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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 Commerce
Amir Hossain Amu , politician, former Minister of Industries
[2]
Mirza Agha Baqer , Mughal jagirdar after whom Bakerganj was named after
Abdur 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. He represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the
Indian National Congress party.
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)
Shawkat Hossain Hiron , Former
Member of Parliament ,
Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013)
[5]
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 Parliament.
Abdul Jabbar Khan , Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)
[7]
Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan , Politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister. peasant movement leader
Sabi Khan , Mughal faujdar of Bakla
Wazil Khan , governor of Bakla under Sultan
Ruknuddin Barbak Shah
Kazi Golam Mahbub , language movement activist and politician
Jogendra Nath Mandal , One of the
Founding Fathers of Pakistan, First Law Minister of Pakistan
Jahangir Kabir Nanak , politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Shahjahan 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 parliament
Majibur 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 , revolutionary
Abdur Rab Serniabat , cabinet minister
[9]
Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy
Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad , Islamic writer, journalist, and thinker.
Jogesh Chandra Bagal , Indian journalist, historian and writer.
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury , an author, columnist, lyricist.
Asad Chowdhury , poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist,
Jibanananda Das , Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist.
[10]
Kusumkumari Das , poet, writer and social activist
[10]
Mukunda Das , Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer
Narayan 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 London
Abu Zafar Obaidullah , Bengali poet and language movement activist
Bazlur Rahman , journalist and editor of
The Sangbad
Kamini Roy , Bengali poet, social worker and feminist
Golam Sarwar , journalist and writer, founding editor of daily
Samakal and
Jugantor .
Barun Sengupta , journalist, political critic, founder-editor of daily
Bartaman
Entertainment
Film, television, theater, and radio
Tania Ahmed , Television actress and model
Atiqul Haque Chowdhury , media personality
Arundhati Devi , actress and director
[19]
Utpal Dutt , actor, director, and playwright
[20]
Alamgir Kabir (filmmaker) , renowned film director and cultural activist
Mosharraf Karim , Film and Television actor
Shahidul Islam Khokon , filmmaker and producer
Golam Mustafa , Film actor
[21]
Suborna Mustafa , Film and Television actress
Sohel Rana , Film actor, director and producer
Masum Parvez Rubel , Film actor
Mir Sabbir , Television actor and director
Omar Sani , Film actor
Hanif 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 composer
Nachiketa Chakraborty , Indian musician
Nikhil Ghosh , musician and teacher
[23]
Pannalal Ghosh renowned musician and flutist
Parul Ghosh , playback singer
[24]
Abdul Latif (musician) , singer, musician, and lyricist.
Altaf Mahmud , musician and language movement activist
[25]
Khalid Hassan Milu , singer
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay , music composer and a famous singer of
Nazrul geeti
[26]
Papia Sarwar , singer
[27]
Performing arts
Jewel Aich , renowned magician and bansuri player
Laxman Das , wrestler, weight lifter, circus performer and the founder of Royal Pakistan Circus
Educationist and reformers
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 Islam
Kanai 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 commanders during
Bangladesh liberation war
Mostafa Kamal , freedom fighter in Bangladesh liberation war
Hayat Mahmud , feudal lord, commander and founder of
Miah Bari Mosque
Niranjan Sengupta , revolutionary
Tarakeswar 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 activist
Biswajit Ghosh , professor, essayist and researcher
Debaprasad Ghosh , Indian mathematician and politician
Ranajit 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 , academic and management consultant
[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 War
Kaliprasanna 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 , footballer
Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar , Indian footballer of the 1970s
Sohag Gazi , cricketer
[41]
Alamgir Hasan , footballer
Mehidy Hasan , cricketer
[42]
Salman Hossain , cricketer
Tanvir Islam , cricketer
Golam Kabir , cricketer
Golam Kibria , cricketer
Mohammad Manik , cricketer
Zakaria Masud , cricketer
Shahriar Nafees , cricketer
[43]
Kamrul Islam Rabbi , cricketer
Paresh Lal Roy , Father of Indian Boxing
Golam Sarwar Tipu , footballer
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