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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

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
Neelam Verma- Miss Canada Universe 2002 and Miss Universe Semi-Finalist 2002 (Puerto Rico).

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 (CONCACAF.com, CBC Radio, CBC.ca, (International Sports Report - CJCL AM "The Fan" 590)
Suhana Meharchand - Journalist Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sonali Karnik - Journalist CBC Radio - Montreal - Daybreak
Geeta Nadkarni - Journalist Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sudha Krishnan - Journalist CityTV Edmonton
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
Shamir Doshi-Publisher and Co-owner of two of Vancouver leading newspaper The Asian Star and The Punjabi Star,Also Producer for Gujarathi,Tamil and Bengali radio programme.
Arjun Sharma- 14th richest Canadian with net worth of $811 million
Bob Singh Dhillon- is a Punjabi Indian-Canadian Sikh, property billionaire businessman
Harbhajan Singh Brar- is a Punjabi Indian-Canadian Sikh, philanthropist and orchardist in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia