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The Jats are a community native to India and Pakistan. The following is a list of notable people belonging to Jats.
Religion
- Baba Buddha, first granthi (custodian and reader) of the Guru Granth Sahib[1]
- Bhai Bala, follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism[2]
- Bhai Mani Singh[3]
- Bidhi Chand[4]
- Dharam Singh,[5] Panj Pyare
- Randhir Singh, founder of Akhand Kirtani Jatha[6]
- Tejaji,[7] Hindu deity and considered one of the major eleven incarnations of Shiva and worshipped as a deity in Rajasthan
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Rulers, chieftains, and warriors
- Akali Phula Singh, Sikh warrior and a Nihang leader[8]
- Ala Singh Jat, Maharaja of Patiala[9]
- Ali Mohammed Khan, founder of Kingdom of Rohilkhand, progenitor of Rohilla dynasty.[10]
- Baba Deep Singh, founder of Shaheedan Misl[11]
- Badan Singh,[12] founder of the princely state of Bharatpur
- Baghel Singh, ruler of Singh Krora Misl[13]
- Bhim Singh Rana, Maharaja of Gohad State, and Gwalior State[14]
- Bhuma Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[15]
- Bhupinder Singh of Patiala[16]
- Brijendra Singh, the last ruler of Bharatpur State and a former Member of Parliament[17]
- Charat Singh, founder of Sukerchakia Misl[18][19]
- Chhajja Singh Dhillon, founder and chieftain of Bhangi Misl[20]
- Chitu Khan,[21] a pindari general who played a prominent role in the Third Anglo-Maratha war.[22]
- Churaman,[23] Jat chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan.
- Faizullah Khan, founder of Rampur State.[24]
- Ganda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[25]
- Gokula, chieftain of Tilpat[26]
- Gujjar Singh Banghi, a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh[27]
- Hari Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl[28]
- Heera Singh Sandhu, founder of Nakai Misl[29]
- Hira Singh Nabha, ruler of Nabha State[30]
- Jai Singh Kanhaiya, founder of Kanhaiya Misl[31]
- Jawahar Singh,[32] son of Suraj Mal
- Jhanda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl[25]
- Jind Kaur,[33] Maharani of Sikh Empire who fought two wars against the British[34]
- Kishan Singh, ruler of Bharatpur State[35]
- Mai Bhago, Sikh soldier and Guru Gobind Singh's bodyguard[36][37]
- Mutawassil Khan, Nawab of Bijapur.[38][39][40][41]
- Muzaffar Jang Hidayat, third Nizam of Hyderabad State.[42][43][44][45]
- Nahar Singh, ruler of Ballabgarh estate who fought the British East India Company in the Indian Rebellion of 1857[46]
- Nawab Kapur Singh, ruler of Singhpuria Misl[47]
- Nur Muhammad Chattha, founder of Chattha State which resisted the Sikh Misls.[48][49][50]
- Pratap Singh Nabha, last ruler of Nabha State[51]
- Raja Maldeo, ruler of Sidhmukh State[52]
- Rajaram of Sinsini, chieftain of Sinsini[53]
- Ranjit Singh, Emperor of the Sikh Empire,[54][55][56]
- Saadullah Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire[57]
- Sada Kaur, chief of Kanhaiya Misl[58]
- Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba, chieftain of Dallewalia Misl[59]
- Suraj Mal, ruler of Bharatpur State[60][61]
- Udaybhanu Singh, ruler of the Dholpur State[62]
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Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Baba Gurdit Singh,[63] leader of the Komagata Maru incident
- Bhagat Singh,[64] Indian socialist revolutionary who was executed by the British colonialists in 1931
- Kartar Singh Sarabha,[65] Indian freedom fighter
- Lothoo Nitharwal, Indian freedom Fighter[66]
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal, freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857[67]
- Raja Mahendra Pratap,[68] Indian freedom fighter
- Sah Mal,[69] rebel who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Sohan Singh Bhakna,[70] founding president of the Ghadar party
- Teja Singh Sutantar,[71] freedom fighter and a member of Ghadar Party
Politics
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- Ajit Singh,[72] former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Civil Aviation
- Badri Ram Jakhar,[73] former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- Baldev Singh,[74] former Defence Minister of India
- Balram Jakhar,[75] longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India
- Bansi Lal,[76] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Beant Singh,[77] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Bhagwant Mann,[78] Chief Minister of Punjab
- Chaudhary Bharat Singh[79][80] former Member of Parliament and Congress leader from Delhi
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda,[81] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Charan Singh, fifth Prime Minister of India and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh[82]
- Chhotu Ram,[83] co-founder of Unionist party and a Jat leader of the colonial era
- Darbara Singh,[84] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Daulat Ram Saran,[85] former Minister of Urban Development
- Devi Lal,[76][86] former Deputy Prime Minister of India and former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Fateh Singh,[87] leader in Punjabi Suba movement
- Gian Singh Rarewala,[88] former Premier and former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)
- Gurdial Singh Dhillon,[89] former two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former president of Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Gurnam Singh,[90] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Hanuman Beniwal,[91] Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Nagaur, Rajasthan and president of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
- Harchand Singh Longowal,[92] president of the Akali Dal during Insurgency in Punjab, India
- Harcharan Singh Brar,[89] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet,[93] former Communist leader from Punjab
- Harlal Singh,[94] farmer leader and freedom fighter of colonial India
- Hukam Singh,[95] former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Jagdeep Dhankhar,[96] 14th Vice-President of India, former Governor of West Bengal and Minister of State, Government of India
- Jagdev Singh Talwandi[97]
- Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri,[98] co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha
- Jayant Chaudhary,[99] president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal and Member of the Rajya Sabha
- Kamla Beniwal,[100] former Governor of Gujarat, Mizoram, Tripura, and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- Kumbha Ram Arya,[101] Indian independence activist and former parliamentarian
- Lachhman Singh Gill,[102] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Nathuram Mirdha,[101] former minister of Food and Civil Supplies
- Natwar Singh,[103] former diplomat and former Minister of External Affairs (India)
- Om Prakash Chautala, chief minister of Haryana for five terms and son of Devi Lal, former deputy prime minister of India[104]
- Parkash Singh Badal,[90][102] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Partap Singh Kairon,[105] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Parvesh Verma,[106] Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from West Delhi
- Raja Man Singh,[107] former Indian politician and titular head of Bharatpur State
- Ram Niwas Mirdha,[108] former deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
- Ranbir Singh Hooda,[109] Indian independence activist and former parliamentarian from Haryana
- Sahib Singh Verma,[110] former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Sis Ram Ola,[111] former Union Minister of Labour and Employment and recipient of Padma Shri for social service in 1968
- Sukhbir Singh Badal,[112] former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
- Surjit Singh Barnala,[113] former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Swaran Singh,[114][115] former Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence
Pakistan
- Feroz Khan Noon,[116] Seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)[117]
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar,[118][116] Ninth President of Pakistan
- Shahbaz Gill,[119][120] Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Sikandar Hayat Khan,[121] former Premier of the Punjab
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and President of the United Nations General Assembly[122]
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi,[123]
- Shujaat Hussain, Sixteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan[124]
- Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai, descendant of the Nakai misldars, 12th Chief Minister of (Pakistani) Punjab.[125][126][127]
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Social reformers and activists
- Baldev Ram Mirdha,[129] founder of Marwar Kisan Sabha and Rajasthan Kisan Sabha. He was popularly known as Kisan Kesari
- Bhagat Dhanna[130]
- Karmabai,[131] a devotee of Krishna
- Mahendra Singh Tikait,[132] distinguished farmer leader and co-founder of the Bharatiya Kisan Union. He was popularly known as Baba Tikait.
- Swami Keshwanand,[133] social reformer
Poets and writers
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- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet[134]
- Qadir Yar[135]
- Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat[136]
- Jaswant Singh Kanwal[137]
- Kulwant Singh Virk[138][139]
- Sant Singh Sekhon,[139] Punjabi writer
- Daljit Nagra[140]
- Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh,[141] Haryanvi language poet and a freedom fighter
Armed forces and Police
- Arjan Singh,[142][143] former Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Badlu Singh,[144] recipient of Victoria Cross
- Chhelu Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross[145]
- Gian Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[146]
- Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh,[143] recipient of The Vir Chakra and The Padma Vibhushan
- Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of Param Vir Chakra [147][148]
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill[149]
- Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh, recipient of Mahavir Chakra[150]
- Mohan Singh,[151] founder and General of the First Indian National Army
- Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra[143][152]
- Parkash Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross[153]
- Ranjit Singh Dyal[154]
- Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria cross[155][156]
- Sant Singh[157] recipient of Mahavir Chakra
- Shabeg Singh[158]
- Sultan Amir Tarar, the "Colonel Imam", special operations specialist and member of Pakistan's SSG and ISI.[159][160][161][162]
- Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army[a]
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Sports
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India
- Avneet Sidhu[165] Indian sport shooter and gold medalist at 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Babita Kumari Phogat, Indian wrestler and gold medalist at 2014 Commonwealth Games[166]
- Bajrang Punia, bronze medalist in Olympics and gold medalist at Asian games and Commonwealth Games [167]
- Balbir Singh Sr.,[168] Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist
- Balwinder Sandhu[169] former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India
- Chandgi Ram,[170] Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games
- Chandro Tomar,[171][172] oldest women sharpshooter in the world
- Deepa Malik,[173] first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games
- Krishna Poonia,[174] gold medalist at 2010 Commonwealth Games and Padma Shri recipient[175]
- Monty Panesar[176] former English international cricketer
- Navjot Singh Sidhu[177][178] former Indian cricketer and former member of the Parliament
- Pargat Singh[179] former captain of India men's national field hockey team
- Praveen Kumar[180] former Indian cricketer
- Savita Punia[181] Indian hockey player
- Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer[182][183][184]
- Vijender Singh, bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics[185]
- Virender Sehwag, former Indian cricketer[186]
- Yuvraj Singh,[187] former Indian cricketer
Pakistan
- Arshad Nadeem, gold medalist at 2024 Olympics[188][189]
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Cinema and television
- Arjan Bajwa, Indian film actor[190]
- Dara Singh, Indian film actor[191]
- Darshan Kumar, Indian film actor[192]
- Dharmendra, Indian film actor[193]
- Kabir Duhan Singh[194] Indian film actor
- Kirron Kher,[195] Indian film actress
- Mahie Gill,[196] Indian film actress
- Mallika Sherawat,[197] Indian film actress
- Meghna Malik, Indian TV actress[198]
- Mohit Ahlawat,[199] Indian film actor
- Parvin Dabas, Indian film actor[200]
- Rajat Tokas,[201] Indian TV actor
- Randeep Hooda, Indian film actor[202]
- Simran Mundi, Indian film actress[203]
- Sunny Deol, Indian film actor[204]
- Sushant Singh,[205] Indian film and TV actor
- Taapsee Pannu,[206] Indian film actress
- Vivek Dahiya,[207] Indian TV actor
Singers
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- Diljit Dosanjh, Indian Punjabi-language singer[208]
- Labh Janjua, Indian Punjabi-language singer[209]
- Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician[210]
- Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian Punjabi-language singer[211]
Criminals
- Jagga Jatt,[212][213] a 20th-century heroic rebel of Punjab. He is known as the Robin Hood of Punjab for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor"
Others
- Abdus Salam,[214] Pakistani theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize in physics for his electroweak unification theory
- Anubhav Singh Bassi[215] Indian comedian
- Dhruv Rathee[216] Indian YouTuber
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,[217] jathedar of Damdami Taksal[218]
- Kahn Singh Nabha,[219][220] Sikh scholar
- Satendra Singh[221] disability activist
- Seth Chhaju Ram, Philanthropist[222]
See also
References
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