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

Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge, politician, Acting President of Pakistan
Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer
Akmal Cheema, former nazim (mayor) of Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan
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

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

Bobbie Cheema-Grubb (born 1966), first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom