List of Indo-Canadians

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A

• Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA
• Kiran Ahluwalia - singer
• Nira Arora - morning show radio host for CFBT-FM 94.5 in Vancouver, BC
• Chandra Arya - Liberal MP

B

Nav Bhatia

Neeru Bajwa

• Anita Rau Badami - novelist
• Ashish Bagai - former captain of the Canadian cricket team
• Amir Bageria - actor
• Dave Baksh - rock guitarist for Sum 41, Brown Brigade, Organ Thieves and Black Cat Attack
• Manjul Bhargava - mathematician, Fields Medalist
• Ruby Bhatia - VJ, television show host, and actress
• Nav Bhatia - businessman and superfan of the Toronto Raptors
• Hardial Bains - founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada, 1970–1997
• Harry Bains - British Columbia New Democratic MLA
• Navdeep Bains - Liberal Member of Parliament
• Neeru Bajwa - Canadian actress, director and producer
• Shauna Singh Baldwin - novelist
• Rupan Bal - actor and youtuber
• Bas Balkissoon - MPP
• Nirmala Basnayake - rock singer (controller.controller)
• Sheela Basrur - former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health
• Nuvraj Singh Bassi - professional football player
• Robin Bawa - played for several NHL teams and in minor leagues
• Ishq Bector - HipHop/R&B musician and composer
• Rajat Bedi - Bollywood actor-turned film producer who settled in Canada
• Nadira Begg - television journalist
• Stan Bharti - businessman and philanthropist
• Shashi Bhat - writer
• Arjan Bhullar - wrestler
• Sim Bhullar - NBA basketball player
• Neil Bissoondath - author
• Glenda Braganza - actress
• Jagrup Brar - British Columbia NDP MLA
• Byg Byrd - music producer

C

Sukh Chungh

• Baljit Singh Chadha - businessman
• Gulzar Singh Cheema - physician, politician
• Paul Chohan - field hockey player
• Raj Chouhan - politician
• Sukh Chungh - CFL player
• Saroja Coelho - CBC Radio host
• Nazneen Contractor - actress

D

AP Dhillon

Ian D'Sa

• Deepa Mehta - filmmaker
• Deepak Anand - Mississauga Malton MPP www.deepakanandmpp.ca
• Cindy Daniel - singer
• Dipika Damerla - MPP Ontario
• Joe Daniel - Conservative MP and first Malayali elected to Parliament
• Agam Darshi - actress and filmmaker
• Karen David - pop singer
• Monika Deol - former MuchMusic host and CIVT news anchor
• Ranjeev Deol - field hockey player
• Sudi Devanesen - physician and member of the Order of Canada
• Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
• Ranj Dhaliwal - Canadian author
• Sukh Dhaliwal - Liberal MP
• Naranjan Dhalla - cardiovascular research scientist and member of the Order of Canada
• Ruby Dhalla - Liberal MP
• Sunil Dhaniram - cricket player
• AP Dhillon - music artist
• Bob Singh Dhillon - Punjabi Indo-Canadian Sikh property businessman
• Haninder Dhillon - cricket player
• R Paul Dhillon - director, producer, writer and journalist
• Vekeana Dhillon - Vancouver screenwriter, television presenter, actress
• Vic Dhillon - Ontario Liberal MPP
• Vikram Dhillon - Vancouver producer, director, actor and television presenter
• Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia, first Indian-Canadian premier, former federal Minister of Health, and current National Defence Critic
• John Dossetor - physician and bioethicist, member of the Order of Canada
• Ian D'Sa - guitarist of rock band Billy Talent

G

Tommy Genesis

• Nisha Ganatra - film director, film producer, writer and actor
• Tommy Genesis - rapper and model of mixed Indian and Swedish descent
• Shuman Ghosemajumder - businessman and computer scientist
• Yasmeen Ghauri - model
• Raminder Gill - former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
• Jyoti Gondek - politician, incumbent Mayor of Calgary
• Dylan Mohan Gray - film director, producer, writer
• Gurmant Grewal - former Conservative MP (3-terms)and Deputy Opposition House Leader, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Nina Grewal - Conservative MP (4-terms), half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament

H

• Pooja Handa - journalist
• Syeda Saiyidain Hameed - Indian Canadian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer, former member of the Planning Commission of India; executive assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta, 1975; Director of Colleges and Universities at the ministry, 1978
• Ian Hanomansing - CBC journalist, co-host of The National
• Tara Singh Hayer - newspaper publisher
• Kash Heed - former chief constable of West Vancouver Police Department; former superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department
• Kamal Heer - singer
• Rena Heer - worked with Channel M, then with Global BC and now on CTV
• Darryl Hinds - actor and comedian
• Shaan Hundal - professional soccer player

I

• Indrani (full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri) - photographer, director, TV personality and model
• Chin Injeti - R&B musician
• Anosh Irani - novelist and playwright
• Inderjit Vasudevan Moorthy - Indo Canadian entrepreneur

J

• Aditya Jha - global entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Ellis Jacob - businessman person
• Mobina Jaffer - senator
• Rahim Jaffer - former Alberta Conservative MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)
• Kim Jagtiani - television personality
• Mahmud Jamal - Canadian Supreme Court Justice
• Neilank Jha - Canadian neurosurgeon
• Jazzy B - singer
• Bidhu Jha - Manitoba NDP MLA
• Avan Jogia - actor
• Bindy Johal - Vancouver gangster and drug trafficker
• Prakash John - R&B musician
• Jonita Gandhi - Bollywood singer

K

• Cassius Khan - musician instrument
• Ravi Kahlon - field hockey player
• Darshan Kang - Alberta MP
• Hari Kant - former field hockey goalkeeper
• Rupi Kaur - poet
• Jujhar Khaira - NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers
• Vim Kochhar - businessman and senator
• Koushik - hip hop musician
• Srinivas Krishna - actor, film director ( Masala )
• Kuldip Singh Kular - former Ontario Liberal MPP
• Bindi Kullar - field hockey player
• Faisal Kutty - attorney, writer and law professor
• Kader Khan - actor, screenwriter ^[1]

L

• Harold Sonny Ladoo - novelist and author
• Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for heavy metal band Brown Brigade
• Harry Lali - BC NDP MLA
• Nancy Lee - short story writer and novelist
• Sunny Leone - actress

M

Jinder Mahal

Manny Malhotra

• Baj Maan - soccer player
• Rup Magon - singer and actor
• Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) - wrestler
• Anita Majumdar - actress
• Shuvaloy Majumdar - Conservative MP
• Shaun Majumder - actor/comedian
• Masumeh Makhija - actress
• Gurbax Singh Malhi - former Liberal MP
• Manny Malhotra - former NHL player
• Samir Mallal - filmmaker
• Sunny Malton - music artist
• Amrit Mangat - Ontario Liberal MPP
• Irshad Manji - author
• Harbhajan Mann - singer
• Salim Mansur - columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun
• Bharat Masrani - Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Suleka Mathew - actress
• Ashok Mathur - writer and professor
• Maxim Mazumdar - playwright and founder of the Stephenville Theatre Festival
• Suhana Meharchand - journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Deepa Mehta - film director ( Bollywood/Hollywood , Fire , Earth , Water )
• Nicky Mehta - singer
• Richie Mehta - director
• Shaun Mehta - writer
• Rohinton Mistry - novelist
• Pavan Moondi - film and television director
• Shani Mootoo - writer
• Alok Mukherjee - current chair of the Toronto Police Services Board
• Audri Mukhopadhyay - Canadian diplomat, former Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• M. Ram Murty - head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen's University
• Tad Murty
• Nadir Mohamed - former President & CEO of Rogers Communications

N

Nav

• Roger Nair - filmmaker, Human Rights activist, actor, executive on Toronto Film Board
• Naheed Nenshi - mayor of Calgary
• Rob Nijjar - former BC Liberal MLA
• Nav - rapper and producer from Toronto, Ontario signed to The Weeknd's XO record label
• Hardeep Singh Nijjar - separatist leader

O

• Deepak Obhrai - former Alberta Conservative MP, Calgary
• Wally Oppal - former Attorney General of British Columbia

P

Russell Peters

• Soni Pabla - musician
• Parichav - singer, music producer, composer and live performer
• Lata Pada - Bharatanatyam dancer
• Nisha Pahuja - filmmaker
• AR Paisley - rapper
• Raj Pannu - former leader of the Alberta New Democrats, the first Indian-Canadian leader of a political party
• Jivesh Parasram - playwright
• Zayne Parekh - ice hockey player
• Talwinder Singh Parmar - separatist leader
• Ashish Patel - cricket player
• Jitendra Patel - cricket player
• Jason Patraj - cricket player
• Anjulie Persaud - singer
• Russell Peters - stand-up comedian
• Ranj Pillai - Premier of Yukon
• Abishur Prakash - geopolitical futurist, author
• Priyanka - drag artist, and winner of Canada's Drag Race Season 1
• Ishwar Puri - scientist, academic, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, NSERC Council member

R

• Raghav - R&B singer
• Pamela Rai - Canadian Olympic swimmer, 1984 bronze medallist, first Punjabi woman to win an Olympic medal
• Monita Rajpal - CNN International news anchor
• Rudy Ramcharan - curler
• Emile Ramsammy - thoroughbred horse racer
• Meaghan Rath - actress
• Lisa Ray - film actress
• Ajmer Rode - poet and playwright
• Renee Rosnes - jazz pianist and composer/arranger

S

Jagmeet Singh

Lilly Singh

• Omar Sachedina - journalist, anchor of CTV National News
• Vik Sahay - actor
• Patty Sahota - former BC Liberal MLA
• Josh Sahunta - pop/R&B singer-songwriter
• Deep Saini - Vice-President of University of Toronto
• Harjit Sajjan - politician
• Shaiju Mathew - Author and Filmmaker
• Sugar Sammy - comedian
• Sathajhan Sarachandran - convicted in 2009 of providing support to terrorist groups in Sri Lanka
• Varun Saranga - actor
• Emanuel Sandhu - figure skater
• Madeline Schizas - figure skater
• Surendra Seeraj - cricket player
• Asha Seth - senator
• Roshan Sethi - film director and physician
• Chandrakant Shah - academic researcher, doctor, and social activist; recipient of Order of Ontario
• Melinda Shankar - actress
• Rosette Sharma - singer and dancer
• Rekha Sharma - actress
• Devinder Shory - Member of Parliament
• Vivek Shraya - writer and musician
• Haroon Siddiqui - reporter, editor and columnist
• Moe Sihota - former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host and first Indo-Canadian elected to any legislature in Canada back in 1986
• Hannah Simone - actress, TV host, and fashion model
• Judi Singh - jazz singer
• Bobby Singh - former football player; played in the CFL, NFL and XFL
• Champagne Singh - professional wrestler
• Dilpreet Bajwa - cricket player
• Jaggi Singh - anti-globalisation and social justice activist
• Jagmeet Singh - politician, leader of the NDP
• Jaspreet Singh - author
• Lilly Singh - YouTube personality and TV show host
• Pargat Singh - cricket player
• Raj Singh - professional wrestler
• Tiger Jeet Singh - wrestler currently in Japan
• Tiger Ali Singh - professional wrestler, son of Tiger Jeet Singh
• Pamela Mala Sinha - actress, playwright
• Errol Sitahal - actor
• Amarjeet Sohi - politician, incumbent Mayor of Edmonton
• Ajit H. Someshwar - businessman and philanthropist
• Ashwin Sood - drummer for (and former husband of) Sarah McLachlan
• Manoj Sood - actor ( Little Mosque on the Prairie )
• Durand Soraine - cricket player
• Shweta Subram - Bollywood playback singer
• Moez Surani - poet
• Rajiv Surendra - actor

T

• Proma Tagore - writer and novelist
• Harinder Takhar - Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
• Harpal Talhan - lightweight boxer
• Nina Tangri - MPP, Ontario
• Sam Tata - portrait photographer, born in Shanghai and lived in Montreal
• Tesher - singer and producer
• Shashaa Tirupati - Bollywood singer

U

• Priscila Uppal - novelist and poet
• Tim Uppal - MP, Alberta
• Uppekha Jain - Actress, Slam Poet

V

Ali Velshi

• Sugith Varughese - actor
• M.G. Vassanji - novelist
• Aliza Vellani - actress ( Little Mosque on the Prairie )
• Ali Velshi - stock analyst and television journalist
• Murad Velshi - former Ontario Liberal MPP
• Neelam Verma - Miss Universe Canada 2002
• Richard Verma - U.S. Ambassador to India since 2015
• Vandana Vishwas - world music artist

W

• Ravi Walia - figure skater
• Supinder Wraich - actress

Y

• YouTwoTV - YouTube channel; duo consists of Jaz Saini and Harjit Bhandal

Z

• Ravi Zacharias - alleged serial sexual abuser, Christian apologist, speaker, author

See also

• Indian American
• British Indian
• Indo-Canadian
• Indian South Africans
• List of Indian Americans
• List of Indian Britons

References

1. "Kader Khan spoke with Connie Haham in Pune in February 2007". www.haham.net.