Sukhshinder Shinda

Full name: Sukshinder Singh Bhullar

Who is he:  Punjabi Bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter from Handsworth in Birmingham, England.

How is he Punjabi: Born on  May 29, 1972, Birmingham, UK, to Punjabi parents.

Trivia: Lives in England, and performs around the Globe.

Jazzy B

Full name: Jaswinder Singh Bains

Who is he: Punjabi singer (Crown Prince of Bhangra).

How is he Punjabi: Born on April 1, 1975 in Durgapur, Nawanshahrin tehsil of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 

Trivia: Jazzy was born in India, at age 5 moved to Vancouver, Canada, and now lives in England. He has performed Punjabi music around the Globe.

Kalpana Chawla

Full name: Kalpana Chawla

Who is she: She was the first Indian American astronaut

How is she Punjabi: Born on July 1st, 1961 in Haryana (Then Punjab). Belongs to the Punjabi race.

Trivia:Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.

Narinder Singh Kapany

Full name: Narinder Singh Kapany

Who is he: American Physicist, Businessman, Entrepreneur. He is best known for developing Fiber Optics.


How is he Punjabi: Born on October 31st, 1926 in Moga, Punjab to Punjabi parents.

Trivia: He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by Fortune magazine in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue (1999-11-22). He was a Regents Professor at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He was also Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED) at UCSC for seven years. At Stanford University, he was a Visiting Scholar in the Physics Department and Consulting Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Hrithik Roshan

Full Name: Hrithik Roshan


Who is he: Bollywood actor/superstar.

How is he Punjabi: Born in Mumbai on 10th January, 1974 in a Punjabi Family.

Trivia: He is son of the famous Bollywood producer Rakesh Roshan, and nephew of the music director Rajesh Roshan. His family name is Nagrath. He has two thumbs on his right hand.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/iHrithik

Malvinder Mohan Singh

Full name: Malvinder Mohan Singh

Who is he: Entrepreneur and Businessman in the Healthcare Field.

How is he Punjabi: Born in a prominent Punjabi family.

Trivia: Member of the Punjabi BILLIONAIRE Club. He is former Chairman of world famous Pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy. He is the chairman of following companies:

• Fortis Hospitals
• Religare Financial Services
• Religare Technova
• Religare Voyage
• Religare Vistar Films 

Website: http://www.fortishealthcare.com/content/6_10_36_/Board-of-Directors-.html

Sant Singh Chatwal

Full Name: Sant Singh Chatwal

Who is he: American Hotelier, Restauranteur, Businessman, Entrepreneur.

How is he Punjabi: Born in a Punjabi family and raised in Faridkot, Punjab.


Trivia: Chatwal is owner of the famous Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels & Resorts. He is father of famous New York businessman/playboy Vikram Chatwal.

Website: http://www.vikramchatwalhotels.com/index.cfm

Neha Dhupia

Full Name: Neha Kaur Dhupia 

Who is she: Bollywood Actror 

How is she Punjabi: Born on 27th August 1980 in Cochin, Kerala to Punjabi parents. 

Trivia: Neha was Miss India 2002 and represented India in the Miss Universe competition. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/neha_dhupia

Ranbir Kapoor

Full Name: Ranbir Kapoor

Who is he: Bollywood superstar

How is he Punjabi: Born on 28th September 1982 in a prominent Punjabi Bollywood family to Punjabi parents.

Trivia: He is son of Bollywood actors Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, and grandson of legendary director/actor/producer Raj Kapoor. He is also known as Casanova of Bollywood having dated many of the well known actresses/models.

Website: http://www.ranbirkapoor.net/

Dharmendra

Full Name: Dharmendra Singh Deol

Who is he: Legendary Bollywood Actor, Producer.

How is he Punjabi: Born on December 8th, 1935 to Punjabi parents in Nasrali, Punjab.

Trivia: Was often referred to as the "He-Man", "Greek God" as well as the "Action King" of Hindi cinema, having starred in numerous action films. At the peak of his film career he was considered the most handsome actor in Bollywood and a matinée idol. His sons Sunny and Bobby, and daughter Isha Deol are also Bollywood actors.

Website: http://www.thedeols.com/

Tarsem Singh

Full Name: Tarsem Singh Dhandwar

Who is he: Hollywood Film Director.

How is he Punjabi: Born in Jalandhar, Punjab on May 26, 1961 to Punjabi parents.

Trivia: He directed blockbuster movies such as The Cell, The Fall, Immortals and Mirror Mirror.

Website: http://www.tarsem.org/

Fauja Singh

Full Name: Fauja Singh

Who is he: British Centenarian Marathon Runner.

How's he Punjabi: Born on April 1st 1911 to Punjabi parents in Beas Pind (Jalandhar City)

Trivia: He is a world-record holder in 100 plus age category of marathon runners. He runs in his turban and is sponsored by Adidas.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauja_Singh

Tiger Jeet Singh

Full Name: Jagjit Singh Hans

Who is he: Professional Wrestler in Canada, USA, India and Japan. (Semi-Retired)

How is he Punjabi: Born on April 3rd, 1948 to Punjabi parents in Ludhiana, Punjab.

Trivia: Tiger Jeet Singh wrestled in Japan for 22 years. He was the first pro wrestler in Japan to defeat sumo wrestler Wajima. Hugely popular in Canada, he has a documentary made in his honour called Tiger!. In Japan, he is also the main character in a comic strip. He has a Elementary school named after him in Milton, Ontario. He is father of WWE wrestler Tiger Ali Singh.

Website: http://www.tigerjeetsingh.com/

Waris Ahluwalia

Full Name: Waris Ahluwalia

Who is he: American actor, jewellery designer.

How is he Punjabi: Born in 1975 in Amritsar, Punjab to Punjabi parents before emigrating to New York in 1980.

Trivia: One of the few faces in Hollywood who supports a Turban. Has acted in few advertisements and Hollywood movies including the popular Darjeeling Express. He owns the jewellery company 'House of Waris'.

Website: www.houseofwaris.com/

Akshay Kumar

Full Name: Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia

Who is he: Bollywood Actor, comedian, producer, martial artist.

How he's Punjabi: Born in Amritsar, Punjab on 9th September 1967 to Punjabi parents.

Trivia: Akshay has a Black Belt in Taekwondo, and is trained in several martial arts. He was a model before he got a break in movies.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/akshaykumar

Yuvraj Singh

Full Name: Yuvraj Singh Bhandal

Who is he: Indian Cricket Player.

How's he Punjabi: Born in Chandigarh on 12th December 1981 in a Punjabi family.

Trivia: His father, Yograj Singh was a cricket player for India, and now is a popular actor. Yuvraj Singh was the man of the tournament during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which India won.


Twitter: https://twitter.com/yuvstrong12

Paul Chowdhry

Full Name: Tajpaul Singh Chowhdry

Who is he: Paul is a British stand-up-comedian and actor. He began his stand up career in 1998 and is currently a regular on the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week.

How's he Punjabi: born to Punjabi immigrant parents on 21 August 1974 in London, England.

Trivia: He was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003.
(YouTube him. This guy is really really funny)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulchowdhry

Harmeet Singh

Full Name: Harmeet Singh

Who is he: Norwegian Football Player who plays professionally for Tippeligaen side Vålerenga as a midfielder.

How's he Punjabi: born to Sikh Punjabi immigrant parents on 12th November 1990 in Oslo, Norway.

Trivia: Harmeet Singh's goal on 23 September 2009 against Molde in the semi-final of 2009 Norwegian Football Cup, was nominated Goal of the year in Norway in 2009.

Website: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/harmeet-singh/profil/spieler_62125.html

Harbhajan Singh

Full Name: Harbhajan Singh Plaha

Who is he: Indian Cricket Player ( Spin Bowling Legend)

How's he Punjabi: Born in Jalandhar Punjab on 3rd July 1980.

Trivia: Captain of Mumbai Indian Team in the Indian Premier League for Cricket. Loves his Hummer.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh

Gurbax Chahal

Full name: Gurbax Singh Chahal

Who is he: American businessman, internet entrepreneur and a best-selling author.

How's he Punjabi: Born in Tarn Taran Sahib, Punjab on July 17, 1982. Later emigrated to USA with his parents in 1985.

Trivia: By the age of 25, he founded and sold two advertising companies for a total of US$340 million. Men's Health USA recognized him as one of the fittest and richest guys in America.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCHAHAL

Jay Sean

Full Name: Kamaljit Singh Jhooti

Who is he: Jay Sean is a very popular British singer having huge fan following around the world. (Sings in English.)

How he's Punjabi: He's son of punjabi immigrants to UK.

Trivia: He started calling himself J-Shaan because of J in his name, and Shaan meaning pride in Punjabi. Later, his name transformed to Jay Sean. Also, he was studying to be a doctor when he joined Rishi Rich to become a singer.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaysean