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Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...

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 Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari (Urdu: قاضی عبد الرحمن امرتسری) was a school teacher and Urdu language author and poet. He was born in 1908 in Amritsar, British India. He was the person who proposed the name of the new capital of Pak ...

, historian and writer

Freedom fighters

* Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter * Madan Lal Dhingra, independence activist

Defense personnel

Baba Deep Singh Baba Deep Singh (26 January 1682 – 13 November 1757) is revered among Sikhs as one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. He is remembered for his sacrifice and devotion to the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Baba Deep Singh was the fir ...

, General * Bhagat Singh Thind, US Sikh Leader * Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal *

Saurabh Kalia Saurabh Kalia (; – ) was an officer of the Indian Army who was killed during the Kargil War while being held as a prisoner of war by the Pakistan Army. He and five soldiers in his patrol group were captured by Pakistani troops following a ...

, soldier

Sportspersons

* Abhishek Sharma, cricketer *

Bishan Singh Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi (; born 25 September 1946) is a former Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He played a total ...

, cricketer *

Dara Singh Dara Singh Randhawa (born Deedar Singh Randhawa; 19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) was an Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sab ...

, wrestler and actor * Ghulam Mohammad Baksh, wrestler * Madan Lal, cricketer * Ramandeep Singh, footballer * Ashok Malhotra *

Gursharan Singh Gursharan Singh (born 8 March 1963) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and one One Day International in 1990. While appearing as a substitute for Roger Binny in the Third Test against West Indies in 1983 at Ahmedabad, he b ...

Sarandeep Singh Sarandeep Singh (born 21 October 1979) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. In his debut Test match he took six wickets in Nagpur. Singh started his career in Amritsar in 1998–1999, playing ...

* Vinay Choudhary *

Harvinder Singh Harvinder Singh (born 23 December 1977, Amritsar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer who played in three Tests and 16 One Day International (ODI) matches from 1997 to 2001. Harvinder made his debut in ODI cricket for India against Pak ...

* Sharad Lumba * Chandan Madan * Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)

Politicians

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

, 13th Prime Minister of India *

Navjot Singh Sidhu Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of To ...

, politician *

Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (3 July 1920 – 14 May 2021) was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Kerala from 23 June 2004 to 10 July 2008, and was the Governor of Bihar from 10 July 2008 to 28 June 2009. He signed the Border Peace and Tranq ...

, politician *

Krishan Kant Krishan Kant (28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002) was an Indian politician who served as the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death 2002. Formerly, he was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of Lok ...

, 10th Vice-President of India * Raj Kumar Verka, politician

Entertainers

* Akshay Kumar, actor *

Amrinder Gill Amrinder Singh Gill () is an Indian actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer who makes Punjabi-language films and music. He has been nominated for twenty-four PTC Punjabi Film Awards, winning seven including three for Best Actor, and two ...

, Punjabi singer * Bharti Singh, Indian stand-up comedian * Chandan Prabhakar, comedian *

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...

, Indo-Canadian filmmaker * Deepti Naval, actress * Geeta Bali, actress * Gurpreet Ghuggi, Punjabi Comedian *

Gurshabad Gurshabad Singh Kular (born 24 August 1989) is an Indian film actor and playback singer known for his work predominantly in Punjabi cinema and music industry. After completing his junior high school from a local school, he attended Khalsa Coll ...

, Playback Singer and actor * Jeetendra, actor * Kapil Sharma, comedian *

Mahendra Kapoor Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as ''Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono'' ( Gumrah) and ''Neele Gaga ...

, playback singer *

Maurice Barrymore Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe (21 September 1849 – 25 March 1905), known professionally by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was an Indian-born British stage actor. He is the patriarch of the Barrymore acting family, father of John, Li ...

, (patriarch of the Barrymore acting family) *

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

, recording artist * Narendra Chanchal, singer * Pramod Moutho, Indian actor *

Prem Dhillon Premjeet Singh "Prem" Dhillon is an Indian singer and lyricist associated with Punjabi music. He started his singing career in 2018 with single "Chan Milondi". Dhillon is best known for singles "Boot Cut","Old Skool" and "Majha Block" . Music ...

, Punjabi singer *

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record ...

, actor * Richa Chadda , actress * Rohan Mehra, actor *

Sahila Chadha Sahila Chadha (Chaddha is an alternative spelling for the surname ''Chadha'') is an Indian actress. Personal life Sahila is married to actor Nimai Bali, with whom she has a daughter. Career Sahila was crowned Miss India and won 25 contests be ...

, actress * Shamshad Begum, classical singer * Sudesh Lehri, comedian *

Veeru Devgan Veeru Devgan (25 June 1934 — 27 May 2019) was an Indian action choreographer, actor and film director who worked in Bollywood films. He worked on more than 200 Indian films including ''Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'', ''Kranti'', ''Mr. Natwarlal'', ...

, director and producer of Hindi films * Vinod Mehra, actor *

Vipul Mehta Vipul Mehta (born 1990) is an Indian playback singer, originating from Amritsar, Punjab, India. He won the title of Indian Idol (Hindi TV series), ''Indian Idol'' in season 6 of the show i.e. on 1 September 2012. Vipul Mehta learned classical sin ...

, singer *

Waris Ahluwalia Waris Singh Ahluwalia (Hindi: वारिस सिंह अहलूवालिया, Punjabi: ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸਿੰਘ ਆਹਲੂਵਾਲੀਆ, born 1974) is an Indian-American designer and actor based in New York City. His compan ...

, model, actor in US * Yash Johar, director and producer of Hindi films

Writers

* Abdul Hameed, writer * Bhisham Sahni, Hindi writer *

Dalbir Chetan Dalbir Singh Jhand known as Punjabi writer Dalbir Chetan was a foremost short story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. He had won awards, both regional and national, and is a widely translated author. He retired as Indian Air Force offic ...

, Punjabi short-story writer * Ghulam Abbas, writer *

M. D. Taseer Muhammad Din Taseer (28 February 1902 – 1 December 1950), also known as Deen Muhammad Taseer and popularly known as M. D. Taseer, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, and literary critic. He is considered one of the pioneers of the progressive m ...

, Urdu poet *

Rupa Bajwa Rupa Bajwa is an Indian writer who lives and works in Amritsar, Punjab as well as spending time in various other Indian cities and towns. She is a recipient of the Grinzane Cavour Prize, the Commonwealth Award, and India's Sahitya Akademi Award. ...

, writer * Saadat Hasan Manto, writer * Vir Singh, Punjabi poet *

, Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan's new capital city Islamabad.

Others

Bhagat Puran Singh Bhagat Puran Singh (4 June 1904 – 5 August 1992) was an Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist. As a young man he decided to dedicate his life to humanitarian work, and in 1947, he established Pingalwara, a home for the sick and d ...

, environmentalist *

Hans Raj Khanna Hans Raj Khanna (3 July 1912 – 25 February 2008) was an Indian judge, jurist and advocate who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and attempted to uphold civil liberties during the time of Emergency in India in a lone dissenting ...

, Judge at the Supreme court of India *

Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist, former-tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 2 ...

, First woman IPS officer *

Laxmi Kanta Chawla Laxmi Kanta Chawla is a former cabinet minister from Punjab government and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongs ...

, politician *

Ritu Kumar Ritu Kumar is an Indian fashion designer. Early life and education The lack of educational opportunities in Amritsar led her to move to Simla for her schooling, where she attended Loreto Convent. She later studied at Lady Irwin College, where ...

, Fashion Designer *

Shammi Rana Shammi Rana is a promoter of Traditional Sports and Games (TSG) from India. He was appointed Secretary-General of the International Council of Traditional Sports and GamesICTSG at 4th UNESCO Collective Consultation of Traditional Sports and Ga ...

, Indian sports executive and administrator *

Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of Star Plus series ''MasterChef India''. He is based in New York City. Early life and education Khanna ...

, chef

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