Tumbi players in India have become well-known. There are not many people in India that play this instrument (Tumbi), but the few that there is, have made a name for themselves. There are popular people in the list who have inspired and motivated enormous groups of people, and in the process given the music lovers some of the best possible compositions to like about. Some of the poplar personalities related to the Tumbi instrument are as follows:

Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, popularly called Yamla Jatt or Ustad Ji, was a celebrated folk singer from the Indian state of Punjab. Yamla Jatt, among his singer contemporaries, was widely revered as "Ustad ji" (master) and the audiences loved to call him as "yamla jatt" (short name).

Manmohan Waris
Manmohan Waris, a popular folk personality in the Indian state of Punjab was born on 3rd August in the year 1967 is an award-winning Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer. He was born in District Hoshiarpur in the village of Halluwal, in the state of Punjab.

Amar Singh Chamkila
Amar Singh Chamkila was born on 21st July in the year 1960. He was a controversial songwriter, singer and musician. It often seen that his critics often criticized the vulgarity in his songs while his fans relished their sensual appeal. He was also popular among the singers fraternity in the Indian state of Punjab, as he was one of the major live performer or Akhara singers in the state.

Didar Sandhu
Didar Sandhu was born to Sardarni Daan Kaur and Sardar Sumand Singh in 3rd July 1942. He was born in the village of Chakk no. 133, Tehsil Silawali of District Sargodha in British Punjab before the Partition of India.

Muhammad Sadiq
Muhammad Sadiq is a Punjabi term and is, under certain cases, spelled as Sadeeq, Saddiq or Siddiq, is a noted Punjabi singer and is also an actor of East Punjab (India). He is best known for his duets with singer Ranjit Kaur.

Kuldeep Manak
Kuldeep was born as Latif Muhammad in the year 1951 on 15th of November to father Nikka Khan in Bathinda district of East Punjab. Manak took music courses under the guidance of Ustad Khushi Muhammad Qawwal of Firozpur. He went to Ludhiana after leaving Bathinda, to pursue career as a singer and also started singing wit the duo Seema and Harcharan Grewal.