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University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

alumni and faculty members.

Nobel laureate

* Muhammad Younus Nobel prize medal

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

's only Nobel prize winner, awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

in 2006

Presidents President most commonly refers to: President (corporate title) President (education), a leader of a college or university President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

, 1st and 4th President and

Father of the Nation The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation. (plural ), also seen as , was a Roman honorific meaning the "Father of the Fatherland", best ...

of Bangladesh but he did not get any degree from the university or attend any class. He was admitted in law, doing full time politics and hardly any time to study anything. *

Syed Nazrul Islam Syed Nazrul Islam ( bn, সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম, Soiyod Nozrul Islam; 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was declared a ...

, former acting President of Bangladesh during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

in 1971 *

Mohammad Mohammadullah Mohammad Mohammadullah ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মুহম্মদুল্লাহ; 21 October 1921 – 12 November 1999) was the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Mohammadullah became the Acting President on 24 Decemb ...

, 3rd President of Bangladesh *

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed; – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975, after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was part ...

, 5th President of Bangladesh * A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh *

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

, 10th President of Bangladesh *

Abdur Rahman Biswas Abdur Rahman Biswas (1 September 1926 – 3 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996. Biswas represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly prior to the independence of Bangla ...

, 11th President of Bangladesh *

Shahabuddin Ahmed Shahabuddin Ahmed (1 February 1930 – 19 March 2022) served as the President of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, and the Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995. He previously served as the acting president during 1990–91 when Hussain Mu ...

, 12th President of Bangladesh *

A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury (known as AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury; ; born 1 November 1932) served as the President of Bangladesh from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002. He was the founding secretary-general of B ...

, 13th President of Bangladesh *

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar BarristerMuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar ( bn, এডভোকেট মুহাম্মদ জমির উদ্দিন সরকার; born 1 December 1931); is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician who served as the acting President of Bangl ...

, former acting President of Bangladesh *

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. From late October 2006 to January 2007, he also served as Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. From Oc ...

, 14th President of Bangladesh *

Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur Rahman (9 March 1929 – 20 March 2013) was the President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziau ...

, 15th President of Bangladesh *

Abdul Hamid (politician) ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥamīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise ...

, 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh

Vice Presidents A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Mirza Nurul Huda Mirza Nurul Huda (1 August 1919 – 22 December 1991) was an economist and academic who served as the 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh. He served as the governor of East Pakistan and the finance minister of Bangladesh. Early life Huda was born i ...

, 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh

Prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
s

Tajuddin Ahmad Tajuddin Ahmad ( bn, তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ; ; 23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberat ...

, 1st

Prime Minister of Bangladesh The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা� ...

, 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh * Mashiur Rahman, former senior minister, with the rank and status of a prime minister *

Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman Khan ( bn, আতাউর রহমান খান; 1 July 1907 – 7 December 1991) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, and served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan from 1 September 1956 – March 1958, and as the P ...

, 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh *

Moudud Ahmed Moudud Ahmed (24 May 1940 – 16 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member total five times from Noakhali-1 and Noakhali-5 ...

, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh and 6th Vice President of Bangladesh *

Kazi Zafar Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmad (; 1 July 193927 August 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990. Early life Ahmed was born in 1939, in village: Kazi Bari Cheora Chauddagram Upazila, C ...

, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh *

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

, 10th and incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh in her second term *

Lotay Tshering Lotay Tshering ( dz, བློ་གྲོས་ཚེ་རིང་; born 10 May 1969) is a Bhutanese politician and surgeon who is the current Prime Minister of Bhutan, in office since 7 November 2018. He has also been the president of Druk ...

, 8th and incumbent

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

Deputy Prime Ministers

Jamal Uddin Ahmad Jamal Uddin Ahmad (c. 1929 – 3 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician and accountant. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1982. He also served as the former President of the South Asian Federation of Accou ...

, Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1977–1982

Chief Advisers (Head of the Government)

, 12th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 1990 to 1991 *

Muhammad Habibur Rahman Muhammad Habibur Rahman (3 December 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1995. He was the Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. H ...

, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 1996 *

Latifur Rahman Latifur Rahman (1 March 1936 – 6 June 2017) was the 10th Chief Justice and the 2nd Chief Adviser of Bangladesh. Early life and education Rahman was born in Jessore on 1 March 1936. His father was the lawyer Khan Bahadur Lutfur Rahman. His m ...

, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 2001 *

, 14th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 2006 to 2007 *

Fakhruddin Ahmed Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. On 12 January 2007, he was appointed Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-p ...

, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Chief Adviser from 2007 to 2009

Judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Chief Justices of Bangladesh

Badrul Haider Chowdhury Badrul Haider Chowdhury (1 January 1925 – 14 February 1998) was the Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1 December 1989 to 31 December 1989. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Noakhali District of Bengal Presidency, in present-day B ...

, 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh *

, 6th Chief Justice of Bangladesh *

, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Justice Mustafa Kamal, 9th Chief Justice of Bangladesh *

, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain, 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Md. Tafazzul Islam, 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh * Md. Muzammel Hossain, 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Judges of High Court Division

* Farah Mahbub, judge * Amir Hossain, judge * Naima Haider, judge

Chairman, National Human Rights Commission

* Mizanur Rahman

Politics and public service

* A M Nurul Islam, private secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman * Abdus Salam Khan, lawyer and politician, Minister of Public Works and Communication in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet *

Abul Fateh Abul Fateh (16 May 1924 – 4 December 2010) was a Bangladeshi diplomat, statesman and Sufi who was one of the founding fathers of South Asian diplomacy after the Second World War, having been the founder and inaugural Director of Pakistan's ...

, first foreign secretary of Bangladesh *

Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (25 January 1934 – 30 April 2022) was a Bangladeshi economist, writer, civil servant, secretary, diplomat and politician. He served as the Finance Minister of the government of Bangladesh from January 2009 until January ...

, Former Finance Minister of Bangladesh * Anisul Huq, current Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh *

Asaduzzaman Noor Asaduzzaman Noor (born 31 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor, politician and activist. He has been a Jatiya Sangsad member from Nilphamari-2 constituency since 2001 and served as the Cultural Affairs Minister during 2014–2019. Noor work ...

, former Minister of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh *

Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury is a former Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2009), a position he held after a long career in diplomacy and the Civil Service, starting in Pakistan in 1969, thereafter transferring to Bangladesh after the ...

, former foreign minister of Bangladesh and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations *

Imran Ahmad Imran Ahmad (born 22 April 1948) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, businessman and the Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment since 2019. He is a member of parliament from Sylhet-4. Early life and education Imran was ...

, minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment in Bangladesh *

Jahanara Imam Jahanara Imam (3 May 1929 – 26 June 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Ja ...

, writer and political activist, popularly known as "Shaheed Janani" (Mother of Martyrs) *

Leela Roy Leela Roy (2 October 1900 – 11 June 1970), was a radical leftist Indian woman politician and reformer, and a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. She was born in Goalpara, Assam to Girish Chandra Naag, who was a deputy magistrate, ...

, progressive leftist Indian politician and reformer; close associate of

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperi ...

; fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the

and earn an M.A. degree *

Mainul Hosein Mainul Hosein is a Bangladeshi lawyer and the publisher of the daily newspaper ''The New Nation''. He is the former chairman of the editorial board of ''The Daily Ittefaq'', whose building was shelled and completely demolished on 25 March 1971 b ...

, former law minister of Bangladesh *

Matia Chowdhury Matia Chowdhury (born 30 June 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician serving as the incumbent Deputy Leader of the House, and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Sherpur-2. She was the Minister of Agriculture under the first, second and third p ...

, former left-wing student leader and NAP politician and current BAL Presidum member and Minister of Agriculture *

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 26 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi politician. He has been the secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 2016. He was a member of the parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 t ...

, Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party *

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir (born 1 March 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chandpur-1 constituency since 2008, and was Minister of Home Affairs from 2011 to 2013. He is also an economist, civil serv ...

, former Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh * Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, former minister; career journalist; former press secretary to the President of Bangladesh *

Nurul Islam Nahid Nurul Islam Nahid ( bn, নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ; born 5 July 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician and author. He served a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from the Sylhet-6 constituency from 15 years, being elected in 1 ...

, former Minister of Education of Bangladesh *

Obaidul Quader {{Infobox officeholder , name = Obaidul Quader , native_name = ওবায়দুল কাদের , native_name_lang = Bn , image = Obaidul Quader MP (cropped).jpg , caption = , pri ...

, current Minister of Communications of Bangladesh & current general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League *

Rashed Khan Menon Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-8 in the 2008 general election. Menon was re-elected at the 2014 gen ...

, current Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Bangladesh * Raufun Basunia, student leader, was killed during an anti-autocratic protest against military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1985. *

Saifur Rahman {{Short description, Male name Saifur Rahman (Saudi Arabia ar, سيف الرحمن }) is a male Muslim given name, meaning ''sword of the Most Gracious''. سيفور meaning Saifur in arabic. This may refer to: *Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubara ...

, former finance minister of Bangladesh. Sulran Ahmed Chowdhury, Ex Depty Speaker Bangkadesh Parliament and.former Minister and First Civil Administrator Ctg. Municipal Corporation *

Shah A M S Kibria Shah Abu Muhammad Shamsul Kibria (Bengali: শাহ্‌ আবু মুহাম্মদ শামসুল কিবরিয়া ; 1 May 193127 January 2005), known as SAMS Kibria or Shams Kibria, was a Bangladeshi economist, diplomat ...

, diplomat, former finance minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001), former executive secretary of

ESCAP The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to increase economic ...

Sheikh Razzak Ali Sheikh Razzak Ali (28 August 1928 – 7 June 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Law Minister of State and Deputy Speaker and two time Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. Ali died on 7 June 2015. Early life Born in 1928 in Hitampur v ...

, founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad *

Tabarak Husain Tabarak Husain (April 6, 1924 – April 29, 2018) was a former Bangladeshi career diplomat. He was foreign secretary of Bangladesh from 1975 to 1978. He also held the position of chairman of Sadharan Bima Corporation and Grameen Bank. Early life ...

, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh * Tandi Dorji, current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan * Tofail Ahmed, former student leader and current BAL Presidum member and Minister of Commerce *

Sheikh Shahidul Islam Sheikh Shahidul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician who was elected to parliament for Madaripur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986, and served as Minister for Education, Public Works, Youth and Sports from 1984 to 1990. He is the current s ...

, former Minister of Education, Public Works, former President Bangladesh Chattra League, current Secretary-General of Jatiya Party.

Science and engineering

Physics

A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid (1 May 1933 – 9 October 2021) was a Bangladeshi physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Dhaka. He was the nephew of actor-writer Shamsuddin Abul Kalam. Early life and education Rashid was born in a villa ...

, physicist, author of many physics books *

Abdul Matin Chowdhury Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1 May 1921 – 24 June 1981) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He served as the 14th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Education Chowdhury passed entrance examination from Arunchandra High School in No ...

, physicist, ex-Vice Chancellor,

, member,

Nobel Committee for Physics The Nobel Committee for Physics is the Nobel Committee responsible for proposing laureates for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, FRS, (4 December 1898 – 14 June 1961) was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C. V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics. Early life K ...

, FRS, co-discoverer of the

Raman Effect Raman scattering or the Raman effect () is the inelastic scattering of photons by matter, meaning that there is both an exchange of energy and a change in the light's direction. Typically this effect involves vibrational energy being gained by a ...

in physics * Khandker Abdul Muttalib, * Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani, physicist * M Innas Ali, physicist, founder of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission *

M. A. Wazed Miah M. A. Wazed Miah ( bn, এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 6 February 19429 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh ...

, physicist * M. Shamsher Ali, nuclear scientist and educator * Miftahur Rahman, physicist *

Mohammad Ataul Karim Mohammad Ataul Karim (born 4 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi American scientist and higher education administrator, with expertise in electro-optical systems, optical computing, and pattern recognition. Karim is ranked amongst the top 50 researcher ...

, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth or UMassD) is a public research university in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It is the southernmost campus of the University of Massachusetts system. Formerly Southeastern Massachusetts Un ...

IEEE Fellow * Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist *

Satyendra Nath Bose Satyendra Nath Bose (; 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974) was a Bengali mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing the foundation for ...

, FRS, best known for his work on quantum statistics in the early 1920s. *

Sultana N. Nahar Sultana Nurun Nahar is a Bangladeshi-United States, American physicist. She is a research scientist in the Department of Astronomy at Ohio State University. Her research is on atomic processes of photoionization, electron-ion recombination, photo ...

, physicist and astronomer * Imdadul Haque Khan

Chemistry

* Abdus Suttar Khan, aerospace researcher of

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain *

Abed Chaudhury Abed Chaudhury (born February 1956) is an Australian-Bangladeshi scientist, author, and poet living in Australia. Early life and education He was born into a Bengali Muslim family known as the Zamindars of Kanihati in Hajipur Union, Kulaura ...

, geneticist *

Abul Hussam Abul Hussam is the inventor of the Sono arsenic filter. He is a chemistry professor at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, and a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Life and career Huss ...

, inventor of the SONO filter for

arsenic Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid. It has various allotropes, but ...

removal *

Fazlul Halim Chowdhury Fazlul Halim Chowdhury (1 August 19309 April 1996) was a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and one of the longest-serving Vice-Chancellors of the University of Dhaka. He made pioneering contributions to the development of physical che ...

, chemist, educationalist, ex-Vice Chancellor of the

* Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya - natural product chemist,

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

laureate

Other

. Dr.Mahfujer Rahman,Political Cabinet Deputy Secretary Indo pacific zone. State Deapartment Under U.S.A * Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of University Commission of Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka. *

Bhagawan Koirala Bhagawan Koirala () Doctor of Medicine, MD, American College of Cardiology, FACC (July 24, 1960) is a cardiothoracic surgery, Cardiothoracic surgeon, professor and Social worker. He is best known for leading the team of Nepalese surgeons that bega ...

, cardiothoracic surgeon *

Fazlur Rahman Khan Fazlur Rahman Khan ( bn, ফজলুর রহমান খান, ''Fozlur Rôhman Khan''; 3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrape ...

, pioneering structural engineer and architect; contributed to modern skyscraper design technology. works include

Sears Tower The Willis Tower (originally the Sears Tower) is a 108- story, skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM ...

and

John Hancock Center The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The skyscraper was designed ...

* M. Anwar Hossain, biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...

, 2012- *

Mir Masoom Ali Mir Masoom Ali (born February 1, 1937) is a Bangladeshi American statistician, Distinguished Professor, educator, researcher and author. He migrated to the United States in 1969 and became a naturalized citizen in 1981. Ali founded the graduate a ...

, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics,

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

* S.M. Ullah,

soil scientist Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to th ...

and

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

who researched arsenic contamination with the Seibersdorf Research Center, Austria. * Shah M. Faruque, director of the Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases at the

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR,B (formerly known as the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is an international health research organisation located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dedicated to saving lives through research and treatment, ICDDR,B a ...

* Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan, Mathematician, co-discoverer of

Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number In mathematics, a Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number, also called simply a Pisot number or a PV number, is a real algebraic integer greater than 1, all of whose Galois conjugates are less than 1 in absolute value. These numbers were discovered by Axel ...

* Zeba Islam Seraj, a Bangladeshi Scientist known for her research in developing salt-tolerant rice varieties suitable for growth in the coastal areas of Bangladesh

Education, philosophy and academia

* Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin, scientist and science writer *

Abdul Haque Faridi Abul Faraḥ Muḥammad ʿAbdul Ḥaque Farīdī (25 May 1903 – 5 February 1996) was a Bangladeshi educator and author. In recognition of his contributions in the field of linguistics, he was awarded a Bangla Academy Fellowship. Faridi was t ...

, Educator, lecturer and writer *

Abdur Razzaq Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

, academic and educator *

Anisuzzaman Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation ...

, academic, professor * Azfar Hussain, academic, writer, and activist *

Bazlul Chowdhury Professor Bazlul Mobin Chowdhury (16 March 1941 – 29 December 2010) was the Vice-Chancellor of the Independent University, Bangladesh. Professor Chowdhury was educated at the University of Dhaka (BA, MA) and at the University of East Anglia an ...

, Vice-Chancellor of

Independent University, Bangladesh Independent University, Bangladesh ( bn, ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্ট বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or IUB is a one of the well renowned, prestigious and popular private university in Bangladesh. It is located in Bas ...

Farhad Mazhar Farhad Mazhar ( bn, ফরহাদ মজহার; born 9 August 1947) is a Bangladeshi poet, philosopher, writer, columnist, pharmacist, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist. He is one of the founders and the managing director ...

, writer, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist *

Maqbular Rahman Sarkar Maqbular Rahman Sarkar ( bn, মকবুলার রহমান সরকার; 1928–19 May 1985), popularly known as M. R. Sarkar, was a Bangladeshi academic who served as the tenth vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi. Early lif ...

, tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University * Shaikhul Hadith Principal Muhammad Abdus Samad, Sahih Bukhari's Bengali translator and Islamic thinker *

Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গালিব; born 15 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi reformist Islamic scholar and former professor of Arabic at the University of Rajshahi. He is ...

, Reformist Islamic Scholar, academic, writer and leader of the religious organisation Ahlehadeeth Movement Bangladesh. *

Govinda Chandra Dev Govinda Chandra Dev (1 February 1907 – 25 March 1971), known as Dr. G. C. Dev, was a professor of philosophy at the University of Dhaka. He was assassinated at the onset of Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 by the Pakistan Army. Early life and ...

, professor of philosophy at University of Dhaka * Gowher Rizvi, historian, academic *

Imran Rahman Imran Rahman is a renowned academician and cultural figure in Bangladesh. He is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He was special adviser to ULAB's Board of Trustees. Professor Rahman is serving as the vice cha ...

, Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh ( bn, লিবারেল আর্টস বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলাদেশ) (ULAB) is a private liberal arts-based University in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in ...

* Laila Nur, Bangladeshi language-movement activist and academic *

M Harunur Rashid M Harunur Rashid (born 28 December 1939) is a distinguished teacher of English literature and language, a notable educational administrator, editor and translator of modern poetry and prose, in Bangladesh, a noted writer of Sufism and Sufi lit ...

, archaeologist, educationist, and museum curator *

M Osman Ghani M Osman Ghani ( bn, মোহাম্মদ ওসমান গণি; – July 21, 1989) was a Bangladeshi scientist, educationist, and academic. He served as the 11th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Early life and education Ghan ...

, scientist, educationist, and academic, 11th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. * Mohammad Noman, Vice-Chancellor of

Muhammad Shahidullah Muhammad Shahidullah ( bn, মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. In 2004, he was ranked number 16 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Benga ...

, educator, writer, philologist, and linguist *

Muntassir Mamoon Muntasir Mamoon (born 1951) his full name is Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun, he is a Bangladeshi writer, historian, scholar, secularist, translator, and professor at University of Dhaka. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award and Ekushey Padak ...

, historian, author, translator and professor * Mohammad Abul Kashem, author, politician, educator, pioneer of the Language Movement * Niaz Zaman, Bangladeshi academic, writer * R.C. Majumdar, historian and vice-chancellor of Dacca University * Sadeka Halim, first woman in Bangladesh to serve as Chief Information Commissioner *

Salimullah Khan Salimullah Khan ( bn, সলিমুল্লাহ খান; born 18 August 1958) is a Bangladeshi writer. Khan explores national and international politics and culture using Marxist and Lacanian theories. Informed and influenced by Ahmed Sof ...

, author, essayist, thinker, public intellectual *

Sardar Fazlul Karim Sardar Fazlul Karim ( bn, সরদার ফজলুল করিম; 1 May 1925 – 15 June 2014) was a scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist in Bangladesh. Early life and family Sardar Fazlul Karim was born on 1 May 1925, to a lower mi ...

, academic, philosopher, and essayist * Sayed Moazzem Hossain, Academic, Islamic scholar, 6th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. * Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of University of Dhaka *

Wahiduddin Ahmed Wahiduddin Ahmed (1 January 1923 – 3 November 2018) was a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He had been a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences since 1975. He ...

, thirdthe 3rd vice-chancellor of

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...

*Jasim Uddin Ahmad, 12 th Vice Chancellor, Jahangirnagar University, Recipient of Ekushey Padak, 2006 * Ehsan H. Feroz - Professor, researcher and author *

Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar ( bn, কাজী মুতাসিম বিল্লাহ বাহার; 15 June 1933 – 15 July 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, author and politician. He was the principal of Jamia Shar'iyya ...

, former professor at the faculty of Islamic studies

Arts, culture and literature

Abdul Kadir Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in the ...

, poet, awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

(1976) and

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

(1983) *

Abdul Mannan Syed Abdul Mannan Syed (3 August 19435 September 2010) was a Bangladeshi poet, and critic. He is known for his considerable research works on Kazi Nazrul Islam, Jibanananda Das, Farrukh Ahmad, Syed Waliullah, Manik Bandyopadhyay, Bishnu De, Samar ...

, poet, author and researcher * Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Bangladeshi writer, television presenter, organizer and activist * Abdullah Al Mamun, Bangladeshi playwright, actor and filmmaker *

Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (11 March 1936 – 23 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi songwriter, poet, essayist, critic and presenter. In his early life, he was a singer on East Bengal radio and television. He was a professor of Bengali literature at t ...

, a major songwriter of contemporary Bengali, poet, essayist, critic and presenter * Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet and civil servant * Abul Fazal, Bangladeshi writer and educationist *

Ahmed Sofa Ahmed Sofa ( bn, আহমদ ছফা, ; 30 June 194328 July 2001) was a Bangladeshi writer, thinker, novelist, poet, philosopher and public intellectual. Sofa is considered by many, including National Professor Abdur Razzaq (Professor), Abdur ...

, Bangladeshi poet, novelist, writer, critic, translator and intellectual *

Ahsan Habib Ahsan Habib (2 January 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: ' ...

, Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of ''Unmad'', a satire magazine *

Akhteruzzaman Elias Akhteruzzaman Elias (12 February 1943 – 4 January 1997) (Bengali: আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. Despite writing only two novels, critics place Elias "in the pant ...

, Bangladeshi novelist and short-story writer * Alamgir Kabir, filmmaker; three of his feature films are featured in the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

's list of "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films" *

Aly Zaker Aly Zaker (6 November 1944 – 27 November 2020) was a Bangladeshi actor, businessman, director and writer. He was the owner of Asiatic Marketing Communications Limited (Asiatic 3 Sixty). Zaker served as a freedom fighter during the 1971 Bangl ...

, actor, director, businessman, Bangladeshi freedom fighter and occasional writer and photographer * Anwar Pasha, author of 'Rifle, Roti, Awrat (1971), the first novel set on the

Bangladesh War of Independence The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali n ...

, brutally murdered by Pakistani Army and local collaborators on 14 December 1971 (Martyred Intellectuals Day) * Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator and journalist * Bipasha Hayat, Bangladeshi actress *

Buddhadeb Bosu Buddhadeva Bose (; 1908–1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays in addition to poetry. ...

, major

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

writer of the mid-twentieth century, belonging to the Kollol age * Chanchal Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actor *

Debabrata Basu Debabrata Basu (5 July 1924 – 24 March 2001) was an Indian statistician who made fundamental contributions to the foundations of statistics. Basu invented simple examples that displayed some difficulties of likelihood-based statistics and ...

, mathematical statistician *

Dino Shafeek Dino Shafeek (born Gholam D. Shafeek, 21 March 1930 – 10 March 1984) was a Bangladeshi-British comedy actor. Born and raised in Dhaka, he moved to the United Kingdom from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several sitcom ...

, Bengali actor based in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Fakrul Alam Fakrul Alam (born 20 July 1951) is a Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator. He writes on literary matters and postcolonial issues and translated works of Jibanananda Das and Rabindranath Tagore into English. He is the recipient of Bangla ...

, Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator * Ferdausi Rahman, eminent playback, ghazal and folk singer *

Ferdous Ahmed Ferdous Ahmed (born 7 June 1974), known mononymously as Ferdous, is a Bangladeshi film actor and producer. He acts in Bangladesh and Indian Bengali films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor 5 times for his roles in the films '' ...

, Bangladeshi actor * Ferdousi Mazumder, Bangladeshi actress *

Firoz Mahmud Firoz Mahmud ( bn, ফিরোজ মাহমুদ) is a Bangladeshi visual artist based in Japan. He was the first Bangladeshi fellow artist in research at Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Mahmud's work has been exhibited at t ...

, Bangladeshi contemporary visual artist, painter, and creator *

Ghulam Murshid Ghulam Murshid ( Born 8 April 1940 ) is a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist, based in London. He won a number of awards, including Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research.; Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007 ...

, author, researcher and journalist *

Golam Mustafa Golam Mustafa (2 March 1935 – 20 February 2003) was a Bangladeshi actor. Early life and career Mustafa first acted in a play named ''Pallimangal'' in Barisal in 1945. Filmography * ''Chanda'' - 1962 * ''Binimoy'' - 1970 * '' Dhire Bohe ...

, Bangladeshi actor * Hasnat Abdul Hye, Bangladesi writer and novelist *

Helal Hafiz Helal Hafiz (born 7 October 1948) is a Bangladeshi poet. He is considered a true representative of poets of his generation having certain creative traits in an age when his nation and countries in the neighbourhood witnessed dramatic transitions p ...

, Bangladeshi poet *

Hosne Ara Shahed Husne Ara Shahed ( bn, হোসনে আরা শাহেদ) was a Bangladeshi author and educationist. Biography She was former principal of Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya in Dhaka. Ara was married to A. F. Shahed Ali. They have two ...

, Bengali writer and educationist *

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and professor. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noroke'' published in 1972. He wrote over 200 ...

, Bengali novelist, short-story writer and filmmaker *

Humayun Azad Humayun Azad (born Humayun Kabir; 28 April 1947 – 12 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist and professor of Dhaka University. He wrote more than sixty titles. He was awarded the Bangl ...

, Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and professor *

Ilias Kanchan Idris Ali (born 24 December 1956; known by his stage name Ilias Kanchan) is a Bangladeshi actor and activist. He appeared in more than 350 films during the 1980s and 1990s. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in t ...

, Bangladeshi filmstar, actor and road-safety activist *

Kabir Chowdhury Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Brahmanbaria of the then Tipperah d ...

, academic, essayist, materialist, translator * Kaiser Hamidul Haq, Bangladeshi poet, translator, essayist, critic and academic *

Khan Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman (known as Khan Ata; 11 December 1928 – 1 December 1997) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer, best known for his role in the film '' Jibon Theke Neya'' (1970). He r ...

, Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer *

Khondakar Ashraf Hossain Khondakar Ashraf Hossain ( bn, খোন্দকার আশরাফ হোসেন; 4 January 1950 – 16 June 2013) was a leading postmodernist poet, essayist, translator, and editor from Bangladesh. He wrote more than eighteen titles. Ea ...

, poet, essayist, translator and editor from Bangladesh * Kiran Chandra Roy, Bangladeshi baul and folk musician and songwriter. * Maksudul Ahsan, artist *

Mobarak Hossain Khan Mobarak Hossain Khan (27 February 1938 – 24 November 2019) was a Bangladeshi musicologist, musician, and writer. He played the surbahar, a bass version of the sitar. Background Khan was born on 27 February 1938. He came from a musical back ...

, music researcher, surbahar player *

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Muhammed Zafar Iqbal ( bn, মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; ; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist & former professor of computer science and engineering and former he ...

, popular sci-fi writer * Munier Choudhury, playwright * Murtaza Bashir, Bangladeshi painter *

Nilufar Yasmin Nilufar Yasmin (13 February 1948 – 10 March 2003) was a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet, Rajanikanta Geeti, Dwijendra Geeti and Atul Prasdi genre. She was the fourth of five Yasmin sisters of Bangladesh music. Her siblings are Farida ...

, Bangladeshi singer *

Natyaguru Nurul Momen (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, academician, satirist, essayist, translator and poet.Bangla Natyashahitter Itihash, the most authoritative reference boo ...

Nurul Momen Nurul Momen (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, academician, satirist, essayist, translator and poet.Bangla Natyashahitter Itihash, the most authoritative reference boo ...

, playwright, director, belles letters writer, satirist, personal essayist, lawyer *

Qazi Anwar Hussain Qazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer who mainly penned spy thriller, detective and adventure based novels, most of which are adaptations translated from or heavily influenced by foreign literature. Ear ...

, author, publisher and translator *

Qazi Motahar Hossain Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered i ...

, Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist *

Rafiqun Nabi Rafiqun Nabi (born 28 November 1943), better known as Ranabi, is a Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist. He is best known for creating '' Tokai'', a character symbolizing the poor street boys of Dhaka who lives on picking things from dustbins or beg ...

, Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist *

Ramendu Majumdar Ramendu Majumdar (born 9 August 1941) is a Bangladeshi actor, stage director and theater producer. In 2011, he was elected president of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) for the second time. He was the second Asian to be elected to this ...

, Bangladeshi actor, stage director and theater producer and President of the

International Theatre Institute The International Theatre Institute ITI is the world’s largest performing arts organisation, founded in 1948 by theatre and dance experts and UNESCO. It has hosted various events through its history, including the Theatre of Nations, an intern ...

* Rashid Askari, Bengali-English writer, academic, columnist,fictionist,translator and the 12th Vice Chancellor of

Islamic University, Bangladesh Islamic University, Bangladesh ( bn, ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ, ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بنغلاديش), commonly referred to as Islamic University, Kushtia shortly IU, ...

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah ( bn, রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহিদুল্লাহ; 16 October 1956 – 21 June 1991) was a Bangladeshi poet noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading ...

, poet *

Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1 ...

, Bangladeshi singer *

Sara Zaker Sara Zaker is a Bangladeshi theatre and television actor, director, business entrepreneur and social activist. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2017. Early life and education Zaker was born to Major Salauddin M ...

, theater and television actor, entrepreneur and social activist * Sayeem Rana, Poet, Researcher, Musicologist, Music Director, National film Award 2014 *

Serajul Islam Choudhury Serajul Islam Choudhury (born 23 June 1936) is a Bangladeshi literary critic, public intellectual, social and political analyst, activist, historian, educationist, editor, translator, columnist, and professor emeritus at the University of Dhaka. ...

, literary critic, public intellectual, social analyst, historian, editor, and professor emeritus * Shafiq Tuhin, Bangladeshi lyricist, music director and singer *

Shahidul Zahir Shahidul Zahir ( bn, শহীদুল জহির; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer and government bureaucrat. He is known for his unique practice of magical ...

, Bangladeshi novelist and short-story writer * Shahidullah Kaiser, major Bengali novelist and Dhaka University professor, brutally murdered by Pakistani Army and local collaborators on 14 December 1971 (Martyred Intellectuals Day) *

Shahriar Kabir Shahriyar Kabir (born 20 November 1950) is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights, communism, fundamentalism, history, and the Bangladesh war of independence. He wa ...

, Bangladeshi novelist, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist * Shamsur Rahman, Bengali poet, columnist and journalist *

Shishir Bhattacharjee Shishir Bhattacharjee (born 1960) is a Bangladeshi artist. His paintings, critical of the political establishment but always in a satirical fashion, were first seen in the 1980s. His political cartoons appear regularly in daily newspapers in Ba ...

, artist * Shuvro Dev, Bangladeshi musician * Suborna Mustafa, Bangladeshi television and film actress * Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi author, columnist, research scholar, and essayist *

Syed Ali Ahsan Syed Ali Ahsan ( bn, সৈয়দ আলী আহসান; 26 March 1922 – 25 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi poet, writer and university academic. He was awarded Ekushey Padak (1982) and Independence Day Award (1987) by the Government of Bang ...

, poet and author * Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, novelist, translator, columnist, and critic *

Tahsan Rahman Khan Tahsan Rahman Khan (Bengali:তাহসান রহমান খান; born 18 October 1979), known mononymously as Tahsan Khan or Tahsan, is a Bangladeshi musician and actor. He is the lead singer of his own rock band Tahsan and the Band. ...

, singer, keyboardist, guitarist, composer, lyricist, actor, anchor and teacher *

Tanvir Mokammel Tanvir Mokammel (born 8 March 1955) is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and writer. He is the recipient of Ekushey Padak in 2017. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards total ten times for the films ''Nodir Naam Modhumoti'' (1995), '' Chitra Nodir Pare'' ( ...

, Bengali filmmaker, and author *

Tareque Masud Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films ''Muktir Gaan'' (1995) and ''Matir Moina'' (2002), for which he won thr ...

, Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist * Taslima Akhter, activist and photographer *

Taslima Nasrin Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion. Some of her books are banned in Bangladesh ...

, atheist writer * Waheedul Haq, journalist, writer, musicologist and founder of

Chhayanaut The Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan ( bn, ছায়ানট) is an institution devoted to Bengali culture, founded in Bangladesh in 1961. As in the case of many similar organizations, it was established during Pakistani rule in Bangladesh to prom ...

Zahir Raihan Mohammad Zahirullah (19 August 1935 – disappeared 30 January 1972), known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary ''Stop Genocide'' (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberatio ...

, Pioneer Bangladeshi filmmaker and noted novelist and short-story writer. * Zobeda Khanum, writer

Journalism and media

Altaf Husain Altaf Husain ( bn, আলতাফ হোসেইন, ur, ; 26 January 1900 – 25 May 1968) was an educationist, journalist, and Pakistan Movement activist. He is noted as one of the pioneers of print journalism in Pakistan and was the fou ...

, founding editor of ''

Dawn Newspaper ''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and also serves as the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Da ...

'' *

Haroon Habib Haroon Habib ( bn, হারুন হাবীব; born 1 January 1948) is a writer, journalist and columnist of Bangladesh who is well known for his bold independent writings. A powerful voice in journalism, creative writings and social acti ...

, Chief Editor and Managing Director of

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) is Bangladesh's national news agency and was established on January 1, 1972, by government order soon after its independence from Pakistan. Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddi ...

(BSS) *

Kaberi Gayen Kaberi Gayen is a Bangladeshi academic, author, and social activist known for her outspoken views on the oppression of minorities and gender inequality in Bangladesh. She is a professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at ...

, journalist and columnist for ''The Daily Star'' *

Mahbub Anam Mahbub Anam (March 28, 1931 – July 9, 2001) was a Bangladeshi journalist and writer. He was the editor of The Bangladesh Times. Early life Anam's father Abul Mansur Ahmed was a satirist and politician of Bengal. His younger brother Mahfuz A ...

, former editor of the ''Bangladesh Times'' *

Mahbub Jamal Zahedi Mahbub Jamal Zahedi also known as M J Zahedi (21 June 1929 – 7 December 2008) was a veteran journalist and philatelist from Pakistan. During a career of nearly fifty years he served as editor of the ''Khaleej Times'', Dubai, UAE as well the ne ...

, establishing newspaper editor of the ''

Khaleej Times ''Khaleej Times'' is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Launched on 16 April 1978, ''Khaleej Times'' is the UAE's longest-running English daily newspaper. History and profile A partnership between the U ...

'' *

Mahfuz Anam Mahfuz (or Mohammed) (Harari language, Harari: መሕፉዝ, ar, محفوظ; died July 1517) was a Harari people, Harari Garad, Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate. Life and reign Mahfuz led raids into the provinces of Et ...

, editor of '' The Daily Star'' * Matiur Rahman, editor of '' Daily Prothom Alo'' *

Mishuk Munier Ashfaque Munier (September 24, 1959August 13, 2011; known as Mishuk Munier) was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction and for being the cofounder of the global news channel The Real New ...

, former CEO and Chief Editor of satellite TV channel ATN News *

Nurul Kabir Nurul Kabir ( bn, নূরুল কবির) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, editor, and activist. He is the editor of the outspoken Bangladeshi newspaper, ''New Age'' and the editor of the Bengali weekly ''Budhbar''. ''Nairbac ...

, editor of ''

The New Age ''The New Age'' was a British weekly magazine (1894–1938), inspired by Fabian socialism, and credited as a major influence on literature and the arts during its heyday from 1907 to 1922, when it was edited by Alfred Richard Orage. It published ...

'' *

Shykh Seraj Shykh Seraj (born 7 September 1954) is a Bangladeshi journalist, media personality and agriculture development activist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1995 and Independence Day Award in 2018 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life Seraj c ...

, news director at

Channel i Channel i ( bn, চ্যানেল আই) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Impress Group. It was launched on 1 October 1999, as Bangladesh's first digital television channel. It is one of the ...

* Khaled Muhiuddin, head of the German-based international media Deutsche Welle Bangla Department *

Muhammad Ziauddin Muhammad Ziauddin ( ur, محمد ضیاء الدین; 1938 – 29 November 2021) was a Pakistani journalist, economist and historian. Biography He was born in 1938 in Madras, British India. He got his BSc in Pharmacy from the University of Dhak ...

, Pakistani journalist, economist and historian

Games and sports

Athar Ali Khan Athar Ali Khan ( bn, আতহার আলী খান; born 10 February 1962) is a Bangladeshi cricket commentator and former cricketer. Throughout the 1980s, Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5. Later on, en ...

, former international cricketer and cricket commentator * Jahurul Islam, international cricketer * Mosharraf Hossain, international cricketer * Musa Ibrahim, first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Everest *

Shahriar Nafees Shahriar Nafees Ahmed ( bn, শাহরিয়ার নাফীস আহমেদ; born: 1 May 1985) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played all formats of the game, and was also a former T20I captain for Bangladesh.He made his On ...

, international cricketer *

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

, chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country

Chiefs of Forces

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

H M Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

, 5th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh *

Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury (born 9 September 1948) was a Bangladesh Army general who was 11th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 16 June 2002 to 15 June 2005. He was the last officer to serve in this position who had first been comm ...

, 13th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh *

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Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh

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Abul Khair Litu Abul Khair Litu (born 7 October 1950) is a Bangladeshi industrialist and entrepreneur. He is known for his involvement in the promotion of the country's culture, art, music, theatre and literature.Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Chairman Managing Director of Bandhan Bank, India * Mohammad Shahjahan, Acting Managing Director of

Grameen Bank Grameen Bank ( bn, গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance organisation and community development bank founded in Bangladesh. It makes small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") to the impoverished without requi ...

Samson H. Chowdhury Samson H. Chowdhury ( bn, স্যামসন এইচ চৌধুরী; 25 September 1925 – 5 January 2012) was a Bangladeshi business magnate. He was the chairman of Square Pharmaceuticals. Personal life Samson H. Chowdhury was born o ...

, entrepreneur and former chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh) * Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Group * Abul Barkat (economist), economist, former Chairman of state-owned

Janata Bank Janata Bank Ltd. ( bn, জনতা ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972. Its headquarters is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is the secon ...

and former Chairperson of Department of Economics,

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

* Sohail F Rahman, Chairman of beximco group

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Fazle Hasan Abed Sir Fazle Hasan Abed ( bn, ফজলে হাসান আবেদ; 27 April 1936 – 20 December 2019) was the founder of BRAC, one of the world's largest non-governmental organizations. Early life Abed was born on 27 April 1936 in the vi ...

, founder of BRAC, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership * Tahrunessa Abdullah, 1978

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ee for Community Leadership

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