Name Occupation Mahendra Singh of Patiala Maharaja of Princely State Patiala Maharaja Rajinder Singh Maharaja of Princely State Patiala Bhupinder Singh Grandfather of Captain Amarinder Singh and Maharaja of Princely State Patiala Mohinder Kaur Rajmata of Patiala and Mother of Captain Amarinder Singh Captain Amarinder Singh 29th Chief Minister of Punjab Preneet Kaur MP & Minister of State for External Affairs (Central Govt. under PM Manmohan Singh) Bibi Amtus Salam Social worker Pawan Kumar Bansal Four times MP, Union Minister of India (twice) Surjit Singh Rakhra Member of Legislative Assembly Dalip Kaur Tiwana Punjabi writer Damandeep Singh Baggan Dub-over voice actor Roopinder Singh Assistant Editor of The Tribune; writer Harpal Tiwana Actor, writer and director Abhinav Bindra First Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics Gul Panag Actor Gugu Gill Actor Samiksha Actor Smeep Kang Actor, writer and director Raninder Singh President of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) Bhupinder Singh (musician) Singer and musician Madan Puri Actor Amrish Puri Actor Om Puri Actor Balraj Pandit Theatre director, playwright Jimmy Shergill Actor Fawad Khan Actor (His father migrated from Patiala) Binnu Dhillon Actor Gulzar Inder Chahal Actor and cricketer Gavie Chahal Actor Rakesh Sharma First Indian astronaut[26][27] Satwinder Bitti Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann Punjabi singer and actor Mika Singh Punjabi singer and actor Dilshad Khan Husband of Parveen Sultana; member of Patiala Gharana; singer Fateh Ali Khan Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Hamid Ali Khan Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Jagdish Prasad Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Johar Ali Khan Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Kaushiki Chakraborty Daughter of Ajoy Chakraborty; member of Patiala Gharana; singer Lakshmi Shankar Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Munawar Ali Khan Son of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan; member of Patiala Gharana; singer Nirmala Devi Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Parveen Sultana Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Raza Ali Khan Grandson of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan; member of Patiala Gharana; singer Sanjukta Ghosh Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Shafqat Amanat Ali Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Mohammad Hussain Sarahang from Afghanistan Member of Patiala Gharana; singer Daler Mehndi Punjabi singer Pammi Bai Punjabi singer Malkit Singh Punjabi singer Vinaypal Buttar Punjabi singer Navjot Singh Sidhu Former cricketer, actor, commentator and politician Mohinder Amarnath Cricketer Sandeep Sharma Cricketer Sarabjit Ladda Cricketer Anmolpreet Singh Cricketer Ravi Inder Singh Cricketer Jiwanjot Singh Cricketer Deepak Thakur Hockey Player Heena Sidhu Shooter Kamal Khan (singer) Singer Navneet Kaur Dhillon Femina Miss India 2013