- Source: List of people from West Bengal
This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947.
Literature
= Major figures
== Children's story writers
== Medieval Bengal literary scene
== Other authors from early modern period
== Prominent foreign-language authors from Bengal
== Other authors from early/mid-twentieth century and some contemporary authors
== Journalists
== Comics Writer
=Language/linguistics, anthropology, history, and other social sciences
= Scholars and polymaths
=Asima Chatterjee, scholar of chemistry
Suniti Kumar Chatterji, linguist
Amlan Datta, economist, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati
Radhakanta Deb, linguist
Anil Kumar Gain, scholar, mathematician
Prithwindra Mukherjee, scholar of Indian history, philosophy, religion and culture
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi, scientist
Education
= Pioneers
=Girish Chandra Bose
Anil Kumar Gain
Ashutosh Mukherjee
Satish Chandra Mukherjee
Begum Rokeya
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
= Post-independence
=Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of India, Vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati
= Modern times
=Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari
= Others
=Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya
= Teachers
=Babar Ali, world's youngest headmaster, headmaster and founder of Ananda Siksha Niketan
Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, philosophy, Presidency College
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, philosophy, University of Calcutta
Barun De, history, Presidency College
Mahasweta Devi, English, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
Chinmoy Guha, English, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College and University of Calcutta
K. C. Nag, mathematics, Mitra institution
Susobhan Sarkar, history, Presidency College
Philosophy
= Pre-modern period
=Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Achintya Bhedabheda Vedanta) born in Nabadwip of Nadia district to parents who hailed from Sylhet in present day Bangladesh
Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (Advaita Vedanta), born in Kotalipara, Gopalganj District in present day Bangladesh & studied at Nabadwip in Nadia district
Raghunatha Siromani (Navya Nyaya) from Nabadwip
= Modern age
=Sri Aurobindo
Abu Sayeed Ayyub, Born in Kolkata
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya born in Serampore in Howrah district
Anukulchandra Chakravarty born in Pabna district in present day Bangladesh, worked & preached in Kolkata. After the Partition of India in 1947, he relocated to Deoghar
Surendranath Dasgupta, born in Kusthia of present day Bangladesh which was then a part of Nadia before Partition of India, studied in Kolkata
Balaram Hari, born in Nadia
Bimal Krishna Matilal, born in Jaynagar Majilpur in South 24 Parganas district
Amartya Sen, born in Shantiniketan in Birbhum District
Keshub Chandra Sen born in Kolkata
Rabindranath Tagore born in Kolkata
Swami Vivekananda, born in Kolkata
= Early / Mid twenty century
=Chandril Bhattacharya, born in Kolkata
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, born in kolkata
Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari, born in Kolkata
Sibnarayan Ray, born in kolkata
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, born in Kolkata
Science
Religious scholars
= Muslim
=Jalaluddin Tabrizi (13th-century)
Gazi Pir (13th-century)
Pir Gorachand (13th-century)
Usman Serajuddin (1258–1357)
Alaul Haq (1301–1384)
Nur Qutb Alam (d. 1416)
Shah Mehr Ali (1808–1868)
Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy (1832–1885)
Azangachhi Shaheb (1828–1932)
Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1865–1943)
Abdullah al-Baqi (1886–1952)
Abbas Siddiqui (born 1987)
= Pre-modern period
=Krishnananda Agamavagisha
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Nityananda
Ramprasad Sen
Six Goswamis of Vrindavan
= The Brahmo Samaj
=Anandamohan Bose
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Keshub Chandra Sen
Debendranath Tagore
Ram Chandra Vidyabagish
= Hindu revival movement
=Sri Aurobindo
Sarada Devi
Ramakrishna
Swami Vivekananda
= Mid-twentieth-century religious figures
=Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri
Lahiri Mahasaya
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Paramahansa Yogananda
Social reformation and social work
= Major figures
=Anil Kumar Gain
Dwarkanath Ganguly
Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee
Satish Chandra Mukherjee
Protap Chunder Mozoomdar
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Keshub Chandra Sen
Harichand Thakur
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Swami Vivekananda
= Derozians
=Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Rajnarayan Basu
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Hara Chandra Ghosh
Ramgopal Ghosh
Ramtanu Lahiri
Rasik Krishna Mallick
Kishori Chand Mitra
Peary Chand Mitra
Radhanath Sikdar
= Women's rights
=Chandramukhi Basu
Sarala Devi
Kadambini Ganguly
Kaberi Gayen
Charulata Mukherjee
Rani Rashmoni
Begum Rokeya
Romola Sinha
Military
Air Vice Marshal Madhavendra Banerji, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
Flight Lieutenant Suhas Biswas, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
Subhas Chandra Bose, founder, Indian National Army
General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian Army Chief during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji, Indian Navy Chief between 1966 and 1970
Air Commodore Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar (1927–2011), India's first military helicopter pilot
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, former Head of Indian Air Force
Chief of the Air Staff Arup Raha, 24th chief of Indian Air Force
Captain Man Bahadur Rai, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
Indra Lal Roy, first Indian (pre Independence) flying ace
General Shankar Roychowdhury, former Indian Army Chief
Art
= Early modern period
=Ramkinkar Baij
Nandalal Bose
Mukul Dey
Kalipada Ghoshal
Sailoz Mookherjea
Benode Behari Mukherjee
Jamini Roy
Abanindranath Tagore
Gaganendranath Tagore
= From mid-twentieth century
=Bikash Bhattacharjee
Jogen Chowdhury
Jahar Dasgupta
Somnath Hore
Chintamoni Kar
Anil Karanjai
Paresh Maity
Hemen Majumdar
Rabin Mondal
Samir Mondal
Ganesh Pyne
Paritosh Sen
= Film and photography
=Dulal Dutta
Goutam Ghose, filmmaker, cinematographer, and music composer
Rituparno Ghosh, filmmaker
Suman Ghosh, filmmaker, documentary filmmaker
Atiul Islam, filmmaker, screenwriter
Ajoy Kar, cinematographer, filmmaker, screenwriter
Tarun Majumdar, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, illustrator
Subrata Mitra, cinematographer
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director, editor and writer
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Satyajit Ray, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, illustrator and music composer
Mrinal Sen, filmmaker, screenwriter, author
Music
= Composers
== Performers (instrumental)
=Allauddin Khan, sarod and multi-instrumentalist
Ali Akbar Khan, sarod
Annapurna Devi, surbahar
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, sarod
Manilal Nag, sitar
Nikhil Banerjee, sitar
Ravi Shankar, sitar
Radhika Mohan Maitra, Sarod and Mohanveena
Sankha Chatterjee, tabla
Shankar Ghosh, tabla
Pannalal Ghosh, flute
Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Harmonium and tabla
= Performers (vocal)
=Classical
Gopeshwar Banerjee
Naina Devi
Ajoy Chakrabarty, vocal
Bishnupur Gharana
Tarapada Chakraborty
Kaushiki Chakraborty
Songs of Tagore and his contemporaries
Modern
Nazrul geeti
Bengali Folk Song
Abbasuddin Ahmed
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya
Ratan Kahar
Basudeb Das Baul
Timir Biswas
Fulati Gidali
Pousali Banerjee
Movies
= Directors
== Actors
== Actresses
== Cinematographer
== Editor
== Screenplay Writer
=Dance
Uday Shankar
Amala Shankar
Mamata Shankar
Sharmila Biswas
Gambhir Singh Mura
Doctors
Rafiuddin Ahmed
Upendranath Brahmachari
Sambhu Nath De
Kadambini Ganguly
Madhusudan Gupta
Radha Gobinda Kar
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Nilratan Sircar
Tabitha Solomon
= Modern Days
=Shyama Prasad Mandal
Drama/theatre
Magicians
Ganapati Chakraborty
Amin Suhrawardy
P. C. Sorcar
P. C. Sorcar Jr.
P. C. Sorcar, Young
Maneka Sorcar
Politicians and revolutionaries
= Pre-modern
=Shashanka
Gopala
Dharmapala
Devapala
Mahipala
Ballal Sen
Lakshman Sen
= Colonial period
=Titumir
Alimuddin Ahmad
Satyendranath Tagore
Romesh Chunder Dutt
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
Nripendra Narayan, philanthropist and ruler of Cooch Behar
Kalim Sharafi
= Indian freedom fighters
=Early figures
Durjan Singh, leader of Chuar Rebellion
Rani Shiromani, queen of Karnagarh and leader of Chuar Rebellion
Surendranath Banerjee
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Twentieth century
= Politicians
== Others
=Abul Barkat
Donation and social welfare
= Old Calcutta / Bengal legends
=Raja Nabakrishna Deb
Raja Radhakanta Deb, published two Sanskrit dictionaries used by Westerners
Gobindram Mitter
Anil Kumar Gain
Mutty Lal Seal
Bijoy Chand Mahtab
Uday Chand Mahtab
Mother Teresa
Manindra Chandra Nandy, Maharaja of Cossimbazar
Sports
= Chess
=Dibyendu Barua, Grandmaster
Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Grandmaster
Nisha Mohota, first woman Grandmaster of West Bengal
= Cricket
== Football
== Lawn tennis
=Leander Paes, noted lawn tennis player of India
Jaidip Mukerjea
= Squash
=Saurav Ghosal, currently highest ranked Indian player
Ritwik Bhattacharya, currently second highest ranked Indian player
= Bodybuilding
=Manohar Aich, Mr. Universe, 1952
Monotosh Roy, Mr. Universe, 1951
Bishnu Charan Ghosh, noted bodybuilder and hathayogi
= Swimming
=Arati Saha, first Asian woman to swim English Channel in 1959
Bula Choudhury, first Indian woman to swim the English Channel twice
Mihir Sen, first Indian to swim across the English Channel in 1958
Prasanta Karmakar, para swimmer, 2010 Commonwealth Games, bronze medal
Masudur Rahman Baidya, world's first physically handicapped swimmer to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar
= Table tennis
=Subhajit Saha, Commonwealth games gold medalist
Mouma Das, table tennis player
Poulomi Ghatak, table tennis player
Ankita Das, table tennis player, 2012 Summer Olympics; participant in women's singles event, 2014 Commonwealth Games; participant in women's doubles even
Soumyajit Ghosh, table tennis player; as of January 2013, his rank is 1st in India and 68th in Asia; 2014 Commonwealth Games, Participant in men's doubles event
= Weightlifting
=Anil Mondal, Indian weightlifter, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics, the Arjuna Award in the year (1972)
Sukhen Dey, Indian weightlifter; 2014 Commonwealth Games, gold medal; 2010 Commonwealth Games, gold medal
Achinta Sheuli, 2022 Commonwealth Games, Gold medal
= Others
=Arjun Atwal, golfer
Anirban Lahiri, Indian golfer
Balaram Bose, philanthropist
Chhanda Gain, mountaineering, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
Dipa Karmakar, Indian artistic gymnast; 2014 Commonwealth Games, bronze medal; 2010 Commonwealth Games participant
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, athletics, double gold medallist at Bangkok Asiad, 1996
Joydeep Karmakar, Indian shooter, 2012 Summer Olympics; qualified to represent India in men's 50m rifle prone event; 2014 Commonwealth Games participant
Mohammed Ali Qamar, Indian boxer, 2002 Commonwealth Games, gold medal
Industry/business
Other areas
Ashis Nandy, author, political psychologist
Subroto Mukerjee
Shankar Roychowdhury
William Tolly
P. C. Sorcar, Jr., magician from Kolkata
Arup Raha
Narayan Debnath
Joyita Mondal, social worker
See also
List of people by India state
List of Bengalis
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