List of Sikhs

Sikh (English pronunciation: /ˈsiːk/ or /ˈsɪk/; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, sikkh IPA: [ˈsɪkkʰ]) is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term śiṣya, meaning "disciple, learner" or śikṣa, meaning "instruction".

This article lists and documents all of the Sikhs known to the world in any profession.

Historical importance to Sikh religion.

• Mai Bhago ( ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ ) 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 Ji 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 down at Jinvara, where, immersed in meditation, she lived to a ripe old age.

• 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.

• Bhai Gurdas ( ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ) (1551–1637) is one of the most eminent literary personalities in the history of the Sikh religion. He was a brilliant 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.

• 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.

• Hazrat Mian Mir ( ਹਜਰਤ ਮੀਆਂ ਮੀਰ ) (c. 1550 – August 11, 1635) popularly known as Mian Mir is a famous Sufi saint who resided in Lahore, specifically in the town of Begampura (in present-day Pakistan). He belonged to the Qadiri order of Sufism. He is famous for being a spiritual instructor of Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He is identified as the founder of the Main Khail branch of the Qadiri order.
  Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, often visited Lahore, the birth-place of his father (the fourth Guru, Guru Ram Das) to meet his relatives. On the occasion of one of these visits, he called on Mian Mir. The two men of God met and became life-long friends. Mian Mir was thirteen years older than Guru Arjan.

• Bhai Mardana ( ਭਾਈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ )(1459–1534) was of the Muslim faith and a long term companion of the Sikh founder guru, Nanak throughout his extensive journeys across the India and abroad. He was son of a Mirasi (a professional group of genealogists) born to the couple, Badra and Lakkho, of Talvandi Rai Bhoe, now Nankana Sahib, in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan. Mardana came to Guru Nanak to seek help because many members of his family were passing on at a young age. Guru Nanak Dev ji told him not to worry and that his family members will no longer pass before their time hence the name "mar-da-na" meaning 'will not die' (in Punjabi) was given to Bhai Mardana.

• Sri Chand ( ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ )(1494–1629) ) was the first son of Guru Nanak, raised by his sister. Sri Chand was a renounciate 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.

Entertainment

Bollywood

• Jaspal Bhatti, TV and Film Personality
• Sukhwinder Singh
• Ajay Devgan
• Harman Baweja
• Dharmendra
• Sunny Deol
• Bobby Deol
• Abhay Deol
• Kanwaljit Singh
• Jagjit Singh
• Chitra Singh
• Kirron Kher
• Mangal Dhillon
• Sonu Walia
• Parmeet Sethi
• Mandira Bedi
• Dara Singh
• Gracy Singh
• Simone Singh
• Jimmy Shergill
• Gul Panag
• Poonam Dhillon
• Jaspal Bhatti
• Priya Gill
• Ranjeeta Kaur
• Kulraj Randhawa
• Ruby Bhatia
• Manmeet Singh
• Mahek Chahal

Hollywood

• Tarsem Singh
• Gurinder Chadha
• Namrata Singh Gujral
• Parminder Nagra
• Waris Ahluwalia
• Kulvinder Ghir

Singers/Musicians

Pop and western Bhangra

• Jay Sean (real name Kamaljit Singh Jhooti)
• Panjabi MC
• Hard Kaur
• Rishi Rich
• Benipal
• Jazzy B
• Juggy D
• Taz
• B21 (Bally and Bhota Jagpal)
• Sahotas
• Dr. Zeus
• Bobby Friction
• Navtej Singh Rehal of Bombay Rockers
• Sukhbir
• Bally Sagoo
• Baba Sehgal
• Jas Mann, Babylon Zoo
• Honey Singh
• Adx (real name Amandeep Singh Ranghar)

Bhangra and other Punjabi Folk

• Sukhwinder Singh
• Babbu Mann
• Jagmeet Bal
• Asa Singh Mastana
• Surinder Shinda
• Binder Bajwa
• Surinder Kaur
• Hazara Singh Ramta
• Kuldeep Manak
• Ravinder Grewal
• Amar Singh Chamkila
• Gurdas Mann
• Malkit Singh
• Kamal Heer
• Manmohan Waris
• Sangtar
• Daler Mehndi
• Surjit Bindrakhia
• Balkar Sidhu
• Lehmber Hussainpuri
• Shingara Singh
• Harshdeep Kaur
• Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
• Harbhajan Mann
• Amrinder Gill
• Gippy Grewal
• Rabbi Shergill
• Mika Singh

Indian Revolutionaries/Freedom fighters

• Ram Singh
• Bhagat Singh, also known as "Shaheed-e-Azam"
• Udham Singh
• Kartar Singh Sarabha
• Sardul Singh Caveeshar
• Gurdan Saini (Rajput General- martyred in Ranthambore)
• Harnam Singh Saini (Ghadar movement, martyred - hanged on March 16, 1917 after Lahore Conspiracy Case trial)
• Labh Singh Saini (Akali leader, martyred)
• Mahan Singh Gahunia of Philippines (noted INA civilian organizer-donated his entire wealth to INA)
• Harnam Singh
• Bhai Parmanand
• Captain Mohan Singh
• Baba Gurdit Singh
• Baba Gurmukh Singh
• Baldev Singh
• Bhai Ram Singh

Politicians

India

Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India

• Manmohan Singh, Prime minister of India
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning commission of India
• Amarinder Singh
• Surinder Singh Bajwa
• Baldev Singh
• Buta Singh
• Darbara Singh
• Sukhminderpal Grewal
• Giani Zail Singh, former President of India
• Gurcharan Singh Tohra
• Gurdial Singh Dhillon
• Harkishan Singh Surjeet
• Pratap Singh Bajwa
• Varinder Singh Bajwa
• Master Tara Singh
• General J J SINGH-Retired Army Chief

• Parkash Singh Badal
• Pratap Singh Kairon
• Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
• Sant Fateh Singh
• Sardul Singh Caveeshar
• Sardar Ujjal Singh, former Governor of Punjab and Tamil Nadu
• Simranjit Singh Mann
• Surjit Singh Barnala
• Swaran Singh
• Maneka Gandhi, Member of Parliament

Malaysia

• Karpal Singh Deo, Democratic Action Party chairman, Member of Parliament
• Gobind Singh Deo, Democratic Action party, Member of Parliament
• Opi Dhaliwal - Managing Director Drykidz Disposables Sdn Bhd

Canada

• Hardial Bains – founder and leader of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada from 1970–1997
• Harry Bains – British Columbia New Democratic
• Navdeep Bains – FormerLiberal Member of Parliament
• Gulzar Singh Cheema – Manitoba and British Columbia Former MLA
• Herb Dhaliwal – Former Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
• Sukh Dhaliwal – Former Liberal MP
• Ruby Dhalla – Former Liberal MP
• Vic Dhillon – Ontario Liberal MPP
• Raminder Gill – former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
• Gurmant Grewal – former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below)
• Nina Grewal – Conservative MP, half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Kuldip Singh Kular – Ontario Liberal MPP
• Amrit Mangat – Liberal MPP, Brampton
• Moe Sihota – former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host
• Jaggi Singh – anti-globalization activist
• Harinder Takhar – Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
• Ujjal Dosanjh Former Liberals MP
• Monika Deol – former MuchMusic VJ, 1988–1996
• Jagmeet Singh – NDP MP, MPP

United Kingdom

• Parmjit Dhanda, Labour MP.
• Marsha Singh, Labour MP.
• Parmjit Singh Gill, Liberal Democrats.
• Indarjit Singh, non-party political life peer
• Sandip Verma, Member of the House of Lords
• Paul Uppal, Conservative MP

United States

• Dalip Singh Saund, U.S. Representative from 1957 to 1963
• Bhagat Singh Thind
• Uday Singh Taunque
• Kashmir Gill
• Preet Bharara
• Harry Sidhu
• G. B. Singh
• Nikki Haley
• Martin Hoke, U.S. Representative from 1993 to 1997

Athletes

Swimming

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

Boxing

• Harry Dhami - First Asian British Champion
• Andrew Kooner, Current Bantamweight Champion of Canada
• Akaash Bhatia
• Sarj Singh Sanghera, Current EBF British Cruiserweight Champion

Mixed Martial Arts

• Kultar Gill

Cricket

• Bishan Singh Bedi, former captain of Indian cricket team
• Balwinder Sandhu
• Bhupinder Singh snr
• Gursharan Singh
• Maninder Singh
• Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer and current member of parliament
• Harvinder Singh
• Harbhajan Singh
• V. R. V. Singh
• Manpreet Gony
• Monty Panesar, member of English cricket team
• Ravi Bopara, member of English cricket team
• Sunny Sohal
• Sarandeep Singh
• Reetinder Sodhi
• Simranjit Singh

Hockey

• Harinderjit Singh Rai scored winning goal to qualify Canada to first Olympics in field hockey 1964, father of Olympian Pamela Rai
• Ajit Pal Singh
• Prithipal Singh
• Baljeet Singh Saini
• Garewal Singh
• Pargat Singh
• Gagan Ajit Singh
• Prabhjot Singh
• Ramandeep Singh
• Baljit Singh Dhillon
• Gurdev Singh Kullar (field hockey)
• Kulbir Bhaura, Hockey Player, Gold Medalist- Seoul Olympics 1988
• Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini, British hockey international
• Jugraj Singh, India's best drag flicker ever

Ice Hockey

• Partap Singh, Playing for Hasle Løren Norway

Football

• Inder Singh
• Gurdev Singh Gill

Athletics

• Milkha Singh, popularly known as flying sikh
• Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
• Kamaljeet Sandhu
• Fauja Singh, a 100-year old marathon runner

Golf

• Jeev Milkha Singh (son of Milkha Singh
• Jyoti Randhawa
• Arjun Atwal
• Gaganjeet Bhullar
• Ashbeer Saini India's No.1 Junior Golfer

Wrestling

• Dara Singh
• Tiger Jeet Singh
• Gurjit Singh
• The Great Khali
• Jinder Mahal
• Ranjin Singh
• Gadowar Singh Sahota

Shooting

• Abhinav Bindra, Olympic gold medalist
• Avneet Sidhu – Commenwealth Games medalist
• Manavjit Singh Sandhu - World champion

Cycling

• Alexi Grewal,Olympic Gold medalist (1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)

Association Football

• Harpal Singh
• Harmeet Singh
• Rikki Bains
• Roger Verdi

Figure skating

• Emanuel Sandhu – figure skater from Canada

Muay Thai

• Kash Gill, Former Four-time World Champion
• Sunny Hira, Three-time World Champion and Current Super-bantamweight World Champion
• Barinder Singh, Current ISKA Light-welterweight European Champion

Business

• Dyal Singh Majithia Indian banker
• Mohan Singh Oberoi
• Gurbaksh Chahal
• Jay Sidhu, Former Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp
• Malvinder Mohan Singh, Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
• Shivinder Mohan Singh, Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
• Satwant Singh, Le Meridien Hotel, DSS Enterprises, Pure Drinks
• Reuben Singh, entrepreneur
• Sant Singh Chatwal, owner of the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels & Resorts
• Vikram Chatwal, Hotelier
• Tom Singh Founder, New Look fashion chain
• Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder and President of i2 Technologies
• Vikram Chatwal, Hotelier
• H. S. Bedi (entrepreneur) Telecom
• Bob Singh Dhillon, property businessman
• M S Banga, Ex-CEO – Hindustan Lever, Director on Board- Maruti Udyog Limited
• Ajay Banga, President & COO- Mastercard, Ex CEO- Citi Group- Asia Pacific
• Jessie Singh Saini, founder of BJS Electronics and notable American industrialist of Indian descent.
• Analjit Singh,Founder & chairman of Max India Limited, chairman of Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited; Max Healthcare Institute Limited and Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited
• Jojar S Dhinsa

Historians

• Rattan Singh Bhangu Author of Pranchin Panth Parkash, the first compiled book of Sikh history.

Writers

Punjabi and Urdu

• Bhai Gurdas
• Nanak Singh
• Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
• Bhai Vir Singh
• Rajinder Singh Bedi
• Jaswant Neki
• Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
• Harbhajan Singh
• Jaswant Singh Kanwal
• Amrita Pritam, She was also freedom fighter for India
• Dalip Kaur Tiwana
• Kulwant Singh Virk
• Bhai Santokh Singh, author of Suraj Parkash

English

• Khushwant Singh
• Jaspreet Singh
• Jasvinder Sanghera
• Bali Rai
• Shauna Singh Baldwin

Science/maths

• Simon Singh
• Manjit Singh

Models

• Jesse Randhawa
• Sonny Caberwal

Scientists/Humanitarian activists

• Narinder Singh Kapany, Father of optical fibers
• Bhagat Puran Singh, founder of Pingalwara, Home of Disabled, Amritsar
• Avtar Saini, computer engineer & scientist, designer and developer of Intel Pentium Processor

Painters/artists

• Amrita Sher-Gil
• Sobha Singh, Painted Guru Gobind Singh Ji
• Kirpal Singh,
• Gurdev Singh
• S G Thakur Singh
• Sohan Singh
• Prem Singh

Legendary Military leaders

• Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, Former Chief, Indian Air Force.
• Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Former Chief, Indian Air Force.
• Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh, G O C, XV Corps,1960–63
• Lt. Gen. J.S. Aurora, Army Commander, Eastern Command, 1971
• General Joginder Jaswant Singh,former Chief, Indian Army, presently Governor of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Flying officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, only Indian Air Force officer to be awarded Param Vir Chakra. India's highest military decoration.
• Joginder Singh Sahnan, winner of the Param Vir Chakra
• Gurmukh Singh Saini, Sikh soldier during World War I, winner of Cross of St. George and Indian Order of Merit . This medal was equivalent to British Victoria Cross, US Medal of Honor, French Legion of Honor or Indian Param Vir Chakra.
• Kartar Singh Taunque, first soldier of Indian Air Force who won a gallantry award
• Uday Singh Taunque, first Indian American to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Havildar Ishar Singh, leader of the contingent of the twenty-one Sikhs from the 36th Sikhs battalion, which made history in Battle of Saragarhi, one of the eight collective stories on bravery published by UNESCO
• Major General Shabeg Singh
• Colonel G. B. Singh, highest rank serviced by a Sikh in U.S. Army
• Major General Ravinder Singh, Current Chief of the Singapore Army
• Captain Makand Singh MBE
• Wing Commander Kartar Singh Taunque
• Dr Jagjit Singh Taunque MBE DL, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands, UK

The names of the 21 Sikhs of Saragarhi

• Havildar Ishar Singh (regimental number 165[10])
• Naik Lal Singh (332)
• Lance Naik Chanda Singh (546)
• Sepoy Sundar Singh (1321)
• Sepoy Ram Singh (287)
• Sepoy Uttar Singh (492)
• Sepoy Sahib Singh (182)
• Sepoy Hira Singh (359)
• Sepoy Daya Singh (687)
• Sepoy Jivan Singh (760)
• Sepoy Bhola Singh (791)
• Sepoy Narayan Singh (834)
• Sepoy Gurmukh Singh (814)
• Sepoy Jivan Singh (871)
• Sepoy Gurmukh Singh (1733)
• Sepoy Ram Singh (163)
• Sepoy Bhagwan Singh (1257)
• Sepoy Bhagwan Singh (1265)
• Sepoy Buta Singh (1556)
• Sepoy Jivan Singh (1651)
• Sepoy Nand Singh (1221)