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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.
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
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Giani Gurdit Singh
Khushwant Singh (1915-2014) was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist.
- Aditya Khanna, entrepreneur and financier
- Ajay Banga, president and CEO of MasterCard; ex-CEO of Citi Group Asia Pacific
- Aroon Purie, India Today group
- Avtar Lit, founder of Sunrise Radio
- Avtar Saini, microprocessor designer and former vice president of Intel
- Binny Bansal, entrepreneur and co-founder of Flipkart
- Bob Singh Dhillon, Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian property businessman
- Brijmohan Lall Munjal, was an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of Hero Group
- Dharampal Gulati, founder of MDH
- F. C. Kohli, regarded as the "father" of the Indian software industry, founder of TCS
- Gulshan Kumar, T Series music label
- Gurbaksh Chahal, entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies
- J. C. Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra Group
- Jagdish Khattar, managing director of Maruti Udyog ltd 1999 – 2007, civil servant
- Jessie Singh Saini, Indo-American industrialist
- Kanwal Rekhi, one of the first Indian entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
- Kushal Pal Singh, Chairman and CEO of DLF
- M. S. Banga, ex-CEO of Hindustan Lever; director on the board of Maruti Udyog Limited
- Malvinder Mohan Singh, Fortis Group
- Mohan Singh Oberoi, Oberoi Hotels[2]
- Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian-American physicist known for his work on fiber optics
- Raj Kundra, British–Indian businessman
- Rana Kapoor, founder and managing director of Yes Bank
- Rohit Bansal, entrepreneur and co-founder of Snapdeal
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail
- Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and president of i2 Technologies
- Shivon Zilis, venture capitalist
- Sunil Mittal, owner of Bharti Airtel
- Vikram Chatwal, hotelier
- Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium processor
- Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- Vipin Khanna, businessman and financier
- 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 Flex-N-Gate, Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C
- Sohaib Abbasi, former CEO of Informatica
- Zameer Choudrey, CEO of Bestway
Educators and scientists
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Abdus Salam, first Pakistani Nobel prize winner in Physics
Har Gobind Khorana, first Punjabi Nobel prize winner.
- 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 University of Stockholm
- 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
- 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 (CSIR)
- 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)
- 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
- 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[3]
- Sanjay Saini, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School[4][5]
- Subhash Saini, senior computer scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, USA[6]
- 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
The following is a list of famous Punjabi families and individual artistes who have worked in Bollywood:
Family
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Artistes
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The Sahnis |
Balraj Sahni, Bhisham Sahni, Parikshit Sahni
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The Anands |
Chetan Anand, Dev Anand, Vijay Anand
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The Chopras - 1 |
Baldev Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra, Ravi Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Uday Chopra
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The Chopras - 2 |
Priyanka Chopra, Parineeti Chopra
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The Deols |
Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Esha Deol, Abhay Deol
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The Bachchans |
Teji Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda
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The Malhotras |
Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, Bina Rai, Prem Kishen
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The Roshans |
Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan
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The Singhs |
Dara Singh, Vindu Dara Singh
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The Rajs |
Jagdish Raj, Anita Raj
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The Puris |
Madan Puri, Amrish Puri,
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The Khannas - 1 |
Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
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The Khannas - 2 |
Vinod Khanna,[10] Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna
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The Bedis |
Kabir Bedi, Pooja Bedi, Protima Bedi
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The Kapurs |
Pankaj Kapur, Shahid Kapoor
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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
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The Kapoors - 2 |
Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor
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The Kapoors - 3 |
Jeetendra, Tusshar Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor
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The Ahujas |
Arun Kumar Ahuja, Nirmala Devi, Govinda Ahuja, Sunita Ahuja, Tina Ahuja, Krushna Abhishek, Ragini Khanna, Vinay Anand, Arti Sharma, Saumya Seth
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The Dhawans |
David Dhawan, Varun Dhawan, Rohit Dhawan, Anil Dhawan
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The Devgans |
Veeru Devgan, Ajay Devgan, Anil Devgan
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The Oberois |
Suresh Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi
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The Aroras |
Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora
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The Tulis |
Rajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav
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The Dutts |
Nargis Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt
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Documentary filmmakers
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Lollywood (Pakistan)
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Punjabi cinema (India)
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The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.
Actors
Actresses
Tamil cinema (India)
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International Film and TV personalities
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Sultan of Gujarat, a descendant of Muzaffar Shah I[11]
Muslim
Adina Beg, last Muslim governor of Punjab
Sikh
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire
Electronic/broadcast
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Pakistan Armed Forces
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General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, is the most respected and popular general in the country's history.[25]
- General Asim Munir, current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) 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 (R) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan army
- General (R) Tikka Khan, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- General (R) Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
- Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa
- Lt Gen (R) Abdul Ali Malik
- Lt Gen (R) Nasser Khan Janjua
- Maj Gen (R) Rao Farman Ali
- Maj Gen (R) 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 (R) Iftikhar Khan, first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army
- Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Yusaf Khan
- Maj Gen (R) Raja Sakhi Daler Khan
- Maj Gen (R) Akhtar Hussain Malik
- Maj Gen (R) Noel Israel Khokhar
- Brig (R) Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan
- Brig (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua
- Major Tufail Muhammad, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Muhammad Akram, Nishan-e-Haider
- Major Shabbir Sharif, Nishan-e-Haider
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar, Nishan-e-Haider
- Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Nishan-e-Haider
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, Nishan-e-Haider
- Sowar Muhammad Hussain, Nishan-e-Haider
Indian Armed Forces
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General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
- General Deepak Kapoor, former Indian Army Chief
- General Om Prakash Malhotra, former Indian Army Chief
- Captain Saurabh Kalia, martyr of Kargil war
- General Ved Prakash Malik, former Indian Army Chief
- General Bikram Singh, former Indian Army Chief
- Captain Arun Singh Jasrotia,[28]
- General Pran Nath Thapar, former Indian Army Chief
- General Nirmal Chander Vij, former Indian Army Chief
- Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora (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;[29] first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of Indian Navy[30]
- Major General Shabeg Singh
- Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retired), awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) 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
Singapore Armed Forces
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Alam Lohar, considered one of the most important singers of Punjabi folk.[31]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, considered as one of the greatest performers of qawwali.[32]
Classical Hindustani Gharanas
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Sham Chaurasia Gharana
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Atif Aslam, widely acclaimed playback singer
Mohammed Rafi was a singer famous for singing multiple genres and styles
Punjabi folk singers and sisters Parkash Kaur and Surinder Kaur in 1967
Jagjit Singh, popular ghazal singer
Classical Hindustani Music
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Sham Chaurasia Gharana
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Sukhwinder Singh, singer of Academy and Grammy award-winning song "Jai Ho"
Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism
Muslim Sufis and saints
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Hindu Gurus and saints
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas
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Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar is one of the fastest bowlers in the world.
Freestyle Wrestling
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