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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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Nobel laureates
Abdus Salam, first Pakistani Nobel prize winner in Physics
Har Gobind Khorana, first Punjabi Nobel prize winner.

Governors

Muslim

Adina Beg, last Muslim governor of the Punjab

Hindu

Rulers

Sikhs
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire

Muslim

Generals

Sikh

Hindu

Muslim

Military

Pakistan Armed Forces
General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, is the most respected and popular general in the country's history.[11]

Air Force

Army

Airforce

Army
General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army

Other notables

Army

Religious figures

Muslim Sufis and saints
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet
c.* Fariduddin Ganjshakar

Hindu Gurus and saints

Buddhist figures

Radha Soami Satsang Beas

Ahmadiyya community
Main article: Khalifatul Masih

Business

India

Pakistan

Music

Pakistan
Alam Lohar, considered one of the most important singers of Punjabi folk.[30]

Punjabi Folk
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, considered as one of the greatest performers of qawwali.[31]

Sufi Qawwali
Panjabi Gharana
Patiala Gharana
Sham Chaurasia Gharana
Atif Aslam, widely acclaimed playback singer

Modern Playback

India
Mohammed Rafi was a singer famous for singing multiple genres and styles
Punjabi folk singers and sisters Parkash Kaur and Surinder Kaur in 1967

Punjabi folk

Sufi Qawwali
Jagjit Singh, popular ghazal singer

Classical Hindustani Music
Patiala Gharana
Sham Chaurasia Gharana
Sukhwinder Singh, singer of Academy and Grammy award-winning song "Jai Ho"

Modern playback

Cartoonists

Doctors

India

Educators and scientists

Pakistan

India

Astronauts

India

Film & TV

Bollywood (India)

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

Family Artistes
The SahnisBalraj Sahni, Bhisham Sahni, Parikshit Sahni
The AnandsChetan Anand, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand
The Chopras - 1Baldev Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra, Ravi Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra
The Chopras - 2Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra
The DeolsDharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Abhay Deol
The BachchansTeji Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda
The MalhotrasPrem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Bina Rai, Prem Kishen
The RoshansRakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan
The SinghsDara Singh, Vindu Dara Singh
The RajsJagdish Raj, Anita Raj
The PurisMadan Puri, Amrish Puri,
The Khannas - 1Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
The Khannas - 2Vinod Khanna,[36] Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
The BedisKabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi, Protima Bedi
The KapursPankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
The Kapoors - 1Prithviraj 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 - 2Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor,
Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor
The Kapoors - 3Jeetendra, Tusshar Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor
The AhujasArun Kumar Ahuja, Nirmala Devi, Govinda Ahuja, Sunita Ahuja, Tina Ahuja, Krushna Abhishek, Ragini Khanna, Vinay Anand, Arti Sharma, Saumya Seth
The DhawansDavid Dhawan, Varun Dhawan, Rohit Dhawan, Anil Dhawan
The DevgansVeeru Devgan, Ajay Devgan, Anil Devgan
The OberoisSuresh Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi
The ArorasMalaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora
The TulisRajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav
The DuttsNargis Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt

Individual Actors

Directors

Documentary filmmakers

Lollywood (Pakistan)

Directors

Punjabi cinema (India)
Further information: Punjabi cinema

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

Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actors

Actresses

Main article: List of Punjabi cinema actresses

Tamil cinema (India)

International Film and TV personalities

Folklore

Sikh Gurus
Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism

Other Religious Sikhs figure

Panj Pyare or five beloved

Literature

India
Giani Gurdit Singh

Pakistan
Muhammad Iqbal, widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of Urdu in the 20th century.[40]

English
Khushwant Singh (1915-2014) was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.

Journalists

India

England

Pakistan

India

Pakistan


Models

Revolutionaries

Politicians

India

Pakistan

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Sportspersons

Baseball

Chess

Table Tennis

Tennis

India
Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets

Pakistan
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar is one of the fastest bowlers in the world.

England

Canada

New Zealand

Basketball

Field hockey

Ice hockey

Athletics

Golf

Wrestling

Shooting

Cycling

Soccer

Boxing

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Freestyle Wrestling

Mixed martial arts

Artists
Amrita Sher-Gil

Architects

See also

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