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Revision as of 06:57, 16 November 2007
This is a full spectrum list of famous and prominent Punjabi people from the Punjab region of Northern India, Pakistan and the emigrant Punjabi people diaspora worldwide, including in the EU, US, Canada and etc.
Mythology
History
Folklore
Religious and spiritual figures
Sufis
- Data Ganj Baksh
- Sultan Bahu
- Baba Farid
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid
- Shah Hussain
- Mian Mir
- Waris Shah
- Bulle Shah
The Ten Gurus of Sikhism
Others
- Rajan Zed : Hindu prayer leader in USA.
Military leaders
- Guru Gobind Singh
- Banda Singh Bahadur
- Baba Deep Singh
- Nawab Kapur Singh
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Hari Singh Dhillon
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon
- Hari Singh Nalwa
- Adina Beg Khan
- Zakarya Khan
- Mir Mannu
- Massa Rangar
- Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
- Diwan Lakhpat Rai
- Diwan Kaura Mal
- Diwan Kabuli Mal
- Diwan Sawan Mal
- Diwan Mulraj
- Anup Dhillon
Writers
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
- Bulleh Shah
- Waris Shah
- Hashim Shah
- Bhai Gurdas
- Shah Mohammad
- Shardha Ram Phillauri
- Dhani Ram Chatrik
- Mian Muhammad Baksh
- Bhai Vir Singh
- Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Krishan Chander
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Abid Tamimi
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Amrita Pritam
- Gulzar
- Surjit Patar
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi
- Jaswant NekiKarteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
- Pash
- Sarabjit Bedi
- Ajmer Aulakh
English
- Deepak Chopra
- Vikram Chandra
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Khushwant Singh
- Neville Tuli
- Kartar Duggal
- Amrita Pritam
- Partap Sharma
- Vikram Seth
- Tariq Ali
- Ahmed Rashid
- Nadeem Aslam
- Kamila Shamsie
- Tehmina Durrani
- Janmeja Johl
- Surinder Sunner
- Amar Chaudhry
Business
- Gurbaksh Chahal, one of the youngest and most successful internet entrepreneurs of recent history. Created two companies worth over $340 million by the age of 25.
- Ashok Sahni, Isomet Limited
- Mohan Singh Oberoi, Oberoi Hotels
- Raunaq Singh, Apollo Tyres
- Malvinder Mohan Singh, Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
- Analjit Singh, Max Healthcare
- Satwant Singh, Le Meridien Hotel, DSS Enterprises, Pure Drinks
- J.J.Vallaya, Fashion Designer
- Reuben Singh, entrepreneur
- Gurmastak Singh, Founder sikhnet.com
- Vikram Chatwal, Hotelier
- Harjinder Singh Sidhu , CEO Air Slovakia (First Sikh Airline)
- Harpal Singh Matharu, CEO Globalgrange Hotels
- Tom Singh Founder, New Look fashion chain
- Jasminder Singh CEO Radisson Edwardian Hotels
- Avtar Lit Founder, Sunrise Radio
- Didar Singh Bains, Peach King of California
- Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder and President of i2 Technologies
- Gaurav Dhillon is a highly successful international Punjabi Indian Jat businessman and founder and former CEO of Informatica Corporation, worth over a billion dollars, 2006, on Nasdaq.
- Navdeep Singh Sooch, Founder/Chairman of Silicon Laboratories.
- Hemant Lamba
- Bob Singh Dhillon is a famous and highly successful international businessman. He is a Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian billionaire property businessman (the first Indo-Canadian billionaire).
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail.
- Sunil Bharti Mittal
- Jaypaul S.Ahluwalia Director for AXA Group Insurance.
Journalists
Pakistan
- Malik Tajuddin
- Hameed Nizami
- Ayaz Amir
- Najam Sethi
- Khaled Ahmed
- Nadira Naipaul
- Hamid Mir
- Majeed Nizami
India
- Kuldip Nayar
- Arun Shourie
- Aroon Purie
- Vinod Mehta
- Nalini Singh
- Tavleen Singh
- Yoginder Sikand
- Veeresh Malik
Malaysia
Electronic/Broadcast
Pakistan
- Mishal Husain
- Adil Najam
- Sahir Lodhi(Famous Radio Presenter of pakistan)
India
- Vinod Dua
- Karan Thapar
- Satinder Bindra
- Monita Rajpal
- Daljit Dhaliwal
- Aniruddha Bahal
- Barkha Dutt
- Amrita Cheema
- Raman Nanda
- Vikram Chanra
- Tavleen Singh
Artists
Nobel Laureates
- Har Gobind Khorana (India)
- Abdus Salam (Pakistan)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India) born in Lahore.
Astronauts
- Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma - The first Indian in space.
- Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra.
Musicians
Classical
Qawwalis
Ghazals
Bhajans
Bhangra and other Punjabi Folk
India
- Asa Singh Mastana
- Prakash Kaur
- Surinder Shinda
- Didar Sandhu
- Surinder Kaur
- Hazara Singh Ramta
- Jagmohan Kaur
- Kuldeep Manak
- Amar Singh Chamkila
- Gurdas Mann
- Malkit Singh
- Sardul Sikandar
- Dilshad Akhtar
- Manmohan Waris, Kamal Heer
- Daler Mehndi
- Surjit Bindrakhia
- Mel Mahal
- Babbu Mann
- Balkar Sidhu
- Lehmber Hussainpuri
- Sarabjit Cheema
- Hans Raj Hans
- Jaspinder Narula
- Dr. Zeus
- Bombay Rockers
- Harshdeep Kaur
- Hansraj Hans
Pakistan
United Kingdom
- Sukhshinder Shinda
- Bally Sagoo
- Apache Indian
- Channi Singh
- Panjabi MC
- Jay Sean
- Hard Kaur
- Rishi Rich
- Juggy D
- Taz
- B21
- The Sahotas
United States
Canada
Pop and Rock
India
Pakistan
Film personalities
Punjabi Music Industry
Video Directors
Lollywood
Bollywood
The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood:
Families
The Kapoors - 1
- Prithviraj Kapoor
- Raj Kapoor
- Shammi Kapoor
- Geeta Bali
- Shashi Kapoor
- Randhir Kapoor
- Rishi Kapoor
- Neetu Singh
- Rajiv Kapoor
- Karisma Kapoor
- Kareena Kapoor
- Ranbir Kapoor
The Kapoors - 2
The Kapoors - 3
- Jeetendra (Ravi Kapoor)
- Tusshar Kapoor
The Malhotras
The Sahnis
The Anands
The Chopras
The Dutts
The Deols
The Tullis
The Puris
The Khannas - 1
- Rajesh Khanna
- Akshay Kumar(aka Rajiv Bhatia, husband of Twinkle Khanna)
- Twinkle Khanna
- Rinke Khanna
The Khannas - 2
The Roshans
The Bedis
The Kapurs
The Devgans
The Oberois
The Paintals
Individual Artistes
- Kamini Kaushal
- Pran
- Prem Chopra
- Dara Singh
- Anand Bakshi
- Achala Sachdev
- Manoj Kumar
- Om Prakash
- Vimmi
- I. S. Johar
- Gulzar
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Navin Nischol
- Vinod Mehra
- Simi Garewal
- Ranjeet
- Om Puri
- Subhash Ghai
- Raj Babbar
- Rati Agnihotri
- Bindiya Goswami
- Deepti Naval
- Yogeeta Bali
- Kanwaljit Singh
- Rama Vij
- Kiran Juneja
- Kirron Kher
- Shakti Kapoor
- Gulshan Grover
- Mangal Dhillon
- Amrita Singh
- Sonu Walia
- Archana Puran Singh
- Parmeet Sethi
- Mukesh Khanna
- Juhi Chawla
- Raveena Tandon
- Gauri Khan
- Raageshwari
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Karan Johar
- Rajat Kapoor
- Rajit Kapur
- Pooja Batra
- Divya Dutta
- Mandira Bedi
- Gracy Singh
- Celina Jaitley
- Malaika Arora
- Amrita Arora
- Gul Panag
- Lara Dutta
- Priyanka Chopra
- Tara Sharma
- Minissha Lamba
- Bhumika Chawla
- Simone Singh
- Jimmy Shergill
- Aryan Vaid
- Kunal Kapoor
- Arjun Rampal
Crossover directors and actors
- Mira Nair
- Deepa Mehta
- Gurinder Chadha
- Meera Syal
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Parminder Nagra
- Saira Mohan
- Purva Bedi
- Gaurav Chawla
- Vikram Chatwal
- Waris Ahluwalia
Models
Revolutionaries
- Lala Lajpat Rai
- Sohan Singh Josh
- Bhai Parmanand
- Harnam Singh
- Udham Singh
- Kartar Singh Sarabha
- Bhagat Singh
- Sukhdev
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Vivek Kumar Sharma
Politicians
India
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Baldev Singh
- Master Tara Singh
- Sant Fateh Singh
- Gurcharan Singh Tohra
- Surjit Singh Barnala
- Krishan Kant
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- Swaran Singh
- Darbara Singh
- Pratap Singh Kairon
- Giani Zail Singh
- Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Inder Kumar Gujral
- Manmohan Singh
- Buta Singh
- Simranjit Singh Mann
- Parkash Singh Badal
- Amarinder Singh
- Arun Jaitley
- Madanlal Khurana
- Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
- Bibi Jagir Kaur
Pakistan
- Malik Nur Hayat Noon
- Malik Anwer Ali Noon
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Wasim Sajjad
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
- Nawaz Sharif
- Miraj Khalid
- Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
- Mushahid Hussain
- Chaudhry Amir Hussain
- Malik Amjad Ali Noon
- Mian Zahid Sarfarz
- Malik Kamal Farid
Sportspersons
Soccer
Rocky Michael Chopra
Cricket
India
- Yadavendra Singh
- Lala Amarnath
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Surinder Amarnath
- Kapil Dev
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Bhupinder Singh snr
- Gursharan Singh
- Yograj Singh
- Maninder Singh
- Rajinder Ghai
- Surinder Khanna
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Manoj Prabhakar
- Chetan Sharma
- Madan Lal
- Ashok Malhotra
- Vijay Mehra
- Aashish Kapoor
- Raman Lamba
- Atul Wassan
- Akash Chopra
- Nikhil Chopra
- Dinesh Mongia
- Harvinder Singh
- Harbhajan Singh
- Yuvraj Singh
- V. R. V. Singh
- Reetinder Sodhi
- Gourav Dhiman
Pakistan
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Wasim Akram
- Saleem Malik
- Imran Khan
- Waqar Younis
- Zaheer Abbas
- Mudassar Nazar
- Moin Khan
- Abdul Qadir
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Majid Khan
- Ijaz Ahmed
- Rameez Raja
- Wasim Raja
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Aamer Sohail
- Intikhab Alam
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Imtiaz Ahmed
- Saeed Ahmed
- Abdul Razzaq
- Fazal Mahmood
- Mahmood Hussain
- Taufeeq Umar
- Abdul Kardar
- Aaqib Javed
- Azhar Mahmood
- Kamran Akmal
- Saleem Altaf
- Waqar Hasan
- Pervez Sajjad
- Shujauddin
- Azeem Hafeez
- Mohammad Wasim
- Asif Masood
- Imran Farhat
- Maqsood Ahmed
- Tahir Naqqash
- Aamer Malik
- Mohammad Nazir
- Shoaib Malik
- Ata-ur-Rehman
- Khan Mohammad
- Saleem Elahi
- Salman Butt
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Shabbir Ahmed
- Talat Ali
Hockey
- Ajitpal Singh
- Ajit Singh
- Balbir Singh Kular
- Balbir Singh Sr.
- Prithipal Singh
- Col Gurbir Singh Kular
- Tarsem Singh Kular
- Baljeet Singh Saini
- Manny Malhotra
- Pargat Singh
- Gagan Ajeet Singh
- Parbhjot Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Jugraj Singh
- Kawalpreet Singh
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Tejvir Singh
Athletics
Golf
Wrestling
- Dara Singh
- Dalip Singh a.k.a. The Great Khalið
Miscellaneous
- Rajan Zed: Prayer leader