List of Indo-Canadians
Notable Indian-Canadians, past and present
Actors and directors
- Deepa Mehta - film director (Bollywood/Hollywood, Fire, Earth, Water)
- Lisa Ray - Bollywood actress (Kasoor, Bollywood/Hollywood, Water)
- Sitara Hewitt - actress (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
- Sugith Varughese - actor
- Remi Kaler - actor
- Aliza Vellani - actress (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
- Raj Dias - Director-Designer (Emmy Award Winner - Sperbowl)
Athletes
- Nuvraj Singh Bassi - professional football player
- Emanuel Sandhu - figure skater
- Manny Malhotra - Plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL
- Robin Bawa - Played for several NHL teams and in minor leagues
- Bobby Singh - Plays for the BC Lions in the CFL.
- Harkie Singh - Scouts for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL
- Tiger Jeet Singh-Wrestler Currently in Japan
Entertainers
- Prita Chhabra - Singer
- Shweta Subramanian - Singer and MC (www.shweta.ca)
- Justin Singh - Fashion File, Breakfast Television, dabbler.ca
- Nira Arora - Morning Show Radio Personality for CFBT-FM 94.5 in Vancouver, BC
- Jazzy B - Singer
- Darshan Khella - Singer
- Sarbjit Cheema - Singer
- Sukhjit Khaira - Singer
- Geeta Zaildar - Singer
- Manmohan Waris - Singer
- Kamal Heer - Singer
- Nirmala Basnayake - rock singer (controller.controller)
- Ian D'Sa - rock musician
- Daru Dhillon - Rogers Sportsnet Inbox host
- Deesha - R&B musician
- Chin Injeti - R&B musician
- Harbhajan Mann - Singer
- Shaun Majumder - Just for Laughs, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Nicky Mehta - Singer
- Russell Peters - stand-up comedian
- Neal Pinto - singer-songwriter.
- Ted Ponniah - producer
- Raghav R&B/desi singer
- Renee Rosnes - jazz pianist and composer/arranger
- Ashwin Sood - drummer for (and husband of) Sarah McLachlan
- Karen David - pop singer
- Nandita Dias - jazz singer
Politicians and activists
- Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA
- Hardial Bains - founder and leader of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada from 1970-1997
- Harry Bains - British Columbia New Democratic MLA
- Navdeep Bains - Liberal Member of Parliament
- Jagrup Brar - British Columbia NDP MLA
- Sukh Dhaliwal - Liberal MP
- Gulzar Singh Cheema - Manitoba and British Columbia MLA
- Raj Chouhan - British Columbia NDP MLA
- Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal MP and the first Indian-Canadian cabinet minister
- Ruby Dhalla - Liberal MP
- Vic Dhillon - Ontario Liberal MPP
- Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia, the first Indian-Canadian premier, former federal Minister of Health, and current National Defence Critic
- Dr. Gurdev Gill - Founder & Director of Indo-Canadian Friendship Society, Recipient of Order of British Columbia and Queen's Jubilee Medal.
- Raminder Gill - former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
- Gurmant Grewal - former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
- Nina Grewal - Conservative MP, half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
- Chander P. Grover - scientist and human rights activist
- Rahim Jaffer - Alberta Conservative MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)
- Bidhu Jha - Manitoba NDP MLA
- Kuldip Singh Kular - Ontario Liberal MPP
- Harry Lali - BC NDP MLA
- Gurbax Singh Malhi - Liberal MP
- Amrit Mangat - Ontario Liberal MPP
- Rob Nijjar - former BC Liberal MLA
- Moe Sihota - former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host
- Deepak Obhrai - Alberta Conservative MP
- Raj Pannu - former leader of the Alberta New Democrats, the first Indian-Canadian leader of a political party
- Gary Pooni - Director, Indo-Canadian Friendship Society - Non-Profit Organization for village life improvement projects.
- Patty Sahota - former BC Liberal MLA
- Harinder Takhar - Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
- Murad Velshi - former Ontario Liberal MPP
- Jaggi Singh - anti-Globalisation and Social Justice activist
- Raoul Juneja - literacy activist
- Sathish Bala - founder of desiFEST
Writers and journalists
- Anita Rau Badami - novelist
- Shauna Singh Baldwin - novelist
- Monika Deol - former MuchMusic host and CIVT news anchor
- Sonia Sunger - Reporter / Anchor CTV Television Network, CTV National News, CFRN Edmonton, Canada.
- Tara Singh Hayer - newspaper publisher
- Ian Hanomansing - CBC journalist
- Jagmohan L. Humar - Carleton University writer and lecturer
- Anosh Irani - novelist and playwright
- Rohinton Mistry - novelist
- Ajmer Rode - poet and playwright
- Haroon Siddiqui - reporter, editor and columnist
- Priscilla Uppal - novelist and poet
- M.G. Vassanji - novelist (of Indian descent, although born and raised in Kenya)
- Jas Johal - Global National News Correspondent
- Sarika Sehgal- CBC Canadian broadcast journalist
- Jaspreet Singh- Author
- Ali Velshi - stock analyst and television journalist
- Vijay Setlur - Freelance soccer reporter (CBC Radio, CBCSports.ca, CJCL AM "The Fan" 590, International Sports Report)
- Suhana Meharchand - Journalist Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sonali Karnik - Journalist CBC Radio - Montreal - Daybreak
- Geeta Nadkarni - Journalist Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sudha Krishnan - Journalist CityTV Edmonton [1]
- Manmohan Singh (Moni) Minhas - Author, The Sikh Canadians - a coffee table top book summarizing the history, traditions and religions of the Sikhs in Canada, published by Reidmore Books/Thompson Canada, a best seller in Canada used in corporate, police, military multicultural sensitivity across Canada as well as a multicultural textbook for multicultural education across Canada
Entrepreneurs
- Manjit and Ravinder Minhas, co owners of *Minhas Craft Brewery, born, raised and still living in Calgary, Alberta and the youngest commercial brewery owners in the world. Founded in 1845, *Minhas Craft Brewery is the second oldest and 15th largest Brewery in USA, producing over 100 million cans and bottles of premium ale and lager beers, old fashioned super premium Blumers sodas and the iEnergy Energy drink, These products are sold throughout USA, parts of Canada and exported to countries including Japan
- Aditya Jha - Entrepreneur (President & CEO, Karma Candy Inc - Largest contract confectionery and seasonal chocolate manufacturer in Canada; Founder, Osellus Inc) and Philanthropist (Founder & Chairman, POA Educational Foundation)
- Vasu Chanchlani - CFO and co-founder of Sigma Group of Companies and principal sponsor of Canada India Foundation ("CIF") Chanchlani Global Indian Award
- Hari Panday - President & CEO, ICICI Bank Canada
- Shuman Ghosemajumder - businessman and computer scientist
- S Gary Bajaj - businessman and Internet professional
- Baljit Singh Chadha - businessman - Member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee
Other
- Sudi Devanesen - physician and member of the Order of Canada
- John Dossetor - physician and bioethicist, member of the Order of Canada
- Ravi Zacharias - Christian Apologist, Speaker, Author
- Raghav - Raghav Mathur, a very popularly known R&B singer
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