List of Bengalis

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

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[edit] Academics

[edit] Actors and actresses

[edit] Artists

[edit] Criminals

[edit] Economists

[edit] Entrepreneurs

[edit] Filmmakers

  • Satyajit Ray সত্যজিৎ রায় Shottojit Rae - filmmaker, won the Bharat Ratna in 1992, won the Academy Honorary Award in 1992 for lifetime achievement and received the Légion d'honneur award of France and also received an Academy Award for his film Pather Panchali.
  • Ritwik Ghatak ঋত্বিক ঘটক Rittik Ghôṭok - filmmaker
  • Hrishikesh Mukherjee হৃষিকেশ মুখার্জি Rhishikesh Mukharji - filmmaker
  • Mrinal Sen মৃনাল সেন Mrinal Shen - filmmaker
  • Zahir Raihan জহির রায়হান - filmmaker
  • Tarek Masud film maker
  • Tapan Sinha film maker
  • Aparna Sen অপর্ণা সেন Ôporna Shen film maker
  • Gautam Ghose গৌতম ঘোষ Goutom Ghosh filmmaker
  • Rituporno Ghosh ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ Ritupôrno Ghosh film maker
  • Shakti Samanta film maker, President of the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association for 5 years
  • Anjan Dutta film maker, actor, musician
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta বুদ্ধদেব দাসগুপ্ত Buddhodeb Dashgupto film maker
  • Basu Bhattacharya বসু ভট্টাচার্য Boshu Bhôṭṭacharjo Bollywood film maker
  • Basu Chatterjee বসু চট্টোপাধ্যায় Boshu Chôṭṭopaddhae
  • Pradeep Sarkar প্রদীপ সরকার Prodip Shôrkar Bollywood film maker
  • Anurag Basu অনুরাগ বসু Onurag Boshu Bollywood film maker
  • Sujoy Ghosh Bollywood film maker.

[edit] Head of major organizations

Dr Mohammed Abdul Bari elected head of the Muslim Council of Britain

[edit] Intellectuals and social reformers

Roquia Sakhawat Hussain was a pioneer in women's education
Roquia Sakhawat Hussain was a pioneer in women's education
  • 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
  • Dilip Kumar Gupta, aka DK, a pioneer of Indian Advertising, who also modernized and professionalized publishing in Bengal,and helped many talented Bengali writers, poets, filmakers and artists achieve their aspirations. First publisher of Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India. A cultural icon and role model of his times.
  • Zohra Begum Kazi, First Bengali Muslim female Doctor

[edit] Journalists and news reporters

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Political figures

[edit] Athletes

Brojen Das was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel
Brojen Das was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel
  • Aftab Ahmed Chowdhuryআফতাব আহমেদ চৌধুরী - Cricketer: Widely judged to be one of Bangladesh's best batsmen
  • P.K. Banerjee প্রদীপ কুমার ব্যানার্জি - Footballer: was named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA and received the Padma Shri Award in 1990
  • Dibyendu Barua, Indian chess grandmaster
  • Brojen Das ব্রজেন দাস)- Swimmer: first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times
  • Mouma Das - Table Tennis player
  • Ritwik Bhattachrya - squash player
  • Sourav Ganguly - Cricketer, former captain of Indian cricket team
  • Poulami Ghatak - Table Tennis player
  • Mantu Ghose - Table Tennis player
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • Mohammad Rafique মোহাম্মদ রফিক - Cricketer: One of the Bangladesh's most senior and best players
  • Pankaj Roy, former cricketer
  • 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.
  • Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, athletics: Double gold-medallist in track at Asian games, was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Padma Shri award
  • Saurav Ghoshal, India's leading squash player
  • Jayanta Talukdar, Leading archer
  • Soumyadeep Roy, Leading Table Tennis player
  • Niaz Morshed is a renowned chess player from Bangladesh. He is the first Grandmaster to emerge from South Asia.
  • Jhulan Goswami, ICC Women's Cricketer of the year 2007

[edit] Religious figures

[edit] Scientists & Engineers

[edit] Writers

Further information: List of Bengali language authors and Bengali Writers : An Alphabetical List
Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Nobel laureate
Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Nobel laureate

[edit] See also

Bengal Portal