List of Punjabis

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This is a full spectrum list of famous and prominent Punjabi people from the Punjab region of Northern India, Pakistan and the emigrant Punjabi Diaspora worldwide, including in the EU, US, Canada and other places


Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Folklore

[edit] Religious and spiritual figures

[edit] Sufis

[edit] The Ten Gurus of Sikhism

Main article: The Sikh Gurus

[edit] Hindu

[edit] Military leaders

[edit] Writers

[edit] Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

[edit] English

[edit] Business

  • JS Chopra, President TVS Delphi
  • Tejpreet S. Chopra,CEO & President GE India
  • Gurbaksh Chahal
  • Ashok Sahni, Isomet Limited
  • Brijmohan Lal Munjal, Hero Honda
  • Mohan Singh Oberoi, Oberoi Hotels
  • Jay Sidhu, Former Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Manpreet "MP" Singh, Youngest CFA in the world.
  • KP Singh, Founder IGF Ltd.

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Print

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] India


[edit] Electronic/Broadcast

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] India

[edit] Artists

[edit] Nobel Laureates

[edit] Astronauts

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Classical

[edit] Bollywood

[edit] Qawwalis

[edit] Ghazals

[edit] Bhajans

[edit] Bhangra and other Punjabi Folk

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

  • Bhinda Jatt
  • blacKMahal

[edit] Canada

[edit] Pop and Rock

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Film personalities

[edit] Punjabi Music Industry

[edit] Video Directors

[edit] Lollywood

[edit] Bollywood

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

[edit] Families

The Kapoors - 1

The Kapoors - 2

The Kapoors - 3

The Malhotras

The Sahnis

The Anands

The Chopras

The Dutts

The Deols

The Tullis

The Puris

The Khannas - 1

The Khannas - 2

The Roshans

The Bedis

The Kapurs

The Devgans

The Oberois

The Paintals

[edit] Individual Artistes

[edit] Crossover directors and actors

[edit] Models

  • Karen Malhotra, more commonly known as Sunny Leone, a pornographic actress.
  • Jesse Randhawa, a Bollywood model.

[edit] Revolutionaries

[edit] Politicians

[edit] India

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Sportspersons

[edit] Cricket

[edit] India

Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Golf

[edit] Wrestling