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This article provides lists of famous and notable Punjabi people in South Asia, mainly what is today Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.

Nobel laureates

Har Gobind Khorana, first Punjabi Nobel prize winner.

Military leaders

Pre-Modern era Punjab

Muslim

Sikh

Sikh Empire

Sikh

Hindu

Pakistan Armed Forces

Army

General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army

Navy

Airforce

Indian Armed Forces

Airforce

Army

General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

Navy

Other notables

Singapore Armed Forces

Army

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire

Business

Music

Atif Aslam

Pakistan

  • Tassawar Khanum
  • Umair Jaswal
  • Uzair Jaswal
  • Waris Baig
  • Yasmine Yousaf
  • Zil-e-Huma
  • Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan

    • India


    Cartoonists

    Cartoonist Shekhar Gurera

    Doctors

    Also see the category page

    Educators and scientists

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

    Astronauts

    Bollywood

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

    Family Artistes
    The Singhs Lakha Lakhwinder Singh Yograj Singh Yo Yo Honey Singh
    The Sahnis Balraj Sahni, Bhisham Sahni, Parikshit Sahni
    The Anands Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand
    The Chopras - 1 Baldev Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra, Ravi Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra
    The Chopras - 2 Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra
    The Deols Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Abhay Deol
    The Malhotras Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Bina Rai, Prem Kishen
    The Roshans Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan
    The Singhs Dara Singh, Vindu Dara Singh
    The Rajs Jagdish Raj, Anita Raj
    The Puris Madan Puri, Amrish Puri
    The Khannas - 1 Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
    The Khannas - 2 Vinod Khanna,[11] Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
    The Bedis Kabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi, Protima Bedi
    The Kapurs Pankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
    The Kapoors - 1 Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Karishma Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Karan Kapoor
    The Kapoors - 2 Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor,

    Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

    The Kapoors - 3 Jeetendra, Tusshar Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor
    The Dhawans David Dhawan, Varun Dhawan, Rohit Dhawan, Anil Dhawan
    The Devgans Veeru Devgan, Ajay Devgan, Anil Devgan
    The Oberois Suresh Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi
    The Aroras Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora
    The Tulis Rajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav
    The Dutts Nargis Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt

    Individual Actors

    Directors

    Documentary filmmakers

    Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)

    Historical figures

    Porus and Alexender

    Folklore

    Religious and spiritual figures

    Muslim Sufis and saints

    File:BullehShah.jpg
    Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet

    Hindu gurus and saints

    Ahmadiyya community

    Main article: Khalifatul Masih

    The Ten Gurus of Sikhism

    Main article: The Sikh Gurus

    Sikh

    Writers

    Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

    Giani Gurdit Singh

    English

    Khushwant Singh (1915-2014) was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.

    Journalists

    Print

    India

    England

    Pakistan

    Electronic/broadcast

    India

    Pakistan

    Canada

    Lollywood

    Tamil cinema

    Models

    Revolutionaries

    Politicians

    India

    Pakistan

    United States

    United Kingdom

    Canada

    Punjabi cinema

    Further information: Punjabi cinema

    Directors

    Actors

    The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.

    Actors

    Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actors

    Actresses

    Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actresses

    Sportspersons

    Baseball

    Tennis

    Cricket

    India

    Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

    Pakistan

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

    England

    Canada

    New Zealand

    Basketball

    Hockey

    Field hockey

    Ice hockey

    Athletics

    Golf

    Wrestling

    Shooting

    Cycling

    Soccer

    Boxing

    Volleyball

    Mixed martial arts

    See also

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