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

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sandhwalia

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Maharaja Suraj Mal

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Nawab Kapur Singh

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Faizullah Khan

• 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
• Chitu Khan, a pindari general who played a prominent role in the Third Anglo-Maratha war.
• Churaman, Jat chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan.
• Faizullah Khan, son of Ali Mohammed Khan, founder of the Rampur State.
• 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
• Jind Kaur, Maharani of Sikh Empire who fought two wars against the British
• Kishan Singh, ruler of Bharatpur State
• Mai Bhago, Sikh soldier and Guru Gobind Singh's bodyguard
• Mutawassil Khan, grandson of Saadullah Khan, Nawab of Bijapur.
• Muzaffar Jang Hidayat, great grandson of Saadullah Khan, third Nizam of Hyderabad.
• 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
• Nur Muhammad Chattha, chief of the Chattha Jats, founder of the Chattha dynasty which resisted the Sikh Misls.
• 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

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

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Bhagat Singh

• 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

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Charan Singh

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Sir Chhotu Ram

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Chaudhary Devi Lal

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Jagdeep Dhankhar

• Ajit Singh, former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Civil Aviation
• Badri Ram Jakhar, former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
• 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, fifth Prime Minister of India and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 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, leader in Punjabi Suba movement
• 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 and president of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
• Harchand Singh Longowal, president of the Akali Dal during Insurgency in Punjab, India
• Harcharan Singh Brar, former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former Communist leader from Punjab
• Harlal Singh, farmer leader and freedom fighter 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, Mizoram, Tripura, and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
• Lachhman Singh Gill, former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Nathuram Mirdha, former minister of Food and Civil Supplies
• Natwar Singh, 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
• Parkash Singh Badal, former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Partap Singh Kairon, former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Parvesh Verma, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from West Delhi
• Raja Man Singh, former Indian politician and titular head of Bharatpur State
• Ram Niwas Mirdha, former deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
• Ranbir Singh Hooda, Indian independence activist and former parliamentarian from Haryana
• Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi
• Sis Ram Ola, former Union Minister of Labour and Employment and recipient of Padma Shri 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,
• Shujaat Hussain, Sixteenth Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai, descendant of the Nakai misldars, 12th Chief Minister of (Pakistani) Punjab.

USA

• Nikki Haley, former Governor of South Carolina

Social reformers and activists

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Mahendra Singh Tikait

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Baldev Ram Mirdha

• Baldev Ram Mirdha, founder of Marwar Kisan Sabha and Rajasthan Kisan Sabha. He was popularly known as Kisan Kesari
• Bhagat Dhanna
• Karmabai, a devotee of Krishna
• Mahendra Singh Tikait, distinguished farmer leader and co-founder of the Bharatiya Kisan Union. He was popularly known as Baba Tikait.
• Swami Keshwanand, social reformer

Poets and writers

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz

• 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

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Arjan Singh

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Hoshiar Singh Dahiya

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Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

• 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
• Sultan Amir Tarar, the "Colonel Imam", special operations specialist and member of Pakistan's SSG and ISI.
• Ved Prakash Malik, 19th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian ArmyTemplate:Efn

Sports

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Arshad Nadeem, Pakistani javelin thrower

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Bajrang Punia, Indian freestyle wrestler

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Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer

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Virendra Sehwag, former cricketer

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Yuvraj Singh, former cricketer

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

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Dara Singh

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Dharmendra

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Sunny Deol at Dev's Anand's autobiography release

• 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

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Mohammed Rafi

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Diljit Dosanjh

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Sidhu Moose Wala

• 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