# List of people from Barisal

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the city of Barisal as well as Barisal division in Bangladesh.

## Government and politics

* Abul Hasanat Abdullah, politician, former Chief Whip (Bangladesh)
* Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, Mayor of Barisal
* Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom, politician, former Minister of Water Resources, former Minister of Commerce
* Amir Hossain Amu, politician, former Minister of Industries
* Mirza Agha Baqer, Mughal jagirdar after whom Bakerganj was named after
* Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
* Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Bengali politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Gurudas Dasgupta, member of the Indian Parliament
* Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, noted Congress politician, former Union Minister and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India; represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the Indian National Congress party
* Shawkat Hossain Hiron, former Member of Parliament, Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013)
* Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh
* M Sakhawat Hossain, Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012)
* Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958)
* Syed Azizul Huq, politician and former Member of Parliament
* Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)
* Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister, peasant movement leader
* Sabi Khan, Mughal faujdar of Bakla
* Wazil Khan, governor of Bakla under Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah
* Kazi Golam Mahbub, language movement activist and politician
* Jogendra Nath Mandal, one of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, first Law Minister of Pakistan
* Jahangir Kabir Nanak, politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
* Shahjahan Omar, Bir Uttam, politician, former State Minister of Law
* Abdur Rahim, founding leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
* Nasreen Jahan Ratna, politician, former member of parliament
* Majibur Rahman Sarwar, politician, former Mayor of Barisal and former member of parliament for Barisal-5
* Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, vice-president of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
* Manikuntala Sen, revolutionary
* Abdur Rab Serniabat, cabinet minister

## Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy

* Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad, Islamic writer, journalist, and thinker
* Jogesh Chandra Bagal, Indian journalist, historian and writer
* Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, an author, columnist, lyricist
* Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist
* Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist
* Kusumkumari Das, poet, writer and social activist
* Mukunda Das, Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer
* Narayan Gangopadhyay, writer and academic
* Buddhadeb Guha, writer
* Ahsan Habib, poet and journalist
* Abul Hasan, poet and journalist
* Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, writer
* Sufia Kamal, poet
* Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq
* Aroj Ali Matubbar, philosopher
* Ghulam Murshid, Bangladeshi author, scholar, and journalist, based in London
* Abu Zafar Obaidullah, Bengali poet and language movement activist
* Bazlur Rahman, journalist and editor of The Sangbad
* Kamini Roy, Bengali poet, social worker and feminist
* Golam Sarwar, journalist and writer, founding editor of daily Samakal and Jugantor
* Barun Sengupta, journalist, political critic, founder-editor of daily Bartaman

## Entertainment
### Film, television, theater, and radio

* Tania Ahmed, television actress and model
* Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, media personality
* Arundhati Devi, actress and director
* Utpal Dutt, actor, director, and playwright
* Alamgir Kabir, film director and cultural activist
* Mosharraf Karim, film and television actor
* Shahidul Islam Khokon, filmmaker and producer
* Golam Mustafa, film actor
* Suborna Mustafa, film and television actress
* Sohel Rana, film actor, director and producer
* Masum Parvez Rubel, film actor
* Mir Sabbir, television actor and director
* Omar Sani, film actor
* Hanif Sanket, television host, writer and producer, best known as the creator and host of popular television show Ittyadi
* Nikhil Sen, dramatist

### Singers and instrumentalists

* Anil Biswas, film song composer
* Nachiketa Chakraborty, Indian musician
* Nikhil Ghosh, musician and teacher
* Pannalal Ghosh, musician and flutist
* Parul Ghosh, playback singer
* Abdul Latif, singer, musician, and lyricist
* Altaf Mahmud, musician and language movement activist
* Khalid Hassan Milu, singer
* Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, music composer and singer of Nazrul geeti
* Papia Sarwar, singer

### Performing arts

* Jewel Aich, magician and bansuri player
* Laxman Das, wrestler, weight lifter, circus performer, founder of Royal Pakistan Circus

## Educationist and reformers

* Abala Bose, educator and social reformer
* Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer
* Sal Khan, American educator, mathematician and entrepreneur, founder of Khan Academy

## Freedom fighters and revolutionary

* A. B. Bardhan, Indian politician, trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI)
* Kirtinarayan Basu, 17th-century raja of Chandradwip who converted to Islam
* Kanai Chatterjee, Indian Maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India
* Gurudas Dasgupta, Indian politician and a leader of Communist Party of India
* Mohiuddin Jahangir, Bir Shreshto, Liberation War veteran
* Major M A Jalil, sector 9 commander during Bangladesh liberation war
* Mostafa Kamal, freedom fighter in Bangladesh liberation war
* Hayat Mahmud, feudal lord, commander and founder of Miah Bari Mosque
* Niranjan Sengupta, revolutionary
* Tarakeswar Sengupta, revolutionary

## Science and academia

* Swadesh Bose, Bengali language movement activist and economist
* Basudeb DasSarma, chemist
* Kadambini Ganguly, first South Asian female physician, social activist
* Biswajit Ghosh, professor, essayist and researcher
* Debaprasad Ghosh, Indian mathematician and politician
* Ranajit Guha, historian of the Indian subcontinent and founding member of the Subaltern Studies Group
* Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist
* A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist and professor of physics at the University of Dhaka
* Ehsan Hoque, medical doctor and philanthropist
* Sardar Fazlul Karim, scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist
* Nazia Khanum, OBE DL, academic and management consultant
* Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology
* Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, historian
* Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian
* Sukharanjan Samaddar, professor, educationalist, and martyred freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War
* Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna, Indian scholar of Sanskrit

## Religious leaders
### Islam

* Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952), inaugural Pir of Sarsina and founder of Darussunnat Kamil Madrasa
* Ayub Ali (1919–1995), former Principal of Government Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka
* Fazlul Karim (1935–2006), former Pir of Charmonai and founder of Islami Andolan
* Rezaul Karim (born 1971), current Pir of Charmonai and leader of Islami Andolan
* Syed Faizul Karim (born 1973), senior vice-president of Islami Andolan
* Maqsudullah (1883–1961), inaugural Pir of Talgasia and founder of Ashraful Uloom Madrasa
* Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990), former Pir of Sarsina and Independence Award recipient

### Other

* Edith Langridge, aka Mother Edith, led the Sisterhood of the Epiphany in Barisal
* Boro Maa, Hindu leader and a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha

## Sports

* Zahid Hasan Ameli, footballer
* Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar, Indian footballer of the 1970s
* Sohag Gazi, cricketer
* Alamgir Hasan, footballer
* Mehidy Hasan, cricketer
* Salman Hossain, cricketer
* Tanvir Islam, cricketer
* Golam Kabir, cricketer
* Golam Kibria, cricketer
* Mohammad Manik, cricketer
* Zakaria Masud, cricketer
* Shahriar Nafees, cricketer
* Kamrul Islam Rabbi, cricketer
* Paresh Lal Roy, "father of Indian boxing"
* Golam Sarwar Tipu, footballer