This is a partial list of prominent Sikhs.

Contents

1 Religious Figures 1.1 The Ten Gurus 2 Political Figures 2.1 Politicians 2.2 Other 2.3 Martyrs 3 Cultural Figures 3.1 Cinema & TV 3.2 Writers 4 Sport Figures

Religious Figures

The Ten Gurus

See: The Ten Gurus of Sikhism

  1. Guru Nanak Dev     2.  Guru Angad Dev       3.  Guru Amar Das 
  4. Guru Ram Das       5.  Guru Arjan Dev       6.  Guru Hargobind 
  7. Guru Har Rai       8.  Guru Har Krishan     9.  Guru Teg Bahadur 
 10. Guru Gobind Singh

Political Figures

Politicians

• Ujjal Dosanjh, premier of British Columbia, Canada (2000-2001), Minister of Health for Canada (2004-present)
• Giani Zail Singh, Indian president (1982-1987)
• Dr. Manmohan Singh, Indian prime minister (2004-)
• Sukhi Turner, mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand (1995-2004)
• Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of Sikh kingdom of the Punjab
• Maharaja Duleep Singh , Youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Other

• Lt. Gen. J.S. Aurora , Indian Eastern Army commander in 1971
• Balbir Singh Sodhi, post-9/11 murder victim
• Pratap Singh Giani, sikh calligraphist, priest, editor of the first punjabi newspaper
• Shabeg Singh, retired Indian Army general, killed 1984 in Operation Blue Star

Martyrs

• Shaheed Satwant Singh
• Shaheed Beant Singh
• Shaheed Kehar Singh
• Shaheed Sukhdev Singh
• Shaheed Harjinder Singh
• Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
• Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh
• Shaheed Gurbachan Singh Manochal
• Shaheed General Shabeg Singh
• Shaheed Navneet Singh Khadian
• Shaheed Gurjant Singh Budh Singh Wala
• Shaheed Bhai Fauja Singh
• Shaheed Talwinder Singh Babbar
• Shaheed Sukhdev Singh Babbar
• Shaheed Mengha Singh Babbar
• Shaheed General Labh Singh
• Shaheed Bhai Jugraj Singh
• Shaheed Avtar Singh Brahma

Cultural Figures

Cinema & TV

• Gurinder Chadha, director (Bend It Like Beckham)
• Khulvinder Ghir , comedian and actor (Goodness Gracious Me)
• Rupak Mann , actress (winner of Bollywood Star )
• Parminder Nagra, actress
• Vicky Singh , bollywood actress
• Meera Syal, comedian & actress (Sikh mother)
• Jay Sean, Musician (Real Name= Kamaljit)
• Bally Sagoo, Musician

Writers

• Bhai Vir Singh , Punjabi poet
• Khushwant Singh, English-language novelist
• Simon Singh, popular-science author
• Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana , Punjabi novelist

Sport Figures

• Bishan Singh Bedi , Indian cricketer (one of the greatest Indian bowlers)
• Fauja Singh , 93-year-old marathon runner
• Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
• Milkha Singh , Indian athlete
• Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian cricketer
• Udham Singh , Indian hockey player (4 Olympics: 3 gold, 1 silver)
• Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
• Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
• Dara Singh , Former Indian Wrestling champion