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Motto: Ittehad, Tanzeem, Yaqeen-e-Muhkam
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This is a full spectrum list of famous and prominent Punjabi people from the Punjab region of India, Pakistan and the emigrant Punjabi diaspora worldwide, including in the EU, United States, Canada and other places.

Contents

[edit] Military leaders

Daily Mirror picturing Khudadad Khan Minhas was awarded Victoria Cross, the first native Indian to receive this honour

[edit] Indian Armed Forces

[edit] Airforce

[edit] Army

[edit] Navy

[edit] Other notables

[edit] Pakistan Armed Forces

Brig (R) Khursheed Ahmed SI(M) Director General Sports Punjab, Secretary Sports Board Punjab.

[edit] Early Modern era

[edit] Business

[edit] Artists

[edit] Educators and Scientists

Sohail Inayatullah is a Pakistani-born political scientist and futurist who lives in Australia.

[edit] Astronauts

Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel in space.

[edit] Bollywood

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

[edit] Families

"The Kapoors - 1". See Kapoor family for details. Prominent members were / are

The Kapoors - 2

The Kapoors - 3

The Malhotras

The Sahnis

The Anands

The Chopras

The Deols

The Dutts

The Tullis

The Puris

The Khannas - 1

The Khannas - 2

The Roshans

The Bedis

The Sahneys

The Kapurs

The Devgans

The Oberois

The Paintals

The Bachchans

The Aroras

[edit] Individual artists

Kareena Kapoor Indian film actress
Celina Miss India Universe 2001, Actress

[edit] Singers

(Vipen Malhotra) Karaoke Singer

[edit] Directors

[edit] Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)

[edit] History

Porus and Alexender

[edit] Folklore

[edit] Religious and spiritual figures

[edit] Muslim sufis

Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.

[edit] The Ten Gurus of Sikhism

Main article: The Sikh Gurus

[edit] Sikh

[edit] Writers

[edit] Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

Muhammad Iqbal Persian & Urdu poet, philosopher and politician.
Giani Gurdit Singh

[edit] English

Khushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Print

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Electronic/Broadcast

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] United States

[edit] Lollywood

[edit] Tamil cinema

[edit] Models

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Classical

[edit] Music Directors Bollywood

[edit] Lyricists

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Classical

[edit] Bollywood

[edit] Qur'an reciters

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Naat Khawans

[edit] Qawwalis

[edit] Ghazals

[edit] Bhajans

[edit] Bhangra and other Punjabi Folk

[edit] India

Jay Sean

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Pop and Rock

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

Atif Aslam, Pakistani pop singer

[edit] Revolutionaries

[edit] Politicians

[edit] India

Manmohan Singh is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India.

[edit] Pakistan

Imran Khan. Politician since the mid-1990s. From one of the many Pashtun (Pathan) tribes in West Punjab

[edit] United States

[edit] Sportspersons

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Cricket

[edit] India

Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

[edit] Pakistan

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

[edit] England

Ravi Bopara

[edit] Scotland

[edit] Canada

[edit] Boxing

Amir Khan (boxer)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] Ice hockey

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Golf

[edit] Wrestling

The "Great" Gama

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Shooting

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Badminton

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/defence/marshal-arjan-singh.html
  2. ^ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-8.html
  3. ^ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army24.html
  4. ^ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html
  5. ^ "AFMC chief becomes first lady Vice-Admiral". Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/72768/. Retrieved 2005-05-17. 
  6. ^ http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/bm-munjal.html
  7. ^ Mohan Singh Oberoi Britannica.com.
  8. ^ Punjabi author Pritam Saini dead, Tribune News Service, Monday, November 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India, / http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/punjab1.htm
  9. ^ "Subhash Saini". Zyvex.com. http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/nano4/saini.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  10. ^ Clinical Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Abdomen, pp 111, Endoscopy and gastrointestinal radiology By Gregory G. Ginsberg, Michael L. Kochman, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2004
  11. ^ Sanjay Saini, MD, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
  12. ^ Parliamentary Biography
  13. ^ http://www.gatewayforindia.com/entertainment/amrishpuri.htm
  14. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474774/
  15. ^ http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=4523
  16. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1231899/bio
  17. ^ http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/alexanderpeople/g/Porus.htm
  18. ^ http://www.livius.org/pn-po/porus/porus.htm
  19. ^ http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/khushwant-singh.html
  20. ^ "Kapil Dev - Player Webpage". Cricinfo. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30028.html. Retrieved 2007-03-17. 
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