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Art & Literature Legands:
- Kulwant Singh Virk. Famous short story writer. www.ksvirk.in
- Dr. Saroop Singh, former Professor of English, Vice Chancellor University of Delhi
Cinema
- Dara Singh Randhawa
- Simi Garewal
- Dharmendra
- Sunny Deol
- Harbhajan Mann
- Bobby Deol
- Esha Deol
- Adil Thathaal
- Poonam Dhillon
- Priya Gill
- Jimmy Shergill
- Mallika Sherawat
- Randeep Hooda
- Abhay Deol
- Mohit ahlawat
Music
- Ali Sher Goraya
- Bhagwant Mann
- Gurdas Mann
- Harbhajan Mann
- Babbu Mann
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Deepika Thathaal
- Balkar Sidhu
- Jassi Sidhu
- Preet Brar
- Rabbi Shergill
- Kulwinder Dhillon
- Surjit Bindrakhia
- Jazzy B
- Manmohan Waris
- Kamal Heer
- Jasbir Jassi
- Shiraz Uppal
- Juggy D
- Jay Sean
Jat Sports Legands:
Virender Sehwag, Vijender Singh Beniwal,
Yuvraj Singh, Dara Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sanjay
Bangar, Vijay Dahiya, Manpreet Gony, Pradeep Sangwan, Ravi
Bopara, Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Rajiv
Tomar, Gadowar Singh Sahota, Sushil Kumar - Olympic Bronze
Medallist(Beijing, 2008)--Wrestling, Geetika Jakhar- First
women to get Arjun Award in wrestling, Sqn Ldr S.P.Singh,
- Coach of Indian Kabaddi team , Asiad Gold medalist, Alka
Tomar--Athletic, Seema Antil--Athletic, Krishna Poonia--Athletic,
Devendra Jhajharia- Gold Medalist Paralympics 2004, Bajranglal
Takhar - silver medallist in rowing, at Doha, Balbir Singh
Dosanjh -- Gold Medal winning Olympic Field Hockey Player,
Baljit Singh Dhillon -- Olympic Indian Hockey team Captain,
Ramavtar Singh Jakhar -- International Volleyball Player,
Ravi Shankar Godara- Guinness Book of Records 2007, K.S.Garcha
-- polo player , Arjuna award winner, Mamta Kharb-- Indian
Women Hockey,Ashan kumar -arjuna awardi,national kabaddi team.
Jat won 41 medals in Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 :
Jat won 41 medals in Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 which includes 18 GOLD, 10 SILVER,
13 BRONZE which takes total count to 41.
Jat Medal winners list in CWG Delhi 2010
Badminton
1 Saina Nehwal (GOLD)- Singles
2. Saina Nehwal (SILVER)- Team events
Hockey
3. Sandeep Singh, Sardara Singh, Mandeep and Bharat Chikhara(SILVER)
Wrestling
4. Ravinder Sangwan (GOLD)
5 Anil Kumar Khatri (GOLD)
6. Sanjay Kumar (GOLD)
7. Rajender Saharan (GOLD)
8. Sushil Solanki (GOLD)
9. Arjun Bhullar (GOLD) -CANADA (Defeated Joginder Singh)
10. Alka Tomar (GOLD)
11. Gita Phogat (GOLD)
12. Anita (GOLD)
13. Anuj Panwar (SILVER)
14. Manoj Kumar (SILVER)
15. Babita Phogat (SILVER)
16. Nirmala Boora (SILVER)
17. Joginder Singh (SILVER)
18. Sunil Rana (BRONZE)
19. Anil Kumar (BRONZE)
20. Dhramender Dalal (BRONZE)
21. Suman Kundu (BRONZE)
Boxing
22. Paramjeet Samohta (GOLD)
23 Manoj Kumar (GOLD)
24 Vijender Singh Beniwal (BRONZE)
25 Dilbagh Singh (BRONZE)
26 Jaibhagwan Singh (BRONZE)
27 Amandeep Singh (BRONZE) (Not Sure)
Shooting
28. Harpreet Singh(GOLD) won 2 golds
29. Harpreet Singh (GOLD)
30. Heena Sidhu and Anuraj Singh(GOLD)
31. Heena Sidhu(SILVER)
32. ManavJeet Singh Sandhu(SILVER)
33. ManavJeet Singh Sandhu(BRONZE)
34. Gurpreet Singh(BRONZE)(not sure)
35. Gurpreet Singh(GOLD)
Athletics
Clean Sweep by Jats in DiScus Throw
36. Krishana Punia(GOLD) Discus Throw
37. Harwant Kaur(SILVER) DT
38. Seema Antil(BRONZE) DT
4X400 Relay
39. Mandeep kaur and Manjeet kaur (GOLD)
20 KM walking
40. Harminder Singh(BRONZE)
Archery
41. Gagandeep kaur(BRONZE)
Revolutionaries and Freedom Fighters:
Bhagat Singh, Gurbaksh Singh
Dhillon, Hanuman Singh Budania, Hari Singh Burdak, Harveer Gulia, Kartar Singh Sarabha
, Lothoo Nitharwal, Nihal Singh Takshak.
Social Reformers :
- Bahadur Singh Bhobia
- Dhanna Bhagat
- Foolabai
- Karmabai
- Ranabai
- Sardar Ajit Singh
- Sir Chhotu Ram
- Swami Indravesh
- Swami Keshwanand
- Swami Omanand Sarswati
- Swami Gopal Das
Historians
- Bhim Singh Dahiya
- Birbal Singh
- Dharmpal Singh Dudee
- Dilip Singh Ahlawat
- Dr Natthan Singh
- Dr Vir Singh
- Bal Kishan Dabas
- Hukum Singh Panwar(Pauria)
- Nihal Singh Arya
- Ram Swarup Joon
- Rattan Singh Bhangoo
- Thakur Deshraj
- Yoginder Pal Shastri
- Ganda Singh
- Pradeep Nauhwar
- Hoshiyar Singh Thakran
Industry :
- Gurbaksh Chahal, one of the youngest and most successful internet entrepreneurs of recent history. Created
two companies worth over $340 million by the age of 25.
- Gaurav Dhillon - is a highly successful international Punjabi Indian Jat
businessman and founder and former CEO of Informatica Corporation, worth over a billion dollars, 2006,
on Nasdaq.
- Chaudhary Raghvinder Singh - DLF
- Chaudhary Davinder Singh - ICL
- Kushal Pal Singh - Ranked one of the richest men in the world by forbes, worth
over a 20 billion dollars. DLF
- Bob Singh Dhillon, is a famous and highly successful international businessman.
He is a Sikh Punjabi Indian-Canadian billionaire property businessman
(the first Indo-Canadian billionaire).
- Rajiv Singh - DLF
- Hemant Lamba
- Reena Dhaka
- Navdeep Singh Sooch- Founder/Chairman of the Board/Director at Silicon
Laboratories
- Rajesh K PillaniaDr Rajesh K Pillania is a globally respected & famous researcher and has published/presented numerous research papers. He is being invited by leading international business schools, universities and policy centres for talks. Professor Pillania serves on advisory boards of leading international research journals , conferences and professional bodies. He is Honorary Chairman of Institute for Emerging Markets. Currently he is a faculty at MDI, Gurgaon, India and Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University, UK.
Politics :
Rajasthan
- Baldev Ram Mirdha
- Parasram Maderna
- Nathuram Mirdha
- Ram Niwas Mirdha
- Ram Singh Kaswan
- Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
- Daulatram Saran
- Kunwar Natwar Singh
- Gyan Prakash Pilania
- Har Lal Singh
- Narendra Budania
- Sis Ram Ola
- Sona Ram
- Sumitra Singh
- Subhash Maharia
- Sanwar Lal Jat
- Bhanu Prakash Mirdha
- Raghuvendra Mirdha
Punjab
- Sant Fateh Singh
- Gurcharan Singh Tohra Tiwana Clan
- Parkash Singh Badal Dhillon Clan
- Surjit Singh Barnala
- Simranjit Singh Mann
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon- Dhillon clan
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet- Bassi clan.
- Balram Jakhar
- Darbara Singh
- Pratap Singh Kairon (Dhillon)
- Harchand Singh Longowal Dullat Clan
- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
- Amarinder Singh Sidhu clan & direct descendent of Maharaja Patiala.
- Hardeep Singh Mohali SGPC (Tiwana)
Haryana
-
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
- Chaudhari Devi Lal
- Chaudhary Bansi Lal
- Jagdish Nehra
- Om Prakash Chautala - Son of Chaudhari Devi Lal & Chautala is the village name
- Ranbir Singh Mahendra
- Pratap Singh Thakran
- Sardar Hari Singh Dabra
- Kisan Singh Sangwan
- Doc.satbir singh dahiya
Uttar Pradesh
-
Chaudhary Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India.
- Chaudhary Ajit Singh
- Mahendra Singh Tikait
- Sardar Singh Agre
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
- Sahib Singh Verma
- Chaudhary Harphool Singh
- Sajjan Kumar
United States of America
- Minnesota State Senator Satveer Chaudhary (the first South Asian senator
in American history)
Canada
- Harry Bains, a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Navdeep Bains, a member of the Parliament of Canada.
- Jagrup Brar, a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
- Harbans Singh Dhaliwal, the first Sikh member of the Parliament of Canada,
and the first Sikh Canadian to become a federal minister in the Jean Chretien government in Canada.
- Sukh Dhaliwal, a member of the Parliament of Canada representing Newton & North Delta.
- Vic Dhillon, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- Ujjal Dosanjh, a member of the Parliament of Canada.
- Raminder Gill, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- Gurmant Grewal, a member of the Parliament of Canada.
- Nina Grewal, a member of the Parliament of Canada.
United Kingdom
- Neena Gill, a Member of the European Parliament representing the West
Midlands, and affiliated with the Labour Party. She has been a member of the European Parliament
since 1999.
- Parmjit Singh Gill, a Member of the British Parliament.
- Parmdip Singh Dhillon is a Member of the Coventry Youth Council.
- Waqar Chowdhary Entrepreneur and member of United Kingdom Youth Parliament,
is also a Kashmir activist
- Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotheram
Civil administration
- Kunwar Natwar Singh
- Captain Bhagwan Singh
- Bhim Singh Dahiya
- Bhagwan Sahay Puniya(IAS,Maharashtra Kedar)
Judiciary
- Mr. Justice M. Javed Buttar - Honorable judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Ajit Singh Bains, Chief Justice of Panjab
- Justice Mahavir Singh
- Jai Inder Shergill, + 3 handicap Indian Polo player, represented India in polo
in Australia
Police
- KPS Gill, a controversial police chief who has served throughout India.
- Comm. HS Pannu Corporate Head of Security & Vigilance of Reliance Industries former
Commissioner of UN Civil Police
- Gyan Prakash Pilania
- M.S. Malik ex. D.G.P. of Haryana
- Satyendra P. Singh (ex D.G.P Maharashtra, and first non marathi to hold that post)
- K.P Raghuvanshi(Aditional D.G.P Administrative Mumbai ex ATS Chief)
- Dr. Satyapal Singh(Commissioner Of Police,Pune)
Music
- Ali Sher Goraya
- Bhagwant Mann
- Gurdas Mann
- Harbhajan Mann
- Babbu Mann
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Deepika Thathaal
- Balkar Sidhu
- Jassi Sidhu
- Preet Brar
- Rabbi Shergill
- Kulwinder Dhillon
- Surjit Bindrakhia
- Jazzy B
- Manmohan Waris
- Kamal Heer
- Jasbir Jassi
- Shiraz Uppal
- Juggy D
- Jay Sean
Scientists and intellectuals
- Professor Piara Singh Gill internationally famous and award winning nuclear
Scientist.
- Professor B.S. Dhillon is a world famous scholar on the Jat people and
Chairman of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Engineering Management Program at the
University of Ottawa.
- Professor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, famous scholar and author, Professor of
Information Systems, Author of "Principles of Information Systems Security" (Wiley) and Editor of Journal
of Information System Security.
- Dr. Gurdev S. Khush: World food prize, major role in green revolution
- Professor Baldev Singh Dhillon, he is an internationally famous Agricultural
scientist and former Director Research at Punjab Agricultural University.
- Dr. Giri Raj Singh Sirohi - US Board of Geographical
- Rajesh K Pillania- Dr Rajesh K Pillania is a globally respected & famous researcher
and has published/presented numerous research papers. He is being invited by leading international
business schools, universities and policy centres for talks. Professor Pillania serves on advisory
boards of leading international research journals , conferences and professional bodies. He is Honorary
Chairman of Institute for Emerging Markets. Currently he is a faculty at MDI, Gurgaon, India and Visiting
Fellow at Northumbria University, UK.
- Dr. M. Sulaiman Kakli: First Pakistani at Yale University, New Haven Connecticut,
USA. Founder and first President of PSA (Pakistan Students' Association of America). Chief Food and
Agriculture Section, Planning Division, Government of Pakistan. Project Director, National Fertilizer
Development Centre (NFDC), Planning Division, Government of Pakistan.
- Dr. Balwinder Singh Sooch Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Registered Patent Agent, Patent
Office, Govt. of India, Basic Course (DL-101) on IPRs from WIPO, Geneva, Now working at Department of
Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, Punjab, INDIA (Earlier worked as Scientist at Patent
Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (A Goverenment of Punjab undertaking)
for more than six years, having vast experience of various Intellectual Property Rights related Issues
like Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Copyrights, Geographical Indication of Goods, etc.
- J.B. Chaudhary former Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University and
recipient of the Padma Shri
Indian Military
- Lieutenant Arvind Kumar Burdak- Shaurya Chakra
- Baghel Singh Dhaliwal
- Lieutenant Colonel Chanan Singh Dhillon (retd), Punjabi Indian WW2 hero &
Veteran, and president of the ex-services league (Punjab & Chandigarh).
- Major Hoshiar Singh - Param Vir Chakra
- Kulwant Singh Pannu - officer of the Indian Army and recipient of the Maha Vir
Chakra.
- Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon, Param Vir Chakra (The only Airforce
Personnel to receive the highest Gallantry Award in India)
- Subedar Randhir Singh - Vir Chakra
- Shish Ram Gill- Vir Chakra
- Lieutenant General Sarabjit Singh Dhillon, Indian General Commander of Kashmir
(GoC).
- Major General Shabeg Bhangoo Shaheed.
- Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon, Padma Bhushan, one of the most decorated
and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war heroes.
- Group Capt. Tejwant Singh - Shaurya Chakra- POW Indo-Pak War 1971
- Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh DFC (Aulakh Jat)
- Lieutenant-General B S Takhar
- Sardar Ishari Singh - Bengal Lancers
- Sardar Harji Ram - Bengal Lancers
- Sardar Nau Nihal Singh - Hon Majistrate
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