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    This document lists famous Sikhs from different fields including arts, business, athletics, law/politics, and science. Some of the individuals mentioned are Waris Ahluwalia and Amrita Pritam in arts, Ajay Singh Banga in business, Milkha Singh and Fauja Singh in athletics, Bhagat Singh Thind and Rabinder Singh in law/politics, and Narinder Singh Kapany in science. The document provides brief biographies of several influential Sikh individuals across various careers and accomplishments.

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    This document lists famous Sikhs from different fields including arts, business, athletics, law/politics, and science. Some of the individuals mentioned are Waris Ahluwalia and Amrita Pritam in arts, Ajay Singh Banga in business, Milkha Singh and Fauja Singh in athletics, Bhagat Singh Thind and Rabinder Singh in law/politics, and Narinder Singh Kapany in science. The document provides brief biographies of several influential Sikh individuals across various careers and accomplishments.

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    This document lists famous Sikhs from different fields including arts, business, athletics, law/politics, and science. Some of the individuals mentioned are Waris Ahluwalia and Amrita Pritam in arts, Ajay Singh Banga in business, Milkha Singh and Fauja Singh in athletics, Bhagat Singh Thind and Rabinder Singh in law/politics, and Narinder Singh Kapany in science. The document provides brief biographies of several influential Sikh individuals across various careers and accomplishments.

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    Famous Sikhs

    Arts
    Waris Ahluwalia Famous actor and fashion designer
    Amrita Pritam First prominent Punjabi woman poet
    Kushwant Singh One of the best known Indian writers of all time
    Amrit Kaur Singh and Rabindra Kaur Singh Contemporary British
    artists
    Gurinder Chadha Film director

    Business
    Ajay Singh Banga Current president and CEO of MasterCard

    Athlete
    Milkha Singh Known as the Flying Sikh. Only Indian male to win
    gold at common wealth games, represented India in 1960 400m finals.
    Fauja Singh Oldest marathoner. Featured in ESPN, Adidas ads
    Nuvraj Singh Bassi First keshdhari sikh to play professional Football.

    Law/Politics
    Bhagat Singh Thind Writer, lecturer and philosopher that is best
    known for the court case United States vs Bhagat Singh Thind over
    citizenship.
    Rabinder Singh- First judge in UK to sit in high court wearing a dastar
    rather than a wig
    Gurbax Singh Malhi First dastar wearing politican elected in the
    Western world.

    Science

    Narinder Singh Kapany American physicist known for his work in Fiber
    optics. Fortune Magazine named him as one of the seven Unsung
    Heroes in their Businessmen of the Century issue

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