List of people from Assam

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This is a list of people from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India.
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)
  • Ranjan Gogoi, Chief Justice of India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state

Academicians and scholars

Actors and models

Film directors

Activists

Journalists

Music

Literature
Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Poets
Main article: List of Assamese-language poets
  • Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
  • Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
  • Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
  • Haribar Bipra (fl. 14th century)
  • Nalinibala Devi, poet
  • Ananta Kandali (fl. 16th century)
  • Madhav Kandali (fl. 14th century)
  • Madhavdev (1489–1596)
  • Sankardev (1449–1568)
  • Hem Saraswati (fl. 14th century)
  • Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663), Ahom King, poet
  • Rudra Singha, Ahom King, poet

Historical figures

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Politicians

Religious leaders

Sports

Naturalists

Others

See also
  • People from Western Assam

References
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