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Listed below are notable people who are either citizens of

Principals of Bengal's Independence Wars and Movements

British Colonial Period

• Faraizi Movement
• Surya Sen
• Pritilata Waddedar
• All India Muslim League
  (AIML), later known as the Muslim League
• A. K. Fazlul Huq
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Martyrs of the Bangla Language Movement 1952

• Abdus Salam
• Abdul Jabbar
• Abul Barkat
• Rafiq Uddin Ahmed

Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971

• General
  Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmany
  , Commander-in-Chief, BD Forces, War of Independence.
• Major
  Khaled Musharraf
  , Commander Sector 2, Commander K-Force
• Major Ziaur Rahman, Sector Commander 1 and 11 (June - Oct 10th 1971) and Z Force Commander
• Squadron Leader
  M. Hamidullah Khan
  , Commander Sector 11 (Nov 2nd - Feb 14th 1972)
• Major
  M.A. Manzur
  , commander sector 8
• Major Shafaat Jamil Commanding Officer 3rd East Bengal Regiment Z Force
• Major Ziauddin Commanding Officer 1st East Bengal Regiment Z Force
• Major
  K.M Shafiullah
  , S Force Commander
• Wing Commander Khademul Bashar, Commander Sector 6
• Major Abu Taher, sub-sector commander - Mahendraganj(HQ 11), Commander Sector 11 (Oct 10th - November 2, 1971)

Arts, culture, and literature

• Abdul Hakim, medieval poet
• Abul Kashem, architect and educationist
• Ahmed Sofa, writer
• Akhteruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer
• Alaol, medieval poet
• Al Mahmud, poet
• Begum Rokeya, writer
• Bibi Russell, model and fashion designer
• Hason Raja, mystic poet
• Humayun Ahmed, writer, Ex Professor
• Humayun Azad, writer, Professor
• Jahanara Imam, writer and activist
• Jasimuddin, famous poet
• Kazi Nazrul Islam, National Poet of Bangladesh
• Lalon, mystic poet
• Manzoor Alam Beg, photographer and author
• Muhammad Shahidullah, famous Bengali educationist, writer and linguist.
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, writer and educator
• Munier Chowdhury
  , educator, dramatist, intellectual killed in 1971 war
• Monica Ali, noted author of The Brick Lane
• Mazharul Islam
  , architect, political activist
• Shahidul Alam, photographer
• Shahriyar Kabir
  , author and journalist
• Shahidullah Kaiser, educator, novelist, intellectual killed in 1971 war
• Shahabuddin Nagari, poet, juvenile writer and singer
• Shamsur Rahman, poet
• Syed Jahangir, free-lance artist of Bangladesh
• Syed Mujtaba Ali , renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist.
• Quamrul Hassan, artist
• Zainul Abedin, painter
• Zillur Rahman John, mime and pantomime artist

Music, film and television

• Abdur Razzak, actor, director
• Afshan Azad - Actress, cast member of the movie series of Harry Potter
• Asaduzzaman Noor, actor, politician and member of parliament
• Azam Khan, singer
• Ayub Bachchu Singer & Guitarist
• Bobita
  , film actress
• Geeta Dutt, famous Bollywood singer
• Humayun Faridi, TV, stage, and film actor
• Konnie Huq, UK television presenter
• Manna, film actor
• Mumzy Stranger Singer/Producer/Dancer/Rapper
• Mrinal Sen, film director
• Nina Hossain - UK News presenter
• Ritwik Ghatak, film director
• Runa Laila, singer
• Sabina Yasmin, singer
• Shabnam, film actress
• Shahnaz Rahmatullah, singer
• Shefali Chowdhury, She plays Harry Potter's Yule Ball date in Goblet of Fire
• Suchitra Sen, famous Bengali Actress
• Sumita Devi, film and television actress
• Tanvir Mokammel, film director
• Tareque Masud, film director
• Tasmin Lucia Khan - Entertainment and news presenter for the BBC
• Waheedul Haq, noted Tagore song specialist and veteran Journalist.
• Zahir Raihan, film director.

Economists and entrepreneurs

• Atiur Rahman, economist, Governor of Bangladesh Bank and a former director of the state-owned Sonali Bank
• Iqbal Quadir, co-founder of GrameenPhone.
• Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
• Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Journalists and news

• Fareena Alam, named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief and was named Media Professional of the Year at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
• BAKSAL
  government for a courageous report published in 1975.
• Mahbub Jamal Zahedi, former editor of the Khaleej Times, assistant-editor of Dawn, and founder-editor of The Agatya.
• Mahfuz Anam, editor of the Daily Star.
• Mainul Hosein, chairman of the editorial board of the Daily Ittefaq, the daily Bangla news publication in Bangladesh
• Matiur Rahman, editor of Daily Prothom Alo, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism.
• Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, editor of the Weekly Prekkhit, performed historic role in Bangladesh as Adviser of the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh during 2006 Caretaker Government.
• Salah Choudhury, writer, peace activist and journalist
• [[Md. Lokman Hossain, author and journalist, Editor of Current Memory (current affairs magazine in Bangladesh)

Political figures

• All India Muslim League
  (AIML), later known as the Muslim League
• Hamidul Huq Choudhury, Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1954 until 1956.
• Muhammad Ali Bogra, Prime Minister of Pakistan
  from 1953 until 1955
• Khawaja Nazimuddin, second Governor-General of Pakistan, and the second Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Altaf Husain, minister of Commerce and Industry of Pakistan from 1965 to 1968.
• A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
• A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, former President & Leader of Jatiya Party; Leader of Bikalpadhara
• Abdus Samad Azad, former Foreign Minister 1996-2001
• Abdul Jolil
• Begum Khaleda Zia
  , Prime Minister, 1991–1996; 2001–2006
• Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, alleged war criminal for his role in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
• Hussain Mohammed Ershad, CMLA & later President from 1982–1991; Leader of Jatiya Party
• Mahi B. Chowdhury
• Motiya Chowdhury
• Maulana Bhashani
  , famous politician of '70s
• Moudud Ahmed
• Shahabuddin Ahmed
• Morshed Khan, owner of Citycell and former Foreign Minister
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
• Shah Azizur Rahman
• Aminul Islam Chowdhury, politician from Comilla (Member of National Assembly, Pakistan)
• Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister, 1996–2001
• Begum Khaleda Zia and Ziaur Rahman
• Yusuf Ali Chowdhury prominent politician in the Indian Subcontinent

• A. K. Fazlul Huq, presented the Lahore Resolution of 1940 that established Muslim League's demand for a homeland for Muslims, Pakistan
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 until 1957; founder of Awami League
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Chairman of the Awami League 1966-1975, Prime Minister 1972-1975 and President 1972-1975
• Tajuddin Ahmed
  , (by Appointment and Oath) Prime Minister, 1971–1972
• Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, President, Aug 15th 1975 - Nov 03rd 1975
• Ziaur Rahman, (under National State of Emergency) Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) (Nov 7th 1975 - 1977) & President till Assassination, 1977–1981
• Hussain Mohammed Ershad
  , by (Military Coup) Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) 1982–1985 and President (1985 - 1990 Dec 6th)
• Begum Khaleda Zia
  , (elected) Prime Minister; 1991–1996, 2001–2006
• Sheikh Hasina Wazed; (elected) Prime Minister, 1996–2001, 2009–present

Intellectuals

• A.F.Salahuddin Ahmed
  , eminent historian
• Rehman Sobhan, economist
• Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, civil-rights activist
• Muzaffar Ahmed, economist
• Nasreen Pervin Huq, women's rights activist
• Panna Kaiser, author, novelist, member of parliament, wife of Shahidullah Kaiser
• Roquia Sakhawat Hussain
  , prolific writer, feminist, social worker
• Prof. Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist and pioneer of community ophthalmology in Bangladesh
• M S Khan
  , librarian and pioneer of library science in Bangladesh

Government Officials and Diplomats

• Akbar Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi economic historian and educationist who was a civil servant until 2001, Finance Ministry Adviser (Minister) of Caretaker government of Bangladesh.
• Ayub Quadri, a retired bureaucrat was an adviser for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to Caretaker government of Bangladesh.
• A. H. M. Moniruzzaman a career diplomat belonging to the Bangladesh Foreign Service, was the head of Bangladesh Mission to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
• Faizul Latif Chowdhury is a career civil servant from Bangladesh currently Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Government.
• Kamal Uddin Siddiqui,a senior lecturer at the Monash University, a political economist and social scientist and a bureaucrat from Bangladesh.
• Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, a political leader, an economist, civil servant, writer, and a controversially convicted during Fakhruddin Ahmed's Care Taker Government, was State Minister for Planning, at present Member of Bangladesh Parliament.

Noted diplomats/heads of major organizations

• Abul Fateh, Professional Diplomat, First Foreign Secretary 1971-1972
• Irene Khan, Current Secretary General of human rights organization Amnesty International; she is the first woman, the first Asian, and the first Muslim to hold the position; she won Sydney Peace Prize 2006

Religious personalities

• Muslim
  saint of Bengal particularly in the region of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• Muslim Sufi saint. He was the nephew of Hazrat Shah Jalal
  (R)
• spiritual leader
  .
• bodhichitta
  or known as "mind training"
• Tilopa, Buddhist teacher: Important figure in the Tibetan Buddhist; founder of the Kagyu lineage and progressor of Mahamudra method
• Bagerhat Shat Gambuj Masjid
  (60 dome mosque)
• Sri Anandamoyi Ma
  - Spiritual Hindu teacher and Guru
• Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji
  - Hindu Saint

Philosopher

• Aroj Ali Matubbar - A self taught philosopher

Scientists and engineers

• Jagdish Chandra Bose
  , pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics
• fingerprinting
  , sill widely used in the world
• Saleemul Huq, awarded the Burtoni Award for contribution to climate change adaptation.
• Abul Hussam, awarded the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Scientist and science writer
• Jamal Nazrul Islam - famous physicist and mathematician
• Jawed Karim - co-founder of YouTube
• USA
  .
• Leepu, a car engineer who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in his small Dhaka workshop.
• Abdullah Al Muti, scientist and science writer
• M. A. Naser
  , Pioneer in engineering education in Bangladesh.
• Raychaudhuri's equation
  .
• Prafulla Chandra Roy
  , Pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical and chemical works (discovered mercurous nitrite)
• Saha Equation

Sportspeople

Cricket

• Qazi Habibul Bashar - Cricketer - a former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team
• Mohammad Ashraful - Cricketer - former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team
• Tamim Iqbal - Cricketer, aggressive opening batsman
• Mashrafe Mortaza - Cricketer, pace bowler, vice captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team.
• Mohammad Rafique - Cricketer, spin bowler
• Wisden
  cricketer of the year 2009

Badminton

Shafiul huq

Football

• Kazi Salahuddin - Footballer: Striker
• Sheikh Aslam
  - Footballer: striker during the 1980s and 1990s
• Syed Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
  Footballer, midfielder
• Sayeed Hassan Kanan Footballer, goalkeeper

Volley Ball

• A. M. Sayaduzzaman (BADSHA) - RTD. Former Deputi Director of Bangladesh National Sports Council (NSC) in 1997.

   "CHIFE COACH" of Bangladesh National Volley Ball Team
   A national Player (Under Trainee) of east-west Pakistan
   Former Member, Coach and ex.player of "Wari Club"
   Specialy Award won as a best coach for deffrent technique of game playing by the player from Saf Games at Pakistan.

Chess

• Niaz Morshed
  - First Grand Master of Bangladesh (as well as South Asia)
• Woman International Master
  (WIM) title in 1985 and won British Women's Championship (1983, 1985, 1989)
• Ziaur Rahman - Grand Master of Bangladesh
• Reefat Bin-Sattar - Grand Master of Bangladesh
• Abdullah Al Rakib - Grand Master of Bangladesh

Swimming

• Brojen Das - Swimmer: first Asian to swim across the English Channel and the first person to cross it four times

Table Tennis

• Zobera Rahman Linu - Table tennis player: Guinness World Record holder