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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. For brevity, people who fall into more than one category are listed in only one of them. For further information, see Bangladeshi people.

Principals of Bengal's Independence Wars and Movements

British colonial period

Mohammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953-1955)
Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda, first Indian Muslim president of the reformed legislative council of the undivided Bengal in 1921
A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937-1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954-1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956)
Nawab Abdul Latif, educator and social worker
Khwaja Salimullah, first to propose the creation of the All India Muslim League (AIML), later known as the Muslim League
Surya Sen, revolutionary and leader of Indian independence movement, known for leading Chittagong armoury raid
Haji Shariatullah, founder of the Faraizi Movement
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the last Prime Minister of Bengal (1946-1947), later Prime Minister of Pakistan (1956-1957)
Pritilata Waddedar, activist of the Indian independence movement

Martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement 1952

Bangladesh War of Independence, 1971

Tajuddin Ahmed, first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, War of Independence
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Major Nazmul Huq, Commander Sector 7 (till August 1971)
Squadron Leader M. Hamidullah Khan, Bangladesh Government Chief Representative - Chakulia (Bihar) Guerilla Trng. Camp, BDF Sub-sector commander - Mankarchar (Sector 11), BDF Commander - Sector 11 (November 2–February 14, 1972)
Major M.A. Manzur, Commander Sector 8
Major Khaled Musharraf, BDF Commander Sector 2, Commander K-Force
Colonel-in-Chief Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmany, Commander-in-Chief, Bangladesh Forces, War of Independence, 1971. (Later promoted to General)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Major Ziaur Rahman, Declarer War of Independence of Bangladesh on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, March 27, 1971. BDF Sector Commander Sector 1(April~May) and Central Sector - Sector 11 (June – October 10, 1971) and Z-Force Commander
Major K.M Shafiullah, S Force Commander
Major Abu Taher, sub-sector commander - Mahendraganj (HQ 11), Interim Commander Sector 11 (October 10–November 2, 1971)

Scientists, engineers, science educators and any subject teachers

Abdullah Al Muti, scientist and science writer
Maqsudul Alam, scientist and professor, achieved three milestones in genomics - sequencing the genomes of papaya, rubber plants and jute
Mir Masoom Ali, emeritus professor of statistics
Nizamuddin 'Leepu' Awila, car engineer
Amit Chakma, tenth president of the University of Western Ontario
Abed Chaudhury, scientist living in Australia, born in Moulavibazar; renowned for getting the Bangladeshi rice variety kasalath recognized by IRRI; the variety was first claimed to be of Indian origin^[1]
SM Faruque, microbiologist and scientist, researcher on Vibrio cholerae which causes Cholera
Azizul Haque, pioneered the mathematical formula for Henry Classification System of fingerprinting
Khandkar Manwar Hossain, statistician and founder of the Department of Statistics in Rajshahi University
Saleemul Huq, awarded the Burtoni Award for contribution to climate change adaptation
A. K. M. Fazle Hussain, director of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics & Turbulence at the University of Houston
Abul Hussam, awarded the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, scientist and science writer
Jamal Nazrul Islam, physicist and mathematician
Jawed Karim, co-creator of YouTube and designed anti fraud system of PayPal
Mohammad Ataul Karim, Bangladeshi American scientist
Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect
Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy
M. A. Naser, pioneer in engineering education in Bangladesh
Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda, Bangladeshi scientist, educationist and writer
Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani, biomedical physicist
Abdul Matin Patwari, Electrical Engineer, Mathematician, Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology
Mostafa Azad Kamal (Professor of Bangladesh Open University)
Sadia Afroze Sultana (Professor of Bangladesh Open University)

Arts, culture, and literature

Zainul Abedin, painter
Humayun Ahmed, novelist and former professor of Chemistry, Dhaka University
Tofail Ahmed, author and researcher of Folk Art
Shahidul Alam, photographer
Alaol, medieval poet
Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane
Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist
Tahmima Anam, novelist and winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Rashid Askari, writer, fictionist, columnist, and academic
Humayun Azad, writer and former professor of Bengali, Dhaka University
Rafiq Azad, poet
Manzoor Alam Beg, photographer and author
Munier Chowdhury, educator, dramatist and intellectual killed in 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh
Akhteruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer
Nirmalendu Goon, poet
Abdul Hakim, medieval poet
Sikdar Aminul Haq, poet
Quamrul Hassan, artist
Saad Z Hossain, writer
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, poet, essayist, translator and editor
Abul Hussain, poet
Jahanara Imam, writer and activist
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, writer and educator
Kazi Nazrul Islam, national poet of Bangladesh
Mazharul Islam, architect, political activist
Syed Jahangir, free-lance artist of Bangladesh
Jasimuddin, poet
Zillur Rahman John, mime and pantomime artist
Shahriyar Kabir, author and journalist
Shahidullah Kaiser, educator, novelist and intellectual killed in 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh
Abul Kashem, architect and educationist
Lalon Shah, mystic poet
Al Mahmud, poet
Firoz Mahmud, contemporary visual artist, creator, painter
Partha Pratim Majumder, Bangladeshi mime artist who is considered the "forerunner" of mime art in Bangladesh
Shahabuddin Nagari, poet, writer and singer
Shamsur Rahman, poet
Hason Raja, mystic poet
Begum Rokeya, writer
Bibi Russell, model and fashion designer
Arunabh Sarkar, poet
Muhammad Shahidullah, Bengali educationist, writer and linguist
Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah, poet
Ahmed Sharif, writer of Bengali literature, secularist
Ahmed Sofa, writer
SM Sultan, painter

Social reformers and leaders

Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC
Ali Ehsan, founder of ThinkersWeb Foundation
Hazi Mohammad Mohsin, philanthropist
Korvi Rakshand, founder of JAAGO Foundation
Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner

Music, film and television

Arianna Afsar, American model and actress, appeared on American Idol
Kamal Ahmed, American comedian, part of the Jerky Boys duo
Montazur Rahman Akbar, film director, producer
Afshan Azad, actress, cast member of the movie series of Harry Potter
Asif Azim, Bangladeshi male model, appeared in Bigg Boss 7
Ayub Bachchu, singer and guitarist
Bobita, film actress
Shefali Chowdhury, played Harry Potter's Yule Ball date in Goblet of Fire
Sumita Devi, film and television actress
Farzana Dua Elahe, British actress and DJ
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer of Ethiopian and Bangladeshi descent, member of the Four Tops
Humayun Faridi, TV, stage, and film actor
Waheedul Haq, Tagore song specialist and journalist
Arman ul Haque, music composer, and creator of Bengali Talking Tom and Friends
Zahid Hasan, actor and director
Nina Hossain, UK News presenter
Menhaj Huda, British director best known for Kidulthood
Konnie Huq, UK television presenter
Rahsaan Islam, American actor of Bangladeshi descent
Jayasree Kabir, actress
Mosharraf Karim, actor
Azam Khan, singer
Shakib Khan, film actor, producer
Tasmin Lucia Khan, entertainment and news presenter for the BBC
Runa Laila, singer
Manna, film actor
Tareque Masud, film director
Ellis Miah, American music producer of Caribbean and Bangladeshi descent
Jernade Miah, British singer and dancer, works with 2point9 Records
Paromita Mitra, American model and actress
Tanvir Mokammel, film director
Ron Mustafaa, Hollywood TV actor, most recently on MTV Skins
Asaduzzaman Noor, actor, politician and member of parliament
Alvin Soura Pandey, audio engineer, music composer, introduced HD surround audio in Bangladesh
Shomi Patwary, designer and director
Aamer Rahman, Saudi Arabian born, Australian comedian of Bangladeshi descent; part of the comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet
Khan Ataur Rahman, film director
Rezaur Rahman, producer of the television program Ain Adalat, barrister and solicitor, human rights activist
Shahnaz Rahmatullah, singer
Zahir Raihan, film director
Abdur Razzak, actor, director
Rola, half Bangladeshi, quarter Russian, quarter Japanese fashion model
Salique, British singer and fitness model
Shabnam, film actress
Dino Shafeek, British actor known for Mind Your Language
Ali Shahalom, British YouTuber and comedian
Bilal Shahid, British singer
Mumzy Stranger, singer, producer, dancer, rapper
Jan Uddin, British Bangladeshi model and actor known for SweetBoy in Shank, Ibn Idriss in Black Gold and Jalil Iqbal in Eastenders
Sabina Yasmin, singer

Economists

Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, economist and development thinker, Chairman of Dhaka School of Economics
Muzaffar Ahmed, economist and an emeritus professor at the Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka
Debapriya Bhattacharya, economist and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue CPD
Atiur Rahman, economist, Governor of Bangladesh Bank and a former director of the state-owned Sonali Bank
Rehman Sobhan, economist
Abul Barkat, economist, former Chairman of state-owned Janata Bank and former Chairperson of Department of Economics, Dhaka University

Entrepreneurs

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of the world's largest international development NGO, BRAC
Samson H. Chowdhury, chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh)^[2]
Syed Manzur Elahi, founder of Apex Group^[3]
Ananta Jalil, chairman of AJ Group (Bangladesh)^[4]
Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
Abdul Awal Mintoo, former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI)
Iqbal Quadir, co-founder of GrameenPhone
Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, chairman of the business conglomerate Bashundhara Group^[5]
Md. Sabur Khan, Former President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) & Chairman of Daffodil International University

Media and journalism

Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, former adviser to the President of Bangladesh
Salah Choudhury, writer, peace activist and journalist
Lenin Gani, journalist, winner of the Best Sports Report in 2001 by Dhaka Reporters Unity
Kaberi Gayen, prominent academic, author, columnist for The Daily Star
Kazi Shamsul Hoque, journalist
Mainul Hosein, chairman of the Editorial Board of The Daily Ittefaq
Matiur Rahman, editor of the daily Prothom Alo, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism
Shykh Seraj, director of News Channel i, Agriculture Development activist, winner of FAO A.H. Boerma Award, Ekushey Padak
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi, former editor of the Khaleej Times, assistant editor of Dawn, and founder-editor of The Agatya

Political figures

M Saifur Rahman, former finance minister
Shah M S Kibria, former finance minister
Abdus Samad Azad, former Foreign Minister
Dewan Farid Gazi, former minister
Abul Mal Abdul Muhit, incumbent finance minister
Nurul Islam Nahid, incumbent education minister
Abul Mansur Ahmed, politician from Mymensingh
Moudud Ahmed, barrister, politician and statesman
Oli Ahmed (Bir Bikram), President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh), 2006–present; former Minister (various portfolios in multiple cabinets); decorated freedom fighter; one of the main founders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
Shahabuddin Ahmed, former president
Tajuddin Ahmed, first Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Ghulam Azam, Islamist politician, former leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, accused of war crimes for his role in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, founder of Bangladesh Awami League, National Awami Party
Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955
Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry, acting President of Pakistan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, President of Muslim League, accused of war crimes for his role in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Hamidul Huq Choudhury, Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1954 until 1956
A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, mayor of Chittagong, member of the Chowdhury Family
A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President, Leader of Bikalpa Dhara
Motiya Chowdhury, member of Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, member of Parliament
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, former Minister, accused of war crimes for his role in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, son of Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry
Hussain Mohammed Ershad, CMLA and later President from 1982 to 1991; Leader of Jatiya Party
Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, politician and minister
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, 1996–2001, 2009–present
A. K. Fazlul Huq, Chief Minister of East Bengal, Governor of East Pakistan
Altaf Husain, minister of Commerce and Industry of Pakistan from 1965 to 1968
Abdul Jolil, politician and Minister
Morshed Khan, former Foreign Minister
Khawaja Nazimuddin, second Governor-General of Pakistan, and the second Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shah Azizur Rahman, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Tareq Rahman, senior vice president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), son of Begum Khaleda Zia and Ziaur Rahman
Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah, first to propose the creation of the All India Muslim League
Suranjit Sengupta, politician and minister
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1956–1957
Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister, 1991–1996; 2001–2006

Photographers

Heads of government

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, President, August 15, 1975 – November 3, 1975
Tajuddin Ahmed, (by Appointment and Oath) Prime Minister, 1971–1972
Hussain Mohammed Ershad, by (India supported Military Coup) Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) 1982–1985 and self declared President (1985–1990 December 6)
Sheikh Hasina, (elected) Prime Minister, 1996–2001, 2009–13
A. K. Fazlul Huq, presented the Lahore Resolution of 1940 that established Muslim League's demand for a homeland for Muslims, Pakistan
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Chairman of the Awami League 1966–1974 and Prime Minister 1972~1974, Chairman of BAKSAL and President January 1975–August 15, 1975
Ziaur Rahman, Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) (under National State of Emergency) (November 7, 1975 – 1977); President, 1977–1981 (Assassinated May 30)
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan 1956–1957; founder of Awami League
Begum Khaleda Zia, (elected) Prime Minister; 1991–1996, 1996–1996, 2001–2006

Intellectuals

A.F.Salahuddin Ahmed, historian
Muzaffar Ahmed, economist
Prof. Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist
Munir Chowdhury, educationist
Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, civil rights activist
Nasreen Pervin Huq, women's rights activist
Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, prolific writer, feminist, social worker
Muhammed Abdul Muid Khan, nominated as the Best Human Rights Lawyer of England and Wales in 2012
M S Khan, librarian and pioneer of library science in Bangladesh
Anu Muhammad, economist
Rehman Sobhan, economist

Government officials and diplomats

Shakil Ahmed, Army general
Anwar Chowdhury, British High Commissioner to Dhaka, first non-White Briton to hold a senior diplomatic post
Akbar Ali Khan, Bangladeshi economic historian and educationist who was a civil servant until 2001, Finance Ministry Adviser (Minister) of Caretaker government of Bangladesh
A. H. M. Moniruzzaman, career diplomat belonging to the Bangladesh Foreign Service, was the head of Bangladesh Mission to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland
Ayub Quadri, retired bureaucrat, adviser for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to Caretaker government of Bangladesh
Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, senior lecturer at the Monash University, a political economist and social scientist and a bureaucrat from Bangladesh

Noted diplomats/heads of major organizations

Abul Fateh, professional diplomat, first Foreign Secretary 1971–1972
Chandra Kalindi Roy Henriksen, Chief Secretary of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
M Sakhawat Hossain, former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007-2012), Brigadier General (retd) Bangladesh Army, writer, author of more than 20 books, columnist, speaker, freelance commentator on national and international TV channels, security and defense analyst
Irene Khan, current Secretary General of human rights organization Amnesty International; the first woman, the first Asian, and the first Muslim to hold the position; won the Sydney Peace Prize 2006

Religious personalities

Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib, Reformist Islamic scholar of modern era
Khan Jahan Ali, considered a Muslim saint, built the great Bagerhat Shat Gambuj Masjid (60 dome mosque)
Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji, Hindu saint
Shah Jalal, Muslim saint of Bengal, particularly in the region of Sylhet, Bangladesh
Shah Paran, Muslim Sufi saint; nephew of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R)
Atiśa Dipamkara Shrijnana, Buddhist teacher; important figure in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and in establishment; inventor of bodhichitta, known as "mind training"
Tilopa, Buddhist teacher; important figure in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition; founder of the Kagyu lineage and progressor of the Mahamudra method

Sportspeople

Archery

Emdadul Haque Milon, archer

Chess

Abdullah Al Rakib, Bangladeshi Grandmaster
Reefat Bin-Sattar, Bangladeshi Grandmaster
Rani Hamid, chess player; was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and won British Women's Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
Enamul Hossain, Bangladeshi Grandmaster
Niaz Morshed, first Bangladeshi Grandmaster (as well as South Asia)
Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi Grandmaster

Football

Alfaz Ahmed, Sylheti footballer
Shahed Ahmed, British footballer
Toklis Ahmed
Shahidul Alam
Jahid Hasan Ameli
Sheikh Aslam, footballer: striker during the 1980s and 1990s
Jamal Bhuyan, Danish footballer of Bangladeshi descent
Hemanta Vincent Biswas, first Bangladeshi footballer to get a trial at a top European club; a Bangladeshi Christian
Mithun Chowdhury
Nasiruddin Chowdhury
Kaiser Hamid, Sylheti, footballer, son of Rani Hamid (retired)
Raihan Hasan
Aminul Hoque, goalkeeper
Mohammed Monwar Hossain
Mohamed Zahid Hossain
Mamunul Islam
Mohammed Ariful Islam
Sayeed Hassan Kanan, goalkeeper
Rezaul Karim
Mamun Khan
Abdul Baten Mojumdar Komol
Ashraf Mahmud Linkon
Russel Mahmud Liton
Atiqur Rahman Meshu
Mohd Mamun Miah, Sylheti, footballer
Sheikh Mohamed Mintu
Nasirul Islam Nasir
Shakhawat Hossain Rony
Syed Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
Kazi Salahuddin
Saiful Bari Titu
Anwar Uddin, British footballer

Golf

Siddikur Rahman, Bangladeshi professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour

Gymnastics

Syque Caesar, artistic gymnast, member of the Michigan Wolverines
Margarita Mamun, rhythmic gymnast, 2016 Gold medallist and Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics of Russian and Bangladeshi descent

Hockey

Mamunur Rahman Chayan

Kabaddi

Martial arts

Riaz Amin, youngest British WEKAF (World Eskrima/Kali/Arnis Federation) world champion, practises Shotokan Karate and Filipino Martial Arts
Ruqsana Begum, first British woman in kickboxing to be Asian, Bangladeshi and Muslim, she practises Muay Thai
Ali Jacko, British World Champion Lightweight Kickboxer, Black belt in Jujitsu, Wushu and Chinese Boxing
Mak Yuree, founder of Butthan, Vajrapran and Combat Self-Defense, holds four world records

Mountaineering

Shooter

Imam Hossain
Asif Hossain Khan, gold and silver medalist in the Commonwealth Games
Sharmin Ratna

Sprinter

Mohamed Abu Abdullah, personal best 11.07
Masbah Ahmmed, 100m sprinter
Mohan Khan, personal best 11.25
Beauty Nazmun Nahar, personal best 12.52

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; 16 times national champion, Guinness World Record holder

References

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↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
↑ "AJ Group". Ajgroupbd.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
↑ "Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, Chairman of Bashundhara Group". Bashundhara Group's Official Website. Retrieved May 22, 2016.

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