List of British Punjabis

This is a list of prominent Punjabi people from the United Kingdom who may follow a variety of beliefs including Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity or atheism.

Academia and education

• Harminder Dua – discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".
• Humayon Dar – director general of Islamic Research & Training Institute (IRTI)
• Jagjit Chadha – professor and chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent
• Kalwant Bhopal – Professor of Education and Social Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education at the University of Birmingham
• Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author; converted to Sikhism in the 1860s
• Peter Bance – historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist
• Simon Singh – mathematician and author
• Sukhbir Singh Kapoor – vice chancellor of The International School of Sikh Studies and Khalsa College London
• Tejinder Virdee – experimental particle physicist and professor of physics at Imperial College London

Business and the professions

• Avtar Lit – former owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group
• Emran Mian – author and civil servant
• Aneel Mussarat – ranked the 466th richest person in the United Kingdom and 21st richest Asian in the UK in 2007 by the Sunday Times
• Sir Anwar Pervez – founder and chairman of Bestway
• Dabinderjit Singh – director at the National Audit Office
• Gulu Lalvani – founder and chairman of Binatone
• Hasnat Khan – heart and lung surgeon; he was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales
• James Caan – entrepreneur and Dragon's Den personality
• Jasminder Singh – chairman of the Radisson Edwardian hotel empire
• Jaz Rai – aerospace engineer and chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network
• Kamel Hothi – former banker at Lloyds Bank
• Karamjit Singh – chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Kulveer Ranger – management consultant; former London Transport Minister and Mayor's Director of Environment and Digital London
• Mo Chaudry – chairman of WaterWorld aqua park
• Mohammad Naseem – GP
• Osama Saeed – Scottish communications professional
• Param Singh – business professional and entrepreneur
• Rami Ranger – founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company
• Ranjit Singh Boparan – founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group
• Reuben Singh – CEO of contact centre company alldayPA
• Reena Ranger – director at Sun Mark and founder of Women Empowered Network
• Simon Arora – billionaire businessman, CEO of the retail chain B & M
• Surinder Arora – hotelier
• Tom Singh – founder of the high street fashion chain New Look
• Zameer Choudrey

Charity, community and non-profit

• Balwant Kaur – founder and chairperson of Mata Nanki Foundation
• Daljit Singh Shergill – president of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
• Harpal Kumar – chief executive of Cancer Research UK
• Imandeep Kaur – director of Impact Hub: Birmingham
• Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia (Bhai Sahib) – chairman of the Nishkam Group
• Nidar Singh Nihang – scholar and grandmaster of Shastar Vidya
• Ravi Singh – CEO of Khalsa Aid

Film, drama and entertainment

• Abdullah Afzal – comedian
• Adeel Akhtar – actor
• Ameet Chana – actor
• Amrit Maghera – professional model turned actress
• Archie Renaux – actor and model
• Art Malik – actor
• Asim Chaudhry - actor and comedian
• Balvinder Sopal - actor
• Chandeep Uppal – actor, best known for her critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film Anita and Me.
• Danny Bhoy – comedian
• Gurinder Chadha – film director
• Guz Khan – comedian
• Harnaam Kaur – model, anti-bullying activist, body positive activist
• Humza Arshad – comedian
• Jas Binag – actor/model
• Jassa Ahluwalia – actor and presenter
• Jay Shareef – comedian
• Jimi Mistry – actor
• Kulvinder Ghir – actor, comedian and writer
• Lena Kaur – actor, best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4
• Mandy Takhar – actor
• Meera Syal – comedian
• Navin Chowdhry - actor
• Neelam Gill – known for her work with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appearing in Vogue
• Nitin Kundra – actor
• Nitin Sawhney – musician, producer and composer
• Paul Chowdhry – comedian and actor
• Parminder Nagra – actor
• Parvez Qadir – actor
• Perry Bhandal – film director, screenwriter
• Saeed Jaffrey – actor
• Sair Khan – actor
• Saira Choudhry – actor
• Saira Khan – television presenter
• Samir Bhamra – playwright, designer, producer, director
• Sanjeev Bhaskar – comedian
• Sanjeev Kohli – comedian
• Shabana Bakhsh – actor
• Shiv Jalota - actor
• Simon Rivers – English actor who played the role of Kevin Tyler in Doctors
• Stephen Uppal – actor, known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap Hollyoaks
• Tahirah Sharif – actor
• Zia Mohyeddin – actor

Law and justice

• Anup Singh Choudry – retired High Court judge
• Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (The Hon. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb) – judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales
• Jasvir Singh – family law barrister
• Jo Sidhu QC – criminal law barrister
• Mota Singh QC – retired circuit judge England
• Nazir Afzal – lawyer
• Rabinder Singh (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice) – English Court of Appeal judge, formerly a High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division
• Tarique Ghaffur – former high ranking police officer

Journalism, writers, creatives and media

• Aatish Taseer – writer-journalist, son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh
• Adil Ray – actor, comedian and radio and television presenter
• Atta Yaqub – model
• Anita Rani – radio and television presenter
• Chila Kumari Burman – artist
• Bobby Friction – DJ, television presenter and radio presenter
• Daljit Nagra – poet
• Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – writer
• Hardeep Singh Kohli – radio and television presenter
• Hassan Ghani – Scottish broadcast journalist
• Imtiaz Dharke – poet, artist and documentary filmmaker
• Martin Bashir – journalist
• Mishal Husain – British news presenter
• Mo Dutta – television and radio presenter
• Mohsin Hamid – novelist, writer and brand consultant
• Moniza Alvi – poet and writer
• Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal – journalist and writer
• Omar Mansoor – designer
• Priya Kaur-Jones – newsreader
• Qaisra Shahraz – novelist, scriptwriter, college inspector, teacher trainer, education consultant
• Raman Mundair – poet, writer, artist and playwright
• Ranvir Singh – English television presenter and journalist
• Razia Iqbal – journalist employed by BBC News
• Rizwan Khan – broadcaster
• Sangita Myska – television presenter and journalist
• Sarfraz Manzoor – journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster
• Sathnam Sanghera – British journalist and author
• Sonia Deol – English radio and television presenter
• Sunny Hundal – journalist, blogger and academic
• Sunny and Shay – husband and wife radio presenters
• Tariq Ali – writer, journalist
• Ziauddin Sardar – scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic

Music

• Aman Hayer – bhangra producer and singer
• Bally Sagoo – record producer
• Channi Singh – bhangra musician, known as the "godfather" of bhangra in the West
• Diamond Duggal – music producer, DJ, songwriter and guitarist
• Dr Zeus – Punjabi singer and music producer
• Gurdeep Samra – music producer and DJ
• Hard Kaur – rapper and hip hop singer
• Indy Sagu – bhangra and hip hop musician
• Jas Mann – songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and film producer
• Jassi Sidhu – bhangra singer and the former lead singer of British Indian bhangra band B21
• Jay Sean – R&B artist
• Juggy D – bhangra, Punjabi music, R&B
• Malkit Singh – Punjabi bhangra]] singer
• Manj Musik – music composer, singer
• Manni Sandhu – music director
• Ms Scandalous – bhangra/rap artist
• Naughty Boy – rapper, musician and DJ
• Panjabi MC – rapper, musician and DJ
• Rishi Rich – music producer
• Silinder Pardesi – bhangra singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer
• Steven Kapur - singer, known as Apache Indian
• Sukshinder Shinda – bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter
• Prof Surinder Singh Matharu – founder of the Raj Academy Conservatoire
• Surjit Khan – record producer, musician and singer-songwriter
• Tarsame Singh Saini – singer, composer and actor
• Talvin Singh – producer, composer and tabla player
• Tigerstyle – folkhop group
• Tjinder Singh – lead singer of British indie rock band Cornershop
• Zack Knight – singer-songwriter, music composer and producer
• Zayn Malik – singer

Politics

• Atma Singh – policy advisor to the Mayor of London on Asian Affairs in the Greater London Authority, under Ken Livingstone
• Afzal Khan – British Labour Party politician who serves as a member of parliament for the Manchester Gorton constituency
• Anas Sarwar – Scottish Labour Party politician
• Bashir Ahmad – SNP Politician
• Bashir Khanbhai – former MEP for East of England and Conservative Party politician.
• Bashir Maan – Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer
• Diljit Rana – member of the House of Lords
• Gurinder Josan – Labour party activist
• Hanzala Malik – Scottish Labour Party politician
• Humza Yousaf – SNP politician and current first Minister of Scotland
• Rishi Sunak – former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Hardyal Dhindsa – Derbyshire police and crime commissioner
• Indarjit Singh (The Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE) – member of House of Lords
• Marsha Singh – British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012
• Mohammad Sarwar – former Pakistani Senator
• Neena Gill – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands
• Nosheena Mobarik – life peer
• Onkar Sahota – Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon
• Parmjit Dhanda – British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the 2010 general election
• Parmjit Singh Gill – Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP
• Paul Uppal – small business commissioner
• Piara Khabra – Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death
• Preet Gill – Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since the 2017 general election, first female British Sikh MP.
• Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri – member of the House of Lords
• Sajid Javid – former Home Secretary
• Seema Malhotra – Labour MP for Feltham
• Shas Sheehan – life peer
• Sonika Nirwal – senior Ealing Southall constituency Labour politician representing the Greenford Broadway ward
• Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi – British Labour Party politician, MP for Slough since 2017
• Virendra Sharma – Labour Party politician
• Yasmin Qureshi – Labour Party politician
• Zahida Manzoor – Conservative member of the House of Lords
• Chaman Lal - First British Indian Lord Mayor of Europe's largest council, Birmingham City Council.
• Ram Parkash Lakha - Former Lord Mayor of Coventry.
• Mohinder Kaur Midha - Former Mayor of the London Borough of Ealing.
• Bishan Dass - Elected as first British Asian Lord Mayor of Wolverhampton in 1986.

Royalty and revolutionaries

• Frederick Duleep Singh – younger son of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
• Maharaja Duleep Singh – last Maharaja of the Sikh Kingdom, exiled in 1849 during the British Raj and possibly the first permanent Sikh resident in England
• Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh – prominent suffragette and accredited nurse
• Udham Singh – Punjab revolutionary and freedom fighter belonging to the Ghadar Party

Sports

• Ajmal Shahzad – cricketer
• Akaash Bhatia – boxer
• Aman Dosanj – first British South Asian footballer to represent England at any level (under-16)
• Amir Khan – boxer
• Arjan Raikhy - footballer
• Asim Butt – cricketer
• Danny Batth – footballer and captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
• Fauja Singh – British Sikh centenarian marathon runner
• Hamzah Sheeraz – boxer
• Harpal Singh – footballer
• Imran Jamshed – cricketer
• Imran Majid – pool player
• Kabir Ali – cricketer
• Kadeer Ali – cricketer
• Kamran Afzaal – cricketer
• Kash Gill – former kickboxing world champion
• Michael Chopra – footballer
• Mohammad Akhtar – cricketer
• Monty Panesar – England cricketer
• Ravi Bopara – England cricketer
• Saqlain Mushtaq – cricketer
• Shaftab Khalid – cricketer
• Usman Afzaal – cricketer
• Zafar Ansari – cricketer
• Zesh Rehman – footballer
• Zidane Iqbal – footballer

Causes célèbres

• Jagtar Singh Johal
• Lakhvir Kaur Singh

Religion

See also

• British Punjabis
• Punjabi diaspora
• British Indians
• List of British Sikhs

References