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



 * 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
 * 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

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.