- His father is a Punjabi Hindu and his mother, Gwem, is half-Dutch and half-Punjabi Sikh.
- Cousin of Kim Sharma
- Indian supermodel
- Former fashion model.
- Arjun was also featured in the Temptation Tour alongside Shahrukh Khan.
- Was set to star in the shelved "Aye Dil Sambhal Zara" (2011), set to co-star Irrfan Khan, Raveena Tandon and Paresh Rawal directed by Chandrakant Patil. The film was to be a remake of Shaukeen.
- He was proclaimed Society's Face of the year, 1994.
- Married to former model Mehr Jessia, and has two daughters.
- Has two daughters, Mahikaa, born on January 17, 2002 and Myra, born June 2005.
- Arjun and his younger sister attended the prestigious Kodaikanal International School located in the Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu, where his mother was a teacher.
- Appeared with his cousin, Kim Sharma, in Yakeen (2005).
- Shantanu Sheory's "Jadh", co-starring Jackie Shroff, Tabu and Smriti Mishra, was to be his debut film. The film got completed and unreleased due to financial matters.
- Was set to star in Subash Ghai's shelved "Majnu" (Jab Dil Mile), directed by Anubhav Sinha (Satish Kaushik) and co-starring Aishwarya Rai (Kareena Kapoor), in 2002.
- Was signed for Vashtu Shastra but opted out.
- Was set to star in the shelved "Girgitt" (2000) with Tara Deshpande, Rahul Dev and Nirmal Pandey, set to be directed by Dinkar Kapur and Adesh K Arjun.
- In 2001, he was set to star in the shelved "Friends", set to be produced by Rakesh Nath and directed by Shaina Nath. It was to co-star Kirti Reddy and Apoorva Agnihothri. When Ramesh Taurani stepped in to produce the film, Rampal was replaced.
- Was set to star in Khalid Mohammed's shelved "Raaj". Vashu Bhagnani was set to produce. The film was to be shot in London and New York in 2004.
- Was set to star in Sanjay Ghadavi's shelved "Tu Hi Bataa" (2001) with Raveena Tandon and Anupam Kher.
- Younger sister Komal Rampal, who was a former Miss India finalist in 1994, was engaged to actor Armaan Kohli.
- His nephew (his sister's son) is named Adit.
- Was to star in A.B.C. Pictures P. Ltd's shelved "Girgitt" (1999) co-starring Tara Deshpande, Rahul Dev, Nirmal Pandey, Johny Lever, with music by Viju Shah, and directed by Adesh K. Arjun and Dinkar Kapur.
- Khalid Mohammed signed Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal for a film titled "Jai" (2004). He decided to shelve it.
- Was to star in Vijay Galani's shelved "Jackpot" (2004) with Lara Dutta, with Sumeet Chopra directing.
- Was engaged to Malini Ramani .
- Was to star in the shelved "Jai Ramji Ki" (2011), set to co-star Irrfan Khan, Randeep Hooda, Preity Zinta, to be directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. There is speculation it may have been later made as Bullet Raja.
- Was dropped from Rang De Basanti on Aamir Khan's insistence. He was later replaced by Siddharth .
- Was signed for Supari but later was replaced by Uday Chopra.
- Signed for Vaastu Shastra but was replaced by Chakravarty.
- Was signed for Deewar ¨Lets Bring Our Heroes Home¨, in 2002. He later opted out and Akshaye replaced him.
- Was signed for Shootout At Lokhandwala but walked out. He was replaced by Sunil Shetty.
- Signed for the film Cash, but later replaced by Sunil Shetty.
- Was signed for Dus Kahaniyan but replaced by Sunil Shetty.
- In the year 2000, Joy Augustine narrated a story to Aishwarya Rai. She fell in love with it and wanted to produce the film. Arjun Rampal and Aftab Shivdasani were approached for the lead roles. The film fizzled out for unknown reasons.
- Signed for Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001) but opted out due to his price.
- Anurag Kashyap stated, "I liked this girl in college and next day I see Arjun with her. I was angry. So years later, when Ram Gopal Varma told me that he wanted to cast Arjun in Mast (1999), I told him that Arjun's a bad actor. That's how the film went to Aftab Shivdasani.".
- In 2006, Zayed Khan and Shiney Ahuja were signed for White Feather Films' "Bread Butter and Cash" (2007), starring Zayed Khan (replaced by Aftab Shivdsani), Shiney Ahuja (replaced by Arjun Rampal), and Bipasha Basu, produced by Sanjay Gupta, directed by Meghna Gulzar.
- Was set to star in White Feather Films' shelved "Khote Sikkey" (2006) with Sanjay Dutt, Nana Patekar and Fardeen Khan, produced by Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta, and directed by Sohum Shah. The film was called off when Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta had a falling-out and parted.
- Was set to star in Vashu Bhagnani's shelved "Bisaat" (2003) with Zayed Khan (replacing Arjun Rampal), Esha Deol and Ritesh Deshmukh, directed by Satish Kaushik.
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