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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|none}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}<br /> <br /> This is a list of &#039;&#039;&#039;notable people from [[Amritsar]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Spiritual leaders==<br /> * [[Guru Hargobind]], 6th Guru of Sikhs<br /> * [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], 9th Guru of Sikhs<br /> * [[Nawab Kapur Singh]], Sikh leader<br /> * [[Sanaullah Amritsari]], Islamic scholar of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement<br /> * [[Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari]], historian and writer<br /> <br /> ==Freedom fighters==<br /> * [[Saifuddin Kitchlew]], freedom fighter<br /> * [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], independence activist<br /> <br /> ==Defense personnel== <br /> * [[Baba Deep Singh]], General<br /> * [[Bhagat Singh Thind]],&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/echoes/chapter10/chapter10.html|title=South/Southeast Asia Library – UC Berkeley Library|access-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510224434/http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/echoes/chapter10/chapter10.html|archive-date=10 May 2015|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; US Sikh Leader<br /> * [[Sam Manekshaw]], Field Marshal<br /> * [[Saurabh Kalia]], soldier<br /> <br /> ==Sportspersons==<br /> * [[Abhishek Sharma (cricketer, born 2000)|Abhishek Sharma]], cricketer<br /> * [[Bishan Singh Bedi]], cricketer<br /> * [[Dara Singh]], wrestler and actor<br /> * [[The Great Gama|Ghulam Mohammad Baksh]], wrestler<br /> * [[Madan Lal]], cricketer<br /> * [[Ramandeep Singh (footballer)|Ramandeep Singh]], footballer<br /> <br /> ==Politicians==<br /> * [[Manmohan Singh]], 13th Prime Minister of India<br /> * [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], politician<br /> * [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]], politician<br /> * [[Krishan Kant]], 10th Vice-President of India<br /> * [[Raj Kumar Verka]], politician<br /> ==Entertainers==<br /> * [[Akshay Kumar]], actor<br /> * [[Amrinder Gill]], Punjabi singer<br /> * [[Bharti Singh]], Indian stand-up comedian<br /> * [[Chandan Prabhakar]], comedian<br /> * [[Deepa Mehta]], Indo-Canadian filmmaker<br /> * [[Deepti Naval]], actress<br /> * [[Geeta Bali]], actress<br /> * [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]], Punjabi Comedian<br /> * [[Gurshabad]], Playback Singer and actor<br /> * [[Jeetendra]], actor<br /> * [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]], comedian<br /> * [[Mahendra Kapoor]], playback singer<br /> * [[Maurice Barrymore]], (patriarch of the Barrymore acting family)<br /> * [[Mohammed Rafi]], recording artist<br /> * [[Narendra Chanchal]], singer<br /> * [[Pramod Moutho]], Indian actor<br /> * [[Prem Dhillon]], Punjabi singer<br /> * [[Rajesh Khanna]], actor<br /> * [[Richa Chadda]] , actress<br /> * [[Rohan Mehra]], actor<br /> * [[Sahila Chadha]], actress<br /> * [[Shamshad Begum]], classical singer<br /> * [[Sudesh Lehri]], comedian<br /> * [[Veeru Devgan]], director and producer of Hindi films<br /> * [[Vinod Mehra]], actor<br /> * [[Vipul Mehta]], singer<br /> * [[Waris Ahluwalia]], model, actor in US<br /> * [[Yash Johar]], director and producer of Hindi films<br /> <br /> ==Writers==<br /> * [[Abdul Hameed (writer)|Abdul Hameed]], writer<br /> * [[Bhisham Sahni]], Hindi writer<br /> * [[Dalbir Chetan]], Punjabi short-story writer&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/global-studies-and-languages/21f-041-topics-in-south-asian-literature-and-culture-fall-2004/readings/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102424/http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/global-studies-and-languages/21f-041-topics-in-south-asian-literature-and-culture-fall-2004/readings/ |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * [[Ghulam Abbas (writer)|Ghulam Abbas]], writer<br /> * [[M. D. Taseer]], Urdu poet<br /> * [[Rupa Bajwa]], writer<br /> * [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], writer<br /> * [[Vir Singh (writer)|Vir Singh]], Punjabi poet<br /> * [[Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari]], Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan&#039;s new capital city [[Islamabad]].<br /> <br /> ==Others==<br /> [[File:Shammi Rana.jpg|thumb|169x169px|[[Shammi Rana]], Indian sports executive and administrator]]<br /> * [[Bhagat Puran Singh]], environmentalist<br /> * [[Hans Raj Khanna]], Judge at the Supreme court of India<br /> * [[Kiran Bedi]], First woman IPS officer<br /> * [[Laxmi Kanta Chawla]], politician<br /> * [[Ritu Kumar]], Fashion Designer<br /> * [[Shammi Rana]], Indian sports executive and administrator<br /> * [[Vikas Khanna]], chef<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[List of people by India state]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:People from Amritsar| ]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Amritsar]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people from Punjab, India]]</div>

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