Famous People

Arts

• Abdul Hakim, medieval poet
• Abul Kashem, eminent educationist
• Ahmed Chofa, writer
• Al Mahmud, poet
• Alaol, medieval poet
• Begum Rokeya, writer
• Bibi Russell, internationally renowned fashion designer
• Hason Raja, mystic poet and zamindar / landlord
• Humayun Ahmed, writer
• Humayun Azad, writer, professor
• Jahanara Imam, writer, activist
• Kazi Nazrul Islam, National Poet of Bangladesh
• Lalon, mystic poet
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, writer, educator
• Munier Chowdhury, educator, dramatist, martyred intellectual
• Quamrul Hassan, artist
• Shahidullah Kaiser, educator, novelist, martyred intellectual
• Shamsur Rahman, poet
• Zainul Abedin, artist

Music, Film and Television

• Azam Khan, singer
• Bobita, film actress
• Humayun Faridi, actor
• Konnie Huq, television presenter
• Mrinal Sen, filmmaker
• Ritwik Ghatak, filmmaker
• Runa Laila, singer
• Sabina Yasmin, singer
• Shabnam, actress
• Shefali Chowdhury, actress
• Suchitra Sen, actress
• Sumita Devi, actress
• Tanvir Mokammel, film director
• Tareque Masud, film director
• Zahir Raihan, film director

Economists and Entrepreneurs

• Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
• Muhammad Yunus, pioneer of micro-credit, intellectual founder of the Grameen Bank, and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Journalists and News
• Mainul Hosein - chairman of the editorial board of the Daily Ittefaq, the largest daily Bengali news publication in Bangladesh
• Matiur Rahman, editor of Daily Prothom Alo, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism
• Nina Hossain, television news broadcaster

History

Freedom Fighters During British Colonial Period

• A. K. Fazlul Huq
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
• Pritilata Waddedar
• Surya Sen
• Titumir

Freedom Fighters During Liberation War

• Bir Sreshtho Hamidur Rahman
• Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman
• Bir Sreshtho Mohiuddin Jahangir
• Bir Sreshtho Mostafa Kamal
• Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf
• Bir Sreshtho Nur Mohammad Sheikh
• Bir Sreshtho Ruhul Amin
• Hemayet Uddin, organizer, Hemayet bahini
• Kader Siddique, organizer, Kaderia bahini
• Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmany, Commander-in-Chief

Martyr of the Language Movement

• Abdul Jabbar
• Abul Barkat
• Rafiq Uddin Ahmed

Political Figures

• A. K. Fazlul Huq
• A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
• A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
• Abdul Jalil
• Abdus Samad Azad
• Bipin Chandra Pal
• Golam Azam
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Khawaja Nazimuddin, former Governor-General of Pakistan, and Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Khwaja Salimullah, proposed the creation of the Muslim League
• Mahi B. Chowdhury
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
• Morshed Khan
• Motiya Chowdhury
• Moudud Ahmed
• Muhammad Ali Bogra, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Shah Azizur Rahman
• Shahabuddin Ahmed
• Tareq Rahman

Head of Government

• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister 1972-1975 and President 1972-1975
• Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister, 1991-1996; 2001-Present
• Hussain Mohammed Ershad, Chief Martial Law Administrator and later President, 1982-1990
• Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, President, 1975-1975
• Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister, 1996-2001
• Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister, 1971-1972
• Ziaur Rahman, CMLA, later President, 1975-1981

Intellectuals

• Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer, politician, civil-rights activist
• Mahnoor Ahmed, prolific writer, feminist, social worker
• Muzaffar Ahmed, economist
• Nasreen Pervin Huq, prominent women's rights activist
• Rehman Sobhan, economist
• Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, prolific writer, feminist, social worker

Religious Figures

• Atiśa Dipamkara Shrijnana, Buddhist teacher
• Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji - Hindu Saint
• Khan Jahan Ali, considered Muslim saint
• Archbishop Paulinus Costa, Christian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka
• Sri Anandamoyi Ma, Spiritual Hindu teacher and Guru
• Tilopa, Buddhist teacher

Scientists and Engineers

• Abdullah Al Muti, scientist and science writer
• Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist
• Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer
• Jagdish Chandra Bose, Pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics
• Jamal Nazrul Islam, physicist and mathematician
• Meghnad Saha, physicist
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, scientist and science writer
• Prafulla Chandra Roy, pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works

Sportspersons

• Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury, cricketer
• Brojen Das, swimmer: first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four time
• Mohammad Rafique, cricketer
• Qazi Habibul Bashar, cricketer
• Rani Hamid, chess player
• Sayeed Hassan Kanan, footballer
• Sheikh Aslam, footballer
• Syed Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir, footballer
• Tapash Baisya, cricketer