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List of people from Amritsar
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This is a list of notable people from the Indian city of
Amritsar
,
Punjab
.
Contents
Spiritual leaders
Freedom fighters
Defense personnel
Sportspersons
Politicians
Entertainers
Writers
Others
See also
References
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Spiritual leaders
Guru Hargobind
, 6th Guru of Sikhs
Guru Tegh Bahadur
, 9th Guru of Sikhs
Nawab Kapur Singh
, Sikh leader
Sanaullah Amritsari
, Islamic scholar of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement
Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari
, historian and writer
Freedom fighters
Saifuddin Kitchlew
, freedom fighter
Madan Lal Dhingra
, independence activist
Defense personnel
Baba Deep Singh
, General
Bhagat Singh Thind
,
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1
]
US Sikh Leader
Sam Manekshaw
, Field Marshal
Saurabh Kalia
, soldier
Sportspersons
Abhishek Sharma
, cricketer
Bishan Singh Bedi
, cricketer
Dara Singh
, wrestler and actor
Ghulam Mohammad Baksh
, wrestler
Madan Lal
, cricketer
Ramandeep Singh
, footballer
Ashok Malhotra
Gursharan Singh
Sarandeep Singh
Vinay Choudhary
Harvinder Singh
Sharad Lumba
Chandan Madan
Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)
Politicians
Manmohan Singh
, 13th Prime Minister of India
Navjot Singh Sidhu
, politician
Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
, politician
Krishan Kant
, 10th Vice-President of India
Raj Kumar Verka
, politician
Entertainers
Akshay Kumar
, actor
Amrinder Gill
, Punjabi singer
Bharti Singh
, Indian stand-up comedian
Chandan Prabhakar
, comedian
Deepa Mehta
, Indo-Canadian filmmaker
Deepti Naval
, actress
Geeta Bali
, actress
Gurpreet Ghuggi
, Punjabi Comedian
Gurshabad
, Playback Singer and actor
Jeetendra
, actor
Kapil Sharma
, comedian
Mahendra Kapoor
, playback singer
Maurice Barrymore
, (patriarch of the Barrymore acting family)
Mohammed Rafi
, recording artist
Narendra Chanchal
, singer
Pramod Moutho
, Indian actor
Prem Dhillon
, Punjabi singer
Rajesh Khanna
, actor
Richa Chadda
, actress
Sahila Chadha
, actress
Shamshad Begum
, classical singer
Sudesh Lehri
, comedian
Veeru Devgan
, director and producer of Hindi films
Vinod Mehra
, actor
Vipul Mehta
, singer
Wadali Brothers
(singer)
Waris Ahluwalia
, model, actor in US
Yash Johar
, director and producer of Hindi films
Writers
Abdul Hameed
, writer
Bhisham Sahni
, Hindi writer
Dalbir Chetan
, Punjabi short-story writer
[
2
]
Ghulam Abbas
, writer
M. D. Taseer
, Urdu poet
Rupa Bajwa
, writer
Saadat Hasan Manto
, writer
Vir Singh
, Punjabi poet
Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari
, Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan's new capital city
Islamabad
.
Others
Shammi Rana
, Indian sports executive and administrator
Bhagat Puran Singh
, environmentalist
Hans Raj Khanna
, Judge at the Supreme court of India
Kiran Bedi
, First woman IPS officer
Laxmi Kanta Chawla
, politician
Ritu Kumar
, Fashion Designer
Shammi Rana
, Indian sports executive and administrator
Vikas Khanna
, chef
See also
List of people by India state
References
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12 May
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