List of Punjabi people

Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.

Artists

Allah Bakhsh
Amrita Sher-Gil
Anish Kapoor, sculptor
Abdur Rahman Chughtai, painter
Ahmed Parvez, painter
Bashir Mirza, painter
Manjit Bawa, painter
Zubeida Agha, painter
Rashid Rana, sculptor
Quddus Mirza, art critic
Sobha Singh, painter

Authors

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

Pakistan

India

English

Aviators

Kalpana Chawla
Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space

Architects

Business

Pakistan

Anwar Pervez, founder of Bestway
Ashar Aziz, founder of FireEye in Silicon Valley
Bashir Tahir, former CEO of Dhabi Group
Fred Hassan, director at Warburg Pincus
James Caan, founder of Hamilton Bradshaw
Malik Riaz, founder of Bahria Town,
Mansoor Ijaz, founder of Crescent Investment Management Ltd
Mian Muhammad Latif, founder of Chenab Group
Mian Muhammad Mansha, founder of Nishat Group
Michael Chowdrey, founder of Atlas Air
Shahid Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C., co-owner of All Elite Wrestling
Zameer Choudrey, CEO of Bestway

Cartoonists

Shekhar Gurera, editorial cartoonist
Pran Kumar Sharma, cartoonist of Chacha Chaudhary fame
Farooq Qaiser

Doctors

India

Educators and scientists

Nobel laureates

Abdus Salam, Pakistani theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the electroweak unification theory
Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American Medicine Nobel prize laureate

Pakistan

Asad Abidi, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Ishtiaq Ahmed, professor of political science at the Stockholm University
Nazir Ahmed, experimental physicist and first chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist and engineer
Samar Mubarakmand, Pakistani nuclear scientist and the head of the team that conducted the Chagai-I nuclear tests in 1998.
Farooq Azam, professor of oceanography at the University of California, San Diego
Tariq Ali, political activist, historian, writer, journalist and public intellectual
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, nuclear physicist and pioneer of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program
Nayyar Ali Dada, architect in modernist architecture
Fayyazuddin, theoretical physicist
Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)
Tasawar Hayat, mathematician
Shahbaz Khan, hydrologist and director of the UNESCO cluster office in Jakarta
Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, nuclear engineer
Salim Mehmud, rocket scientist
Atif Mian, professor of economics, public policy and finance at Princeton University
Zia Mian, physicist and co-director of the program on science and global security at Princeton University
Ghulam Murtaza, theoretical physicist
Qaiser Mushtaq, mathematician
Adil Najam, dean of global studies at Boston University
Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
Khalil Qureshi, physical chemist
Muneer Ahmad Rashid, mathematical physicist
Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons

India

M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
Om P. Bahl, Indian molecular biologist
Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Indian physician and diabetologist; conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award
Hoon Balakram, Indian mathematician
Indu Banga, historian at Punjab University, Chandigarh
Lekh Raj Batra, distinguished mycologist and linguist
Sabeer Bhatia, founder of the Hotmail email service and Jaxtr
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Praveen Chaudhari, Indian American physicist
Kasturi Lal Chopra, Indian material physicist
Ram Nath Chopra, Indian medical officer; widely considered the "father of Indian pharmacology"
Virender Lal Chopra, Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist, former director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Kirpal Singh Chugh, Indian nephrologist
Manoj Datta, Indian engineer
Sukh Dev, Indian organic chemist
Vinod Dham, engineer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist; popularly known as "Pentium Engineer"
Meena Dhanda, philosopher and academic at University of Wolverhampton
Satish Dhawan
Baldev Singh Dhillon
Vijay K. Dhir, Indo-American scientist
Guru Prakash Dutta, Indian cell biologist and immunologist
Khem Singh Gill, Indian academic, geneticist
Piara Singh Gill, Indian nuclear physicist
Sucha Singh Gill, Indian academic, economist
Khem Singh Grewal, Indian pharmacologist
Ravi Grover, Indian nuclear scientist
Hansraj Gupta, Indian mathematician
Sardul Singh Guraya, Indian biologist
Ranjit Lal Jetley, soldier and scientist
Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, Indian agricultural scientist
Ved Prakash Kamboj
Vijay Kumar Kapahi, Indian astrophysicist
Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian-born American Sikh physicist
Satinder Vir Kessar, Indian synthetic organic chemist
Pradeep Khosla, academic computer scientist
Vinod Khosla Indian American engineer and businessman
Rakesh Khurana, Indian-American educator
Neelam Kler, Indian neonatologist
Nayanjot Lahiri, Indian historian and archaeologist at Ashoka University
Purshotam Lal, Indian cardiologist
Narinder Kumar Mehra, Indian immunologist
Mridula Mukherjee, Indian historian specialized in modern India Jawaharlal Nehru University
Manohar Lal Munjal, Indian acoustical engineer
Yash Pal, Indian scientist, educator and educationist
Janak Palta McGilligan, Indian Padma Shri recipient, social worker, and a writer of Indian educational curriculum books
Mohinder Singh Randhawa, Punjabi civil servant, botanist, historian, art and culture promoter, prominent writer
Narinder Singh Randhawa, Indian agricultural scientist
Suresh Rattan
Birbal Sahni, Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent
Daya Ram Sahni, Indian archaeologist
Harvinder Sahota, Indian American cardiologist
Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini, Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Sartaj Sahni, American-Indian computer scientist
Harvinder Sahota, Indian American cardiologist
Pritam Saini, English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu writer; historian; literary critic
Sanjay Saini, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School
Subhash Saini, senior computer scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
P. K. Sethi
Dheeraj Sharma, professor at IIM-Ahmedabad; writer
Khushdeva Singh, Indian physician and social worker
Manjit Singh, armament scientist
Upinder Singh, Indian historian specialized in ancient India at University of Delhi
Sahib Singh Sokhey, Indian biochemist
Janak Raj Talwar, Indian cardiothoracic scientist
B. K. Thapar, Indian archaeologist; Director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1978–1981
Kartar Singh Thind
Surinder Vasal, Indian geneticist scientist
Purshottam Lal Wahi
Khushwant Lal Wig, Indian physician
Bagicha Singh Minhas, Indian economist

Folklore

Film industry

Bollywood (India)

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

Family	Artistes
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 Bachchans	Teji Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda
The Malhotras	Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Bina Rai, Prem Kishen
The Roshans	Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan
The Randhawas	Dara Singh, Vindu Dara Singh, Randhawa, Shaad Randhawa
The Rajs	Jagdish Raj, Anita Raj
The Puris	Chaman Puri, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Vardhan Puri
The Khannas - 1	Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
The Khannas - 2	Vinod Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
The Bedis - 1	Kabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi
The Bedis - 2	Narendra Bedi, Rajat Bedi, Manik Bedi
The Kapurs	Pankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
The Kapoors - 1	Prithviraj Kapoor, Trilok 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 Ahujas	Arun Kumar Ahuja, Nirmala Devi, Govinda Ahuja, Sunita Ahuja, Tina Ahuja, Krushna Abhishek, Ragini Khanna, Vinay Anand, Arti Sharma, Saumya Seth
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
The Mehras	Vinod Mehra, Soniya Mehra, Rohan Mehra
The Babbars	Raj Babbar, Arya Babbar, Prateik Babbar, Juhi Babbar
The Goswamis	Manoj Kumar, Kunal Goswami

Individual Actors

Directors

Documentary filmmakers

Mukesh Gautam

Lollywood (Pakistan)

Directors

Punjabi cinema (India)

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
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Tamil cinema (India)

Simran Bagga, Punjabi Hindu
Jyothika, Punjabi Hindu
Kajal Agarwal, Punjabi Hindu
Sonia Aggarwal, Punjabi Hindu

International Film and TV personalities

Historical

Ancient

Medieval

Post Medieval Era
Muslims

Sarang Khan Ghakkar
Shaikh Gadai Kamboh, Chief Justice of Mughal Empire
Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, Governor of Bengal
Wazir Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire
Saadullah Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire
Hifzullah Khan, Governor of Sindh and Kashmir
Adina Beg Arain, Governor of Lahore and Multan
Muzaffar Jang Hidayat, 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad
Nur Muhammad Chattha
Pir Muhammad Chattha
Ghulam Muhammad Chattha
Fath Muhammad
Hyder Ali
Tipu Sultan

Sikh Empire

Sikh

Hindu

Muslim

Shaikh Ghulam Muhy-ud-Din, governor of Kashmir
Shaikh Imam-ud-Din, governor of Kashmir
Mian Ghousa, artillery officer
Fakir Azizuddin, diplomat and physician
Fateh Khan Tiwana, Tiwana chief
Ilahi Bakhsh, artillery officer
Sultan Mahmud Khan, artillery officer

Monarchs

Sayyid Sultans of Delhi

Khizr Khan, founder of the Sayyid dynasty
Mubarak Shah II
Muhammad Shah IV
Alam Shah

Raja of Sialkot

Jasrat Khokhar

Gakhar Sultans of Potohar

Jhanda Khan Ghakkar
Tatar Khan Ghakkar
Hathi Khan Gakkar
Sarang Khan Gakhar
Adam Khan Gakhar
Kamal Khan Gakhar
Said Khan
Nazar Khan
Allah Quli Khan
Sultan Muqarrab Khan

Langah Sultans of Multan

Rai Sahra Langah, founder of the Langah Sultanate
Husseyn Shah Langah
Feroz Khan Langah
Buddha Khan Langah
Hussain Langah II
Lashkar Khan Langah

Sikh Empire

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh Empire
Maharaja Kharak Singh, second ruler of the Sikh Empire
Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh, third emperor of the Sikh Empire.
Maharaja Sher Singh, was the fourth maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
Maharaja Duleep Singh was the last Emperor of the Sikh Empire

Misl Rulers

Banda Singh Bahadur, Commander-in-chief of Khalsa army
Ala Singh, First maharaja of Patiala and founder of Phulkian Misl.
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia founder of Ahluwalia Misl and leader of Dal Khalsa
Nawab Kapur Singh Organizer of Sikh Confederacy
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia founder of Ramgarhia Misl
Jai Singh Kanhaiya one of the most powerful sikh rulers during Sikh Confederacies period founder of Kanhaiya Misl
Charat Singh founder of Sukerchakia Misl father of Maha Singh and grandfather of Ranjit Singh
Hari Singh Dhillon one of the most powerful and admired Sikh Worrier leaders of Bhangi Misl
Maha Singh son of Charat Singh and father of Ranjit Singh second chief of Sukerchakia Misl
Jhanda Singh Dhillon son of Hari Singh Dhillon under his leadership Bhangi Misl become the most powerful among all the Misls
Baba Deep Singh founder of Shaheedan Misl

Sardars of Jhang

Walidad Khan Sial, founder of the Sial dynasty
Inayatullah Khan Sial
Sultan Kabir Khan Sial
Ahmad Khan Sial

Sultans of Mysore

Journalists

Print

India

England

Pakistan

Electronic/broadcast

India

Pakistan

Military

Pakistan Armed Forces

Air Force

Air Marshal Nur Khan
Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan
Air Commodore Sajad Haider
Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan
Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar
Air Vice Marshal Abdul Razzaq Anjum
Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat
Air Commodore Rizwan Ullah Khan
Flight Lieutenant Yunus Hussain
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman
Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan
Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas
Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry

Army

Maj Gen Iftikhar Khan, most senior to succeed General Douglas Gracey as the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, but was killed in a C-53 crash with 22 others, including his wife and infant daughter before he could take office leading to General Ayub Khan being appointed instead
General Asim Munir, current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Zia ul Haq, former Chief of Army Staff and President of Pakistan
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan army
General Tikka Khan, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali
Lt Gen Abdul Ali Malik
Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa
Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua
Maj Gen Rao Farman Ali
Maj Gen Muhammed Akbar Khan
Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua, most senior Pakistani officer killed in battle during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 while fighting with his troops on the front line
Maj Gen Iftikhar Khan, designated as the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army
Maj Gen Muhammad Yusaf Khan
Maj Gen Raja Sakhi Daler Khan
Maj Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik
Maj Gen Noel Israel Khokhar
Brig Siddique Salik
Brig Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan
Brig Amir Gulistan Janjua
Major Tufail Mohammad, Nishan-e-Haider
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Nishan-e-Haider
Major Muhammad Akram, Nishan-e-Haider
Major Shabbir Sharif, Nishan-e-Haider
Lieutenant Colonel Haroon Islam
Captain Raja Muhammad Sarwar, Nishan-e-Haider
Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Nishan-e-Haider
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, Nishan-e-Haider
Sowar Muhammad Hussain Janjua, Nishan-e-Haider

Navy

Indian Armed Forces

Airforce

Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, former Chief of Indian Air Force, Awarded highest military peace award.
Marshal Arjan Singh, former Chief of Indian Air Force; only marshal in the history of Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, former Chief of Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri, former Chief of Indian Air Force
Rakesh Sharma, Indian Air Force, first Indian in space

Army

General Deepak Kapoor, former Indian Army Chief
General Om Prakash Malhotra, former Indian Army Chief
Captain Saurabh Kalia, martyr of Kargil war
General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army Chief
Captain Arun Singh Jasrotia,
General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief
General Nirmal Chander Vij, former Indian Army Chief
Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; led the ground forces campaign in the eastern front of the war
Lt General Punita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General; first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy
Major General Shabeg Singh
Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, awarded Maha Vir Chakra by the Indian Army for his leadership in the Battle of Longewala
Captain Vikram Batra, former officer of Indian army, martyred in 1999 Kargil war and was awarded Param Vir Chakra posthumously
Lieutenant general Satinder Kumar Saini, former Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Navy

Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, former Chief of Indian Navy
Admiral S.M. Nanda, former Chief of Indian Navy

Other notables

Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS officer
Uday Singh Taunque, awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star; first Indian to die in Iraq War as part of the US Army
Ishar Singh, leader of the 36th Sikhs regiment during the Battle of Saragarhi

Singapore Armed Forces

Colonel Gurcharan Singh Sekhon

United States Armed Forces

Humayun Khan, army officer who was killed during the Iraq War

Music

Pakistan

Punjabi Folk

Sufi Qawwali

Classical Hindustani Gharanas

Panjabi Gharana

Modern Playback

India

Punjabi folk

Sufi Qawwali

Hindu devotional

Classical Hindustani music

Jagjit Singh
Patiala Gharana
Sardool Sikander
Barkat Sidhu
Som Dutt Battu
Shiv Dayal Batish
Sham Chaurasia Gharana
Jyoti Nooran
Sultana Nooran

Modern playback

Models

Amarjot Kaur
Amrita Sher-Gil
Harnaaz Sandhu, Punjabi beauty pageant titleholder and model who was crowned Miss Universe 2021
Hasleen Kaur
Jesse Randhawa, Bollywood model
Kuljeet Randhawa
Mahek Chahal
Mandira Bedi
Navneet Kaur Dhillon
Neha Kapur
Neelam Gill, Burberry
Gurleen Chopra, model
Simran Kaur Mundi
Sonampreet Bajwa

Politicians

India

Pakistan

United States

Preet Bharara, former member of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina, former member of the United States House of Representatives
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, former member of the United States House of Representatives
Jenifer Rajkumar, Member of New York State Assembly from Queens
Ro Khanna, Member of United States House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district
Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York City
Kiran Ahuja
Vivek Kundra
Harry Arora
Sam Arora
Harry Anand
Gurmit Singh Aulakh
Balvir Singh
Ravinder Bhalla
Ram Nath Puri
Ranjeev Puri
Aftab Pureval
Raj Panjabi
Aneesh Chopra
Rohit Chopra
Harmeet Dhillon
Shammas Malik
Manka Dhingra
Gurbir Grewal
Gopal Khanna
Puneet Talwar
Monika Kalra Varma
Richard Verma
Swaranjit Singh Khalsa
Sabrina Singh
Faisal Gill
Daleep Singh
Jas Jeet Singh
Saggy Tahir
Mussab Ali

United Kingdom

Canada

Revolutionaries

Religious figures

Sikh Gurus

Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism
Guru Angad
Guru Amar Das
Guru Ram Das
Guru Arjan Dev, was the first two Gurus Martyred Sikh faith
Guru Hargobind
Guru Har Rai
Guru Har Krishan
Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Gobind Singh, Last Sikh Guru in human form founder of Khalsa panth

Other Sikh figures

Bhai Kanhaiya, he was known for pouring water for all the wounded members of the battlefield no matter whether they were Sikhs or enemies
Baba Buddha, one of earliest Sikh figures
Bhai Mardana, was the first Sikh
Bhai Daya Singh, first in Panj Pyare
Bhai Jamala Singh Saini, renowned mystic, humanitarian and Sikh warrior of Punjab.

Muslim Sufis and saints

Hindu Gurus and saints

Buddhist figures

Radha Soami Satsang Beas

Ahmadiyya

Sportspersons

Baseball

Chess

Badminton

Table Tennis

Tennis

Cricket

India

Pakistan

England

Canada

New Zealand

Ish Sodhi

Basketball

Hockey

Field hockey

Ice hockey

Figure skating

American football

Mike Mohamed

Canadian Football

Sukh Chungh

Athletics

Golf

Wrestling

Shooting

Abhinav Bindra, first individual Olympic gold medalist
Gagan Narang, the only Indian to win two medals at a World championship
Avneet Sidhu, Commonwealth Games medalist, Arjun Awardee

Cycling

Alexi Grewal, American-Sikh, won gold medal in Olympics
Imtiaz Bhatti
Muhammad Shah Rukh
Harshveer Sekhon
Suchha Singh
Muhammad Hafeez (cyclist)
Amar Singh Billing
Muhammad Ashiq

Soccer

Michael Chopra, English footballer
Shaan Hundal, Canadian soccer player
Harpal Singh
Yan Dhanda
Brandon Khela
Ashvir Singh Johal
Sunny Singh Gill
Rikki Bains
Dilan Markanday
Mal Benning
Roger Verdi
Karanveer Singh Grewal
Raspreet Sandhu
Harpal Singh
Danny Batth
Aman Dosanj
Rohan Luthra
Permi Jhooti
Jazz Juttla
Delwinder Singh
Adeel Younas
Tanveer Ahmed
Harmeet Singh
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, second Indian goalkeeper and first to professionally play as GK for 1st division European club
Sandesh Jhingan, India u-23 and national team player, was adjudged the best footballer of the inaugural ISL
Sharafat Ali
Haroon Yousaf
Samar Ishaq
Gurmeet Singh Chahal
Amrinder Singh
Aman Verma (footballer)
Adnan Ahmed
Jimmy Khan
Simranjit Thandi
Mateen Akhtar
Inder Singh, former footballer
Jarnail Singh
Inderjeet Aujla
Gurjinder Singh
Kabir Kohli
Rashid Sarwar
Shebby Singh
Santokh Singh
Jagvir Singh
Manprit Sarkaria
Arjan Raikhy
Jeevan Badwal
Muhammad Umar Hayat
Etzaz Hussain
Ali Uzair
Sarpreet Singh, New Zealand footballer
Masood Fakhri
Arif Mehmood
Ghulam Sarwar
Mehtab Singh
Deepak Tangri
Anwar Ali
Sarfraz Rasool
Triman Ranvir, Belgian-Indian footballer

List of Punjabi people

Artists

Authors

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu

Pakistan

India

English

Aviators

Architects

Business

Pakistan

Cartoonists

Doctors

India

Educators and scientists

Nobel laureates

Pakistan

India

Folklore

Film industry

Bollywood (India)

Individual Actors

Directors

Documentary filmmakers

Lollywood (Pakistan)

Directors

Punjabi cinema (India)

Directors

Actors

Tamil cinema (India)

International Film and TV personalities

Historical

Ancient

Medieval

Sikh Empire

Hindu

Muslim

Monarchs

Sayyid Sultans of Delhi

Raja of Sialkot

Gakhar Sultans of Potohar

Langah Sultans of Multan

Sikh Empire

Misl Rulers

Sardars of Jhang

Nawab of Punjab

Nizam of Hyderabad

Raja of Kashmir

Sultans of Mysore

Journalists

Print

India

England

Pakistan

Electronic/broadcast

India

Pakistan

Military

Pakistan Armed Forces

Air Force

Army

Navy

Indian Armed Forces

Airforce

Army

Navy

Other notables

Singapore Armed Forces

United States Armed Forces

Music

Pakistan

Punjabi Folk

Sufi Qawwali

Classical Hindustani Gharanas

Panjabi Gharana

Patiala Gharana

Sham Chaurasia Gharana

Modern Playback

India

Punjabi folk