List of people from Punjab, India
This is a list of notable Indian people from Punjab.
Nobel laureates
Military leaders
Indian Armed Forces
Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, Former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Marshal Arjan Singh, Former Chief of Indian Air Force.,[1] the only living Indian military officer with a five-star rank.
- Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Former Chief of Indian Air Force
Army
- Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, Western Army Commander and War Hero 1965 Indo-Pak War
- General Joginder Jaswant Singh, former Indian Army Chief
- General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief
- General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army chief
- Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), He is known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala for which he was awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army.
- Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- Shabeg Singh
Navy
- Admiral S.M Nanda
Military Gallantry Award winners
British Indian Army
Victoria Cross
- Sher Shah, 16th Punjab Regiment
- Gian Singh, Sikh Regiment
- Ishar Singh, 28th Punjabis; fist Sikh to receive Victoria Cross
- Nand Singh, 1/11th Sikh Regiment
- Parkash Singh, Sikh Regiment
- Karamjeet Singh Judge, 15th Punjab Regiment
- Khudadad Khan, first Indian recipient of Victoria Cross
- Shahamad Khan, 89th Punjabis
- Abdul Hafiz, 9th Jat Regiment
Indian Armed Forces
Param Veer Chakra (PVC)
- Lance Naik Karam Singh, Sikh Regiment
- Subedar Joginder Singh, Sikh Regiment
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, Indian Air Force
- Gurbachan Singh Salaria, 1 Gorkha Rifles
Maha Veer Chakra (MVC)
- Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow, Armoured Corps
- Wing Commander Jag Mohan Nath, an officer in Indian Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel Dewan Ranjit Rai, was a senior Indian Army officer
- Nand Singh, also an Indian recipient of Victoria Cross
- General Tapishwar Narain Raina, was a former Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army
- Ranjit Singh Dyal, was an Indian Army general and an administrator
- Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala
- Major General Kulwant Singh Pannu, wan an officer of Indian Army
- Sukhjit Singh
Early modern era
- Bhai Mani Singh
- Baba Deep Singh
- Bhai Taru Singh
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Hari Singh Nalwa
- Akali Phula Singh
- Nawab Kapur Singh
- Hari Singh Dhillon
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon
- Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
- Dewan Mokham Chand
- Diwan Sawan Mal
- Diwan Mulraj
- Maharaja Jagatjit Singh
- Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
Business
Sunil Bharti Mittal is the chairman and managing director of Bharti Telecom.
- Sunil Mittal, Chairman and managing director of the Bharti group
- Aroon Purie, India Today group
- Kanwal Rekhi, one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
- Gurbaksh Chahal
- Trishneet Arora
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- Naresh Goyal, of Jet Airways
Artists
Educators and scientists
- Megh R. Goyal, father of irrigation engineering in Puerto Rico
- Narinder Singh Kapany
Astronauts
- Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
- Kalpana Chawla, first woman of Indian origin in space
Bollywood
Families
The Anands
The Chopras
The Deols
The Devgans
The Dutts
The Oberois
The Paintals
The Puris
The Sahnis
Individual artists
- Amrish Puri[2]
- Anand Bakshi
- Akshay Kumar
- Bina Rai
- David Dhawan
- Deepti Naval
- Dara Singh
- Divya Dutta
- Geeta Bali
- Gul Panag
- Honey Singh
- I. S. Johar
- Jeetendra (Ravi Kapoor)
- Jimmy Sharma
- Kapil Sharma
- Kamini Kaushal
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Kirron Kher
- Mangal Dhillon
- Mukesh Khanna
- Mandira Bedi
- Monica Bedi
- Neha Dhupia
- Navin Nischol
- Om Prakash
- Pankaj Kapur
- Poonam Dhillon
- Prem Chopra
- Parmeet Sethi
- Pooja Batra
- Pooja Bedi
- Ruby Bhatia
- Ranjeet
- Raj Babbar
- Rajendra Kumar
- Rati Agnihotri
- Raveena Tandon
- Raageshwari
- Rajat Kapoor
- Rajesh Khanna
- Rahul Roy
- Rajit Kapur
- Roshan
- Rubina Shergill
- Simone Singh
- Suraiya
- Simi Garewal
- Saeed Jaffrey
- Vinod Khanna[3]
Documentary filmmakers
Directors
Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)
History
Porus and Alexender
Folklore
Religious and spiritual figures
The Ten Gurus of Sikhism
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Angad
- Guru Amar Das
- Guru Ram Das
- Guru Arjan Dev
- Guru Hargobind
- Guru Har Rai
- Guru Har Krishan
- Guru Teg Bahadur
- Guru Gobind Singh
- Guru Granth Sahib
Sikh
Related to Sikhism
- Sri Chand, son of Guru Nanak Dev ji
Ahmidiyya Muslim Community
Writers
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
- Bhai Gurdas
- Giani Gurdit Singh
- Bulleh Shah
- Waris Shah
- Hashim Shah
- Shah Mohammad
- Shardha Ram Phillauri
- Nanak Singh
- Dhani Ram Chatrik
- Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
- Bhai Vir Singh
- Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi
- Damodar Das Arora
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Shareef Kunjahi
- Amrita Pritam
- Gulzar (full name Sampooran Singh Gulzar), Oscar winner for movie Slumdog Millionaire
- Jaswant Neki
- Pash
- Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
- Harbhajan Singh
- Munir Niazi
- Ajmer Rode
- Navtej Bharati
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal
- Hafeez Jullundhri
- Mohammed Iqbal
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
English
Khushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.
- Khushwant Singh
- Vikram Chandra
- Kartar Singh Duggal
- Amrita Pritam
- Partap Sharma
- Tariq Ali
- Susham Bedi
- Ahmed Rashid
- Nadeem Aslam
Journalists
India
Tamil cinema
- Sonia Agarwal, Punjabi Hindu
Models
- Waris Ahluwalia, American model, endorses the clothing brand GAP
Musicians
Classical
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- Kamal Heer
- Gurdas Maan
- Kuldeep Manak
- Noor Jehan
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan
Bollywood
- Suraiya
- Shamshad Begum
- Mohammed Rafi
- OP Nayyar
- Mahendra Kapoor
- Madan Mohan
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Kamal Khan, Bollywood playback singer
Ghazals
Bhangra and other Punjabi people
India
- Jagmeet Bal
- Asa Singh Mastana
- Surinder Shinda
- Surinder Kaur
- Kuldeep Manak
- Amar Singh Chamkila
- Gurdas Mann
- Malkit Singh
- Manmohan Waris
- Kamal Heer
- Daler Mehndi
- Surjit Bindrakhia
- Babbu Mann
- Balkar Sidhu
- Lehmber Hussainpuri
- Hans Raj Hans
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Jaspinder Narula
- Kulwinder Dhillon
- Bombay Rockers
- Harshdeep Kaur
- Sukhbir
- Labh Janjua
- Sukhshinder Shinda
- Bally Sagoo
- Apache Indian
- Channi Singh
- Panjabi MC
- Jay Sean
- Hard Kaur
- Rishi Rich
- Juggy D
- Taz
- Harbhajan Mann
- Jazzy B
- Miss Pooja
- Soni Pabla
Pop and rock
India
Revolutionaries and Freedom Fighters
- Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian Freedom Fighter, popularly known as Punjab Kesari
- Bhai Parmanand, Indian Nationalist
- Harnam Singh Saini
- Udham Singh, Indian Revolutionary
- Kartar Singh Sarabha, Indian Independence activist and a Ghadr revolutionary
- Bhagat Singh, Indian Freedom Fighter, also a Indian Socialist Revolutionary
- Sardul Singh Kavishar
- Sukhdev Thapar, was an Indian Revolutionary
- Bhai Mati Das
- Baba Gurmukh Singh, Indian Freedom Fighter a Ghadr revolutionary and a Sikh activist
- Baba Gurdit Singh
- Baldev Singh, he was an Indian independence movement leader and also the first Defence Minister of India
- Captain Mohan Singh, was an Indian military officer and also an Indian Independence Activist
- Labh Singh Saini, Akali politician and notable Indian freedom fighter
- Teja Singh Samundri
- Sardar Ajit Singh, was an Indian revolutionary, he was the uncle of sardar Bhagat Singh
- Dharam Singh Hayatpur was an Indian revolutionary, he was a prominent member of the Sikh political and religious group the Babbar Akali Movement in India
- Kartar Singh Jhabbar, was an Indian revolutionary, he was a Sikh leader known for his role in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the 1920s
- Ripudaman Singh, an Indian revolutionary
- Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, founder of Khaksar Movement with the aim of freeing India from the rule of British Empire
- Allama Iqbal
- Baba Kharak Singh
- Bhagwati Charan Vohra, was an Indian revolutionary, associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
- Bhai Balmukund was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter
- Ram Singh, He is credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon.
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan also known as "Frontier Gandhi" in British India
- Kishan Singh Gargaj
- Madan Lal Dhingra, was an Indian revolutionary independence activist
- Amir Chand Bombwal
- Sewa Singh Thikriwala
- Sikandar Hayat Khan
- Sohan Singh Bhakna, was an Indian revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party
- Sohan Singh Josh, was an Indian communist activist and freedom fighter
- Diwan Mulraj Chopra
- Gulab Kaur
- Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, was a General of Akali Movement
- Maya Singh Saini
- Jathedar Bhai Tehal Singh Dhanju
- Prithvi Singh Azad, an Indian independence activist, revolutionary and one of the founder members of Ghadar Party
- Sadhu Singh Hamdard, a well-known freedom fighter and the journalist of Punjab
- Mangu Ram Mugowalia, an Indian freedom fighter, politician from Punjab and one of the founder members of the Ghadar Party
- Darshan Singh Pheruman, an Indian freedom fighter, Sikh activist and politician
- Jaswant Singh Rahi
- Lala Achint Ram
- Giani Ditt Singh
- Satyapal Dang
- Saifuddin Kitchlew
- Ganda Singh, was a prominent member of the Ghadar Party
- Teja Singh Swatantar
Politicians
India
- Amarinder Singh
- Baldev Singh
- Bibi Jagir Kaur
- Buta Singh
- Darbara Singh
- Giani Zail Singh
- Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Gurcharan Singh Tohra
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- Inder Kumar Gujral
- Krishan Kant
- Madanlal Khurana
- Malik Umar Hayat Khan
- Manmohan Singh
- Master Tara Singh
- Parkash Singh Badal
- Pratap Singh Kairon
- Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
- Sant Fateh Singh
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Simranjit Singh Mann
- Surjit Singh Barnala
- Swaran Singh
- Laxmi Kanta Chawla
- Chaudhary Nand Lal
Sportspersons
Cricket
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets
- Yadavendra Singh
- Lala Amarnath
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Bhupinder Singh snr
- Gursharan Singh
- Yograj Singh
- Amarjit Kaypee
- Maninder Singh
- Rajinder Ghai
- Surinder Khanna
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Manoj Prabhakar
- Chetan Sharma
- Madan Lal
- Ashok Malhotra
- Vijay Mehra
- Aashish Kapoor
- Atul Wassan
- Akash Chopra
- Nikhil Chopra
- Dinesh Mongia
- Harvinder Singh
- Harbhajan Singh
- Yuvraj Singh
- V. R. V. Singh
- Reetinder Sodhi
- Gourav Dhiman
- Piyush Chawla
- Gautam Gambhir
- Sunny Sohal
- Ajay Ratra
Hockey
Field hockey
- Ajitpal Singh
- Balbir Singh Sr.
- Prithipal Singh
- Baljeet Singh Saini
- Gagan Ajit Singh
- Prabhjot Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Deepak Thakur
- Dhyan Chand
- Surjit Singh Randhawa
Athletics
- Milkha Singh
- Ajmer Singh (1940–2010), Olympian and 1966 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist sprinter[6]
- Kamaljeet Sandhu
- Baljinder Singh (born 1986), race walker
Golf
Wrestling
The "Great" Gama
- The Great Gama
- Dara Singh
- Jinder Mahal
- Premchand Dhingra
- Tiger Jeet Singh
- Gurjit Singh
- Sonjay Dutt (real name Ritesh Bhalla), a TNA wrestler
- Maddi, won the title of sitaare – e – Punjab; won many titles by Punajb sports organisations
Fighters
- Akshay Kumar, real name Rajeev Bhatia, black belt in karate; film actor
- Veeru Devgan, father of Ajay Devgan, action and stunt designer
Shooting
- Avneet Sidhu, Commonwealth Games medalist, Arjun Award recipient
Basketball
- Satnam Singh Bhamara, drafted by the Dallas Mavericks with the 52nd pick in the 2015 NBA draft, making him the first person of Indian descent to be drafted into the NBA
See also
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjan_Singh
- ↑ http://www.gatewayforindia.com/entertainment/amrishpuri.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071211120409/http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=197 Parliamentary Biography
- ↑ http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/alexanderpeople/g/Porus.htm
- ↑ http://www.livius.org/pn-po/porus/porus.htm
- ↑ "Olympian athlete Ajmer Singh passed away". The Times of India. Jan 27, 2010.
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