# List of Indo-Canadians
## 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

* 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

* 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

* 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
* 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

* 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
* Srinivas Krishna - actor, film director (Masala)
* Kuldip Singh Kular - former Ontario Liberal MPP
* Bindi Kullar - field hockey player
* Faisal Kutty - attorney, writer and law professor
* Kader Khan - actor, screenwriter

## 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

* 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

* 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

* Soni Pabla - musician
* 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

* 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
* Tesher - singer and producer
* Shashaa Tirupati - Bollywood singer

## U

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

## V

* 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