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.
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