Shergill is a clan (''

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'') of

Jats The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

, its parent clan is

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. The renowned Majithia family belong to this clan. Notable people bearing the name Shergill (or Sher-Gill) include: *

Avneet Shergill Avneet Singh Shergill (born December 3, 1985) is a retired American soccer player, who played as forward for Ajax Orlando Prospects, West Virginia Chaos and the Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League and for Indian I-League cl ...

, U.S. soccer player *

Amrita Sher-Gil Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an ear ...

, Indian painter *

Daljit Singh Shergill Daljit Singh Shergill ( Punjabi: ਦਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿੱਲ, died 6 October 2014), known as Shergill Sahib, was a Sikh leader from Punjab, India, who was president of the first ''gurdwara'' in the UK. He immigrated to the ...

, U.K. Sikh leader * Dyal Singh Majithia Shergill founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank *

Jaiveer Shergill Jaiveer Shergill (born 28 June 1983) is a practicing lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and a politician. He is the National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since December 2022. He was a member and Spokesperson of the Indian Nati ...

, Indian politician and lawyer *

Jimmy Shergill Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller ''Maachis''. His bre ...

, Indian actor and producer *

Lehna Singh Majithia Lehna Singh Majithia (d. 1854), his personal name is also Romanized as Lahina or Lahna, was a Sher-Gill Jat polymath, inventor, warrior, and statesman. Lehna Singh was the father of famous businessman and philanthropist, Dyal Singh Majithia. B ...

, Sikh polymath and father of Dyal Singh *

Rabbi Shergill Rabbi Shergill (born Gurpreet Singh Shergill on 16 April 1973) is an Indian musician well known for his debut album ''Rabbi'' and the chart-topper song of 2005, '' Bullah Ki Jaana '' ("I know not who I am!"). His music has been described vari ...

, Indian musician *

Rubina Shergill Rubina Shergill was an Indian television actress. She was known for her performance in the role of "Inspector Simran Kaushik" in Zee TV's daily soap ''Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein'', which eventually became her last show. Early life Sher ...

, Indian actress

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