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*[[Dharam Singh (Sikhism)|Dharam Singh]],<ref name="McLeod11">{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=W. H. |last2=Fenech |first2=Louis E. |authorlink1=W. H. McLeod |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |year=2014 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-3600-4 |page=99 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |quote=DHARAM SINGH (1666–1708). One of the Panj Piare. A Jat Sikh who, based on 18th-century Sikh manuscripts, was at least at this time considered to be an avatar of the Jat Bhagat Dhanna.}}</ref> [[Panj Pyare]]

*[[Randhir Singh (Sikh)|Randhir Singh]], founder of [[Akhand Kirtani Jatha]]<ref name="McLeod8">{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=W. H. |last2=Fenech |first2=Louis E. |authorlink1=W. H. McLeod |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |year=2014 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-3600-4 |page=262 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA262 |quote=RANDHIR SINGH (1878–1961). A Grewal Jat from Narangwal near Ludhiana ...}}</ref>

*[[Tejaji]],<ref name="Murphy">{{cite book |last=Murphy |first=Anne |editor1-last=Mills |editor1-first=Margaret A. |editor2-last=Diamond |editor2-first=Sarah |editor3-last=Claus |editor3-first=Peter J. |editor1-link=Margaret Mills (folklorist) |title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-93919-5 |page=596 |entry-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&pg=PA596 |entry=TĒJAJI |quote=Tējaji was a Jāt of Karnala near Nagaur, in Marwar}}</ref> Hindu deity and considered one of the major eleven incarnations of [[Shiva]] and worshipped as a deity in whole Rajasthan

==Rulers, chieftains, and warriors==

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[[File:Charan Singh.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Charan Singh]]]]

[[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal stamp (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]]]

* [[Ajit Singh (politician, born 1939)|Ajit Singh]],<ref name="TP19">{{cite news |title=Prestige of 3 Ministers at stake in UP |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/prestige-of-3-ministers--at-stake-in-up.html |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129133330/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/prestige-of-3-ministers--at-stake-in-up.html |archive-date=29 January 2022 |url-status=live |quote=Ajit Singh, a Jat by caste, is the alliance candidate from Muzaffarnagar and will be up against BJP MP Sanjeev Baliyan, who is a prominent Jat leader.}}</ref> former [[Minister of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]] and [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]

* [[Baldev Singh]],<ref name="McLeod9">{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=W. H. |last2=Fenech |first2=Louis E. |authorlink1=W. H. McLeod |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |year=2014 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-3600-4 |page=57 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA57 |quote=BALDEV SINGH (1902–1961). A Jat and an Akali politician prominent in the negotiations for India’s independence.}}</ref> former [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]]

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* [[Beant Singh (politician)|Beant Singh]],<ref name="Maini">{{cite book |last=Maini |first=Tridivesh Singh |editor-last=Ahmed |editor-first=Ishtiaq |editor-link=Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist) |title=The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia |year=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-60227-3 |page=74 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2T8oSfy3GZgC&pg=PA74 |chapter=Sikh politics and the Indo-Pak relationship |quote=Beant Singh, a Jatt Sikh, was elected as Chief Minister ...}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

*[[Bhagwant Mann]],<ref name="ABP">{{cite AV media |people=[[Bhagwant Mann]] |date=8 January 2019 |title=Quota Bill Is An Election Stunt: Bhagwant Mann, AAP |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOv-BNb2vM |time=2:27 and 2:31 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher=[[ABP News]] |via=[[YouTube]] |quote=मैं जट्ट सिख बिरादरी से आता हूँ जिसको पंजाब में जाट कहते हैं। |trans-quote=I come from Jatt Sikh community which is called Jat in Punjab.}}</ref> [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

* [[Chaudhary Bharat Singh]]<ref name="Ashok">{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Ashok |title=The twists and turns of Jat politics |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/the-twists-and-turns-of-jat-politics/article5308475.ece |work=The Hindu |date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220305233413/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/the-twists-and-turns-of-jat-politics/article5308475.ece |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live |quote=In 1984, the Congress chose Jat leader Choudhary Bharat Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate for Outer Delhi ...}}</ref><ref name="Nangia">{{cite journal |last=Nangia |first=Bimla |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harnam |title=Eighth Lok Sabha Election in Delhi: An Analysis |journal=The Indian Political Science Review |year=1985 |volume=XIX |issue=1 & 2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sim_indian-political-science-review_january-december-1985_19_1-2/page/169/mode/1up 169] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxmDAAAAMAAJ |publisher=[[Delhi University|University of Delhi]] |issn=0019-6126 |oclc=1586084 |quote=Choudhary Bharat Singh, Congress (I) nominee and Tarif Singh of Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, both ''Jats'' of Outer Delhi with rural background contested the Lok Sabha election for the first time from this constituency.}}</ref> former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader from Delhi

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<ref name="Nangia">{{cite journal |last=Nangia |first=Bimla |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harnam |title=Eighth Lok Sabha Election in Delhi: An Analysis |journal=The Indian Political Science Review |year=1985 |volume=XIX |issue=1 & 2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sim_indian-political-science-review_january-december-1985_19_1-2/page/169/mode/1up 169] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxmDAAAAMAAJ |publisher=[[Delhi University|University of Delhi]] |issn=0019-6126 |oclc=1586084 |quote=Choudhary Bharat Singh, Congress (I) nominee and Tarif Singh of Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, both ''Jats'' of Outer Delhi with rural background contested the Lok Sabha election for the first time from this constituency.}}</ref> former [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader from Delhi

* [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]],<ref name="BS16">{{cite news |title=Hooda not allowed to visit Rohtak |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hooda-not-allowed-to-visit-rohtak-116022200704_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626190112/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hooda-not-allowed-to-visit-rohtak-116022200704_1.html |archive-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=live |quote="I am a Jat. ... " Hooda said.}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Haryana]]

*[[Charan Singh]], the sixth [[Prime Minister of India]]<ref name="Metcalf">{{cite book |last1=Metcalf |first1=Barbara D. |last2=Metcalf |first2=Thomas R. |author1-link=Barbara D. Metcalf |author2-link=Thomas R. Metcalf |title=A Concise History of Modern India |year=2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-02649-0 |page=258 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7UgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA258 |quote=... Charan Singh, who as a Jat became India's first non-Brahman prime minister.}}</ref>

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* [[Darbara Singh]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Thukral|first=Gobind|date=21 October 2013 |title=Arrest of Dal Khalsa member Harsimran Singh lands Zail Singh in a tight spot|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820215-arrest-of-dal-khalsa-member-harsimran-singh-lands-zail-singh-in-a-tight-spot-771419-2013-10-21|magazine=[[India Today]]|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

*[[Daulat Ram Saran]],<ref name="Shrader1">{{cite book |last=Shrader |first=Lawrence L. |editor-last=Weiner |editor-first=Myron |editor-link=Myron Weiner |title=State Politics in India |year=2015 |orig-year=1968 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=978-1-4008-7914-4 |page=380 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VErWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA380 |chapter=Rajasthan |quote=Two Jat deputy ministers, Kamla Beniwal (Jaipur district) and Daulat Ram Saran (Churu district) announced their resignations at the same time.}}</ref> former [[Minister of Urban Development (India)|Minister of Urban Development]]

*[[Devi Lal]],<ref name="Chowdhry">{{cite journal |last=Chowdhry |first=Prem |author-link=Prem Chowdhry |editor-last=Chatterji |editor-first=Joya |editor-link=Joya Chatterji |title='First Our Jobs Then Our Girls': The Dominant Caste Perceptions on the 'Rising' Dalits |journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]] |year=2009 |volume=43 |issue=2 |page=450 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X07003010 |jstor=20488089 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |s2cid=145212783 |quote=... the two chief ministers of Haryana, Bansi Lal and Devi Lal (both Jat by caste), ... |issn=0026-749X }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Jat patriarch|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|magazine=Frontline|date=April 2001|author=Sukumar Muralidharan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315234640/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|archive-date=15 March 2014|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> former Deputy Prime Minister of India and former [[Chief Minister of Haryana]]

*[[Fateh Singh (Sikh leader)|Fateh Singh]]<ref name="Syan1">{{cite book |last=Narang |first=Amarjit Singh |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Pashaura |editor2-last=Fenech |editor2-first=Louis E. |editor1-link=Pashaura Singh (Sikh scholar) |title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies |year=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-969930-8 |page=342 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YwNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA342 |chapter=The Shiromani Akali Dal |quote=Soon the leadership of Master Tara Singh (a non-Jat urban Sikh) was replaced by that of Sant Fateh Singh, a rural Jat.}}</ref>

*[[Gian Singh Rarewala]],<ref name="Khushwant5">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |author-link=Khushwant Singh |title=A History of the Sikhs |year=2004 |volume=II: 1839–2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-567309-8 |page=283 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz9uAAAAMAAJ |quote=Gyan Singh Rarewala (b.1901), a Cheema Jat of village Rara in Patiala state, was chief minister of PEPSU; ...}}</ref> former Premier and former Chief Minister of [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] (PEPSU)

*[[Gurdial Singh Dhillon]],<ref name="Satindra" /> former two-time [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and former President of [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]

*[[Gurnam Singh]],<ref name="Dalip">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Dalip |title=Dynamics of Punjab Politics |year=1981 |publisher=Macmillan |page=269 |isbn=9780836408102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58UtAAAAMAAJ |quote=The present Congress Chief Minister (Darbara Singh) and the earlier Chief Ministers (Gurnam Singh, Lachhman Singh Gill and Parkash Singh Badal) have come from the Jat-Sikh community. |oclc=610329985}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

*[[Hanuman beniwal]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6gnJRy43ixU?si=aAatAGF4-jUJkNiE |title=जाट महासभा के मंच से Hanuman Beniwal ने दूरी क्यों रखी? {{!}} Encounter {{!}} Rajasthan Election 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=29 September 2024 |quote=I am a Jat (0:34)}}</ref> [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Nagaur, Rajasthan]]

*[[Harchand Singh Longowal]]<ref name="Deol">{{cite book |last=Deol |first=Harnik |title=Religion and Nationalism in India: The case of the Punjab |year=2000 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-20108-7 |page=183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_AMX5RI_YUC |quote=Sant Harchand Singh Longowal (1934–85) was a Jat Sikh whose induction into politics was through the religious network.}}</ref>

*[[Harcharan Singh Brar]],<ref name="Satindra">{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Satindra |title=Akali Bid For Tie-Up With Cong (I) Fails |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/akali-bid-for-tie-up-with-cong-i-fails-338286 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200620205210/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/akali-bid-for-tie-up-with-cong-i-fails-338286 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |url-status=live |quote=Mr. Zail Singh, it may be noted, is not averse to a Congress (I)-Akali electoral alliance as it would help him ward off the joint attack of three factions led by Mr. Darbara Singh, Mr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, Mr Harcharan Singh Brar – all Jats – against his supremacy in the Punjab Congress (I).}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

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*[[Harlal Singh]],<ref>{{cite journal |first=J. Richard |last=Sisson |title=Institutionalization and Style in Rajasthan politics |journal=Asian Survey |volume=6 |issue=11 |date=November 1966 |pages=605–613 |jstor=2642283 |doi=10.2307/2642283}}</ref> farmer leader of colonial India

* [[Hukam Singh (Haryana politician)|Hukam Singh]],<ref name="Damodaran">{{cite book |last=Damodaran |first=Harish |title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation |year=2008 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |doi=10.1057/9780230594128 |isbn=978-0-230-20507-9 |pages=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ |quote=Similarly, in Haryana, except for Bhagwat Dayal Sharma and Banarsi Das Gupta, whose combined tenure lasted two years, all the CMs have been Jat (Bansi Lal, Devi Lal, Om Prakash Chautala, Hukam Singh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda), Bishnoi (Bhajan Lal), or Ahir (Rao Birendra Singh).}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Haryana]]

* [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]],<ref>{{cite web |title=राजस्थान जाट महासभा कार्यक्रम में उपराष्ट्रपति उम्मीदवार Jagdeep Dhankar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNO7wnzqG0 |website=YouTube | date=19 July 2022 |quote=Self-identification between 2:56 and 3:02 |access-date=30 July 2022 |language=hi}}</ref> 14th [[Vice -President of India]], former [[Governor of West Bengal]] and [[Minister of State]], [[Government of India]]

*[[Jagdev Singh Talwandi]]<ref name="Khushwant4">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |author-link=Khushwant Singh |title=A History of the Sikhs |year=2004 |volume=II: 1839–2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-567309-8 |page=339 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz9uAAAAMAAJ |quote=Jagdev Singh, born 1927, is a Gill Jat from the village of Talwandi (District Ludhiana). ... Harchand Singh (1934–85) was a Diya Jat from the village of Gideryani (District Sangrur).}}</ref>

*[[Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri]],<ref name="Gurharpal1">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Gurharpal |title=Communism in Punjab: A Study of the Movement up to 1967 |year=1994 |publisher=Ajanta Publications |isbn=978-81-202-0403-4 |page=316 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzjlAAAAMAAJ |quote=''Lyallpuri, Jagjit Singh'' (b. 1917–). Sikh ''Jat''; Dist. Lyallpur; ...}}</ref> co-founder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and former general secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]

*[[Kamla Beniwal]],<ref name="Kamla">{{Cite news|last=Khan |first=Hamza |date=16 May 2024|title=Ex-Gujarat governor who had frequent run-ins with state govt under Narendra Modi, Kamla Beniwal no more | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/kamla-beniwal-congress-veteran-tenure-governor-run-ins-gujarat-govt-narendra-modi-dies-97-9331760/ |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> former [[Governor of Gujarat]] and former [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan]]

*[[Lachhman Singh Gill]],<ref name="Gauri">{{cite journal |last=Sharma |first=Gauri |editor-last=Sabbarwal |editor-first=Sherry |title=Mughal Wazirs as Harbingers of A Socio-Cultural and Literary Movement |journal=Research Journal Social Sciences |year=2004 |volume=12 |issue=1 |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pr_rAAAAMAAJ |publisher=[[Panjab University]] |issn=0251-348X |quote="In fact, barring Giani Zail Singh, all the other chief ministers (Justice Gurnam Singh, Lachaman Singh Gill, Prakash Singh Badal, Surjit Singh Barnala, Darbara Singh, Beant Singh, H. S. Brar, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, and Capt. Amrinder Singh) belonged to the Jat Sikh community."}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

* [[Raja Man Singh (politician)|Raja Man singh]],<ref name="Rao">{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Hitender |title=Whatever Deeg-Kumher decides, Singh will be king |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-ranchi/20131129/282291023025521 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |id={{ProQuest|1462300590}} |date=29 November 2013 |quote=It is primarily a Jat-dominated constituency and the erstwhile Jat royals Raja Man Singh, his daughter Krishnendra Kaur and Arun Singh have been winning from here for years now.}}</ref> former Indian politician and titular head of princely [[Bharatpur State]]

*[[Nathuram Mirdha]],<ref name="Shrader">{{cite book |last=Shrader |first=Lawrence L. |editor-last=Weiner |editor-first=Myron |editor-link=Myron Weiner |title=State Politics in India |year=2015 |orig-year=1968 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=978-1-4008-7914-4 |page=349 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VErWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA349 |chapter=Rajasthan |quote=Of the four other ministers who served in both periods, two were the Jat leaders—Kumbharam Arya and Nathu Ram Mirdha—and the third was ...}}</ref> former minister of [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution|Food and Civil Supplies]]

*[[Natwar Singh]],<ref name="NS">{{cite AV media |people=[[Natwar Singh]] |date=4 May 2020 |title=पूर्व विदेश मंत्री कुंवर नटवर सिंह का ऐतिहासिक उद्बोधन |trans-title= |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCbG7tZgev8 |time=1:06 and 1:08 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |via=YouTube |quote=मैं हूँ भरतपुर का जाट ...|trans-quote=I am a Jat of Bharatpur ...}}</ref> former diplomat and former [[Minister of External Affairs (India)]]

*[[Parkash Singh Badal]],<ref name="Dalip"></ref><ref name="Gauri"></ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

*[[Partap Singh Kairon]],<ref name="Tambiah">{{cite book |last=Tambiah |first=Stanley J. |author-link=Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah |title=Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia |year=1996 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |isbn=978-0-520-20642-7 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WEKZHVKZ-cC&pg=PA104 |quote=... Partap Singh Kairon, a Jat, who was Congress chief minister of Punjab ...}}</ref> former [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]

* [[Parvesh Verma]]<ref name="HT19">{{cite news |title=Lok Sabha elections 2019: In West Delhi ex-CM's son and sitting MP is in fray against Congress veteran |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-west-delhi-ex-cms-son-and-sitting-mp-is-in-fray-against-congress-veteran/story-TB9Gacrd5Ar8YQWAfO42bJ.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=11 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512084009/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-west-delhi-ex-cms-son-and-sitting-mp-is-in-fray-against-congress-veteran/story-TB9Gacrd5Ar8YQWAfO42bJ.html |archive-date=12 May 2019 |url-status=live |quote=Yes, I am a proud Jat, ...}}</ref> Indian politician

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* [[Mumtaz Jajja|Chaudhry Mumtaz Jajja]] - [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA)]]<ref name="Dawn">{{cite web|url= http://dawn.com/tag/pml-n-mpa-mumtaz-jajja/|title= Death of MPA|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130615235605/http://dawn.com/tag/pml-n-mpa-mumtaz-jajja/|archive-date= 15 June 2013}}</ref>

* [[Muhammad Rafiq Tarar]],<ref name="Niazi">{{cite news |last=Niazi |first=M. A. |title=Terms of Reference |work=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]] |id={{ProQuest|1785752136}} |date=2 May 2016 |quote=Of course, a lot of Jats are politicians. Ch Shujat Hussain has been PM, and Ch Pervez Elahi Deputy PM. Both are Jats. As is former President Rafiq Tarar. And Ashir Azeem might take heart from the DG ISPR, Lt Gen Asim Bajwa, being one too.}}</ref><ref name="ET_Aug2019"/> Ninth [[President of Pakistan]]

*[[Shahbaz Gill]],<ref name="Dawn1">{{cite news |title=Three held for egg, ink attack on Gill on LHC premises |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1612763 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210701004448/https://www.dawn.com/news/1612763 |archive-date=1 July 2021 |url-status=live |quote=However, during a post-hearing media talk, Gill said he was a Jatt and would retaliate with more force.}}</ref><ref name="PK">{{cite AV media |people=[[Shahbaz Gill]] |date=15 March 2021 |title=Shahbaz Gill talk |trans-title= |language=Punjabi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=994AokgDGi8 |publisher=[[Samaa TV]] |time=2:15 and 2:20 |time-caption=Self-identification occurs between |via=YouTube |quote= |trans-quote=}}</ref> Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan▼

* [[Sikandar Hayat Khan]],<ref name="Gandhi1">{{cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Rajmohan |author-link=Rajmohan Gandhi |title=Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten |year=2013 |publisher=[[Aleph Book Company]] |isbn=978-9-38-227758-3 |page=310 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhYwnwEACAAJ |quote=The Unionists chose Sikander Hayat to succeed Fazl as their leader. A Khattar Jat from Wah, Sikander was a son of the Muhammad Hayat who had served as Nicholson’s aide in 1857 before rising in the ranks of Punjab’s rural gentry.}}</ref> former [[Premier of the Punjab]]

* [[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan]], 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/sir-muhammad-zafarullah-khan-allama-iqbal-london-1930s/|title = Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan & Allama Iqbal, London, 1930s|date = 10 November 2017}}</ref>

▲*[[Shahbaz Gill]],<ref name="Dawn1">{{cite news |title=Three held for egg, ink attack on Gill on LHC premises |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1612763 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210701004448/https://www.dawn.com/news/1612763 |archive-date=1 July 2021 |url-status=live |quote=However, during a post-hearing media talk, Gill said he was a Jatt and would retaliate with more force.}}</ref><ref name="PK">{{cite AV media |people=[[Shahbaz Gill]] |date=15 March 2021 |title=Shahbaz Gill talk |trans-title= |language=Punjabi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=994AokgDGi8 |publisher=[[Samaa TV]] |time=2:15 and 2:20 |time-caption=Self-identification occurs between |via=YouTube |quote= |trans-quote=}}</ref> Chief of Staff of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan

*[[Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Philip E. |title=The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-579966-8 |page=345 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xliNAAAAMAAJ |quote=In the contest, Nawabzada Asghar Ali (MLA, 1943-1956; MWPA, 1965), the traditional head of the Gujjar Tribes, and QML candidate, was defeated by Chaudhury Zahur Illahi of the CML. The latter is a Waraich Jat by social background and a prominent industrialist by occupation.}}</ref>

===USA===

*[[Nikki Haley]],<ref name ="Nikki">{{cite news | title=Want to open doors for Punjab Inc: South Carolina governor Nikki Haley |date= 14 November 2014 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/want-to-open-doors-for-punjab-inc-south-carolina-governor-nikki-haley/articleshow/45141760.cms |work= [[The Times of India]] |quote=I am proud to be part of Jat Sikh family }}</ref> former [[Governor of South Carolina]]

== Social reformers ==

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*[[Chhelu Ram]], recipient of [[Victoria Cross]]<ref name="Abhyankar">{{cite book |last=Abhyankar |first=M. G. |title=The Rajputana Rifles: A History of the Regiment, 1775–1947 |year=1961 |publisher=[[Orient Blackswan|Orient Longmans]] |oclc=602513424 |page=354 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otigAAAAMAAJ |quote=... Chhelu Ram who had been mortally wounded at the crisis of the fighting. ... For unparalleled courage and leadership, this Jat from Dhenod Village, Bhiwani, Hissar District earned for his Battalion the second 'Victoria Cross' of the war.}}</ref>

*[[Gian Singh (soldier)|Gian Singh]], recipient of [[Victoria Cross]]<ref name="Hickey">{{cite book |last=Hickey |first=Michael |title=The Unforgettable Army: Slim's XIVth Army in Burma |year=1992 |publisher=[[The History Press|Spellmount]] |isbn=978-1-873376-10-2 |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsA3s1zzG04C |quote=Naik GIAN SINGH, 4/15th Punjab Regiment (Jat Sikh)}}</ref>

*[[Harbaksh Singh|Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh]],<ref name="KSVirk">{{cite magazine |last=Virk |first=Kulwant Singh |author-link= |date=11 April 1976 |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Khushwant |editor-link=Khushwant Singh |title=Peasant Communities of Punjab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Wg6AQAAIAAJ |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |publication-date= |volume=97 |issue=15 |page=19 |quote=The Jats of Punjab have produced many men of renown. One of the most illustrious was Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839). ... In the Services are former Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh and Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh who played a major role in the 1965 War. Nirmaljit Singh won the first Param Vir Chakra for the IAF.}}</ref> recipient of The [[Vir Chakra]] and The [[Padma Vibhushan]]

*[[Hoshiar Singh Dahiya]], recipient of [[Param Vir Chakra ]]<ref name="Praval">{{cite book |last=Praval |first=K. C. |title=Indian Army After Independence |year=1987 |publisher=Lancer International |isbn=978-81-7062-014-3 |page=513 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rl8sAAAAIAAJ |quote=A Jat from the Sisana village in Rohtak district, Hoshiar Singh was in command of the left forward company of his battalion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tripathi |first1=Vineet |title=कर्नल होशियार सिंह की पत्नी को देखते ही राजनाथ सिंह ने छुए पैर, 1971 भारत-पाक युद्ध में खून से लथपथ होने के बावजूद थामी थी मशीनगन |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/rajnath-singh-touched-the-feet-of-wife-of-decorated-with-param-vir-chakra-colonel-hoshiar-singh-dahiya/articleshow/88285768.cms |access-date=11 July 2022 |work=Navbharat Times |date=15 December 2021 |language=hi}}</ref>

*[[Kanwar Pal Singh Gill]]<ref name="Marwah">{{cite book |last=Marwah |first=Ved |editor1-last=Ganguly |editor1-first=Sumit |editor2-last=Fidler |editor2-first=David P. |editor1-link=Sumit Ganguly |title=India and Counterinsurgency: Lessons learned |year=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-49103-7 |doi=10.4324/9780203879207 |page=101 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKl5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 |chapter=India's counterinsurgency campaign in Punjab |quote=... these circumstances changed when command was given to J. F. Ribeiro and K. P. S. Gill, both known for their courage and leadership. The fact that Gill was a Jat Sikh was an added advantage because the Jat Sikhs were leading the insurgency in Punjab.}}</ref>

*[[Khem Karan Singh|Lt GeneralGen Khem Karan Singh]], recipient of [[Mahavir Chakra]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 October 2018|title=Lt Gen Khem Karan Singh:An outstanding military leader|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryanatribune/lt-gen-khem-karan-singh-an-outstanding-military-leader-670659|work=The Tribune|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

*[[Mohan Singh (general)|Mohan Singh]],<ref name="Khushwant">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Khushwant |author-link=Khushwant Singh |title=A History of the Sikhs |year=2004 |volume=II: 1839–2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-567309-8 |page=243 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz9uAAAAMAAJ |quote=Mohan Singh (b.1909) of village Ugoke (Sialkot district), a Jat of Ghuman sub-caste, joined the army in 1927 as a common sepoy.}}</ref> founder and General of the [[First Indian National Army]]

*[[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]], recipient of [[Param Vir Chakra]]<ref name="KSVirk">{{cite magazine |last=Virk |first=Kulwant Singh |author-link= |date=11 April 1976 |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Khushwant |editor-link=Khushwant Singh |title=Peasant Communities of Punjab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Wg6AQAAIAAJ |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |publication-date= |volume=97 |issue=15 |page=19 |quote=The Jats of Punjab have produced many men of renown. One of the most illustrious was Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839). ... In the Services are former Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh and Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh who played a major role in the 1965 War. Nirmaljit Singh won the first Param Vir Chakra for the IAF.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Indo-Pak War 1971|date=4 January 2013|url=https://www.sankalpindia.net/indo-pak-war-1971|work=[[Sankalp India Foundation]]|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

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== Sports ==

[[File:Vijendersingh2.jpg|thumb|150px|Boxer [[Vijender Singh]]]]▼

[[File:YUVRAJVirender SINGHSehwag JPGat the NDTV Marks for Sports event 13.jpg|thumb|150px|[[YuvrajVirendra SinghSehwag]], former cricketer ]]

[[File:Bajrang Punia receiving Arjuna Award-2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Bajrang Punia]], Indian freestyle wrestler]]

* [[Avneet Sidhu]]<ref name="IE20">{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Nitin |title=Row over Moosewala: Singers should not promote gun culture, says Olympic shooter |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/row-over-moosewala-singers-should-not-promote-gun-culture-says-shooting-olympian-6512543/ |work=The Indian Express |date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719195118/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/row-over-moosewala-singers-should-not-promote-gun-culture-says-shooting-olympian-6512543/ |archive-date=19 July 2020 |url-status=live |quote=I am Jatt Sikh and I am proud of my heritage.}}</ref> Indian [[shooting sports|sport shooter]]

[[File:SHIKHAR DHAWAN (16005494418).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Shikhar Dhawan]], Indian cricketer]]

* [[Babita Kumari]], Indian wrestler and World Championships bronze medallist<ref name="Geeta">{{cite AV media |people=[[Babita Kumari]] |date= 19 September 2018 |title=जाट गौरव मार्च में आज बबिता फोगाट अपनी बात रखते हुये । Babita Phogat In Jat Gaurav March । Jat rally |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YOf8JAgZI |archive-url= |archive-date= |time=1:12 and 1:17 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher= |via=YouTube |quote=... हमारी जो जाट कौम है वो लड़कियों के बारे में ध्यान जरूर दे ...|trans-quote=... our Jat community must pay attention to the girls ...}}</ref>▼

▲[[File:Vijendersingh2YUVRAJ SINGH JPG.jpg|thumb|150px|Boxer [[VijenderYuvraj Singh]], former cricketer]]

* [[Bajrang Punia]], Olympic bronze medal winner<ref>{{cite tweet |user=BajrangPunia |title=अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जाट दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं । मुझे गर्व है मेरे समाज पर जो बुलंदियों को छू रहा है । मैं इस अवसर पर समाज के युवाओं को बुराईयों से बचते हुए आगे बढ़ने का आह्वान करता हूं ।जय जाट🇮🇳🙏🏻🇮🇳 |number=1249562709839851526 |access-date=11 July 2022 |date=13 April 2020}}</ref>▼

* [[Balbir Singh Sr.]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shekhar |date=25 February 2014 |title=Astro turf is very good for Indian Hockey|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/astro-turf-is-very-good-for-indian-hockey-its-just-an-excuse-that-india-has-suffered-because-of-it-its-all-gallery-show/ |work=[[Indian Express]] |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> Indian Hockey Player▼

=== India ===

* [[Balwinder Sandhu]]<ref name="Saraswat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/yuvraj-is-a-gift-from-god-yograj-singh-19925 |title=Yuvraj is a gift from God: Yograj Singh |date=21 November 2012 |website=CricketCountry.com |publisher=[[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200603042502/https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/yuvraj-is-a-gift-from-god-yograj-singh-19925 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |quote=Former India medium-pacer Balwinder Singh Sandhu cracked a few jokes. “... You see, he is a Jat and so am I.}}</ref> former Indian cricketer

* [[ChandgiAvneet RamSidhu]],<ref name="Selvaraj15IE20">{{cite news |last=SelvarajSharma |first=JonathanNitin |title=WhoRow wantsover toMoosewala: Singers should not promote gun culture, fightsays thisOlympic girl?shooter |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestylecities/life-stylechandigarh/divyarow-over-moosewala-singers-should-not-promote-kakrangun-indianculture-womansays-kushtishooting-dangalolympian-wrestler6512543/ |work=The Indian Express |date=1419 DecemberJuly 20152020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015121520521720200719195118/httphttps://indianexpress.com:80/article/lifestylecities/life-stylechandigarh/divyarow-kakranover-indianmoosewala-womansingers-kushtishould-dangalnot-wrestlerpromote-gun-culture-says-shooting-olympian-6512543/ |archive-date=1519 DecemberJuly 20152020 |url-status=live |quote=GuruI Chandgiam RamJatt Sikh and MahavirI Phogatam had the advantageproud of beingmy in positions of powerheritage.}}</ref> ...Indian And[[shooting theysports|sport wereshooter]] bothand Jats,gold whomedalist hadat a[[2006 sayCommonwealth in the ''khap''.}}</ref>Games]]

▲* [[Babita Kumari Phogat]], Indian wrestler and Worldgold Championshipsmedalist bronzeat medallist[[2014 Commonwealth Games]]<ref name="Geeta">{{cite AV media |people=[[Babita Kumari]] |date= 19 September 2018 |title=जाट गौरव मार्च में आज बबिता फोगाट अपनी बात रखते हुये । Babita Phogat In Jat Gaurav March । Jat rally |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YOf8JAgZI |archive-url= |archive-date= |time=1:12 and 1:17 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher= |via=YouTube |quote=... हमारी जो जाट कौम है वो लड़कियों के बारे में ध्यान जरूर दे ...|trans-quote=... our Jat community must pay attention to the girls ...}}</ref>

*[[Chandro Tomar]],<ref name="Devesh">{{cite magazine |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |date=24 July 2020 |title=Movie Review: Saand Ki Aankh |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-saand-ki-aankh-36871.html |url-access= |url-status=live |magazine=[[Filmfare]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210430130747/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-saand-ki-aankh-36871.html |archive-date=30 April 2021 |quote=The lives of 'revolver dadis' Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar is proof enough of that. ... Coming from a patriarchal jat family, their accomplishments paved the way for women in and around Baghpat to take up the sport.}}</ref><ref name="TBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/98987/shooter-dadi-chanro-tomar-shooting-uttar-pradesh/ |title=Shooter Dadi: The Story of an Octogenarian Who's Breaking All Barriers With Her Awesome Aim |last=Raja |first=Vidya |date=4 May 2017 |website=[[The Better India]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509015757/http://www.thebetterindia.com/98987/shooter-dadi-chanro-tomar-shooting-uttar-pradesh/ |archive-date=9 May 2017 |quote="I am illiterate and belong to a typical Jat joint family ..."}}</ref>▼

▲* [[Bajrang Punia]], Olympic bronze medalmedalist in Olympics and gold medalist at Asian games and Commonwealth Games winner<ref>{{cite tweet |user=BajrangPunia |title=अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जाट दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं । मुझे गर्व है मेरे समाज पर जो बुलंदियों को छू रहा है । मैं इस अवसर पर समाज के युवाओं को बुराईयों से बचते हुए आगे बढ़ने का आह्वान करता हूं ।जय जाट🇮🇳🙏🏻🇮🇳 |number=1249562709839851526 |access-date=11 July 2022 |date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

* [[Deepa Malik]],<ref name="IE17">{{cite news |title=Paralympic Deepa Malik appeals to Jats to protest peacefully |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/paralympic-deepa-malik-appeals-to-jats-to-protest-peacefully-4532991/ |work=The Indian Express |agency=PTI |date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222081535/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/paralympic-deepa-malik-appeals-to-jats-to-protest-peacefully-4532991/ |archive-date=22 February 2017 |url-status=live |quote=Being a Jat myself, ...}}</ref> Paralympic Silver medal winner▼

▲* [[Balbir Singh Sr.]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shekhar |date=25 February 2014 |title=Astro turf is very good for Indian Hockey|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/astro-turf-is-very-good-for-indian-hockey-its-just-an-excuse-that-india-has-suffered-because-of-it-its-all-gallery-show/ |work=[[Indian Express]] |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist

* [[Krishna Poonia]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Koshie|first1=Nihal|title=All Jats Night: Discus trio make history|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|access-date=29 June 2016|work=[[Indian Express]]|date=12 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321091119/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> discus thrower and track and field athlete<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018-krishna-punia-congress-electoral-triumph-same-as-winning-gold-1953688|website=NDTV.com|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>▼

* [[MontyBalwinder PanesarSandhu]]<ref name="PanesarSaraswat">{{cite news |title=Being a Jatt, I couldn't talk about my mental troubles: Montyweb |url=https://www.tribuneindiacricketcountry.com/news/sports/beingyuvraj-is-a-jattgift-ifrom-couldn%E2%80%99tgod-talkyograj-aboutsingh-my-mental-troubles-monty-1128019925 |worktitle=[[TheYuvraj Tribuneis a gift from God: Yograj Singh (Chandigarh)|Thedate=21 Tribune]]November 2012 |agencywebsite=PTICricketCountry.com |datepublisher=15[[Zee DecemberEntertainment 2019Enterprises]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/webtoday/2020073121395520200603042502/https://www.tribuneindiacricketcountry.com/news/sports/beingyuvraj-is-a-jatt-i-couldn%E2%80%99t-talk-aboutgift-myfrom-mentalgod-troublesyograj-montysingh-1128019925 |archive-date=313 JulyJune 2020 |url-status=live |quote=OnFormer topIndia ofmedium-pacer thatBalwinder ISingh wasSandhu Punjabicracked a few jokes. “... You see, he is a JattJat and so am I.}}</ref> former EnglandIndian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India

*[[Chandgi Ram]],<ref name="Selvaraj15">{{cite news |last=Selvaraj |first=Jonathan |title=Who wants to fight this girl? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/divya-kakran-indian-woman-kushti-dangal-wrestler/ |work=The Indian Express |date=14 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215205217/http://indianexpress.com:80/article/lifestyle/life-style/divya-kakran-indian-woman-kushti-dangal-wrestler |archive-date=15 December 2015 |url-status=live |quote=Guru Chandgi Ram and Mahavir Phogat had the advantage of being in positions of power. ... And they were both Jats, who had a say in the ''khap''.}}</ref> Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Asian games]]

* [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<ref name="SET">{{cite AV media |people=[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] |date=26 March 2017 |title=Taapsee Pannu and Manoj Bajpayee speak about 'Naam Shabana' - The Kapil Sharma Show - 25th Mar, 2017 |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVqDFfVOLA |time=0:37 and 0:41 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher=[[Sony Entertainment Television]] |via=YouTube |quote=तुम्हें पता नहीं है ये जाट है, जैसे मैं जाट हूँ ... |trans-quote=You don't know she is Jat, like I am Jat...}}</ref><ref name="Rataul">{{cite news |last=Rataul |first=Dharmendra |title=With development as poll pitch, he pulls crowds with Sidhuisms |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/with-development-as-poll-pitch-he-pulls-crowds-with-sidhuisms/454069/0 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 May 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201011210907/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/with-development-as-poll-pitch-he-pulls-crowds-with-sidhuisms/454069/0 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |url-status=live |quote="No if, no but, it's only Jat" — this dialogue from Jo Bole So Nihal comes in handy for BJP's sitting MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who hastens to add "and vote for this Jat" while campaigning in his constituency.}}</ref> former Indian cricketer▼

▲*[[Chandro Tomar]],<ref name="Devesh">{{cite magazine |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |date=24 July 2020 |title=Movie Review: Saand Ki Aankh |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-saand-ki-aankh-36871.html |url-access= |url-status=live |magazine=[[Filmfare]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210430130747/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-saand-ki-aankh-36871.html |archive-date=30 April 2021 |quote=The lives of 'revolver dadis' Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar is proof enough of that. ... Coming from a patriarchal jat family, their accomplishments paved the way for women in and around Baghpat to take up the sport.}}</ref><ref name="TBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/98987/shooter-dadi-chanro-tomar-shooting-uttar-pradesh/ |title=Shooter Dadi: The Story of an Octogenarian Who's Breaking All Barriers With Her Awesome Aim |last=Raja |first=Vidya |date=4 May 2017 |website=[[The Better India]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509015757/http://www.thebetterindia.com/98987/shooter-dadi-chanro-tomar-shooting-uttar-pradesh/ |archive-date=9 May 2017 |quote="I am illiterate and belong to a typical Jat joint family ..."}}</ref> oldest women sharpshooter in the world

* [[Pargat Singh]]<ref name="Salam">{{cite news |last=Salam |first=Ziya Us |author-link=Ziya Us Salam |title=Pargat Singh: 'Anti-Congress vote will be divided' |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/interview-pargat-singh-anti-congress-vote-will-be-divided-in-punjab-assembly-elections-2022/article38323568.ece |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210154/https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/interview-pargat-singh-anti-congress-vote-will-be-divided-in-punjab-assembly-elections-2022/article38323568.ece |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |quote=I am a Jat Sikh ...}}</ref> former Indian hockey player▼

▲* [[Deepa Malik]],<ref name="IE17">{{cite news |title=Paralympic Deepa Malik appeals to Jats to protest peacefully |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/paralympic-deepa-malik-appeals-to-jats-to-protest-peacefully-4532991/ |work=The Indian Express |agency=PTI |date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222081535/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/paralympic-deepa-malik-appeals-to-jats-to-protest-peacefully-4532991/ |archive-date=22 February 2017 |url-status=live |quote=Being a Jat myself, ...}}</ref> Paralympicfirst SilverIndian woman to win a medal winnerin [[Paralympic Games]]

▲* [[Krishna Poonia]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Koshie|first1=Nihal|title=All Jats Night: Discus trio make history|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|access-date=29 June 2016|work=[[Indian Express]]|date=12 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321091119/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/all-jats-night-discus-trio-make-history/696038/0|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> discusgold throwermedalist andat track2010 Commonwealth Games and fieldPadma Shri athleterecipient<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electoral Triumph Same As Winning Gold: Congress Candidate Krishna Punia|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018-krishna-punia-congress-electoral-triumph-same-as-winning-gold-1953688|website=NDTV.com|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>

* [[Monty Panesar]]<ref name="Panesar">{{cite news |title=Being a Jatt, I couldn't talk about my mental troubles: Monty |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/being-a-jatt-i-couldn%E2%80%99t-talk-about-my-mental-troubles-monty-11280 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |agency=PTI |date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731213955/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/being-a-jatt-i-couldn%E2%80%99t-talk-about-my-mental-troubles-monty-11280 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |url-status=live |quote=On top of that I was Punjabi, a Jatt.}}</ref> former English international cricketer

▲* [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<ref name="SET">{{cite AV media |people=[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] |date=26 March 2017 |title=Taapsee Pannu and Manoj Bajpayee speak about 'Naam Shabana' - The Kapil Sharma Show - 25th Mar, 2017 |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJVqDFfVOLA |time=0:37 and 0:41 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher=[[Sony Entertainment Television]] |via=YouTube |quote=तुम्हें पता नहीं है ये जाट है, जैसे मैं जाट हूँ ... |trans-quote=You don't know she is Jat, like I am Jat...}}</ref><ref name="Rataul">{{cite news |last=Rataul |first=Dharmendra |title=With development as poll pitch, he pulls crowds with Sidhuisms |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/with-development-as-poll-pitch-he-pulls-crowds-with-sidhuisms/454069/0 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 May 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201011210907/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/with-development-as-poll-pitch-he-pulls-crowds-with-sidhuisms/454069/0 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |url-status=live |quote="No if, no but, it's only Jat" — this dialogue from Jo Bole So Nihal comes in handy for BJP's sitting MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who hastens to add "and vote for this Jat" while campaigning in his constituency.}}</ref> former Indian cricketer and former member of the Parliament

▲* [[Pargat Singh]]<ref name="Salam">{{cite news |last=Salam |first=Ziya Us |author-link=Ziya Us Salam |title=Pargat Singh: 'Anti-Congress vote will be divided' |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/interview-pargat-singh-anti-congress-vote-will-be-divided-in-punjab-assembly-elections-2022/article38323568.ece |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509210154/https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/interview-pargat-singh-anti-congress-vote-will-be-divided-in-punjab-assembly-elections-2022/article38323568.ece |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |quote=I am a Jat Sikh ...}}</ref> former Indiancaptain of [[India men's national field hockey playerteam]]

* [[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]]<ref name="PK1">{{cite AV media |people=[[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]] |date=28 December 2019 |title=जाट होने पर गर्व है - प्रवीन कुमार |trans-title=Proud to be Jat - Praveen Kumar |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6mh-SjVQ_0 |time=0:03 and 0:05 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |via=YouTube |quote=मुझे गर्व है मैं जाट हूँ। |trans-quote=I am proud to be Jat.}}</ref> former Indian cricketer

* [[Savita Punia]]<ref name="Saraswat1">{{cite news |last=Saraswat |first=Akshay |title=This Jat girl, Savita, isn't going to let anything overawe her, whether in life or hockey field! |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/exclusive-this-jat-girl-savita-isnt-going-let-anything-overawe-her-whether-life-hockey-802991 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807000021/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/exclusive-this-jat-girl-savita-isnt-going-let-anything-overawe-her-whether-life-hockey-802991 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |quote=Since Mamta Kharab is a Jat and I am also a Jat, she was talked about in our house. |url-status=live}}</ref> Indian hockey player

* [[Shikhar Dhawan]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite tweet |user=SDhawan25 |author-link=Shikhar Dhawan |title=Keda jamm pya surma, jeda jatt di charat nu roke. #BeingAJatt |number=626004255476838400 |date=28 July 2015 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Ugra">{{cite web |last=Ugra |first=Sharda |title='I didn't feel I rushed things' - Dhawan |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/i-didn-t-feel-i-rushed-things-shikhar-dhawan-625393 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220227205340/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/i-didn-t-feel-i-rushed-things-shikhar-dhawan-625393 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |date=16 March 2013 |quote=Dhawan's nickname amongst his peers is Jaat-jee, which comes from his Jaat heritage. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Aasheesh">{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Aasheesh |title=How Sufi music helps Shikhar Dhawan find his groove |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/how-sufi-music-helps-shikhar-dhawan-find-his-groove/story-1jmavtA1Dv45iMLgUKqvYL.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613033759/http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/how-sufi-music-helps-shikhar-dhawan-find-his-groove/story-1jmavtA1Dv45iMLgUKqvYL.html |archive-date=13 June 2016 |url-status=live |quote=If it wasn’t for destiny, how could the Jatt-Sikh batsman from Janak Puri have ended up married to an Anglo-Indian kickboxing instructor from Melbourne?}}</ref>

* [[Vijender Singh]], Olympic bronze medalmedalist at 2008 winnerOlympics<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/Vijender-doesnt-think-Mallika-hot/articleshow/4666918.cms|title='Vijender doesn't think Mallika hot |last=Dasgupta |first=Piyali |date=18 June 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|access-date=4 May 2019 |quote={{translation|..And most importantly, she ([[Mallika Sherawat]]) is also a Jat!..}}}}</ref>

* [[Virender Sehwag]], former Indian cricketer<ref name="HT City">{{bulleted |1={{Cite tweet |author=HT City |author-link=Hindustan Times |user=htcity |number=438212835294707712 |date=25 February 2014 |title=I am proud to be a Jat and an Indian: Sehwag in conversation with @sonalkalra |access-date= |link= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924192158/https://twitter.com/htcity/status/438212835294707712 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |quote=}} |2={{cite news |title=Virender Sehwag Appeals To Jat Agitators, Calls For Peaceful Solution |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/virender-sehwag-appeals-to-jat-agitators-calls-for-peaceful-solution-1486873 |access-date=29 September 2022 |work=[[NDTV]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=21 February 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220929002620/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/virender-sehwag-appeals-to-jat-agitators-calls-for-peaceful-solution-1486873 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |url-status=live |quote="I appeal to all my brothers to give up violence and present their demands in a constitutional manner. We are saviours, not destroyers," Sehwag, who is himself a jat, tweeted.}} }}</ref>

* [[Yuvraj Singh]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Avinash |title=Jat quota stir: Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh appeal agitators to shun violence |url=https://www.mykhel.com/cricket/jat-quota-stir-virender-sehwag-yuvraj-singh-appeal-agitators-005154.html?story=1 |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=Mykhel.com |date=3 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref> former Indian cricketer

=== Pakistan ===

* [[Arshad Nadeem]], gold medalist at [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympics]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= 14 August 2024|title=Arshad Nadeem Interview |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/UNITEDJATFRONT/comments/1erwbv7/proof_here_arshad_nadeem_caste_name_he_clarified/ |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tamta |first=Prashant |date=6 August 2024 |title=Who is Arshad Nadeem, the main challenger of Neeraj Chopra in Paris Olympics? |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-who-is-arshad-nadeem-the-main-challenger-of-neeraj-chopra-in-paris-olympics-2024-pakistani-javelin-thrower-3100695 |work=DNA |access-date=16 August 2024 |quote=Born into a Punjabi Jat family in Pakistan's Punjab, he is the third-oldest among eight siblings. Nadeem made his debut at the Olympics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were held in 2021. }}</ref>

==Cinema and television==

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== Singers ==

[[File:Mohammed Rafi 2016 postcard of India crop-flip.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Mohammed Rafi]]]]

[[File:Diljit Dosanjh grace the media meet of Phillauri 4 (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Diljit Dosanjh]]]]

[[File:Sidhu Moose Wala during the shooting of his film Moosa Jatt (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Sidhu Moose Wala]]]]

* [[Diljit Dosanjh]], Indian Punjabi-language singer<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=diljitdosanjh |author-link=Diljit Dosanjh |title=Vaise Tan I dnt Believe Jaat Paat But .. WT**** ... Mai Backward Ho Geyan 😳😳😳😳😳😳 |number=441139972847177728 |date=5 March 2014 |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>

* [[Labh Janjua]], Indian Punjabi-language singer<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chaudhary|first=Swati R|date=29 July 2008|title='I wasn't aware of the politics in IIFA'|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jul/29labh.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

* [[Mohammed Rafi]], Indian playback singer and musician<ref>{{Citation |title=Mohd.Rafi's son Shahid Rafi: "Kishore Kumar used to respect my father, they were very…" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dyITjhs8g |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | date=24 December 2021 |access-date=19 July 2022 |quote=See 23:20 to 23:30}}</ref>

* [[Sidhu Moose Wala]], Indian Punjabi-language singer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Happy |first1=Harinder |last2=Mogha |first2=Shivam |title=How Sidhu Moose Wala's celebration of rural life won him legions of fans in Punjab – and far beyond |url=https://scroll.in/article/1025431/how-sidhu-moose-walas-celebration-of-rural-life-won-him-legions-of-fans-in-punjab-and-far-beyond |access-date=11 July 2022 |work=Scroll.in |date=4 June 2022}}</ref>

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==Others==

*[[Abdus Salam]],<ref name="Abdus">{{cite web |people=[[Abdus Salam]] | title=Dr. Abdus Salam: The Coffee House of Lahore By K K Aziz |language=English |url=https://www.sangatreview.org/blog/2016/08/17/dr-abdus-salam-coffee-house-lahore-k-k-aziz/ | quote=Salam was the son of Chaudhri Muhammad Husain, a schoolteacher of Jhang and Hajirah who belonged to Faizullah Chak near Batala Muhammad Husain was a jat and Hajirah a Kakkezai.|work=Sangat Review}}</ref>Pakistani theoretical physicist who won Nobel Prize in physics for his [[Electroweak interaction|electroweak unification theory]]

*[[Anubhav Singh Bassi]]<ref name="Bassi">{{cite AV media |people=[[Anubhav Singh Bassi]] |date=13 June 2019 |title=Waxing - Stand Up Comedy ft. Anubhav Singh Bassi |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z12bz7adLKI |time=0:04 and 0:05 |time-caption=Comment occurs between |publisher= |via=YouTube |quote=... मैं मेरठ से हूँ और जाट हूँ ...|trans-quote=... I am from Meerut and am a Jat ...}}</ref> Indian comedian

*[[Dhruv Rathee]]<ref name="Rathee">{{cite AV media |people=[[Dhruv Rathee]] |date=17 May 2017 |title=Who is Dhruv Rathee? । Q&A । Indian Journalism and Climate Change |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIsr4EZeuU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210113904/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIsr4EZeuU |archive-date=10 February 2022 |url-status=live |time=0:25 and 0:28 |time-caption=Comments occur between |publisher= |via=[[YouTube]] |quote=... मैं 100% हरियाणवी जाट हूँ। |trans-quote=... I am 100% Haryanvi Jat.}}</ref> Indian YouTuber