List of British Sikhs
List of British Sikhs is a list of prominent Sikhs from the United Kingdom.
Academia and education
- 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
- Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author; converted to Sikhism in the 1860s
- Peter Bance – Historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist
- 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
- Jasminder Singh – Chairman of the Radisson Edwardian hotel empire.[2]
- 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
- Rami Ranger – Founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company
- Ranjit Singh Boparan – Founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group
- 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
- Harpal Kumar – Chief executive of Cancer Research UK
- Imandeep Kaur – Director of Impact Hub: Birmingham
- Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia (Bhai Sahib) – Chairman of the Nishkam Group
- 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 – Best known for her 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
- Lena Kaur – Best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4
- Mandy Takhar – Actress
- Neelam Gill – She is 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
Law and justice
- Anup Singh Choudry – Retired High Court Judge
- Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (The Hon. Mrs Justice 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 QC – Criminal Law Barrister
- Mota Singh QC – Retired Circuit judge England
- Rabinder Singh (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice) – 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
- Bobby Friction – DJ, television presenter and radio presenter
- Daljit Nagra – Poet
- Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Writer
- Hardeep Singh Kohli – Radio and television presenter
- Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal – Journalist and writer
- 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
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, lyricist, and composer
- 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
- Indarjit Singh (The Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE) – Member House of Lords
- 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 – 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
- Ravi Bopara – England cricketer
- Surinder Sunar – Professional poker player
Cause célèbres
See also
References
- ^ "Harminder Dua". The Ophthalmologist. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ a b Sikh London museumoflondon.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2009