List of British Punjabis explained
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
Business and the professions
Charity, community and non-profit
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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.[1] [2]
- Ram Parkash Lakha - Former Lord Mayor of Coventry.[3]
- Mohinder Kaur Midha - Former Mayor of the London Borough of Ealing.[4]
- Bishan Dass - Elected as first British Asian Lord Mayor of Wolverhampton in 1986.[5]
Royalty and revolutionaries
Sports
Causes célèbres
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Chaman Lal . Birmingham City Council . 29 August 2024.
- News: Hoshiarpur-born Chaman Lal becomes Birmingham's first British-Indian Lord Mayor . 29 August 2024 . PTI . The Tribune . May 29, 2023.
- Jaoul . Nicolas . Beyond Diaspora: Ambedkarism, Multiculturalism and Caste in the UK . South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal . 15 December 2021 . 27 . 10.4000/samaj.7489 . 14 January 2024 . en . 1960-6060.
- Web site: Councillor Mohinder Midha appointed Mayor of Ealing - Southall News . www.visitsouthall.co.uk . 29 August 2024 . en.
- Web site: Rawat . Vidya . How upper castes in UK tried to defeat me : Bishan Dass Bains, Former Mayor Wolverhampton . 29 August 2024.
