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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Bengali history
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Politics

Ancient Bengali kings

Pala Dynasty

Chronological order

Sena Dynasty

Chandra Dynasty

Deva Dynasty

House of Ganesha

Nawab of Bengal

Nobel laureates

Academics

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

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

Bangladeshi film industry

Bangla rock

Classical and folk musicians

Hindi rock

Western

Military

Bangladesh

India

Padma Vibhushan

Politicians

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

Members of Parliament

Life peers

Mayors

Other

United States

Ramon Magsaysay

Religion and spirituality
Swami Vivekananda in Bushnell Studio in San Francisco, 1900[23]

Buddhism

Hinduism

Islam
Shah Ahmad Shafi in 2019

Christianity

Brahmoism

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

Unitarianism

Wicca

Revolutionaries

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

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

Social reformers and position holders

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

Athletics

Archery

Badminton

Bodybuilding, boxing, and wrestling

Chess

Cricket

Football

Golf

Gymnastics
  • Mabia Akhter, Commonwealth gold medalist, South Asian Games gold medalist
  • Dipa Karmakar, first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics
  • Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast of half-Bangladeshi origin

Mountaineering

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Writers
Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Nobel laureate.

See also

References
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