List of converts to Sikhism

The religion of Sikhism emerged in the context of medieval India, where many Hindus and Muslims of the Punjab region became Sikhs through conversion. [1] The original Sikhs were thus all converts, with the first one being Bhai Mardana, a former Muslim.[2]

This is a list of converts to Sikhism.

• Bhai Mardana, the first Sikh, was a convert from Islam.[3]
• Alexandra Aitken - actress and daughter of former British cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken.[4]
• Vic Briggs - former blues musician, now Vikram Singh Khalsa; became the first non-subcontinental to perform kirtan at Harimandir Sahib[5]
• Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa - yoga teacher; co-founder and director of the Golden Bridge Yoga Center in Los Angeles[6][7]
• Vikram Kaur Khalsa - former model and actress, starred in several horror movies[8][9]
• Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) - senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author; converted to Sikhism in the 1860s[10][11]
• Babaji Singh - credited with translating Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs, into Spanish.[12][13]
• Martin Singh - Nova Scotia pharmacist and businessman and candidate for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada in 2012.[14]
• Dharma Singh Khalsa - medical researcher in the field of Alzheimer's disease.[15]

• Syed Prithipal Singh - Syed Prithipal Singh (né Mushtaq Hussein) was the only son of Mujafar Hussein, and the grandson of Pir-Bakur Shah of the famous family of Mirpur, Kashmir. Syed Prithipal Singh found handwritten manuscript, Siyahto Baba Nanak Fakir, in a Medina library which is a rare account of Guru Nanak Sahib travels to middle east during 1511 to 1513.

See also

• List of converts to Buddhism
• List of converts to Islam
• List of people by belief

References

1. Singh, Pritam (2008). Federalism, Nationalism and Development: India and the Punjab Economy. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. ISBN 9781134049455. A large number of Hindu and Muslim peasants converted to Sikhism from conviction, fear, economic motives, or a combination of the three (Khushwant Singh 1999: 106; Ganda Singh 1935: 73).
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