Cheema () is a

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

Jat The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...

'' clan of India and Pakistan.

Pakistan

* Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani international cricketer *

Akmal Cheema Akmal Cheema is the District Nazim of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. He was elected as District Nazim in 2005; previously, he was Nazim of Sialkot Tehsil. An industrialist by profession, he belongs to Pakistan Muslim Leagu ...

, Pakistani nazim (mayor) of Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan *

Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema Amir Abdul Rehman Cheema (; 4 Dec 1977 – 3 May 2006) was a Pakistani Islamist and textile engineering student in Germany who entered the offices of the German daily newspaper ''Die Welt'' on 20 March 2006 with a large knife and attempted t ...

(c.1978 – 2006), Pakistani who assaulted an editor over Muhammad's cartoons * Anwar Ali Cheema, Member, National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 2013, from Sargodha District *

Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema () is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from February 2019 until November 2022. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, between 1988 and May 2018. He ...

, Pakistani politician *

Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema () is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2008 to May 2018. He is a retired judge of the Lahore High Court. Early life The son of middle-class farmer, Cheema compl ...

, judge and politician *

Mohammad Afzal Cheema Justice Mohammad Afzal Cheema ( Punjabi and ; 1 January 1913 – 4 August 2008) was a Pakistani politician and judge. Justice Cheema is the only Pakistani to reach the top positions in all branches of state. He served as the acting President of P ...

(1913–2008), judge and politician, Acting President of Pakistan *

Nisar Ahmed Cheema Nisar Ahmed Cheema is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Early and personal life Born in Wazirabad, Cheema served as Director General Health Services Punjab. H ...

, politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-79 and former Director General, Health Services, Punjab * Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Pakistani politician who serves as 38th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan * Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (born 1940), Pakistani scholar of international relations and strategic studies *

Rizwan Cheema Rizwan Ahmed Cheema (born 15 August 1978) is a former cricketer of the Canadian cricket team. Cheema is a big-hitting batsman who also bowls some medium pace. Early career He was born in Muslim Jat family in Pakistan. Cheema moved to Canada i ...

, Canadian cricketer *

Saif Ullah Cheema Major (Retired) Saif Ullah Cheema, son of Chudhary Mohammad Din Cheema, father to seven kids, is a retired army officer from Infantry from Pakistan Army. He was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from than PP-106 and no ...

, Pakistani military officer and politician *

Shafqat Cheema Shafqat Cheema is a Pakistani actor and producer. In a career spanning more than three decades, he has particularly become known for his fine acting in negative roles and has been called "Pakistan’s favorite villain". Early and personal lif ...

, Pakistani film actor and director * Dr. Sultan Ahmed Cheema (1908–1990) (''Sitara-i-Khidmat''), ophthalmologist who established the Cheema Hospital in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan *

Tariq Bashir Cheema Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema ( Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the Secretary General of the PML-Q since 2003. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this posit ...

, former Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District *

Umar Cheema Umar Cheema () is a journalist and investigative reporter for the Pakistani newspaper '' The News''. In 2008, he won a Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellowship, becoming the first Pearl fellow to work at ''The New York Times''. Education Cheema hold ...

, TV and print journalist in Pakistan

India

* Amrik Singh Cheema *

Amrita Cheema Amrita Cheema is an Indian journalist. She has been working since 1999 as a news presenter with the German international TV broadcaster Deutsche Welle-TV. From 2005 to 2008, she spent some years with the Australian broadcaster SBS Television. Ch ...

, journalist working in India, Germany, Australia *

Avtar Singh Cheema Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989) was the first Indian born man and the 16th person in world to climb Mount Everest. Along with 8 others he was a part of the third mission undertaken by the Indian Army, in 1965, to climb Mount Everest after ...

* Balli Singh Cheema * Daljit Singh Cheema * Jaspinder Cheema *

Navtej Singh Cheema Navtej Singh Cheema is an Indian politician and belongs to Indian National Congress. He was member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represented Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a Municipal Council, from Kapurthala city in ...

Neena Cheema Neena Cheema is an Indian veteran actress. After a long career in stage plays and Punjabi television, she shifted to Mumbai in 1998 and since has performed in a number of TV serials and Hindi and Punjabi films. Films * ''Mann Mann may refe ...

* Palwinder Singh Cheema * Paul Cheema Singh * Sajjan Singh Cheema *

Sarbjit Cheema Sarbjit Singh Cheema is an Indian-Canadian singer and actor who associated with Punjabi language music and films. He made his singing debut with the album ''Yaar Nachde'' and He started his film career with '' Pind Di Kurhi''. Early life Sarb ...

Surinder Pal Singh Cheema Vice Admiral (India), Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema Param Vishisht Seva Medal, PVSM, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, AVSM, Nao Sena Medal, NM is a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of t ...

Canada

* Gulzar Singh Cheema (born 1954), Indian-born doctor, Canadian politician * Ranjit Cheema, Indian Canadian gangster and drug trader *

(born 1978), Pakistani-born cricketer for Canada

United Kingdom

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

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