Notable People
| Name | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Bhagat Singh | Freedom Fighter |
| Yash Chopra | Producer |
| Vanya Mishra | Winner of Miss India Femina 2012 |
| The Great Khali | Wrestler |
| Lawrence Durrell | Expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer |
| Sunil Dutt | Actor |
| Kundan Lal Saigal | Actor |
| Amrish Puri | Actor |
| K S Makhan | Singer |
| Malkit Singh | Singer |
| Jazzy B | Singer |
| Sukhwinder Panchhi | Singer |
| Apache Indian | Singer |
| Sarbjit Cheema | Singer |
| Kanth Kaler | Singer |
| Master Saleem | Singer |
| Hans Raj Hans | Singer |
| Jagjit Singh | Singer |
| Jasbir Jassi | Singer |
| Bahadur Singh | Indian former shot putter who won gold medal |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan |
| Diwan Bhai Abdul Hamid | Revenue and Chief Minister of Kapurthala State |
| Hafeez Jullundhri | Writer and poet |
| Baba Kashmira Singh | Head of Sidhant Sant Samaj or Gurbani |
| Paul Nischal | N.R.I President, first Indian candidate for the British Political Party |
| Col. Balbir Singh Kullar | Hockey Player |
| Varinder Singh Ghuman | Bodybuilder and Wrestler |
| Ajit Pal Singh | Hockey Player |
| Surjit Singh | Hockey Player |
| Pargat Singh | Hockey Player |
| I. K. Gujral | Former Prime Minister of India |
| Harbhajan Singh | Cricketer |
| Karan Kundra | Actor |
| Wasim Sajjad | Two-time Acting President of Pakistan, Ex Chairman of Senate |
| Sheikh Anwarul Haq | Former Chief Jistice |
| Mian Mohammed Sharif | Surveyor General |
| Lala Amarnath | Cricketer |
| Rannvijay Singh | Indian Actor who acts in Bollywood and Punjabi Films and also a VJ on MTV India |
| Basheer Hussain Najafi | One of the six Grand Ayatollahs |
| Sardar Swaran Singh | Politician |
| Udham Singh (field hockey) | Hockey Player |
| Darshan Singh (field hockey) | Hockey Player |
| Salma Mumtaz | Actress |
| Kartar Singh Duggal | Writer |
| Kulwant Singh Virk | Writer |
| Ishar Singh (poet) | Poet |
| Sadhu Singh Hamdard | Freedom fighter and Writer |
| Prem Parkash | Writer |
| Ajit Saini | Writer and Army General |
| Hasrat | Writer |
| Gurbachan Singh Talib | Writer |
| Gurdial Singh | Writer and novelist |
| Chaudhry Muhammad Ali | Former Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Swami Shraddhanand | Indian educationist and an Arya Samaj missionary |
| Wazir Ali | Cricketer |
| R. Paul Dhillon | Indo-Canadian journalist |
| Arun Shourie | Politician, author and journalist |
| Agha Sadiq | Writer and poet |
| Dharam Singh Uppal | Athlete |
| Balbir Singh, Sr. | Hockey Player |
| Mandeep Singh | Cricketer |
| Vimi | Actress |
| Ranvir Shorey | Actor |
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