List of Indo-Canadians

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A

Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA
Kiran Ahluwalia - singer
Nira Arora - morning show radio host for CFBT-FM 94.5 in Vancouver, BC
Chandra Arya - Liberal MP

B

Nav Bhatia

Neeru Bajwa

Anita Rau Badami - novelist
Ashish Bagai - former captain of the Canadian cricket team
Amir Bageria - actor
Dave Baksh - rock guitarist for Sum 41, Brown Brigade, Organ Thieves and Black Cat Attack
Manjul Bhargava - mathematician, Fields Medalist
Ruby Bhatia - VJ, television show host, and actress
Nav Bhatia - businessman and superfan of the Toronto Raptors
Hardial Bains - founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada, 1970–1997
Harry Bains - British Columbia New Democratic MLA
Navdeep Bains - Liberal Member of Parliament
Neeru Bajwa - Canadian actress, director and producer
Shauna Singh Baldwin - novelist
Rupan Bal - actor and youtuber
Bas Balkissoon - MPP
Nirmala Basnayake - rock singer (controller.controller)
Sheela Basrur - former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health
Nuvraj Singh Bassi - professional football player
Robin Bawa - played for several NHL teams and in minor leagues
Ishq Bector - HipHop/R&B musician and composer
Rajat Bedi - Bollywood actor-turned film producer who settled in Canada
Nadira Begg - television journalist
Stan Bharti - businessman and philanthropist
Shashi Bhat - writer
Arjan Bhullar - wrestler
Sim Bhullar - NBA basketball player
Neil Bissoondath - author
Glenda Braganza - actress
Jagrup Brar - British Columbia NDP MLA
Byg Byrd - music producer

C

Sukh Chungh

Sam Chandola - entrepreneur, investor, politician
Baljit Singh Chadha - businessman
Gulzar Singh Cheema - physician, politician
Paul Chohan - field hockey player
Raj Chouhan - politician
Sukh Chungh - CFL player
Saroja Coelho - CBC Radio host
Nazneen Contractor - actress

D

AP Dhillon

Ian D'Sa

Deepa Mehta - filmmaker
Deepak Anand - Mississauga Malton MPP www.deepakanandmpp.ca
Cindy Daniel - singer
Dipika Damerla - MPP Ontario
Joe Daniel - Conservative MP and first Malayali elected to Parliament
Agam Darshi - actress and filmmaker
Vikram Dasgupta - writer and filmmaker
Karen David - pop singer
Monika Deol - former MuchMusic host and CIVT news anchor
Ranjeev Deol - field hockey player
Sudi Devanesen - physician and member of the Order of Canada
Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
Ranj Dhaliwal - Canadian author
Sukh Dhaliwal - Liberal MP
Naranjan Dhalla - cardiovascular research scientist and member of the Order of Canada
Ruby Dhalla - Liberal MP
Sunil Dhaniram - cricket player
AP Dhillon - music artist
Bob Singh Dhillon - Punjabi Indo-Canadian Sikh property businessman
Haninder Dhillon - cricket player
R Paul Dhillon - director, producer, writer and journalist
Vekeana Dhillon - Vancouver screenwriter, television presenter, actress
Vic Dhillon - Ontario Liberal MPP
Vikram Dhillon - Vancouver producer, director, actor and television presenter
Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia, first Indian-Canadian premier, former federal Minister of Health, and current National Defence Critic
John Dossetor - physician and bioethicist, member of the Order of Canada
Ian D'Sa - guitarist of rock band Billy Talent

G

Tommy Genesis

Nisha Ganatra - film director, film producer, writer and actor
Tommy Genesis - rapper and model of mixed Indian and Swedish descent
Shuman Ghosemajumder - businessman and computer scientist
Yasmeen Ghauri - model
Raminder Gill - former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
Jyoti Gondek - politician, incumbent Mayor of Calgary
Dylan Mohan Gray - film director, producer, writer
Gurmant Grewal - former Conservative MP (3-terms)and Deputy Opposition House Leader, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
Nina Grewal - Conservative MP (4-terms), half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament

H

Pooja Handa - journalist
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed - Indian Canadian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer, former member of the Planning Commission of India; executive assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, Government of Alberta, 1975; Director of Colleges and Universities at the ministry, 1978
Ian Hanomansing - CBC journalist, co-host of The National
Tara Singh Hayer - newspaper publisher
Kash Heed - former chief constable of West Vancouver Police Department; former superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department
Kamal Heer - singer
Rena Heer - worked with Channel M, then with Global BC and now on CTV
Darryl Hinds - actor and comedian
Shaan Hundal - professional soccer player

I

Indrani (full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri) - photographer, director, TV personality and model
Chin Injeti - R&B musician
Anosh Irani - novelist and playwright
Inderjit Vasudevan Moorthy - Indo Canadian entrepreneur

J

Aditya Jha - global entrepreneur and philanthropist
Ellis Jacob - businessman person
Mobina Jaffer - senator
Rahim Jaffer - former Alberta Conservative MP (Edmonton-Strathcona)
Kim Jagtiani - television personality
Mahmud Jamal - Canadian Supreme Court Justice
Neilank Jha - Canadian neurosurgeon
Jazzy B - singer
Bidhu Jha - Manitoba NDP MLA
Avan Jogia - actor
Bindy Johal - Vancouver gangster and drug trafficker
Prakash John - R&B musician
Jonita Gandhi - Bollywood singer

K

Cassius Khan - musician instrument
Ravi Kahlon - field hockey player
Darshan Kang - Alberta MP
Hari Kant - former field hockey goalkeeper
Rupi Kaur - poet
Jujhar Khaira - NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers
Vim Kochhar - businessman and senator
Koushik - hip hop musician
Kuldip Singh Kular - former Ontario Liberal MPP
Bindi Kullar - field hockey player
Faisal Kutty - attorney, writer and law professor
Kader Khan - actor, screenwriter^[1]

L

Harold Sonny Ladoo - novelist and author
Vaughn Lal - bassist and backing vocalist for heavy metal band Brown Brigade
Harry Lali - BC NDP MLA
Nancy Lee - short story writer and novelist
Sunny Leone - actress

M

Jinder Mahal

Manny Malhotra

Baj Maan - soccer player
Rup Magon - singer and actor
Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) - wrestler
Anita Majumdar - actress
Shuvaloy Majumdar - Conservative MP
Shaun Majumder - actor/comedian
Masumeh Makhija - actress
Gurbax Singh Malhi - former Liberal MP
Manny Malhotra - former NHL player
Samir Mallal - filmmaker
Sunny Malton - music artist
Amrit Mangat - Ontario Liberal MPP
Irshad Manji - author
Harbhajan Mann - singer
Salim Mansur - columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun
Bharat Masrani - Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto-Dominion Bank
Suleka Mathew - actress
Ashok Mathur - writer and professor
Maxim Mazumdar - playwright and founder of the Stephenville Theatre Festival
Suhana Meharchand - journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Deepa Mehta - film director (Bollywood/Hollywood, Fire, Earth, Water)
Nicky Mehta - singer
Richie Mehta - director
Shaun Mehta - writer
Rohinton Mistry - novelist
Pavan Moondi - film and television director
Shani Mootoo - writer
Alok Mukherjee - current chair of the Toronto Police Services Board
Audri Mukhopadhyay - Canadian diplomat, former Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
M. Ram Murty - head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen's University
Tad Murty
Nadir Mohamed - former President & CEO of Rogers Communications

N

Nav

Roger Nair - filmmaker, Human Rights activist, actor, executive on Toronto Film Board
Naheed Nenshi - mayor of Calgary
Rob Nijjar - former BC Liberal MLA
Nav - rapper and producer from Toronto, Ontario signed to The Weeknd's XO record label
Hardeep Singh Nijjar - separatist leader

O

Deepak Obhrai - former Alberta Conservative MP, Calgary
Wally Oppal - former Attorney General of British Columbia

P

Russell Peters

Parichav - singer, music producer, composer and live performer
Lata Pada - Bharatanatyam dancer
Nisha Pahuja - filmmaker
AR Paisley - rapper
Raj Pannu - former leader of the Alberta New Democrats, the first Indian-Canadian leader of a political party
Jivesh Parasram - playwright
Zayne Parekh - ice hockey player
Talwinder Singh Parmar - separatist leader
Ashish Patel - cricket player
Jitendra Patel - cricket player
Nilesh Patel - film director and producer
Jason Patraj - cricket player
Anjulie Persaud - singer
Russell Peters - stand-up comedian
Ranj Pillai - Premier of Yukon
Abishur Prakash - geopolitical futurist, author
Priyanka - drag artist, and winner of Canada's Drag Race Season 1
Ishwar Puri - scientist, academic, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, NSERC Council member

R

Raghav - R&B singer
Pamela Rai - Canadian Olympic swimmer, 1984 bronze medallist, first Punjabi woman to win an Olympic medal
Monita Rajpal - CNN International news anchor
Rudy Ramcharan - curler
Emile Ramsammy - thoroughbred horse racer
Meaghan Rath - actress
Lisa Ray - film actress
Ajmer Rode - poet and playwright
Renee Rosnes - jazz pianist and composer/arranger

S

Jagmeet Singh

Lilly Singh

Omar Sachedina - journalist, anchor of CTV National News
Vik Sahay - actor
Patty Sahota - former BC Liberal MLA
Josh Sahunta - pop/R&B singer-songwriter
Deep Saini - Vice-President of University of Toronto
Harjit Sajjan - politician
Shaiju Mathew - Author and Filmmaker
Sugar Sammy - comedian
Sathajhan Sarachandran - convicted in 2009 of providing support to terrorist groups in Sri Lanka
Varun Saranga - actor
Emanuel Sandhu - figure skater
Madeline Schizas - figure skater
Surendra Seeraj - cricket player
Asha Seth - senator
Chandrakant Shah - academic researcher, doctor, and social activist; recipient of Order of Ontario
Melinda Shankar - actress
Rosette Sharma - singer and dancer
Rekha Sharma - actress
Devinder Shory - Member of Parliament
Vivek Shraya - writer and musician
Haroon Siddiqui - reporter, editor and columnist
Moe Sihota - former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host and first Indo-Canadian elected to any legislature in Canada back in 1986
Hannah Simone - actress, TV host, and fashion model
Judi Singh - jazz singer
Bobby Singh - former football player; played in the CFL, NFL and XFL
Champagne Singh - professional wrestler
Dilpreet Bajwa - cricket player
Jaggi Singh - anti-globalisation and social justice activist
Jagmeet Singh - politician, leader of the NDP
Jaspreet Singh - author
Lilly Singh - YouTube personality and TV show host
Pargat Singh - cricket player
Raj Singh - professional wrestler
Tiger Jeet Singh - wrestler currently in Japan
Tiger Ali Singh - professional wrestler, son of Tiger Jeet Singh
Pamela Mala Sinha - actress, playwright
Errol Sitahal - actor
Amarjeet Sohi - politician, incumbent Mayor of Edmonton
Ajit H. Someshwar - businessman and philanthropist
Ashwin Sood - drummer for (and former husband of) Sarah McLachlan
Manoj Sood - actor (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
Durand Soraine - cricket player
Shweta Subram - Bollywood playback singer
Moez Surani - poet
Rajiv Surendra - actor

T

Proma Tagore - writer and novelist
Harinder Takhar - Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
Harpal Talhan - lightweight boxer
Nina Tangri - MPP, Ontario
Sam Tata - portrait photographer, born in Shanghai and lived in Montreal
Shashaa Tirupati - Bollywood singer

U

Priscila Uppal - novelist and poet
Tim Uppal - MP, Alberta
Uppekha Jain - Actress, Slam Poet

V

Ali Velshi

Sugith Varughese - actor
M.G. Vassanji - novelist
Aliza Vellani - actress (Little Mosque on the Prairie)
Ali Velshi - stock analyst and television journalist
Murad Velshi - former Ontario Liberal MPP
Neelam Verma - Miss Universe Canada 2002
Richard Verma - U.S. Ambassador to India since 2015
Vandana Vishwas - world music artist

W

Ravi Walia - figure skater
Supinder Wraich - actress

Y

YouTwoTV - YouTube channel; duo consists of Jaz Saini and Harjit Bhandal

Z

Ravi Zacharias - alleged serial sexual abuser, Christian apologist, speaker, author

References

^ "Kader Khan spoke with Connie Haham in Pune in February 2007". www.haham.net.

[1] "Kader Khan spoke with Connie Haham in Pune in February 2007". www.haham.net.

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