Cheema (surname)
Cheema (also spelled Chima) is a Punjabi Jat clan and surname in Pakistan and India.[1][2]
Cheemas were historically recorded among the tribes of the Rachna Doab.[3]
Notable people
Pakistan
- Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge, politician, Acting President of Pakistan
- Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer
- Amir Cheema (c.1978 – 2006), Pakistani who assaulted an editor over Muhammad's cartoons
- Anwar Ali Cheema, Member, National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan (1985 to 2013) from Sargodha District
- Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, Pakistani politician
- Iftikhar Cheema, judge and politician
- Nisar Ahmed Cheema, Pakistani politician, MNA and former DG Punjab Health Services
- Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Pakistani politician, ex-Punjab Governor
- Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (1940–2019), Pakistani scholar of international relations and strategic studies
- Saifullah Cheema, Pakistani military officer and politician
- Shafqat Cheema, Pakistani film actor and director
- Sultan Ahmed Cheema (1908–1990), ophthalmologist who established the Cheema Hospital in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan
- Tariq Bashir Cheema, former Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District[4]
- Umar Cheema, Pakistani journalist
India
- Amrik Singh Cheema (1918–1982), Indian civil servant
- Amrita Cheema, Indian journalist working in India, Germany, Australia
- Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989), Indian alpinist, first Indian to climb Mount Everest
- Balli Singh Cheema, Indian politician
- Daljit Singh Cheema, Indian politician
- Jaspinder Cheema, Indian actress and model
- Navtej Singh Cheema, Indian politician
- Neena Cheema, Indian TV and film actress
- Palwinder Singh Cheema, Indian wrestler
- Paul Cheema Singh, Indian sports shooter
- Sajjan Singh Cheema (born 1957), Indian basketball player
- Sarbjit Cheema, Indian singer and actor
- Surinder Pal Singh Cheema, Indian Navy admiral
Canada
- Gulzar Singh Cheema (born 1954), Indian-born Canadian physician and politician
- Ranjit Cheema (died 2012), Indian-Canadian gangster and drug trader
- Rizwan Cheema (born 1978), Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
United Kingdom
- Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (born 1966), first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom
See also
References
- ↑ Jones, P.E. (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. Oxford University Press. pp. 366–367. ISBN 978-0-19-579966-8.
- ↑ Gupta, Hari Ram (1999). History of the Sikhs: Evolution of Sikh confederacies, 1708–1769. p. 232. ISBN 978-81-215-0248-1.
- ↑ Grewal, J.S.; Banga, I. (1997). Five Punjabi Centuries: Policy, Economy, Society, and Culture, C. 1500-1990 : Essays for J.S. Grewal. Manohar. p. 408. ISBN 978-81-7304-175-4 – via University of Michigan Library (digitized 3 September 2008).
In the Rachna Doab there were Jat clans like Chhinna, Bajwa, Cheema, and Chattha...
- ↑ "Why Cheema ditched PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)". Dawn newspaper. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.