List of Punjabi people

This article provides lists of famous and notable Punjabi people in South Asia, mainly what is today Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.

Abdus Salam, first Pakistani Noble prize winner in Physics
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.

Nobel laureates
Har Gobind Khorana, first Punjabi Nobel prize winner.

Pakistan

India

Military leaders

Muslim

Sikh

Sikh Empire
Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire

Sikh

Hindu

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.[1]

Airforce

Army

Airforce

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

Other notables

Army

Business

India

Pakistan

Music

Pakistan
Alam Lohar

Punjabi Folk
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Qawwali

Classical (Urdu)
Atif Aslam

Modern

India

Cartoonists

Doctors

Also see the category page

India

Educators and scientists
Sarfraz is a Pakistani-born political scientist and futurist who lives in Australia.

India

Astronauts

Bollywood

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

Family Artistes
The SinghsLakha Lakhwinder Singh Yograj Singh Yo Yo Honey Singh
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 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,[12] Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
The BedisKabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi, Protima Bedi
The KapursPankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
The Kapoors - 1Prithviraj 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 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

Crossover directors and actors (Hollywood)

Historical figures
Porus and Alexender

Folklore

Religious and spiritual figures

Muslim Sufis and saints
Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet

Hindu gurus and saints

Ahmadiyya community
Main article: Khalifatul Masih

The Ten Gurus of Sikhism
Main article: The Sikh Gurus

Sikh

Writers

Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
Giani Gurdit Singh

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

Journalists

India

England

Pakistan

India

Pakistan

Canada

Lollywood

Tamil cinema

Models

Revolutionaries

Politicians

India

Pakistan

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Punjabi cinema
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

Sportspersons

Baseball

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

Mixed martial arts

See also

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