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This is a list of notable [[Sikh]]s from the United Kingdom.

== Academia and education==
[[File:Kalwant Bhopal at RLUK17.jpg|thumb|Prof [[Kalwant Bhopal]] at [[Research Libraries UK]] conference|alt=]]
*[[Harjinder Singh Dilgeer]] – National Professor of Sikh History. Director of [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee|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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theophthalmologist.com/power-list/2016/harminder-dua/|title=Harminder Dua|website=The Ophthalmologist|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eecs.qmul.ac.uk/people/profiles/gillsukhpalsingh.html | title =School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), London, UK }}</ref>
*[[Sukhbir Singh Kapoor]] – Vice Chancellor of The International School of Sikh Studies and Khalsa College London
*[[Tejinder Virdee]] – [[Experimental physics|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==
[[File:Amandeep_Madra_OBE_speaking_in_the_UK_Parliament.jpg|thumb|[[Amandeep Madra]] chairman of UKPHA speaking at the 100th anniversary of the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|Jalianwala Bagh]] massacre in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]|alt=]]

[[File:Jaz Rai Chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network speaking in the UK Parliament.jpg|thumb|[[Jaz Rai]] chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network speaking in the UK Parliament|alt=]]

*[[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.<ref name="Sikh London">[http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/Onlineresources/RWWC/themes/1301/1217 Sikh London] museumoflondon.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2009</ref>
*[[Jaz Rai]] – Aerospace engineer and chairman of the Sikh Recovery Network
*[[Kamel Hothi]] – Former banker at [[Lloyds Bank]]
*[[Karamjit Singh (electoral commissioner)|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 (property developer)|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 [[Call centre|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.<ref name="Sikh London" />

== Charity, community and non-profit==
[[File:Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia speaking at the Midlands launch of the British Sikh Report 2018.jpg|thumb|Bhai Sahib Bhai [[Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia]] speaking at the Midlands launch of the [[British Sikh Report]] 2018|alt=]]
*[[Amandeep Madra]] – Founder and chairman of the UK Punjab Heritage Association
*[[Bibi Balwant Kaur|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 (humanitarian)|Ravi Singh]] – CEO Khalsa Aid

== Film, drama and entertainment==
[[File:Neelam Gill 2015.jpg|thumb|British fashion model [[Neelam Gill]] at [[London Fashion Week]]|alt=]]
*[[Alexandra Aitken]] (Uttrang Kaur Khalsa) – Environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite
*[[Ameet Chana]] – Actor
*[[Amrit Maghera]] – Professional model turned actress
*[[Chandeep Uppal]] – Critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film ''[[Anita and Me (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 (magazine)|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 (Doctors)|Kevin Tyler]] in Doctors
*[[Stephen Uppal]] – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap ''[[Hollyoaks]]''

== Law and justice==

[[File:Jo Sidhu QC speaking at an event in parliament.jpg|thumb|[[Jo Sidhu]] QC a leading criminal law barrister speaking in the UK Parliament|alt=]]
*[[Alamjeet Kaur Chauhan]] – Lawyer and Femina Miss India winner 1978
*[[Anup Singh Choudry]] – Retired High Court Judge
*[[Bobbie Cheema-Grubb]] – [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|Judge]] of the [[Queen's Bench Division]] of the [[High Court of Justice]] of England and Wales.
*[[Jasvir Singh (barrister)|Jasvir Singh]] – Family Law Barrister
*[[Jo Sidhu]] – Criminal Law Barrister
*[[Mota Singh]] – Retired Circuit judge England
*[[Rabinder Singh (judge)|Lord Justice Singh - Rabinder Singh]] – [https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/mr-justice-singh/ First Sikh Judge of the UK High court] [[Court of Appeal]] judge, formerly a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]] of the [[Queen's Bench Division]]
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== Journalism, writers and media==
[[File:Sunny and Shay presenting the Asian Professional Awards in London in 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Sunny and Shay]] attending a gala Awards ceremony in London|alt=]]

[[File:Peter Bance - largest private collector of Maharaja Duleep Singh artefacts with Param Singh the Deputy Chairman of City Sikhs at Number 10 Downing Street.jpg|thumb|[[Peter Bance]] – historian and author of 'Sikhs in Britain' with technology professional [[Param Singh (property developer)|Param Singh]] at Number 10 Downing Street|alt=]]
*[[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]] – [[News presenter|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 presenter|radio]] and television presenter
*[[Sunny Hundal]] – Journalist, blogger and academic
*[[Sunny and Shay]] – Husband and wife radio presenters
*[[The Singh Twins]] – artists Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh

== Music ==
[[File:Hard kaur sony music album launch.jpg|thumb|[[Hard Kaur]] at a Sony music album launch|alt=]]

[[File:Fanclub1967Animals4.jpg|thumb|Sikh convert [[Vic Briggs]] with guitar (Dutch TV, 1967)|alt=]]
*[[Aman Hayer]] – [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]] producer and singer
*[[Bally Sagoo]] – Record producer
*[[Channi Singh]] – British-Indian [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]] musician, known as the "godfather" of bhangra in the West.
*[[Diamond Duggal]] – Music producer, DJ, songwriter and guitarist
*[[Dr Zeus]] – [[Punjabi language|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 (music)|Bhangra]] singer and the former lead singer of British Indian [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]] [[Music band|band]] [[B21 (band)|B21]]
*[[Jay Sean]] – [[R&B]] Artist
*[[Juggy D]] – [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]], [[Punjabi music|Punjabi]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
*[[Malkit Singh]] – [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Bhangra (music)|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 (music)|Bhangra]] singer, lead singer of [[Apna Sangeet]]
*[[Steel Banglez]] – Record producer
*[[Silinder Pardesi]] – [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]] singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer
*[[Surinder Singh Matharu]] – Founder of the Raj Academy Conservatoire
*[[Sukshinder Shinda]] – [[Bhangra (music)|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==
[[File:Paul Uppal the small business commissioner speaking at a Sikh community event in the Midlands.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Uppal]] the [[Small Business Commissioner|small business commissioner]] speaking at a Sikh community event in the Midlands]]
[[File:Neena Gill.jpg|thumb|[[Neena Gill]] was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]|alt=]]

*[[Atma Singh (politician)|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]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] from [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] to [[2012 Bradford West by-election|2012]]
*[[Neena Gill]] – [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]
*[[Onkar Sahota]] – [[Member of the London Assembly]] for [[Ealing and Hillingdon (London Assembly constituency)|Ealing and Hillingdon]]
*[[Pam Gosal]] – [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] for [[West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|West Scotland]]
*[[Parmjit Dhanda]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]] from [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]] until the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]]
*[[Parmjit Singh Gill]] – Member of Parliament for [[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]] from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first [[Ethnic minority|ethnic-minority]] Liberal Democrat MP
*[[Paul Uppal]] – Former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament and Small business commissioner
*[[Piara Khabra]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Southall]] from 1992 until his death
*[[Preet Gill]] – Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Birmingham Edgbaston (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]] since the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|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 party (UK)|Labour]] politician representing the [[Greenford]] Broadway ward
*[[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi]] – [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] politician. [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Slough]] since [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]
*[[Satvir Kaur]] – Leader of Southampton City Council, Labour Party Politician

== Royalty and revolutionaries==
[[File:Maharaja Duleep Singh in durbar on a terrace with Labh Singh and Tej Singh and an attendant Lahore, circa 1850.jpg|thumb|[[Duleep Singh|Maharaja Duleep Singh]] in durbar on a terrace with Labh Singh and Tej Singh and an attendant Lahore, circa 1850|alt=]]
*[[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
*[[Frederick Duleep Singh]] – Younger son of [[Duleep Singh]], the last [[Maharaja]] of the [[Sikh Empire]].
*[[Sophia Duleep Singh|Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh]] – Prominent suffragette and accredited nurse

== Sports==
[[File:The Cricketer Monty Panesar and his brother at a City Sikhs event in London.jpg|thumb|The Cricketer [[Monty Panesar]] and his brother at a Sikh Professional Networking event in London|alt=]]
*[[Akaash Bhatia]] – British boxer
*[[Aman Dosanj]] – First [[British Asian]] footballer to represent England
*[[Arjan Raikhy]] - Footballer for Aston Villa<ref>{{cite tweet|user=arjanraikhy20|number=1382419105937043460|title=Hi andrew, My faith is sikh}}</ref>
*[[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]] – Snooker player
*[[Ravi Bopara]] – England cricketer
*[[Skipping Sikh]] – Septuagenarian health and fitness personality

== Causes célèbres ==
*[[Jagtar Singh Johal]]
*[[Lakhvir Kaur Singh]]

== See also==
*[[List of Canadian Sikhs]]
*[[List of Sikhs]]
*[[Sikhism in England]]
*[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom]]

== References==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:British Sikhs|*]]
[[Category:Lists of British people by origin|Sikhs]]
[[Category:Sikhism-related lists|British]]

List of British Sikhs - Revision history

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