List of people from Assam explained

This is a list of notable people from Assam, India.

Performing arts

Musicians

Activists

• Kiran Bala Bora, freedom fighter and social activist
• Muzammil Haque, first martyr of Madhyam movement.
• Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, social activist and writer
• Akhil Gogoi
• Hema Bharali, freedom fighter and social activist
• Birubala Rabha, social activist
• Chobilal Upadhyaya, freedom fighter and Nepali social activist

Writers

See main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names.

• Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari
• Ananda Chandra Agarwala
• Chandra Kumar Agarwala
• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
• Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
• Debo Prasad Barooah
• Amulya Barua
• Ananda Chandra Barua
• Binanda Chandra Barua
• Chandradhar Barua
• Hem Barua
• Hem Barua (Tyagbir)
• Hemchandra Barua
• Jahnavi Barua
• Jnanadabhiram Barua
• Kanaklal Barua
• Nabakanta Barua
• Ananda Ram Baruah
• Bhubanmohan Baruah
• Padmanath Gohain Baruah
• Parvati Prasad Baruva
• Lakshminath Bezbaroa
• Debananda Bharali
• Chandra Bharati
• Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
• Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
• Nalinidhar Bhattacharya
• Hiren Bhattacharyya
• Bhattadeva
• Nakul Chandra Bhuyan
• Dhrubajyoti Bora
• Mahim Bora
• Satyanath Bora
• Rajanikanta Bordoloi
• Homen Borgohain
• Abani Chakraborty
• Saurabh Kumar Chaliha
• Raghunath Choudhary
• Ambika Charan Choudhury
• Lakshyadhar Choudhury
• Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury
• Mithinga Daimary
• Jogesh Das
• Birendra Nath Datta (1935-)
• Bhabananda Deka
• Harekrishna Deka
• Nalini Bala Devi
• Robin Dey
• Utpal Dutta
• Srutimala Duara
• Jatindra Nath Duwara
• Bhusana Dvija
• Pitambar Dvija
• Gopalacharana Dwija
• Ganesh Gogoi
• Hiren Gohain
• Gopaldev
• Hemchandra Goswami
• Sarat Chandra Goswami
• Krishna Kanta Handique
• Atul Chandra Hazarika
• Dhruba Hazarika
• Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika
• Tabu Taid
• Banikanta Kakati
• Ananta Kandali
• Madhava Kandali
• Rudra Kandali
• Durgabar Kayastha
• Madhavdev
• Syed Abdul Malik
• Rongbong Terang
• Kaliram Medhi
• Gopala Mishra
• Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967)
• Nilmani Phookan (1933-)
• Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
• Mitra Phukan
• Arupa Kalita Patangia
• Sarmistha Pritam
• Anuradha Sharma Pujari
• Bishnuprasad Rabha
• Benudhar Rajkhowa
• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
• Khiren Roy
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia
• Sankardev
• Hema Saraswati
• Brajanath Sarma
• Phani Sarma
• Siddhartha Sarma
• Imran Shah
• Arun Sharma
• Benudhar Sharma
• Sonaram Chutia
• Harivara Vipra

Poets

See main article: List of Assamese-language poets.

Politicians

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam.

Sports

Archer

• Jayanta Talukdar

Athletes

• Tayabun Nisha
• Bhogeswar Baruah, won gold medal at 1966 Asian Games
• Hima Das

Badminton player

• Dipankar Bhattacharjee, Indian badminton player
• Ashmita Chaliha

Boxers

• Jamuna Boro
• Shiva Thapa

Bodybuilding

• Mahadev Deka
• Gautam Kalita

Cricketers

• Abu Nechim Ahmed, First Assamese IPL player and former Mumbai Indians fast bowler.
• Javed Zaman, He was Assam's first List A Player and greatest fast bowler from Assam [1]
• Gokul Sharma
• Riyan Parag,. plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL and Indian international cricketer.
• Jogeswar Bhumij, Cricketer

Footballers

• Debashish Roy, former Indian national footballer
• Gilbertson Sangma, former Indian national footballer
• Babul Phukan, former Indian national footballer
• Jewel Bey, former Indian national footballer
• Anjana Saikia, Indian national woman footballer
• Holicharan Narzary, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Alen Deory, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Durga Boro, former ISL footballer
• Baoringdao Bodo, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Pranjal Bhumij, ISL footballer
• Pragyan Gogoi, ISL footballer
• Vinit Rai, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Gaurav Bora, ISL footballer
• Milan Basumatary

Tennis player

• Somdev Devvarman

Table tennis player

• Monalisa Baruah Mehta

Naturalists

• Robin Banerjee
• Ananda Chandra Dutta
• Jadav Payeng
• Anwaruddin Choudhury

See also

• People from Western Assam