List of people from Barisal explained

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
• 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

• Abala Bose, educator and social reformer^[28]
• Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer.^[29]
• Sal Khan, American educator, mathematician and entrepreneur, Founder of Khan Academy^[30]

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,, 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

Islam

• Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952), inaugural Pir of Sarsina and founder of Darussunnat Kamil Madrasa
• Ayub Ali (1919–1995), former Principal of Government Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka
• Fazlul Karim (1935–2006), former Pir of Charmonai and founder of Islami Andolan
• Rezaul Karim (born 1971), current Pir of Charmonai and leader of Islami Andolan
• Syed Faizul Karim (born 1973), senior vice-president of Islami Andolan
• Maqsudullah (1883–1961), inaugural Pir of Talgasia and founder of Ashraful Uloom Madrasa
• Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990), former Pir of Sarsina and Independence Award recipient

Other

• Edith Langridge aka Mother Edith - led the Sisterhood of the Epiphany in Barisal
• Boro Maa, Hindu leader and a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha

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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