List of Kolkata Presidencians
According to the college directory of the University Grants Commission (India) there are eleven colleges that have the word "Presidency College" in their titles. Among them, four are primarily referred to as Presidency College only. The following list only contains the names of some eminent alumni of Presidency College, Kolkata. A former or current student, who had been admitted into the college, but did or did not complete the course is called a 'Presidencian'. Names of former students of Hindu College, which was its predecessor from 1817–1855, are also included in this list. Names of former distinguished faculty members of the college are also mentioned in this list.
Social Reform
Politics
- Col. H.H. Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Coochbehar[1]
- Sir Surendranath Banerjea, 11th President of the Indian National Congress
- Bijay Kumar Basu, Member of the Council of States, (1931)
- Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977–2000)
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2001–11)
- Malini Bhattacharya, Former Member of Lok Sabha, India
- Biman Bose, Chairman of the Left Front in Bengal
- Subhash Chandra Bose, 53rd President of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Forward Bloc (later expelled)[2]
- Bhupendra Nath Bose, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India
- Krishna Bose, Former Member of Lok Sabha, India
- Sarat Chandra Bose, Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India, (1946)
- Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha, India, (2004–2009)
- Pratap Chandra Chunder, Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India, (1977–1980)
- Asim Dasgupta, Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal, (1987-2011)
- Raja Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb, Member of Parliament (1957–1962); Raja of Jhargram, Bengal[3]
- HH Maharaja Bir Pratap Singh Deo, Former Maharaja of Sonepur, Orissa[4]
- Ullaskar Dutta, Former Member of Jugantar Party
- Abdul Gafur, Sheriff of Bengal
- Atulkrishna Ghosh, Member of the Anushilan Samiti
- Sir Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Kt., former Member-in-Charge of Education, Health and Scientific Research, Planning Commission, India, (1955)
- Sir Rashbehari Ghosh, Kt., Former Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, (1891–94; renominated 1906); President of the Indian National Congress
- Nolini Kanta Gupta, Participated in the Alipore Bomb case
- A.K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal, (1939–1943)
- Sir Azizul Huque, B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I , D.Litt , Former Education Minister, Government of Bengal
- Humayun Kabir, Education Minister, Government of India, (1958–67)
- Pandit Yamuna Karjee, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar and Orissa (1937–42)
- Bishnu Ram Medhi, Chief Minister of Assam (1950–57)[5]
- Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal, (2011-present)
- Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, Industry and Supply Member, Government of India, (1946–50)
- Hirendranath Mukherjee, Member of Lok Sabha, India, (1952–77)
- Nilam Mukherjee, Chief Minister of Kashmir
- Maharaja Bahadur Sir Krishna Narendra, Former Additional Member, Viceroy's Executive Council; also a scion of the Sovabazar Raj family, Bengal
- Debi Prasad Pal, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India, (1991-96)
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad, First President of India
- Sir Abdur Rahim, Member, Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects), (1921–25), later President of the Central Legislative Assembly
- Sri Maharaja Sir Goday Narayana Gajapathi Rao Garu, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Madras, (1868-84); also Zamindar of Anakapalli[6]
- Dr. Bidhan Chandra Ray, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–62)
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77)
- Amiya Kumar Raychaudhuri, Congressmen; also Zamindar of Kirtipasha in Bengal
- Sudarshan Raychaudhuri, Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal, (2006-11)
- Professor Saugata Roy, Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India, (2009-present)
- Maharajah Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury, Kt., formerly Minister, Local Self Government, Government of Bengal; also the Maharaja of Santosh, Bengal
- Sir Saiyid Mohammed Saadullah, Prime Minister of Assam (1937–38, 1939–42)
- Ashoke Kumar Sen, Law and Justice Minister, Government of India, (1984-89)
- Mohit Sen, Founder, United Communist Party of India (UCPI), Member of the Communist Party of India
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha, First Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (1946–1957)
- Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, First Indian Governor of Bihar and Orissa (1920–1921)
- Atish Chandra Sinha, Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal, (1972–1977); also Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal
- Bratya Basu, Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal, (2011-present)
- Bimal Sinha, Land and Land Revenue Minisiter, Government of West Bengal, (1957–62); also Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal
- Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, Former Governor of Uttar Pradesh
- Lal Ram Bahadur Singh, Kumar of Dhaurpur, Madhya Pradesh [7]
Judiciary
- The Rt Hon. Syed Ameer Ali, First Indian Law Lord of the Privy Council
- Gooroodas Banerjee, Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Banerjee, President of the Calcutta Improvement Tribunal, (1914–30)
- Phani Bhushan Chakrabarty, First Permanent Indian Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
- Pramoda Charan, Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
- Rai Bahadur Hara Chandra Ghose, First Bengali judge of the Small Causes Court in Calcutta
- Pratul Chandra Chatterjee, Former Judge, Chiefs' Court, Punjab
- Ashutosh Chaudhuri, Barr., Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Sir Chandra Madhav Ghose, Senior Puisne Judge (1885–1906) and (Acting) Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court (1906)
- Sir Charu Chandra Ghosh, Judge, Calcutta High Court, (1919–34) and Temporary Member of the Governor's Executive Council, Bengal (February–April 1934)
- Monomohun Ghose, First practising Indian Barrister of the Calcutta High Court
- Sir Sarat Kumar Ghose, ICS, Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan
- Dipankar Gupta, Advocate General of West Bengal,(1972-77),Solicitor General of India
- Altmas Kabir, Judge of the Supreme Court of India
- Fazlul Karim, First Chairman of Cox's Bazar
- Anindya Mitra, Barr., Advocate General of West Bengal, (2011-present),Former Additional Solicitor Generalof India
- Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee, Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
- Saktinath Mukherjee, Senior Advocate of the Calcutta High Court; also Zamindar of Uttarpara, West Bengal
- Sudhamoy Pramanick, Advocate, Indian independence activist, lifetime secretary of the 'Tili Samaj'
- Chittatosh Mookerjee, Former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
- Ramaprasad Mookerjee, Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Radhabinod Pal, Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Sir Tarak Nath Palit, Barrister
- Brajkishore Prasad, Eminent lawyer; also Zamindar of Shrinagar in Bihar
- Ajit Nath Roy, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
- Dipak Sen, Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court;Governor of Bihar
- Sambhu Chandra Ghose,Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court;Member of Law Commission of India
- Gnanendramohan Tagore, First Asian Barrister
Government
- Amalendu Banerjee, IAS, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab
- Ashok Banerjee, IAS, Former Secretary to the President of India
- Alapan Bandopadhyay, IAS, Chief Municipal Commissioner of Calcutta
- Debabrata Bandopadhyay, IAS, Former Agriculture Secretary, Government of India
- Anandaram Barooah, ICS, Former District Magistrate and Collector of Noakhali in Bengal
- Ashok Chatterjee, IAS, Former Member, Board of Revenue of West Bengal
- Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee, ICS, Former Indian High Commissioner to the UK
- Champak Chatterjee, IAS, Former Secretary, Department of Education, Government of India
- Pares Chandra Datta, Former Director, Public Health, Government of Bengal
- Ranajit Datta, Former Chairman and Managing Director, Braithwaite, Burn and Jessop Limited
- Basanta Kumar De, Commercial Traffic Manager, Bengal Nagpur Railway (1950-52)
- Sib Chandra Deb, Former Deputy Collector, Government of Bengal
- Gurusaday Dutt, ICS, Former Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary, Government of Bengal
- Romesh Dutt, ICS, Former Dewan of Baroda
- Behari Lal Gupta, ICS, Former Dewan of Baroda
- Jnanendranath Gupta, ICS, Former Member, Board of Revenue
- Ashok Mitra, ICS, Former Secretary to the President of India
- Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, IES, Former ADPI for Mohammedan Education, Bengal
- Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, BES, ADPI, Bengal
- Khan Bahadur Badiur Rahman, BES, ADPI for Mohammedan Education, Bengal
- Hara Shankar Ray, Former Zamindar (and Honourary Magistrate) of Teota, Bengal[8]
- Prasad Ranjan Ray, IAS, Former Home Secretary, Department, Government of West Bengal
- Jawhar Sircar, IAS, Culture Secretary, Government of India, (2009-present)
- Sukumar Sen, ICS, Chief Election Commissioner of India, (1952-60)
- Nitish Sengupta, IAS, Former Revenue Secretary, Government of India (B.A. [Hons.] in History, 1951-53)
- Rathindra Nath Sengupta, IAS, Former Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal
- Himachal Som, IFS, Former Indian Ambassador to Italy
- Satyendranath Tagore, ICS, Former District and Sessions Judge in Gujarat
Armed forces
Industry
- Basant Kumar Birla, Chairman, B.K. Birla Group.
- Rama Prasad Goenka, Chairman Emeritus, RPG Group
- Ramgopal Ghosh, Wealthy entrepreneur who founded his own firm R.G.Ghosh and Co.
- Maharajadhiraja Sir Uday Chand Mahtab, Entrepreneur; also Maharaja of Burdwan, Bengal[9]
- Sir Rajen Mookerjee, Founder of the Indian Iron and Steel Company at Burnpur
- Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick, Founder of Life of Asia Insurance Company
- Prafulla Chandra Roy, Founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Aurobindo Ray, Former Chairman of James Warren.
- Rahul Sen, Former Managing Director of Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. Ltd.
Medicine
- Kumud Shankar Ray, Founder K.S. Roy TB Hospital, Calcutta; also a Zamindar of Teota, Bengal[10]
- Mahendralal Sarkar, Founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Calcutta
- Sunil Chandra Bose, M.R.C.P. (London); First Indian Cardiologist, Calcutta; 2nd President, Cardiological Society of Bengal
Engineering
- Fazlur Rahman Khan, Structural Engineer, designed Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears Tower.
Academics
Sciences
Chemistry
- Amar Bhaduri, Former Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
- Upendranath Brahmachari, First to synthesise urea stibamine
- Professor Amal Paul, Formerly in the Department of Glass Technology, Sheffield University, UK
- Dr. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty, Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
Geology
- Hem Chandra DasGupta, First Indian Geology Professor of Presidency College as well India
- Santosh Kumar Ray, Eminent Geologist and Professor
- Nirmal Nath Chatterjee, Eminent Geologist and Professor
- Sib Sundar Deb, Founder-Head, Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- Abani Kumar Dey, Eminent Geologist and famous as A.K.Dey for his contribution to Stratigraphy of India
- Ajit Kumar Saha, Eminent Geologist and Professor
- Ajit Kumar Banerjee, Eminent Geologist and Professor
- Mihir Kumar Bose, Eminent Geologist and Professor, Bhatnagar Awarded
- Subir Kumar Ghosh, Eminent Geologist and Professor, Bhatnagar Awarded
- Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Eminent Structural Geologist and Professor
- M.N. Ghosh, Co-Founder of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) (1956)
- Sarat Chandra Roy Choudhury, Former Director, KDMIPE and IRS of ONGC
- Sanjib Kumar Biswas, Former Director, KDMIPE, ONGC
- Gopal Chandra Chatterjee, Former Director General, Geological Society of India (GSI)
- Bhabesh Chandra Roy, Former Director General of Geological Society of India (GSI)
Mathematics
Physics
- Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Inventor of wireless communications, crescograph
- Satyendranath Bose, Discovered Bose-Einstein statistics along with Albert Einstein; Bosons
- Susanta Dutta Gupta, Upacharya, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, (2011-present)
- Ashesh Prasad Mitra, Former Director, Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Delhi
- Sisir Kumar Mitra, A crater on the moon is named after him
- Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Physicist, known for Raychaudhuri's equation in General Theory of Relativity, former Professor and Head of Physics, Presidency College
- Meghnad Saha, Discovered the Saha ionization equation
- Ashoke Sen, Eminent physicist; Contributed to string theory
- Pradeep Kumar Sengupta, Senior Scientist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta
- Bikash Sinha, Former Director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta
- Dipankar Chakravarti, Professor and Vice-Dean, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
- Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Noted condensed matter experimentalist, Former Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
- Surajit Sen, Discovered how solitary waves can break into secondary solitary waves, Professor, SUNY Buffalo, USA
Psychology
- P. K. Roy, First Indian Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta
Statistics
- Malay Ghosh, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Florida
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, First Director, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
- Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis, Professor and Head of Department of Statistics, Presidency College, Calcutta
Zoology
- Sudhansu Kumar Ghosal, Faculty, McGill University, Canada
- Shibatosh Mookerjee, Professor and First Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; one of the Founding Fathers of JNU.
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
- Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
- Amiya Bagchi, Chancellor, Tripura University, Agartala
- Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Dipak Banerjee, Former Professor and Head of Department of Economics, Presidency College, Kolkata
- Pranab Bardhan, Professor at University of California at Berkeley
- Amit Bhaduri, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Amitava Bose, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
- Sanjit Bose, Former Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
- Dipankar Chakravarti, Professor and Vice Dean, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Sukhomoy Chakroborty, Former Member, Planning Commission of India, (1971-7)
- Kalyan Chatterjee, Economist
- Sudip Chaudhuri, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
- Bhabotosh Dutta, Former Finance Secretary, Government of West Bengal
- Bibek Debroy, Former Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- Partha Gangopadhyay. Fromer Professor at European University at Viadrina, Germany and Professor of Economics, University of Western Sydney
- Subhasis Gangopadhyay, IDF
- Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
- Bimal Jalan, Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, (2000-4)
- Ashok Lahiri, Former Advisor to Finance Minister of India
- Mukul Majumdar, Professor of Economics, Cornell University, USA
- Tapas Majumdar, Former Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Sugata Marjit, Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, (2007-present)
- Tapan Mitra, Professor of Economics, Cornell University, USA
- Dilip Mukherjee, Faculty at Boston University, USA
- Radhakamal Mukerjee, Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow
- Mihir Rakshit, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
- Debraj Ray, Julius Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
- Abhirup Sarkar, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
- Amartya Sen,[12] Master, Trinity College, Cambridge, (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998
- Anindya Sen, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
- Anup Kumar Sinha, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
History
- A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed, Former Professor of History, Dhaka University; awarded with Ekushe Padak
- Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, Discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture
- Ajay Chandra Banerjee, Former Professor of History, Presidency College, Calcutta
- Anil Chandra Banerjee, Former Professor of History, University of Calcutta
- Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, (2007-10)
- Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, USA
- Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago (B.A. [Hons.], Physics, 1963-6)
- Hiren Chakrabarty, Former Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
- Kunal Chakravarty, Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Swapan Chakrabarty, Director-General, National Library, Calcutta
- Benoy Bhushan Chaudhuri, Former Professor of History, Calcutta University, Calcutta
- Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta (2006-present)
- Ashin Dasgupta, Padma Shree, Former Upacharya, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
- Atis Dasgupta, Director, West Bengal State Archives, Calcutta (2009-2011)
- Barun De, Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission, Calcutta, (2008-2011)
- Partha Sarathi Gupta, Former Professor of European History, University of Delhi
- Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Professor of History, University of Delhi
- Romesh Chandra Majumdar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Dacca
- Bratin Mukherjee, Padma Shree, Former Professor of Ancient History, University of Calcutta
- Somendra Chandra Nandy, Author of The Life and Times of Cantoo Baboo (Krishna Kanta Nandy), the Banyan of Warren Hastings; also Maharaja of Cossimbazar, Bengal[13]
- Bharati Ray, Vice President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India
- Rajat Kanta Ray, Upacharya, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, (2006-2011)
- Kumkum Roy, Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Former Charmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, Padma Bhushan, Ad Hominem Professor of Indian History and Civilisation, University of Oxford, (1991-2)
- Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta
- Sipra Sarkar, Former Professor of History, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- Sumit Sarkar, Former Professor of History, University of Delhi
- Susobhan Chandra Sarkar, Professor and Head of Department of History, Presidency College, Calcutta, (1937-60)
- Tanika Sarkar, Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Narendra Krishna Sinha, Former Professor of History, Calcutta University, Calcutta
- Tapati Guha Thakurta, Professor of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
- Amalesh Tripathy, Former Ashutosh Professor of History, University of Calcutta (B.A. [Hons.], Economics, 1938-40)
- Kuruvilla Zachariah, Former Professor and Head of Department of History, Presidency College, Calcutta
- Bodhisattva Kar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata
- Benjamin Zachariah, University of Sheffield
Political Science
- Nirmal Bhattacharya, Former Member of Bidhan Parishad (Upper House of the Legislative Assembly), West Bengal
- Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, USA
- Rakhahari Chatterjee, Former Professor of Indian and International Comparative Politics, University of Calcutta
- Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York
- Amal Mukhopadhayay, Former Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta
- Sunil Rai Choudhuri, Former Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta
Languages
Bengali
English
- Ahmed Ali, British Council Visiting Professor of English, The National Central University, Nanking
- Jasodhara Bagchi, Former Chairperson, West Bengal Women's Commission, Calcutta
- Gayatri Chakravorty-Spivak, University Professor, Columbia University, New York
- Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, Director-General, National Library, Kolkata and Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Sukanta Chaudhuri, Emeritus-Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- Ashim Datta, Former Professor of English, Jadavpur University
- Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Former Professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- Peary Charan Sarkar, Former Headmaster, Hare School, Calcutta
- Tarak Nath Sen, Former Professor of English, Presidency College, Calcutta
Sanskrit
Journalists
- M. J. Akbar, Former Editor, The Asian Age
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee, Publisher of Inquirer
- Suman Chattopadhyay,
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, Former Editor of Sabuj Patra
- Hiranmoy Karlekar, Former Editor of Pioneer
- Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Opinions Editor, The Telegraph
- Rasik Krishna Mallick, Former Editor of Jnananwesan
- Pritish Nandy, Former Editor, Illustrated Weekly of India
- Akshay Chandra Sarkar, Former Editor, Sadharani
- Avik Sarkar, Editor-in-Chief, The Telegraph
- Udayan Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC India
Poets and novelists and non-fiction writers
- Manik Bandopadhyay, Novelist
- Rajnarayan Basu, Writer and prominent Brahmo
- Rajsekhar Basu, Novelist
- Samit Basu, Novelist
- Sasthi Brata, Writer
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Poet and Novelist
- Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet
- Jibanananda Das, Poet
- Henry Louis Vivan Derozio, Poet
- Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Poet
- Shankha Ghosh, Poet
- Atul Chandra Gupta, Author of Shiksa O Sabhyata (1927), Itihaser Mukti (1957), etc.
- Shahidullah Kaiser, Winner of Bangla Academy Award
- Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Eminent writer of Hindi Literature
- Sukumar Ray, Poet and Humourist
- Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri, Writer
- Jyotirindranath Tagore, Poet and Novelist
- Dwijendralal Ray, Poet, Playwright and Musician
Artists and musicians
- Brajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Dancer; also Zamindar of Jarasingha, Orissa[7]
- Devajyoti Ray, Artist
- Dilipkumar Roy, Singer
- Birendrakishore Roy Chaudhuri, First Dean, Faculty of Music, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta; also Kumar of Gouripore in Mymensingh, Bengal
- Atulprasad Sen, Singer
- Maharaja Bhupendra Chandra Sinha, Artist; also Maharaja of Susanga in Mymensingh, Bengal[11]
- Dwijendranath Tagore, Musician
- Raja Sir Sourendra Mohun Tagore, Musician; also scion of Pathuriaghata Thakurbari
- Pritam Chakraborty, Bollywood music director cum sound engineer
Filmmakers, theatre personalities and actors
Sportspersons
- Vece Paes, Member of the Bronze medal winning Indian Hockey team at the Munich Olympics, (1972)
- Sanjay Ray, Member of the Assam Ranji Trophy cricket team
Faculty Members
- Syed Ameer Ali, Former Judge of the High Court of Calcutta (Lecturer in Islamic Law)
- Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Eminent physicist (Professor of Physics)
- Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, Former Director, National Library, Calcutta (Offtg. Professor of English)
- Bishnu Dey, Eminent poet; winner of Sahitya Academy Award and Rashtriya Jnanpith Award
- David Lester Richardson, Former Principal of Hindu College, Calcutta
- Kiran Shankar Roy, Former Home Minister of West Bengal, (1948-49); also Zamindar of Teota, Bengal
- Prafulla Chandra Roy, Founder of Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works (Assistant Professor of Chemistry)
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