Gurdaspur District - Notable People

Notable People

• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (of Qadian), founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam

• Al-Hajj Hakim Noor-ud-Din, Khalifatul Massih I of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

• Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Massih II of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

• Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Massih III of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, was born in Qadian, Died in Islamabad and buried in Rabwah Pakistan

• Mr. Muzaffar Ahmad Noori Bajwa, A famous business personality.

• Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, former chief of Indian Airforce

• Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Massih IV of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, was born in Qadian, Died in London UK and buried in Islamabad / Surry UK

• Prabhjot Singh, Indian hockey player

• Iqbal Bahu, Pakistani Sufi singer, born in Gurdaspur but migrated to Pakistan after Independence. Awardee of the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz honor by the Government of Pakistan in 2008.

• Dev Anand, famous Indian actor

Shiv Kumar Bataalvi (Batala){the famous Punjabi writer}

• Vijay Anand

• Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan (of Jamalpur) founder of the Dar-ul-Islam Trust Institutes in Pathankot, India and Jauharabad, Pakistan, migrated to Pakistan after Independence in 1947

• Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, founded Tolu-e-Islam movement, migrated to Pakistan

• Sobha Singh (painter)

• Teja Singh Akarpuri

• Ishfaq Ahmad, born in Gurdaspur, migrated to Pakistan

• Rana Ghulam Farid Khan Sulehria born in taragarh pathankot gurdaspur migrated,died in shakargarh narowal,active worker of Muslim league,best soldier,Agricultrist,Khalifa Pir Syed Jamat Ali Shah Lasani.

• Gurpreet Ghuggi

• Jasbir Jassi, popular Bhangra singer

• Manpreet Gony, cricket player