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This article provides lists of famous and notable ] in ], mainly what is today ] and ], and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language. | This article provides lists of famous and notable ] in the ], mainly what is today ] and ], and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language. | ||
==Nobel laureates== | ==Nobel laureates== | ||
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*], Medicine Nobel prize laureate. | *], Medicine Nobel prize laureate. | ||
==Military leaders== | |||
===Indian Armed Forces=== | |||
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*] ], former Chief of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-8.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-04-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231193329/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-8.html |archive-date=December 31, 2008 }}</ref> | |||
*] ], former Chief of Indian Air Force;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/defence/marshal-arjan-singh.html |title=Marshal Arjan Singh |publisher=Mapsofindia.com |access-date=2012-06-06}}</ref> only marshal in the history of Indian Air Force | |||
*Air Chief Marshal ], former Chief of Indian Air Force | |||
*Air Chief Marshal ], former Chief of Indian Air Force | |||
====Army==== | |||
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*] ] (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਰੋਰਾ; 1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) 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 | |||
*] ], first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120906170749/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-06 |title=Land Forces Site - Featured Articles |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |access-date=2012-06-06}}</ref> first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of ]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/72768/ | title= AFMC chief becomes first lady Vice-Admiral | publisher=] | access-date= 2005-05-17}}</ref> | |||
*] ] (retired), awarded ] (MVC) by the ] for his leadership in the ] | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief<ref>{{cite web|title=General J.J. Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC COAS, 31 Jan 2005 - 30 Sept 2007 Infantry, 9 Maratha LI|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army24.html |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302182807/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army24.html |archive-date=March 2, 2009 }}</ref> | |||
*Major General ] | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
====Navy==== | |||
*Admiral ], former Chief of Indian Navy | |||
*Admiral ], former Chief of Indian Navy | |||
====Other notables==== | |||
*], first woman IPS officer | |||
* ], awarded the ] and ]; first Indian to die in Iraq War as part of the ] | |||
==Military leaders== | |||
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* ] (R) ], former ] | * ] (R) ], former ] | ||
* Maj Gen (R) ], most senior Pakistani officer killed in battle during ] while fighting with his troops on the front line | * Maj Gen (R) ], most senior Pakistani officer killed in battle during ] while fighting with his troops on the front line | ||
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* General ], Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the ] | ||
* Maj Gen (R) ], first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army | * Maj Gen (R) ], first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army | ||
* ], first soldier of the British Indian Army to become the recipient of the ]. | * ], first soldier of the British Indian Army to become the recipient of the ]. | ||
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* Major General ], first woman general in South Asia | ||
* General (R) ], former ] of the ] | * General (R) ], former ] of the ] | ||
* Maj Gen (R) ], HI(M) | * Maj Gen (R) ], HI(M) | ||
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* General (R) ], former ] of the ] | * General (R) ], former ] of the ] | ||
* Major ], Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner | * Major ], Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner | ||
*Lt Gen (R) ], also served as the ] of ] from 23 October 2015 to 27 June 2018. | |||
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*Air Chief Marshal ] | *Air Chief Marshal ] | ||
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=== Indian Armed Forces === | |||
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*] ], former Chief of ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-8.html|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231193329/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Air-Chiefs/Chiefs-Air-8.html|archive-date=December 31, 2008|access-date=2009-04-28}}</ref> | |||
*] ], former Chief of Indian Air Force;<ref>{{cite web|title=Marshal Arjan Singh|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/defence/marshal-arjan-singh.html|access-date=2012-06-06|publisher=Mapsofindia.com}}</ref> only marshal in the history of Indian Air Force | |||
*Air Chief Marshal ], former Chief of Indian Air Force | |||
*Air Chief Marshal ], former Chief of Indian Air Force | |||
====Army==== | |||
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*] ] (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਰੋਰਾ; 1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) 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 | |||
*] ], first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;<ref>{{cite web|title=Land Forces Site - Featured Articles|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120906170749/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Articles/Article36.html|archive-date=2012-09-06|access-date=2012-06-06|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of ]<ref>{{cite news|title=AFMC chief becomes first lady Vice-Admiral|publisher=]|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/72768/|access-date=2005-05-17}}</ref> | |||
*] ] (retired), awarded ] (MVC) by the ] for his leadership in the ] | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief<ref>{{cite web|title=General J.J. Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC COAS, 31 Jan 2005 - 30 Sept 2007 Infantry, 9 Maratha LI|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army24.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302182807/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Army-Chiefs/Chiefs-Army24.html|archive-date=March 2, 2009|access-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> | |||
*Major General ] | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
*] ], former Indian Army Chief | |||
====Navy==== | |||
*Admiral ], former Chief of Indian Navy | |||
*Admiral ], former Chief of Indian Navy | |||
====Other notables==== | |||
*], first woman IPS officer | |||
* ], awarded the ] and ]; first Indian to die in Iraq War as part of the ] | |||
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* ], Chairman and CEO of ] | * ], Chairman and CEO of ] | ||
* ], Fortis Group | * ], Fortis Group | ||
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* ], ] venture financier and hedge-fund manager. | |||
* ], owners of the ]. | |||
* ], Pakistani businessman. Founder of ], ] and ]. | |||
* ], prominent corporate figure in the banking, communication, and real estate sectors of Pakistan. | |||
* ], founder of the Jang Group of Newspapers, Pakistan. | |||
* ], Pakistani media mogul and business man. Founder of ]. | |||
* ], Pakistani-born British billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of ]. | |||
* ], Pakistani businessman who is the founder of ]. | |||
* ], Pakistani businessman and owner of ]. | |||
* ], ] business executive best known as the founder of Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company ]. | |||
* ], ] business executive. Director for ] and former CEO to three global pharmaceutical companies. | |||
* ], founder and CEO at ORA Global. CEO of Buksh Foundation and director of Buksh Energy. | |||
* ], Pakistani businessman. Owner of ] and founded ]. | |||
* ], ] business executive, computer scientist and philanthropist. | |||
* ], Pakistani businessperson and politician who is the founder of the ]. | |||
* ], Pakistani business magnate and stock market trader who is the founder of the ]. | |||
* ], a Pakistani businessman who owns ], a cricket team based in ], Pakistan. | |||
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*], cartoonist of ''Chacha Chaudhary'' fame | *], cartoonist of ''Chacha Chaudhary'' fame | ||
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*], Punjabi singer, actor | |||
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* ], Punjabi musician, singer | |||
* ], Punjabi singer, lyricist, and rapper | |||
* ], Punjabi rapper | |||
* ], Pakistani-American Punjabi rapper | |||
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* ], of the ]-based ] outfit ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Chwalek |first=Evan |url=http://evan-chwalek.blogspot.com/2012/01/heems-nehru-jackets.html |title=FUCK IT: Heems - "Nehru Jackets" |publisher=Evan-chwalek.blogspot.com |date=2012-01-16 |access-date=2012-06-06}}</ref> | |||
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==Sportspersons== | ==Sportspersons== |
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This article provides lists of famous and notable Punjabi people in the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Nobel laureates
- Abdus Salam, Physics Nobel prize laureate.
- Har Gobind Khorana, Medicine Nobel prize laureate.
Military leaders
Indian Armed Forces
Airforce
- Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, former Chief of Indian Air Force
- 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
Army
- Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora (Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਰੋਰਾ; 1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) 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
- Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) by the Indian Army for his leadership in the Battle of Longewala
- General Deepak Kapoor, former Indian Army Chief
- General Om Prakash Malhotra, former Indian Army Chief
- General Ved Prakash Malik, former Indian Army Chief
- General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army Chief
- General Joginder Jaswant Singh, former Indian Army Chief
- Major General Shabeg Singh
- General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief
- General Nirmal Chander Vij, former Indian Army Chief
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
Pakistan Armed Forces
Army
- Maj Gen (R) Rao Farman Ali, adviser to the Government of Pakistan
- Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, HI(M), T Bt, Punjab, DG Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Rawalpindi
- General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Raja Aziz Bhatti, Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner
- General (R) Zia ul Haq, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Sawar Muhammad Hussain, Shaheed Janjua, Nishan-e-Haider winner
- Brig (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua, former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
- Maj Gen (R) Iftikhar Janjua, most senior Pakistani officer killed in battle during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 while fighting with his troops on the front line
- General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Pakistan army
- Maj Gen (R) Iftikhar Khan, first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army
- Khudadad Khan, first soldier of the British Indian Army to become the recipient of the Victoria Cross.
- General (R) Muhammed Akbar Khan, first Muslim to become a General in the British Indian Army
- General (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan Kaimkhani, former Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Brig (R) Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan, member of the Azad Kashmir Council
- Maj Gen (R) Raja Sakhi Daler Khan, Mangral
- Lt Gen (R) Raja Saroop Khan, former Governor of Punjab
- Maj Gen (R) Shah Nawaz Khan Janjua, Indian freedom fighter with the Indian National Army
- Lt Gen (R) Abdul Ali Malik
- Maj Gen (R) Akhtar Hussain Malik
- Major General Shahida Malik, first woman general in South Asia
- General (R) Tikka Khan, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Maj Gen (R) Noel Israel Khokhar, HI(M)
- General (R) Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Muhammad Sarwar, Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner
- General (R) Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Major Shabbir Sharif, Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider winner
Navy
- Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila, (HI(M), L'honneur, NI(M))
- Admiral (R) Muhammad Afzal Tahir, (NI(M))
Airforce
- Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
- Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry
- Air Chief Marshal Zafar Chaudhry
- Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan
- Air Marshal Nur Khan
- Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan
- Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, Shaheed Minhas, Nishan-e-Haider winner
- Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat Rana
- Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman
Singapore Armed Forces
Army
- Colonel Gurcharan Singh Sekhon
Pre-Modern era Punjab
- Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
- Sher Singh Attariwalla
- Mian Family Baghbanpura
- Banda Singh Bahadur
- Adina Beg
- Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon
- Hari Singh Dhillon
- Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan
- Fakir Khana
- Diwan Sawan Mal
- Diwan Mulraj
- Hari Singh Nalwa
- Jassa Singh Ramgarhia
- Jasrath Khokhar
- Shaikha Khokhar
- Baba Deep Singh
- Baghel Singh
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Nawab Kapur Singh
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal
- Nizam Lohar
- Sultan Sarang Khan
Business
- Ajaypal Singh Banga, corporate executive; president and CEO of MasterCard; ex-CEO of Citi Group Asia Pacific
- Malik Riaz, Pakistani business tycoon; founder of Bahria Town, the largest privately held real estate development company in Asia
- Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, founder of MDH
- M. S. Banga, corporate executive; ex-CEO of Hindustan Lever; director on the board of Maruti Udyog Limited
- Binny Bansal, businessman and co-founder of Flipkart
- Rohit Bansal, businessman and co-founder of Snapdeal
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- James Caan British-Pakistani entrepreneur and television personality
- Gurbaksh Chahal
- Vikram Chatwal, hotelier
- Michael Chowdry, founder of Atlas Air
- Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium processor
- Bob Singh Dhillon, Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian property businessman
- Narinder Singh Kapany, named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune magazine
- Rana Kapoor, founder and managing director of Yes Bank
- Shahid Khan, American businessman; owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Fulham F.C., and automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate
- Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- F. C. Kohli, regarded as the "father" of the Indian software industry, founder of TCS
- Gulshan Kumar, T Series
- Avtar Lit, founder of Sunrise Radio
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, Pakistani business magnate and billionaire; founder of the Lahore-based international conglomerate Nishat Group
- Sunil Mittal, owner of Bharti Airtel
- Mohan Singh Oberoi, Oberoi Hotels
- Anwar Pervez Pakistani-born British billionaire chairman of Bestway
- Aroon Purie, India Today group
- Kanwal Rekhi, one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
- Avtar Saini, former director of India operations of Montalvo Systems; former vice president of Intel
- Jessie Singh Saini, Indo-American industrialist
- Jay Sidhu, former chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp
- Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and president of i2 Technologies
- Kushal Pal Singh, Chairman and CEO of DLF
- Malvinder Mohan Singh, Fortis Group
Artists
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Atif Aslam
- Arif Lohar
- Bohemia (rapper)
- Gippy Grewal
- Gurdas Maan
- Lakha Lakhwinder Singh
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Ranjit Kaur
- Gurmeet Bawa
- Didar Sandhu
- Satwinder Bitti
- Babbu Maan
- Amrinder gill
- Karan Aujla
- Sidhu Moose Wala
- Karenjit Kaur Vohra
- Neeru Bajwa
- Simran Kaur Mundi
- Manjit Bawa
- Abdul Rehman Chughtai
- Satinder Sartaj
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Ranjit Bawa
- Ajaz Anwar
- Satish Gujral
- Amrita Sher-Gil
- Dakssh Ajit Singh
- Sobha Singh
- Nirmal Singh Dhunsi
- Aman Singh Gulati
- Shazia Manzoor
Cartoonists
- Shekhar Gurera, editorial cartoonist
- Pran Kumar Sharma, cartoonist of Chacha Chaudhary fame
Doctors
- Satya Paul Agarwal
- M. M. S. Ahuja
- Jasbir Singh Bajaj
- Dr Mukesh Batra
- Harpinder Singh Chawla
- Ram Nath Chopra
- Kirpal Singh Chugh
- Harbans Lall Gulati
- Ved Prakash Kamboj
- Tarlochan Singh Kler
- Purshotam Lal
- Prithipal Singh Maini
- Ravinder N. Maini
- Mirza Ghulam Murtaza
- Jaswant Singh Neki
- Harvinder Sahota
- Baldev Singh
- Daljit Singh
- Khushdeva Singh
- Sahib Singh Sokhey
- Janak Raj Talwar
- K. K. Talwar
- Purshottam Lal Wahi
- Mahinder Watsa
- Khushwant Lal Wig
Educators and scientists
- Asad Abidi, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles; member of the National Academy of Engineering
- Ishfaq Ahmad, theoretical physicist
- Masud Ahmad, Pakistani theoretical physicist and ICTP laureate
- Haroon Ahmed, prominent scientist in the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus of political science, University of Stockholm, and Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
- Nazir Ahmed, Pakistani experimental physicist
- M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
- Tariq Ali, academic, historian and novelist
- Khizar Humayun Ansari, academic; awarded an OBE in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations
- Muhammad Huzair Awan, Pakistani information technology prodigy and public speaker
- Farooq Azam, Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; researcher in the field of marine microbiology
- 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 (CSIR)
- Shahid H. Bokhari, highly cited Pakistani researcher in the field of parallel and distributed computing
- 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 (ICAR)
- Ashraf Choudhary, Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering
- 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
- Aneez Esmail, Associate Vice-President at the University of Manchester; currently based at the Institute of Population Health belonging to the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences; holds a visiting professorship at Harvard University in the United States
- Fayyazuddin, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- 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
- Ashraf Habibullah
- Mahbub ul Haq, inventor of Human Development Index with Amartya Sen
- Tasawar Hayat, Pakistani mathematician who has made pioneering research contributions to the area of mathematical fluid mechanics
- Tasneem Zehra Husain, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz
- Ayesha Jalal, MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University
- 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
- Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear physicist
- Shahbaz Khan, Pakistani Australian climatologist and hydrologist
- Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize winner
- 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
- Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, nuclear scientist
- Hafeez Malik, Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania
- Kauser Abdulla Malik
- Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of the Khaksar movement
- Salim Mehmud, Pakistani rocket scientist
- Narinder Kumar Mehra, Indian immunologist
- Zia Mian, Pakistani-American physicist, nuclear expert, nuclear policy maker and research scientist at Princeton University
- Farina Mir, historian and professor at University of Michigan
- Tariq Modood, Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Brimstone
- Mridula Mukherjee, Indian historian specialized in modern India Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Manohar Lal Munjal, Indian acoustical engineer
- Ghulam Murtaza, Pakistani plasma physicist and mathematician
- Qaiser Mushtaq
- Adil Najam, Professor of Earth, Environment and International Relations
- Anwar Nasim, Pakistani molecular biologist and geneticist
- Ayub Ommaya, Pakistani-American neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
- Yash Pal, Indian scientist, educator and educationist
- Amjad Parvez, Pakistani engineer
- Ishwar K. Puri, N. Waldo Harrison Professor at Virginia Tech
- Khalil Qureshi, Pakistani physical chemist
- Atta-ur-Rahman, chemist
- Arfa Karim Randhawa, youngest Pakistani Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- Mohinder Singh Randhawa, Punjabi civil servant, botanist, historian, art and culture promoter, prominent writer
- Narinder Singh Randhawa, Indian agricultural scientist
- Muneer Ahmad Rashid
- Suresh Rattan
- Riazuddin, Pakistani theoretical physicist, specialising in high-energy physics and nuclear physics
- Birbal Sahni, Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent
- Daya Ram Sahni, Indian archaeologist
- Harvinder Sahota, Indian American cardiologist
- Umar Saif, computer scientist
- 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
- Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize winner
- Ziauddin Sardar, scholar, writer and cultural critic
- P. K. Sethi
- Muhammad Sharif, cosmologist
- 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
- Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner
- Sara Suleri, author and professor emeritus of English at Yale University
- 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
Astronauts
- Kalpana Chawla
- Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra
- Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space
Bollywood
The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood:
Individual artists
- Achala Sachdev
- Akshay Kumar
- Amrish Puri
- Aanchal Kumar
- Akanksha Juneja
- Ali Zafar
- Annu Kapoor
- Amrinder Gill
- Ammy Virk
- Anupama Verma
- Arjan Bajwa
- Anil Dhawan
- Armaan Kohli
- Avtar Gill
- Aryan Vaid
- Ayushman Khurana
- Babbal Rai
- Bhumika Chawla
- Bina Rai
- Binnu Dhillon
- Celina Jaitley
- Dilip Kumar
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Deepak Parashar
- Geeta Bali
- Geeta Basra
- Shoma Anand
- Gippy Grewal
- Gracy Singh
- Govinda
- Gul Panag
- Gulshan Grover
- Gurshabad Singh
- Harman Baweja
- Harry Ahluwalia
- Jassi Gill
- Jaspal Bhatti
- Jimmy Shergill
- Juhi Chawla
- Jyothika
- Kabir Bedi
- Kajal Aggarwal
- Kanwaljit Singh
- Karan Johar
- Kapil Sharma
- Kidar Nath Sharma
- Khursheed Bano
- Kiran Juneja
- Kirron Kher
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Kunal Kapoor
- Lakha Lakhwinder Singh
- Mahek Chahal
- Mahie Gill
- Mandira Bedi
- Mangal Dhillon
- Mehar Mittal
- Minissha Lamba
- Mink Brar
- Mona Singh
- Monica Bedi
- Mukesh Khanna
- Mukesh Rishi
- Navin Nischol
- Neeru Bajwa
- Neetu Singh
- Neha Dhupia
- Om Prakash
- Om Puri
- Parmeet Sethi
- Pavan Malhotra
- Pooja Batra
- Pooja Bedi
- Poonam Dhillon
- Pran
- Praveen Kumar
- Prem Chopra
- Priya Gill
- Pulkit Samrat
- Puneet Issar
- Raj Babbar
- Rajat Kapoor
- Rajit Kapur
- Rakesh Bedi
- Rakul Preet Singh
- Ranjeet
- Rana Ranbir
- Ram Kapoor
- Raveena Tandon
- Rati Agnihotri
- Ruby Bhatia
- Samir Soni
- Sargun Mehta
- Sudesh Berry
- Shakti Kapoor
- Sheeba Chaddha
- Shiny Ahuja
- Sidharth Malhotra
- Simi Garewal
- Simone Singh
- Simran Bagga
- Smriti Irani
- Sonu Sood
- Suraiya
- Taapsee Pannu
- Urvashi Sharma
- Varun Dhawan
- Veena Malik
- Vicky Kaushal
- Vikas Bhalla
- Vijay Arora
- Vinod Mehra
- Vivek Shauq
- Yami Gautam
- Yash Johar
- Yukta Mookhey
- Kareena Kapoor Khan Indian film actress
- Celina Miss India Universe 2001, actress
- Akshay Kumar Indian film actor
Singers
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Amrinder Gill
- Anushka Manchanda
- Arijit Singh
- Atif Aslam
- Arif Lohar
- Babbu Mann
- Bhupinder Singh
- Daler Mehndi
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Gippy Grewal
- Gurdas Maan
- Hans Raj Hans
- Hard Kaur
- Himani Kapoor
- Honey Singh
- Jassi Gill
- Jagjit Singh
- Jaspinder Narula
- Jazzy B
- Kanika Kapoor
- Kavita Seth
- Kundan Lal Saigal
- Labh Janjua
- Mahendra Kapoor
- Meena Kapoor
- Mika Singh
- Mohammed Rafi
- Mukesh
- Narinder Biba
- Narendra Chanchal
- Neeraj Shridhar
- Neha Bhasin
- Nitin Mukesh
- Parkash Kaur
- Rekha Bhardwaj
- Richa Sharma
- Satinder Sartaaj, Punjabi Sufi singer
- Harshdeep Kaur
- Shailendra Singh
- Shamshad Begum
- Shibani Kashyap
- Shaukat Ali
- Soni Pabla, Bhangra singer
- Sonu Nigam
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Suraiyya
- Surinder Kaur
- Taz, lead singer of the pop band Stereo Nation
- Tulsi Kumar
- Wadali brothers
- Ali Zafar
- Noor Jehan
Directors
- Abdur Rashid Kardar
- Abhishek Kapoor
- Aditya Chopra
- Anil Sharma
- Anurag Singh
- B. R. Chopra
- Brij Sadanah
- Chetan Anand
- David Dhawan
- Deepa Mehta
- Deepak Balraj Vij
- Deepak Sareen
- Dharmesh Darshan
- Goldie Behl
- Gulzar
- Harry Baweja
- Inder Raj Anand
- J.P.Dutta
- Kamal Sadanah
- Karan Johar
- Karan Malhotra
- Kunal Kohli
- Lekh Tandon
- Loveleen Tandan
- Mira Nair
- Mohan Kumar
- Mukul Anand
- Pankaj Parashar
- Prakash Mehra
- Punit Malhotra
- Raj Kanwar
- Raj Khosla
- Rajiv Rai
- Rajkumar Kohli
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Ramanand Sagar
- Ravi Chopra
- Ravi Tandon
- Shekhar Kapoor
- Siddharth Anand
- Subhash Ghai
- Suneel Darshan
- Tinnu Anand
- Umesh Mehra
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Vijay Anand
- Vipin Handa
- Yash Chopra
Documentary filmmakers
Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)
Historical figures
- Abdul Hamid Lahori
- Ahmad Sirhindi
- Dulla Bhatti
- Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Porus
- Raja Sálbán
- Shahbaz Khan Kamboh
- Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
- Wazir Khan
Folklore
Religious and spiritual figures
Muslim Sufis
- Ahmad Sirhindi
- Baha-ud-din Zakariya
- Bulleh Shah
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar (First major poet in the Punjabi language)
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid
- Mian Mir
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
- Rukn-e-Alam
- Shah Hussain
- Sultan Bahu
- Waris Shah
Hindu gurus and saints
- Guru Gorakhnath
- Sri Chand
- Ramdev
- Rampal
- Mastana Balochistani Ji Maharaj
- Shah Satnam Singh
- Kanwar Saheb
Ahmadiyya community
Main article: Khalifatul Masih- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1889–1908)
- Malauna Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1908–1914)
- Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (1914–1965)
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1982–2003)
- Mirza Masroor Ahmad (2003–present)
The Ten Gurus of Sikhism
Main article: The Sikh GurusSikh
- Giani Sant Singh Maskeen
- Nanua Bairagi, Sikh mystic, martyr and poet
- Sharan Kaur Pabla, martyr who died while performing the last rites of Guru Gobind Singh's older sons
- Labh Singh Saini (1895–1947), freedom fighter and President of Shiromani Akali Dal
- Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura, Jathedar of Akal Takth 1964–1980, highest spiritual and temporal authority of Sikhs
Writers
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
- Amrita Pritam
- Bhai Gurdas
- Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
- Bhai Vir Singh
- Bulleh Shah
- Damodar Das Arora
- Dhani Ram Chatrik
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Giani Gurdit Singh
- Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Gulzar), Oscar winner for the film Slumdog Millionaire
- Hafeez Jullundhri
- Hakim Ahmad Shuja
- Harbhajan Singh
- Hashim Shah
- Inderjit Hasanpuri
- Jaswant Neki
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal
- Jaswant Singh Rahi
- Kulwant Singh Virk
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Munir Niazi
- Nanak Singh
- Navtej Bharati
- Pandit Lekh Ram
- Pash
- Zafar Ali Khan
- Rahul Saini
- Rajinder Singh Bedi
- Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Shah Mohammad
- Shardha Ram Phillauri
- Shareef Kunjahi
- Shiv Kumar Batalvi
- Surjit Hans
- Ustad Daman
- Waris Shah
English
- Ahmed Rashid
- Amrita Pritam
- Deepak Chopra
- Jaspreet Singh
- Chetan Bhagat
- Kartar Singh Duggal
- Khushwant Singh
- Manil Suri
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Nadeem Aslam
- Neville Tuli
- Partap Sharma
- Rahul Saini
- Romila Thapar
- Susham Bedi
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Tariq Ali
- Ved Mehta
- Vikram Seth
- Yuyutsu Sharma
- Zulfikar Ghose
Journalists
India
- Ajit Saini
- Angela Saini
- Aroon Purie
- Barjinder Singh Hamdard
- Karan Thapar
- Kuldip Nayar
- Prabhu Chawla
- Pritam Saini
- Sadhu Singh Hamdard
- Swati Mia Saini
- Tarun Tejpal
- Tavleen Singh
- Vikram Chandra
- Vinod Mehta
- Yuyutsu Sharma
England
Pakistan
Electronic/broadcast
India
- Amrita Cheema
- Aniruddha Bahal
- Barkha Dutt
- Daljit Dhaliwal
- Karan Thapar
- Monita Rajpal
- Satinder Bindra
- Tavleen Singh
Pakistan
Canada
Lollywood
- Anwar Kamal Pasha
- Noor Jehan
- Waheed Murad
- Fawad Khan
- Javed Sheikh
- Babar Ali
- Sultan Rahi
- Munawar Zarif
- Shaan Shahid
- Moammar Rana
- Hamid Rana
- Feroze Khan
- Armeena Khan
Tamil cinema
- Simran Bagga, Punjabi Hindu
- Jyothika, Punjabi Hindu
- Kajal Agarwal, Punjabi Hindu
- Sonia Aggarwal, Punjabi Hindu
Models
- Amarjot Kaur
- 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
Musicians
- Gurdas Mann, Punjabi musician, singer, lyricist
- Diljit Dosanjh, Punjabi singer, actor
- Sidhu Moosewala, Punjabi musician, singer,lyricist, music composer
- Babbu Mann, Punjabi musician, singer
- Karan Aujla, Punjabi singer, lyricist, and rapper
- Honey Singh, Punjabi rapper
- Bohemia, Pakistani-American Punjabi rapper
- Sukshinder Shinda, Punjabi musician
- Nav, Punjabi-Canadian rapper
Classical
- Zakir Hussain
- Kamal Heer
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Shanno Khurana (b. 1927), classical singer, Padma Bhushan
- Allah Rakha
- Sangtar
- Naresh Sohal, (1939 - 2018)
- Manmohan Waris
Music directors in Bollywood
- Anand Raj Anand
- Anu Malik
- Ghulam Haider
- K.L. Saigal
- Khayyam
- Madan Mohan
- Mahendra Kapoor
- Mohammed Rafi
- Noor Jehan
- O. P. Nayyar
- Rabbi Shergill
- Rajesh Roshan
- Roshan
- Shailender Singh
- Shamshad Begum
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Suraiya
- Usha Khanna
- Uttam Singh
Lyricists
- Bohemia (Punjabi rapper)
- Vicky Dhaliwal
- Babbu Maan
- Satinder Sartaj
- Narinder Batth
- Sahir Ludhianvi
- Qamar Jalalabadi
- Anand Bakshi
- Gulshan Bawra
- Happy Raikoti
- Irshad Kamil
- Gulzar
Pakistan
Qawwalis
Ghazals
Bhangra and other Punjabi people
India
- Amar Singh Chamkila
- Apache Indian
- Asa Singh Mastana
- B21
- Babbu Maan
- Bally Sagoo
- Bombay Rockers
- Channi Singh
- Daler Mehndi
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Dr. Zeus
- Gurdas Maan
- Gippy Grewal
- Hans Raj Hans
- Harbhajan Mann
- Hard Kaur
- Harshdeep Kaur
- Honey Singh
- Jagmeet Bal
- Jaspinder Narula
- Jay Sean
- Jazzy B
- Juggy D
- Kamal Heer
- Kuldeep Manak
- Kulwinder Dhillon
- Labh Janjua
- Lehmber Hussainpuri
- Malkit Singh
- Manmohan Waris
- Miss Pooja
- Panjabi MC
- Ravinder Grewal
- Rishi Rich
- Soni Pabla
- Sukhbir
- Sukhshinder Shinda
- Sukhwinder Singh
- Surinder Kaur
- Surinder Shinda
- Surjit Bindrakhia
- Taz
Pakistan
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Alam Lohar
- Arif Lohar
- Humaima Malik
- Iman Ali
- Imran Khan
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti
- Kashif
- Malika Pukhraj
- Malkoo
- Naseebo Lal
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Shazia Manzoor
Pop and rock
India
Pakistan
- Ali Azmat
- Ali Haider
- Ali Sethi
- Sajjad Ali
- Ali Zafar
- Atif Aslam
- Bohemia
- Fakhir
- Jawad Ahmed
- Haroon
- Humera Arshad
- Hadiqa Kiyani
- Waris Baig
United States
- Himanshu Suri, of the Brooklyn-based rap outfit Das Racist
- Nav (rapper)
Revolutionaries
- Bhagat Singh
- Bhai Mati Das
- Bhai Parmanand
- Dulla Bhatti
- Ganda Singh Phangureh
- Harnam Singh
- Kartar Singh Sarabha
- Lala Lajpat Rai
- Nizam Lohar
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Sukhdev
- Udham Singh
- Madan Lal Dhingra
Politicians
India
- Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab
- Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of India
- Ashwani Kumar
- Bhagwant Mann
- Baldev Singh
- Bibi Jagir Kaur
- Buta Singh
- Darbara Singh
- Giani Zail Singh, former President of India
- Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet
- Inder Kumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India
- Jagjit Singh Taunque
- Krishan Kant
- Kanshi Ram
- Madanlal Khurana
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
- Malik Umar Hayat Khan
- Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
- Master Tara Singh
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Parkash Singh Badal
- Pratap Singh Kairon
- Rai Bahadur Chaudhari Dewan Chand Saini
- Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
- Sant Fateh Singh
- Sardul Singh Caveeshar
- Sheila Dikshit
- Simranjit Singh Mann
- Surjit Singh Barnala
- Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs
- Swaran Singh
- Laxmi Kanta Chawla
- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
- Parminder Singh Dhindsa
- Sarup Chand Singla
Pakistan
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Chaudhry Amir Hussain
- Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Choudhary Rahmat Ali
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Ghulam Bibi
- Hamza Shahbaz
- Hanif Ramay
- Imran Khan
- Jagjit Singh Taunque, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands
- Liaqat Abbas Bhatti
- Liaqat Ali Khan
- Malik Amjad Ali Noon
- Malik Anwer Ali Noon
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Malik Meraj Khalid
- Master Taj-uj-Din Ansari
- Mazhar Ali Azhar
- Mian Iftikharuddin
- Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
- Mian Umar Hayat
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Mushahid Hussain Syed
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
- Nawaz Sharif
- Nisar Ali Khan
- Rana Sanaullah Khan
- Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan
- Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan
- Saqlain Anwar Sipra
- Sardar Ayaz Sadiq
- Shahbaz Sharif
- Shahid Hussain Bhatti
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din
- Sheikh Waqas Akram
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari
- Syeda Sughra Imam
- Wasim Sajjad
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
United Kingdom
Canada
- Harjit Sajjan
- Jagmeet Singh
- Raj Saini
- Sonia Sidhu
- Navdeep Bains
- Gurratan Singh
- Gagan Sikand
- Tim Uppal
Punjabi cinema
Further information: Punjabi cinemaDirectors
- Amberdeep Singh
- Amitoj Maan
- Anurag Singh
- Baljit Singh Deo
- Gippy Grewal
- Harry Baweja
- Jagdeep Sidhu
- Manmord Sidhu
- Pankaj Batra
- Rohit Jugraj Chauhan
- Simerjit Singh
- Smeep Kang
Actors
- Amrinder Gill, star of Angrej and Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo
- Babbu Maan, star of Hashar and Ekam – Son of Soil
- Binnu Dhillon, star of Bambukat and Carry On Jatta
- Diljit Dosanjh, star of Jatt & Juliet and Punjab 1984
- Gurdas Maan, star of Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh and Ucha Dar Babe Nanak Da
- Gurpreet Ghuggi, star of Ardaas and Munde U.K. De Gurpreet Ghuggi, star of Ardaas and Munde U.K. De
- Harbhajan Mann, star of Asa Nu Maan Watna Da and Jee Aayan Nu Harbhajan Mann, star of Asa Nu Maan Watna Da and Jee Aayan Nu
- Jassi Gill, star of Mr & Mrs 420 and Sargi
- Jimmy Shergill, star of Daana Paani and Mel Karade Rabba Jimmy Shergill, star of Daana Paani and Mel Karade Rabba
- Mandy Takhar, star of Mirza – The Untold Story and Rabb Da Radio Mandy Takhar, star of Mirza – The Untold Story and Rabb Da Radio
- Neeru Bajwa, star of Jatt & Juliet 2 and Jihne Mera Dil Luteya
- Rana Ranbir, star of Ardaas, Punjab 1984 and Asees
- Sargun Mehta, star of Angrej and Lahoriye
- Sonam Bajwa, star of Manje Bistre and Sardaar Ji 2
The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.
Actors
Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actors- B.N. Sharma
- Dev Kharoud
- Gippy Grewal
- Gugu Gill
- Harish Verma
- Jagjeet Sandhu
- Jaswinder Bhalla
- Karamjit Anmol
- Shavinder Mahal
- Sardar Sohi
- Sultan Rahi
- Tarsem Jassar
Actresses
Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actresses- Himanshi Khurana
- Japji Khaira
- Juhi Chawla
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Mahi Gill
- Monica Gill
- Nimrat Khaira
- Nirmal Rishi
- Simi Chahal
- Wamiqa Gabbi
Sportspersons
Baseball
Tennis
Cricket
India
- Aashish Kapoor
- Ajay Ratra
- Akash Chopra
- Amarjit Kaypee
- Ashok Malhotra
- Atul Wassan
- Balwinder Sandhu
- Barinder Sran
- Bhupinder Singh snr
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- Chetan Sharma
- Gautam Gambhir
- Gourav Dhiman
- Gurkeerat Singh
- Gursharan Singh
- Harbhajan Singh
- Harvinder Singh
- Jahangir Khan
- Kapil Dev
- Lala Amarnath
- Madan Lal
- Maninder Singh
- Manoj Prabhakar
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Nikhil Chopra
- Piyush Chawla
- Rajinder Ghai
- Reetinder Sodhi
- Sarandeep Singh
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Sunny Sohal
- Surinder Amarnath
- Surinder Khanna
- V. R. V. Singh
- Vijay Mehra
- Vikram Rathour
- Virat Kohli
- Yuvraj Singh
- Yograj Singh
- Yadavendra Singh
Pakistan
- Aamer Malik
- Aamer Sohail
- Aaqib Javed
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Razzaq
- Aizaz Cheema
- Asif Masood
- Ata-ur-Rehman
- Azeem Hafeez
- Azhar Mahmood
- Fazal Mahmood
- Ijaz Ahmed
- Imran Khan
- Imran Farhat
- Imran Nazir
- Imtiaz Ahmed
- Intikhab Alam
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Kamran Akmal
- Khan Mohammad
- Mahmood Hussain
- Majid Khan
- Maqsood Ahmed
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Mohammad Ilyas
- Mohammad Nazir
- Mohammad Wasim
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Mohammed Asif
- Moin Khan
- Mudassar Nazar
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Pervez Sajjad
- Rameez Raja
- Saeed Ahmed
- Saleem Altaf
- Saleem Elahi
- Saleem Malik
- Salman Butt
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Shabbir Ahmed
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Shujauddin
- Sohail Tanvir
- Tahir Naqqash
- Talat Ali
- Taufeeq Umar
- Waqar Hasan
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Wasim Raja
- Zaheer Abbas
England
Canada
New Zealand
Basketball
Hockey
Field hockey
- Abdul Rashid
- Ajitpal Singh
- Asif Bajwa
- Balbir Singh Sr.
- Baljeet Singh Saini
- Baljit Singh Dhillon
- Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini
- Gagan Ajit Singh
- Hanif Khan
- Hasan Sardar
- Inder Singh
- Kalimullah
- Kamran Ashraf
- Kulbir Bhaura
- Manzoor Hussain
- Muhammad Shahbaz
- Prabhjot Singh
- Prithipal Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Ravi Kahlon
- Saini Sisters
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Shahnaz Sheikh
- Sardara Singh
- Sohail Abbas
- Wasim Feroz
Ice hockey
Athletics
Golf
- Ashbeer Saini
- Jeev Milkha Singh
- Jyoti Randhawa
- Arjun Atwal
- P. G. Sethi
- Gaurav Ghei
- Shiv Kapur
- Gaganjeet Bhullar
Wrestling
- Ghulam Muhammad (The Great Gama), remained undefeated
- The Great Khali, World Heavyweight Champion
- Dara Singh
- Bholu Pahalwan
- Premchand Dogra
- Aslam Pehlwan Rustam-e-Punjab
- Tiger Jeet Singh
- The Singh Brothers, WWE wrestlers
- Younus Khan (former Rustam-e-Pakistan), Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi), WWE Champion
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
Soccer
- Michael Chopra, English footballer
- Harpal Singh
- 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
- Jarnail Singh
Boxing
Volleyball
Mixed martial arts
- Kultar Gill, Indian-Canadian mixed martial artist
- Singh Jaideep, Indian-Japanese mixed martial artist
See also
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