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{{Short description|City in Punjab, India}}
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This is a list of notable people from [[Patiala]], a city in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]].

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! Name || Description
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| [[Maharaja]] [[Ala Singh|Baba Ala Singh]] || Founder and Maharaja of Princely State Patiala
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| [[Bibi Rajindar Kaur]] || Sikh princess and cousin of Maharaja Amar Singh
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| [[Mahendra Singh of Patiala]] || Maharaja of Princely State Patiala
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| [[Bibi Sahib Kaur]] || Sikh princess and elder sister of Raja Sahib Singh Sidhu of Patiala
|-
| [[Maharaja Rajinder Singh]] || Maharaja of Princely State Patiala
|-
| [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Bhupinder Singh]] || Grandfather of Captain Amarinder Singh and Maharaja of Princely State Patiala
|-
| [[Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala|Mohinder Kaur]] || Rajmata of Patiala and Mother of Captain Amarinder Singh
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| [[Amarinder Singh|Captain Amarinder Singh]] || 29th Chief Minister of Punjab
|-
| [[Preneet Kaur]] || MP & Minister of State for External Affairs (Central Govt. under PM Manmohan Singh)
|-
| [[Ajit Pal Singh Kohli]] || MLA Patiala, Former Patiala Mayor and Businessman
|-
| [[Ranbir Pushp|Ranbir Pushp Kaushal]] || Bollywood Writer and Novelist. Nominated for Filmfare Award
|-
| [[Bibi Amtus Salam]] || Social worker
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| [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]] || Four times MP, Union Minister of India (twice)
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| [[Prem Singh Chandumajra]] || Member of Parliament from Patiala
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| [[Surjit Singh Rakhra]] || Member of Legislative Assembly
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| [[Raninder Singh]] || President of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)
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| [[Bhupinder Singh (musician)]] || Singer and musician
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| [[Balraj Pandit]] || Theatre director, playwright
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| [[Jimmy Shergill]] || Actor
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| [[Gavie Chahal]] || Actor
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| [[Rakesh Sharma]] || First Indian [[astronaut]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/presrep95/c1b.htm|title=U.S. and Russian Human Spaceflights, 1961-Sep. 30, 1995|date=|accessdate=19 August 2011|publisher=NASA|author=|language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/sharma_rakesh.htm|title=Biographies of International Astronauts|publisher=SpaceFacts|date=|accessdate=19 August 2011|author=|language=}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]] || Punjabi writer
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| [[Damandeep Singh Baggan]] || Dub-over voice actor
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| [[Roopinder Singh]] || Assistant Editor of ''The Tribune''; writer
|-
| [[Harpal Tiwana]] || Actor, writer and director
|-
| [[Sameksha|Samiksha]] || Actor
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| [[Smeep Kang]] || Actor, writer and director
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| [[Mahendra Sandhu]] || Actor and director
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| [[Dev Kharoud]] || Actor
|-
| [[Nav Bajwa]] || Actor
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| [[Satwinder Bitti]] || Punjabi singer
|-
| [[Harbhajan Mann]] || Punjabi singer and actor
|-
| [[Mika Singh]] || Punjabi singer and actor
|-
| [[Dilshad Khan]] || Husband of Parveen Sultana; member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Bade Fateh Ali Khan|Fateh Ali Khan]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Hamid Ali Khan]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Jagdish Prasad]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Kaushiki Chakraborty]] || Daughter of Ajoy Chakraborty; member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Lakshmi Shankar]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Munawar Ali Khan]] || Son of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan; member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Nirmala Devi]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Parveen Sultana]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Raza Ali Khan]] || Grandson of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan; member of Patiala Gharana; singer
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| [[Sanjukta Ghosh]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Mohammad Hussain Sarahang]] from [[Afghanistan]] || Member of Patiala Gharana; singer
|-
| [[Daler Mehndi]] || Punjabi singer
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| [[Pammi Bai]] || Punjabi singer
|-
| [[Malkit Singh]] || Punjabi singer
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| [[Vicky Dhaliwal]] || Lyricist
|-
| [[Kamal Khan (singer)]] || Singer
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| [[Tochi Raina]] || Singer
|-
| [[Harrdy Sandhu]] || Singer and Actor
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| [[Navneet Kaur Dhillon]] || Femina Miss India 2013
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| [[Rachel Gupta]] || [[Miss Grand International 2024]]
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| [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] || Former cricketer, actor, commentator and politician
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| [[Dhruv Pandove]] || Former cricketer
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| [[Mohinder Amarnath]] || Cricketer
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| [[Sandeep Sharma]] || Cricketer
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| [[Sarabjit Ladda]] || Cricketer
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| [[Anmol Malhotra]] || Cricketer
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| [[Anmolpreet Singh]] || Cricketer
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| [[Prabhsimran Singh]] || Cricketer
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| [[Karan Kaila]] || Cricketer
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| [[Ish Sodhi]] || Cricketer
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| [[Ravi Inder Singh (cricketer)|Ravi Inder Singh]] || Cricketer
|-
| [[Jiwanjot Singh]] || Cricketer
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| [[Mayank Markande]] || Cricketer
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| [[Sanvir Singh]] || Cricketer
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| [[Deepak Thakur]] || Hockey Player
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| [[Heena Sidhu]] || Shooter
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| [[Abhinav Bindra]] || First Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics
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| [[Man Kaur]] || Athlete
|-
| [[Rishi Patialvi]] || Urdu poet
|-
| [[Narinder Singh Kapoor]] || Punjabi Writer
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| [[Gulzar Singh Sandhu]] || Journalism faculty
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| [[Gurdas Maan]] || Punjabi singer
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| [[Gurpreet Singh Lehal]] || Computer science faculty
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| [[Jagmeet Singh Brar]] || Politician, Lawyer, Writer and Poet
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| [[Parneet Kaur]] || Compound Archer
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| [[Sardar Anjum]] || Poet and Urdu faculty
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| [[Sardara Singh Johl]] || Economist
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| [[Surjit Patar]] || Punjabi poet
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| [[Bhagwant Singh Mann]] || Chief Minister Of Punjab
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| [[Binnu Dhillon]] || Actor and Comedian
|-
| [[Ammy Virk]] || Singer and Actor
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:People from Patiala]]

List of people from Patiala - Revision history

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