- Source: List of Jats
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
Bhai Bala, follower and companion of Guru Nanak (first Guru of Sikhism) and one of the most revered in Sikhism
Bhai Mani Singh
Bidhi Chand
Dharam Singh, Panj Pyare
Randhir Singh, founder of Akhand Kirtani Jatha
Tejaji, Hindu deity and considered one of the major eleven incarnations of Shiva and worshipped as a deity in Rajasthan
Rulers, chieftains, and warriors
Akali Phula Singh, Sikh warrior and a Nihang leader
Ala Singh Jat, Maharaja of Patiala
Ali Mohammad Khan, ruler of Rohailkhand.
Baba Deep Singh, founder of Shaheedan Misl
Badan Singh, founder of the princely state of Bharatpur
Baghel Singh, ruler of Singh Krora Misl
Bhim Singh Rana, Maharaja of Gohad State, and Gwalior State
Bhuma Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
Brijendra Singh, the last ruler of Bharatpur State and a former Member of Parliament
Charat Singh, founder of Sukerchakia Misl
Chhajja Singh Dhillon, founder and chieftain of Bhangi Misl
Churaman, Jat chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan.
Ganda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl
Gokula, chieftain of Tilpat
Gujjar Singh Banghi, a Sikh warrior and one of the triumvirates who ruled over Lahore prior to the leadership of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Hari Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl
Heera Singh Sandhu, founder of Nakai Misl
Hira Singh Nabha, ruler of Nabha State
Jai Singh Kanhaiya, founder of Kanhaiya Misl
Jawahar Singh, son of Suraj Mal
Jhanda Singh Dhillon, chieftain of Bhangi Misl
Kishan Singh, ruler of Bharatpur State
Mai Bhago, Sikh soldier and Guru Gobind Singh's bodyguard
Nahar Singh, ruler of Ballabgarh estate who fought the British East India Company in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Nawab Kapur Singh, ruler of Singhpuria Misl
Pratap Singh Nabha, last ruler of Nabha State
Raja Maldeo, ruler of Sidhmukh State
Rajaram of Sinsini, chieftain of Sinsini
Ranjit Singh, Emperor of the Sikh Empire,
Saadullah Khan, Grand Vizier of Mughal Empire
Sada Kaur, chief of Kanhaiya Misl
Sardar Tara Singh Ghaiba, chieftain of Dallewalia Misl
Suraj Mal, ruler of Bharatpur State
Udaybhanu Singh, ruler of the Dholpur State
Jind Kaur, Maharani of Sikh Empire who fought two wars against the British
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
Baba Gurdit Singh, leader of the Komagata Maru incident
Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary who was executed by the British colonialists in 1931
Kartar Singh Sarabha, Indian freedom fighter
Lothoo Nitharwal, Indian freedom Fighter
Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal, freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Raja Mahendra Pratap, Indian freedom fighter
Sah Mal, rebel who fought against the British in Indian Rebellion of 1857
Sohan Singh Bhakna, founding president of the Ghadar party
Teja Singh Sutantar, freedom fighter and a member of Ghadar Party
Politics
= India
=Ajit Singh, former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Civil Aviation
Baldev Singh, former Defence Minister of India
Balram Jakhar, longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Parliament of India
Bansi Lal, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab
Chaudhary Bharat Singh former Member of Parliament and Congress leader from Delhi
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of India
Chhotu Ram, co-founder of Unionist party and a Jat leader of the colonial era
Darbara Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Daulat Ram Saran, former Minister of Urban Development
Devi Lal, former Deputy Prime Minister of India and former Chief Minister of Haryana
Fateh Singh
Gian Singh Rarewala, former Premier and former Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)
Gurdial Singh Dhillon, former two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and former President of Inter-Parliamentary Union
Gurnam Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Hanuman beniwal, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Nagaur, Rajasthan
Harchand Singh Longowal
Harcharan Singh Brar, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former Communist leader from Punjab
Harlal Singh, farmer leader of colonial India
Hukam Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Jagdeep Dhankhar, 14th Vice-President of India, former Governor of West Bengal and Minister of State, Government of India
Jagdev Singh Talwandi
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha
Kamla Beniwal, former Governor of Gujarat and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Lachhman Singh Gill, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Raja Man singh, former Indian politician and titular head of princely Bharatpur State
Nathuram Mirdha, former minister of Food and Civil Supplies
Natwar Singh, former diplomat and former Minister of External Affairs (India)
Parkash Singh Badal, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Partap Singh Kairon, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Parvesh Verma Indian politician
Ram Niwas Mirdha, former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
Ranbir Singh Hooda, Indian independence activist and former Congress leader from Haryana
Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi
Sis Ram Ola, former Union Minister of Labour and Employment, recipient of Padma Shri Award for social service in 1968
Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
Surjit Singh Barnala, former Chief Minister of Punjab
Swaran Singh, former Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Defence
= Pakistan
=Feroz Khan Noon, Seventh Prime minister of Pakistan
Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja - Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Ninth President of Pakistan
Shahbaz Gill, Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan
Sikandar Hayat Khan, former Premier of the Punjab
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and President of the United Nations General Assembly
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi,
= USA
=Nikki Haley, former Governor of South Carolina
Social reformers
Bhagat Dhanna
Karmabai
Swami Keshwanand, social reformer
Poets and writers
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani revolutionary poet
Qadir Yar
Sukhpal Vir Singh Hasrat
Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Kulwant Singh Virk
Sant Singh Sekhon, Punjabi writer
Daljit Nagra
Fauji Kavi Mehar Singh, Haryanvi language poet and a freedom fighter
Armed forces and Police
Arjan Singh, former Chief of the Indian Air Force
Badlu Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross
Chhelu Ram, recipient of Victoria Cross
Gian Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross
Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh, recipient of The Vir Chakra and The Padma Vibhushan
Hoshiar Singh Dahiya, recipient of Param Vir Chakra
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh, recipient of Mahavir Chakra
Mohan Singh, founder and General of the First Indian National Army
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, recipient of Param Vir Chakra
Parkash Singh, recipient of Victoria Cross
Ranjit Singh Dyal
Richhpal Ram, recipient of Victoria cross
Sant Singh recipient of Mahavir Chakra
Shabeg Singh
Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
Sports
= India
=Avneet Sidhu Indian sport shooter and gold medalist at 2006 Commonwealth Games
Babita Kumari Phogat, Indian wrestler and gold medalist at 2014 Commonwealth Games
Bajrang Punia, bronze medalist in Olympics and gold medalist at Asian games and Commonwealth Games
Balbir Singh Sr., Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist
Balwinder Sandhu former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India
Chandgi Ram, Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games
Chandro Tomar, oldest women sharpshooter in the world
Deepa Malik, first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games
Krishna Poonia, gold medalist at 2010 Commonwealth Games and Padma Shri recipient
Monty Panesar former English international cricketer
Navjot Singh Sidhu former Indian cricketer and former member of the Parliament
Pargat Singh former captain of India men's national field hockey team
Praveen Kumar former Indian cricketer
Savita Punia Indian hockey player
Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
Vijender Singh, bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics
Virender Sehwag, former Indian cricketer
Yuvraj Singh, former Indian cricketer
= Pakistan
=Arshad Nadeem, gold medalist at 2024 Olympics
Cinema and television
Arjan Bajwa, Indian film actor
Dara Singh, Indian film actor
Darshan Kumar, Indian film actor
Dharmendra, Indian film actor
Kabir Duhan Singh Indian film actor
Kirron Kher, Indian film actress
Mahie Gill, Indian film actress
Mallika Sherawat, Indian film actress
Meghna Malik, Indian TV actress
Mohit Ahlawat, Indian film actor
Parvin Dabas, Indian film actor
Rajat Tokas, Indian TV actor
Randeep Hooda, Indian film actor
Simran Mundi, Indian film actress
Sunny Deol, Indian film actor
Sushant Singh, Indian film and TV actor
Taapsee Pannu, Indian film actress
Vivek Dahiya, Indian TV actor
Singers
Diljit Dosanjh, Indian Punjabi-language singer
Labh Janjua, Indian Punjabi-language singer
Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer and musician
Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian Punjabi-language singer
Criminals
Jagga Jatt, 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, Pakistani theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize in physics for his electroweak unification theory
Anubhav Singh Bassi Indian comedian
Dhruv Rathee Indian YouTuber
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, jathedar of Damdami Taksal
Kahn Singh Nabha, Sikh scholar
Satendra Singh disability activist
Seth Chhaju Ram, Philanthropist
See also
List of Jat dynasties and states
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sahib Singh Verma
- List of Jats
- Jat Muslim
- Jat Regiment
- Jats
- List of Jat dynasties and states
- Jat Sikh
- Jat Mahasabha
- Journal Article Tag Suite
- Jat reservation agitation
- 10th Jats
