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This is a list of notable people from
West Bengal ,
India . This list does not include the significant number of prominent
East Bengali refugees from
East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947.
Literature
Major figures
Children's story writers
Medieval Bengal literary scene
Other authors from early modern period
Prominent foreign-language authors from Bengal
Other authors from early/mid-twentieth century and some contemporary authors
Journalists
Language/linguistics, anthropology, history, and other social sciences
Raja Ram Mohan Roy , first Bengali prose writer
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , creator of Standard Bengali prose (sadhu bhasha)
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay , earliest educationist
Anil Kumar Gain , fellow of the Royal Society
Rajendralal Mitra , first Indian to work with Indologists
Haraprasad Shastri , historian of Bengali language and culture
Dinesh Chandra Sen , historian of Bengali literature and folklorist
Pramatha Chaudhuri , creator of modern Bengali prose (chalit bhasha) along with Tagore
Sir Jadunath Sarkar , historian
Rajsekhar Bose , major contributor for scientific terms in Bengali and lexicographer
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar , historian
Ramesh Chandra Dutta , historian
Girindrasekhar Bose , first non-European correspondent of Freud
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee , linguist
Harinath De , linguist
Biraja Sankar Guha , anthropologist
Sukumar Sen , linguist
Susobhan Sarkar , historian
Nirmal Kumar Bose , anthropologist, associate of Gandhi
Niharranjan Ray , historian
Dineshchandra Sircar , epigraphist
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya , social philosopher
Surajit Chandra Sinha , anthropologist
Haricharan Bandopadhayaya , lexicographer
Tapan Raychaudhuri , professor of history at Oxford University
Amartya Sen , Nobel Prize awardee in Economics
Ranajit Guha , subaltern theorist
Sumit Sarkar , historian
Kirti Narayan Chaudhuri , historian
Maniklal Sinha , novelist, historian and archaeologist of west Rarh
Gayatri Spivak , feminist
Vina Mazumdar , women's studies academic
Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri , Indian historian
Scholars and polymaths
Asima Chatterjee , scholar of chemistry
Suniti Kumar Chatterji , linguist
Amlan Datta , economist, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati
Radhakanta Deb , linguist
Anil Kumar Gain , scholar, mathematician
Prithwindra Mukherjee , scholar of Indian history, philosophy, religion and culture
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi , scientist
Education
Pioneers
Post-independence
Modern times
Others
Teachers
Katyayanidas Bhattacharya , philosophy, Presidency College
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya , philosophy, University of Calcutta
Barun De , history, Presidency College
K. C. Nag , mathematics, Mitra institution
Susobhan Sarkar , history, Presidency College
Babar Ali , the world's youngest headmaster, Headmaster & Founder of Ananda Siksha Niketan
Philosophy
Pre-modern period
Modern age
Early / Mid twenty century
Science
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay , computer scientist
Somnath Bharadwaj , cosmology
Avik Bhattacharya , remote sensing
Santanu Bhattacharya , chemistry
Manilal Bhaumik
Satyendra Nath Bose
Upendranath Brahmachari
Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri , Computer scientist
Anil Kumar Gain , mathematics
Partha Ghose
Sankar Ghosh
P.C. Mahalanobis
Dwijesh Dutta Majumdar , Computer scientist
Ujjwal Maulik , computer scientist
Ashesh Prosad Mitra
Sisir Kumar Mitra
Subhash Mukhopadhyay , physician
Sankar Kumar Pal , Computer scientist
Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
Anjali Roy , mycologist
Subrata Roy , plasma physics
Ram Brahma Sanyal , zoology
Amartya Sen , Nobel Laureate, economist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Ashoke Sen , physics
Radhanath Sikdar
Religious scholars
Muslim
Pre-modern period
The Brahmo Samaj
Hindu revival movement
Mid-twentieth-century religious figures
Social reformation and social work
Major figures
Derozians
Women's rights
Military
Subhas Chandra Bose , founder,
Indian National Army
General
Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri , Indian Army Chief during the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Admiral
Adhar Kumar Chatterji , Indian Navy Chief between 1966 and 1970.
Air Commodore Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar (1927–2011), India's first military helicopter pilot
Air Marshal
Subroto Mukherjee , former Head of Indian Air Force
Chief of the Air Staff Designate Arup Raha , 24th chief of Indian Air Force.
Indra Lal Roy , first Indian (pre Independence) flying ace
General
Shankar Roychowdhury , former Indian Army Chief
Flight Lieutenant
Suhas Biswas , recipient of
Ashoka Chakra
Captain
Man Bahadur Rai , recipient of
Ashoka Chakra
Air Vice Marshal
Madhavendra Banerji , recipient of
Maha Vir Chakra
Art
Early modern period
From mid-twentieth century
Film and photography
Dulal Dutta
Subrata Mitra , cinematographer
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Ajoy Kar , cinematographer, filmmaker, screenwriter
Hrishikesh Mukherjee ,Indian film director, editor and writer.
Satyajit Roy , filmmaker, screenwriter, author, illustrator and music composer
Mrinal Sen , filmmaker, screenwriter, autho
Rituparno Ghosh , filmmaker
Tarun Majumdar , filmmaker, screenwriter, author, illustrator
Goutam Ghose , filmmaker, cinematographer, and music composer
Suman Ghosh (director) , filmmaker, documentary filmmaker
Atiul islam , filmmaker, screenwriter.
Music
Composers
Performers (instrumental)
Allauddin Khan , sarod and multi-instrumentalist
Ali Akbar Khan , sarod
Annapurna Devi , surbahar
Buddhadeb Dasgupta , sarod
Manilal Nag , sitar
Nikhil Banerjee , sitar
Ravi Shankar , sitar
Radhika Mohan Maitra , Sarod and Mohanveena
Sankha Chatterjee , tabla
Shankar Ghosh , tabla
Pannalal Ghosh , flute
Jnan Prakash Ghosh , Harmonium and tabla
Performers (vocal)
Classical
Songs of Tagore and his contemporaries
Modern
Nazrul geeti
Bengali Folk Song
Movies
Directors
Actors
Actresses
Cinematographer
Editor
Screenplay Writer
Dance
Doctors
Modern Days
Drama/theatre
Magicians
Politicians and revolutionaries
Pre-modern
Colonial period
Indian freedom fighters
Early figures
Twentieth century
Politicians
Others
Donation and social welfare
Old Calcutta / Bengal legends
Sports
Chess
Cricket
Lawn tennis
Squash
Bodybuilding
Swimming
Table tennis
Weightlifting
Others
Arjun Atwal , golfer
Anirban Lahiri , Indian golfer
Balaram Bose , philanthropist
Chhanda Gain , mountaineering, first Bengali woman to climb
Mount Everest
Dipa Karmakar , Indian artistic gymnast;
2014 Commonwealth Games , bronze medal; 2010 Commonwealth Games participant
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar , athletics, double gold medallist at Bangkok Asiad, 1996
Joydeep Karmakar , Indian shooter,
2012 Summer Olympics ; qualified to represent India in men's 50m rifle prone event;
2014 Commonwealth Games participant
Mohammad Ali Qamar , boxing, Commonwealth games gold medalist
Mohammed Ali Qamar , Indian boxer,
2002 Commonwealth Games , gold medal
Industry/business
Other areas
See also
References