This is a list of notable people from the Indian city of Amritsar, Punjab.
Spiritual leaders Guru Hargobind, 6th Guru of Sikhs Guru Tegh Bahadur, 9th Guru of Sikhs Nawab Kapur Singh, Sikh leader Sanaullah Amritsari, Islamic scholar of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari, historian and writer
Freedom fighters Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter Madan Lal Dhingra, independence activist
Defense personnel Baba Deep Singh, General Bhagat Singh Thind, US Sikh Leader Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal Saurabh Kalia, soldier
Sportspersons Abhishek Sharma, cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi, cricketer Dara Singh, wrestler and actor Ghulam Mohammad Baksh, wrestler Madan Lal, cricketer Ramandeep Singh, footballer Ashok Malhotra Gursharan Singh Sarandeep Singh Vinay Choudhary Harvinder Singh Sharad Lumba Chandan Madan Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)
Politicians Manmohan Singh, 13th Prime Minister of India Navjot Singh Sidhu, politician Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, politician Krishan Kant, 10th Vice-President of India Raj Kumar Verka, politician
Entertainers Akshay Kumar, actor Amrinder Gill, Punjabi singer Aneet Padda, actress Bharti Singh, Indian stand-up comedian Chandan Prabhakar, comedian Deepa Mehta, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepti Naval, actress Geeta Bali, actress Gurpreet Ghuggi, Punjabi Comedian Gurshabad, Playback Singer and actor Jeetendra, actor Kapil Sharma, comedian Majnu, actor and director Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer Maurice Barrymore, (patriarch of the Barrymore acting family) Mohammed Rafi, recording artist Narendra Chanchal, singer Pramod Moutho, Indian actor Prem Dhillon, Punjabi singer Rajesh Khanna, actor Richa Chadda, actress Sahila Chadha, actress Shamshad Begum, classical singer Sudesh Lehri, comedian Veeru Devgan, director and producer of Hindi films Vinod Mehra, actor Vipul Mehta, singer Wadali Brothers(singer) Waris Ahluwalia, model, actor in US Yash Johar, director and producer of Hindi films
Writers Abdul Hameed, writer Bhisham Sahni, Hindi writer Dalbir Chetan, Punjabi short-story writer Ghulam Abbas, writer M. D. Taseer, Urdu poet Rupa Bajwa, writer Saadat Hasan Manto, writer Vir Singh, Punjabi poet Qazi Abdur Rehman Amritsari, Urdu poet and writer who proposed the name of Pakistan's new capital city Islamabad.
Others
Bhagat Puran Singh, environmentalist Hans Raj Khanna, Judge at the Supreme court of India Kiran Bedi, First woman IPS officer Laxmi Kanta Chawla, politician Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designer Shammi Rana, Indian sports executive and administrator Vikas Khanna, chef
See also List of people by India state
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