Sikh - Notable Sikhs in The Modern Era

Notable Sikhs in The Modern Era

• Chaz Singh - First Sikh Councillor in Plymouth and first Sikh Deputy Lord Mayor
• Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale – Head of damdami taksal
• Bhai Amrik Singh –
• Abhinav Bindra – First Indian to win Olympic Gold medal individually (shooting)
• Ajit Saini – Punjabi author, journalist, Indian National Army veteran
• Alexi Singh Grewal – first American to win an Olympic Gold Medal in cycling
• Amarinder Singh – Punjab congress leader, former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Angela Saini – British science journalist and author
• Ashbeer Saini – Indian junior golfer
• M S Banga, Ex-CEO – Hindustan Lever, Director on Board- Maruti Suzuki India Limited
• Ajay Banga, President & COO- Mastercard, Ex CEO- Citi Group- Asia Pacific
• Jessie Singh Saini, founder of BJS Electronics and notable American industrialist of Indian decent
• Gurbachan Singh Salaria, winner of the Param Vir Chakra
• Arjan Singh – Marshal of the Indian Air Force, former Chief of the Air Force Staff
• Baldev Singh – Indian independence movement leader, first Defence Minister of India
• Baltej Singh Dhillon – first turbaned member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Baljeet Singh Saini - Indian hockey player and Olympian, Gold Medalist (Asian Games)
• Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini, British hockey international player
• Barjinder Singh Hamdard – Editor-in-Chief of newspaper Ajit, novelist, ex-Rajya Sabha member
• Bhagat Singh – Indian independence movement revolutionary leader and martyr
• Bishan Singh Bedi – former Indian cricket captain
• Dara Singh – wrestler and Punjabi Bollywood actor
• Dharam Singh Hayatpur – prominent member of the Babbar Akali Movement in India
• Dharmendra- film actor
• Diljit Dosanjh- famous punjabi singer and film actor also sang Hindi Song Peepa Peepa
• Dr. Lonnie Smith - Jazz musician
• Fauja Singh – 100-year-old Sikh marathon runner
• Gurbaksh Chahal – American Punjabi entrepreneur and world's youngest self-made multimillionaire
• Gurdas Maan – Punjabi writer, singer and actor
• Gurdial Singh Dhillon – Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament)
• Gurmant Grewal - Deputy House Leader, M.P. and the Ironman of Canadian Parliament
• Gurpareet Bains – chef, food writer, pioneer of the 'Indian Superfood' culinary concept
• Harchand Singh Longowal – Sikh leader of non-violent movement for human rights and the rights of Punjab in the 1970s and 1980s
• Harbhajan Singh – Indian cricketer and India's first hat-trick bowler in Test matches
• Harbhajan Singh Yogi – teacher of the holistic doctrine of Sikh teachings, founder of 3HO Foundation, peace activist
• Hardeep Singh Kohli – Sikh writer, broadcaster and presenter from Scotland
• Indarjit Singh – British journalist and broadcaster
• Ishmeet Singh Sodhi– Voice of India Winner.
• Jagjit Singh – Indian ghazal singer
• Jay Sean (real name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti) – British singer/songwriter
• Jeev Milkha Singh – golfer and son of Olympian Athlete Milkha Singh
• Jinder Mahal (real name: Yuvraj Dhesi) – Professional wrestler for WWE
• Joginder Jaswant Singh – Indian Army Chief of Army Staff
• Kartar Singh Sarabha – Indian revolutionary executed in November 1915 for his role in the Ghadar Conspiracy
• Karpal Singh – Malaysian prominent opposition leader (Democratic Action Party)
• Khushwant Singh – Indian novelist and journalist, Punjabi
• KPS Gill - Former DGP of Punjab & Ex-Chief Indian Hockey
• Kulbir Bhaura - British hockey player, Gold Medalist in Seoul Olympics 1988
• Kultar Gill- Indo-Canadian Mixed Martial Artis
• Kuldeep Singh Brar - Indian Army General
• Manjot Singh – Indian actor
• Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India and economist
• Milkha Singh ("the flying Sikh") – winner of Padma Shri, former 400 m track record holder, Gold medal (440 yards) at 1958 Commonwealth Games, Gold medal (200 and 400 m) at 1958 Asian Games and Gold medal (200 m) at 1962 Asian Games
• Mohan Singh – owner and original franchise owner of Coca Cola, Delhi and builder/contractor
• Mohan Singh Deb – founder of Indian National Army
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia – economist, Chairman of Planning Commission, India
• Monty Panesar – English cricketer
• Narinder Singh Kapany – optics scientist and philanthropist
• Neha Dhupia – Bollywood actress
• Nikki Randhawa Haley - 116th and current Governor of South Carolina
• Nina Grewal - Canadian M.P. and the first husband (Gurmant Grewal) and wife to concurrently serve in House of Commons in the Commonwealth
• Parkash Singh Badal – Indian politician, current Chief Minister of Punjab
• Piara Singh Gill – nuclear scientist
• Pratap Singh Kairon – Sikh and Indian independence movement leader
• Preet Bharara- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
• Pritam Saini – Punjab historian and journalist
• Ranj Dhaliwal (Randheer Singh Dhaliwal) – crime-fiction author from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Rabinder Singh QC, English Barrister and High Court of Justice Judge
• Ravi Bopara – English cricketer
• Sadhu Singh Hamdard – Punjabi journalist, founder of Ajit Group, Padma Shri
• Sardar Swaran Singh – Indian politician, former cabinet minister
• Sardar Hukam Singh – former speaker of Lok Sabha
• Sardul Singh Caveeshar – Indian independence movement leader
• Sardar Ujjal Singh – Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1966–1971)
• Satinder Sartaaj - Punjabi singer and poet
• Snatam Kaur – American singer and songwriter
• Sunny Deol – Bollywood actor
• Swati Mia Saini – Forbes Video Network anchor/reporter
• Tara Singh Malhotra – Sikh and Indian independence movement leader in the first half of the 20th century
• Tarsame Singh Saini - British singer, composer and actor
• Tarsem Singh - British India movie director famous for production of Immortals (2011).
• Talvin Singh – British electronic musician and tabla player
• Udham Singh - Freedom fighter during the British raj of India
• Yuvraj Singh - Indian cricketer and first player six sixes hitter player in T-20 World Cup
• Zail Singh – former Indian President