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This article provides lists of famous and notable ], from ], ] or ], or people with Bengali ancestry.

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==Monarchs==
{{see also|Greatest Bengali of all time}}

The Greatest Influential ] Institution Builders from ]
* ] district (now in ])
** ] ] (Founder of ancient ] ], it was one of the three most important ] in ancient ], along with ] and ])


===Pala Dynasty===
''Chronological order''
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===Chandra Dynasty===
* ] (900–930)
* ] (930–975)
* ] (975–1000)
* ] (1000–1020)
* ] (1020–1050)

===Deva Dynasty===
* ] (1281)
* ], Maharaja of ] (1561–1611)
* ], Raja of Chandradwip (from 1668), converted to Islam

=== Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1352–1414) ===
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| ]
| 1352–1358
| Became the first sole ruler of whole ] comprising ], ] and ].
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| ]
| 1358–1390
| Killed in battle with his son and successor, ]
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| 1390–1411
| Patron of the first recorded Bengali poet ]
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| 1411–1412
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| ]
| 1435–1459
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| ]
| 1459–1474
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| ]
| 1474–1481
| Patron of Bengali poet ]
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| 1481
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| 1481–1487
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===House of Ganesha===
* ]
* ]
* ] (1419–1436)

=== Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494–1538) ===
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="180" | Name
! width="80" | Reign
! width="400" | Notes
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| ]
| 1494–1518
| His witnessed a remarkable development of Bengali literature.
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| 1518–1533
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| 1533
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| 1533–1538
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===Other===
], a Muslim Rajput leader of Bengal.]]
* ], 16th-century governor of Chittagong
* ], 16th-century governor of Chittagong
* ], son of ]
* ], daughter of ]
* ] (1529–1599), leader of the ] chieftains of Bengal
* ] (d. 1623), leader of the ] chieftains of Bengal
* ] (1585–1666), final independent ruler of Sandwip
* ] (r. 1668–?), fifth Raja of ] and founder of the Muslim Baklai family
* ] (d. 1767), zamindar of Sandwip and leader of Bengal's first anti-colonial uprising
* ] (1782–1831), anti-colonial rebel and self-proclaimed ''Badshah''
* ] (d. 1861), Chief of Baraikhali and leader of the Sundarbans Indigo Revolt
* ] (1824–1888), zamindar of Haturia and philanthropist

==Nobel laureates==
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* ], Nobel Prize in Literature, First Nobel Prize winner of ], 1913
* ], Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1998
* ], Nobel Peace Prize, 2006
* ], Nobel Prize in Economic science, 2019

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==Academics== ==Academics==
] was Pakistan's first cardiologist.]]
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* ], philosopher and educationist
* ], Indian philosopher, teacher, literary critic.
* ], National Professor of Bangladesh
* ], first women Director of Indian Statistical Institute, India
* ], computer scientist and first female graduate in ], and the ]
* ] was an Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India
* ], head of paediatric cardiology at the ]
* ], university lecturer martyred in the ]
* ], academic and literary researcher
* ], academic and literary researcher
* Mahamahopadhyay Pandit ]
* ], littérateur and historian of Bangla literature
* ] was a polymath with interests in biology, physics, botany and writing science fiction.
* ] was an Indian American mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory
* ] was an Indian mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics.
* ], historian
* ], historian
* ], researcher of Bengal's folk culture
* ], literary scholar and writer
* ], political scientist
* ], linguist, educationist, litterateur
* ], literary scholar, writer, translator
* ], literary scholar, writer, translator
* ], vice-chancellor of ], adviser to ]
* ], physicist and vice-chancellor of ] and ]
* ], literary scholar, educationist, linguist
* ], founder of ], ]
* ], Indian educationist, former headmaster of The Doon School
* ], anthropologist, author, former teacher in anthropology, University of Calcutta
* ], revolutionary, author, anthropologist
* ], chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission
* ], Dean Elect of ] at ] and former Founding Dean of ] at ]
* ], mathematician from ], ]
* ], prominent academic, author, and social activist
* ], Bengali-American physicist, professor at ]
* ], science populariser and museum maker, won an award for ''Best Effort in Science Popularisation Amongst Children''
* ], an Indian development economist and the Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University
* ], planetary scientist and a winner of the ]
* ] ], lecturer at ], writer
* ], dean of the ]
* ], critic, writer, former professor of ]
* ], provost and executive vice chancellor of the ]
* ], physician martyred during the ]
* ], American educator, founder of ]
* ], ] (OBE) and ] (DL)
* ], obstetrician and gynecologist
* ], statistician, founder of ]
* Brigadier ], founder of ]
* ], computer scientist and former Head, Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University
* ], academic, activist and feminist
* ], awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1969 for his fundamental contributions in obtaining the exact solution of the nucleon three-body problem
* ], first modern ] of Indian origin
* ], Indian physicist and president of ] from 1951 to 1953
* ], professor of law, Dhaka University Proctor, Dean
* ], educationist
* ], academic martyred in the ]
* ], former ]
* ], political psychologist
* ], first Vice-chancellor of ]
* ], first Indian to win a Lifetime Achievement Oscar due to his significant contributions to world cinema
* ] was an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation.
* ], educationist and a founder of ]
* ], historian
* ], tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
* ], economist, led the Sarkar Committee which recommended establishing ] along the lines of the ]
* ], historian
* ], statistician, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Biostatistics at the ]
* ], linguist
* ], educationist, writer, philologist, linguist, and theorist
* ], historian, epigraphist, researcher, professor and author
* ], Islamic scholar, author, politician and educationist
* ], Academy Scientific and Technical Award, the first Bangladeshi to win an Oscar


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*], statistician
*], economist
*], sociologist
*], historian
*], physicist
*], historian
*], literary scholar and writer
*], political scientist
*], linguist, educationist, litterateur
*], literary scholar, writer, translator, writer on urban studies
*], literary scholar, writer, translator
*], chemist
*], ]
*], pioneer professor of Law, Dhaka University Proctor, Dean, first author of law book in Bangla, pioneer playwright, essayist, theater & media personality
*], political psychologist
*], internationally-renowned theoretical physicist, widely respected educator
*], historian
*], physicist
*], Linguist
*], educationist, writer, philologist and linguist
*], literary critic and theorist
*] Management Guru


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*], Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, ]
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*], Professor of Economics, ]
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*], C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, ]
*], Bangladesh's permanent representative in Geneva for UN
*], Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
*]
*], founder, Indian Statistical Institute
*], Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
*], economist & Philosopher, Lamont Professor at Harvard University, awarded Bharat Ratna, ]
*], economist, Chairman of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
*], economist, ] (Nobel Peace Prize for 2006), ] pioneer
*], economist, former Chairman, Bangladesh Planning Commission


==Actors and entertainers==
===Scientists & Engineers===
] earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Gunda'' in 1976.]]
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*], Bangladeshi architect
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*] Physicist, radio and wireless transmission pioneer, invented the radio before ]. Also did substantial work on ].
* ], film director, actor and screenwriter
*], Physicist, founded ], which helped to produce ] (2001 ] was given for this discovery); ], a study of ], is named to honor him
* ], Bangladeshi actor, model
*], Physicist, produced the famous "Thermo-Ionization Equation" or ]
* ], Bollywood actress
*] -was a Bengali entomologist and naturalist known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis.
* ], film actor and television host
*], Pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered '''mercurous nitrite''')
* ], model and actor
*], head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at ]
* ], film director
*], Biologist: synthesized ] Stibamine (carbostibamide) and used it in the treatment of ] (leishmaniasis), was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
*], Physicist: helped develop the first ] at the ] * ], actress best known for the role of ] in ]
* ], actor best known for the role of Rahim Badshah in ''Rupban''
*], As an academic he has played a prominent role in raising the status of engineering and manufacturing in UK. He was appointed ] in 1997 and knighted in 2003, ] awardee.
* ], Bollywood actress
*], noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes those on vinca alkaloids, and the development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs.
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actress
*], leading Indian astrophysicist
* ], stage and film actor
*], Eminent Quality and Management Guru. Author of several international bestselling business books, his works have been translated in more than 20 languages. Recognized as one of the world's Top 50 business thinkers.
* ], Tollywood comic actor
*], A Renowned neuroscientist, His research has contributed to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate development of the mammalian brain
* ], Bollywood actor and casting director
*], mathematician and statistician.
* ], Indian origin Finnish actor
*], Chemist: Inventor of ] and the gold winner of the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
* ], first Indian actress earned ] for ] nomination at the ]
*], famous physicist and mathematician
* ]
*], Chemist, inventor of alloys for use in commercial jets, U.S. fighter planes, gas turbines, train engines, and space shuttles
* ], ] Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood actor; the only Indian to win ]
*], designer, ]
* ], Bollywood actress
*], scientist and educator.
* ], actress
*], Biologist: under his leadership ], Bangladesh medical centre, discovered ], which saved more than 40 millions lives from ]
* ], theatre actress
*], Statistician: Inventor of ] and founder of ]
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], Physicist: pioneer in the investigations of ] and worked with ], was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society and ] on the Moon is named after him
* ], Bollywood actor
*], Physicist: became the first physician in India and second in the world to perform the ]
* ], Bengali actor
*], Physicist: well known for his contributions to relativistic cosmology produced the famous ], a key ingredient for other major scientific concepts
* ], Bollywood actress
*], former director of SINP and Padmabhusan
* ], Bengali and Bollywood actor and ] player
*], director of BARC and AEC
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], Physicist: known for his contributions to ] and co-discovered ]
* ], British-American actor and musician
*], Physicist, Scientist and Writer; Author of the book: ], which won the ] 2011, also won PEN Literary E.O. Wilson Prize 2011, Gabrielle Angel's Leukemia Foundation Award/Grant 2010.
* ], Bollywood actress
*] most notable for his work in directed evolution and his role in developing a genetically engineered organism using plasmid transfer while working at GE.
* ], Bollywood and ] actor
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali film and television actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali and Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actress
* ], Tollywood and Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actress
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], theatre personality and artist
* ], Indian origin British film, Hollywood actress
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], cinematographer and director
* ], actress best known for the role of ] in ]
* ], actress
* ], Bollywood and Tollywood actress
* ], Tollywood actor
* ], singer-actress, started acting at the age of 10 yrs as a child artist in "Joydeb " , later made her debut with "Rishir Prem" in 1931
* ], ] and television actress
* ], Tollywood actress
* ], Bengali actor
* ], Bengali actor
* ] Tollywood actor, famous for his portrayal of Jatayu in Feluda films of Satyajit Ray
* ], former Miss India and actress
* ], actress
* ], Tollywood actor
* ], actress and ] 2007
* ], actress
* ], actress
* ], Bengali and Bollywood actress
* ], actress
* ], Bengali actor
* ], actress, ] 2002
* ], actress, model
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], TV personality, barrister and former CEO of Global Aid Trust
* ], British television presenter
* ], columnist, chef, author and TV personality best known for winning the baking competition ]
* ], Bengali actress
* ] real name Imran Pal, Ex American actor who used to act in Bollywood films
* ], film and TV actor
* ], Bangladeshi actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personality
* ], Tollywood actor
* ], Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood singer, actor, music composer
* ], Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood and Bengali film actor
* ], Canadian comedian and actor; winner of ]
* ], former channel V VJ and Bollywood actress
* ], half-Bengali actress in Britain
* ], Bollywood and Kollywood actress
* ], Bollywood actor
* ] Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood and Tollywood actress
* ], actress notable works include ], ]
* ], Bollywood and Tollywood actress and playback singer
* ], Bollywood actor, playback singer and television presenter
* ], Tollywood actress
* ], actor and publicist
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Indian model, bengali film actor and film producer
* ], Indian and bengali film actor and film director
* ], Bollywood actress
* ]
* ], Bengali actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer and singer
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actress
* ], actress and model
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], Bengali-Japanese model, ] and actress
* ], film actor and model
* ] Tollywood actor
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], TV and Bollywood actor
* ], Bollywood and TV actor
* ] Tollywood actor
* ], Bengali film actress
* ], Bollywood actress, daughter of Nobel laureate ]
* ], Bengali film and Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood and Kollywood actress
* ], youngest recipient of the ]
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood and Bengali film actress
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actress
* ], model, ] in 2010
* ], Bangladeshi actress
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], comedian and television presenter
* ], Bangladeshi former actor
* ], Bollywood and Bengali actress
* ], Bollywood actress
* ], Bangladeshi actor
* ], American actress
* ], Kollywood actress, producer and television presenter
* ], Bollywood and Bengali film actress
* ], actress whose notable works include ], ], Palatak; wife of ]


==Artists==
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*], National poet of Bangladesh
*]
*], world-famous magician
*]
*]
*]
*]
*], film and television director
*]
*], Bangladeshi Cartoonist
*]
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmamaker
*], filmmaker
*], director, won the ] in 1992, won the ] in 1992 for lifetime achievement, and ] award of ]
*], filmmaker
*], Bangladesh
*], filmmaker, President of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association for 5 years
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*]
*], Bangladesh
*], filmmaker
*]
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], Bangladesh
*], filmmaker, Bangladesh


===Actors===
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*], Bengali actor
*], Bollywood actor
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bengali film actress
*], Bollywood actor
*], model and actress
*], A Bengali Bollywood actress
*], Bengali and Bollywood actor
*], Bengali-American actor
*], ] actress
*], Bengali actor
*], Bollywood actress
*], Hollywood Actor
*], Bollywood and Bengali actress
*], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], Model, Television presenter
*], Bollywood actress. Part Bengali.
*], Bangladeshi film actor
*], ] actor
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood actor
*], Bengali actor
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood & Tollywood actress
*] A Bengali actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer and singer.
*], Bollywood singer, actor, music composer
*], Former channel V VJ and Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood Actress
*], ] ]
*], Bengali actress. Daughter of ], renowned Bengali veteran actor.
*], actress and model
*], actress notable works include ], ]
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood and Bengali actress
*], actress
*], Bollywood and ] actor
*], model and actress
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood actress, daughter of Nobel laureate ]
*], actress
*], Bollywood actor
*], actress
*], Bollywood actor
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bengali actor
*], Bengali and Bollywood actor and ] player
*], Bengali Film and Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood & Kollywood actress
*], Bollywood actress
*], Actress, ] 2002
*], Half-Bengali actress in Britain
*], actress and miss India usa 2007
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood and Bengali actress
*], Bollywood actress
*], TV and Bollywood actor
*], Bollywood and TV actor
*], actress notable works include ], ], Palatak; wife of ]
*], Bengali and Bollywood actress
*], Actress
*], Bengali actor
*], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], Bollywood actor
*], Bollywood actor
*], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], actress, model
*], Bollywood actress
*], actress in Bangladeshi and Pakistani films
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bangladeshi actor
*], Bollywood and Bengali film actress
*], Bollywood and Bengali actor
*], Hollywood actor, seen in Harry Potter movies as Parvati Patil
*], Model, ] 2003
*], Bollywood and tollywood actress
*], Half Bengali actress, Politian
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bengali actor
*], Bollywood and Bengali film actress
*], ] and television actress
*], Bollywood actress, India's first ]
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood and Bengali actress
*], Former Miss India and Bollywood actress
*], Bollywood actress
*], Bengali actor
*], Model Former Miss India
*], Bollywood and Bengali film actor
*], ] and Bollywood actor


===Filmmakers===
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*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker, actor, musician
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker, made his debut with 10:10
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], Bollywood filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], writer, filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], director and animator
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], Bollywood filmmaker
*], film and television director
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmamaker
*], filmmaker
*], director, won the ] in 1992, won the ] in 1992 for lifetime achievement, and ] award of ]
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker, President of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association for 5 years
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker
*], filmmaker


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*], British-Bangladeshi ], ], ] and ]
==Artists and designers==
*Baba ], multi-instrumentalist musical genius, master of many great musicians, Master of Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar khan, Annapurna devi etc. Founder of the ] Gharana.
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*], sitar virtuoso, composer, musicologist three-time ] award-winner
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*], sarod virtuoso, composer, musicologist, international master, founder of the Ali Akbar College of Music in California, USA.
* ]
*], multifaceted genius of ]: playback singer, songwriter, composer, actor, comedian
* ]
*], mystic devotional composer and singer
*] * ]
*] * ]
* ]
*]
* ]
*]
* ]
*], surbahar virtuso, daughter of Allauddin Khan and sister of Ali Akbar Khan, instructor to many eminent musicians and considered a rare genius
* ]
*] singer of multiple genres, one of the greatest female voclaists of Bengal and India.
* ]
*], eminent exponent of Nazrul Geeti
* ]
*], folk, ghazal, and pop fusion singer
* ]
*], composer, singer, son of S.D.Burman
* ]
*], Lead Guitarist of the American ] band ]
* ]
*], singer of multiple genres -- film, Rabindrasangeet, folk -- Hindi and Bengali, and composer
*] tabla maestro and composer * ]
* ]
*] eminent exponent of Rabindrasangeet
* ]
*] eminent exponent of Rabindrasangeet
* ]
*], ] playback singer
* ]
*], Hindi and Bengali playback and pop singer singer
* ]
*], ] playback singer
* ]
*], Indian Classical musician, ] player
* ]
*], sitar player and composer
* ]
*], ] playback singer
* ]
*], sitar maestro
* ]
*] eminent exponent of devotional songs, specially ]
* ]
*] elder brother of Pannalal Bhattacharya, another maestro of ]
* ]
*], composer, filmmaker, founder of the group 'Mohiner Ghoraguli'
* ]
*], Sitar player
* ]
*], lead vocalist and bassist of rock band ]
* ]
*], singer, filmmaker, actor
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*], Tabla master, composer and Musician

*] Tabla master and singer
==Bharat Ratna Receivers==
*], pioneering master of the Indian classical flute, composer, musicologist
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*] table master, composer, actor, fusion musician
List of Bengalis who received ]:
*], Jazz ] and ], ] winner; half-Bengali (daughter of sitarist Pandit ])

*], Frontman of Bengali hard rock band ], Bollywood Singer, ] Winner
* By ], ]
*], ] maestro
**1961 ] (], ], now ], India)
*], ] Music Composer
* By ], ]
*] is an American born Bengali and Italian singer
**1992 ] (], ], now ], India)
*], founder and lead singer of ]. Also playback singer
**1997 ] (], ], British India,(now in ], India)
*], folk singer
* By ], ], ]
*], ] playback singer
**1999 ] (], ], now ], ], India)
*] classical and rabindrasangeet exponent, also folk modern and devotional music
**1999 ] (], ], now ], ],India)
*], eminent exponent of Rabindrasangeet, also playback singer and composer
* By ], ], ]
*], ] playback singer
**2019 ] (], ], now ])
*], popular Bangladeshi playback singer

*], ] playback singer
==Bloggers / media artists==
*], ] playback singer
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*], music composer
* ], interdisciplinary media artist
*], Bangladeshi folk singer, world record holder
* ], poet, author, editor in chief of '']'' as well as Publishing Director and Managing Editor of '']''
*], ] Music composer
* ], journalist, blogger at '']'' and associate editor of '']''
*], ] playback singer

*], ] playback singer
==Business and industry==
*], ] Music Composer

*], ] Music Composer
===Billionaires===
*], ] playback singer
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*], ] playback singer
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*], ] playback singer and Indian idol runner-up
* ], Indian American entrepreneur and CEO/ Co-founder of ], built and sold Meraki to Cisco for $1.2 billion.
*], ] playback singer
* ], Founder of ]
*], singer and lead vocalist of Indian band euphoria
* ], Founder & Chairman, TCG Group, that owns ]
*], ] Music Composer
* ], CEO and MD of ], ], ] and ]
*], Hindi/Urdu Ghazal Singer and wife of Jagjit singh
* ], Founder, Managing Director & CEO of ]
*], playback singer, performer and son of Kishore Kumar
* ], Founder of ]
*], ] playback singer
* ], Founder & Vice Chairman of ]
*], ] music Composer
* ], Founder of ]
*], singer, composer, music director
* ], Vice Chairman & Editor Emeritus, ]
*], ] playback singer
* ], Founder and Chairman of the ]
*], ] music composer
*], ] playback singer
*], ] music composer, Father of Shaan
*], ] playback singer
*], composer and singer
*] Rabindrasangeet exponent, also modern and folk songs
*] Rabindrasangeet and Nazrulgeeti exponent, also modern and folk songs
*], ] playback singer
*], Bangladeshi Rock Star, ] playback singer
*], ] playback singer, ] movie singer, winner of ], Chhote Ustaad


==Leaders==
===Business leaders=== ===Business leaders===
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*], co-founder, ]
* ] ], entrepreneur and CEO of ]. ], he became the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List (listed at number 511). He has a net worth of $250 million.<ref name="worldsrichpeople">{{cite web|last=Loke|first=Steven|url=http://www.worldsrichpeople.com/richest-man-in-bangladesh.html|title=Richest Man In Bangladesh|publisher=The Richest People In The World|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219234144/http://www.worldsrichpeople.com/richest-man-in-bangladesh.html|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*], ]
* ], British entrepreneur, businessman, television personality
*]
* ], CTO of ], former director of ]
*], founder, ]
* ], chairperson and CEO of ] India and first woman director of ]
*], Founder, Speciality Group of Restaurants
* ], Director, ]
*], founder, TCG Group
*], founder, India Machinery Company * ] founder of bose audio
* ], managing director of ]
*], Founder of Development Consultants of Kuljian Group
* ], Group CEO of Acuité Ratings and Research and founder of India's first ESG rating company, ESG Risk Assessments and Insights
*], Former President, ]
* ], former managing director, Head of Business Treasury and Global Banking & Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland
*], co-founder, ], former ] czar, ]
* ], businessman, and founder and co-director of ]. In 2014, the company was awarded a ] for ] in recognition of its increase in sales.
*], former Chairman, ]
*], co-founder, ], lead architect of ] * ], CEO of ]
*], chairman, ] India * ], former chairman, ]
* ], Co Founder of ], Co Founder of Chourangi restaurant in London, former CEO (2008–2018) of ], Board Director of ] and ]
*], founder, Secretary of Eastern India Motion Pictures Association '''(EIMPA)'''
* ], CEO of ]
*], former head, ONGC
*], founder, ] * ], former CEO of ]
* ], first foreign-born Managing Director (chief executive) of management consultancy firm ] from 1994 to 2003; sentenced to two years of prison in 2012 for insider trading
*], father of ] industry in India, founder, ]
*], founder and chairman, ] * ], chairman, Intel
* ], founder of ], owner of Prestige Auto Group and TV presenter
*], founder, Bibi Productions
* ], ]
*], known for partnership with the ]
* ], chairman, ] India
*] editor ]
* ], former head, ONGC
*] founder ]
*] director ] * ], chairman of ]
* ], prominent industrialist. Founder and former chairman of Sattar Jute Mills and other enterprises, banker, and politician
*] former CMD ]
* ], businessman and entrepreneur
*] former chairman ]
* ], known for partnership with the ]


=== Military leaders === ===Entrepreneurs===
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* ], banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development.
* ], managing director of Ajmal Perfumes and Lok Sabha MP from Dhubri, Assam
* ], founder of the ], ] and ]
* ], industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist and banker who has a net worth of $250 million.<ref name="worldsrichpeople"/>
* ], founder and former chairman, ]
* ], Indian American entrepreneur and co-founder of ]
* ], founder and CMD of ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], founder and CEO of ]
* ], founder of ]
* ] ], businessman, community activist and Chairman of Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council
* ], founder, Speciality Group of Restaurants
* ], ]'s biggest hotelier;<ref>{{Cite news|last=Duttagupta|first=Ishani|date=2008-01-17|title=Bicky Chakraborty Sweden's biggest hotelier|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/the-global-indian-takeover/bicky-chakraborty-swedens-biggest-hotelier/articleshow/2706366.cms|access-date=2020-06-08}}</ref> President and founder of {{ill|Elite Hotels|sv|vertical-align=sup}} of ] and {{ill|The Bishop's Arms|sv|Bishops Arms|vertical-align=sup}}<ref>, ] 2011-05-19</ref>
* ], founder, India Machinery Company
* ], founder, Development Consultants of Kuljian Group
* ], founder, MD and CEO of ]
* ], Director of NK Gossain & Co., brother of former Indian cricket team captain and current ] President, ]
* ], founder and chairman of Partex Group
* ], founder of ]
* ], co-founder of YouTube, first person to upload a video to the site
* ], founder of ]
* ], British restaurateur known for his dish "Curry Hell"
* ], founder of the Shah Jalal Restaurant in London which became a hub for the early ] community.
* ] ], celebrity chef, restaurateur and founder of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition.
* ], co-founder, ], ]
* ], founder & Managing Director of luxury Indian fashion brand, Sabyasachi
* ], founder and editor, '']'' in ], ] in 1961
* ], founder, Secretary of Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA)
* ], founder and CEO of CellBazaar Inc, first Mover Fellow of the Aspen Institute, TEDIndia Fellow
* ], restaurateur
* ] ], businessman and former president of the ]
* ] (PVSM, VSM), founder, managing director and chief executive officer of the ] and Indus International Schools
* ], co-founder, ]
* ], founder, ]
* ], founder and chairman, ]
* ], managing director of ]
* ], founder and Publisher of ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], founder of GATCO
* ], entrepreneur, restaurateur and Chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce
* ], founder of ] and ]
* ], founder of ], "father of micro-finance", Nobel laureate


==Sahitya Akademi Award==
*], Founder, ]
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* General ], Indian Army Chief during the ]
* Air Marshal ], Former Head of Indian Air Force
*], the Supreme Commander of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War
* General ], Former Indian Army Chief
* Lt. General Baidya Nath Sarkar, Former Indian Quarter Master General, resigned from the Indian Army since he would not give into corrupt practices of his political masters


== Cartoonists / comics creators ==
===Political leaders===
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*], Former President of ],Freedom Fighter, Head of State of India's first free Provisional Government of Azad Hind and Co-Founder ]
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*Shibdas Ghosh,freedom fighter, marxist philosopher,and the founder general secretary of Socialist Unity centre of India (Communist), i.e., S.U.C.I(C)
* ], Indian cartoonist and ]
*], physician, former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bharat Ratna.
* ], Indian cartoonist and illustrator
*], prominent person in the Indian independence movement also known as Deshabandhu.
* ], graphic story ], co-founded the comics publishing house ]
*], founder of ]
* ], comics writer at ]
*], Revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India and was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar conspiracy and later, the ].
* ], illustrator
*] who serves the first law & labour minister of pakishthan.
* ], Indian cartoonist
*] ''Sheikh Mujibur Rahman'' - Founding Father of Bangladesh; first ]
* ], graphic story writer
*], Minister for External Affairs, Government of India, Senior leader of ]
* ], graphic story writer
*], former communist Chief Minister of West Bengal
* ], creator of '']'', '']'', '']''
*], Prime Minister, 1971–1972
* ], ] and painter
*],- Chief Minister of West Bengal (from 2011,) Ex-minister for Railways, Government of India, Chairman ]
* ], ], creator of comic characters like ] and ]
*], Former Chief Minister of West Bengal
* ], illustrator
*], - ] from 1953 until 1955
* ], cartoonist and ]
*], Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament), Expelled member of CPI(M), senior parliamentarian, prominent barrister.
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*], Senior leader of ]
*], Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) & later President, 1982–1990
*], presented the ] of 1940 that established Muslim League's demand for a homeland for Muslims, Pakistan
*], chief minister of Tripura, Politburo member.
*], the first ]
*], Former Union Cabinet Minister. Elected to the ] in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999 and 2004., Senior leader of ]
*], second ], and the second ]
*], freedom fighter for ]
*], founder of ], President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981; first to propose the creation of ], sector commander and liberation war hero in Bangladesh.
*], former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, former ambassador of India to United States
*], founder of ]
*], President, 1975-1975
*], Former Law Minister, barrister, and parliamentarian
*], speaker of lok sabha
*], ] from 1956 until 1957; founder of ]
*]; Prime Minister, 1996–2001, 2009–present
*], Prime Minister; 1991–1996, 2001–2006
*], former Indian ambassador in USA
*], Minister
*], former Minister
*], freedom fighter and poet
*], freedom fighter and politician
*], Indian independence activist
*], first president of Indian national congress
*], freedom fighter


==Cinematographers==
===Religious leaders===
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*]-- mystic, spiritual teacher and Tantrik Guru
* ]
*], Saint, mystic and preacher
* ]
*], or Srjnana Atisa Dipanakara -- Buddhist scholar, missionary and teacher, inventor of ]
* ]
*], yogi, nationalist, philosopher, author, poet, visionary
* ]
*], Yogi and philosopher
* ]
*], vaishnava mystic, missionary, monk and social reformer
*], great sahajiya mystic, social reformer, chief associate of Chaitanya and a primary figure within the ] tradition of Bengal
*] (Gadadhar Chattopadhaya) -- mystic, preacher
*] (Abhay Charan Dey) -- Vaishnava missionary and theologian, founder of ]
*], social thinker and reformer, founder of the ] Religion or ], the youngest religion of India
*], Saint and mystic
*], tantrik master and ],Buddhist scholar and teacher, founder of the ] lineage and progressor of ] method
*], monk, philosopher, preacher, author and exponent of ]
*] tantrik guru and mystic
*] tantrik master, mystic and famous as the composer of mystic, devotional songs to Goddess Kali.
*] or Shyama Charan Lahiri -- Yogi, philosopher, the propagator of Kriya Yoga.
*] yogi and tantrik master
*] or Sri Anandamurti, polymathic personality, author, philosopher, socio-political thinker, educationist, revolutionary, poet, composer, linguist, self-development and human welfare theorist, the founder of ], a socio-spiritual movement.
*](Narendranath Datta) monk, missionary and social reformer, founder of the Ramakrishna math and Mission
*](Kaliprasad Chandra) monk, author, philosopher, occultist, reformer the founder of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
*] (Priyanath Karar) yogi, educationaist, astronomer & astrologer
*] (Manamohan Mazumder) monk, preacher and yogi
*] -- yogi, philosopher, spiritual master, tantrik scholar and author
*] -- revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic, was the most senior of Sri Aurobindo's disciples; author of many books.
*] Saraswati -- tantrik guru, vedantic scholar, author, yogi, mystic, philosopher, disciple of Bamakhepa, founder of several institutions.
*] -- Tantrik/ Shakta saint and master, composer of Shakta devotional songs.
*] fakir -- sahajiya saint philosopher, humanist, poet and composer of baul/ sahajiya mystic songs.


==Criminals==
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*], first person judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder
*], serial killer
*], Bangladeshi criminal and serial killer from ]


==Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners==
===Philosopher===
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*], VC, Mysore University
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], first awardee
* ]
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* ]
* ]


==Diplomats==
===Social leaders===
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* ], former ambassador to the UK
*], Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India
* ], former ambassador to China
*], Head, Muslim Council of Britain
* ], former ambassador to the UK
*], Bengali Indian revolutionary philosopher against British rule
* ], former ambassador to the US
*], pioneer Bengali Indian revolutionary philosopher. Founder of ] and ].
* ], former ambassador to the US and UK
*], Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru
* ], served as the 1st permanent representative to the ], ]
*], founder of the ]
* ], former ambassador to the US
*], prolific writer, important Women's right activist and social worker, early ] writer
*], active ], and was against ], idol worship
*], responsible for introducing major reforms in the educational system and was Women's right activist
*], intellectual and a noted religious reformer
*], also known as Masterda Surya Sen, was an Indian freedom fighter and was the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, Bengal
*], an important intellectual
*], prominent Women's Rights Activist
*], famous educationist, writer, polyglot, philologist and linguist
*], Anti-British, pro-India revolutionary
*], Nineteenth century philanthropist and anti-British activist
*], (Sarojini Chattopadhyaya) Freedom fighter
*], Law reformer
*], Former Secretary General, ]; first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to hold the position
* ], Founder & Chairperson of the worlds largest international development NGO, BRAC.


==Sportspeople== ==Economists==
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] was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel]]
] was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the ] and ] in ], ].<ref name="thedailystar.net">{{cite news |title=Saifur Rahman's life sketch |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19100 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007153636/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=19100 |archive-date=2012-10-07}}</ref>]]
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* ], 9th governor of ]
* ], George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Ball State University
* ], Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, ], co-founder of the ], winner of Nobel Prize
* ], professor of economics, ], has been on the editorial board of a number of economics journals
* ], Chief Economist, ]; C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics, ]
* ], first woman director of SBI, largest bank in India
* ], former governor of ]
* ], professor of economics at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
* ], President of ]
* ], 4th governor of ]
* ], one of the founders, in 1949, of the internationally known journal ''The Economic Weekly'' (current name, '']'')
* ], ], Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, ]
* ], economist and linguist, author of Sanskrit titbits blog
* ], Indian civil servant economic historian
* ], 7th governor of ], founder of ]
* ], statistician from the ], ]
* ], current editor of '']''; contributions in ], property pights, public organizations
* ], former governor of ]
* ], former governor of ]
* ], economist, former chairman, Bangladesh Planning Commission
* ], economist
* ], economist, diplomat and former executive secretary of the ]' ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], pioneer of the agricultural industry of Bengal & Assam, first minister of Assam
* ], former ]
* ], longest serving ] and a leader of ]
* ], Silver Professor of Economics, New York University; co-editor of the '']''; has served on the editorial board of several international journals
* ], economist and philosopher, Lamont Professor at ], winner of the Nobel Prize
* ], economist, Chairman of the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
* ], economist, founder of ], winner of the Nobel Prize


==Fellows of the Royal Society==
*], swimmer, first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times
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*], cricketer
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*], Bangladeshi Grandmaster
* ]
*], Bangladeshi Grandmaster
* ]
*], Former ] captain, ] awardee.
* ]
*], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ]
*], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ]
*], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ]
*], Former Test and ODI player for India, Fast bowler.
* ]
*], former Indian archer
* ]
*], footballer: named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA
*] * ]
*], Indian chess grandmaster
*], squash player
*], Former ] Player for India
*], Former India Cricketer.
*], Former Test Cricketer for India/ Pace bowler.
*], swimmer
*], Table Tennis player
*], football player.
*], Former Indian National Cricket Team Wicket-Keeper, played 8 Tests with a Century against England
*], The cricketer of Indian woman Cricket Team
*], ] player
*], Former Great India Footballer, ] awardee.
*], Table Tennis player
*], ICC Women's Cricketer of the year 2007
*]আফতা আহমেদ চৌধুরী
*], Bangladeshi cricketer, youngest centurion in test cricket.
*], English Women Cricketer
*], Former Indian Test Cricketer.
*], chess player: was awarded the ] ] (WIM) title in 1985 and won British Women's
*], Former India Cricketer
*], Bangladeshi Grandmaster
*], Footballer
*], footballer. Member of the 1st Indian Team(MohunBagan)those who won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre independence period.
*], Former Indian Cricket Captain, he is best known for establishing the world record opening partnership of 413 runs, together with ], against ] at Chennai, ] awardee.
*], Former Test Cricketer for India Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
*], The cricketer of Indian woman cricket team.
*], Bangladeshi Grandmaster
*], Former ODI player for India.
*], Player for ] and ]
*], Swimmer
*], Swimmer
*], Former Indian Test Cricketer/Wicket-Keeper.
*], athletics: Double gold-medallist in track at Asian games, was awarded ] award and ] award
*], archer
*], former badminton player
*], former badminton player
*], Player for ] and ]
*], table tennis player
*], former Indian tennis player
*], Indian grandmaster
*], Footballer playing for the Indian team
*], Indian squash player
*], Indian female archer
*], Indian track field athlete
*], Indian archer
*], Indian boxer
*], Indian table tennis player
*], former swimming champion
*], former football player
*], Indian sprint athlete
*], Indian hepathlete
*], Bangladeshi cricketer
*], Bangladeshi cricketer
*], Indian tennis player
*], Indian Golfer


==Fictional characters==
==Writers==
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*], author, ''Gorokho Bijoy''
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*] (1861–1941) - poet, novelist, essayist, nobel laureate
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*] (1876–1938) - novelist
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*], editor of Sbuj patra, wrote in the era of ].
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*], a philosopher, academic, educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, and philanthropist of the ] period.
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*], (1908-1990), playwright of ], recognized as the pioneer of modern Bengali drama, referred to as the "Father of Bangladeshi theatre"; also an educationist, playwright, director, humorist, lawyer, broadcaster, philanthropist and essayist of Bangladesh
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*] (1894–1950) - novelist
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*] (1908–1956) - novelist, short story writer
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*] (1898–1971) - novelist
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*] (1921–1992) - ] winning Film Director, he was also is well known for his contributions to ]. He created two of the most famous characters in Bengali: ] the sleuth, and ] the scientist.
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*] (1838–1894) - novelist, essayist, penned the Indian National Song of integrity ]
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*], medieval Bengali poet,his major contribution to Bangla literature and culture was the translation of the great Indian epic Ramayana to Bangla
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*], Chandidas is perhaps most well known for his assertion Shobar upor manush shotto tahar upore nai (Above all is human, none else)
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*] (1908–1974) - poet, essayist
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*], poets of the ] era of Bengali literature.
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*], first among the women writers in Bengali to gain prominence.
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*] (b. 1924) - poet
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*] (1897–1999) - scholar, essayist
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*] (1933–2005) - novelist
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*] (b. 1954) - poet
*], was a ] poet of eighteenth century Bengal. His bhakti poems, known as Ramprasadi, are usually addressed to the Hindu goddess ] and written in ]
*], wrote in English and French
*] (b. 1950) - poet
*] (b. 1936) - novelist
*] (1847–1912) - novelist
*], science fiction writer
*], poet and song composer known for his ].
*] (1899–1976) - poet
*] (b. 1951) - novelist, essayist
*] (আল মাহমুদ) - poet, novelist
*] (1909–2000) - poet
*] (1904–1988)- poet, short story writer
*] ( b. 1961 )- poet, essayist, translator, columnist, editor, playwright
*] ধান গোপাল মুখোপাধ্যায় ''Dhan Gopal Mukhopaddhae'' - author
*] (b. 1935) - novelist
*], fiction writer, one of the Hungryalists in Bengali literature
*] (1919–2003) - poet
*], author, creator of character ]
*], writer, creator of the Animesh Trilogy
*] (b. 1962) - novelist
*] (1929–2006) - poet
*] (1863–1913) - playwright, poet
*] (1905–2002) - novelist, essayist, poet
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*] (1933-) -poet, novelist, short story writer and philosopher
*] (1882–1964) - novelist, legal scholar.
*] (1903–1976) - poet, novelist, essayist
*] (born Chitralekha Banerjee) - author, poet
*], Bengali poet
*], author, educator
*], Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of Sociology from ]
*] (b. 1948) - novelist
*] (1607–1680) - poet of medieval era
*], (b. 1954) - novelist
*] (1904–1974) - novelist, essayist
*], Author and administrator, notable for his work set in the milieu of the Indian Administrative Service, especially his novel ]
*], poet
*], writer of modern ]
*], Fiction writer, based in UK
*], Bengali fiction writer
*], ], author of the book Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict
*], novelist, short story writer based in ] won the SHARP deLong Prize for 2007
*], poet, ] Award in 2005,
*], won ] in 2004 for his book Udaranta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers
*], playwright, appointed ] in 2008
*], first Indian write a book in the English language
*], Her novel, The ], was released as a film in 2005
*], eminent poet, novelist, short story writer ] awardee
*], Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s
*], poet
*], head of the ],author.
*], novelist
*], linguist, educator
*], novelist, short story writer


==Filmmakers==
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*], was the ]'s head sports editor.
*], A political correspondent for the ]'s Breakfast programme shown on ] and the ].
*], famous journalist
*], Fashion Editor, FashionFad.In, International Fashion Portal
*], former host on ] and ] reporter
*], journalist
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*], (Aparisim Ghosh) Journalist, TIME Magazine World Editor
*], BBC News science reporter
*], Television journalist
*], editor in CNN-IBN
*], chairman of the editorial board of ], the largest daily ] news publication in ]
*], British television news broadcaster
*], won Wincott Award and Broadcast News Journalism Award; was named Young Journalist of the Year, Channel4 News(UK).
*], editor and managing director of ] newspaper in Delhi.
*], pioneer Editor of on-line & internet news in Bangladesh, first in Bangladesh to write on AIDS immediately after death of Rock Hudson
*], pioneer of nationalistic Hindu journalism and a reformer
*], editor and anchor in cnbc India
*], Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd
*], an expert on ], a new quiz show, shown recently{{when|date=August 2011}} on BBC Two.,a ].
*]
*], journalist
*], political critic, the founder-editor of ] newspaper.
*], news anchor and journalist
*], Founder and President of ], One of ]'s largest ] and Media Production house
*], Scholar, editor and publisher of the trend-setting weekly Bengali newspaper Somprakash.


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* ], award for Best World Music Album, at the ], 2017
* ], 9-time winner
* ], 5-time winner

==Journalists==
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===Bangladesh===
* ], journalist
* ], founder of ] – the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319111833/http://www.warc.com/LandingPages/Data/NewspaperTrends/PDF/Bangladesh.pdf |date=19 March 2009 }}, World Advertising Research Center; Retrieved: 14 September 2007</ref>
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], editor of ]
* ]
* ], TV and print journalist for ]
* ], senior member of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association
* ], writer, essayist and journalist
* ]
* ]
* ], editor of ] and the ].
* ]
* ]
* ], journalist and editor of ] and ]
* ], poet, essayist and journalist
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ], journalist

===India===
* ], journalist
* ], journalist
* ], editor at CNN-IBN
* ], editor and managing director of ''The Pioneer'' newspaper
* ], "father of Indian journalism"
* ], editor and anchor in CNBC India
* ], Publishing Director and Managing Editor, The Times of India Group; Editor in Chief, The Illustrated Weekly of India; chairman, Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd
* ], founder and President of ], one of India's largest television and media production houses
* ], journalist
* ], political critic, founder-editor of ''Bartaman'' newspaper
* ], news anchor and journalist

===America===
* ]
* ] (Aparisim Ghosh), journalist, former ''TIME'' magazine World Editor; the first non-American to be named World Editor in ''TIME''{{'}}s more than 80 years
* ]

===United Kingdom===
* ]
* ], British television news presenter
* ], BBC's head sports editor
* ], political correspondent for the BBC Television's Breakfast programme shown on BBC One and the BBC News Channel
* ], former TV presenter for BBC Radio 2, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio Kent
* ], BBC News science reporter
* ], British television news broadcaster
* ], current Economics Editor of ]. Former Political Editor of ]
* ], English journalist and television presenter
* ], former ] for the ]
* ], former BBC Environment Correspondent, currently a regular contributor on Radio 4's ''Today'' programme

===Pakistan===
* ], Pakistan's first female editor; first woman to be included in a press delegation; in 1955, became the first woman to speak at the ancient ] in ], Egypt
* ], 1st ] of Pakistan's oldest, leading and most widely read English-language newspaper, '']'' and former ]

===Qatar===
* ], television journalist at ]

===Uganda===
* ], journalist, poet, columnist, founding editor of '']''

==Law==
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* ], prominent Indian (British Indian) lawyer, key jurist of Muslim personal law, founding member of ]
* ], former chief justice of India
* ], ]'s 101st president
* ], former High Court judge, Calcutta
* ], 11th ]
* ], former chief justice of India
* ], first practising ] of ] origin
* ], considered the architect of Bangladeshi Constitution and icon of secular democracy in South Asia; prominent international lawyer and arbitrator
* ], Bangladeshi lawyer, executive director of BLAST, one of the recipients of the 2016 ]
* ], 2nd ]
* ], 14th ]
* ], Bangladeshi Lawyer, member of the drafting committee of Bangladeshi constitution
* ], former Chief Justice of India
* ], Bangladeshi lawyer, first woman to be appointed as the ] for freedom of expression and opinion; seventh Secretary General of ] (2001–2009); former director-general of the ]
* ], nominated as the Best Human Rights Lawyer of England and Wales in 2012
* ], first person of Asian origin to be elected as the president of ]
* ], former Chief Justice of India
* ], former Chief Justice of India
* ], Received Knighthood in 1935, former Justice of Calcutta High Court and appointed Law Secretary of the Government of India
* ], lawyer and politician
* ], Indian member appointed to the ], one of the three Asian judges of Tokyo trial
* ], former Chief Justice of India
* ], judge and first non-white to be elected to the Family Law Bar Association Committee. In 2006, she was appointed as a ] of the Crown, which made her the only person of Bangladeshi origin in a senior judicial position.
* ], former Chief Justice of India
* ], first Chief Justice of Bangladesh
* ], former judge in ]
* ], Indian barrister, former Cabinet minister of India, Indian parliamentarian
* ], prominent lawyer and statesman in British India, first Indian to become member of British cabinet
* ] KCSI was an Indian lawyer and political figure. He was ] from 1928 to 1934 and Law Member of the ] from 1934 to 1939.

==Magicians==
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==Musicians==

=== Bangla rock ===
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* ]
* ]
* ], founding member and the leader of the Bengali rock band ]
* ]
* ]
* ], lyricist and one of the founders of the Bangla band Chandrabindoo
* ]
* ], lead vocalist and one of the founders of the Bengali band ]
* ], composer, founder of the group ], One of the first rock vocalists of India
* ], lead singer of Bangla rock band Somlata and The Aces
* ], singer, composer and lyricist
* ], frontman of Bengali hard rock band ]
* ]
* ], guitarist for ], one of the pioneers of Bengali and ]
* ] (Azam Khan), one of the pioneers of Bengali rock, pop guru and rock guru of Bangladesh, freedom fighter
* ]
* ], former member of the first Bengali Band Iolites, known as the ] of the west
* ], vocalist of ]
* ]
* ]
* ], vocalist for ]
* ], vocalist for ]
* ], former vocalist of ], current vocalist of Avash
* ]

=== Bangladeshi film industry ===
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer and composer
* ], freedom fighter and National Award-winning music director
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning music director and composer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer and composer
* ], Singer, National Award-winning composer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning music director and composer
* ], National Award-winning playback singer
* ], National Award-winning music director and composer
* ], National Award-winning music director
* ], National Award-winning playback singer and composer
* ], National Award-winning music director
* ], National Award-winning playback singer

===Bollywood===

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* ], Bollywood music composer
* ], Bollywood music composer
* ], Bollywood music composer
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* ], Bollywood music composer
* ], composer
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* ], Bollywood playback singer
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* ], Bollywood playback singer
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* ], Bengali poet and composer
* ]
* ]
* ], Bollywood playback singer, winner of ''Amul Star Voice of India'', Chhote Ustaad
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* ], Bollywood playback singer
* ], singer
* ] composer
* ], playback singer, performer and son of Kishore Kumar
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* ], Bollywood music composer
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===Classical and folk musicians===
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* ] (born 1933), known as 'Baul-samrat', pioneering folk artist known for working with ]
* ] (born 1963), table master, composer, actor, fusion musician
* ] (1924–2000), Rabindrasangeet performer
* ] (1931–1992), singer and composer
* ] (1931–1986), sitar performer
* ] (born 1980), Indian classical musician, sarod player
* ] (1935–2016), tabla master and singer
* ] (1930–2014), eminent exponent of Nazrul Geeti
* ] (born 1974), Bangladeshi folk singer, world record holder
* ] (1922–1992), Shyama Sangeet singer
* ] ({{circa|1930}} – 1966), singer
* ] (1911–1980), Rabindrasangeet performer
* ] (born 1953), tabla performer and composer
* ], tabla exponent
* ] (born 1952)
* ], sitar player
* ] (1927–2018), surbahar performer
* ], classical and rabindrasangeet exponent performer, also folk modern and devotional music
* ] (1917–1993), Indian classical singer
* ] (1909–1997), tabla master, composer and musician
* ] (1911–1960), pioneering master of the Indian classical flute, composer, musicologist
* ] (1916–2009)
* ] (1901–1959)
* ]
* ] (1922–2009), sarod performer, composer, musicologist, founder of the Ali Akbar College of Music in California, US
* ] (1862–1972)
* ] (born 1958), Sarod virtuoso, composer, musicologist, international master, renowned Sarod player
* ] (1928–2004), sitar performer
* ] (born 1952), folk, ghazal, and pop fusion singer
* ] (1784–1890), mystic devotional composer and singer
* ]
* ] (1924–2011), ] performer, also playback singer and composer
* ] (1943–2010)
* ]
* ] (1925–2011), Hindustani classical musician and sitar player of ]
* ] (born 1954), ] singer
* ] (1854–1922)
* ] (born 1953)
* ], Rabindra Sangeet and ] performer, also modern and folk songs
* ], Rabindra Sangeet performer, also modern and folk songs
* ] (born 1981), sitar player and composer
* ] (1920–2012), sitar virtuoso, composer, musicologist
* ], Hindi/Urdu ghazal singer and wife of ]
* ] (1934–2019), founder and lead singer of ] and playback singer
* ] (born 1966)

===Hindi rock===
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* ], co-founder of the popular Indian band ]
* ], lead vocalist of Indian band Euphoria
* ], co-founder of the popular Indian band Indian Ocean

===Western===
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* ], lead guitarist of the American alternative rock band ]
* ], electronic band, members include Manzur Iqbal from United Kingdom
* ], American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress, daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar; Indian Bengali
* ], American born Indian origin singer
* ], singer; auteur of American industrial band Android Lust
* ]
* ], operatic soprano

==Military==
===Bangladesh===
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* ], former head of ]
* ], awarded ], the highest military award of Bangladesh; war hero of ]
* ], served under ], ], ] and ]
* ], 11th ]
* ], engineer-in-chief of the Bangladesh Army
* ], former Lieutenant Commander of ]
* ], Bangladeshi ] and retired ] of the ], key sector commander of the ] during the ]
* ], Bangladesh Army officer and fugitive
* ], second temporary chief of ]
* ], retired Bangladesh Army captain and former ]
* ], awarded ], the highest military award of Bangladesh, war hero of ]
* ], former lieutenant general and Chief of General Staff in Army Headquarters
* ], Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the Chief of Naval Staff
* ], army officer convicted for the ]
* ], Bir Uttam war hero
* ], general officer commanding ]
* ], Sector Commander, war hero of Bangladesh Independence War
* ], 7th ]
* ] ], Supreme Commander of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War
* ], 1st ], ] during the ]
* ], physician and army officer martyred in the liberation war
* ], physician and army officer martyred in the liberation war
* ], awarded ] the highest military award of Bangladesh, war hero of ]
* ], awarded ] the highest military award of Bangladesh, war hero of ]
* ], Bir Uttam war hero, Sector Commander, strategic war hero Of 1971 Bangladesh Independence War
* ], awarded ], the highest military award of Bangladesh; war hero of ]
* ], Bangladesh's second ]
* ], major general and ambassador to Kuwait and Yemen
* ], Army General and former Military Secretary to the President of Bangladesh.

===India===
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* Flight Lieutenant ] (1924–1993), recipient of ]
* ] (1897–1945), leader, ]
* Air Marshal ], PVSM, AVSM, VSM, first woman to be promoted to three-star rank in the ]
* Air Vice Marshal ] (1934–2019), MVC, VM of ]
* Major General (Retd.) ], Founding Director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* Vice Admiral ], Indian Navy, later Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command
* Admiral ] (1914–2001), Indian Navy Chief 1966–1970
* General ] (1908–1983), Indian Army Chief during the ]
* Commodore ], Indian Navy, first Indian officer to be promoted to Commodore
* Group Captain ], pioneering test pilot of ]
* Vice Admiral ], AVSM, YSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ]
* Lieutenant General (retd.) ], Head of the ]
* Wing Commander ], ] and first Indian to reach the rank of Wing Commander
* ] (1927–2011), India's first military helicopter pilot
* Colonel ], an ] Colonel
* Air Marshal ] (1911–1960), former Head of Indian Air Force
* ], 24th chief of Indian Air Force
* Dr. Wing Commander ], MD FRCS, first Indian man to complete 100 marathons
* ] (1898–1918), first Indian (pre Independence) flying ace
* General ] (born 1937), former Indian Army Chief
* Major General ] (1896–1957), OBE
* Lieutenant General ], ]

===Other===
* ] (born 1963), Muslim chaplain for the ]
* ] (died 1575), military general for the ]
* ] (born 1604), Zamindar of Sarail and soldier of the Mughal empire
* ], military general and Zamindar of ]

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* ], first ] (1971–1972)
* ], former ]
* ], popularly known with the honorary title Mazlum Jananeta (Leader of the Oppressed)
* ] (born 1949), former MP for ]
* ] (born 1953), Bangladeshi minister
* ] (1926–2017), former president of Bangladesh
* ] (died 1991), former MP of Jessore
* ] (1940–2019), high school teacher and socialist
* ] (1932–2016), Islamic scholar and politician
* ] (died 1998), medical doctor and politician
* ], Bangladeshi politician
* ] (1950–2023), former MP of ]
* ] (born 1967), former MP of ]
* ] (born 1964), politician
* ] (1915–1998), army officer and politician
* ] (1923–1990), freedom fighter and politician
* ] (born 1948), former MP of ]
* ], former MP of ]
* ] (1948–2006), former general secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
* ] (1947–2003), politician and shrimp exporter
* ], former ] (2001–2002) and the founder of ]
* ], '']'' ] and ], former adviser to ]
* ] (1905–1971), former Minister of Agriculture
* ], Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA), later President (1982–1990) and founder of the ]
* ], lawyer, founder of ] and the leader of ] alliance
* ] (born 1972), Minister of Public Administration
* ], first ] (Undivided), presented the ] with the official proposal of partition of India, ]
* ], one of the founding member of the ]
* ], incumbent ]
* ] (1897–1988), founder of the Emarat Party and member of the ]
* ], chairman of the Jatiya party
* ], Bengali nationalist politician, president of Awami League, served as the first ] and second ], voted as the ] in 2004 BBC's opinion poll
* ] (born 1967), acting chairman of the ]
* ], founder of ], ] (1977–1981), proposed the creation of ], sector commander and liberation war hero
* ] (1929–2013), former ] (2009–2013)
* ], ] (1996–2001; 2009–present)
* ], ] (1991–1996; 2001–2006), "mother of democracy", leader of democracy movement in Bangladesh, first female PM of Bangladesh
* ] (1900–1986), second president of the ]
* ] (1940–2020), former Minister of Disaster Management
* ] (1945–2021), member of the parliament
* ] (1903–1967), former Minister of Health, Labor and Social welfare

===British India===
] was a patron, and donated immensely towards education for the Muslim students of Bengal during a difficult period.]]
] was India's first ], and his birthday is now recognised as ] across the country.]]
* ], Bengali landlord, jurist and health minister
* ], founder of All-India Seamen's Federation and vice-president of ]
* ], Indian independence activist
* ], ], statesman
* ], senior leader of the ] during the ]
* ], merchant and aristocrat
* ], revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India and one of the key organisers of the Ghadar conspiracy and later, the ]
* ], prominent in the Sylhet referendum movement
* ], five-time ], two-time ] representative and Minister of Industrial Development
* ], prominent in the Indian independence movement (also known as Deshabandhu)
* ], politician, industrialist and minister
* ], politician, traveler and minister
* ], educationist and member of the ] for Tippera North
* ], Nawab of ], president of the ]
* ], member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and East Bengal Legislative Assembly
* ], 9th ], ] and leader of the Independent Muslim Party
* ], freedom fighter and politician
* ], educator and social worker
* ] ], first native minister of Assam, pioneer of the agricultural industry
* ], ] and political leader known for retaining the ] in ]
* ], member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and East Bengal Legislative Assembly
* ], freedom fighter and poet
* ], ], one third of the ] triumvirate
* ], Zamindar of Karatia, politician and educationist
* ], founder of ], proposed establishing University of Dhaka

===India===
====West Bengal====
* ], one of the founders of the ]
* ], former ]
* ], Chief Minister of West Bengal (from 2011), ex-minister for Railways, Government of India, Chairman ]
* ], former minister
* ], one of the founding members of the ]
* ], former communist Chief Minister of West Bengal, former Politburo Member of the Communist Party of India(Marxist)
* ], former communist Chief Minister of West Bengal, Politburo Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) after 19th Party Congress
* ] (born 1975), Trinamool politician
* ], first president of ]
* ], former president of ], Head of State of India's first free Provisional Government of Azad Hind and co-founder ]
* ], former Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament), expelled member of CPI(M), senior parliamentarian, prominent barrister
* ], former minister of West Bengal and former mayor of Kolkata
* ], senior leader of ]
* ], former president of India, Minister for External Affairs, senior leader of ]
* ], former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, former Indian ambassador to United States
* ], physician, former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bharat Ratna
* ], former Law Minister, barrister, and parliamentarian
* ], member of Lok Sabha from Diamond Harbour, National General Secretary of ]

====Assam====
* ], MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], inaugural MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], politician in ]
* ], politician in ]
* ], founder of the ] (AIUDF) and president of ]'s Assam branch
* ], MLA of ] and founder of Ajmal Foundation
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], two-time member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], ] of Hailakandi
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former Minister of State for Social Welfare
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former Union Cabinet Minister, elected to the ], senior leader of ]
* ], former member of Parliament, prominent leader of ]
* ], member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], general secretary and chief spokesperson for ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], first female MLA of ]
* ], member of Lok Sabha for ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], second MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], ] politician of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], ] politician
* ], MLA of ]
* ], ] politician and leader of ''Nadwatut Tameer''
* ], MLA of ]
* ], one of the architects of the ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], ] member
* ], former Minister
* ], inaugural MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]

====Bihar====
*] is an Indian politician. He was elected to the ], lower house of the ] from ] in the ] as member of the ].
*] represented ] four times in the ] from ] between 1980 and 1998 for 18 years until 14 June 1998 when he was gunned down with his driver Harendra Sharma and party worker Ashfaqur Rehman in broad daylight at Subhash Nagar in ].
*] represented ] ] from ] between 1998 and 2000
====Delhi====
*] ] from ] from 1951-1961

====Meghalaya====
* ], inaugural MLA of ]
* ], inaugural MLA of ]
* ], former MLA of ]
* ], current MLA of ]
* ], former three-time MLA of ]
* ], inaugural MLA of ]
* ], MLA of ] and former two-time MLA of ]
* ], former two-time MLA of ] and Minister of Agriculture & Transport
* ], former MLA of ]
====Uttar Pradesh====
*] 4th ] also 1st Female Chief Minister of India. ] from ] (1967-1971) & ] from ] of ] (1962-1967)
*], 4-time ] of ] as an ] candidate with support of ] from 1962 to 1977.
*], 7-time ] of ] from ]

====Other====
* ], speaker of Lok Sabha
* ], chief minister of ], Politburo member
* ], member of the ] for ]

===Pakistan===
* ], ]
* ] (1886–1952), member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan
* ], member of the Pakistan National Assembly
* ], ] 1953–1955
* ], served as the first Agriculture Minister of Pakistan
* ], first Education Minister of ]
* ], Muslim League politician and lawyer
* ], 3rd ]
* ] (d. 1975), member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan
* ], served as the first Law & Labour Minister of Pakistan
* ], first ]
* ], 2nd ] (Undivided), 2nd ], 2nd ], president of Muslim League
* ], former chief whip of ]
*], Minister of Food and Agriculture of Pakistan (1958–1960); Minister of Commerce of Pakistan (1960–1962); Provincial Minister of Finance and Planning of East Pakistan (1962–1965)
* ], second Chief Minister of Bengal, ] (1956–1957)

===United Kingdom===
]
* ], Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark
* ] Indian(Bengali)-British politician serving as ] since 2021. A member of the ], she has been ] (MP) for ] since 2010.
] was the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.]]
* ] ], Labour Party politician, councillor in Regent's Park ward, Cabinet Member for Young People in ] and former Mayor of Camden; in 2003, at age 34, became UK's youngest mayor as well as the first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor<ref name="camdennewjournalali">{{cite news|last=Latham|first=Bob|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2010/may/local-elections-2010-nasim-nash-ali-one-o-level-council-leader-profile-labours-top-man|title=LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Nasim 'Nash' Ali, from one O-level to council leader – Profile of Labour's top man at the Town Hall|location=Camden|work=]|date=20 May 2010|access-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100100/http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2010/may/local-elections-2010-nasim-nash-ali-one-o-level-council-leader-profile-labours-top-man|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ], Labour Party politician, councillor for Headington Hill and Northway in ]; in 2014, became Oxfordshire's first city councillor from a Bangladeshi background<ref name="oxfordtimesanwar">{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/11248032.So_proud__says_city___s_first_Bangladeshi_councillor/|title=So proud, says city's first Bangladeshi councillor|location=Oxford|work=]|date=2 June 2014|access-date=1 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802001616/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/11248032.So_proud__says_city___s_first_Bangladeshi_councillor/|archive-date=2 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*], former ] and ]
* ], Liberal Democrat councillor for Shadwell ward, former Cabinet Member for Housing in ], community worker and author of '']''<ref name="thenationalkhan">{{cite news |url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/the-veil-should-not-be-a-barrier-between-women|title=The veil should not be a barrier between women|location=Abu Dhabi|work=]|date=29 August 2009|access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref>
* ] ], Labour Party politician, councillor for ] in the ] and Cabinet Advisor for Education; in 1999, the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands<ref name="birminghammail">{{cite news|last=Brady|first=Poppy|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/02/26/awards-to-recognise-bangladeshi-community-97319-20524016/|title=Awards to recognise Bangladeshi community|location=Birmingham|work=]|date=26 February 2008|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004210536/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/02/26/awards-to-recognise-bangladeshi-community-97319-20524016/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ], Labour Party politician and former Greater ] member<ref name="murad">{{cite web|url=http://blog.muradqureshi.com/bnp%E2%80%93jamaat-smashed-in-bangladesh-polls-as-electorate-votes-for-secularism/|title=BNP-Jamaat smashed in Bangladesh polls, as electorate votes for secularism|publisher=Qureshi Report|date=1 January 2009|access-date=10 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401030516/http://blog.muradqureshi.com/bnp%E2%80%93jamaat-smashed-in-bangladesh-polls-as-electorate-votes-for-secularism/|archive-date=1 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* ], community activist and ] politician; from 2010 to 2015 the first ] and the first Bangladeshi leader of the council<ref name="guardianlutfurrahman">{{cite news |last=Hill|first=Dave|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2010/aug/22/tower-hamlets-labour-mayoral-cnadidate-selection-lutfur-rahman|title=Tower Hamlets: Labour selects its mayoral candidate|work=]|date=22 August 2010|access-date=21 September 2010}}</ref>
* ] {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}, current deputy leader of ]
* ], Labour Party politician, councillor in ] and former Mayor of Camden; in May 2016, became the first female mayor in the United Kingdom of Bangladeshi origin<ref name="dhakatribuneshah">{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/12/nadia-shah-becomes-britains-first-bangladesh-born-woman-mayor|title=Britain's first woman mayor of Bangladeshi origin|location=Dhaka|work=]|date=12 May 2017|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* ] ], Labour Party ], community activist, and the first Muslim and second Asian woman to sit in the ]<ref name="guardianpola">{{cite news|last1=Vasagar|first1=Jeevan|last2=Kelso|first2=Paul|last3=James-Gregory|first3=Sally|last4=Dodd|first4=Vikram|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jun/17/religion.immigrationpolicy|title=Profiles of 10 leading British Muslims|work=]|date=17 February 2002|access-date=31 March 2009|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115060130/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/17/religion.immigrationpolicy|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ] ], ] ] for ], first ] to be elected as an ] for the ]
* ] ], ] ] for ],<ref name="getwestlondonhuq2">{{cite news|last1=Bazaraa|first1=Danya|last2=De-Keyzer|first2=Amy|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/ealing-central--acton-constituency-9050446|title=Ealing Central & Acton constituency results|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=8 May 2015|access-date=1 June 2015|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115060217/https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/ealing-central--acton-constituency-9050446|url-status=live}}</ref> writer, columnist, senior lecturer in sociology at ] and former ] of the ]<ref name="gbnews24huq">{{cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Syed Shah Salim|url=http://www.english.gbnews24.com/legendary-researcher-rupa-will-win-the-next-election-2015/|title=Legendary researcher Rupa will be win the next Election 2015|publisher=GBNEWS24.com|date=1 December 2013|access-date=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304191920/http://english.gbnews24.com/legendary-researcher-rupa-will-win-the-next-election-2015/|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="getwestlondonhuq1">{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Michael|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|title=Ealing Labour pick TV star's sister as their General Election candidate|location=London|publisher=Get West London|date=7 May 2015|access-date=1 June 2015|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115063645/https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/ealing-labour-pick-tv-stars-6281362|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ] ], Labour Party Member of Parliament for ]; first person of Bangladeshi origin to be elected to the ]<ref name="thisislondonrushanara">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/article-23831748-rushanara-ali-becomes-first-bangladeshi-mp.do|title=Rushanara Ali becomes first Bangladeshi MP|location=London|work=]|date=7 May 2010|access-date=11 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510214106/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/politics/article-23831748-rushanara-ali-becomes-first-bangladeshi-mp.do|archive-date=10 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and one of the first three Muslim women to be elected as a member of parliament<ref name="guardianali">{{cite news|first1=Jo|last1=Adetunji|first2=Mark|last2=Tran|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/07/general-election-female-muslim-mps|title=General election 2010: first female Muslim MPs elected|work=]|date=7 May 2010|access-date=5 November 2010|archive-date=11 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511122618/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/07/general-election-female-muslim-mps|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ] ], Labour Party Member of Parliament for ],<ref name="camdennewjournalsiddiq">{{cite news|last=Osley|first=Richard|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2015/may/full-story-tulip-siddiq-defends-hampstead-and-kilburn-parliamentary-seat-labour|title=Full story: Tulip Siddiq defends Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary seat for Labour|location=Camden|work=]|date=8 May 2015|access-date=1 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085653/http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2015/may/full-story-tulip-siddiq-defends-hampstead-and-kilburn-parliamentary-seat-labour|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> former councillor for ] and Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities in ]; in 2010, became the first Bengali female councillor in Camden Council<ref name="bdnewssiddiq">{{cite news|last=Pasha|first=Syed Nahas|url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/19/tulip-weds|title=Tulip Weds|location=London|work=]|date=19 June 2013|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-date=4 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204050104/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/19/tulip-weds|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Canada===
* ], ] from ]
* ], Member of Parliament for Calgary Heritage

===United States of America===
* ], Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
* ], chief of staff to Ocasio-Cortez
* ], Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
* ], chairman and co-founder of the U.S.-India Friendship Council
* ], Member of the North Carolina Senate
* ], Majority Whip and Democratic member of the ] from New Jersey's ] covering portions of ] (second Indian American elected to NJ state legislature); former Deputy Mayor of ]; former Commissioner and Chairman of the ] (then the youngest to serve in that position); Reservist (2001–09) in ]
* ], Member of the ] from Michigan's 13th district, Democrat, Member of the ] from the 1st district, Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 7th and 16th district

===Other===
] was the first educated Bengali and South Asian to have travelled to Europe.]]
* ], Mughal diplomat and munshi

==Ramon Magsaysay Award==
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==Religion and spirituality==
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===Brahmoism===
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* ], women's rights activist and social worker from Calcutta, associated with ] and ]
* ], founder of the ]
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* ], social thinker and reformer, founder of the Brahmo Religion or ]

===Buddhism===
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* ] (1915–2003), ] meditation teacher, taught many notable meditation teachers including ], ], ], and ]
* ], a Buddhist scholar and monk
* ], a Buddhist monk and the 10th ] of Bangladeshi Buddhists

===Hinduism===
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* ] (Kaliprasad Chandra), monk, author, philosopher, occultist, reformer, founder of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
* ], Vaishnava guru
* ], yogi, nationalist, philosopher, author, poet, visionary
* ], Vaishnava ascetic, mystic and recluse
* ], yogi and tantrik master
* ] (Bamacharan Chattopadhyay), tantrik guru and mystic of Tarapith
* ], Tantrik/Shakta saint and master, composer of Shakta devotional songs
* ], Indian spiritual master
* ] (Manamohan Mazumder), monk, preacher and yogi
* ] (Priyanath Karar), yogi, educationist, astronomer, and astrologer
* ], revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic, the most senior of Sri Aurobindo's disciples, author of many books
* ], yogi, philosopher, spiritual master, tantrik scholar and author
* ], mystic, spiritual teacher and Tantrik Guru
* ], Vaishnava mystic, missionary, monk and social reformer
* ], founder of ]
* ] or Shyama Charan Lahiri, yogi, philosopher, the propagator of ]
* ], 19th century monk
* ], avadut mystic, social reformer, chief associate of Chaitanya, reincarnation of Balaram and a primary figure within the ] tradition of Bengal
* ] (Gadadhar Chattopadhaya), mystic, preacher of Dakshineshwar
* ], Saraswat, tantrik guru, vedantic scholar, author, yogi, mystic, philosopher, disciple of Bamakhepa, founder of several institutions
* ] (Abhay Charan Dey), Vaishnava missionary and theologian, founder of ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], founder of ], ]
* ], Vaishnava missionary and theologian, founder of ]
* ] or Sri Anandamurti, polymathic personality, author, philosopher, socio-political thinker, educationist, revolutionary, poet, composer, linguist, self-development and human-welfare theorist, the founder of ] (a socio-spiritual movement)
* ], tantrik master, mystic, famous as a composer of devotional songs to Goddess ]
* ], Vaishnava missionary and theologian
* ] (Narendranath Datta), monk, missionary and social reformer, founder of the ] and ]
* ], monk, philosopher, preacher, author, exponent of Kriya Yoga

===Islam===
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* ] ({{circa|1890}}), author of Tufat al-Muslimin
* ] (1819–1862), second leader of the ]
* ] (1873–1952), inaugural Pir of Sarsina and founder of Darussunnat Kamil Madrasa
* ] (d. 1416), Islamic scholar involved in the ] and pioneer of the ] tradition
* ] (1945–2010), author, teacher and translator
* ] (1919–1995), former principal of ] and ]
* ] (born 1962), '']'' of ]
* ] (1945–2012), former principal of ] and politician
* ] (1902–1986), founding principal of ]
* ] (1955–2021), former Amir of ]
* ] (born 1935), current Amir of ]
* ] (1915–2000), president of the Assam State Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for over four decades
* ] (1930–2003), former vice-chancellor of the ]
* ] (1886–1952), Islamic scholar, writer and politician
* ] (1907–1971), scholar and member of ]
* ] (1850–1905), co-founder of ]
* ] (1891–1976), former president of ]
* ] (died 1785), Sufi scholar and author
* ] (1880–1976), founder of the ] and ]
* ] (1933–2013), former principal ] and former professor at the ]
* ] (1928–2005), former president of ]
* ] (born 1945), Islamic scholar and chancellor of ]
* Ghulam Mustafa Burdwani, 18th-century mufti and poet
* ] (1920–2015), founder of ]
* ] (1943–2021), former ] in both ] and ]
* ] (1894–1984), Education Minister of Assam and former member of parliament in Pakistan and Bangladesh
* ] (1925–1989), Islamic scholar and former MLA of ] and ]
* ] (1915–1990), Shaykh of Fulbari and political activist
* ] (born 1947), principal of ]
* ] ({{circa|1870}}), founder of the ] in South Assam
* ], founder of ]
* ], vice-president of ]
* ] (1898–1959), founder of Sariat-i-Islam newspaper
* ] (1886–1951), founder of the Enayetpuri Sufi Darbar
* ] (1892–1976), former teacher at ]
* ] (1903–1996), founder of the ] project
* ] (1896–1969), founder of the ]
* ] (died 2014), TV presenter assassinated by Islamic militants
* ] (1913–2008), founder of the Fultali movement and ]
* ] (born 1948), reformist and founder of ]
* ] (1924–2005), chairman of ]
* ] (1938–2020), former vice-president of ] and ]
* ], founder of ]
* ] (born 1972), current principal of ]
* ] (1301–1398), Islamic scholar entrusted with the Bengal Sultanate treasury
* ] (1928–2007), former ] of ]
* ] (1903–1961), founder of ]
* ] (1919–2012), first translator of ] into the ]
* ] (born 1969), Islamic scholar and politician
* ] (born 1973), Islamic scholar and influential speaker
* ] (born 1950), president of ] and ]
* ] (1882–1967), founder of ]
* ] (born 1959), vice-president of ]
* ] (1901–1991), former vice-chancellor of the ]
* ] (1926–2017), translator of the Qur'an
* ] (1895–1997), founder of the ]
* ] (1930–2020), former president of ]
* ] (1915–1977), founder of the Chormonai Darbar Sharif and ]
* ] (born 1960), founder of al-Markaz al-Islami
* ] (1875–1950), journalist and founder of the ]
* ] (1937–2016), former secretary-general of ]
* ] (1961–2016), professor at ]
* ] (1918–1993), freedom fighter and founding principal of ]
* ] (born 1948), secretary-general of ]
* ] (born 1973), senior vice-president of ]
* ] (1935–2006), former Pir of Chormonai and founder of ]
* ] (born 1971), current Pir of Chormonai and leader of ]
* ] (1945–2020), former secretary-general of ]
* ] (1900–1974), co-founder of ]
* ] (1868–1969), founder of ]
* ] (1935–2016), translator of the ] and the ] exegesis
* ] (1869–1920), co-founder of ]
* ] (1865–1937), 2nd Pir of Maizbhandari
* ] (1826–1906), founder of the Maizbhandari Darbar
* ] (1883–1961), Deobandi scholar and Pir of Talgachhia Darbar Sharif
* ] (born 1971), British politician, imam and TV presenter
* ] (born 1956), academic, author and founder of ]
* ] (1859–1931), Islamic writer
* ] (1861–1907), comparative religionist writer
* ] (born 1944), ] politician and principal of ]
* ] (born 1939), founder of ]
* ] (1914–1997), founding principal of ]
* ] (born 1916), ] recipient
* ] (1897–1988), founder of the Emarat Party and two-time member of the ]
* ] (1890–1976), scholar, educationist and founding principal of ], Bara Katara
* ] (1935–1996), former secretary-general of ]
* ] (born 1960), Chief Imam of the ]
* ] (1865–1934), co-founder of ]
* ] (1918–1987), first leader of the ]
* ] (born 1964), vice-president of ]
* ] (1916–2006), Islamic scholar and female education activist
* ] (1915–1990), ] recipient
* ] (1885–1969), essayist and editor of the ]
* ] (1781–1840), founder of the ]
* ] (1865–1943), inaugural Pir of ]
* ] (1258–1357), Court Scholar of Bengal under the ]s
* ] (born 1940), Islamic scholar and former member of Bangladeshi parliament
* ] (1916–2020), former Amir of ]
* ] (1872–1931), Islamic scholar, poet and activist
* ] (born 1941), president of ]
* ] (1863–1943), Qur'an reciter and founder of ]
* ] (1894–1982), second principal of ]
* ] (1952–2021), former secretary-general of ]
* ] (born 1955), ], teacher and author
* ] (1934–2008), former co-president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh
* ] (1926–2014), former chairman of Darul-Arabia wa Darul-Ifta Bangladesh
* ] (born 1945), founder of the ]
* ] (born 1969), professor at ]
* ] (1870–1937), writer and revert to Islam

===Christianity===
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* ], lawyer and theologian, founder of the Calcutta Christo Samaj, member of the ]
* ], Bengali philosopher and litterateur, President of the Bengal Christian Association
* ], preacher, evangelist, writer of ]
* ], Indian journalist, writer, and Christian missionary
* ], first Bangladeshi ], ]
* ], first Indian ] and ]
* ], Bengali evangelist and missionary, first Bengali convert to Christianity under ]

===Other===
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==Freedom Fighters and Revolutionaries==
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==Science and technology==
], ], ].
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===Physicists===
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* ], doctor, physician and researcher
* ], first crystallographer of India, known for X-ray Crystallography and was director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata. The ] was established in his honour
* ], director of ] and ]
* ], physicist, helped develop the first excimer laser at the ]
* ], physicist, made contributions in the field of ], artificial radioactivity and neutron physics
* ], physicist, radio and wireless transmission pioneer, also did substantial work on botany
* ], physicist, founded ], which helped to produce Bose–Einstein condensate (2001 Nobel Prize in Physics was given for this discovery); the ], an elementary particle named after him
* ], particle accelerator physicist, contributed to the development of many accelerators around the world, e.g. the ], the ] at ], and the ] at ]
* ], Bengali-American physicist, Professor of Physics at the ]
* ], only Asian on NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission
* ], theoretical physicist, known for ]
* ], physicist, has published around 200 research papers in various international journals
* ], physicist, Eugene Higgins endowed chair professor of quantum physics at ] and scientist at ], known for discoveries in quantum matter and topology
* ], known for contributions to the fields of electro-optical devices and systems, optical computing and processing, and pattern recognition
* ], performed major work in the field of the Earth's near-space environment, through group based and space techniques
* ], physicist, pioneer in the investigations of ionosphere, the ] crater on the ] is named after him
* ], co-inventor of CMOS image sensor, also an award-winning filmmaker
* ], physicist, known for his contributions to relativity and cosmology including ]
* ], ] and observational ], Director, ]
* ], known for his contributions in the modelling of ] and the invention of the ] and ]
* ], physicist, produced the Thermo-Ionization Equation or ]
* ], physicist, known for his contributions to ], co-discovered ]
* ], former director of ] and Padmabhusan awardee

===Biologists===
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* ], scientist and professor, achieved four milestones in genomics - sequencing the genomes of papaya, rubber plants, jute and fungus
* ], known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis
* ], head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at ]
* ], most notable for his work in directed evolution and his role in developing a genetically engineered organism using plasmid transfer while working at GE
* ], organized the first laboratory course on recombinant DNA techniques in Asia and Far East in 1981
* ], first director of ]
* ], agricultural economist and researcher
* ], biologist, under his leadership the ] (Bangladesh medical centre), discovered oral rehydration therapy, which has saved more than 40 million lives from diarrhea
* ], ] and ] winner
* ], first professor of anthropology in India, among the first Indians to study at ]
* ], director-general of ]
* ], widely regarded as the ''father of Indian ethnography'', the ''first Indian ethnographer'', and as the ''first Indian anthropologist''
* ], pioneer in captive breeding; one of the first zookeepers trained as a biologist; a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London
* ], naturalist and science writer

===Geologists===
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* ], one of the early Indians to join ]
* ], known for studies on the evolution of geological structures, ] winner
* ], Indian geologist and one of the first Indian Women to set foot on ]
* ], director-general of the ]

===Chemists===
] invented more than forty different alloys for commercial application in space shuttles, jet engines, train engines and industrial gas turbines.]]
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* ], Palit professor at Calcutta University and Bhatnagar Award, CV Raman recipient
* ], known for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine; her most notable work includes those on vinca alkaloids, and the development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs
* ], chemist, known for anomaly of strong electrolytes
* ], chemist, inventor of ] and the gold winner of the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
* ], chemist, inventor of alloys for use in commercial jets, U.S. fighter planes, gas turbines, train engines, and space shuttles
* ], chemist, former professor at ], textbook author
* ], chemist, specialised in the fields of electrochemistry, colloids and soil science
* ], pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered mercurous nitrite), The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured him with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe, founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company

===Doctors and physicians===
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* ], medical doctor martyred in the ]
* ], dentist, founder of the first dental college of India and Bengal Dental Association, which later became ]
*], ophthalmic surgeon and a health advisor to ], founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Hospital and editor-in-chief of the Bangladesh Ophthalmic Journal.
* ], synthesized Urea Stibamine (carbostibamide) and used it in the treatment of Kala-azar (leishmaniasis), was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* ], India's first graduate in medicine
* ], one of the first two Indian women who trained in Western medicine
* ], pioneer of modern ] medicine
* ], physician, scientist and writer, author of ''The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer'', which won the ] in 2011
* ], physician, first physician in India and second in the world to perform in vitro fertilization
* ], scientist and inventor of implantable artificial kidney
* ], homeopath and founder of the ]
* ], second Muslim from the sub-continent to become a Fellow of the ]

===Mathematicians===
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* ], founded ]
* ], known for ], and the ]
* ], known for ], ] and ]
* ], specialised in mathematical ] and ], professor at ]
* ], mathematician and statistician, professor at ] as well as a ]
* ], known for Bahadur-Ghosh-Kiefer representation and Ghosh-Pratt identity
* ], specialised in ] and ] notably on ] in free convection flow in the presence of ]
* ], pioneered the mathematical formula for ] of fingerprinting
* ], Bangladeshi statistician, founder of The Department of Statistics of ]
* ], best remembered for the ] (a statistical measure), founder of ] (ISI)
* ], designed, developed and constructed India's first indigenous computer (an electronic ]) in ISI
* ], introduced the ] and Mukhopadhyaya's theorem in eucliden geometry
* ], Bangladeshi statistician died in ]
* ], specialised in number theory, graduate student of ]
* ], known for ], professor ] at ]
* ], known for ]
* ], Indian ] and IMO gold medallist
* ], calculated the height of ]

===Technologists===
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* ], inventor of ]; at 12 years old (2014) became the youngest entrepreneur to receive ] funding
* ], co-founder of ], former click fraud czar at ]
* ], software engineer, co-founder of ], early employee of ]
* ], designed, developed, and constructed India's first indigenous computer in 1953 (an electronic analog computer)

===Architects, archaeologists and engineers===
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* ] (born 1959), president of the ], vice-president of the ]
* ], engineer martyred during the ]
* ] (1693–1751), the chief architect and city planner of ], Rajasthan;<ref name="Jaipur history">{{cite web|url=http://jaipur.nic.in/profile.htm |title=Jaipur&nbsp;— The Pink City |access-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033304/http://jaipur.nic.in/profile.htm |archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> with ], he is credited as the architect of ]
* ] (1929–1982), structural engineer and architect, father of tubular designs for high-rises such as Willis Tower (aka Sears Tower) and the John Hancock Center
* ] (born 1986), architectural and graphic designer, designed one of the two £5 ] for the ].
* ], archaeologist, educationist and museum curator
* ], archaeologist

==Social reformers and position holders==
] ] receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)]]
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* ] <small>]</small>, founder of the world's largest ], ]
* ], law reformer
* ], woman rights activist and part of the ]
* ], former president of ]
* ], woman rights activist and part of the ]
* ] ] ] <small>] ] ] ]</small>, former secretary of ], former secretary-general of the ], former president of the ] and former chairman of the ]
* ], pioneer of life insurance in Bangladesh
* ], Indian civil rights activist, freedom activist and Gandhian
* ], director of Muslim spiritual care provision at the ], founder of the ] and former chairman of ]
* ], woman rights activist and part of the ]
* ], founder of ] and President of the ]
* ], lawyer, writer, educator and public servant
* ], prolific writer, important women's rights activist and social worker, early ] writer
* ], women's rights activist
* ], founding chairman of ] and former army major of Bangladesh
* ], former Secretary General of ] and first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to hold the position
* ], former chairman of the United Nations Board of Auditors, first Bangladeshi to hold a UN post.
* ], recipient of the ] for contributions to women's rights and economic development
* ], philanthropist and founder of ]
* ], social activist and author
* ], diplomat and economist
* ], freedom fighter and social activist
* ], social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College, selected as one of Time's 100 most influential personalities in 2010
* ], pioneer Indian Bengali revolutionary philosopher, founder of the ] and the ]
* ], founder of ]
* ], former director general of the ]
* ], intellectual, religious reformer
* ], educationist, writer, polyglot, philologist and linguist
* ], women's rights and social activist, founder member of ]
* ], responsible for introducing major reforms in the educational system and women's rights activist

==Sports==
] was the first Bengali to swim across the English Channel.]]
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===Administrators===
*], President of ] and former Indian cricket team captain, Padma Shri awardee

===Athletics===
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* ], ] gold medalist sprinter
* ], heptathlon athlete
* ], heptathlon athlete
* ], retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters
* ], Olympic sprinter
* ], track athlete
* ], Olympic sprinter from Bangladesh
* ], Indian track and field athlete
* ], Indian former track and field sprinter
* ], athletics, double gold-medallist in track at Asian games, recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Padma Shri award

===Archery===
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* ], Indian female archer
* ], Indian archer
* ], former Indian archer
* ], Bangladeshi archer, won gold in SA games 2019
* ], archer

===Badminton===
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* ], former badminton player
* ], former badminton player
* ], para badminton player and bronze medalist at the ], ]

===Bodybuilding, boxing, rugby and wrestling===
<!-- INSERT A PERSON INTO A SECTION ACCORDING TO ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME. -->
* ], bodybuilder
* ], bodybuilder, Mister Bangladesh
* ], wrestler and weight lifter
* ], weightlifter
* ], Indian wrestler who pioneered the growth of Akhada culture in Bengal
* ], Indian wrestler and practitioner of Pehlwani
* ], ] player for Kent Crusaders and the ]
* ], two-time world lightweight kick-boxing champion
* ], gold-medallist boxer
* ], Indian female bodybuilder and exponent of yoga
* ], Indian bodybuilder, first Bengali to be awarded the Mr. Universe title
* ], known as the "father of Indian boxing"
* ], wrestler and wrestling coach
* ], wrestler, coach and wrestling administrator in India, introduced Greco-Roman wrestling in India

===Chess===
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* ], Indian chess grandmaster
* ], Indian grandmaster
* ], awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985
* ], Bangladeshi grandmaster
* ], chess player from Bangladesh, first chess ] to emerge from the ]
* ], Bangladeshi grandmaster
* ], Bangladeshi grandmaster

===Cricket===
<!-- INSERT A PERSON INTO A SECTION ACCORDING TO ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME. -->
* ], former Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], bowler for ]
* ], Bangladeshi bowler
* ], cricketer for ]
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer, youngest centurion in test cricket
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], English cricketer
* ], former Indian Women cricketer, holds international records
* ], former Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], former Indian ODI player
* ], Indian cricketer
* ], former Indian cricketer
* ], former Indian Test cricketer and pace bowler
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], former Indian national cricket team wicket-keeper
* ], cricketer, Indian women's cricket team
* ], Indian cricket team player
* ], Canadian cricketer
* ], former Indian cricket team captain, Padma Shri awardee
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Indian woman cricketer, awarded ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2007
* ], English women's team cricketer
* ], former Indian Test cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer, has the highest test batting average and century by a Bangladeshi batsman
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi bowler
* ], former president of ]
* ], former Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Indian cricketer
* ], Bangladeshi woman cricketer
* ], former Indian cricketer
* ], former Indian women's cricket team player
* ], president of ]
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], former chairman of the Development Committee of ]
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], former Indian cricket captain, known for establishing the world record opening partnership of 413 runs against New Zealand
* ], former Test cricketer for India Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
* ], former cricketer of Indian women's cricket team
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], Indian cricket player
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], former Indian Test cricketer/wicket-keeper
* ], cricketer for ]
* ], Bangladeshi cricketer
* ], cricketer for ]
* ], cricketer for ]

===Football===
] playing for ] in 2021.]]
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* ], former footballer for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], former winger for ]
* ], forward for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], footballer, named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by ]
* ], former Indian national football player, ] winner
* ], Indian footballer, Captain of Indian team in 1956 Olympic
* ], captained ] in the historic 1911 ], where they defeated the ], 2–1
* ], Indian national football player
* ], Indian footballer, member of 1938 Australia touring side
* ], Indian footballer
* ], former Indian international football player
* ], Indian national football player
* ], Indian footballer
* ], footballer, considered among the finest in Indian football, declared AIFF player of the decade in 1994
* ], ] for English football club ]
* ], footballer for ]
* ], Indian national football player
* ], footballer, known as the "Indian Maradona"
* ], former manager of ] club ], current representative for sport of ]
* ], winger for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], former Indian Footballer, Padma Shri awardee, awarded the best striker of Asia in 1962
* ], Indian national football player
* ], former footballer for ]
* ], former Indian national football player
* ], olympic footballer and midfielder for ]
* ], Indian national football player
* ], forward for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], footballer, the only Bengali footballer ever to be named among the 10 best captains in the world by the English FA in 1953
* ], defender for ]
* ], midfielder
* ], Indian national football player
* ], footballer and ] winner
* ], former defender for ]
* ], goalkeeper for ]
* ], Indian international footballer, known as 'Mr. Versatile' for his ability to play at any position (except goalkeeper), declared Indian player of the year in 2012
* ], former captain for ]
* ], Indian footballer, Olympian
* ], footballer; member of the 1st Indian team, ], that won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre-independence period
* ], Indian national football player, first Indian goalkeeper to play professionally for a foreign club in 1st division
* ], former midfielder for ]
* ], defender for ]
* ], footballer and captain of ]
* ], forward for ]
* ], first Indian footballer to play overseas (in 1936 for the Scottish Club ])
* ], Indian footballer, 1964 Asian Cup team member
* ], former goalkeeper for ]
* ], former defender for ]
* ], ex-footballer, having represented ]
* ], Indian national football player
* ], first ] origin player in ]
* ], Welsh footballer of half-] origin
* ], Indian footballer, Olympian
* ], former defender for ] and founder of ]
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===Golf and snooker===
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* ]
* ], professional snooker player
* ], Olympic and Asian Tour golfer of Bangladesh

===Gymnastics===
* ], Commonwealth gold medalist, South Asian Games gold medalist
* ], first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics
* ], Russian gymnast of half-Bangladeshi origin
* ], second Indian women gymnast to qualify for the Olympics

===Cycling and mountaineering===
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* ], soldier and writer best known for circumnavigating the globe by bicycle.
* ]
* ], first Bangladeshi to scale ]
* ], first Bangladeshi woman to scale Mount Everest
* ]
* ], second Bangladeshi woman to scale Mount Everest
* ], first British Muslim/Bengali to scale Mount Everest

=== Shooting ===

* ], Olympian and ]<nowiki/>ee
* ], Olympian

===Squash===
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* ]
* ], highest-ranked Indian player

===Swimming===
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* ], world's first physically handicapped swimmer to swim across the ] in 1997 and the ] in 2001
* ], first woman to cross the ]
* ], first Bengali to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times
* ], para-swimmer
* ], former swimming champion
* ], first Indian woman to swim across ]; first Indian female sportsperson to be awarded the ]
* ], first Indian to swim across the English Channel, from Dover to Calais in 1958, and for swimming across five channels in one calendar year (1956)
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===Table tennis===
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* ], Olympian
* ], Olympian
* ]
* ], Olympian
* ], Guinness World Record holder
* ]

===Tennis===
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* ], olympian
* ], Winner of the ] title
* ], player and coach
* ], Bangladeshi ATP player
* ], ] winner
* ], Olympic Medalist
* ], Bangladeshi ITF player

==Writers==
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] is the first Indian as well as Asian Nobel laureate.]]
] is considered one of the greatest Bengali poets to have emerged in the 20th century.<ref name="thedailystar1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-193948|title=Al Mahmud turns 75|date=2011-07-13|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2019-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035441/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-193948|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
], mystical poet and songwriter]]
* ] (1872–1940), Bengali litterateur and government officer
* ] (1861–1933), journalist and philosopher
* ] (born 1948), novelist
* ] (1868–1937), Urdu poet and activist
* ] (1607–1680), poet of medieval era
* ] (born 1948), ], writer, academic, essayist
* ], 16th-century poet
* ] (1870–1914), first Bengali Muslim novelist
* ], writer, folklorist and winner of ]
* ] (born 1950), poet
* ] (born 1967), novelist
* ], poet best known for the ''Halat-un-Nabi'' ]
* ] (1904–1974), novelist and essayist
* ], writer and historian
* ], 16th-century Persian writer * ], author, journalist
* ] (1899–1979), writer of short stories
* ] (born 1979), author, filmmaker
* ] (1894–1950), novelist
* ] (1908–1956), novelist and short story writer
* ] (1898–1971), novelist
* ], fiction writer
* ] (born 1951), novelist and essayist
* ] (born 1979), novelist
* ] (1880–1932), author and political activist
* ], 18th-century Persian author
* ] (1926–1947), poet and playwright
* ] (1871–1953), author, ''Gorokho Bijoy''
* ] (1908–1974), poet and essayist
* ], (1939–2015), fiction writer, based in UK
* ], author, scriptwriter
* ] (1924–2018), poet
* ] (1408–?), medieval Bengali poet
* ] (born 1958), British Indian atheist physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story''
* ], novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2007 SHARP deLong Prize
* ] (born 1959), author and administrator
* ] (born 1951), poet and author and journalist EM Forster Literary Award, Padma Shri
* ] (1890–1977), linguist and educator
* ] (1838–1894), novelist, essayist, penned the Indian national song of integrity "]"
* ] (1933–2005), novelist
* ], (born 1936), fiction writer
* ] (1876–1938), novelist
* ], (1933–1995) poet
* ] (1855–1926), poet and social worker
* ] (born 1962), Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia, 2002 ] winner
* ] (1897–1999), essayist and scholar
* ] (1868–1946), editor of Sabuj Patra, wrote in the era of ]
* ], writer
* ], writer and historian
* ] (born 1939), Bengali poet and novelist who founded the "Hungryalist Movement" in the 1960s
* ], writer and collector of ] for the ]
* ], academic and essayist
* ] (1899–1954), poet
* ], author in English literature
* ] (born 1987), author in modern English Literature
* ] (1909–1995), novelist and short story writer
* ] (1926–2016), novelist and short story writer
* ] (1883–1951), fiction writer
* ] (born 1993), novelist, poet, and columnist
* ] (born 1956) (born Chitralekha Banerjee), author and poet
* ] (1824–1873), poet and dramatist
* ] (1848–1909), writer and translator of ''Ramayana and Mahabharata''
* ] (1856–1877), wrote in English and French
* ] (1908–1944), composer
* ] (1901–1960), poet
* ] (born 1970), author of ''Muktijuddher Cholochchitre Naree Nirman''
* ] (1918–1970), author, creator of the ] character
* ] (1934–2012), poet and novelist
* ], director
* ] (born 1956), novelist and essayist
* ] (born 1945), writer, essayist, poet and rationalist
* ] (1932–2021), poet and essayist
* ] (born 1954), poet
* ] (born 1936), novelist
* ] (born 1963), playwright, appointed ] in 2008
* ] (1620–1690), medieval poet
* ], cultural activist, social worker and writer
* ], poet and novelist
* ] (1847–1912), novelist
* ], poet and folklorist
* ], writer and novelist
* ] (born 1952), science fiction writer
* ] (1899–1976), poet
* ] (1903–1976), poet, novelist and essayist
* ] ({{circa|12th century}}), Sanskrit writer of ]
* ], 16th-century poet
* ], poet known as ''Gonomanusher Kobi'' (Poet of the mass people)
* ] (born 1974), writer and historian
* ], non-fiction English writer best known for ]
* ] (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
* ] (1936–2019), poet and novelist
* ] (1693–1760), medieval poet and judge
* ] (1934–2006), poet, ] Award in 2005
* ] (1914–1979), novelist and short story writer
* ] (1908–2007), writer
* ] (1888–1980), author, historian
* ] (born 1944), writer, creator of the Animesh trilogy
* ] (1877–1956), author
* ] (1859–1918), philosopher
* ] (1909–2000), poet
* ] (1904–1988), poet and short story writer
* ] (1950–2010), poet and novelist
* ] (1908–1990), playwright
* ] (1940–2017), author and educator
* ] (1890–1936), author
* ] (born 1935), novelist
* ] (1919–2003), Bengali poet
* ] (1883–1970), poet of the ] era
* ], 18th-century poet
* ], writer, essayist and cultural historian
* ] (born 1955), Bangladeshi poet and writer of juvenile fiction
* ] (1832–1907), Bengali writer and scholar
* ], (1912–1982), novelist and short story writer
* ] (1931–2010), novelist
* ] (born 1962), novelist
* ] (1938–1995), poet, writer, thinker and founder of '']'' in ] in 1961; Ugandan Indian
* ] (1381–1461), medieval Bengali poet
* ] (d. 1638), medieval poet
* ] (1763–1800), medieval poet
* ] (1929–2006), poet
* ], teacher of English and Sufi writer
* ] (1712–1760), poet and song composer known for his ]
* ] (1897–1980), musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist
* ] (1863–1913), playwright and poet
* ] (1921–1992), writer and film director
* ] (1905–2002), novelist, essayist and poet
* ] (born 1961), novelist and essayist
* ] (1933–2016), poet, novelist, short story writer and philosopher
* ], 15th-century poet
* ] (1924–2005), writer of modern Bengali literature
* ] (born 1958), poet
* ] ({{circa|1718}} or {{circa|1723|1775}}), ] poet of eighteenth century Bengal
* ] (1960–2011), Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of sociology from ]
* ] (1882–1964), novelist and legal scholar
* ], (1933), author in English literature
* ] (1853–1931), known as the inventor of ]
* ] (1930–2012), poet, novelist, short story writer, ] awardee
* ], wrote the first ] in Bengali in the 16th century
* ], won ] in 2004
* ] (1840–1926), poet, composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter
* ] (1861–1941), poet, composer, novelist, essayist, story-writer, philosopher, painter, educationist
* ] (1820–1891), philosopher, educator, writer, translator, publisher, and reformer of the ] period
* ], 15th-century poet
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This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the Indian subcontinent, people with Bengali ancestry, and people who speak Bengali as their primary language.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Monarchs

See also: Greatest Bengali of all time

The Greatest Influential Indian Institution Builders from Bengal


Pala Dynasty

Chronological order

Chandra Dynasty

Deva Dynasty

Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1352–1414)

Main article: Ilyas Shahi dynasty
Name Reign Notes
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah 1352–1358 Became the first sole ruler of whole Bengal comprising Sonargaon, Satgaon and Lakhnauti.
Sikandar Shah 1358–1390 Killed in battle with his son and successor, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah 1390–1411 Patron of the first recorded Bengali poet Shah Muhammad Saghir
Saifuddin Hamza Shah 1411–1412
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah 1435–1459
Rukunuddin Barbak Shah 1459–1474
Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah 1474–1481 Patron of Bengali poet Zainuddin
Nuruddin Sikandar Shah 1481
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah 1481–1487

House of Ganesha

Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494–1538)

Main article: Hussain Shahi dynasty
Name Reign Notes
Alauddin Hussain Shah 1494–1518 His witnessed a remarkable development of Bengali literature.
Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah 1518–1533
Alauddin Firuz Shah 1533
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah 1533–1538

Other

A 19th century sketch of Isa Khan, a Muslim Rajput leader of Bengal.

Nobel laureates

Academics

Abdul Malik was Pakistan's first cardiologist.


Actors and entertainers

Khalil Ullah Khan earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Gunda in 1976.



Artists and designers

Bharat Ratna Receivers

List of Bengalis who received Bharat Ratna:

Bloggers / media artists

Business and industry

Billionaires

Business leaders

Entrepreneurs

Sahitya Akademi Award

Main article: List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

Cartoonists / comics creators

Cinematographers

Criminals

Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners

Diplomats

Economists

In 1994, Saifur Rahman was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Madrid, Spain.

Fellows of the Royal Society

Fictional characters

Filmmakers

Grammy winners

Journalists

Bangladesh

India

America

United Kingdom

Pakistan

Qatar

Uganda

Law

Magicians

Musicians

Bangla rock

Bangladeshi film industry

Bollywood

Classical and folk musicians

Hindi rock

Western

Military

Bangladesh

India

Other

Padma Vibhushan

Politicians

A. K. Fazlul Huq
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Khaleda Zia
Sheikh Hasina Wazed

Bangladesh

British India

Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda was a patron, and donated immensely towards education for the Muslim students of Bengal during a difficult period.
Abul Kalam Azad was India's first Minister of Education, and his birthday is now recognised as National Education Day across the country.

India

West Bengal

Assam

Bihar

Delhi

Meghalaya

Uttar Pradesh

Other

Pakistan

United Kingdom

Anwar Choudhury was the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.

Canada

United States of America

Other

I'tisam-ud-Din was the first educated Bengali and South Asian to have travelled to Europe.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Religion and spirituality

Image of Swami Vivekananda relaxing in a chair
Swami Vivekananda in Bushnell Studio in San Francisco, 1900

Brahmoism

Buddhism

Hinduism

Islam

Shah Ahmad Shafi in 2019
Ajmal Masroor was nominated for the Religious Advocate of the Year award at the 2013 & 2015 British Muslim Awards.

Christianity

Other

Freedom Fighters and Revolutionaries

Science and technology

Seated (L to R): Meghnad Saha, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Jnan Chandra Ghosh. Standing (L to R): Snehamoy Dutt, Satyendranath Bose, Debendra Mohan Bose, N R Sen, Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, N C Nag.

Physicists

Biologists

Geologists

Chemists

Abdus Suttar Khan invented more than forty different alloys for commercial application in space shuttles, jet engines, train engines and industrial gas turbines.
  • Sadhan Basu, Palit professor at Calcutta University and Bhatnagar Award, CV Raman recipient
  • Asima Chatterjee, known for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine; her most notable work includes those on vinca alkaloids, and the development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs
  • Jnan Chandra Ghosh, chemist, known for anomaly of strong electrolytes
  • Abul Hussam, chemist, inventor of Sono arsenic filter and the gold winner of the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
  • Abdus Suttar Khan, chemist, inventor of alloys for use in commercial jets, U.S. fighter planes, gas turbines, train engines, and space shuttles
  • Nurul Haque Miah, chemist, former professor at Dhaka College, textbook author
  • Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, chemist, specialised in the fields of electrochemistry, colloids and soil science
  • Prafulla Chandra Roy, pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered mercurous nitrite), The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured him with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe, founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company

Doctors and physicians

Mathematicians

Technologists

Architects, archaeologists and engineers

Social reformers and position holders

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)

Sports

Brojen Das was the first Bengali to swim across the English Channel.

Administrators

Athletics

Archery

Badminton

Bodybuilding, boxing, rugby and wrestling

Chess

Cricket

Football

Hamza Choudhury playing for Leicester City F.C. in 2021.

Golf and snooker

Gymnastics

  • Mabia Akhter, Commonwealth gold medalist, South Asian Games gold medalist
  • Dipa Karmakar, first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics
  • Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast of half-Bangladeshi origin
  • Pranati Nayak, second Indian women gymnast to qualify for the Olympics

Cycling and mountaineering

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Writers

Further information: List of Bengali language authors
Rabindranath Tagore is the first Indian as well as Asian Nobel laureate.
Al Mahmud is considered one of the greatest Bengali poets to have emerged in the 20th century.
Hason Raja, mystical poet and songwriter

Chefs

See also

References

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