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Cheema (Punjabi: ਚੀਮਾ (Gurmukhi), چیمہ (Shahmukhi)) is a Punjabi Jat clan of India and Pakistan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pakistan

Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani international cricketer
Akmal Cheema, Pakistani nazim (mayor) of Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan
Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (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^[4]
Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, Pakistani politician
Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema, judge and politician
Mohammad Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge and politician, Acting President of Pakistan
Nisar Ahmed Cheema, 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, Canadian cricketer
Saif Ullah Cheema, Pakistani military officer and politician
Shafqat Cheema, 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, former Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District^[5]
Umar Cheema, TV and print journalist in Pakistan

India

Amrik Singh Cheema
Amrita Cheema, journalist working in India, Germany, Australia
Avtar Singh Cheema
Balli Singh Cheema
Daljit Singh Cheema
Jaspinder Cheema
Navtej Singh Cheema
Neena Cheema
Palwinder Singh Cheema
Paul Cheema Singh
Sajjan Singh Cheema
Sarbjit Cheema
Surinder Pal Singh Cheema

Canada

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

References

^ Journal of Regional History, Volume 2. 1981. p. 29.^{[verification needed]}
^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
^ "The People of Jhelum District - Jat Clans". Government of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^ Amjad Mahmood (21 December 2020). "Sargodha's citrus claim to fame". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024. With a population of around 4.9m in the district, Jatt is the major tribe whose sub-clans like Noons, Ranjhas, Pirachas, Cheemas, Gondals, Midhianas, Chatthas, Tiwanas and Luks are mostly engaged with farming.
^ "Why Cheema ditched PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)". Dawn newspaper. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

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[:5-1] Journal of Regional History, Volume 2. 1981. p. 29.^{[verification needed]}

[:6-2] Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.

[3] "The People of Jhelum District - Jat Clans". Government of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[4] Amjad Mahmood (21 December 2020). "Sargodha's citrus claim to fame". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024. With a population of around 4.9m in the district, Jatt is the major tribe whose sub-clans like Noons, Ranjhas, Pirachas, Cheemas, Gondals, Midhianas, Chatthas, Tiwanas and Luks are mostly engaged with farming.

[5] "Why Cheema ditched PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)". Dawn newspaper. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

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