# List of Dhaka College alumni

This list of Dhaka College alumni includes notable students who studied or study as intermediate, undergraduate or graduate students at Dhaka College.
Chart of degrees :
| Intermediate | Bachelor's | Master's |
| Intermediate of Arts (I.A.) First Examination in Arts (F.A.) | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
| Intermediate of Science (I.Sc.) | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) | |
| | | Master of Social Science (MSS) |
| | Bachelor of Law (B.L.) | |

## Government and politics

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury | Intermediate 1949 | 12th President of Bangladesh 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh Former Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Zillur Rahman | I.A. 1947 | 14th President of Bangladesh |
| Tajuddin Ahmad | | 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | | Former President of the Maldives |
| A. T. M. Afzal | Intermediate 1952 | 8th Chief Justice of Bangladesh |
| Shah Moazzem Hossain | I.A. 1956 | 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Mustafa Jabbar | Intermediate 1968 | Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology |
| Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun | | Minister of Industries |
| Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury | I.Sc. 1961 | Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Bir Bikrom |
| M Syeduzzaman | I.Sc. 1951 | Former Minister of Finance |
| A R Mallick | Intermediate 1936 | Former Minister of Finance |
| Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman | | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Former Minister of Home Affairs Former Minister of Commerce |
| Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali | I.A. 1959 | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Former Minister of Disaster Management and Relief |
| Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir | | Former Minister of Home Affairs |
| Shafique Ahmed | Intermediate 1955 | Former Minister of Law |
| Faruk Khan | | Former Minister of Commerce Former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism |
| Mizanur Rahman Shelley | I.A. 1959 | Former Minister of Information Former Minister of Water Resources |
| Syed Najmuddin Hashim | I.A. 1944 | Former Minister of Information |
| Rashed Khan Menon | I.A. 1960 | Former Minister of Social Welfare Former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism |
| Abdur Razzaq | Intermediate 1960 | Former Minister of Water Resources |
| Salehuddin Ahmed | I.Sc. 1965 | Adviser for Finance Adviser for Commerce Adviser for Science and Technology Former Adviser for Planning |
| Bidhan Ranjan Roy | Intermediate 1981 | Adviser for Primary and Mass Education |
| A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam | | Former Adviser to the caretaker government in charge of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Ministry of Planning |
| Akbar Ali Khan | I.Sc. 1961 | Former Adviser to the caretaker government in charge of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Former Cabinet Secretary Economist and educationist |
| Jamilur Reza Choudhury | Intermediate 1959 | Former Adviser to the caretaker government in charge of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and Ministry of Water Resources |
| Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed | I.A. 1950 | Former Adviser to the caretaker government in charge of Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives and Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism 3rd Attorney General of Bangladesh |
| Anwarul Iqbal | Intermediate 1967 | Former Adviser to the caretaker government in charge of Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Textiles and Jute |
| A. K. M. Sadeq | | 6th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh |
| Kazi Habibul Awal | Intermediate 1974 | 13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh |
| Zunaid Ahmed Palak | MSS 2011 | Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Division |
| Abu Ahmad Fazlul Karim | I.Sc. 1947 | Former Minister of State for Radio, Sports and Culture Former Minister of State for Health and Birth Control Former Member of Parliament |
| Dipankar Talukdar | Intermediate 1971 | Former Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Member of Parliament |
| Abdus Sobhan Golap | | Member of Parliament |
| Mahbubul Alam Hanif | | Member of Parliament Joint Secretary of Awami League |
| Sajjadul Hassan | | Member of Parliament Former Chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Former Senior Secretary at Prime Minister's Office |
| Bodruddoza Md. Farhad Hossain | Intermediate 1990 | Member of Parliament |
| Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury | | Member of Parliament |
| Shamim Kaisar Lincoln | Intermediate 1997 | Former Member of Parliament |
| Matruza Hossain Mollah | | Former Member of Parliament |
| Harunur Rashid | | Former Member of Parliament |
| Azizur Rahman | | Former Member of Parliament |
| Moyez Uddin | I.A. 1950 | Former Member of Parliament |
| K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga | | Former Member of Parliament |
| Mohammad Elias | I.Sc. 1947 | Former Member of Parliament Politician and language activist |
| Nur-e-Alam Siddique | | Former Member of Parliament |
| Kazi Zafarullah | | Former Member of Parliament Politician, industrialist and presidium member of Awami League |
| Golam Maula Rony | | Former Member of Parliament Politician, businessman and writer |
| AM Amin Uddin | | 14th Attorney General of Bangladesh |
| Serajul Alam Khan | Intermediate 1958 | Former General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League |
| Mahmudur Rahman Manna | Intermediate 1968 | Former Vice President of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Former General Secretary of Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) |
| MA Wadud | | Language activist and politician |
| Abdul Monem Khan | B.A. 1920 | Former Governor of East Pakistan |
| Muhammad Ibrahim | Intermediate 1918 | Former Minister of Law of Pakistan |
| Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky | I.A. 1932 | Former Chief Justice of East Pakistan |
| Khan Bahadur Abdul Karim | F.A. 1892 | Former Minister of Education of Bengal |
| Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui | | Bengali zamindar and politician Minister of Local Autonomy, Public Health, Agriculture, Industries, Co-operatives and Public Works Former Chief Whip at the Bengal Legislative Council Former Chairman of the Tipperah District Board |
| Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya | B.A. 1897 B.L. 1904 | Member of 1st National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Nawab Sirajul Islam | B.A. 1867 | Former Member of the Bengal Legislative Council |
| Shahed Ali Patwary | B.A. (Hons.) 1921 | Former Deputy Speaker of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly Former member of Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Nicholas Pogose | | Armenian merchant and zamindar |

## Academia and science

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Muhammad Ibrahim | Intermediate 1918 | 8th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka |
| Abdul Matin Chowdhury | I.Sc. 1939 | 14th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka |
| AAMS Arefin Siddique | | 27th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka |
| Syed Ali Ahsan | F.A. 1939 | 2nd vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University 8th vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi Official English translator of the national anthem of Bangladesh |
| Musharrof Husain Khan | Intermediate 1951 | 5th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 1st vice-chancellor of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology |
| Muhammad Shahjahan | | 6th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
| Nooruddin Ahmed | | 8th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
| A R Mallick | Intermediate 1936 | 1st vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong Historian and educationist |
| Kanak Kanti Barua | Intermediate 1970 | 10th vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Neurosurgeon and academic |
| Nazrul Islam | | 10th chairman of University Grants Commission |
| Kazi Shahidullah | Intermediate 1969 | 13th chairman of University Grants Commission 9th vice-chancellor of the National University, Bangladesh |
| Muhammed Alamgir | Intermediate 1980 | 3rd vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology |
| Nawab Ali | | 5th and 7th Principal of Dhaka Medical College |
| Khan Abul Kalam Azad | Intermediate 1976 | 40th principal of Dhaka Medical College |
| Abdul Momin Chowdhury | I.A. 1956 | 4th vice-chancellor of the National University, Bangladesh Former vice-chancellor of Primeasia University Former president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Historian and academic |
| Nazir Uddin Ahmed | | Former Registrar of the University of Dhaka |
| M. Zahid Hasan | | The Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University Scientist, named to endowed professorship |
| Jamilur Reza Choudhury | Intermediate 1959 | 1st vice-chancellor of BRAC University Former vice-chancellor of University of Asia Pacific Former president of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Committee National Professor of Bangladesh Recipient of the Ekushey Padak |
| Amit Chakma | Intermediate 1976 | 19th vice-chancellor and President of the University of Western Australia 10th President of the University of Western Ontario |
| Abdur Razzaq | | Educator, intellectual and one of the National Professors of Bangladesh |
| Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury | Intermediate 1944 | Prominent Bengali essayist, educator and linguist of the Bengali language and Martyred Intellectual |
| Muhammed Zafar Iqbal | | Academic and writer, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award |
| Haider A. Khan | | Freedom Fighter, professor, international economist, poet, translator, literary, music, art and film critic |
| Dinesh Chandra Sen | F.A. 1885 | Writer, educationist and researcher of Bengali folklore |
| Mir Masoom Ali | I.Sc. 1953 | George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus, statistician and educator |
| Taj Hashmi | | Academic and writer |
| Muzaffar Ahmed | Intermediate 1952 | Economist and educator Former Director of Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka |
| Qazi Motahar Hossain | B.A. (Hons.) 1919 M.A. 1921 | Author, statistician, chess player, journalist and one of the National Professors of Bangladesh |
| Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz | Graduate 1886 | Educationist, writer and social worker |
| Syed Modasser Ali | | Ophthalmologist |
| Mohammed Fazle Rabbee | Intermediate 1950 | Cardiologist, medical researcher and martyred intellectual |
| Meghnad Saha | I.Sc. 1911 | Fellow of the Royal Society Astrophysicist and developer of Saha equation |
| Abdul Karim | I.Sc. 1942 | Soil scientist |
| M Harunur Rashid | I.A. 1942 | Archaeologist, educationist and museum curator |
| Mohammad Samir Hossain | | A theorist in death anxiety |
| Maqsudul Alam | | Life-science scientist, first to decode the genome sequence of jute in Bangladesh and receiver of the Independence Day Award |
| Ahsan Ali | I.Sc. 1954 | Recipient of Independence Award Physician, pulmonologist |
| Kamrul Islam | Intermediate 1982 | Recipient of Independence Award |
| Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir | Intermediate 1952 | Academic and writer Recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award and Ekushey Padak |
| Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan | Bachelor's 1912 | Educator and writer |
| Khan Bahadur Hemayet Uddin Ahmed | F.A. 1884 B.A. 1886 B.L. 1891 | Educator, lawyer, education reformer and Islamic personality |
| Ashek Ali Khan | | Educator |

## Military and diplomacy

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Khaled Mosharraf | I.A. 1955 | 3rd Chief of Army Staff Major general, Bir Uttom |
| Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman | | 9th Chief of Army Staff Former Member of Parliament |
| Ismail Faruque Chowdhury | Intermediate 1970 | Major general Former Engineer-in-Chief of Bangladesh Army |
| Mizanur Rahman Shamim | | Major general, Bir Protik Former Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party |
| Kazi Sharif Kaikobad | | Major general Former Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party |
| Shafaat Jamil | | Colonel, Bir Bikrom |
| Abu Zafar Obaidullah | I.A. 1950 | Former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States |
| Osman Sarwar Alam Chowdhury | B.A. 1959 | Former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates Former Member of Parliament |
| Sheikh Kamal | Intermediate 1969 | Freedom fighter, founder of Abahani Limited Dhaka |
| Sheikh Jamal | | Freedom fighter, second son of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Shafi Imam Rumi | | Freedom fighter, martyr, son of Jahanara Imam |
| Dinesh Gupta | I.Sc. 1928 (failed) | Indian revolutionary who took part in the Writers' Building attack |
| Pulin Behari Das | | Bengali revolutionary |

## Corporate and entrepreneur

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Fazle Hasan Abed | Intermediate 1954 | Founder and former chairman of BRAC Recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award |
| Mustafa Jabbar | Intermediate 1968 | The entrepreneur behind the Bijoy Bangla computing interface |
| Mahmudul Hasan Sohag | Intermediate 2000 | Co-founder of Rokomari.com, Udvash and Pi labs Ltd |
| Yasir Azman | Intermidiate 1991 | CEO of Grameenphone Ltd |
| Muhammad Azmal Huda | Intermidiate 1994 | Chief Product & Technology Officer at Bkash Ltd |
| Imran Khan | Intermediate 1996 | Former Chief Strategy Officer of Snap Inc. |

## Culture and literature

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Humayun Ahmed | Intermediate 1967 | Novelist, filmmaker, songwriter, and chemist |
| Humayun Azad | Intermediate 1964 | Poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist and professor of Dhaka University |
| Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury | | Writer, columnist, philosopher and lyricist of Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano |
| Mahfuz Ullah | | Writer, journalist, television personality and environmentalist |
| Akhteruzzaman Elias | Intermediate 1960 | Novelist and short story writer |
| Alauddin Al-Azad | Intermediate 1949 | Author, novelist, poet, literary critic and educationist |
| Abu Shahriar | I.Sc. 1954 | Fiction writer and literary translator |
| Mohammad Mahfuz Ullah | I.A. 1952 B.A. 1955 | Litterateur, poet and journalist |
| Mohammad Rafiq | | Poet Recipient of Ekushey Padak and Bangla Academy Literary Award |
| Lutfor Rahman Riton | Intermediate 1981 | Recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award |
| Shafiuddin Ahmed | I.A. 1962 | Language and literature researcher |
| Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai | F.A. 1887 | Writer and philanthropist |
| Shamsur Rahman | I.A. 1947 | Poet |
| Mahadev Saha | Did not graduate | Poet |
| Kaiser Haq | | Poet and writer |
| Abu Zafar Obaidullah | I.A. 1950 | Poet |
| Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah | Intermediate 1975 | Poet |
| Khan Mohammad Farabi | Intermediate 1971 | Poet and author |
| Buddhadeva Bose | I.A. 1927 | Poet |
| Syed Waliullah | I.A. 1941 | Novelist, short story writer and playwright |
| Abu Hasan Shahriar | | Poet |
| Abul Hasan | | Poet and journalist |
| Shahidul Zahir | | Poet |
| Abdul Mannan Syed | I.A. 1960 | Poet and critic |
| Abdur Rashid Khan | Intermediate 1945 | Writer, educator, essayist and poet |
| Ghulam Murshid | | Author, scholar and journalist |
| Mohiuddin Ahmad | | Writer and political historiographer |
| Padmanath Bhattacharya | B.A. (Hons.) 1890 | Historian |
| Abu Md. Delwar Hossain | Intermediate 1979 | Historian |
| Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal | I.A. 1954 | Former Director General of Bangla Academy Songwriter, poet, essayist, poet, presenter |

## Media, entertainment and sports

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Niaz Murshed | Intermediate 1985 | Chess Grandmaster |
| Kazi Salahuddin | | President of South Asian Football Federation President of Bangladesh Football Federation Footballer |
| Matiur Rahman | Intermediate 1963 | Editor of Prothom Alo Recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award |
| Waheedul Haq | | Journalist, writer, musicologist and one of the founders of Chhayanaut |
| Abul Mansur Ahmad | B.A. 1921 | Journalist, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award and Independence Day Award |
| Ahmed Humayun | Intermediate 1956 | Journalist, recipient of the Ekushey Padak |
| Serajur Rahman | | Journalist, broadcaster, columnist |
| Abul Kalam Shamsuddin | Intermediate 1919 | Journalist and author |
| Shafik Rehman | Intermediate 1951 | Journalist |
| Deenanath Sen | | 2nd Editor of Dhaka Prakash Journalist and social reformer |
| Mashir Hossain | | Journalist and language activist |
| Amalendu Dasgupta | I.A. 1942 | Journalist |
| Khan Ataur Rahman | I.Sc. 1945 | Actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer and singer |
| Alamgir Kabir | I.Sc. 1954 | Film director and cultural activist Recipient of Independence Award |
| Mohammod Hossain Jemi | | Film director and cinematographer |
| Saidul Anam Tutul | Intermediate 1971 | Drama and film director |
| Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz | | Director and screenwriter |
| Rathindranath Roy | | Musician |
| Tanzir Tuhin | | Architect, musician, and member of the band Avash |
| Shafiq Tuhin | | Lyricist and music director |
| Dulal Talukder | | Choreographer and musician |
| Manna | | Actor |
| Khaled Khan | Intermediate 1975 | Actor |
| Shajal Noor | | Actor |
| Afran Nisho | | Actor |
| Ferdous Ahmed | | Actor |
| Mosharraf Karim | | Actor |
| Syed Abdul Hadi | | Singer, songwriter |
| S D Rubel | | Singer |

## Bureaucrat

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Salehuddin Ahmed | I.Sc. 1965 | 9th Governor of Bangladesh Bank |
| Anwarul Iqbal | Intermediate 1967 | 22nd Inspector General of Police 1st director general of Rapid Action Battalion |
| Mohammad Hadis Uddin | Intermediate 1967 | 23rd Inspector General of Police |
| A. F. M. Abdur Rahman | | Retired justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh |
| Md. Atabullah | | Justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh |
| Mokammel Hossain | Intermediate 1981 | Secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism |
| Krishna Govinda Gupta | F.A. 1869 | Former Member of Indian Civil Service Former Member of Secretary of State's Council of India |
| A. F. Mujibur Rahman | I.Sc., B.Sc. | Jurist and first Bengali Muslim Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer |
| Monirul Islam | | Additional commissioner of Bangladesh Police and the current Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) |
| Md Mozammel Haque Khan | Intermediate 1976 | Former commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission Former Senior Secretary of Public Administration |
| Soleman Khan | Intermediate 1984 | Secretary of Secondary and Higher Education Former Chairman of Land Reform Board |
| Humayun Kabir | | Secretary of Railways Former Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi Division |

## Others

| Name | Batch | Notability |
| Zafrullah Chowdhury | | Recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award and Independence Award Founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Public health activist |
| Shamsul Huda | I.A. 1951 | Language activist |
| Noorul Quader | Intermediate 1952 | Freedom fighter, civil servant, entrepreneur and bureaucrat |
| Abdur Rauf | | Navy officer, politician |
| Khandaker Azizul Islam | | Bir Bikrom, freedom fighter |
| Nurul Azim | | Colonel and psychiatrist |
| Debapriya Bhattacharya | | Economist and public policy analyst |