List of people from Barisal
People from Barisal
The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the city of Barisal as well as Barisal division in Bangladesh .
Government and politics
Abul Hasanat Abdullah , politician, former Chief Whip (Bangladesh) [ 1] Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah , Mayor of Barisal Hafizuddin Ahmed , Bir Bikrom, politician, former Minister of Water Resources, former Minister of CommerceAmir Hossain Amu , politician, former Minister of Industries[ 2] Mirza Agha Baqer , Mughal jagirdar after whom Bakerganj was named afterAbdur Rahman Biswas , President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)[ 3] Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Bengali politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan Gurudas Dasgupta , member of the Indian Parliament[ 4] Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi , noted Congress politician, former Union Minister and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India; represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the Indian National Congress partyShawkat Hossain Hiron , former Member of Parliament , Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013)[ 5] Dr. Kamal Hossain , lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh
M Sakhawat Hossain , Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012)Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq , Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958)[ 6]
Syed Azizul Huq , politician and former Member of ParliamentAbdul Jabbar Khan , Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)[ 7] Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan , politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister, peasant movement leaderSabi Khan , Mughal faujdar of BaklaWazil Khan , governor of Bakla under Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah Kazi Golam Mahbub , language movement activist and politicianJogendra Nath Mandal , one of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, first Law Minister of PakistanJahangir Kabir Nanak , politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operativesShahjahan Omar , Bir Uttam, politician, former State Minister of Law [ 8] Abdur Rahim , founding leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nasreen Jahan Ratna , politician, former member of parliamentMajibur Rahman Sarwar , politician, former Mayor of Barisal and former member of parliament for Barisal-5 Delwar Hossain Sayeedi , vice-president of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Manikuntala Sen , revolutionaryAbdur Rab Serniabat , cabinet minister[ 9]
Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad , Islamic writer, journalist, and thinkerJogesh Chandra Bagal , Indian journalist, historian and writerAbdul Gaffar Choudhury , an author, columnist, lyricistAsad Chowdhury , poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalistJibanananda Das , Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist[ 10] Kusumkumari Das , poet, writer and social activist[ 10] Mukunda Das , Bengali poet, ballad singer, composerNarayan Gangopadhyay , writer and academic[ 11] Buddhadeb Guha , writer[ 12] Ahsan Habib , poet and journalist[ 13] Abul Hasan , poet and journalist[ 14] Shamsuddin Abul Kalam , writer[ 15] Sufia Kamal , poet[ 16] Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah , founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq [ 17] Aroj Ali Matubbar , philosopher[ 18] Ghulam Murshid , Bangladeshi author, scholar, and journalist, based in LondonAbu Zafar Obaidullah , Bengali poet and language movement activistBazlur Rahman , journalist and editor of The Sangbad Kamini Roy , Bengali poet, social worker and feministGolam Sarwar , journalist and writer, founding editor of daily Samakal and Jugantor Barun Sengupta , journalist, political critic, founder-editor of daily Bartaman
Entertainment
Tania Ahmed , television actress and modelAtiqul Haque Chowdhury , media personalityArundhati Devi , actress and director[ 19] Utpal Dutt , actor, director, and playwright[ 20] Alamgir Kabir , film director and cultural activistMosharraf Karim , film and television actorShahidul Islam Khokon , filmmaker and producerGolam Mustafa , film actor[ 21] Suborna Mustafa , film and television actressSohel Rana , film actor, director and producerMasum Parvez Rubel , film actorMir Sabbir , television actor and directorOmar Sani , film actorHanif Sanket , television host, writer and producer, best known as the creator and host of popular television show Ittyadi Nikhil Sen , dramatist[ 22]
Singers and instrumentalists
Anil Biswas , film song composerNachiketa Chakraborty , Indian musicianNikhil Ghosh , musician and teacher[ 23] Pannalal Ghosh , musician and flutistParul Ghosh , playback singer[ 24] Abdul Latif , singer, musician, and lyricistAltaf Mahmud , musician and language movement activist[ 25] Khalid Hassan Milu , singerManabendra Mukhopadhyay , music composer and singer of Nazrul geeti [ 26] Papia Sarwar , singer[ 27]
Jewel Aich , magician and bansuri playerLaxman Das , wrestler, weight lifter, circus performer, founder of Royal Pakistan Circus
Freedom fighters and revolutionary
A. B. Bardhan , Indian politician, trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI)Kirtinarayan Basu , 17th-century raja of Chandradwip who converted to IslamKanai Chatterjee , Indian Maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India Gurudas Dasgupta , Indian politician and a leader of Communist Party of India Mohiuddin Jahangir , Bir Shreshto, Liberation War veteran[ 31] Major M A Jalil , sector 9 commander during Bangladesh liberation war
Mostafa Kamal , freedom fighter in Bangladesh liberation warHayat Mahmud , feudal lord, commander and founder of Miah Bari Mosque Niranjan Sengupta , revolutionaryTarakeswar Sengupta , revolutionary
Science and academia
Swadesh Bose , Bengali language movement activist and economist[ 32] Basudeb DasSarma , chemist[ 33] Kadambini Ganguly , first South Asian female physician, social activistBiswajit Ghosh , professor, essayist and researcherDebaprasad Ghosh , Indian mathematician and politicianRanajit Guha , historian of the Indian subcontinent and founding member of the Subaltern Studies Group Hiranmay Sen Gupta , nuclear physicist[ 34] A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid , physicist and professor of physics at the University of Dhaka Ehsan Hoque , medical doctor and philanthropist[ 35] Sardar Fazlul Karim , scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist[ 36] Nazia Khanum , OBE DL [ 37] Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri , physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology[ 38] Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri , historian[ 39] Tapan Raychaudhuri , historian[ 40] Sukharanjan Samaddar , professor, educationalist, and martyred freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation WarKaliprasanna Vidyaratna , Indian scholar of Sanskrit
Religious leaders
Syed Rezaul Karim is the leader of Islami Andolan Bangladesh , one of the country's biggest political parties.
Islam
Other
Sports
Zahid Hasan Ameli , footballerSukalyan Ghosh Dastidar , Indian footballer of the 1970sSohag Gazi , cricketer[ 41] Alamgir Hasan , footballerMehidy Hasan , cricketer[ 42] Salman Hossain , cricketerTanvir Islam , cricketerGolam Kabir , cricketerGolam Kibria , cricketerMohammad Manik , cricketerZakaria Masud , cricketerShahriar Nafees , cricketer[ 43] Kamrul Islam Rabbi , cricketerParesh Lal Roy , "father of Indian boxing"Golam Sarwar Tipu , footballer
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