Following is a list of famous and notable
Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the
Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today
Punjab, Pakistan and
Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Ram Nath Chopra, Indian medical officer; widely considered the "father of Indian pharmacology"
Virender Lal Chopra, Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist, former director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.
Lt GeneralJagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; led the ground forces campaign in the eastern front of the war
Lt GeneralPunita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;[29] first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of
Indian Navy[30]
^Clinical Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Abdomen, pp 111, Endoscopy and gastrointestinal radiology By Gregory G. Ginsberg, Michael L. Kochman, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2004
^Rose, H.A. (1997). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z, Volume 3. Atlantic Publishers & Dist.
ISBN9788185297705. Langah are described by Tod as a clan of the Chaluk or Solanki tribe of Agnikula Rajputs, who inhabited Multan and Jaisalmer...
^Olson, James Stuart; Shadle, Robert (1996).
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 273.
ISBN978-0-313-27917-1.
Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-04-09. Hyder Ali was originally a Punjabi adventurer in the army of the Hindu king of Mysore.
^Bowring, Lewin B. (2019-03-07).
Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan. Creative Media Partners, LLC. p. 12.
ISBN978-0-530-43288-5.
Archived from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-04-13. ...Hyder's great-grandfather Muhammad Bhailol was a Musalman devotee, who left the Punjab to seek his fortune in southern India...
^Hussain, Zahid (2016-11-23).
"The general's legacy". DAWN.COM.
Archived from the original on 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^Puri, Baij Nath (1987).
Buddhism in Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 105.
ISBN978-81-208-0372-5.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-13. The venerable Kumāralāta (labdha) was a native of Takṣaśilā.
^Winternitz, Moriz (1996).
A History of Indian Literature. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 258.
ISBN978-81-208-0265-0.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-13. Kumāralāta was the founder of the Sautrántika school, and came from Taxila.
Following is a list of famous and notable
Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the
Punjab region. It contains people mainly from what is today
Punjab, Pakistan and
Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.
Masud Ahmed, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the leading figures of the Theoretical Physics Group - the group that developed the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Ram Nath Chopra, Indian medical officer; widely considered the "father of Indian pharmacology"
Virender Lal Chopra, Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist, former director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
The Punjabi film industry has produced a number of successful actors, actresses, writers, directors and filmmakers, many of whom have been known internationally.
Lt GeneralJagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; led the ground forces campaign in the eastern front of the war
Lt GeneralPunita Arora, first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to reach the second highest rank of Lt General;[29] first woman to become the Vice-Admiral of
Indian Navy[30]
^Clinical Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Abdomen, pp 111, Endoscopy and gastrointestinal radiology By Gregory G. Ginsberg, Michael L. Kochman, Elsevier Health Sciences, 2004
^Rose, H.A. (1997). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: L.-Z, Volume 3. Atlantic Publishers & Dist.
ISBN9788185297705. Langah are described by Tod as a clan of the Chaluk or Solanki tribe of Agnikula Rajputs, who inhabited Multan and Jaisalmer...
^Olson, James Stuart; Shadle, Robert (1996).
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 273.
ISBN978-0-313-27917-1.
Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-04-09. Hyder Ali was originally a Punjabi adventurer in the army of the Hindu king of Mysore.
^Bowring, Lewin B. (2019-03-07).
Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan. Creative Media Partners, LLC. p. 12.
ISBN978-0-530-43288-5.
Archived from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-04-13. ...Hyder's great-grandfather Muhammad Bhailol was a Musalman devotee, who left the Punjab to seek his fortune in southern India...
^Hussain, Zahid (2016-11-23).
"The general's legacy". DAWN.COM.
Archived from the original on 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^Puri, Baij Nath (1987).
Buddhism in Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 105.
ISBN978-81-208-0372-5.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-13. The venerable Kumāralāta (labdha) was a native of Takṣaśilā.
^Winternitz, Moriz (1996).
A History of Indian Literature. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 258.
ISBN978-81-208-0265-0.
Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-13. Kumāralāta was the founder of the Sautrántika school, and came from Taxila.