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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
Punjabi professionals at a networking and inspirational
City Sikhs events in London
Business professional
Param Singh MBE speaking at an awards ceremony with
YouTuber 'Flex Singh'
Charity, community and non-profit
Bhai Sahib Bhai
Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia speaking at the Midlands launch of the
British Sikh Report 2018
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
Jasvir Singh OBE at a
City Sikhs event in London
Journalism, writers, creatives and media
Sunny and Shay attending an awards ceremony in London
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
Bobby Friction at the
Emirates Stadium in London
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
Politics
Labour MP
Seema Malhotra speaking at the parliamentary launch of the
British Sikh Report
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 – current
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 – current Home Secretary for the UK
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
Royalty and revolutionaries
Sports
Kickboxer
Kash Gill at the Birmingham Council House in 2017
Causes célèbres
See also
References