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List of Punjabi people


Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Nobel laureatesEdit

 
Abdus Salam, first Pakistani Nobel prize winner in Physics
 
Har Gobind Khorana, first Punjabi Nobel prize winner.

PakistanEdit

IndiaEdit

Military leadersEdit

Medieval PunjabEdit

MuslimEdit

SikhEdit

HinduEdit

Sikh EmpireEdit

 
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire

SikhEdit

HinduEdit

MuslimEdit

Pakistan Armed ForcesEdit

 
General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, is the most respected and popular general in the country's history.[6]

Air ForceEdit

ArmyEdit

NavyEdit

Indian Armed ForcesEdit

AirforceEdit

ArmyEdit

 
General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

NavyEdit

Other notablesEdit

Singapore Armed ForcesEdit

ArmyEdit

BusinessEdit

IndiaEdit

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PakistanEdit

MusicEdit

PakistanEdit

 
Alam Lohar, considered one of the most important singers of Punjabi folk.[11]

Punjabi FolkEdit

 
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, considered as one of the greatest performers of qawwali.[12]

Sufi QawwaliEdit

Classical Hindustani GharanasEdit

Panjabi GharanaEdit
Patiala GharanaEdit
Sham Chaurasia GharanaEdit
 
Atif Aslam, widely acclaimed playback singer

Modern PlaybackEdit

IndiaEdit

 
Mohammed Rafi was a singer famous for singing multiple genres and styles
 
Punjabi folk singers and sisters Parkash Kaur and Surinder Kaur in 1967

Punjabi folkEdit

Sufi QawwaliEdit

 
Jagjit Singh, popular ghazal singer

Classical Hindustani MusicEdit

Patiala GharanaEdit
Sham Chaurasia GharanaEdit
 
Sukhwinder Singh, singer of Academy and Grammy award-winning song "Jai Ho"

Modern playbackEdit

CartoonistsEdit

DoctorsEdit

IndiaEdit

Educators and scientistsEdit

PakistanEdit

IndiaEdit

AstronautsEdit

IndiaEdit

Film & TVEdit

Bollywood (India)Edit

The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood:

Family Artistes
The Sahnis Balraj Sahni, Bhisham Sahni, Parikshit Sahni
The Anands Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand
The Chopras - 1 Baldev Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra, Ravi Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra
The Chopras - 2 Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra
The Deols Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Abhay Deol
The Bachchans Teji Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda
The Malhotras Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Bina Rai, Prem Kishen
The Roshans Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan
The Singhs Dara Singh, Vindu Dara Singh
The Rajs Jagdish Raj, Anita Raj
The Puris Madan Puri, Amrish Puri,
The Khannas - 1 Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
The Khannas - 2 Vinod Khanna,[17] Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
The Bedis Kabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi, Protima Bedi
The Kapurs Pankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
The Kapoors - 1 Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor,
Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Karishma Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Karan Kapoor
The Kapoors - 2 Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor,
Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor
The Kapoors - 3 Jeetendra, Tusshar Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor
The Dhawans David Dhawan, Varun Dhawan, Rohit Dhawan, Anil Dhawan
The Devgans Veeru Devgan, Ajay Devgan, Anil Devgan
The Oberois Suresh Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi
The Aroras Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora
The Tulis Rajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav
The Dutts Nargis Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt

Individual ActorsEdit

DirectorsEdit

Documentary filmmakersEdit

Lollywood (Pakistan)Edit

DirectorsEdit

Punjabi cinema (India)Edit

Further information: Punjabi cinema

DirectorsEdit

ActorsEdit

The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.

Actors

Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actors

Actresses

Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actresses

Tamil cinema (India)Edit

International Film and TV personalitiesEdit

Ancient figuresEdit

 
Porus and Alexander

FolkloreEdit

Religious and spiritual figuresEdit

Muslim Sufis and saintsEdit

File:BullehShah.jpg
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet

Hindu Gurus and saintsEdit

Radha Soami Satsang BeasEdit

Ahmadiyya communityEdit

Main article: Khalifatul Masih

Sikh GurusEdit

 
Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism

Religious SikhsEdit

WritersEdit

Punjabi, Hindi and UrduEdit

IndiaEdit

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Giani Gurdit Singh

PakistanEdit

 
Muhammad Iqbal, widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of Urdu in the 20th century.[18]

EnglishEdit

 
Khushwant Singh (1915-2014) was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.

JournalistsEdit

PrintEdit

IndiaEdit

EnglandEdit

PakistanEdit

Electronic/broadcastEdit

IndiaEdit

PakistanEdit

ModelsEdit

RevolutionariesEdit

PoliticiansEdit

IndiaEdit

PakistanEdit

United StatesEdit

United KingdomEdit

CanadaEdit

SportspersonsEdit

BaseballEdit

ChessEdit

Table TennisEdit

TennisEdit

CricketEdit

IndiaEdit

 
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

PakistanEdit

 
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar is one of the fastest bowlers in the world.

EnglandEdit

CanadaEdit

BangladeshEdit

New ZealandEdit

BasketballEdit

HockeyEdit

Field hockeyEdit

Ice hockeyEdit

AthleticsEdit

GolfEdit

WrestlingEdit

ShootingEdit

CyclingEdit

SoccerEdit

BoxingEdit

VolleyballEdit

Sports executives and administratorsEdit

 
Shammi Rana

Mixed martial artsEdit

ArtistsEdit

 
Amrita Sher-Gil

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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  2. ↑ Wink, André (1990). Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries. BRILL. p. 143. ISBN 978-90-04-13561-1. Zafar Khan (entitled Muzaffar Shah) himself was a convert to Islam from a sub-caste of the Khatris from southern Punjab
  3. ↑ Rose, H.A. (1997). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z, Volume 3. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 9788185297705. Langah are described by Tod as a clan of the Chaluk or Solanki tribe of Agnikula Rajputs, who inhabited Multan and Jaisalmer...
  4. ↑ Koch, Ebba (2006). The complete Taj Mahal : and the riverfront gardens of Agra. Richard André. Barraud. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-500-34209-1. OCLC 69022179.
  5. ↑ Siddiqui, Shabbir A. (1986). "Relations Between Dara Shukoh and Sa'adullah Khan". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 47: 273–276. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44141552.
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  13. ↑ Punjabi author Pritam Saini dead, Tribune News Service, Monday, November 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India, / http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/punjab1.htm
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