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This is a list of notable Indian people from Punjab.

Nobel laureates[edit | edit source]

Har Gobind Khorana

Military leaders[edit | edit source]

Indian Armed Forces[edit | edit source]

Air Force[edit | edit source]

Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, former Chief of Indian Air Force, the only living Indian military officer with a five-star rank.

Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, former Chief of Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, former Chief of the Indian Air Force

Army[edit | edit source]

General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army chief
General J. J. Singh, former Indian Army Chief
General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief

Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, Western Army Commander and War Hero 1965 Indo-Pak War

Major General Shabeg Singh

Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army

Navy[edit | edit source]

Military Gallantry Award winners[edit | edit source]

British Indian Army[edit | edit source]

Victoria Cross[edit | edit source]

Karamjeet Singh Judge, 15th Punjab Regiment
Gian Singh, Sikh Regiment
Ishar Singh, 28th Punjabis; first Sikh to receive Victoria Cross
Nand Singh, 1/11th Sikh Regiment
Parkash Singh, Sikh Regiment
Sher Shah, 16th Punjab Regiment

Indian Armed Forces[edit | edit source]

Param Veer Chakra (PVC)[edit | edit source]

Subedar Joginder Singh Sahnan, Sikh Regiment
Gurbachan Singh Salaria, 1 Gorkha Rifles
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Indian Air Force
Lance Naik Karam Singh, Sikh Regiment

Maha Veer Chakra (MVC)[edit | edit source]

Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala
Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian Army general and an administrator
Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath, officer in Indian Air Force
Major General Kulwant Singh Pannu, officer of Indian Army
Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai, senior Indian Army officer
General Tapishwar Narain Raina, former Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army
Nand Singh, also an Indian recipient of Victoria Cross
Sukhjit Singh
Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow, Armoured Corps

Early modern era[edit | edit source]

Business[edit | edit source]

Sunil Bharti Mittal is the chairman and managing director of Bharti Telecom.

Trishneet Arora
Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
Gurbaksh Chahal
Naresh Goyal, of Jet Airways
Sunil Mittal, Chairman and managing director of the Bharti group
Aroon Purie, India Today group
Kanwal Rekhi, one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley

Artists[edit | edit source]

Educators and scientists[edit | edit source]

Megh R. Goyal, father of irrigation engineering in Puerto Rico
Narinder Singh Kapany

Astronauts[edit | edit source]

Kalpana Chawla, first woman of Indian origin in space
Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space

Bollywood[edit | edit source]

Families[edit | edit source]

The Anands

The Chopras

The Deols

The Devgans

The Dutts

The Oberois

The Paintals

The Puris

The Sahnis

Individual artists[edit | edit source]

Documentary filmmakers[edit | edit source]

Jaspal Bhatti

Directors[edit | edit source]

Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Porus and Alexender

Charaka

Folklore[edit | edit source]

Puran Bhagat

Religious and spiritual figures[edit | edit source]

The Ten Gurus of Sikhism[edit | edit source]

Sikh[edit | edit source]

Related to Sikhism[edit | edit source]

Sri Chand, son of Guru Nanak Dev ji

Ahmidiyya Muslim Community[edit | edit source]

Writers[edit | edit source]

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu[edit | edit source]

File:Giani Gurdit Singh.jpg

Giani Gurdit Singh

Bhai Gurdas
Giani Gurdit Singh
Shardha Ram Phillauri
Nanak Singh
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
Bhai Vir Singh
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Damodar Das Arora
Sahir Ludhianvi
Amrita Pritam
Gulzar (full name Sampooran Singh Gulzar), Oscar winner for movie Slumdog Millionaire
Jaswant Neki
Pash
Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
Harbhajan Singh
Munir Niazi
Ajmer Rode
Navtej Bharati
Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Hafeez Jullundhri
Saadat Hasan Manto
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
Kulwant Singh Virk

English[edit | edit source]

Khushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.

Journalists[edit | edit source]

Print[edit | edit source]

India[edit | edit source]

Tamil cinema[edit | edit source]

Sonia Agarwal, Punjabi Hindu

Models[edit | edit source]

Waris Ahluwalia, American model, endorses the clothing brand GAP

Musicians[edit | edit source]

Classical[edit | edit source]

Bollywood[edit | edit source]

Bhangra and other Punjabi people[edit | edit source]

India[edit | edit source]

Pop and rock[edit | edit source]

India[edit | edit source]

Revolutionaries and Freedom Fighters[edit | edit source]

Prithvi Singh Azad, Indian independence activist, revolutionary and one of the founder members of Ghadar Party
Bhai Balmukund was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter
Sohan Singh Bhakna, was an Indian revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party
Amir Chand Bombwal
Diwan Mulraj Chopra
Satyapal Dang
Bhai Mati Das
Jathedar Bhai Tehal Singh Dhanju, Indian Freedom Fighter, Sikh leader and activist; planned The Lahore Conspiracies
Madan Lal Dhingra, was an Indian revolutionary independence activist
Kishan Singh Gargaj, Indian Freedom Fighter and Founder of militant Babbar Akali Movement against British rule
Sadhu Singh Hamdard, well-known freedom fighter and the journalist of Punjab
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
Kartar Singh Jhabbar, was an Indian revolutionary, he was a Sikh leader known for his role in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the 1920s
Sohan Singh Josh, was an Indian communist activist and freedom fighter
Gulab Kaur
Sardul Singh Kavishar
Saifuddin Kitchlew
Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, was a General of Akali Movement
Mangu Ram Mugowalia, Indian freedom fighter, politician from Punjab and one of the founder members of the Ghadar Party
Darshan Singh Pheruman, Indian freedom fighter, Sikh activist and politician
Jaswant Singh Rahi
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian Freedom Fighter, popularly known as Punjab Kesari
Lala Achint Ram
Harnam Singh Saini
Labh Singh Saini, Akali politician and notable Indian freedom fighter
Maya Singh Saini, was an soldier in the Sikh Khalsa Army during the Anglo-Sikh Wars and continued fighting British Rule after the Second war
Teja Singh Samundri
Kartar Singh Sarabha, Indian Independence activist and a Ghadr revolutionary
Baba Gurdit Singh
Baba Gurmukh Singh, Indian Freedom Fighter, a Ghadr revolutionary and a Sikh activist
Baba Kharak Singh
Baldev Singh, was an Indian independence movement leader and also the first Defence Minister of India
Bhagat Singh, Indian Freedom Fighter and most common symbol of India's Freedom Struggle by any means and a Ghadr revolutionary
Captain Mohan Singh, was an Indian military officer and also an Indian Independence Activist
Ganda Singh, was a prominent member of the Ghadar Party
Giani Ditt Singh
Ram Singh, credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon.
Ripudaman Singh, Indian revolutionary
Sardar Ajit Singh, was an Indian revolutionary, he was the uncle of sardar Bhagat Singh and an alleged assassin for the Ghadar Party
Udham Singh, Indian Revolutionary
Teja Singh Swatantar
Sukhdev Thapar, was an Indian Revolutionary
Sewa Singh Thikriwala
Bhagwati Charan Vohra, was an Indian revolutionary, associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Politicians[edit | edit source]

India[edit | edit source]

Sportspersons[edit | edit source]

Cricket[edit | edit source]

Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

Hockey[edit | edit source]

Field hockey[edit | edit source]

Athletics[edit | edit source]

Milkha Singh
Ajmer Singh (1940–2010), Olympian and 1966 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist sprinter^[3]
Kamaljeet Sandhu
Baljinder Singh (born 1986), race walker
Inderjeet Singh, shot put athlete

Golf[edit | edit source]

Wrestling[edit | edit source]

The "Great" Gama

The Great Gama
Dara Singh
Jinder Mahal
Premchand Dhingra
Tiger Jeet Singh
Gurjit Singh
Sonjay Dutt (real name Ritesh Bhalla), TNA wrestler

Fighters[edit | edit source]

Akshay Kumar, real name Rajeev Bhatia, black belt in karate; film actor
Veeru Devgan, father of Ajay Devgan, action and stunt designer

Shooting[edit | edit source]

Avneet Sidhu, Commonwealth Games medalist, Arjun Award recipient
Harveen Srao, 2011 Summer Universiade medalist in 10m air pistol

Basketball[edit | edit source]

Satnam Singh Bhamara, drafted by the Dallas Mavericks with the 52nd pick in the 2015 NBA draft, making him the first person of Indian descent to be drafted into the NBA

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Amrish Puri- A tribute".
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071211120409/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=197 Parliamentary Biography
↑ "Olympian athlete Ajmer Singh passed away". The Times of India. Jan 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013.

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