List of people from Barisal
The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the city of Barisal as well as Barisal division in Bangladesh.
Government and politics
- Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958)[1]
- Mohammad Ali Bogra, (1909-1963), Bengali politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)[2]
- Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister. peasant movement leader
- Jogendra Nath Mandal, One of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, First Law Minister of Pakistan
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)[3]
- Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, Creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh.
- Shawkat Hossain Hiron, Former Member of Parliament, Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013)[4]
- Abdur Rab Serniabat, cabinet minister[5]
- Abul Hasanat Abdullah, politician[6]
- Jahangir Kabir Nanak, politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
- Amir Hossain Amu, politician, former Minister of Industries[7]
- Gurudas Dasgupta, member of the Indian Parliament[8]
- M Sakhawat Hossain, Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012)
- Shahjahan Omar, Bir Uttam, politician[9]
- Manikuntala Sen, revolutionary
- Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was a noted Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the Indian National Congress party.
- Syed Azizul Huq, politician and former Member of Parliament.
- Kazi Golam Mahbub, language movement activist and politician
- Nasreen Jahan Ratna, politician, former member of parliament
Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy
- Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist.[10]
- Kusumkumari Das, poet, writer and social activist[10]
- Kamini Roy, Bengali poet, social worker and feminist
- Narayan Gangopadhyay, writer and academic[11]
- Buddhadeb Guha, writer[12]
- Mukunda Das, Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer
- Ahsan Habib, poet and journalist[13]
- Abu Zafar Obaidullah, Bengali poet and language movement activist
- Abul Hasan, poet and journalist[14]
- Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, writer[15]
- Sufia Kamal, poet[16]
- Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist,
- Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq[17]
- Golam Sarwar, journalist and writer, founding editor of daily Samakal and Jugantor.
- Barun Sengupta, journalist, political critic, founder-editor of daily Bartaman
- Bazlur Rahman, journalist and editor of The Sangbad
- Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, an author, columnist, lyricist.
- Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, Bengali author
- Aroj Ali Matubbar, philosopher[18]
- Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad, Islamic writer, journalist, and thinker.
- Jogesh Chandra Bagal, Indian journalist, historian and writer.
Entertainment
Film, television, theater, and radio
- Hanif Sanket, television host, writer and producer, best known as the creator and host of popular television show Ittyadi
- Alamgir Kabir (film maker), renowned film director and cultural activist
- Golam Mustafa, Film actor[19]
- Utpal Dutt, actor, director, and playwright[20]
- Nikhil Sen, dramatist[21]
- Sohel Rana, Film actor, director and producer
- Masum Parvez Rubel, Film actor
- Omar Sani, Film actor
- Shahidul Islam Khokon, filmmaker and producer
- Mosharraf Karim, Film and Television actor
- Mir Sabbir, Television actor and director
- Tania Ahmed, Television actress and model
- Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, media personality
- Arundhati Devi, actress and director[22]
Singers and Instrumentalists
- Altaf Mahmud, musician and language movement activist[23]
- Abdul Latif (musician), singer, musician, and lyricist.
- Khalid Hassan Milu, singer
- Anil Biswas, film song composer
- Nikhil Ghosh, musician and teacher[24]
- Parul Ghosh, playback singer[25]
- Papia Sarwar, singer[26]
- Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, music composer and a famous singer of Nazrul geeti[27]
- Pannalal Ghosh renowned musician and flutist
- Nachiketa Chakraborty, Indian musician
Performing arts
- Jewel Aich, renowned magician and bansuri player
- Laxman Das, wrestler, weight lifter, circus performer and the founder of Royal Pakistan Circus
Educationist and reformers
- Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer.[28]
- Abala Bose, educator and social reformer[29]
- Sal Khan, American educator, mathematician and entrepreneur, Founder of Khan Academy[30]
Freedom fighters and revolutionary
- Mohiuddin Jahangir, Bir Shreshto, Liberation War veteran[31]
- Major M A Jalil, sector 9 commander during Bangladesh liberation war
- Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), freedom fighter in Bangladesh liberation war
- Niranjan Sengupta, revolutionary
- Tarakeswar Sengupta, revolutionary
- Kanai Chatterjee, Indian maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India
- Gurudas Dasgupta, Indian politician and a leader of Communist Party of India
- Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician, trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI)
Science and academia
- A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist and professor of physics at the University of Dhaka.
- Biswajit Ghosh, professor, essayist and researcher
- Swadesh Bose, Bengali language movement activist and economist[32]
- Basudeb DasSarma, chemist[33]
- Kadambini Ganguly, first South Asian female physician, social activist
- Acharya Debaprasad Ghosh, Indian mathematician and politician
- Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist[34]
- Ehsan Hoque, medical doctor and philanthropist[35]
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist[36]
- Nazia Khanum, OBE DL, academic and management consultant[37]
- Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology[38]
- Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, historian[39]
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian[40]
- Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna, Indian scholar of Sanskrit
- Basudeb DasSarma, Bengali chemist and a faculty of the University of Calcutta
- Sukharanjan Samaddar, professor, educationalist, and martyred freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War
Religious leaders
- Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim, Muslim scholar, Pir Shaheb Charmonai
- Boro Maa, Hindu leader and a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha
Sports
- Paresh Lal Roy, Father of Indian Boxing
- Sohag Gazi, cricketer[41]
- Mehedi Hasan, cricketer[42]
- Shahriar Nafees, cricketer[43]
- Kamrul Islam Rabbi, cricketer
- Salman Hossain, cricketer
- Golam Kabir, cricketer
- Mohammad Manik, cricketer
- Golam Kibria, cricketer
- Zakaria Masud, cricketer
- Tanvir Islam, cricketer
- Jahid Hasan Ameli, footballer
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