List of Famous people born in Punjab, Pakistan

Rajendra Kumar

First Name Rajendra
Born on July 20, 1929
Died on July 12, 1999 (aged 69)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Rajendra Kumar Tuli was an Indian film actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1950, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. He was popularly known as the 'Jubilee Kumar'. He was considered one of the most successful Indian actors in the 1960s. He also produced several films starring his son Kumar Gaurav. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1969.

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Vyell Vyvyan

First Name Vyell
Last Name Vyvyan
Born on March 12, 1875
Died on September 30, 1935 (aged 60)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, was an officer in the Royal Navy in the early 20th century, and later a senior officer in the newly created Royal Air Force.

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Bina Rai

First Name Bina
Died on December 6, 2009 (aged 39)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Bina Rai, sometimes referred to as Beena Roy, was an Indian actress, primarily of the black and white era of Hindi cinema. She is most known for her roles in classics such as Anarkali (1953), Ghunghat (1960) and Taj Mahal (1963), and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Ghunghat.

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Surinder Kaur

First Name Surinder
Born on November 25, 1929
Died on June 14, 2006 (aged 76)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Surinder Kaur was an Indian singer and songwriter. While she mainly sang punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre, Kaur also recorded songs as a playback singer for Hindi films between 1948 and 1952. For her contributions to punjabi music, she earned the sobriquet Nightingale of Punjab, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984, and the Padma Shri in 2006.

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I. S. Johar

First Name I.
Last Name Johar
Born on February 16, 1920
Died on March 10, 1984 (aged 64)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Inderjeet Singh Johar, better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director, who excelled in comedic roles.

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Mohan Singh Oberoi

First Name Mohan
Last Name Oberoi
Born on August 15, 1898
Died on May 3, 2002 (aged 103)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was an Indian hotelier, the founder and chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, India's second-largest hotel company, with 31 hotels in India, Egypt, Indonesia, UAE, Mauritius and Saudi Arabia.

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Kulbhushan Kharbanda

First Name Kulbhushan
Born on October 21, 1944 (age 81)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's Jadu Ka Shankh in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), Waaris (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).

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Alamgir II

First Name Alamgir
Last Name II
Born on June 6, 1699
Died on November 29, 1759 (aged 60)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Alamgir II was the Mughal Emperor of India from 3 June 1754 to 29 November 1759. He was the son of Jahandar Shah.

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Parikshit Sahni

First Name Parikshit
Born on January 1, 1944 (age 82)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Parikshit Sahni is an Indian film and television actor, who is most known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (Doordarshan) and Gaatha. He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani's blockbuster films Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, and PK.

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Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

First Name Ashfaq
Born on April 20, 1952 (age 74)

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI(C), LOM, is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), being appointed on 29 November 2007 until 29 November 2013.

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