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This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people, from India or Bangladesh, or people with Bengali ancestry.

Actors and actresses

See also: List of Bengali actresses

Artists

Economists

Entrepreneurs

Filmmakers

Head of major organizations

Intellectuals and social reformers

  • Shri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru
  • Ram Mohan Roy, রাজা রামমোহন রায় - founder of the Brahmo Samaj
  • Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, বেগম রোকেয়া - prolific writer, important Women's right activist and social worker
  • Debendranath Tagore দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর - was an active Brahmo, and was against sati, idol worship
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর - responsible for introducing major reforms in the educational system and was Women's right activist
  • Keshub Chunder Sen কেশব চন্দ্র সেন - intellectual and a noted religious reformer
  • Sivanath Sastri শিবনাথ শাস্ত্রী - an important intellectual
  • Nasreen Pervin Huq, Prominent Women's Rights Activist
  • Muhammad Shahidullah, famous educationist, writer, polyglot, philologist and linguist

Journalists and news reporters

Musicians

Political figures

Sportspersons

  • Saurav Ganguly - Cricketer: most successful cricket captain of Indian cricket team and led India to the World Cup 2003 Finals.
  • Brojen Das ব্রজেন দাস)- Swimmer: first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times
  • Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, athletics: Double gold-medallist in track at Asian games, was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Padma Shri award
  • Aftab Ahmed Chowdhuryআফতাব আহমেদ চৌধুরী - Cricketer: Widely judged to be one of Bangladesh's best batsmen
  • Rani Hamid রাণী হামিদ) - Chess player: was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1985 and won British Women's Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
  • Mihir Sen, Swimmer: First Indian to swim across the English Channel in 1958.
  • Arati Saha, Swimmer: First Asian woman to swim English Channel in 1959.
  • Dibyendu Barua, Chess: Indian chess grandmaster
  • Pankaj Roy, Cricketer: top Indian cricketer, holder of a world record opening partnership with Vinnu Mankad.
  • Mohammad Rafique মোহাম্মদ রফিক - Cricketer: One of the Bangladesh's most senior and best players
  • Pradip Kumar Banerjee প্রদীপ কুমার ব্যানার্জি - Footballer: was named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA and received the Padma Shri Award in 1990
  • Mouma Das, Renowned TT player.Won many awards.
  • Poulami Ghatak,TT player of national repute
  • Mantu Ghose, Renowned TT player.Won many awards.
  • Shailen Manna, Renowned Football player. Indian Footballer of the last century.Played in the olympic also.
  • Gostho Pal, Great Footballer.Member of the 1st indian Team(MohunBagan)those who won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre independence period.Led the Mohunbagan Club successfully.
  • Ritwik Bhattachrya, India's best squash player
  • Saurav Ghoshal, India's leading squash player
  • Deep Dasgupta, Current captain of Bengal cricket team
  • Jayanta Talukdar, Leading archer
  • Soumyadeep Roy, Leading Table Tennis player

Religious figures

Scientists & Engineers

Writers

Further information: List of Bengali language authors and Bengali Writers : An Alphabetical List


See also

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