List of British Sikhs
List of British Sikhs is a list of notable Sikhs from the United Kingdom.
Academia and education
- Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer - National Professor of Sikh History. Director of GN Research Institute; former Director: Sikh History Research Board (SGPC). The only person who has written complete history of the Sikhs in 10 volumes, has translated Guru Granth Shib in English, is the author of NEW Mahan Kosh (the Sikh encyclopedia); he is author of about 60 books on Sikhism. He is the most read writer of Sikh history]]. For details read his biography on Wikipedia
- Harminder Dua – Discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".[1]
- Jagjit Chadha – Professor and Chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent
- Kalwant Bhopal – Professor of Education and Social Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education at the University of Birmingham
- Simon Singh – Mathematician and author
- Sukhbir Singh Kapoor – Vice Chancellor of The International School of Sikh Studies and Khalsa College London
- Tejinder Virdee – Experimental particle physicist and Professor of Physics at Imperial College London
Business and the professions
- Avtar Lit – Former owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group
- Dabinderjit Singh – Director at the National Audit Office
- Harpal Kumar – Chief executive of Cancer Research UK
- Jasminder Singh – Chairman of the Radisson Edwardian hotel empire.[2]
- Jaz Rai - Aerospace engineer and chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network
- Jojar S Dhinsa – Founded the Athlone Group which delivers a multitude of services to support businesses worldwide.
- Kamel Hothi – Former banker at Lloyds Bank
- Karamjit Singh – Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Kulveer Ranger – Management Consultant. Former London Transport Minister and Mayor's Director of Environment and Digital London
- Manjeet Singh Riyat – Emergency Care Consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Param Singh – Property developer and entrepreneur
- Rami Ranger – Founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company
- Ranjit Singh Boparan – Founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group
- Reena Ranger – Director at Sun Mark and founder of Women Empowered Network
- Reuben Singh – CEO of contact centre company alldayPA
- Simon Arora – Billionaire businessman, CEO of the retail chain B & M.
- Surinder Arora – Hotelier
- Tom Singh – Founder of the high street fashion chain New Look.[2]
Charity, community and non-profit
- Balwant Kaur – Founder and chairperson of Mata Nanki Foundation
- Daljit Singh Shergill – President of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
- Imandeep Kaur – Director of Impact Hub: Birmingham
- Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia – Chairman of the Nishkam Group
- Nidar Singh Nihang – Scholar and Grandmaster of Shastar Vidya
- Ravi Singh – CEO Khalsa Aid
Film, drama and entertainment
- Alexandra Aitken (Uttrang Kaur Khalsa) – Environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite
- Ameet Chana – Actor
- Amrit Maghera – Professional model turned actress
- Chandeep Uppal – Critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film Anita and Me.
- Gurinder Chadha – Film director
- Harnaam Kaur – Model, anti-bullying activist, body positive activist
- Kulvinder Ghir – Actor, comedian and writer
- Jassa Ahluwalia – Actor and presenter
- Lena Kaur – Best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4's Hollyoaks
- Mandy Takhar – Actress
- Neelam Gill – Model, known for her work with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appearing in Vogue.
- Paul Chowdhry – Comedian and actor
- Parminder Nagra – Actress born in Leicester
- Perry Bhandal – Film director, screenwriter
- Simon Rivers – English actor who played the role of Kevin Tyler in Doctors
- Stephen Uppal – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap Hollyoaks
- Mandip Gill – Actress
Law and justice
- Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan – Lawyer and Femina Miss India winner 1978
- Anup Singh Choudry – Retired High Court Judge
- Bobbie Cheema-Grubb – Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
- Jasvir Singh – Family Law Barrister
- Jo Sidhu – Criminal Law Barrister
- Mota Singh – Retired Circuit judge England
- Rabinder Singh – English Court of Appeal judge, formerly a High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division
Journalism, writers and media
- Aatish Taseer – Writer-journalist, and the son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh
- Anita Rani – Radio and television presenter
- Bali Rai – English author of children's and young adult fiction
- Bobby Friction – DJ, television presenter and radio presenter
- Daljit Nagra – Poet
- Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Writer
- Hardeep Singh Kohli – Radio and television presenter
- Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – Senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author.
- Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal – Journalist and writer
- Peter Bance – Historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist
- Priya Kaur-Jones – Newsreader
- Raman Mundair – Poet, writer, artist and playwright
- Ranvir Singh – English television presenter and journalist
- Sathnam Sanghera – British journalist and author
- Sonia Deol – English radio and television presenter
- Sunny Hundal – Journalist, blogger and academic
- Sunny and Shay – Husband and wife radio presenters
Music
- Aman Hayer – Bhangra producer and singer
- Bally Sagoo – Record producer
- Channi Singh – British-Indian bhangra musician, known as the "godfather" of bhangra in the West.
- Diamond Duggal – Music producer, DJ, songwriter and guitarist
- Dr Zeus – Punjabi singer and music producer
- Gurdeep Samra – Music producer and DJ
- Hard Kaur – Rapper and hip hop singer
- Indy Sagu – Bhangra and hip hop musician
- Jas Mann – Songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and film producer
- Jassi Sidhu – Bhangra singer and the former lead singer of British Indian bhangra band B21
- Jay Sean – R&B Artist
- Juggy D – Bhangra, Punjabi, R&B
- Malkit Singh – Punjabi bhangra singer
- Manj Musik – Music composer, singer
- Manni Sandhu – Music director
- Panjabi MC – Rapper, musician and DJ
- Rishi Rich – Music producer
- Silinder Pardesi – Bhangra singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer
- Surinder Singh Matharu – Founder of the Raj Academy Conservatoire
- Sukshinder Shinda – Bhangra Record producer and singer–songwriter
- Surjit Khan – Record producer, musician and singer-songwriter
- Tarsame Singh Saini – Singer, composer and actor
- Talvin Singh – Producer, composer and tabla player
- Tigerstyle – Folkhop group
- Tjinder Singh – Lead singer of British indie rock band Cornershop
- Vic Briggs – Former blues and rock musician
Politics
- Atma Singh – Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London on Asian Affairs in the Greater London Authority, under Mayor of London Ken Livingstone
- Gurinder Josan – Labour party activist
- Hardyal Dhindsa – Derbyshire police and crime commissioner
- Indarjit Singh – Member House of Lords
- Jas Athwal – Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council, Labour Party Politician
- Marsha Singh – British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012
- Neena Gill – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands
- Onkar Sahota – Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon
- Parmjit Dhanda – British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the 2010 general election
- Parmjit Singh Gill – Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP.
- Paul Uppal – Former Conservative Member of Parliament and Small business commissioner
- Piara Khabra – Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death
- Preet Gill – Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since the 2017 general election. She is the first female British Sikh MP.
- Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri – Member House of Lords
- Sonika Nirwal – Senior Ealing Southall constituency Labour politician representing the Greenford Broadway ward
- Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi – British Labour Party politician. Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough since 2017
Royalty and revolutionaries
- Maharaja Duleep Singh – The last Maharaja of the Sikh Kingdom, exiled in 1849 during the British Raj and possibly the first permanent Sikh resident in England
- Frederick Duleep Singh – Younger son of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
- Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh – Prominent suffragette and accredited nurse
- Udham Singh – Punjab revolutionary and freedom fighter belonging to the Ghadar Party
Sports
- Akaash Bhatia – British boxer
- Aman Dosanj – First British Asian footballer to represent England
- Danny Batth – Footballer and Captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
- Fauja Singh – British Sikh centenarian marathon runner
- Harpal Singh – Footballer
- Kash Gill – Former kickboxing world champion
- Michael Chopra – Footballer
- Monty Panesar – England cricketer
- Raj Hundal – Snooker player
- Ravi Bopara – England Cricketer
Causes célèbres
See also
References
- ^ "Harminder Dua". The Ophthalmologist. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ a b Sikh London museumoflondon.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2009