List of Indo-Canadians
A
- Akshay Kumar, Bollywood actor
- Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA
- Nira Arora - morning show radio host for CFBT-FM 94.5 in Vancouver, BC
B
- Anita Rau Badami - novelist
- Ashish Bagai - former captain of the Canadian cricket team
- Manjul Bhargava - mathematician, Fields Medalist
- Ravi Baichwal - news anchor and reporter at WLS-TV
- Hardial Bains - founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada, 1970–1997
- Harry Bains - British Columbia New Democratic MLA
- Navdeep Bains - Liberal Member of Parliament
- Shauna Singh Baldwin - novelist
- Bas Balkissoon - MPP
- Nirmala Basnayake - rock singer (controller.controller)
- Sheela Basrur - former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health
- Nuvraj Singh Bassi - professional football player
- Robin Bawa - played for several NHL teams and in minor leagues
- Nadira Begg - television journalist
- Stan Bharti - businessman and philanthropist
- Arjan Bhullar - wrestler
- Sim Bhullar - NBA basketball player
- Neil Bissoondath - author
- Glenda Braganza - actress
- Jagrup Brar - British Columbia NDP MLA
C
- Baljit Singh Chadha - businessman and member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee
- Ashok Chandwani - journalist
- Gulzar Singh Cheema - Manitoba and British Columbia MLA
- Jasbir Singh Cheema - politician
- Paul Chohan - field hockey player
- Raj Chouhan - British Columbia NDP MLA
- Saroja Coelho - radio broadcaster
D
- Cindy Daniel - singer
- Dipika Damerla - MPP Ontario
- Joe Daniel - Conservative MP and first Malayali elected to Parliament
- Agam Darshi - actress and filmmaker
- Karen David - pop singer
- Deesha - R&B musician
- Monika Deol - former MuchMusic host and CIVT news anchor
- Ranjeev Deol - field hockey player
- Sudi Devanesen - physician and member of the Order of Canada
- Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
- Ranj Dhaliwal - Canadian author
- Sukh Dhaliwal - Liberal MP
- Naranjan Dhalla - cardiovascular research scientist and member of the Order of Canada
- Ruby Dhalla - Liberal MP
- Sarwan Singh Dhanda - WW2 veteran and former VP Executive at McLeod
- Sunil Dhaniram - cricket player
- Bob Singh Dhillon - Punjabi Indo-Canadian Sikh property businessman
- Haninder Dhillon - cricket player
- R Paul Dhillon - director, producer, writer and journalist
- Vekeana Dhillon - Vancouver screenwriter, television presenter, actress
- Vic Dhillon - Ontario Liberal MPP
- Vikram Dhillon - Vancouver producer, director, actor and television presenter
- Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia, first Indian-Canadian premier, former federal Minister of Health, and current National Defence Critic
- John Dossetor - physician and bioethicist, member of the Order of Canada
- Ian D'Sa - guitarist of rock band Billy Talent
G
- Nisha Ganatra - film director, film producer, writer and actor
- Shuman Ghosemajumder - businessman and computer scientist
- Sara Ghulam - Miss World Canada 2007
- Raminder Gill - former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
- Dylan Mohan Gray - film director, producer, writer
- Gurmant Grewal - Former Conservative MP (3-terms)and Deputy Opposition House Leader, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
- Nina Grewal - Conservative MP (4-terms), half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
H
- Syeda Saiyidain Hameed - Indian Canadian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer, former member of the Planning Commission of India; executive assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta, 1975; Director of Colleges and Universities at the ministry, 1978
- Ian Hanomansing - CBC journalist
- Tara Singh Hayer - newspaper publisher
- Kash Heed - former chief constable of West Vancouver Police Department; former superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department
- Kamal Heer - singer
- Rena Heer - worked with Channel M, then with Global BC and now on CTV
I
- Indrani - full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, photographer, director, TV personality and model
- Chin Injeti - R&B musician
- Anosh Irani - novelist and playwright
- Ishq Bector - HipHop/R&B musician and composer
J
- Mobina Jaffer - senator
- Rahim Jaffer - former Alberta Conservative MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)
- Neilank Jha - Canadian neurosurgeon
- Jazzy B - singer
- Bidhu Jha - Manitoba NDP MLA
- Avan Jogia - actor
- Bindy Johal - Vancouver gangster and underworld Don
- Prakash John - R&B musician
- Jonita Gandhi - Bollywood singer
- Jinder Mahal - WWE wrestler
K
- Cassius Khan - musician instrument
- Ravi Kahlon - field hockey player
- Darshan Kang - Alberta MP
- Hari Kant - former field hockey goalkeeper
- Rupi Kaur - poet
- Jujhar Khaira - NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers
- Vim Kochhar - businessman and senator
- Koushik - hip hop musician
- Kuldip Singh Kular - former Ontario Liberal MPP
- Bindi Kullar - field hockey player
- Faisal Kutty - attorney, writer and law professor
- Kader Khan - actor, screenwriter[1]
L
- Harold Sonny Ladoo - novelist and author
- Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for heavy metal band Brown Brigade
- Harry Lali - BC NDP MLA
- Nancy Lee - short story writer and novelist
- Sunny Leone - Actress
- Lilly Singh - Youtuber
M
- Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) – wrestler
- Anita Majumdar - actress
- Shaun Majumder - actor/comedian
- Gurbax Singh Malhi - former Liberal MP
- Manny Malhotra - former NHL player
- Samir Mallal - filmmaker
- Amrit Mangat - Ontario Liberal MPP
- Irshad Manji - author
- Harbhajan Mann - singer
- Salim Mansur - columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun
- Bharat Masrani - Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Suleka Mathew - actress
- Ashok Mathur - writer and professor
- Devika Mathur - singer, radio personality and Canadian Idol 2005 contestant
- Maxim Mazumdar - playwright and founder of the Stephenville Theatre Festival
- Suhana Meharchand - journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Deepa Mehta - film director (Bollywood/Hollywood, Fire, Earth, Water)
- Nicky Mehta - singer
- Richie Mehta - director
- Shaun Mehta - writer
- Rohinton Mistry - novelist
- Shani Mootoo - writer
- Alok Mukherjee - current chair of the Toronto Police Services Board
- Audri Mukhopadhyay - Canadian Diplomat. Former Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- M. Ram Murty - head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen's University
- Tad Murty
- Nadir Mohamed - Former President & CEO of Rogers Communications
N
- Roger Nair - filmmaker, Human Rights activist, actor, executive on Toronto Film Board
- Naheed Nenshi - mayor of Calgary
- Rob Nijjar - former BC Liberal MLA
- Nav - rapper and producer from Toronto, Ontario signed to The Weeknd's XO record label
- Gautam (Gordon) Nath - mentor, author, mayoral candidate for Toronto, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant, Top 50 Board Diversity Professionals, June Callwood recipient, The Sovereign's medal recipient, Citizenship Presiding Officer, corporate professional.
O
- Deepak Obhrai - former Alberta Conservative MP, Calgary
- Wally Oppal - former Attorney General of British Columbia
P
- Lata Pada - Bharatanatyam dancer
- Raj Pannu - former leader of the Alberta New Democrats, the first Indian-Canadian leader of a political party
- Ashish Patel - cricket player
- Jitendra Patel - cricket player
- Nilesh Patel - film director and producer
- Prashant Pathak - entrepreneur
- Jason Patraj - cricket player
- Russell Peters - stand-up comedian
- Priyanka - drag artist, and winner of Canada's Drag Race Season 1
- Ishwar Puri - scientist, academic, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, NSERC Council member
R
- Rup Magon - International Singer and Actor Rup Magon
- Raghav - R&B singer
- Pamela Rai - Canadian Olympic swimmer, 1984 bronze medallist, first Punjabi woman to win an Olympic medal
- Monita Rajpal - CNN International news anchor
- Rudy Ramcharan - curler
- Natasha Ramsahai - meteorologist who currently works at CBLT's CBC News at Six
- Emile Ramsammy - thoroughbred horse racer
- Meaghan Rath - actress
- Lisa Ray - film actress
- Ajmer Rode - poet and playwright
- Renee Rosnes - jazz pianist and composer/arranger
- Rajat Bedi - Bollywood actor-turned film producer who settled in Canada
S
- Vik Sahay - actor
- Patty Sahota - former BC Liberal MLA
- Deep Saini - Vice-President of University of Toronto
- Shaiju Mathew - Author and Filmmaker
- Sugar Sammy - comedian
- Sathajhan Sarachandran - Convicted in 2009 of providing support to terrorist groups in Sri Lanka
- Emanuel Sandhu - figure skater
- Surendra Seeraj - cricket player
- Asha Seth - senator
- Chandrakant Shah - academic researcher, doctor, and social activist; recipient of Order of Ontario
- Melinda Shankar - actress
- Rekha Sharma - actress
- Devinder Shory - Member of Parliament
- Vivek Shraya - writer and musician
- Haroon Siddiqui - reporter, editor and columnist
- Moe Sihota - former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host and first Indo-Canadian elected to any legislature in Canada back in 1986
- Hannah Simone - actress, TV host, and fashion model
- Bobby Singh - played for the BC Lions in the CFL
- Jaggi Singh - anti-globalisation and social justice activist
- Jagmeet Singh - politician, leader of the NDP
- Jasmeet Singh - YouTube personality known as Jus Reign
- Jaspreet Singh - author
- Lilly Singh - motivational speaker and YouTube personality
- Tiger Jeet Singh - wrestler currently in Japan
- Pamela Mala Sinha - actress, playwright
- Errol Sitahal - actor
- Ajit H. Someshwar - businessman and philanthropist
- Ashwin Sood - drummer for (and former husband of) Sarah McLachlan
- Manoj Sood - actor (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
- Durand Soraine - cricket player
- Shweta Subram - Bollywood playback singer
- Moez Surani - poet
- Rajiv Surendra - actor
T
- Proma Tagore - writer and novelist
- Harinder Takhar - Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
- Harpal Talhan - lightweight boxer
- Nina Tangri - MPP, Ontario
- Sam Tata - portrait photographer, born in Shanghai and lived in Montreal
- Shashaa Tirupati - Bollywood singer
U
- Priscila Uppal - novelist and poet
- Tim Uppal - MP, Alberta
V
- Sugith Varughese - actor
- M.G. Vassanji - novelist
- Aliza Vellani - actress (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
- Ali Velshi - stock analyst and television journalist
- Murad Velshi - former Ontario Liberal MPP
- Neelam Verma - Miss Universe Canada 2002
- Richard Verma - U.S. Ambassador to India since 2015
- Vandana Vishwas - World Music Artist
W
- Ravi Walia - figure skater
Z
- Ravi Zacharias - Christian apologist, speaker, author
See also
References
- "Kader Khan spoke with Connie Haham in Pune in February 2007". www.haham.net.
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