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This is a list of notable people from the
Rangpur City, Bangladesh .
Chief Justices of Bangladesh
Freedom fighters in The Liberation War
Asaduzzaman Noor , actor, politician and activist. Former
Minister of Cultural Affairs and MP, popular for his role of
Baker Bhai in
Kothao Keu Nei
Abbasuddin Ahmed ,
Independence Day Awardee ,
Bhawaiya and
Ghazal singer
Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury , sculptor
Dipankar Dipon , film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in
Dhallywood
Ferdausi Rahman ,
Independence Day Awardee and
Ekushey Padak winner legendary folk and playback singer
Mashiat Rahman , actress
[1]
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi ,
Ekushey Padak winner Bangladeshi musicologist
Rathindranath Roy , founder of
Bhawaiya academy and singer
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya , Rabindra Sangeet artist
Tulsi Lahiri , actor and dramatist
Officers of Bangladesh Armed Forces
Mashiur Rahman Jadu Mia (Politician, Founding member of
Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Senior Minister with the rank of a Prime Minister in 1979)
Tipu Munshi , Current Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh, former president
BGMEA ,
Awami League politician
Mashiur Rahaman Ranga Bangladeshi MP and
Jatiya Party leader
M. A. Sattar , Chairman Sattar Jute Mills Ltd, Minister of Jute and Textiles, Minister of Labor and Manpower, Member of Parliament and Chief Whip
Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu First Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation,
Jatiya Party leader
H. N. Ashequr Rahman , Bangladeshi MP,
Awami League ,Rahman is the treasurer of the Central Committee of the Bangladesh Awami League.
[2] He is the chairman of
Meghna Bank Limited
[3] and member of Board of Trustees,
East West university .
[4]
Poet, writers and journalists
Anisul Hoque , author, novelist, dramatist, and journalist
Rashid Askari , academic, writer, fictionist, columnist, translator, media personality and the 12th vice-chancellor of
Islamic University, Bangladesh
Buddhadeb Guha , author, novelist and Bengali fiction writer
Monajatuddin , journalist
Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury ,
Assamese
litterateur ,
Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an
academician
Majnu Shah , leader of the
Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion . He used to operate in this region.
Sri Aurobindo , British Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and nationalist. Spent his childhood here.
Prafulla Chaki , British Indian revolutionary, famous for attempting to murder of a British official along with
khudiram Bose . Studied at the
Rangpur Zilla School .
Devi Chaudhurani , revolutionary, one of the organizers of the
Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion