List of Rajputs

This is a list of notable people who self-identify as members of the Rajput community of Northern India and Pakistan.

Historical figures

Maharana Pratap of Mewar, a 16th century Rajput ruler and great warrior. The Mughal emperor Akbar sent many missions against him. He survived to ultimately gain control of all of Mewar, excluding Chittorgarh Fort.

Statue of Prithvi Raj Chauhan at Ajmer

• Banda Bahadur, Sikh Minhas Rajput warrior against the Mughal Empire
• Bappa Rawal, First Gehlot king at Chitrakut(Chittor),who defeated Arabs after their capture of sindh

• Gogaji, Chauhan Rajput and Local deity of Rajasthan.
• Vachra Dada, a Solanki Rajput and folk deity of Gujarat.
• Maharaja Ganga Singh
• Harsha Vardhana
• Maharaja Jaswant Singh
• Jai Singh Prabhakar Bahadur Ruler of princly state of Alwar
• Maharana Pratap
• Maharao Shardul Singh Ruler of Jhunjhunu
• Mira Bai
• Pabuji Rathore (Local deity of Rajasthan)
• Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Ajmer
• Rai Bhoe Bhatti, Founder of Nankana Sahib
• Rai Bular Bhatti, Son of Rai Bhoe Bhatti and heir to his estate of over 100,000 acres (400 km²) of land in modern day Nankana Sahib District.

• Raja Bhagwant Das, King of Amber Rajasthan
• Ram Singh Pathania, Hero of revolts against British
• Rana Kumbha, Ruler at Chittor in 15th century
• Rana Sanga, Ruler of Mewar
• Rana Udai Singh II, Founder of Udaipur
• Rao Bika, Founded Bikaner
• Rao Jodha, Founded city of Jodhpur
• Rao Maldeo Rathore, Ruler of marwar 15 A.D.
• Rao Shekha, King of Amarsar
• Rawal Jaisal Singh, Founder of the city of Jaisalmer.
• Rawal Ratan Singh, Husband of Rani Padimini, Sisodiya ruler of Chittor (13 a.d.)
• Sangat Singh Minhas
• Vanraj Chavda, Ruler of the Chavda Dynasty in Gujarat.
• Veer Kunwar Singh
• Jambhoji
• Jai Singh II, Founder and King of Jaipur
• Jai Singh I, King of Amber
• Raja Amar Singh Rathore
• Raja Man Singh I of Amber, King of Amber, Rajasthan. General of Akbar
• Raja Pajawan or Pajjun, King of Amber
• Raja Drig Narayan Singh Ruler of Tulsipur who died as a Martyr during First War of Independence in 1857 AD

Armed forces of India

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Piru Singh was a soldier in the Indian Army. He died in service during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour in the face of the enemy.

• Gabar Singh Negi, awarded the Victoria Cross
• Darwan Singh Negi, awarded the Victoria Cross
• Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat, Chief of the Naval Staff
• Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff
• Lieutenant General Kanwar Bahadur Singh, MBE, GoC-in-C, Central Command, Governor, Himachal Pradesh
• Brigadier Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh, MVC, Maharaja of Jaipur
• Lieutenant General Thakur Nathu Singh Rathore, former GoC-in-C, Eastern Army Command
• General Vijay Kumar Singh, Chief of the Army Staff
• Company Havildar Major Piru Singh, awarded Param Veer Chakra posthumously for gallantry of highest order, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
• Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, AVSM, Olympian
• Lieutenant General Hanut Singh, Strategician
• Major Shaitan Singh, awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest gallantry award posthumously during the 1962 Indo-China war.
• Gurbachan Singh, awarded the Param Vir Chakra
• Lieutenant General Sagat Singh
• Kartar Singh Taunque, first soldier of the Indian Air Force to win a gallantry award
• Uday Singh Taunque, first Indian American to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Karni Singh Rathore
• Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
• Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, first Chief of Army Staff
• Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua, Indian soldier with the Indian National Army
• Raja Sakhi Daler Khan, Kashmiri soldier with the Indian National Army
• Col. Rana Jodha Jung Bahadur, Commander-in-Chief Tripura State Forces, KCIO 1st King's Commissioned Officer

Armed forces of Pakistan

• Tikka Khan, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
• Asif Nawaz, former Chief Of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
• Muhammed Akbar Khan, first Muslim to become a General in the British Indian Army
• Raja Saroop Khan, former Governor of Punjab
• Iftikhar Khan, first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army
• Iftikhar Janjua, most senior Pakistani officer to have been killed in battle during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Defense, Government of Pakistan
• Amir Gulistan Janjua, former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
• Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of Air Staff
• Muhammad Sarwar, Nishan-e-Haider recipient
• Rashid Minhas, Nishan-e-Haider recipient
• Major Shabbir Sharif, Nishan-e-Haider recipient
• Khudadad Khan, Victoria Cross recipient

Politicians of India

Pratibha Patil is the 12th and current President of India and first woman to hold the office

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Arjun Singh Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,Former Cabinet Minister,Government of India,a dedicated Congressman and Rajput leader from Madhya Pradesh.

Dr. Karan Singh M.P Rajya Sabha and heir-apparent to the then ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, in the royal family of Jammu and Kashmir. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

Dr. Raman Singh is the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

Thakur Sanjay Singh Rajput leader from Uttar Pradesh,belongs to the Royal family of Amethi

• Pratibha Patil, President of India
• Arjun Singh, Senior Congress Leader.Former Minister for Human Resource and Development
• Dr. Karan Singh, Senior Congress Leader and 1^st Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
• Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister under Madhya Pradesh, General Secretary of the Congress Party
• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 11th Vice President of India. Also served Three times Chief Minister Of Rajasthan from BJP party.
• Rajnath Singh, former National President of BJP
• Thakur Sanjay Singh M.P from Sultanpur U.P and secretry A.I.C.C.
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, The 10th Prime Minister of India. Former Finance Minister of India, also Served as Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh.
• Chandra Shekhar, The 11th Prime Minister of India. Led Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
• Deep Narayan Singh, 2nd Chief Minister of Bihar
• Madhav Singh Solanki, Former Chief Minister of Gujrat
• Jagdambika Pal, Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Member of Parliament
• Chandrashekhar Singh, Former Chief Minister of Bihar
• Dr.Anugrah Narayan Singh,Member Constituent Assembly of India & 1^st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
• Yashwantrao Chavan, The 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India. 1^st CM of Maharashtra
• Madhuri Singh, Former Member of Parliament from Purnea Bihar
• Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha, Member of 1st Lok-Sabha
• Satyendra Narayan Singh,Member of Provisional Parliament,Member of 1^st Lok-Sabha & Former Chief Minister of Bihar
• Ram Dulari Sinha, Former Union Minister and Former Governor of Kerela
• Raghubansh Prasad Singh M.P from Vaishali Bihar and former cabinet minister.
• Bharatsinh Solanki, Minister, Government of India
• Kishori Sinha,Freedom fighter & 1^st woman Member of Parliament (LS) from Vaishalli Parliamentary Constituency in Bihar
• Virbhadra Singh, Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from Indian National Congress and current Union Cabinet Minister
• Harikesh Bahadur, Senior Congress leader
• Madhurendra Kumar Singh, Senior leader of Bihar Congress( Member A.I.C.C ),prominent student leader( N.S.U.I )during his Patna University days
• Tapeshwar Singh, Former Member of Parliament from arrah Bihar
• Mrigendra Kumar Singh, Youth Congress Leader from Bihar
• Vasantdada Patil, The 5th chief Minister of Maharashtra & former governor of Rajasthan
• Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from BJP party
• Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Former Union Minister.
• Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Secretary A.I.C.C, Member of Parliament from Alwar Rajasthan
• Jagdanand Singh, Member of Parliament from Buxar Bihar
• Umashanker singh,Member of Parliament from Maharajganj Bihar
• Prabhunath Singh, Former Member of Parliament from Maharajganj Bihar
• Gayatri Devi, former Maharani of Jaipur
• Jaswant Singh, Leader of opposition, Rajya Sabha and Former Finance Minister of India
• Sushil Kumar Singh (politician), Member of Parliament from Aurangabad Bihar
• Nikhil Kumar, current Governor of Nagaland
• Bhakt Darshan, Former Union Minister Govt. of India
• Dharam Singh, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka
• Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pardesh
• Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, Former Chief Minister
• Digvijay Singh, former railway minister
• Harish Rawat, PCC Chief, Uttarakhand
• Maharaja Karni Singh, Rajasthan Leader
• Tan Singh
• Rameshwar Prasad Sinha Freedom fighter,Member of Constituent Assembly of India
• Dilip Singh Judeo, Former Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests
• Shankersinh Vaghela, Former Chief Minister of Gujrat , Current Union Minister or Textile
• Nareshchandra Singh, Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from Indian National Congress
• Kalikesh Singh Deo, Member of Parliament from Saintala Constituency
• Kalyan Singh Kalvi
• N. K. Singh, former Revenue Secretary of India & Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha)
• Shyama Singh, First woman Member of Parliament (LS) from Aurangabad
• Amar Singh, Member of Parliament Rajya sabha
• Uday Singh,Member of Parliament from Purnea Bihar.

Politicians of Pakistan

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his youth, in traditional Muslim Rajput dress.

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Fatima Jinnah, Mother of Pakistan
• Allama Mashriqi, Founder of the Khaksar Tehrik
• Malik Feroz Khan Noon, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Manzoor Wattoo, Former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Mian Mumtaz Daultana, Former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Allah Bux Soomro, Former Chief Minister of Sindh
• Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan
• Arbab Raheem, Former Chief Minister of Sindh
• Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore, Prime Minister of AJK
• Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, President of AJK
• Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, Former Prime Minister of AJK
• Raja Saroop Khan, Former Governor of Punjab
• Tikka Khan, Former Governor of Punjab
• Muhammad Mian Soomro, Chairman Senate of Pakistan
• Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan, a member of Pakistan Movement.
• Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar, one of Pakistan's first Federal Ministers
• Farzana Raja, Secretary of Punjab Pakistan Peoples Party
• Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister for Water and Power of Pakistan
• Rana Tanveer Hussain, Former Minister of Defence Production
• Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan, Finance Minister of Pakistan
• Rai Bashir Ahmad Khan Bhatti Former MLA 1951, MNA 1960 and 1993 (Nankana)
• Rao Sikandar Iqbal, Defence Minister of Pakistan
• Iqbal Tikka, Former Minister for Food & Agriculture Punjab Assembly
• Malik Adnan Hayat Noon, Former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Rahim Bux Soomro
• Nisar Ali Khan, Opposition leader in the National Assembly
• Amir Gulistan Janjua, Former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
• Riaz Khokhar, Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
• Raja Anwar, Former minister, journalist and writer
• Raja Nadir Pervez, Politician, former federal minister and former Army officer
• M. Nawaz Khokhar, Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
• Rana Phool Muhammad Khan
• Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker Punjab Assembly -2008
• Tehmina Janjua, Deputy Permanent Representative in United Nations.
• Tehmina Daultana, Minister for Science and Technology of Pakistan
• Rana Khudadad Khan, Former President of Pakistan Muslim League (Punjab)
• Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan. Federal Minister for Home Affairs 1964–1966,
• Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan
• Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan
• Rao Rahat Ali Khan. Sec.Information (N.Punjab)Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf

Sports

Jeev Milkha Singh is the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006.

• Kulbir Bhaura, British hockey player, gold medalist at the Seoul Olympics 1988
• Rajyashree Kumari, sport shooter
• Dhyan "Chand" Singh, field hockey player
• R. P. Singh, cricketer
• Deepak Thakur, field hockey player
• Chetan Chauhan, cricketer
• Parimarjan Negi, chess grandmaster
• Devesh Chauhan, field hockey player
• Lokendra Singh, Indian polo team captain
• Vivek Singh, hockey player
• Vikram Solanki, cricketer
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic silver medalist
• Rajesh Chauhan, cricketer
• Milkha Singh, athlete
• Jeev Milkha Singh, golfer
• Roop Singh, field hockey player
• Vishal Singh, polo player
• Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Test cricketer
• Raj Singh Dungarpur, former President of BCCI
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, Test cricketer
• Jaspal Rana, sport shooter
• Hanumant Singh, Test cricketer
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni,Indian cricket Captain
• Ajay Jadeja, cricketer and commentator
• Ravindra Jadeja, cricketer playing for the Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League
• Divya Singh, basketball
• Prashanti Singh, basketball, Captain of silver medalist national team in Asian Indoor Games 2009
• Akanksha Singh, basketball
• Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, mountaineer

Art, culture and cinema

Preity Zinta

• Diwakar Pundir, model
• Soni Pabla, Bhangra singer
• Harssh Rajput, actor
• Kiran Rathod, actress
• Satinder Sartaaj, Punjabi Sufi singer
• Rajeev Singh, model
• Preity Zinta, actress
• Sonal Chauhan, Miss India
• Sunidhi Chauhan, singer
• Kangna Ranaut, actress
• Mohit Chauhan. singer (Silk Route lead vocalist)
• Lashmi Kumari Chundawat, author and politician of Rajasthan
• Inayat Hussain Bhatti, artist
• Arunoday Singh, actor
• Sushant Singh Rajput, actor
• Chandrachur Singh, actor