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 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 Aaron Thiara - actor 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 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