Miah (মিঞা / মিয়া), is a

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word used to refer to a ''gentleman'' and is also used as a surname. People with the surname * Abu Taher Miah (c.1932–2004), Bangladeshi industrialist and politician * Andrew Muzaffar Miah, Anglo-Bangla

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and journalist * Badrul Miah, convicted of the racially motivated

murder of Richard Everitt Richard Norman Everitt (6 December 1978 - 13 August 1994) was a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in London, England, in a racially-motivated attack. Everitt's neighbourhood, Somers Town, had been the site of ethnic tensions. He was m ...

* Badsha Miah, Bangladeshi kabaddi player * Bonde Ali Miah (1906–1979), Bangladeshi poet *

Dhir Ali Miah Dhir Ali Miah (1 January 1920 – 1984) was a Bangladeshi flute player, composer, director and orchestra conductor. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1986 by the Government of Bangladesh. Education and career Miah studied in Sonarang High School ...

(1920–1984), Bangladeshi flute player, composer, director and orchestra conductor *

Ellis Miah Ellis Miah (born March 21 in New York City) is an American songwriter, record producer, composer, vocalist and DJ of Bangladeshi and Caribbean descent. He has had over 17 records on various ''Billboard'' charts including the ''Billboard'' 200, Ele ...

, American songwriter, record producer, composer, vocalist and DJ of Bangla-Caribbean descent * Fazal Karim Miah, Indian politician *

Hammad Miah Hammad Miah ( bn, হাম্মাদ মিঞা; born 6 July 1993) is a British professional snooker player of Bangladeshi-origin. In May 2013, Miah qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi- ...

(born 1993), English professional snooker player * Kaptan Miah (1872-1922), politician, lawyer and entrepreneur * Kola Miah (1895-1948), first Agriculture Minister of Pakistan *

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 ...

(1942–2009), Bangladeshi nuclear scientist * Mohammad Mamun Miah (born 1987), Bangladeshi footballer * Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah (c.1935–2016), Bangladeshi academic *

Moina Meah Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi ( bn, শাহ আবদুল মজিদ কোরেশী), also known by his daak naam Moina Meah ( bn, ময়না মিঞা), was an early British Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer. He is notab ...

, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer * Muhammad Shahjahan Miah, Bangladeshi politician *

Nurul Haque Miah Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah ( bn, মোহম্মদ নুরুল হক মিঞা; 1 July 1944 — 20 February 2021) was a professor at Dhaka College and the head of its Department of Chemistry. He is renowned for writing high school and d ...

(1944-2021), Bangladeshi professor of chemistry * Rana Miah, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Saiman Miah Saiman Miah ( bn, সায়মান মিয়া; born 7 December 1986) is a British Bangladeshi architectural designer and graphic designer. He designed one of the two £5 commemorative coins for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Early l ...

(born 1986), British-Bangladeshi architectural designer and graphic designer *

Sheikh Sujat Mia Sheikh Sujat Mia is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Habiganj-1 Habiganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Gazi Mohammad Sh ...

, former MP for Habiganj-1 *

Tamanna Miah Tamanna Miah ( bn, তামান্না মিঞা) is a British Bangladeshi campaigner, public speaker, media spokesperson and chair of trustees for a refugee charity. Early life Miah was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Sylhet, Bang ...

, British Bangladeshi activist *

Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah ( – 1 June 1969) was a Bengali journalist and politician. He served as the founding editor of ''The Daily Ittefaq''. He wrote the editorial Rajnoitik Moncho (''The Political Stage''). Most of his journalists were con ...

(1911–1969), Bengali journalist and politician *

Tommy Miah Mohammad Ajman Miah ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আজমান মিয়া), MBE FRSA (born 28 March 1959), better known by his nick name Tommy Miah, is a Bangladeshi-born British celebrity chef, owner of the award-winning Raj Restaurant ...

, Bangladeshi British chef * Wakil Miah, Bengali politician and lawyer

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