Shergill
Surname list
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shergill is a surname and clan of Jats, descending from the parent clan Gill.[1][2] According to oral history, the founding progenitor of the clan was a man named Shergill, who was the son of Gill.[2] The Majithia family belong to this clan.[3] [verification needed]
The ruling house of the Nishanwalia Misl during the Sikh Confederacy was from this clan.[4]
List of notable people
Notable people bearing the name Shergill (or Sher-Gill), and who may or may not be related to the clan, include:
- Avneet Shergill, US soccer player
- Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter
- Daljit Singh Shergill, UK Sikh leader
- Dyal Singh Majithia founder of The Tribune and Punjab National Bank
- Jaiveer Shergill, Indian politician and lawyer
- Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor and producer
- Lehna Singh Majithia, Sikh polymath and father of Dyal Singh
- Rabbi Shergill, Indian musician
- Rubina Shergill, Indian actress
