List of people from Comilla
A list of notable people from Cumilla, 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
Politicians
- 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
- Mujibul Haque Mujib, a member of the Bangladesh National Parliament for the constituency of Comilla-11 and is the current Minister for Railways of Bangladesh.
Social activists and philanthropists
- Nawab Faizunnesa, poet, pioneer in women's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
Educators and scholars
- Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, former vice-chancellor, Dhaka University
Writers
- 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
Musicians
- Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), known as S.D. Burman, singer, composer and music director
- Rahul Dev Burman, known as R.D. Burman, son of S.D. Burman, composer and pioneer in Bollywood music direction
- Alauddin Khan
- Sudhin Das
- Ali Akbar Khan
- Alaka Das, artist of classical music, Principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan[1] (সঙ্গীত শিক্ষার্থী সম্মেলন), Comilla
- Asif Akbar
Actors
- Ferdous Ahmed Bangladeshi Actor
- Chinmoy Roy Bengali Actor based Kolkata,India
Bodybuilders
See also
References
External links
- Notable personalities, Welcome to Comilla