List of British Sikhs

List of British Sikhs is a list of prominent Sikhs from the United Kingdom.

Academia and education

Peter Bance - historian and author of 'Sikhs in Britain' with Param Singh the Deputy Chairman of City Sikhs at Number 10 Downing Street

• Harminder Dua – Discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".^[1]
• Jagjit Chadha – Professor and Chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent
• Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author; converted to Sikhism in the 1860s
• Peter Bance – Historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist
• Simon Singh – Mathematician and author
• Sukhbir Singh Kapoor – Vice Chancellor of The International School of Sikh Studies and Khalsa College London
• Tejinder Virdee – Experimental particle physicist and Professor of Physics at Imperial College London

Business and the professions

Dr Kamel Hothi OBE speaking at a City Sikhs Recipes for Success at Street Street Bank

• Avtar Lit – Former owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group
• Dabinderjit Singh – Director at the National Audit Office
• Jasminder Singh – Chairman of the Radisson Edwardian hotel empire.^[2]
• Jojar S Dhinsa – Founded the Athlone Group which delivers a multitude of services to support businesses worldwide.
• Kamel Hothi – Former banker at Lloyds Bank
• Karamjit Singh - Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Kulveer Ranger – Management Consultant. Former London Transport Minister and Mayor's Director of Environment and Digital London
• Rami Ranger – Founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company
• Ranjit Singh Boparan – Founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group
• Reuben Singh – CEO of contact centre company alldayPA
• Simon Arora – Billionaire businessman, CEO of the retail chain B & M.
• Surinder Arora – Hotelier
• Tom Singh – Founder of the high street fashion chain New Look.^[2]

Charity, community and non-profit

Ravi Singh CEO of Khalsa Aid at Vaisakhi in the Square

• Balwant Kaur – Founder and chairperson of Mata Nanki Foundation
• Daljit Singh Shergill – President of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
• Harpal Kumar – Chief executive of Cancer Research UK
• Imandeep Kaur – Director of Impact Hub: Birmingham
• Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia (Bhai Sahib) – Chairman of the Nishkam Group
• Ravi Singh – CEO Khalsa Aid

Film, drama and entertainment

Paul Chowdhury receiving the Media Award from Bobby Friction at the Asian Professional Awards

• Alexandra Aitken (Uttrang Kaur Khalsa) – Environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite
• Ameet Chana – Actor
• Amrit Maghera – Professional model turned actress
• Chandeep Uppal – Best known for her critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film Anita and Me.
• Gurinder Chadha – Film director
• Harnaam Kaur – Model, anti-bullying activist, body positive activist
• Kulvinder Ghir – Actor, comedian and writer
• Lena Kaur – Best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4
• Mandy Takhar – Actress
• Neelam Gill – She is known for her work with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appearing in Vogue.
• Paul Chowdhry – Comedian and actor
• Parminder Nagra – Actress born in Leicester
• Perry Bhandal – Film director, screenwriter
• Simon Rivers – English actor who played the role of Kevin Tyler in Doctors
• Stephen Uppal – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap Hollyoaks

Law and justice

Jasvir Singh OBE family law barrister and Chairman of City Sikhs speaking with HRH The Duke of York, KG, GCVO, CD at Windsor Castle.

• Anup Singh Choudry – Retired High Court Judge
• Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (The Hon. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb) – Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
• Jasvir Singh – Family Law Barrister
• Jo Sidhu QC – Criminal Law Barrister
• Mota Singh QC – Retired Circuit judge England
• Rabinder Singh (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice) – English Court of Appeal judge, formerly a High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division

Journalism, writers and media

• Aatish Taseer – Writer-journalist, and the son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh
• Anita Rani – Radio and television presenter
• Bobby Friction – DJ, television presenter and radio presenter
• Daljit Nagra – Poet
• Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Writer
• Hardeep Singh Kohli – Radio and television presenter
• Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal – Journalist and writer
• Priya Kaur-Jones – Newsreader
• Raman Mundair – Poet, writer, artist and playwright
• Ranvir Singh – English television presenter and journalist
• Sathnam Sanghera – British journalist and author
• Sonia Deol – English radio and television presenter
• Sunny Hundal – Journalist, blogger and academic

Music

• Aman Hayer – Bhangra producer and singer
• Bally Sagoo – Record producer
• Channi Singh – British-Indian bhangra musician, known as the "godfather" of bhangra in the West.
• Diamond Duggal – Music producer, DJ, songwriter and guitarist
• Dr Zeus – Punjabi singer and music producer
• Gurdeep Samra – Music producer and DJ
• Hard Kaur – Rapper and hip hop singer
• Indy Sagu – Bhangra and hip hop musician
• Jas Mann – Songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and film producer
• Jassi Sidhu – Bhangra singer and the former lead singer of British Indian bhangra band B21
• Jay Sean- R&B Artist
• Juggy D – Bhangra, Punjabi, R&B
• Malkit Singh – Punjabi bhangra singer
• Manj Musik – Music composer, singer
• Manni Sandhu – Music director
• Panjabi MC – Rapper, musician and DJ
• Rishi Rich – Music producer
• Silinder Pardesi – Bhangra singer, lyricist, and composer
• Sukshinder Shinda – Bhangra Record producer and singer–songwriter
• Surjit Khan – Record producer, musician and singer-songwriter
• Tarsame Singh Saini – Singer, composer and actor
• Talvin Singh – Producer, composer and tabla player
• Tigerstyle – Folkhop group
• Tjinder Singh, lead singer of British indie rock band Cornershop
• Vic Briggs – Former blues and rock musician

Politics

Paul Uppal the small business commissioner speaking at a Sikh community event in the Midlands

• Atma Singh – Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London on Asian Affairs in the Greater London Authority, under Mayor of London Ken Livingstone
• Indarjit Singh (The Lord Singh of Wimbledon CBE) – Member House of Lords
• Marsha Singh – British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012
• Neena Gill – Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands
• Onkar Sahota – Member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon
• Parmjit Dhanda – British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the 2010 general election
• Parmjit Singh Gill – Member of Parliament for Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP.
• Paul Uppal – Small business commissioner
• Piara Khabra – Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death
• Preet Gill – Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since the 2017 general election. She is the first female British Sikh MP.
• Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri – Member House of Lords
• Sonika Nirwal – Senior Ealing Southall constituency Labour politician representing the Greenford Broadway ward
• Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi – British Labour Party politician. Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough since 2017

Royalty and revolutionaries

• Maharaja Duleep Singh – The last Maharaja of the Sikh Kingdom, exiled in 1849 during the British Raj and possibly the first permanent Sikh resident in England
• Frederick Duleep Singh – Younger son of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
• Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh – Prominent suffragette and accredited nurse
• Udham Singh – Punjab revolutionary and freedom fighter belonging to the Ghadar Party

Sports

The Cricketer Monty Panesar and his brother at a Sikh Professional Networking event in London

• Akaash Bhatia – British boxer
• Aman Dosanj – First British Asian footballer to represent England
• Danny Batth – Footballer and Captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
• Fauja Singh – British Sikh centenarian marathon runner
• Harpal Singh – Footballer
• Kash Gill – Former kickboxing world champion
• Michael Chopra – Footballer
• Monty Panesar – England cricketer
• Ravi Bopara – England cricketer
• Surinder Sunar – Professional poker player

Cause célèbres

• Jagtar Singh Johal
• Lakhvir Kaur Singh

See also

• Sikhism in the United Kingdom
• Sikhism in England

References