List of people from Comilla

A list of notable people from Comilla, Bangladesh:

Freedom fighters

Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh
Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
Lt-Col. Akbar Hussain (1942–2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad(1918–1996), ex-President of Bangladesh, ex-Minister and member of Exile Cabinet of Meherpur Government
Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939-), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), ex Leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami; professor; politician; convicted war criminal
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
Mustafa Kamal (1947-), politician and cricket official
Shaukat Mahmood (1959-), senior journalist, editor of Weekly Economic Times, adviser to Begum Khaleda Zia and elected president (2007–08, 2009-incumbent) of National Press Club
Jehangir Khan Tareen, Pakistani politician of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, born in Comilla

Nawab Faizunnesa, poetess, pioneer in women's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
Delwar Jahid (Bengali: দেলোয়ার জাহিদ), journalist and author, founder of the weekly national newspaper Samajkantha, the Comilla Union of Journalists who help and support professionals, the Seva Center for human development who support the poor, landless residents in the Comilla region, and the Bangladesh Foundation of Human Rights who provide information and education about human rights on a regional scope

Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bangla poet, novelist, translator, editor and essayist
Kazi Nazrul Islam, from West Bengal, but resided at Comilla for long
Abdul Kadir (1906–1984), researcher, poet and editor

Sachin Dev Burman's rejected house in Comilla

Rahul Dev Burman, known as R.D. Burman, son of S.D. Burman, composer and pioneer in Bollywood music direction
Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), known as S.D. Burman, singer, composer and music director

Pranab Kumar Dey, popularly known as Bhanu, Former Footballer and Coach of Bangladesh National Football Team and Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club, National level selector, was particularly famous for his swerving kick