List of people from Comilla
This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Comilla District of Bangladesh. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in the Comilla District.
Freedom fighters
- Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh
- Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
- Lt-Col. Akbar Hossain (1942–2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water
- AKM Bahauddin Bahar
Politicians
- Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1919-1996), 5th President of Bangladesh and acted as Foreign Minister of Mujibnagar Government during 1971 Liberation War.
- Muzaffar Ahmed (1922-2019), He was a Bangladeshi Politician & Professor. He was an adviser of Provisional Government of Bangladesh during war time in 1971.He was the President of Bangladesh National Awami Party (Pro-Moscow) .
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939-2015), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
- Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), ex Leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami; professor; politician; convicted war criminal
- Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
- Mustafa Kamal (1947-), politician and cricket official
- Shaukat Mahmood (1959-), senior journalist, editor of Weekly Economic Times, adviser to Begum Khaleda Zia and elected president (2007–08, 2009-incumbent) of National Press Club
- Jehangir Khan Tareen, Pakistani politician of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, born in Comilla
- Mujibul Haque Mujib, a member of the Bangladesh National Parliament for the constituency of Comilla-11 and is the current Minister for Railways of Bangladesh
- Muhammad Hasanuzzaman (1900–1968), member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
- Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), knight and politician
- Hasnat Abdullah (1998-), Politician and an Activist
Social activists and philanthropists
- Nawab Faizunnesa, poet, pioneer in women's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
- Ayman Sadiq Founder at ten minute school
Educators and scholars
- Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, former vice-chancellor, Dhaka University
- Mohammad Kabir Hassan, noted financial scholar, University of New Orleans
Writers
- Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bangla poet, novelist, translator, editor and essayist
- Kazi Nazrul Islam, from West Bengal, but resided at Comilla for long
- Abdul Kadir (1906–1984), researcher, poet and editor
Musicians
- Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), known as S.D. Burman, singer, composer and music director
- Rahul Dev Burman, known as R.D. Burman, son of S.D. Burman, composer and pioneer in Bollywood music direction
- Alauddin Khan
- Sudhin Das
- Ali Akbar Khan
- Gazi Mazharul Anwar
- Alaka Das, artist of classical music, principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan[1]
- Asif Akbar
Actors
- Sabitri Chatterjee, Indian actress
- Ferdous Ahmed, Bangladeshi actor
- Chinmoy Roy, Bengali actor
- Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress
Scientists
- Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand palaeontologist, was born in Comilla
Sports
- Ranjit Saha (born 1964), ex-international footballer[2]
- Rashid Ahmed (1916 – 1990s), footballer[3]
- Khondkar Nasim Ahmed, (1912 – 1990s), footballer[4]
- Sirajuddin, (1908 – unknown), footballer[4]
Religious scholars
- Abu Taher Misbah (born 1956), Islamic scholar, academic and textbook author
See also
References
- ^ রবীন্দ্রনাথকে হৃদয়ে ধারণ ও নজরুল চেতনায় উজ্জীবিত হতে হবে - See more at: http://www.comillarkagoj.com/2016/05/29/23242.php#sthash.rF79WClx.dpuf. Comillar Kagoj (in Bengali). 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017.
- ^ "ফুটবলার রণজিৎ সাহার আশির দশক". Daily Janakantha. 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Pakistan Observer 1969.08.01 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ a b Mahmud, Dulal (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. p. 50. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
External links
- Notable personalities, Welcome to Comilla
- Notable People, "Spreading light 1971"