List of Bangladeshi people

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Listed below are notable people who are either citizens of Bangladesh, born in the region of what is now Bangladesh, or of Bangladeshi origin living abroad (such as British Bangladeshis or Bangladeshi Americans). For brevity, people who fall into more than one category are listed in only one of them. For further information, see Bengali people.

Contents 1 Arts, culture, and literature 2 Music, film and television 3 Economists and entrepreneurs 4 Journalists and news 5 Freedom fighters 5.1 British Colonial Period 5.2 Martyrs of the Language movement 5.3 Bangladesh Liberation War 6 Political figures 7 Heads of Government 8 Intellectuals 9 Bureaucrats 10 Noted diplomats/heads of major organizations 11 Religious personalities 12 Philosopher 13 Scientists and engineers 14 Sportspeople 14.1 Cricket 14.2 Football 14.3 Chess 14.4 Swimming 14.5 Table Tennis

Arts, culture, and literature

• Abdul Hakim, medieval poet
• Abul Kashem, architect and educationist
• Abu Hasan Shahriar. a notable poet after Shamsur Rahoman.
• Ahmed Sofa, writer
• Akhteruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer
• Alaol, medieval poet
• Al Mahmud, poet
• Begum Rokeya, writer
• Bibi Russell, model and fashion designer
• Hason Raja, mystic poet
• Humayun Ahmed, writer, Ex Professor
• Humayun Azad, writer, Professor
• Jahanara Imam, writer and activist
• Jasimuddin, famous poet
• Kazi Nazrul Islam, National Poet of Bangladesh
• Lalon, mystic poet
• Manzoor Alam Beg, photographer and author
• Muhammad Shahidullah, famous Bengali educationist, writer and linguist.
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, writer and educator
• Munier Chowdhury, educator, dramatist, intellectual killed in 1971 war
• Mushfiqul Alam, photographer, author and music composer
• Monica Ali, noted author of The Brick Lane
• Mazharul Islam, architect, political activist
• Rahman Henry, a notable post-modern poet of Bangladesh who is famous for a codifying poetic diction, an International award ( Shabdagucchaa Post-modern poetry award, 2009) winner for his contribution in poetry. According to the prominent Modern American poet, Nickolus Burnes, Mr. Henry has a major role to develop post modern poetry in Bangladesh.
• Shahidul Alam, photographer
• Shahriyar Kabir, author and journalist
• Shahidullah Kaiser, educator, novelist, intellectual killed in 1971 war
• Shahisul Zaheer, an exceptional Novelist & story-write of Bangladesh who can only be compared with Gabriel Garcia Marquize of Cuba.
• Shamsur Rahman, poet
• Syed Jahangir, free-lance artist of Bangladesh
• Syed Mujtaba Ali , renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist.
• Quamrul Hassan, artist
• Zainul Abedin, painter
• Zillur Rahman John, mime and pantomime artist

Music, film and television

• Abdur Razzak, actor, director
• Afshan Azad - Actress, cast member of the movie series of Harry Potter
• Asaduzzaman Noor, actor, politician and member of parliament
• Azam Khan, singer
• Ayub Bachchu Singer & Guitarist
• Hasan
• Maksud
• James
• Bari Siddiqui, flok musician, singer and flutist
• Bobita, film actress
• Geeta Dutt, famous Bollywood singer
• Humayun Faridi, TV, stage, and film actor
• Konnie Huq, UK television presenter
• Manna, film actor
• Mrinal Sen, film director
• Nina Hossain - UK News presenter
• Ritwik Ghatak, film director
• Runa Laila, singer
• Sabina Yasmin, singer
• Shabnam, film actress
• Shahnaz Rahmatullah, singer
• Shefali Chowdhury, She plays Harry Potter's Yule Ball date in Goblet of Fire
• Suchitra Sen, famous Bengali Actress
• Sumita Devi, film and television actress
• Tanvir Mokammel, film director
• Tareque Masud, film director
• Tasmin Lucia Khan - Entertainment and news presenter for the BBC
• Waheedul Haq, noted Tagore song specialist and veteran Journalist.
• Zahir Raihan, film director

Economists and entrepreneurs

• Atiur Rahman, economist, Governor of Bangladesh Bank and a former director of the state-owned Sonali Bank
• Iqbal Quadir, co-founder of GrameenPhone.
• Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
• Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Journalists and news

• Fareena Alam, named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief and was named Media Professional of the Year at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.

• Kazi Shamsul Hoque, an eminent journalist born in comilla is the founder editor of weekly Akhon Samoy, New York USA Kazi also worked for Radio Pakistan, chief reporter of the Daily Sangram, editor of the weekly Sramik Barta and was imprisoned by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's BAKSAL government for a courageous report published in 1975.

• Mahfuz Anam, editor of the Daily Star.

• Mainul Hosein, chairman of the editorial board of the Daily Ittefaq, the daily Bangla news publication in Bangladesh

• Matiur Rahman, editor of Daily Prothom Alo, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism.

• Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, editor of the Weekly Prekkhit, performed historic role in Bangladesh as Adviser of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh during 2006 Caretaker Government.

Freedom fighters

British Colonial Period

• Subedar Razab Ali, led the Sepoy Mutiny in Chittagong 1857–1858
• Haji Shariatullah, founder of the Faraizi Movement
• Surya Sen
• Pritilata Waddedar
• Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah, first to propose the creation of the All India Muslim League (AIML), later known as Muslim League
• A. K. Fazlul Huq
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Martyrs of the Language movement

• Abdus Salam
• Abdul Jabbar
• Abul Barkat
• Rafiq Uddin Ahmed

Bangladesh Liberation War

• Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmany, commander-in-chief.
• Khaled Musharraf, commander sector 2, commander K-Force
• Abu Taher, sub-sector commander - Mahendraganj(HQ 11), Commander Sector 11 (November 2, 1971)
• M.A. Manzur, commander sector 8
• {[Maj.M.A Jalil, Secter Commander 9
• Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, Commander Sector 11
• Kader Siddique, organizer, Kaderia bahini
• Hemayet Uddin, organizer, Hemayet bahini
• Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman
• Bir Sreshtho Mohiuddin Jahangir
• Bir Sreshtho Hamidur Rahman
• Bir Sreshtho Mostafa Kamal
• Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf
• Bir Sreshtho Ruhul Amin
• Bir Sreshtho Nur Mohammad Sheikh

Political figures

• Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah - Was first to propose the creation of the All India Muslim League (AIML), later known as Muslim League
• Hamidul Huq Choudhury, Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1954 until 1956.
• Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955
• Khawaja Nazimuddin, second Governor-General of Pakistan, and the second Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Altaf Husain, minister of Commerce and Industry of Pakistan from 1965 to 1968.
• A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
• A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President & Leader of Jatiya Party; Leader of Bikalpadhara
• Abdus Samad Azad, former Foreign Minister 1996-2001
• Abdul Jalil
• Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister, 1991-1996; 2001-2006
• Golam Azam, Islamist politician, former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, alleged war criminal for his role in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
• Hussain Mohammed Ershad, CMLA & later President from 1982-1991; Leader of Jatiya Party
• Mahi B. Chowdhury
• Motiya Chowdhury
• Maulana Bhashani, famous politician of '70s
• Moudud Ahmed
• Shahabuddin Ahmed
• Morshed Khan, owner of Citycell and former Foreign Minister
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
• Shah Azizur Rahman
• Aminul Islam Chowdhury, politician from Comilla (Member of National Assembly, Pakistan)
• Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister, 1996-2001
• Tareq Rahman, former member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), son of Begum Khaleda Zia and Ziaur Rahman
• Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, prominent politician in the Indian Subcontinent

Heads of Government

• A. K. Fazlul Huq, presented the Lahore Resolution of 1940 that established Muslim League's demand for a homeland for Muslims, Pakistan
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957; founder of Awami League
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Chairman of the Awami League 1966-1975, Prime Minister 1972-1975 and President 1972-1975
• Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister, 1971-1972
• Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, President, 1975-1975
• Ziaur Rahman, Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) & later President till Assassination, 1975-1981
• Hussain Mohammed Ershad, Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) & later President, 1982-1990
• Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister; 1991-1996, 2001-2006
• Sheikh Hasina Wazed; Prime Minister, 1996-2001, 2009-present

Intellectuals

• A.F.Salahuddin Ahmed, eminent historian
• Rehman Sobhan, economist
• Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, civil-rights activist
• Muzaffar Ahmed, economist
• Nasreen Pervin Huq, women's rights activist
• Panna Kaiser, author, novelist, member of parliament, wife of Shahidullah Kaiser
• Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, prolific writer, feminist, social worker
• Prof. Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist and pioneer of community ophthalmology in Bangladesh
• M S Khan, librarian and pioneer of library science in Bangladesh

Bureaucrats

• Akbar Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi economist and educationist who served as a bureaucrat until 2001, Finance Ministry Adviser (Minister) of Caretaker government of Bangladesh.

• Ayub Quadri, a retired bureaucrat was an adviser for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to Caretaker government of Bangladesh.

• A. H. M. Moniruzzaman a career diplomat belonging to the Bangladesh Foreign Service, was the head of Bangladesh Mission to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

• Faizul Latif Chowdhury is a career civil servant from Bangladesh currently Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Government.

• Kamal Uddin Siddiqui,a faculty at the Monash University, an economist and social scientist and a bureaucrat from Bangladesh.

• Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, apolitical leader, an economist, civil servant, writer, and a controversially convicted during Fakhruddin Ahmed's Care Taker Government, was State Minister for Planning, at present Member of Bangladesh Parliament.

• Mohammad Shamsul Alam, a civil servant and member Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Cadre is noted for performing private secretarial job with Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia for consecutive 15 years, and was also controversially convicted by Fakhruddin Ahmed's Care Taker Government.

Noted diplomats/heads of major organizations

• Abul Fateh, Professional Diplomat, First Foreign Secretary 1971-1972
• Irene Khan, Current Secretary General of human rights organization Amnesty International; she is the first woman, the first Asian, and the first Muslim to hold the position; she won Sydney Peace Prize 2006

Religious personalities

• Atiśa Dipamkara Shrijnana - Buddhist teacher: Important figure in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and in establishment and was inventor of bodhichitta or known as "mind training"
• Tilopa, Buddhist teacher: Important figure in the Tibetan Buddhist; founder of the Kagyu lineage and progressor of Mahamudra method
• Khan Jahan Ali - considered Muslim saint, built the great Bagerhat Shat Gambuj Masjid (60 dome mosque)
• Sri Anandamoyi Ma - Spiritual Hindu teacher and Guru
• Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji - Hindu Saint
• Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. - first Bengali Christian to obtain a PhD and DD; is currently being considered for canonization as saint in the Roman Catholic Church

Philosopher

• Aroj Ali Matubbar - A self taught philosopher

Scientists and engineers

• Jagdish Chandra Bose, pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics
• Azizul Haque, pioneered the mathematical formula for Henry Classification System of fingerprinting, sill widely used in the world
• Saleemul Huq, awarded the Burtoni Award for contribution to climate change adaptation.
• Abul Hussam, awarded the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Scientist and science writer
• Jamal Nazrul Islam - famous physicist and mathematician
• Jawed Karim - co-founder of YouTube
• Fazlur Rahman Khan, one of the foremost structural engineers of the 20th century; pioneer of tube structure and designer of Sears Tower, the tallest building in the USA.
• Leepu, a car engineer who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in his small Dhaka workshop.
• Abdullah Al Muti, scientist and science writer
• M. A. Naser, Pioneer in engineering education in Bangladesh.
• Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Physicist: produced the famous Raychaudhuri's equation.
• Prafulla Chandra Roy, Pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered mercurous nitrite)
• Megh Nad Saha, Physicist: Produced the famous equation "Thermo-Ionization Equation" or the Saha Equation

Sportspeople

Cricket

• Qazi Habibul Bashar - Cricketer - a former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team
• Mohammad Ashraful - Cricketer - former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team
• Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury - Cricketer, batsman
• Mashrafe Mortaza - Cricketer, pace bowler, present captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team.
• Mohammad Rafique - Cricketer, spin bowler
• Shakib Al Hasan - Cricketer, batsman, spin bowler, present vice captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team, Wisden cricketer of the year 2009

Football

• Kazi Salahuddin - Footballer: Striker
• Sheikh Aslam - Footballer: striker during the 1980s and 1990s
• Syed Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir Footballer, midfielder
• Sayeed Hassan Kanan Footballer, goalkeeper

Chess

• Niaz Morshed - First Grand Master of Bangladesh (as well as South Asia)
• Rani Hamid - Chess player: was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and won British Women's Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
• Ziaur Rahman - Grand Master of Bangladesh
• Reefat Bin-Sattar - Grand Master of Bangladesh
• Abdullah Al Rakib - Grand Master of Bangladesh

Swimming

• Brojen Das - Swimmer: first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times

Table Tennis

• Zobera Rahman Linu - Table tennis player: Guinness World Record holder

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