh history. The nature of his death in which he was dismembered joint by joint has become a part of the daily Sikh Ardas (prayer).
*[[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] (1780–1839) was the leader of the Sikh Empire which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernization, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity. His government and army included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. Ranjit Singh's legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra under his sponsorship. He was popularly known as Sher-i-Punjab, or "Lion of Punjab".
*[[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] (1780–1839) was the leader of the Sikh Empire which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernization, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity. His government and army included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. Ranjit Singh's legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra under his sponsorship. He was popularly known as Sher-i-Punjab, or "Lion of Punjab".
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* [[Bhai Sahib Singh]]
* [[Bhai Sahib Singh]]
* [[Bhai Nand Lal]]
* [[Bhai Nand Lal]]
* [[Sahib Singh Bedi|Baba Sahib Singh Bedi]]
* [[Bhai Maharaj Singh]]
* [[Sant Isher Singh|Sant Baba Isher Singh]]
* [[Nand Singh (saint)|Sant Baba Nand Singh]]
* [[Randhir Singh (Sikh)|Randhir Singh]]
* [[Randhir Singh (Sikh)|Randhir Singh]]
* [[Babaji Singh]]
* [[Babaji Singh]]
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* [[Snatam Kaur]] – Performer of Sikh Keertan and New-age music
* [[Snatam Kaur]] – Performer of Sikh Keertan and New-age music


==Cause celebre==
* [[Jasleen Kaur harassment controversy]]
*[[Jagtar Singh Johal]]
*[[Surjit Athwal]]
*[[Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu]]


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Academia

Jagdeep Singh Bachher is the incoming Chancellor at University of Waterloo

Biology

Economics

Medicine

Physics

Architects

  • Ram Singh, one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects

Artists

Actors

Punjabi Cinema

Bollywood

Telugu Cinema

British

Others

Comedians

Lilly Singh became the first person of Indian descent to host an American major broadcast network late-night talk show, hosting A Little Late with Lilly Singh on NBC from 2019 to 2021.<ref name="first">"YouTube star Lilly Singh set to become first bisexual late-night host". NBC News. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2019.</ref><ref>"'All these people have my back:' celebs support Lilly Singh's talk show debut". CBC News. September 11, 2019. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019.</ref><ref>"YouTube Star Lilly Singh is the First Woman of Indian-Origin to Host a U.S. Late Night Show -". Rolling Stone India. March 16, 2019. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.</ref>

Directors

Dhar Mann is known for his video production company, Dhar Mann Studios, that creates short films for social media platforms such as YouTube.

Fashion

Other artists

Musicians

Punjabi music

English music

Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (better known by his stage name Jay Sean) became the first South Asian to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009 with his single Down.<ref>"Jay Sean's the Urban US legend", Daily Mirror, 10 October 2009, archived from the original on 13 October 2009, retrieved 30 September 2009</ref>
Navraj Singh Goraya (better known by his stage name NAV) topped the Billboard Hot 200 in 2019 with his album Bad Habits.

Visual arts

Hindi music

Writers

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

English

Rupi Kaur is a New York Times Bestselling poet.

Athletes

Running

Milkha Singh

Basketball

Harry Dhami

Boxing

  • Harry Dhami - British professional boxer, British welterweight champion 2000-2001. First Asian to win a British Title. Undefeated Southern Area Champion 1996-2000
  • Andrew Singh Kooner - Former bantamweight champion of Canada
  • Akaash Bhatia - British featherweight professional boxer
  • Sukhdeep Singh Chakria - Canadian middleweight boxer

Cycling

Cricket

Monty Panesar, former cricketer for England's national team

Equestrian

Football

Golf

Hockey

Ice hockey

  • Arshdeep Bains - Prospect of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League
  • Jujhar Khaira - Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in NHL.

Field hockey

Jagbir Singh (L) and Sandeep Singh (R), Indian professional field hockey player

Mixed martial arts

Muay Thai

Powerlifting

Rally

  • Joginder Singh, won the Safari Rally three times, in 1965 driving a Volvo PV544 with his brother Jaswant as co-driver, and in 1974 and 1976. A Kenyan known as "The Flying Sikh"
  • Karamjit Singh, PRWC champion 2002, Asia Pacific Rally Championship champion 2001. A Malaysian known as the "Flying Sikh"

Rugby

Shooting

Skateboarding

  • PJ Ladd, American professional skateboarder

Swimming

  • Pamela Rai, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1986 Commonwealth Games gold medalist

Wrestling

Business

Ajay Banga is President of the World Bank Group.

Humanitarians

Military

Indian Army

Indian Navy

Indian Air Force

Singaporean Army and Navy

Sikhs In US Military

Military Gallantry Award Winners

British Indian Army

Victoria Cross

Indian Armed Forces

Param Veer Chakra
Mahavir Chakra

Sikh General

Monarchs

Sikh Empire

Misl Period Rulers

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

Politicians

India

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Zail Singh
Manmohan Singh

Canada

Harjit Sajjan
Jagmeet Singh
Tim Uppal

Pakistan

Fiji

  • Ujagar Singh Elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji in the 1968, representing the National Federation Party (NFP). He was also a member of independent Fiji's House of Representatives.

Kenya

Malaysia

  • Gobind Singh Deo – Democratic Action Party Central Executive Committee, Current Member of Parliament, Minister of Communications and Multimedia
  • Karpal Singh – Chairman of DAP. Member of parliament (aka "Tiger of Jelutong")

Mauritius

  • Kher Jagatsingh – Minister of Education and Minister of Planning & Economic Development (1967-1982)

New Zealand

Philippines

Singapore

Pritam Singh

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

Gurbir Grewal
Dalip Singh Saund

Religious figures

Sikh Gurus

  • Guru Nanak known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
  • Guru Angad was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak for many years, Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad ("my own limb") and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru
  • Guru Amar Das sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73
  • Guru Ram Das was the fourth of the ten Sikh gurus. Guru Ram Das is credited with founding and building the city of Amritsar.
  • Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith.
  • Guru Hargobind Sahib was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, He symbolized it by wearing two swords, representing the dual concept of mīrī and pīrī (temporal power and spiritual authority). In front of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht (the throne of the timeless one). The Akal Takht represents the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) today
  • Guru Har Rai was the seventh of the ten Sikh Gurus. He became the Sikh leader at age 14, on 3 March 1644, after the death of his grandfather and the sixth Sikh leader Guru Hargobind.He guided the Sikhs for about seventeen years, till his death at age 31.
  • Guru Har Krishan was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661. He contracted smallpox in 1664 and died before reaching his eighth birthday. It is said that he died because he contracted smallpox while successfully curing his followers
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1675.
  • Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine he was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed by Emperor Aurangzeb

Panj Pyare (the five beloved ones)

Historical importance to Sikh religion

  • Bhai Mardana (1459–1534) was Guru Nanak Dev's companion on all of his Udasis (travels) and he played kirtan.
  • Bebe Nanaki (1464–1518) is known as the first Sikh. She was the elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder and first Guru (teacher) of Sikhism. Bebe Nanaki was the first to realize her brother's spiritual eminence.
  • Sri Chand ( ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ )(1494–1629)<ref>"Untitled Document". Retrieved 2 April 2016.</ref> was the first son of Guru Nanak, raised by his sister. Sri Chand was a renunciate yogi. After his father left Sri Chand stayed in Dera Baba Nanak and maintained Guru Nanak's temple. He established the Udasi order who travelled far and wide to spread the Word of Nanak.
  • Mata Khivi ( ਮਾਤਾ ਖੀਵੀ ) (1506–1582) is the only woman mentioned in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. She was the wife of Guru Angad, and established the langar system, a free kitchen where all people were served as equals. Only the best possible ingredients were used, and everyone was treated with utmost courtesy. Her hospitality has been emulated over the centuries and has become the first cultural identity of the Sikhs. She helped her husband to establish the infant Sikh community on a stronger footing, and is described as good natured, efficient, and beautiful.
  • Baba Buddha (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631) was one of the earliest disciples of Guru Nanak. He lived an exemplary life and was called on to perform the ceremony passing the guruship on to five gurus, up to Guru Hargobind. Baba Buddha trained the sixth Guru in martial arts as a young man to prepare him for the challenges of the guruship.
  • Bhai Gurdas ( ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ) (1551–1637) is one of the most eminent literary personalities in the history of the Sikh religion. He was a scholar, poet and the scribe of the Adi Granth. He was an able missionary and an accomplished theologian. Being well versed in Indian religious thought, he was able to elaborate profoundly the tenets of Sikhism.
  • Mata Gujri (1624–1705) joined the ninth Guru in his long meditation at Baba Bakala before he assumed the guruship. She gave birth to and raised the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Mata Gujri accompanied her youngest grandsons, Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh to their martyrdom at Sirhind-Fategarh, and subsequently passed as well.
  • Mai Bhago (ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ)<ref>"Great Sikh Warriors". Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.</ref> is one of the most famous women in Sikh history. She is always pictured on horseback wearing a turban with her headscarf gracefully flowing in the wind, courageously leading an army into battle. A staunch Sikh by birth and upbringing, she was distressed to hear in 1705 that some of the Sikhs of her village who had gone to Anandpur to fight for Guru Gobind Singh had deserted him under adverse conditions. She rallied the deserters, persuading them to meet the Guru and apologize to him. She led them back to Guru Gobind Singh in the battlefield at Muktsar (Khidrana) Punjab. She thereafter stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh as one of his bodyguards, in male attire. After Guru Gobind Singh left his body at Nanded in 1708, she retired further south. She settled in Jinvara, where, immersed in meditation, she lived to an old age.
  • Bhai Mani Singh (1644–1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr. He was a childhood companion of Guru Gobind Singh[1] and took the vows of Sikhism when the Guru inaugurated the Khalsa in March 1699. Soon after that, the Guru sent him to Amritsar to take charge of the Harmandar, which had been without a custodian since 1696. He took control and steered the course of Sikh destiny at a critical stage in Sikh history. The nature of his death in which he was dismembered joint by joint has become a part of the daily Sikh Ardas (prayer).
  • Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) was the leader of the Sikh Empire which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernization, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity. His government and army included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. Ranjit Singh's legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra under his sponsorship. He was popularly known as Sher-i-Punjab, or "Lion of Punjab".
  • Bhagat Puran Singh ( ਭਗਤ ਪੁਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ )(1904–1992) was a great visionary, an accomplished environmentalist and a symbol of selfless service to humanity. He was the founder of the All India Pingalwara charitable society which imparts service to the poor, downtrodden, the dying, and the mentally and physically handicapped people.

Martyrs

Other Religious Figures

Gurbani Keertan

Cause celebre

See also

References

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