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This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the
Sylhet Division of
Bangladesh and the
Barak Valley of the Indian state of
Assam . This list also includes
British Bangladeshis ,
Bangladeshi Americans ,
Bangladeshi Canadians , and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet. The people may also be known as
Sylheti .
Activism and cause célèbres
Abdul Muktadir , academician martyred in the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Altab Ali , factory garment worker murdered by three teenagers in a racially motived attack on 4 May 1978.
Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya , university lecturer martyred in the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Dia Chakravarty , political activist, singer, former political director of the
TaxPayers' Alliance and editor of
The Daily Telegraph .
Gurusaday Dutt , founder of the
Bratachari movement
Jagat Joity Das ,
Mukti Bahini member killed in the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Kakon Bibi ,
freedom fighter and
secret agent in the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Kamala Bhattacharya , student martyred in the
Bengali Language Movement of the Barak Valley
Leela Roy , reformer and politician
M. A. G. Osmani , commander-in-chief of
Bangladesh Liberation War
Rawshan Ara Bachchu , woman rights activist and part of the
Bengali language movement
Rubel Ahmed , died in
Morton Hall immigration detention centre under controverted circumstances.
Saifur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician) , Mohammad Saifur Rahman was a Bangladeshi economist and politician.
Sachindra Chandra Pal , student martyred in the
Bengali Language Movement of the Barak Valley
Shamsuddin Ahmed , medical doctor martyred in the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Sushil Sen , martyred in the
Indian independence movement
Suhasini Das , social worker and activist
Syeda Shahar Banu , woman rights activist and part of the
Bengali language movement
Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury , woman rights activist and part of the
Bengali language movement
Sir
Fazle Hasan Abed
KCMG receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)
Abdul Latif , British restaurateur known for his dish "Curry Hell".
Ayub Ali Master , founder of the Shah Jalal Restaurant in London which became a hub for the
British Asian community.
Bajloor Rashid
MBE , businessman and former president of the
Bangladesh Caterers Association UK .
Enam Ali , founder of the
British Curry Awards ,
Spice Business Magazine and
Ion TV
Fazle Hasan Abed
KCMG – founder of the world's largest
non-governmental organisation ,
BRAC
Foysol Choudhury
MBE – Businessman, community activist and Chairman of Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council.
Iqbal Ahmed
OBE – Entrepreneur and CEO of
Seamark Group .
In 2006 , he became the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the Sunday Times Rich List (listed at number 511).
James Leo Ferguson , tea industrialist and chairman of the Lakshmiprasad Union
Mahee Ferdous Jalil , founder of
Channel S , owner of Prestige Auto Group and TV presenter.
Mamun Chowdhury – Businessman, and founder and co-director of
London Tradition . In 2014, the company was awarded a
Queen's Award for Enterprise for
International Trade in recognition of its increase in sales.
Muquim Ahmed - Entrepreneur who became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26
[1] due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development.
Ragib Ali – Industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist and banker
Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi , first Sylheti to open a restaurant in the
United Kingdom
Shelim Hussain - Founder of
Euro Foods (UK)
Syed Ahmed - Candidate on BBC reality television programme
The Apprentice
Mohammad Ajman "Tommy" Miah
MBE – Celebrity chef and restaurateur. In 1991, he founded the Indian Chef of the Year Competition.
Wali Tasar Uddin
MBE – Entrepreneur, restaurateur, community leader and Chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce.
Abdul Malik was Pakistan's first cardiologist.
In 1994,
Saifur Rahman was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the
World Bank and
International Monetary Fund in
Madrid ,
Spain .
[2]
Aminul Hoque
MBE , lecturer at
Goldsmiths, University of London , writer
Abu Nasr Waheed , educationist, was born in Sylhet in 1878.
[3]
Govinda Chandra Dev , Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Dhaka assassinated at the onset of the
Bangladesh Liberation War by the
Pakistan Army .
K M Baharul Islam , Dean of the
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
Mamun al-Mahtab , hepatologist
M. A. Rashid , first Vice-chancellor of
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Mohammad Ataul Karim , Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal , physicist, writer and columnist
Najma Chowdhury , founder of the Women and Gender Studies department in the
University of Dhaka , adviser to
Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
Nurul Islam Nahid , former
Education Minister of Bangladesh
Nurunnahar Fatema Begum , head of paediatric cardiology at the
Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)
Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod , professor at
Cotton University
Parvez Haris , biomedical science professor at
De Montfort University
Ragib Ali , founder of
Leading University ,
Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College and the
University of Asia Pacific
Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury , physicist and vice-chancellor of
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and
Sylhet International University
Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya ,
natural product chemist and director of
Bose Institute ,
Kolkata
Shafi Ahmed , surgeon and entrepreneur
Sudhansu Datta Majumdar , physicist and faculty member of the
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Sundari Mohan Das , founder principal of
Calcutta National Medical College
Syed Manzoorul Islam , critic, writer, former professor of
Dhaka University
National Professors of Bangladesh
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith , an economist, diplomat, and
Bengali Language Movement veteran who served Bangladesh's 2nd Finance Minister.
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith , former
Finance Minister of Bangladesh
B. B. Bhattacharya , professor and Director of the
Institute of Economic Growth in
Delhi
Mohammed Farashuddin , 7th Governor of
Bangladesh Bank , founder of
East West University
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri , theoretical economist, academic and professor of the
Delhi School of Economics
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad , chairman of the
Dhaka School of Economics
Saifur Rahman , longest serving
Finance Minister of Bangladesh and a leader of
BNP
Shah A M S Kibria , economist, diplomat and former executive secretary of the
United Nations '
ESCAP
Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri , 4th Governor of
Bangladesh Bank
Adnan Faruque , actor, presenter, model and YouTuber
Ali Shahalom , comedian and television presenter
Azim , actor best known for the role of Rahim Badshah in Rupban
Bibhash Chakraborty , theatre personality and actor
C. B. Zaman , film director, actor, and model
Helal Khan , film actor and producer
Islah Abdur-Rahman , film director, actor and screenwriter
Khaled Choudhury , theatre personality and artist
Khalil Ullah Khan , film and TV actor
Marjana Chowdhury , a
Beauty pageant residing in the
United States
Nadiya Hussain , columnist, chef, author and TV personality best known for winning the baking competition
The Great British Bake Off
Niranjan Pal , playwright, director and founding member of
Bombay Talkies
Raihan Rafi , film director and screenwriter
Ruhul Amin , film director
Salman Shah , film actor
Shefali Chowdhury , actress best known for the role of
Parvati Patil in
Harry Potter
Altaf Husain , 1st
editor-in-chief of
Pakistan 's oldest, leading and most widely read English-language newspaper,
Dawn and former
Industry Minister of Pakistan
Hasina Momtaz , former
press officer for the
Mayor of London
Hassan Shahriar , journalist
Lenin Gani , senior member of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association
Rizwan Hussain , TV presenter, philanthropist, humanitarian aid worker, barrister and former CEO of Global Aid Trust
Rizwana Hasan , attorney,
Hero of the Environment and winner of the
Goldman Environmental Prize and
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Salah Choudhury , editor of
Weekly Blitz
Shamim Chowdhury , TV and print journalist for
Al Jazeera English
Sirajul Hossain Khan , editor of
Pakistan Times and the
Eastern News Agency .
Syed Mohammad Ali , founder of
The Daily Star - the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in
Bangladesh .
[4]
Syed Nahas Pasha , journalist and editor of
Janomot and
Curry Life
Arun Kumar Chanda on a 2000 stamp of India
Hason Raja , a mystical poet and songwriter
Abdur Rouf Choudhury , writer
Achyut Charan Choudhury , writer and historian
Arjumand Ali , first Bengali Muslim novelist
Arun Kumar Chanda ,
freedom fighter , social worker, writer and editor of the Saptak
Asaddor Ali , writer and researcher of Sylheti folk literature
Ashraf Hussain , poet, writer, researcher of folk literature
Chowdhury Gulam Akbar , writer and collector of
Bengali folk literature for the
Bangla Academy
Dilwar Khan , poet known as Gonomanusher Kobi (Poet of the mass people)
Dwijen Sharma , naturalist and science writer
Gurusaday Dutt , folklorist
Hason Raja , minstrel and writer of mystical songs
Ibrahim Ali Tashna , poet, Islamic scholar and activist
Ismail Alam , Urdu poet and activist
Mufti Nurunnessa Khatun , writer, academic, and botanist
Muhammad Mojlum Khan , non-fiction writer best known for
The Muslim 100
Muhammad Nurul Haque , cultural activist, social worker and writer
Sadeq Ali , writer, poet and judge best known for the Halat-un-Nabi
puthi
Shahida Rahman , author and publisher
Syed Mujtaba Ali , author, journalist, travel enthusiast, academician, scholar and linguist.
Syed Murtaza Ali , writer and historian
Syed Pir Badshah , Persian-language writer
Syed Rayhan ad-Din , celebrated Persian-language writer
Syed Shah Israil , considered to be Sylhet's first author
Syed Sultan , wrote the first
Prophetic biography in Bengali in 16th century
Anwarul Momen , general officer commanding
17th Infantry Division
Ashab Uddin , major general and ambassador to Kuwait and Yemen
Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury , 11th
Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
Ismail Faruque Chowdhury , engineer-in-chief of the Bangladesh Army
Bangabir
M. A. G. Osmani ,
Supreme Commander of the
Mukti Bahini
Mahbub Ali Khan , Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the Chief of Naval Staff
Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar , Bangladesh Army brigadier, formerly the most senior ethnic Bengali in the Pakistan Army
Mohammad Abdur Rab , 1st
Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army ,
Major general during the
Bangladesh Liberation War
Muhammad Ghulam Tawab , Bangladesh's second
Chief of Air Staff
Nurul Huq , second temporary chief of
Bangladesh Navy
Prince Garuda of Gour , fought against the Muslims during the
Conquest of Sylhet
Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque , Bangladesh Army officer and fugitive
Syed Nasiruddin –
Sipah Salar of
Shamsuddin Firoz Shah
Chronological list of articles:
Gangadhwaj Govardhan , 20th king of the
Gour Kingdom
Madan Rai , penultimate minister of Gour
Amar Singh , military general and short-lasted minister of Brahmachal under Govardhan
Jaidev Rai , governor of Brahmachal (
southern Sylhet ) under
Tripura Kingdom
Gour Govinda , final king of the Gour Kingdom, defeated in the
Conquest of Sylhet
Mona Rai , final minister of Gour
Sikandar Khan Ghazi , first wazir of Srihat
Haydar Ghazi , second
wazir of Srihat
Muqabil Khan , wazir of Srihat in 1440
Khurshid Khan , minister of Srihat, constructed numerous mosques
Majlis Alam , dastur of Srihat, constructed numerous mosques
Sarwar Khan , Nawab of Sylhet after Gawhar Khan
Mir Khan , Nawab and Qanungoh of Sylhet
Bayazid of Sylhet ,
Baro-Bhuyan Afghan chieftain who ruled over
North Sylhet
Muhammad Sani , Manipur migrant
Khwaja Usman ,
Baro-Bhuyan Afghan chieftain who ruled over
South Sylhet
Mubariz Khan , Mughal sardar of Sylhet, fought against many Baro-Bhuiyan chieftains
Mukarram Khan , Mughal sardar of Sylhet who would later become Subahdar of Bengal
Mirak Bahadur Jalair , Mughal sardar of Sylhet
Sulayman Banarsi , Mughal co-sardar of Sylhet, governed over southern parts of Sylhet
Lutfullah Shirazi , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet from 1658 to 1665
Isfandiyar Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Syed Ibrahim Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Jan Muhammad Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Mahafata Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Farhad Khan , most well-known Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Sadeq Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Inayetullah Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet and founder of Inatganj
Rafiullah Khan , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Ahmad Majid , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet
Abdullah Shirazi , Mughal faujdar of Sylhet and mosque builder
Robert Lindsay , 4th superintendent and 1st collector of Sylhet from 1778 to 1790
Ganar Khan , last faujdar of Sylhet
Shah Abdul Karim is a Bangladeshi
Baul musician and Songwriter
Alaur Rahman , singer and music teacher
Amina Khayyam , dancer and choreographer
Bidit Lal Das , folk singer and composer
Debojit Saha , playback singer
Gouri Choudhury , music teacher
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya , folk singer
Mumzy Stranger , singer, producer and lyricist
Radharaman Dutta , lyricist and composer of folk and traditional
dhamail
Ramkanai Das , classical and folk musician
[5]
Rowshanara Moni , singer and actress
Runa Laila , playback singer
Sanjeeb Chowdhury , singer and journalist
Selim Chowdhury , folk singer
[6]
Shah Abdul Karim , minstrel and folk songwriter
Shapla Salique , singer and harmonium player
Shushama Das , folk musician
[7]
Shuvro Dev , playback singer
Subir Nandi , playback singer
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury was a former adviser to President
Iajuddin Ahmed during the
Caretaker Government .
Dr
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury served as Secretary to the Govt. of Bangladesh for nearly a decade in the Ministries of Food, Statistics, Power Energy & Mineral Resources and Planning.
J. R. Mudassir Husain served as Chief Justice from 2004 to 2007.
Syed Abdul Majid was a very notable pioneer in the native tea industry.
Mahmud Ali demanded the recognition of Bengali as a national language of Pakistan.
Lala Lajpat Rai of
Punjab ,
Bal Gangadhar Tilak of
Maharashtra , and
Bipin Chandra Pal of
Bengal , the triumvirate were popularly known as Lal Bal Pal, changed the political discourse of the
Indian independence movement .
Abdus Shahid , former
chief whip for
Bangladesh Awami League
Ariful Haque Choudhury , Mayor of
Sylhet
Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran , former Mayor of
Sylhet
C. M. Shafi Sami , former Bangladeshi diplomat
Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder , chairman of
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society ,
Pubali Bank Board of Directors and founder of Scholarshome
Humayun Rashid Choudhury , former
speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad , 41st President of the
UN General Assembly
Ilias Ali , Organizing Secretary of the
Bangladesh National Party
Mifta Uddin Chowdhury Rumi , vice-president of
Bangladesh Nationalist Party -Sunamganj
Shafiqur Rahman , Amir of
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Syed Muazzem Ali , foreign service officer, high commissioner and career diplomat
Abdul Hakeem Chowdhury , East Pakistan Provincial council and National Assembly
Abdul Majid Khan , former
MP for
Habiganj-2
Abdul Matin , former
MP for
Moulvibazar-2
Abdul Munim Chowdhury , former
MP for
Habiganj-1
Abdul Muqit Khan , former MP for
Sylhet-3
Abdul Jabbar , former MP for the erstwhile
Sylhet-13 constituency
Abdul Qahir Chowdhury , former MP for
Sylhet-5
Abdur Raees , East Pakistan Provincial council and National Assembly
Abdur Rahim , former MP for
Sylhet-6
Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury , former
MP for
Habiganj-3
Abu Zahir , former
MP for
Habiganj-3
Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai , former member of the
Jatiya Sangsad
AKM Gouach Uddin , former MP for
Sylhet-6
Ameena Begum Shafiq , doctor and
Jamaat-e-Islami politician
Barun Roy , former
MP for
Sunamganj-1
Dewan Farid Gazi , former leader of
Habiganj-1
Dildar Hossain Selim , former
MP for
Sylhet-4
Enamul Haque Chowdhury , former MP for
Sylhet-2
Fatema Chowdhury Paru , BNP politician
Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz , MP for
Habiganj-1
Gulzar Ahmed Chowdhury , former
MP for
Sunamganj-3
Harris Chowdhury , former
MP for
Sylhet-5
Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury , MP for
Habiganj-1
Joya Sengupta , politician and doctor
Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury , MP for
Habiganj-1
Khandaker Abdul Malik , former
MP for
Sylhet-1
Lutfur Rahman , former MP for
Sylhet-6
Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury , former
MP for
Sylhet-3
Mahbub Ali , former
MP for
Habiganj-4
Maqsood Ebne Aziz Lama , former MP for
Sylhet-2
MM Shahin , former
MP for
Moulvibazar-2
Moazzem Hossain Ratan , former
MP for
Sunamganj-1
Mokabbir Khan ,
MP for
Sylhet-2
Mohibur Rahman Manik , former
MP for
Sunamganj-5
Mostafa Ali , member of the
Bangladesh Constituent Assembly and former Governor of Habiganj
Najmul Hasan Zahed , former
MP for
Habiganj-2
Naser Rahman , former
MP for
Moulvibazar-3 and chairman of the Saifur Rahman Foundation
Nawab Ali Abbas Khan ,
Jatiya Party politician and three-time
MP for
Moulvibazar-2
Nazim Kamran Choudhury , former
MP
Pir Fazlur Rahman , former
MP for
Sunamganj-4
Salim Uddin , former
MP for
Sylhet-5
Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury , former MP for
Sylhet-3
Shah Azizur Rahman , former MP for
Sylhet-2
Sharaf Uddin Khashru , former MP for
Sylhet-6
Sheikh Sujat Mia , former
MP for
Habiganj-1
Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed , member of
Jatiya Sangsad and previously vice-president of
Dhaka University Central Students' Union
Syed Mahibul Hasan , former MP for
Sylhet-16
Syed Makbul Hossain , former MP for
Sylhet-6
Syeda Saira Mohsin , former
MP for
Moulvibazar-3
Yahya Chowdhury , former
MP for
Sylhet-2
Abdul Haque , former
Land Administration and Reforms Minister
Abdul Mannan ,
Minister of Planning
Abdus Samad Azad , former
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
AK Abdul Momen ,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid , former
Minister of Social Welfare
Imran Ahmad ,
Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury , former Adviser to President
Iajuddin Ahmed
Shamsher M. Chowdhury , Bangladeshi diplomat and former
secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Shahab Uddin ,
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Suranjit Sengupta , former
Minister of Railways
Syed Mohsin Ali , former
Minister of Social Welfare
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury , energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Rasheda K Chowdhury , primary and mass education adviser to the Caretaker Government led by
Fakhruddin Ahmed
Abdul Hamid , Education Minister of Assam and later
East Bengal
Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz , Sylhet Muslim League founder and lawyer
Abdul Hoque , politician, lawyer and freedom fighter
Moulvi Abdus Salam , Revenue Minister of East Bengal
Abdul Khaleque Ahmed , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Abdul Matin Chaudhary , member of the 1st
National Assembly of Pakistan and Pakistan's first Minister of Agriculture
Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Aftab Ali , founder of All-India Seamen's Federation and vice-president of
All-India Trade Union Congress
Ajmal Ali , member of the 4th
National Assembly of Pakistan
Akhay Kumar Das , member of the 1st
National Assembly of Pakistan
Basanta Kumar Das , member of the 2nd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Mahmud Ali ,
Freedom Movement leader , statesman
Mohammad Keramat Ali , entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician
Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Ibrahim Ali Tashna , poet, Islamic scholar and activist
Muazzam Ahmed Choudhury , member of the 4th
National Assembly of Pakistan
Muhammad Amin , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Murtaza Raza Choudhry , member of the 1st
National Assembly of Pakistan
Saiful Alom , member of the
East Bengal Legislative Assembly
Qamarul Ahsan , member of the 3rd
National Assembly of Pakistan
Abdul Munim Choudhury , former MLA of
Karimganj South
A. F. Golam Osmani ,
Indian National Congress member
Amar Chand Jain ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Anwar Hussain Laskar ,
All India United Democratic Front politician
Ashab Uddin , member of the
Manipur Legislative Assembly
Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya ,
All India United Democratic Front politician
Azad Zaman , member of the
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Aziz Ahmed Khan , former MLA of
Karimganj South
Bijoy Malakar , MLA of
Ratabari
Chittendra Nath Mazumder ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Dilip Kumar Paul ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Dwarka Nath Das ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Hazi Salim Uddin Barbhuiya ,
MLA of Hailakandi
Kabindra Purkayastha , senior leader of
Bharatiya Janata Party in
Assam
Kali Ranjan Deb ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha , former MLA of
Karimganj North
Karnendu Bhattacharjee ,
Indian National Congress member
Kartik Sena Sinha ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Kishor Nath , former MLA of
Barkhola
Kripanath Mallah ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Krishnendu Paul , MLA of
Patharkandi
Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya ,
Indian National Congress member
Madhusudhan Tiwari , former MLA of
Patharkandi (1991–1996)
Misbahul Islam Laskar , MLA of
Barkhola
Mission Ranjan Das ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Moinul Hoque Choudhury , five-time
MLA , two-time
UN General Assembly representative and Minister of Industrial Development
Nepal Chandra Das ,
Indian National Congress member
Nihar Ranjan Laskar ,
Indian National Congress member
Parimal Suklabaidya ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Radheshyam Biswas ,
All India United Democratic Front politician
Rajdeep Roy ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Ramapayare Rabidas ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Rashida Haque Choudhury , former Minister of State of Social Welfare
Rumi Nath , former MLA of
Barkhola
Sambhu Sing Mallah ,
Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Santosh Mohan Dev , former
cabinet minister of the
Government of India and 7-time Member of Parliament from
Silchar , Assam and
Tripura South .
Satyabrata Mookherjee , former Minister of State
Shukhendu Shekhar Dutta , former MLA of
Patharkandi
Siddique Ahmed , MLA of
Karimganj South
Subodh Das , MP for
Panisagar
Surendra Kumar Dey , first Union Cabinet minister for Cooperation and
Panchayati raj
Sushmita Dev , President of the
All India Mahila Congress
Suzam Uddin Laskar ,
All India United Democratic Front politician
Tathagata Roy , controversial right-wing
Hindutva associate
Anwar Choudhury was the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.
Anwar Choudhury , The
British
High Commissioner for Bangladesh between 2004 and 2008. He is currently the Director of International Institutions at the
Foreign & Commonwealth Office .
Apsana Begum , first
Hijabi to be elected as an
MP for the
British parliament
Doly Begum , Canadian politician
Gaus Khan , president of the United Kingdom Awami League
Hansen Clarke , former
congressman of
MI 13
Lutfur Rahman , the first
directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets and the first Bangladeshi leader of the council.
Nadia Shah , former Mayor of Camden. The first female mayor in the United Kingdom of Bangladeshi origin.
Nasim Ali
OBE , former Mayor of
Camden . He became UK's youngest mayor as well as the first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor.
Rabina Khan , councillor for
Shadwell and former Housing Cabinet member in
Tower Hamlets
Rushanara Ali , first Bangladeshi to be elected as an
MP for the
British parliament
Religion and spirituality
Ajmal Masroor was nominated for the Religious Advocate of the Year award at the 2013 & 2015
British Muslim Awards .
Zohurul Hoque has translated the entire Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages.
Shaikh-e-Fulbari
Abdul Matin Chowdhury , a religious scholar and political activist
Athar Ali , Deobandi scholar, author and founder of the
Nizam-e-Islam party
Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri , Islamic scholar and parliamentarian
Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali , Islamic scholar and founder of the Fultali movement
Nur Uddin Gohorpuri , chairman of
Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh
Abdul Momin Imambari , former president of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
Abu Hena Saiful Islam ,
US Navy 's
imam
Ajmal Masroor , imam, TV presenter and politician
Ibrahim Ali Tashna , Islamic scholar, poet and activist
Ibrahim Danishmand , zamindar and Sufi scholar
Muhammad Arshad , 16th-century Persian-language scholar
Najib Ali Choudhury , founder of the
Madinatul Uloom Bagbari , the first madrasa in the
Greater Sylhet region
Shah Jalal , Sufi saint associated with spreading Islam to Sylhet
Ghazi Burhanuddin , considered to be Sylhet's first Muslim
Haji Muhammad Yusuf , first custodian of Shah Jalal's
dargah
Adam Khaki , associated with spreading Islam to Badarpur
Shah Gabru , associated with spreading Islam to Osmani Nagar
Shah Halim ad-Din Narnauli, associated with spreading Islam to Kanihati
Shah Kamal Quhafa , late disciple of
Shah Jalal
Shah Malum , associated with spreading Islam to Fenchuganj
Shah Paran , early disciple and nephew of
Shah Jalal
Shah Ruknuddin , associated with spreading Islam to Rajnagar
Shah Siddiq , associated with spreading Islam to Osmanpur
Shah Tajuddin , associated with spreading Islam to Tajpur
Abu Jayed Rahi , cricketer
Abul Hasan , cricketer
A. K. M. Mahmood , cricketer
Ahmed Sadequr , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Alok Kapali , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Ardhendu Das , cricketer for
Bengal (1934–1942)
Ebadot Hossain , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Enamul Haque Jr ,
Bangladesh
Hasibul Hossain , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Henry Plowden , cricketer
Imtiaz Hossain , cricketer
Jahan Uddin , cricketer for
Sikkim
Khaled Ahmed , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Nasirul Alam , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Nasum Ahmed , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Nazmul Hossain ,
Bangladesh
Punya Datta , cricketer for
Bengal and
Cambridge University
Rahatul Ferdous , cricketer
Rajin Saleh , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Rezaul Haque , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Sayem Alam , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Shahanur Rahman , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Shanaj Ahmed , cricketer for
Sylhet Division
Tapash Baisya , cricketer for
Bangladesh
Hamza Choudhury playing in a
Premier League match on 12 May 2019
Alfaz Ahmed , former footballer for
Bangladesh
Rezaul Karim Rehan , former footballer for
Bangladesh
Wahed Ahmed , former footballer for
Bangladesh
Hamza Choudhury ,
midfielder for English football club
Leicester City F.C.
Kaiser Hamid , former footballer for
Mohammedan SC
Mahbubur Rahman Sufil , footballer
Md Saad Uddin , footballer
Motin Mia , footballer
Ekbal Hussain , footballer
Biplu Ahmed , footballer
Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna , footballer