Cheema (also spelled Chima) is a Punjabi Jat clan and surname in Pakistan and India.
Cheemas were historically recorded among the tribes of the Rachna Doab.
Notable people Pakistan Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge, politician, Acting President of Pakistan Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer Amir Cheema (c.1978 – 2006), Pakistani who assaulted an editor over Muhammad's cartoons Anwar Ali Cheema, Member, National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan (1985 to 2013) from Sargodha District Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, Pakistani politician Iftikhar Cheema, judge and politician Nisar Ahmed Cheema, Pakistani politician, MNA and former DG Punjab Health Services Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Pakistani politician, ex-Punjab Governor Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (1940–2019), Pakistani scholar of international relations and strategic studies Saifullah Cheema, Pakistani military officer and politician Shafqat Cheema, Pakistani film actor and director Sultan Ahmed Cheema (1908–1990), ophthalmologist who established the Cheema Hospital in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan Tariq Bashir Cheema, former Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District Umar Cheema, Pakistani journalist
India Amrik Singh Cheema (1918–1982), Indian civil servant Amrita Cheema, Indian journalist working in India, Germany, Australia Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989), Indian alpinist, first Indian to climb Mount Everest Balli Singh Cheema, Indian politician Daljit Singh Cheema, Indian politician Jaspinder Cheema, Indian actress and model Navtej Singh Cheema, Indian politician Neena Cheema, Indian TV and film actress Palwinder Singh Cheema, Indian wrestler Paul Cheema Singh, Indian sports shooter Sajjan Singh Cheema (born 1957), Indian basketball player Sarbjit Cheema, Indian singer and actor Surinder Pal Singh Cheema, Indian Navy admiral
Canada Gulzar Singh Cheema (born 1954), Indian-born Canadian physician and politician Ranjit Cheema (died 2012), Indian-Canadian gangster and drug trader Rizwan Cheema (born 1978), Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
United Kingdom Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (born 1966), first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom
See also List of Punjabi tribes Chattha (clan)
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