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Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are people who have an Indian citizenship legally, but do not live in India. Therefore, this list does not include persons of Indian origin who are legal citizens of a foreign power or their country of residence for naturalization. [Citation needed]

Arts & Entertainment

• Deepa Mehta - film director (Bollywood / Hollywood, Fire, Water)
• Lisa Ray - Bollywood actress (Bollywood / Hollywood, Water)
• Russell Peters - Comedian
• Raghav R & B / desi singer
• Ashwin Sood - drummer (and husband of) Sarah McLachlan
• Ruby Bhatia - VJ and television host * Sanjay Mishra - Guitarist registration of a blue note Incantation with Jerry Garcia

[Edit] Literature and media

• Anita Rau Badami - novelist
• Shauna Singh Baldwin - novelist
• Monika Deol - former MuchMusic host and news anchor CIVT
• Tara Singh Hayer - newspaper publisher
• Rohinton Mistry - novelist
• Ajmer Rode - poet and playwright
• Haroon Siddiqui - reporter, editor and columnist
• Priscilla Uppal - novelist and poet
• MG Vassanji - novelist (of Indian origin, although born and raised in Kenya)
• Sarika Sehgal-CBC journalist Canadian broadcasting

[Edit] Politics

• Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA

• Bains - founder and leader of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada from 1970-1997
• Harry Bains - British Columbia NDP MP
• Navdeep Bains - Liberal MP
• Gulzar Singh Cheema - Manitoba and MLA in British Columbia
• Raj Chouhan - British Columbia NDP MP
• Herb Dhaliwal - Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian minister
• Ruby Dhalla - Liberal MP
• Vic Dhillon - Ontario Liberal MPP
• Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia, the first Indo-Canadian premier, former federal Minister of Health, and current National Defence spokesman
• Raminder Gill - former Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPP and federal Conservative candidate
• Gurmant Grewal - former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Nina Grewal - Conservative MP, half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Bidhu Jha - Manitoba NDP MLA
• Kuldip Singh Kular - Ontario Liberal MPP
• Harry Lali - BC NDP MLA
• Gurbax Singh Malhi - Liberal MP
• Rob Nijjar - former Liberal MP in British Columbia
• Moe Sihota - former NDP MP in British Columbia and television host
• Deepak Obhrai - Conservative MP from Alberta
• Raj Pannu - former leader of the Alberta New Democrats, the leader of the first Indo-Canadian political party
• Shiraz Shariff - Progressive Conservative MP from Alberta
• Jaggi Singh - anti-globalization activist
• - Harinder Takhar Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transport
• Murad Velshi - former Ontario Liberal MP

[Edit] Sports

• Joseph Harris Cricket
• Manny Malhotra - Plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL
• Cricket Ashish Patel
• Jitendra Patel Cricket
• Emanuel Sandhu - figure skater
• Brandon Chillar

[Edit academics] and researchers

• Ram Murty, Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University
• CR Rao, Eberly Professor Emeritus, Penn State University, winner of the national team.