List of Bengalis

This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and India, and people with Bengali ancestry or people who speak Bengali as their primary language.

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Bengalis

Ancient Bengali kings

Pala Dynasty

Chronological order

Sena Dynasty

Chandra Dynasty

Deva Dynasty

Nobel Laureates

Academy award winners

Actors

Artists

Bharat Ratna

Bloggers / media artists

Business and industry

Business executives

Entrepreneurs

Sahitya Akademi Award
Main article: List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

Cinematographers

Cartoonists / comics creators

Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners

Economists

Fellows of the Royal Society

Fictional characters

Filmmakers

Grammy winners

Journalists

Bangladesh

India

America

Britain
  • Fareena Alam
  • Lisa Aziz, British television news presenter
  • Mihir Bose, BBC's head sports editor
  • Reeta Chakrabarti, political correspondent for the BBC Television's Breakfast programme shown on BBC One and the BBC News Channel
  • Mo Dutta, former TV presenter for BBC Radio 2, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio Kent
  • Pallab Ghosh, BBC News science reporter
  • Nina Hossain, British television news broadcaster
  • Faisal Islam
  • Tasmin Lucia Khan, English journalist and television presenter
  • Sarah Mukherjee, former BBC Environment Correspondent, currently is a regular contributor on Radio 4's Today programme

Pakistan
  • Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistan's first female editor; first woman to be included in a press delegation; in 1955, became the first woman to speak at the ancient al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt

Qatar

Uganda

Law

Magicians

Musicians

Bollywood

Bangla rock

Classical and folk musicians

Hindi rock
  • Asheem Chakravarty, co-founder of the popular Indian band Indian Ocean
  • Palash Sen, lead vocalist of Indian band Euphoria
  • Susmit Sen, co-founder of the popular Indian band Indian Ocean

Western
  • Monica Yunus, operatic soprano
  • Mumzy Stranger
  • Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress, daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar – Indian Bengali
  • Sameer Bhattacharya, lead guitarist of the American alternative rock band Flyleaf
  • Sanjaya Malakar, American born Indian origin singer
  • Shikhee, singer; auteur of American industrial band Android Lust
  • Futurecop! Electronic Band members include Manzur Iqbal from United Kingdom

Military

Bangladesh

India

Padma Vibhushan

Politicians

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Ramon Magsaysay

Religion and spirituality
Swami Vivekananda– the photo was taken in Bushnell Studio in San Francisco, 1900.[6]

Buddhism

Hinduism
  • Swami Abhedananda (Kaliprasad Chandra), monk, author, philosopher, occultist, reformer, founder of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
  • Advaita Acharya, Vaishnava guru
  • Sri Aurobindo, yogi, nationalist, philosopher, author, poet, visionary
  • Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji, Vaishnava ascetic, mystic and recluse
  • Jagannatha Dasa Babaji, Vaishnava ascetic
  • Mahavatar Babaji, yogi and tantrik master
  • Bamakhepa(Bamacharan Chattopadhyay ), tantrik guru and mystic of Tarapith
  • Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Tantrik/ Shakta saint and master, composer of Shakta devotional songs
  • Sri Chinmoy, Indian spiritual master
  • Swami Satyananda Giri, Manamohan Mazumder monk, preacher and yogi
  • Yukteswar Giri, Priyanath Karar, yogi, educationist, astronomer, and astrologer
  • Nolini Kanta Gupta, revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic, the most senior of Sri Aurobindo's disciples, author of many books
  • Gopinath Kaviraj, yogi, philosopher, spiritual master, tantrik scholar and author
  • Anandamoyi Ma, mystic, spiritual teacher and Tantrik Guru
  • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Vaishnava mystic, missionary, monk and social reformer
  • Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj, founder Bharat Sevashram Sangha
  • Lahiri Mahasaya or Shyama Charan Lahiri, yogi, philosopher, the propagator of Kriya Yogay
  • Nirmalananda, 19th century monk
  • Nityananda, great avadut mystic, social reformer, chief associate of Chaitanya, reincarnation of Balaram and a primary figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal
  • Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Gadadhar Chattopadhaya), mystic, preacher of Dakshineshwar
  • Nigamananda Paramahansa Saraswat, tantrik guru, vedantic scholar, author, yogi, mystic, philosopher, disciple of Bamakhepa, founder of several institutions
  • A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan Dey), Vaishnava missionary and theologian, founder of ISKCON
  • Pranavananda, founder of Bharat Sevashram Sangha
  • Rani Rashmoni, founder of Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata
  • Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Vaishnava missionary and theologian, founder of Gaudiya Math
  • Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar or Sri Anandamurti, polymathic personality, author, philosopher, socio-political thinker, educationist, revolutionary, poet, composer, linguist, self-development and human welfare theorist, the founder of Ananda Marga (a socio-spiritual movement)
  • Ramprasad Sen, tantrik master, mystic, famous as a composer of mystic, devotional songs to Goddess Kali
  • Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Vaishnava missionary and theologian
  • Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Datta), monk, missionary and social reformer, founder of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission
  • Paramahansa Yogananda, monk, philosopher, preacher, author and exponent of Kriya Yoga

Islam

Christianity

Brahmoism

Baul
  • Lalon, fakir, sahajiya saint philosopher, humanist, poet and composer of baul/sahajiya mystic songssongs
  • Shah Abdul Karim

Unitarianism

Wicca

Revolutionaries

Others

Science and technology
Seated (L to R):Meghnad Saha, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Jnan Chandra Ghosh. Standing (L to R): Snehamoy Dutt, Satyendranath Bose, Debendra Mohan Bose, N R Sen, Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, N C Nag

Physicists

Biologists
  • Maqsudul Alam, scientist and professor, achieved four milestones in genomics — sequencing the genomes of papaya, rubber plants, jute and fungus
  • Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis
  • Sharmila Bhattacharya, head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center
  • Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, most notable for his work in directed evolution and his role in developing a genetically engineered organism using plasmid transfer while working at GE
  • Maharani Chakravorty, organized the first laboratory course on recombinant DNA techniques in Asia and Far East in 1981
  • Biraja Sankar Guha, first director of Anthropological Survey of India
  • Dilip Mahalanabis, biologist, under his leadership the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (Bangladesh medical centre), discovered Oral Rehydration Therapy, which has saved more than 40 million lives from diarrhea
  • Panchanan Mitra, first professor of anthropology in India, among the first Indians to study at Yale University
  • Sarat Chandra Roy, widely regarded as the father of Indian ethnography, the first Indian ethnographer, and as the first Indian anthropologist
  • Ram Brahma Sanyal, pioneer in captive breeding, and was one of the first zookeepers trained as a biologist. He was a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London

Chemistry
  • Asima Chatterjee, known for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine; her most notable work includes those on vinca alkaloids, and the development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs
  • Abul Hussam, chemist, inventor of Sono arsenic filter and the gold winner of the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
  • Abdus Suttar Khan, chemist, inventor of alloys for use in commercial jets, U.S. fighter planes, gas turbines, train engines, and space shuttles
  • Jnan Chandra Ghosh, chemist, known for anomaly of strong electrolytes
  • Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, chemist, specialised in the fields of electrochemistry, colloids and soil science
  • Prafulla Chandra Roy, pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered mercurous nitrite), The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured him with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe, founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company
  • Sadhan Basu, Palit professor at Calcutta University and Bhatnagar Award, CV Raman recipient

Doctors and physicians

Mathematicians

Technology

Architecture
  • Vidyadhar Bhattacharya (1693-1751), the chief architect and city planner of Jaipur, Rajasthan.[7] Along with Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, he is credited as the architect of City Palace, Jaipur.
  • Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect, father of tubular designs for high-rises such as Willis Tower (AKA Sears Tower) and the John Hancock Center

Social reformers and position holders

Sports
Brojen Das was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel.

Athletics

Archery

Ruman Shana - Bangladeshi Archer got Gold in SA games -2019

Sohel Rana -Bangladeshi Archer got Gold in SA-2019

Badminton

Bodybuilding, boxing, and wrestling

Chess

Cricket

Football
  • Alfaz Ahmed, former footballer for Bangladesh
  • Pradip Kumar Banerjee, footballer, named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA
  • Prasun Banerjee, former Indian national football player, Arjuna award winner
  • Sibdas Bhaduri, captained Mohun Bagan in the historic 1911 IFA Shield Final, where they defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment, 2-1
  • Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian national football player
  • Subhash Bhowmick, former Indian international football player
  • Sudip Chatterjee, footballer, considered among the finest in Indian football, declared AIFF player of the decade in 1994
  • Hamza Choudhury, midfielder for English football club Leicester City F.C.
  • Yeamin Chowdhury, footballer for Chittagong Abahani
  • Narayan Das, Indian national football player
  • Krishanu Dey, footballer, known as the "Indian Maradona"
  • Robin Dutt, former manager of Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, current representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart
  • Chuni Goswami, former Indian Footballer, Padma Shri awardee, awarded the best striker of Asia in 1962
  • Pronay Halder, Indian national football player
  • Kaiser Hamid, former footballer for Mohammedan S.C.
  • Mehtab Hossain, former Indian national football player
  • Pritam Kotal, Indian national football player
  • Shailen Manna, footballer, the only Asian footballer ever to be named among the 10 best captains in the world by the English FA in 1953
  • Arnab Mondal, Indian national football player
  • Deepak Kumar Mondal, football player, Arjuna award winner
  • Syed Rahim Nabi, Indian international footballer, known as 'Mr. Versatile' for his ability to play at any position (except goalkeeper), declared Indian player of the year in 2012
  • Gostho Pal, footballer. Member of the 1st Indian team, Mohun Bagan that won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre-independence period
  • Subrata Paul, Indian national football player, first Indian goalkeeper to play professionally for a foreign club in 1st division
  • Mahbubur Rahman, footballer and captain of Arambagh KS
  • Mohammed Salim, first Indian footballer to play overseas (in 1936 for the Scottish Club Celtic F.C.)
  • Jewel Raja Shaikh, Indian national football player
  • Neil Taylor, Welsh footballer of half-Bengali origin
  • Subhasish Bose, Indian national football player

Golf

Gymnastics

Mountaineering

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Writers
Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Nobel laureate.

See also

References
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  2. Duttagupta, Ishani (2008-01-17). "Bicky Chakraborty Sweden's biggest hotelier". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. Bicky Chakraborty - rik på udda val, Svenska Dagbladet 2011-05-19
  4. Stories, Local. "Meet Rajib Karmakar - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Swami Vivekananda Known Photos America 1899 – 1900". Swami Vivekananda. Frank Parlato Jr. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  7. "Jaipur — The Pink City". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
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