People

Everyone who shaped this history: who they were and what they did for, or against, the Panth.

• AA. G. PerarivalanConvict in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, freed by the Supreme Court in 2022
• AA. K. Fazlul HuqPremier of Bengal; moved the Lahore Resolution of 1940
• A. S. DulatFormer Secretary of RAW (1999 to 2000); former Special Director, Intelligence Bureau; author
• AAdina Beg KhanArain administrator of the Jalandhar Doab; governor of the Punjab for a few months in 1758
• AAdvocate Ishar SinghAdvocate of the Telangana High Court; headed the 2020 inquiry into the missing saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib
• AAdvocate Jaspal Singh ManjhpurAdvocate; defence lawyer in UAPA cases and for the Bandi Singhs
• AAga Khan IIIHereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismailis; led the 1906 Simla deputation; first president of the All-India Muslim League
• Ahmad Khan BangashRohilla Afghan Nawab of Farrukhabad (1750 to 1771); ally of Ahmad Shah Abdali at Panipat
• Ahmad Shah AbdaliFounder of the Durrani empire; invader of Punjab and the Sikhs' main opponent in the mid eighteenth century
• AAjit Singh SandhuPunjab Police officer, SSP Tarn Taran; accused in the Khalra case
• Akali Baba Hanuman SinghSeventh Jathedar of the Budha Dal and leader of the Akal Takht (1823 to about 1846)
• Akali Phoola SinghCustodian (jathedar) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib; leader of the Akali Nihangs and commander of the Akali troops under Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• AkbarMughal emperor (reigned 1556 to 1605)
• Ali Mardan KhanMughal viceroy of the Punjab from 1639, governor of Kabul and Kashmir; canal engineer for Shah Jahan
• Allama Muhammad IqbalPoet, philosopher and lawyer; president of the Muslim League session of 1930; Pakistan's national poet
• Amarjit ChandanPunjabi poet, essayist and translator; former Naxalite activist
• AAmit ShahUnion Home Minister of India (since 2019); former president of the BJP
• Amitabh BachchanFilm actor; Congress MP for Allahabad, 1984 to 1987
• AAnkur NarulaPentecostal pastor; head of the Church of Signs and Wonders, Khambra, Jalandhar
• AArun NehruCongress politician; Union minister of state (1984 to 1986); cousin and close aide of Rajiv Gandhi
• AArun SinghCongress politician; Minister of State for Defence 1985 to 1987; friend and adviser of Rajiv Gandhi
• AArvind KejriwalLeader of the Aam Aadmi Party; Chief Minister of Delhi 2013 to 2014 and 2015 to 2024
• Asaf Jah I, Nizam-ul-MulkMughal general and Grand Vizier; first Nizam of Hyderabad
• AurangzebSixth Mughal emperor, 1658 to 1707
• BBaba Ala SinghFounder of the Patiala state; Phulkian sardar and Raja
• BBaba Banda Singh BahadurKhalsa commander sent by Guru Gobind Singh; led the first Sikh state
• Baba Buddha JiElder of early Sikhi; applied the tilak of Guruship to Guru Angad and the Gurus after him; first granthi of Sri Harmandir Sahib
• BBaba Bujha SinghGhadar veteran and communist; senior figure of the Punjab Naxalite movement; killed by the Punjab Police in July 1970
• Baba Deep Singh JiFounder of the Shahid misl and of the Damdami Taksal; Shaheed of 1757
• BBaba Gurbachan Singh ManochahalKharku commander; head of the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan; Jathedar of Akal Takht named by the Panthic Committee
• BBaba Gurbachan Singh NirankariHead (satguru) of the Sant Nirankari Mission; accused in the Vaisakhi 1978 killings, acquitted in 1980, shot dead in Delhi in April 1980
• BBaba Harnam Singh KhalraGhadar activist; grandfather of Jaswant Singh Khalra
• BBaba Harnam Singh KhalsaHead of the Damdami Taksal (Mehta Chowk)
• BBaba Jawala SinghPotato farmer of Stockton; co-founder of the Stockton gurdwara; first Vice-President of the Ghadar Party
• BBaba Joginder SinghFather of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale; leader of the United Akali Dal
• BBaba Kharak SinghPresident of the SGPC and leader of the Keys Morcha (Morcha Chabian), 1921 to 1922; president of the Central Sikh League
• BBaba Lakhmi DasYounger son of Guru Nanak Sahib; householder; ancestor of the Bedi families by their own claim
• BBaba Moti Ram MehraServant in the Sirhind governor's kitchen who brought milk to Mata Gujri and the younger Sahibzade
• Baba Ram Singh NamdhariLeader of the Namdhari (Kuka) movement; Satguru Ram Singh to the Namdharis
• Baba Sheikh Farid JiChishti Sufi saint of Punjab; his bani is in Sri Guru Granth Sahib
• Baba Sri ChandEldest son of Guru Nanak; founder of the Udasi order
• BBaba Thakur SinghActing head of Damdami Taksal, 1984 to 2004
• BBaba Wasakha SinghGhadar Party leader; builder of the Stockton gurdwara; Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib (1934)
• BBahadur Shah IMughal emperor, 1707 to 1712
• Bahadur Shah ZafarLast Mughal emperor; poet; titular figurehead of the 1857 rising
• BBajinder SinghPentecostal preacher; head of the Church of Glory and Wisdom, Tajpur; convicted of rape in March 2025 (appeal announced)
• BBakhtawar KhanMughal courtier and historian; author of the Mirat al-Alam
• Bal Gangadhar TilakIndian nationalist of the Congress extremist wing; editor of the Kesari; Lal-Bal-Pal with Lala Lajpat Rai; signatory of the Lucknow Pact
• BBaljinder Singh KotbharaJournalist and author of the Kaurnama series
• BBalram JakharSpeaker of the Lok Sabha, 1980 to 1989; Union Agriculture Minister, 1991 to 1996; Governor of Madhya Pradesh, 2004 to 2009
• Baltej Singh DhillonSenator for British Columbia (since 2025); retired RCMP officer, the first to wear a turban on duty
• BBarjinder Singh HamdardHead of the Ajit group of newspapers, Jalandhar; former Rajya Sabha member
• BBarjinder Singh Makhan BrarAkali Dal leader from Moga; party in-charge for Dharamkot
• BBebe Nanaki JiElder sister of Guru Nanak; remembered as the first Sikh
• Bhagat KabirBhakti saint and poet of Kashi; Bhagat whose bani is in the Guru Granth Sahib
• BBhagat NamdevBhakti saint-poet of Maharashtra; Bhagat whose hymns are in the Guru Granth Sahib
• BBhagat Puran SinghFounder of Pingalwara, Amritsar; sewadar
• Bhagat Ravidas JiSaint-poet whose hymns are in Sri Guru Granth Sahib; revered by Ravidassias as their Guru
• BBhagwant MannChief Minister of Punjab since 16 March 2022; leader of the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab
• ABhai Ajmer SinghSikh author and political analyst; speaker on Panthic politics and the 1984 Ghallughara
• ABhai Amrik SinghPresident of the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF); Damdami Taksal leader
• ABhai Amritpal SinghHead of Waris Punjab De; Independent Lok Sabha MP for Khadoor Sahib; in custody at Dibrugarh
• ABhai Anokh Singh UbhokeKharku; close associate of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale; chief of the Fauj-e-Khalsa; killed by Punjab Police in December 1992
• ABhai Avtar Singh BrahmaJathedar of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), about 1987 to 1988
• BBhai Baldev Singh WadalaFormer Hazoori Ragi at Sri Darbar Sahib; head of Sikh Sadbhawna Dal; founder of Sher-e-Punjab Dal
• BBhai Balwant Singh RajoanaFormer Punjab Police constable; death-row prisoner in the Beant Singh assassination case
• BBhai Balwinder Singh JatanaBabbar Khalsa Singh; shot the SYL canal's engineers in July 1990; killed by police on 4 September 1991
• BBhai Bidhi ChandCommander and preacher under Guru Hargobind Sahib
• DBhai Daljit Singh BittuPanthic political leader; former head of the Sikh Students Federation; president of Shiromani Khalsa Dal, later of the SAD (Panch Pardhani)
• DBhai Darbara SinghVeteran Singh and diwan of the Khalsa in the years after Banda Singh Bahadur
• DBhai DayalaCompanion of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji; Shaheed of Delhi, 1675
• DBhai Dhian Singh MandActing Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib named by the 2015 Sarbat Khalsa; Akali Dal (Amritsar) leader; former MP
• DBhai Dilawar Singh BabbarBabbar Khalsa member; the human bomb in the killing of Chief Minister Beant Singh, 31 August 1995
• GBhai Gajinder SinghCo-founder of Dal Khalsa; leader of the September 1981 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore
• GBhai GhanaiyaGursikh of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh; founder of the Sevapanthi (Addanshahi) order
• GBhai Gurbaksh Singh KhalsaSikh activist from Kurukshetra; led hunger strikes for the release of Bandi Singhs
• Bhai GurdasScribe of the first Adi Granth under Guru Arjan Dev Ji; poet of the Vaaran and Kabit Savaiye; helper of the Gurus
• GBhai Gurdeep Singh KheraSikh prisoner (Bandi Singh); convicted under TADA; in custody from 1990
• GBhai Gurdev Singh KaunkeActing Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib (1986 to 1992); died in police custody
• GBhai Gurjant Singh BudhsinghwalaKharku commander; third Jathedar of the Khalistan Liberation Force
• GBhai Gurjant Singh RajasthaniKharku commander; leader of a Khalistan Commando Force faction (1988 to 1991)
• GBhai Gurmeet SinghBandi Singh; life convict in the 1995 Beant Singh assassination case
• GBhai Gurmukh SinghSingh Sabha leader; founder of the Lahore Singh Sabha; first lecturer in Punjabi at Oriental College, Lahore
• JBhai Jagraj SinghFounder of Everythings 13 and Basics of Sikhi; English-language Sikh preacher; former British Army officer
• JBhai Jagtar Singh HawaraConvict in the 1995 Beant Singh assassination case; named officiating Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib by the 2015 Sarbat Khalsa; Bandi Singh
• JBhai Jagtar Singh TaraConvict in the Beant Singh assassination case; one of three who escaped Burail jail in 2004
• JBhai Jaswant Singh KhalraHuman rights defender; general secretary of the Human Rights Wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal
• JBhai JethaSikh of Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji; one of the five who went with Guru Arjan to Lahore in 1606
• Bhai Kahn Singh NabhaSikh scholar and lexicographer; author of Ham Hindu Nahin and the Mahan Kosh
• KBhai Kehar Singh RajputBy tradition, first Marwari ironsmith to join Guru Hargobind Sahib; origin figure of the Sikligar Sikhs
• KBhai Kuljit Singh DhattVillage sarpanch of Ambala Jattan; abducted and killed by Punjab Police in 1989
• LBhai Lakhwinder Singh LakhaBandi Singh; life convict in the Beant Singh assassination case; former Punjab Police driver
• LBhai Lal Singh AkalgarhBandi Singh released in 2020 after 28 years; Panthic advocate
• Bhai Maharaj SinghHead of the Naurangabad dera; leader of armed resistance to British rule after the Second Anglo-Sikh War
• MBhai Manbir Singh ChaheruFirst Jathedar of the Khalistan Commando Force (1986)
• MBhai Mani SinghScholar, scribe of the Guru Granth Sahib and custodian of Sri Harmandir Sahib; Shaheed of Lahore
• MBhai Mati DasDiwan of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji; Shaheed at Delhi, November 1675
• MBhai Mehtab Singh BhanguSikh warrior and Shaheed; killer of Massa Ranghar in 1740
• PBhai Paramjit Singh BheoraBandi Singh; life convict in the Beant Singh assassination case; escaped Burail Jail in 2004
• PBhai Paramjit Singh MandWorking president (acting president) of Dal Khalsa
• PBhai Paramjit Singh PanjwarChief of the Khalistan Commando Force (Panjwar group)
• RBhai Ram Singh SikligarSikligar Sikh remembered as the first of his community to take amrit from Guru Gobind Singh Ji
• RBhai Randhir SinghGursikh and Ghadar-era revolutionary; founder of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha
• Bhai Santokh SinghPoet and historian; author of the Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth (Suraj Prakash)
• SBhai Sati DasAttendant and companion of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji; Shaheed of Delhi, 1675
• SBhai Shahbaz SinghShaheed; broken on the wheel at Lahore with his father Bhai Subeg Singh
• SBhai Shamsher SinghBandi Singh; life convict in the Beant Singh assassination case; truck operator
• SBhai Soora SinghSingh who joined Bhai Tara Singh Van at Van and attained shaheedi with him
• SBhai Subeg SinghSikh Shaheed; vakil of the Lahore government to the Khalsa and kotwal of Lahore
• SBhai Sukhwinder Singh SanghaKharku commander of the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan and of its Sangha faction; died in an encounter at Bhullar, 3 November 1990
• TBhai Tara Singh VanEighteenth-century Singh of Van; Shaheed who fought a Lahore army sent by Zakariya Khan
• TBhai Taru SinghFarmer of Puhla; Shaheed of the Mughal persecution
• VBhai Vir SinghPoet, novelist, publisher and exegete; leader of the Singh Sabha renaissance
• WBhai Wadhawa Singh BabbarChief of Babbar Khalsa International, as named by India's Ministry of Home Affairs
• WBhai Waryam SinghSikh political prisoner (Bandi Singh), TADA life convict; released 2015 to 2016
• WBhai Wassan Singh ZaffarwalMember of the Panthic Committee (1986); head of a Khalistan Commando Force faction
• BBhajan LalChief Minister of Haryana (1979 to 1986 and 1991 to 1996)
• BBibi BhagwaniSurvivor and witness, Sultanpuri, Delhi (1984)
• BBibi Bimal Kaur KhalsaMember of Parliament for Ropar, 1989 to 1991 (Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar); widow of Bhai Beant Singh
• BBibi Jagdish KaurSurvivor and eyewitness of the November 1984 pogrom; key witness against Sajjan Kumar
• BBibi Jagir KaurFormer SGPC president; senior Akali leader; leader of the 2024 and 2025 rebel Akali factions
• BBibi Nirpreet KaurSurvivor of the 1984 violence; hunger striker and petitioner against Sajjan Kumar's 2013 acquittal
• BBibi Paramjit Kaur KhalraHuman rights campaigner; petitioner in the Khalra case; head of the Khalra Mission Organisation
• BBibi Satwant KaurMember of the Akal Takht-appointed Akali Dal committee (2024 to 2025); head of the rebel faction's Panthic council
• BBibi Sharan KaurShaheed remembered for the last rites of the Singhs of Chamkaur
• BBibi Upkar KaurLeader of the women's wing of the All India Sikh Students Federation; Shaheed of June 1984
• BBilkis BanoSurvivor of the 2002 Gujarat violence; petitioner in the Supreme Court cases on her case
• Bipan ChandraHistorian of modern India; professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Brahma ChellaneyJournalist and strategic analyst; Associated Press correspondent at Amritsar in June 1984
• BBrigadier Imtiaz AhmedPakistani army intelligence officer; head of the ISI political wing; Director General of the Intelligence Bureau
• CCaptain Amarinder SinghFormer Chief Minister of Punjab (2002 to 2007, 2017 to 2021); BJP leader
• CChaar SahibzadeThe four sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji; Shaheeds of Chamkaur and Sirhind
• CChandra ShekharPrime Minister of India, November 1990 to June 1991
• CChandu ShahMughal revenue official and banker at Lahore; named in Sikh tradition as the persecutor of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
• Charles MetcalfeEast India Company envoy to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1808 to 1809; later acting Governor-General of India
• CCharu MajumdarPrincipal ideologue of the Naxalbari uprising and leader of the CPI(ML); author of the line of annihilation of class enemies
• CChief Minister Beant SinghChief Minister of Punjab (25 February 1992 to 31 August 1995), Congress
• CClement AttleeBritish Prime Minister, 1945 to 1951; his government set the timetable for ending British rule in India
• CCynthia Keppley MahmoodAmerican anthropologist; author of Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants (1996)
• DDalbir Singh PatarkarPunjabi journalist; author of Nerion Dithe Sant Bhindranwale
• DDanish SinghPresident, World Sikh Organization of Canada
• Dara ShikohMughal heir apparent; scholar of Sufi and Vedantic thought; sought Guru Har Rai’s blessing in 1658
• Darbara SinghCongress Chief Minister of Punjab, 1980 to 1983; Rajya Sabha member 1984 to 1990
• DDarshan Singh BaghiFounding general secretary of the Punjab Students Union
• David OchterlonyEast India Company officer; agent at Ludhiana 1809 to 1814
• DDeep SidhuPunjabi actor and activist; founder of Waris Punjab De
• DDevendra FadnavisChief Minister of Maharashtra (BJP)
• Dewan Mokham ChandDe facto commander-in-chief of the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1806 to 1814
• DDharam Dass ShastriCongress MP for Karol Bagh, Delhi, in 1984; named by the Nanavati Commission
• DDiwan Kaura MalSahajdhari Sikh; Diwan of Lahore and governor of Multan under Mir Mannu
• Dost Muhammad KhanBarakzai Amir of Kabul; rival of Maharaja Ranjit Singh over Peshawar
• DDr B. R. AmbedkarJurist, social reformer and chairman of the Drafting Committee of India's Constitution
• DDr Charan Kamal SinghAuthor of Ghar in Gurbani (2019); music teacher and kirtan performer in Ludhiana
• Dr Ernest TrumppGerman linguist; translator of the Adi Granth for the India Office (1877)
• DDr G. W. LeitnerOrientalist and educator; first Registrar of the University of the Punjab, Lahore
• DDr Gurbhagat SinghLiterary critic; Professor of English and Dean of Languages, Punjabi University, Patiala; translator of Sri Guru Granth Sahib into English
• DDr Harpal Singh PannuSikh studies scholar; chair professor, Guru Gobind Singh Chair, Central University of Punjab; formerly of Punjabi University, Patiala
• DDr Jagjit Singh ChohanFormer Punjab Deputy Speaker and Finance Minister; Khalistan ideologue in exile in Britain; founder of the Khalsa Raj Party
• DDr Jaswant Singh NekiPsychiatrist, Punjabi poet and Sikh scholar
• DDr Karminder Singh DhillonMalaysian Sikh writer and speaker; joint editor of The Sikh Bulletin; director of the Sikhi Vichar Forum
• DDr Mohinder Singh RandhawaICS officer, scientist and art historian; first Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh; founding Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University
• DDr Rajendra PrasadPresident of the Constituent Assembly, 1946 to 1950; first President of India, 1950 to 1962
• DDr Ranbir Singh SandhuAuthor and translator of Bhindranwale's speeches; Sikh diaspora activist in Ohio
• Dr Sardara Singh JohlAgricultural economist; former Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University and Punjabi University
• DDr Sewak SinghSikh academic and speaker; author of Shabad Jang
• Dr Surjit PatarPunjabi poet; chairman of the Punjab Arts Council; recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Saraswati Samman and Padma Shri
• DDr Varinderpal SinghSoil scientist, formerly of Punjab Agricultural University; chairman of the Atam Pargas Social Welfare Council
• DDr. Jaspreet Kaur BalChair, Child and Family Studies, Centennial College; Ontario officer of the World Sikh Organization
• DDr. Rajwant SinghFounder and Global President of EcoSikh; chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education
• DDSP Ashok KumarDeputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; charge-sheeted in the Jaswant Singh Khalra case
• Emperor JahangirFourth Mughal emperor
• FFaiz Ahmed FaizUrdu poet, editor and Progressive Writers leader from Punjab
• Fakir AzizuddinPhysician and foreign minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Lahore Darbar
• FField Marshal Sam ManekshawChief of the Army Staff of India, 1969 to 1973; India's first Field Marshal
• GGeneral Arun VaidyaChief of the Army Staff, 1983 to 1986, during Operation Blue Star; killed in Pune on 10 August 1986
• GGeneral Claude Auguste CourtFrench officer; organiser of the Sikh artillery and foundries under Maharaja Ranjit Singh; general from 1836
• General Jean-Baptiste VenturaItalian general in the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• General Jean-François AllardFrench cavalry officer and general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Khalsa army
• GGeneral Krishnaswamy SundarjiLieutenant General, GOC-in-C Western Command (1983 to 1985); Chief of the Army Staff (1986 to 1988)
• GGeneral Labh SinghCommander of the Khalistan Commando Force, 1986 to 1988
• GGeneral Mohan SinghFounder of the first Indian National Army (1942); later Rajya Sabha member
• General Paolo AvitabileEuropean officer of the Sikh Empire; administrator of Wazirabad and governor of Peshawar
• GGiani Ditt SinghSingh Sabha reformer, editor and Punjabi prose writer
• GGiani Gurbachan SinghFormer Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib (2008 to 2018)
• GGiani Harpreet SinghPresident of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit); former acting Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib and former Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib
• Giani Kuldeep Singh GargajActing Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib and Jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib (from March 2025)
• GGiani Raghbir SinghJathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib (2023 to 2025); former Head Granthi of Sri Harmandir Sahib
• GGiani Sant Singh MaskeenSikh preacher and commentator on Gurbani; author; awarded the title Panth Rattan by the SGPC
• GGiani Sohan Singh SeetalDhadi, poet and novelist
• GGiani Zail SinghPresident of India 1982 to 1987; Chief Minister of Punjab 1972 to 1977; Union Home Minister 1980 to 1982
• GGirish MahajanCabinet minister in the Maharashtra government (BJP)
• GGurbaj Singh MultaniStudent at the centre of Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys (2006), the Supreme Court of Canada kirpan ruling
• GGurmeet Ram Rahim SinghHead of Dera Sacha Sauda (since 1990); serving 20 years for rape (2017)
• GGurpartap Singh WadalaFormer Akali MLA (Nakodar); convener of the SAD Sudhar Lehar (2024); member of the Akal Takht's seven-member Akali Dal committee
• GGurpatwant Singh PannunLawyer and general counsel of Sikhs for Justice; organiser of the Khalistan Referendum
• GGursharan SinghPunjabi playwright, director and actor; leader of the Amritsar Natak Kala Kendra
• GGurtej Singh IASFormer IAS officer; Sikh writer and speaker; former general secretary and spokesman of the Shiromani Akali Dal
• Guru Amar Das JiThird Guru of the Sikhs (1552 to 1574)
• Guru Angad Dev JiSecond Guru of the Sikhs, 1539 to 1552
• Guru Arjan Dev JiFifth Guru of the Sikhs (1581 to 1606); compiler of the Adi Granth
• Guru Gobind Singh JiTenth Guru of the Sikhs; creator of the Khalsa (1699)
• Guru Har Krishan Sahib JiEighth Guru of the Sikhs (1661 to 1664)
• Guru Hargobind Sahib JiSixth Sikh Guru (1606 to 1644); raised the Akal Takht
• GGuru Nanak Dev JiFirst Guru of the Sikhs; founder of the Sikh faith
• Guru Ram Das JiFourth Sikh Guru (1574 to 1581); founder of Amritsar
• Guru Tegh Bahadur JiNinth Guru of the Sikhs (1664 to 1675)
• HH. K. L. BhagatDelhi Pradesh Congress leader; East Delhi MP; Union minister; named by the Nanavati Commission over the November 1984 pogrom
• HHamid GulDirector General of Pakistan's ISI, 1987 to 1989
• HHamid MasihPresident, Punjab Christian Movement (Jalandhar)
• HHarbhajan Singh HalwarviPunjabi poet and journalist; editor of the Punjabi Tribune
• HHarbhajan Singh SohiCommunist revolutionary leader of the Naxalite movement in Punjab
• HHarcharan Singh, SGPC chief secretaryChief Secretary of the SGPC, 2015 to 2017
• HHarcharanjit Singh DhamiSenior Dal Khalsa leader; president of Dal Khalsa from August 2008
• HHardeep Singh NijjarPresident of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey; Canadian organiser for the Sikhs for Justice referendum campaign
• Harinder MalhiFormer Ontario MPP for Brampton-Springdale; mover of the 2017 Ontario motion on the 1984 Genocide
• HHarinder Singh MehboobPunjabi poet and writer on Sikh thought; author of Sahije Rachio Khalsa
• HHarjinder Singh DhamiPresident of the SGPC (since November 2021); advocate
• HHarjit Singh GrewalSenior Punjab BJP leader; Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities (from July 2026)
• HHarjot OberoiHistorian of South Asian religion; retired professor at the University of British Columbia; author of The Construction of Religious Boundaries (1994)
• Harkishan Singh SurjitGeneral Secretary of the CPI(M), 1992 to 2005; Punjab Kisan Sabha and Communist leader
• HHarmeet Singh KalkaPresident of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (elected January 2022, re-elected June 2025)
• HHarpal Singh CheemaPresident of Dal Khalsa; human rights lawyer
• Hazrat Mian MirQadiri Sufi saint of Lahore; friend of the Sikh Gurus
• Henry Hardinge, Viscount HardingeGovernor-General of India (1844 to 1848); British head of the First Anglo-Sikh War
• HHoney TrehanFilm director, producer and casting director; director of Punjab '95, released as Satluj
• HHoneypreet InsanDera Sacha Sauda figure; adopted daughter of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh; accused in the 2017 Panchkula violence case
• HHS PhoolkaSenior Advocate for 1984 pogrom survivors; former AAP MLA and Leader of the Opposition in Punjab (2017); joined the BJP in 2026
• Hugh GoughBritish Commander-in-Chief in India (1843 to 1849)
• IIndira GandhiPrime Minister of India (1966 to 1977, 1980 to 1984)
• IIqbal Singh JhundanAkali politician; former MLA; member of the Akal Takht committee on the Akali Dal
• IIqbal Singh LalpuraRetired IPS officer; BJP leader; Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (appointed September 2021)
• Ishtiaq AhmedPolitical scientist; Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University; author of The Punjab Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed
• JJagdish TytlerCongress leader; former Union minister; accused in the Gurdwara Pul Bangash killings of 1 November 1984
• JJagjit Singh DallewalPresident of BKU (Ekta Sidhupur); convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political)
• Jagmeet SinghFormer leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (2017 to 2025); former Ontario MPP and Member of Parliament
• JJagtar Singh JohalBritish Sikh blogger detained in India (2017 to 2026); released on bail, still an accused
• Jamadar Khushal SinghChamberlain and commander under Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• JJasbir Singh RodeFormer Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib (1988); nephew of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
• JJaspal Singh SidhuJournalist, retired Special Correspondent of United News of India; co-editor of Embedded Journalism, Punjab
• JJathedar Gurcharan Singh TohraPresident of the SGPC (1973 to 1999 in stretches, and 2003 to 2004); Akali leader; Member of Parliament
• JJathedar Jagdev Singh KhudianAkali jathedar; Member of Parliament for Faridkot (1989)
• JJathedar Jagdev Singh TalwandiAkali Dal leader; former president of the Shiromani Akali Dal and of the SGPC
• JJathedar Santa Singh UmaidpuriAkali leader; member of the Akal Takht's seven-member committee on the Akali Dal (2024); senior vice-president of Akali Dal (Punar Surjit)
• JJathedar Sukhdev Singh BabbarJathedar of the Babbar Khalsa; head of Babbar Khalsa International in Punjab
• JJathedar Tota SinghSenior vice-president of the Shiromani Akali Dal; SGPC member; Punjab education minister (1997 to 2002) and agriculture minister (2012 to 2017)
• Jawaharlal NehruFirst Prime Minister of India, 1947 to 1964
• JJeevan Singh TamilNational president of the Bahujan Dravida Party; Supreme Court lawyer
• JJoginder Singh UgrahanPresident of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan); farm leader in the 2020 to 2021 morcha
• John NicholsonEast India Company political and military officer in Punjab; commander of the Punjab Movable Column in 1857
• JJoseph Davey CunninghamBritish officer and historian of the Sikhs
• Joseph WolffGerman-born Christian missionary and traveller; visited Ranjit Singh's Punjab in 1832
• JJugti RamAssistant Sub-Inspector and duty officer, Kalyanpuri police station, Delhi (1984)
• JJustice Gurnam SinghRetired High Court judge; Akali Dal leader; Chief Minister of Punjab in 1967 and from 1969 to 1970
• JJustin TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada, 2015 to March 2025
• KK. M. PanikkarForeign Minister of Patiala and later Dewan of Bikaner; member of the States Reorganisation Commission, 1953 to 1955; ambassador to China, 1950 to 1952
• KK.S. SudarshanFifth Sarsanghchalak (head) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 2000 to 2009
• KKamal NathSenior Congress leader; former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; accused by witnesses of leading the mob at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj in 1984
• KKanshi RamFounder of the Bahujan Samaj Party; Lok Sabha member for Hoshiarpur (1996)
• KKanwaljit SinghFormer assistant supervisor, SGPC publication department; accused in the 328 saroops case
• Kanwar Nau Nihal SinghPrince and de facto ruler of the Lahore Darbar, 1839 to 1840
• KKanwarpal SinghSpokesperson of Dal Khalsa
• Karan AujlaPunjabi singer, rapper and songwriter based in Canada
• KKhafi KhanMughal official and Persian historian, author of the Muntakhab-ul-Lubab
• KKhizar Hayat TiwanaLast Unionist Party premier of undivided Punjab (December 1942 to 2 March 1947)
• KKhushwant SinghWriter, historian and editor; author of A History of the Sikhs and Train to Pakistan
• KKishori LalConvicted of murder in the Trilokpuri killings of November 1984; death sentence reduced to life
• KKPS GillDirector General of the Punjab Police (1988 to 1990 and 1991 to 1995)
• Kultar Singh SandhwanSpeaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha; Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Kotkapura
• LL.K. AdvaniCo-founder of the BJP; former Union Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India
• LLakha SidhanaFarmers' protest activist; SAD (Amritsar) candidate for Bathinda in 2024
• LLakhbir Singh RodeKharku leader; described by Indian media as head of the Khalistan Liberation Force and the International Sikh Youth Federation
• LLal Bahadur ShastriHome Minister of India, 1961 to 1963; Prime Minister of India, 9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966
• Lala Jagat NarainNewspaper owner (Hind Samachar group); former Congress politician
• Lala Lajpat RaiArya Samaj and Indian National Congress leader; president of the Hindu Mahasabha session of 1925; known as Punjab Kesari
• LLalit MakenCongress member of Parliament from Delhi (1984 to 1985); trade union leader
• LLe CorbusierSwiss-French architect; planned Chandigarh and designed its Capitol Complex
• LLieutenant-Colonel Frank JohnsonBritish Army officer; Martial Law Administrator of Lahore, 1919
• Lord AucklandGovernor-General of India, 1836 to 1842
• Lord CanningGovernor-General of India during 1857; first Viceroy of India from 1858
• LLord CurzonViceroy and Governor-General of India, 1899 to 1905
• Lord DalhousieGovernor-General of India, 1848 to 1856; annexed the Punjab in 1849
• LLord EllenboroughGovernor-General of India, 1842 to 1844
• Lord Louis MountbattenLast Viceroy of India (1947) and first Governor-General of independent India
• LLord WavellViceroy of India, 1943 to 1947
• LLord William BentinckGovernor-General of India, 1828 to 1835
• LLt Col Joginder Singh MannSpeaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (1967 to 1969); Akali Dal (Tara Singh) member from Sirhind
• LLt Gen Kuldip Singh BrarRetired Indian Army officer; commander of the ground assault in Operation Blue Star
• MMadan Mohan MalaviyaCongress leader; founder of Banaras Hindu University; founder of the Hindu Mahasabha
• MMahant Narain DasUdasi mahant of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib; convicted for the massacre of 20 February 1921
• Maharaja Duleep SinghLast Maharaja of the Sikh state of the Punjab (1843 to 1849)
• Maharaja Kharak SinghSecond Maharaja of the Sikh Raj, June 1839 to November 1840
• Maharaja Ranjit SinghFounder and Maharaja of the Sikh state of the Punjab (Sarkar Khalsa), 1801 to 1839
• Maharaja Sher SinghMaharaja of the Sikh state at Lahore (Sarkar-i-Khalsa), 1841 to 1843
• Maharani Jind KaurRegent of the Sikh Empire (1843 to 1846); mother of Maharaja Duleep Singh
• MMahatma GandhiLeader of the Indian National Congress
• MMahmud of GhazniGhaznavid sultan (998 to 1030) who conquered Multan and Lahore
• MMai BhagoSikh woman warrior of the battle of Khidrana (Muktsar), 1705; bodyguard of Guru Gobind Singh
• MMajor General Shahbeg SinghMajor General, Indian Army; Mukti Bahini trainer in 1971; military adviser to Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale; Shaheed of 1984
• Major-General Thomas Wynford ReesCommander of the Punjab Boundary Force, 1 August to 1 September 1947; British Indian Army general
• MMallika KaurLawyer, author and lecturer at UC Berkeley Law; co-founder of the Sikh Family Center
• MMandeep Singh SidhuSecretary-General, Shiromani Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De); advocate; brother of Deep Sidhu
• MMani Shankar AiyarCongress politician, former diplomat and Union minister
• Maninderjeet Singh BittaPolitician and critic of the Khalistan movement; former president of the Indian Youth Congress
• MManjinder Singh SirsaMinister in the Delhi government (since February 2025); BJP national secretary; former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
• MManjit Singh GKDelhi Akali leader; president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (2013 to 2018)
• MMankirt AulakhPunjabi singer
• MManmohan SinghPrime Minister of India, 2004 to 2014; first Sikh Prime Minister
• MManohar Lal KhattarChief Minister of Haryana (2014 to 2024); Union Minister of Power and of Housing and Urban Affairs (from 2024)
• MManoj MittaJournalist and author; senior editor at The Times of India; co-author of When a Tree Shook Delhi
• Manpreet Singh IyaliMLA for Dakha (Ludhiana); Akali politician, now in Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De)
• Mark CarneyPrime Minister of Canada since March 2025
• MMassa RangharMughal-appointed kotwal of Amritsar who desecrated Sri Harmandir Sahib in 1740
• MMaster Sundar Singh LyallpuriAkali pioneer, journalist and founder-editor of the daily Akali
• MMaster Tara SinghSGPC and Shiromani Akali Dal leader; Sikh spokesman at Partition; leader of the early Punjabi Suba demand
• MMata Gujri JiWife of Guru Tegh Bahadur; mother of Guru Gobind Singh; grandmother of the Sahibzade
• MMata Sahib Kaur JiWife of Guru Gobind Singh; Mother of the Khalsa
• MMaulana Abul Kalam AzadIslamic scholar, journalist and Congress president; Congress negotiator with the 1946 Cabinet Mission; India's first Education Minister
• MMaulana Muhammad Ali JauharJournalist, Khilafat leader and president of the Muslim League (1917) and the Indian National Congress (1923)
• MMaulana Shaukat Ali and Maulana Muhammad Ali JauharLeaders of the Khilafat Movement; journalists and Muslim League and Congress politicians
• Max Arthur MacauliffeIndian Civil Service officer and translator of the Sikh scriptures
• MMaxwell PereiraAdditional Deputy Commissioner of Police, North District, Delhi, in 1984; defended Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib
• MMian Fazl-i-HusainPunjab Muslim politician; organiser of the Unionist Party; member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, 1930 to 1935
• MMir MannuMughal governor of Lahore and the Punjab, 1748 to 1753; reinstated under Ahmad Shah Durrani
• Mirza GhalibUrdu and Persian poet of Delhi; author of the 1857 diary Dastanbu
• MMirza Ghulam AhmadReligious teacher of Qadian; founder of the Ahmadiyya movement
• MMirza Raja Jai Singh I of AmberKachhwaha ruler of Amber and Mughal general; host of Guru Har Krishan Ji at Delhi, 1664
• MMiss Martha Rose GreenfieldScottish missionary at Ludhiana; with her sister Kay began medical missionary work there in 1881
• MMohinder Pal Singh BittuDera Sacha Sauda follower; prime accused in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege cases; killed in Nabha jail in 2019
• Muhammad Ali JinnahLeader of the All-India Muslim League; first Governor-General of Pakistan
• MMuhammad bin QasimUmayyad general who conquered Sindh and Multan
• Muhammad Shah RangilaMughal emperor, 1719 to 1748; overlord of the governors of Lahore who persecuted the Sikhs
• MMuhammad Zia ul-HaqChief of Army Staff and ruler of Pakistan (1977 to 1988)
• Nader ShahShah of Iran and founder of the Afsharid dynasty; invader of Hindustan in 1739
• NNancy GrewalCanadian Sikh social media influencer and personal support worker
• NNarain Singh ChauraPro-Khalistan activist linked by police to the Akal Federation; accused in the December 2024 Harmandir Sahib firing case
• NNarendra ModiPrime Minister of India since 26 May 2014; Chief Minister of Gujarat 2001 to 2014; leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• NNathuram GodseHindu nationalist who assassinated Mohandas Gandhi; hanged at Ambala in 1949
• NNavreet SinghFarmer from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh; died at ITO, Delhi, during the 26 January 2021 tractor rally
• Navtej BharatiPunjabi poet and essayist; co-author of Leela
• NNawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan MamdotPunjab Muslim League leader; first Chief Minister of West Punjab, 1947 to 1949
• NNawab Kapur SinghCommander of the Khalsa; first holder of the Nawabship; founder of the Dal Khalsa and the Singhpuria misl
• NNawaz SharifThree-time Prime Minister of Pakistan; former Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan); president of the PML(N)
• NNikhil GuptaDefendant who pleaded guilty in the Pannun murder-for-hire case in a US federal court
• NNikhil KumarIndian Police Service officer; Commissioner of Police, Delhi 1995 to 1997; MP; Governor of Nagaland and Kerala
• NNizam ud-Din Khan of KasurAfghan (Pathan) chief of Kasur; opponent of Ranjit Singh
• OO.P. SharmaDirector General of Police, Punjab, from 1996; earlier DGP (Intelligence)
• PPandit Iyothee ThassTamil Siddha physician, journalist and anti-caste pioneer; early Dalit convert to Buddhism
• PParamjit Singh TandaGeneral secretary of Dal Khalsa; former president of Sikh Youth of Punjab
• PParamraj Singh UmranangalIPS officer, Inspector General of Police; accused in the 2015 Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing cases
• PParkash Singh BadalFive-time Chief Minister of Punjab; patriarch of the Shiromani Akali Dal
• PParminder Singh DhindsaAkali leader; former Punjab finance minister; senior leader of the SAD Sudhar Lehar
• PParmjeet Singh GaziChief Editor of Sikh Siyasat News; writer and speaker on the 1984 genocide and Panthic politics
• PPartap Singh KaironChief Minister of Punjab (1956 to 1964)
• PPashRevolutionary Punjabi poet of the Naxalite decade
• PPastor Harpreet DeolPentecostal pastor, Open Door Church, Khojewal, Kapurthala district
• PPatwant SinghWriter, publisher and Sikh historian; founding editor of Design magazine
• PPav SinghAuthor; editor of the 1984 Sikh Archive; community advocate at the Wiener Library, London
• PPeriyar E.V. RamasamyFounder of the Self-Respect Movement and the Dravidar Kazhagam
• PPir Bhikhan ShahSufi pir; remembered in Sikh tradition for recognising the infant Guru Gobind Singh at Patna
• PPir Buddhu ShahMuslim pir of Sadhaura; devotee of Guru Gobind Singh
• PPrem Singh ChandumajraSenior Akali leader; former MP for Anandpur Sahib; one of the 2024 rebel leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal
• PPrincess Sophia Duleep SinghDaughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh; suffragette and tax resister; nurse to Indian soldiers
• PProfessor Devinderpal Singh BhullarBandi Singh; former engineering professor in Ludhiana; convicted in the 1993 Raisina Road bombing case
• PProfessor Kirpal Singh BadungarFormer president of the SGPC (2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2017); Akali Dal leader
• PProfessor Malwinderjit Singh WaraichHistorian of the Ghadar movement, the Babbar Akalis and Bhagat Singh; professor at Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana
• PProfessor Sahib SinghSikh scholar and teacher; author of Gurbani Viakaran and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan
• PV Narasimha RaoUnion Home Minister, July to December 1984; Prime Minister of India 1991 to 1996
• Rahul GandhiCongress leader; Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha (2024 onwards); Congress president 2017 to 2019
• Raja Dhian SinghWazir (prime minister) of the Lahore Darbar (Sikh Empire)
• Raja Gulab Singh DograRaja of Jammu under the Lahore Darbar; first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir under British supremacy
• RRaja Hira Singh DograWazir (prime minister) of the Lahore Darbar, 1843 to 1844
• Raja Rammohun RoyBengali scholar, journalist and religious reformer; founder of the Brahmo Sabha (later Brahmo Samaj)
• RRaja Ranjit Dev of JammuDogra ruler of Jammu
• Rajiv GandhiPrime Minister of India (1984 to 1989); signed the Rajiv-Longowal Accord
• Rajmohan GandhiHistorian, biographer and author of Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
• RRajvinder Singh BainsSenior advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court; counsel in the Khalra case; special public prosecutor in the 2015 sacrilege-firing cases (appointed 2021)
• RRam Chander ChhatrapatiJournalist; editor of the Hindi evening daily Poora Sach, Sirsa
• RRam Narayan KumarHuman rights researcher; co-founder of the Committee for Coordination on Disappearances in Punjab; lead author of Reduced to Ashes
• Rana AyyubJournalist and columnist; author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up
• Reginald Bosworth SmithSchoolmaster at Harrow; author of the Life of Lord Lawrence (1883)
• RReginald DyerBritish Army officer (colonel, temporary brigadier-general) who ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh
• RReshmaFolk singer in Pakistan, born in Rajasthan to a Banjara family
• RRoop SinghFormer Chief Secretary of the SGPC
• SSahibzada Ajit Singh JiEldest son of Guru Gobind Singh; Shaheed at Chamkaur
• Sahibzada Baba Fateh Singh JiYoungest son of Guru Gobind Singh; Shaheed of Sirhind
• Sahibzada Baba Zorawar Singh JiThird son of Guru Gobind Singh; Shaheed of Sirhind
• SSahibzada Jujhar Singh JiSecond son of Guru Gobind Singh; Shaheed at Chamkaur
• SSajjan KumarCongress politician; three-time Lok Sabha member from Outer Delhi; convicted for killings in the November 1984 pogrom
• SSanjay GandhiYounger son of Indira Gandhi; the unofficial power of the Emergency (1975 to 1977)
• SSanjay SuriJournalist and author of 1984: The Anti-Sikh Violence and After
• ASant Attar Singh MastuanaGursikh sant and preacher; founder of Gursagar Mastuana; promoter of Sikh education
• FSant Fateh SinghAkali leader and holy man; leader of the Punjabi Suba movement; head of the Akali Dal that controlled the SGPC from 1962
• GSant Gurbachan Singh KhalsaHead (jathedar) of the Damdami Taksal, 1930 to 1969
• HSant Harchand Singh LongowalPresident of the Shiromani Akali Dal (1980 to 1985)
• JSant Jarnail Singh BhindranwaleHead of the Damdami Taksal; Dharam Yudh Morcha leader; killed in Operation Blue Star
• KSant Kartar Singh BhindranwaleHead (Jathedar) of the Damdami Taksal, 1969 to 1977
• TSant Teja SinghSikh educationist and preacher; disciple of Sant Atar Singh of Mastuana; founding principal of Akal Degree College, Mastuana
• SSarabjeet Singh KhalsaIndependent MP for Faridkot (since 2024); executive member of Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De)
• SSardar Ajit Singh SarhadiAkali leader; Member of the Lok Sabha for Ludhiana (1957 to 1962); author of Punjabi Suba (1970)
• Sardar Arur SinghSarbarah (manager) of Sri Harmandir Sahib and Sri Akal Takht Sahib under British appointment
• SSardar Charhat Singh SukerchakiaChief of the Sukerchakia misl; grandfather of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• Sardar Chattar Singh AttariwalaGovernor of Hazara; leader of the 1848 revolt in the Second Anglo-Sikh War
• Sardar Hari Singh NalwaGeneral of the Sikh Empire; governor of Kashmir, Hazara and Peshawar
• SSardar Hukam SinghAkali leader, Constituent Assembly member, editor of The Spokesman, Speaker of the Lok Sabha 1962 to 1967
• SSardar Jagjit SinghSikh scholar and author of The Sikh Revolution; co-founder of the Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh
• SSardar Jassa Singh AhluwaliaSupreme commander of the Dal Khalsa; founder of the Ahluwalia misl
• Sardar Jassa Singh RamgarhiaFounder of the Ramgarhia misl; commander in the Dal Khalsa
• Sardar Maha SinghSecond chief of the Sukerchakia Misl; father of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
• SSardar Sewa Singh ThikriwalaFirst president of the Punjab Riyasti Praja Mandal; Akali leader of Patiala state
• SSardar Sundar Singh MajithiaSecretary of the Chief Khalsa Diwan; first president of the SGPC; Revenue Minister of the Punjab government, 1937 to 1941
• SSardar Swaran SinghUnion Cabinet minister (External Affairs, Defence and others); Congress negotiator with the Akalis in the early 1980s
• SSardar Teja Singh SamundriAkali leader, founder-member and vice-president of the SGPC; builder of Sikh schools
• SSardar Ujjal SinghSikh delegate to the Round Table Conferences; Finance Minister of East Punjab, 1949 to 1956; Governor of Punjab, 1965 to 1966
• SSardar Vallabhbhai PatelFirst Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India
• SSarwan Singh PandherGeneral secretary, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Punjab; convener, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha
• SSatinder Singh KohliChartered accountant; former internal auditor of the SGPC; accused in the 328 missing saroops case
• SSayyid BrothersMughal wazir and Mir Bakhshi; kingmakers under Farrukhsiyar (1713 to 1719)
• SSewa DassDeputy Commissioner of Police, East Delhi (1984)
• Shah JahanFifth Mughal emperor, reigned 1628 to 1658
• SShah MuhammadPunjabi Muslim poet; author of the Jangnama on the First Anglo-Sikh War
• Shaheed Bhagat SinghRevolutionary of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association; Shaheed
• SShaheed Bhai Beant SinghBodyguard of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; honoured by Sikh institutions as a Shaheed
• SShaheed Dr Diwan Singh KalepaniPhysician, Punjabi poet and head of the Peace Committee of the Indian Independence League in the Andamans; Shaheed
• SShamsul IslamRetired Delhi University political science teacher, author and street-theatre director; writer on 1984 and the RSS
• SShoorveer Singh TyagiStation House Officer, Kalyanpuri police station, East Delhi (1984)
• SSiddhartha Shankar RayGovernor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, 1986 to 1989; Chief Minister of West Bengal, 1972 to 1977; Ambassador to the United States, 1992 to 1996
• Sidhu Moose WalaPunjabi singer; Congress candidate in the 2022 Punjab election
• Simranjit Singh MannPresident of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar); former IPS officer; former Member of Parliament
• Sir Archdale WilsonCommander of the Delhi Field Force, 1857; Bengal Artillery officer
• SSir Denzil IbbetsonDeputy Superintendent of the 1881 Punjab census; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, 1907 to 1908
• SSir Evan JenkinsLast British Governor of undivided Punjab (8 April 1946 to August 1947)
• Sir Feroz Khan NoonPunjab Unionist minister, later Muslim League leader; seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Sir Frederick CurrieBritish Resident at Lahore in 1848; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; last Chairman of the East India Company
• Sir Henry LawrenceBritish Resident at Lahore, 1846 to 1849; President of the Board of Administration of the Punjab, 1849 to 1853
• Sir Henry Marion DurandBritish engineer officer and administrator; Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab from 1870 until his death
• Sir Herbert EdwardesBritish political officer and soldier; commissioner at Peshawar
• Sir John LawrenceBritish administrator of the Punjab (Board of Administration 1849 to 1853, Chief Commissioner 1853 to 1859); Viceroy of India 1864 to 1869
• Sir John MalcolmEast India Company officer, diplomat and author of Sketch of the Sikhs
• SSir Malcolm HaileyGovernor of the Punjab (1924 to 1928)
• SSir Michael O'DwyerLieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, 1913 to 1919
• Sir Neville Bowles ChamberlainBritish Indian Army officer; commander of the Punjab Irregular Frontier Force; field marshal
• Sir Sayyid Ahmad KhanMuslim reformer and educationist; founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh
• SSir Sikander Hayat KhanFirst Premier of the Punjab (1937 to 1942); leader of the Unionist Party
• SSir Stafford CrippsBritish Labour minister; led the 1942 Cripps Mission to India; member of the 1946 Cabinet Mission; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947 to 1950
• SSir William MacnaghtenEast India Company diplomat; envoy to Lahore in 1838 and to Kabul
• SSirdar Kapur SinghScholar, former ICS officer, Member of Parliament and of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha; author of Parasaraprasna and Sachi Sakhi
• SSmita NarulaHaub Distinguished Professor of International Law, Pace University; human rights scholar
• SSonia GandhiCongress leader; Congress president 1998 to 2017
• Subhas Chandra BosePresident of the Indian National Congress, 1938 to 1939; founder of the Forward Bloc; leader of the Provisional Government of Free India and of the Indian National Army
• SSubodh Kant SahayCongress politician; Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, 1990 to 1991; later Union Minister for Food Processing and Tourism
• SSubramanian SwamyEconomist and politician; former Janata Party president; Rajya Sabha member
• SSucha Singh ChhotepurPolitician; former Punjab convener of the Aam Aadmi Party; former MLA for Dhariwal
• SSukhbir Singh BadalPresident of the Shiromani Akali Dal; former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
• SSumedh Singh SainiFormer Director General of Police, Punjab (until October 2015); accused in the Behbal Kalan, Kotkapura and Multani cases
• SSunil JakharPunjab BJP president, July 2023 to May 2026; former Punjab Congress president and MP for Gurdaspur
• SSurjit Singh BarnalaChief Minister of Punjab, 1985 to 1987; Union minister; Governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh
• SSurjit Singh RakhraFormer Punjab minister; two-time Akali MLA from Samana
• Sutinder Singh NoorPunjabi poet and literary critic; head of the Department of Punjabi, Delhi University; editor of Samdarshi
• TTalwinder Singh ParmarFounder of the Babbar Khalsa abroad; named by Canadian police as the suspected mastermind of the Air India Flight 182 bombing
• Teesta SetalvadJournalist and civil rights activist; secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace
• TThomas MulcairFormer leader of Canada's New Democratic Party and Leader of the Official Opposition
• UUstad Bade Ghulam Ali KhanHindustani classical vocalist of the Kasur Patiala gharana
• UUtpal DuttBengali theatre director, playwright and film actor
• VV. P. MenonSecretary of the States Department (1947 to 1951); Reforms Commissioner and Constitutional Adviser to the Viceroys
• VVed MarwahAdditional Commissioner of Delhi Police who led the 1984-85 police inquiry; later Delhi Police Commissioner and Governor of Manipur and Jharkhand
• VVikash YadavFormer Indian intelligence officer charged in the US over the Pannun plot (allegations only; untried)
• VVirsa Singh ValtohaFormer Shiromani Akali Dal MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary; Akal Takht ordered his expulsion from the party in October 2024
• WW. G. OsborneMilitary Secretary and aide-de-camp to Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India, 1836 to 1841; author of The Court and Camp of Runjeet Sing (1840)
• WWaris ShahPunjabi Sufi poet; author of Heer Waris Shah
• Warren EntschAustralian MP for Leichhardt (Liberal National Party of Queensland), 1996 to 2007 and 2010 to 2025
• WWazir Khan of SirhindMughal faujdar of Sirhind; commander against Guru Gobind Singh Ji; killed at Chappar Chiri, 1710
• WWilliam HodsonBritish officer; raised Hodson's Horse (1857); took the surrender of Bahadur Shah Zafar
• WWinston ChurchillBritish Prime Minister 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 1955; opponent of Indian self-government
• YYashwant Rao AmbedkarSon of B. R. Ambedkar; editor; president of the Buddhist Society of India
• YYuri AndropovChairman of the Soviet KGB, 1967 to 1982; General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, 1982 to 1984
• ZZakariya KhanMughal governor of Lahore, 1726 to 1745
• ZZaman Shah DurraniDurrani ruler of Afghanistan (1793 to 1801); invader of the Punjab
• ZZulfikar Ali BhuttoFounder of the Pakistan People's Party; President of Pakistan 1971 to 1973; Prime Minister 1973 to 1977