List of British Sikhs

This is a list of notable Sikhs from the United Kingdom.

Academia and education

• Harjinder Singh Dilgeer – National Professor of Sikh History. Director of SGPC Sikh History Research Board and author of 60 books on Sikhism, presently Director of Guru Nanak Research Institute, Birmingham & thesikhs.org website.
• Harminder Dua – Discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".
• Jagbir Jhutti Johal – Professor of religion, author and media commentator
• Jagjit Chadha – Professor and Chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent
• Kalwant Bhopal – Professor of Education and Social Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education at the University of Birmingham
• Opinderjit Takhar – Researcher within Sikh Studies and Director of the Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.
• Simon Singh – Mathematician and author
• Sukhpal Singh Gill – Indian born UK academic and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Queen Mary University of London, UK.
• 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
• Yadvinder Malhi – Professor of Ecosystem Science at the University of Oxford and a Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford.

Business and the professions

• Tony Lit – Managing Director of Sunrise Radio
• Dabinderjit Singh – Director at the National Audit Office
• Harpal Kumar – Chief executive of Cancer Research UK
• Jasminder Singh – Chairman of the Radisson Edwardian hotel empire.
• Jaz Rai – Aerospace engineer and chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network
• 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
• Manjeet Singh Riyat – Emergency Care Consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
• Param Singh – Technology and business professional
• Ranjit Singh Boparan – Founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group
• Reena Ranger – Director at Sun Mark and founder of Women Empowered Network
• 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.

Charity, community and non-profit

• Amandeep Madra – Founder and chairman of the UK Punjab Heritage Association
• Balwant Kaur – Founder and chairperson of Mata Nanki Foundation
• Daljit Singh Shergill – President of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
• Imandeep Kaur – Director of Impact Hub: Birmingham
• Jagraj Singh - Founder of Basics of Sikhi
• Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia – Chairman of the Nishkam Group
• Nidar Singh Nihang – Scholar and Grandmaster of Shastar Vidya
• Ravi Singh – CEO Khalsa Aid

Film, drama and entertainment

• Ameet Chana – Actor
• Amrit Maghera – Professional model turned actress
• Chandeep Uppal – 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
• Jassa Ahluwalia – Actor and presenter
• Lena Kaur – Best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4's Hollyoaks
• Mandip Gill – Actress
• Mandy Takhar – Actress
• Neelam Gill – Model, 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
• Vikkstar123 – English YouTuber, Internet personality, DJ and music producer.

Law and justice

• Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan – Lawyer and Femina Miss India winner 1978
• Anup Singh Choudry – Retired High Court Judge
• Jasvir Singh CBE – Family Law Barrister, co-founder of South Asian Heritage Month, interfaith activist and main Sikh contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day
• Jo Sidhu – Criminal Law Barrister
• Mota Singh – Retired Circuit judge England
• Lord Justice Singh - Rabinder Singh – First Sikh Judge of the UK High court 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
• Bali Rai – English author of children's and young adult fiction
• Bobby Friction – DJ, television presenter and radio presenter
• Daljit Nagra – Poet
• Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti – Writer
• Hardeep Singh Kohli – Radio and television presenter
• Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – Senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author.
• Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal – Journalist and writer
• Peter Bance – Historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist
• 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 and blogger
• Sunny and Shay – Husband and wife radio presenters
• The Singh Twins – artists Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh

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
• Sardara Gill – Punjabi Bhangra singer, lead singer of Apna Sangeet
• Steel Banglez – Record producer
• Silinder Pardesi – Bhangra singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer
• Surinder Singh Matharu – Founder of the Raj Academy Conservatoire
• 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
• Tru Skool – Music artist
• Vic Briggs – Former blues and rock musician

Politics

• Atma Singh – Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London on Asian Affairs in the Greater London Authority, under Mayor of London Ken Livingstone
• Gurinder Josan – Labour party activist
• Hardyal Dhindsa – Councillor
• Indarjit Singh – Member House of Lords
• Jas Athwal – Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council, Labour Party Politician
• 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
• Pam Gosal – Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland
• 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 – Former Conservative Member of Parliament and 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
• Satvir Kaur – Leader of Southampton City Council, Labour Party Politician

Royalty and revolutionaries

• Maharaja Duleep Singh – Last Maharaja of the Sikh Kingdom, exiled in 1849 during the British Raj and possibly the first permanent Sikh resident in England
• Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh – Prominent suffragette and accredited nurse

Sports

• Karenjeet Kaur Bains – Powerlifter and gladiator
• Akaash Bhatia – British boxer
• Aman Dosanj – First British Asian footballer to represent England
• Arjan Raikhy - Footballer for Aston Villa
• Brandon Khela - Footballer for Birmingham City F.C
• 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
• Monty Panesar – England cricketer
• Raj Hundal – English Snooker player
• Ravi Bopara – English cricketer
• Skipping Sikh – British-Indian septuagenarian health and fitness personality

Causes célèbres

• Jagtar Singh Johal – Scottish Sikh man who has been unlawfully detained in India since 2017.
• Lakhvir Kaur Singh – British Sikh woman, known as the "Curry Killer" due to the food to which the poison was added.

See also

• List of Canadian Sikhs
• List of Sikhs
• Sikhism in England
• Sikhism in the United Kingdom

References