# List of Bangladeshi Hindus

This is an incomplete list of notable and prominent Hindus from Bangladesh.

## Martyrs and Freedom Fighters in 1971

* Dhirendranath Datta, martyred intellectual, politician
* Jagat Joity Das (Bir Bikrom), founder of Das Party, martyred freedom fighter
* Dr. Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred intellectual, scholar, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
* Jogesh Chandra Ghosh, martyred intellectual, scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
* Dr. Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
* Ranada Prasad Saha, businessman and philanthropist (founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College). Martyred during the War of Liberation.
* Bishnu Chattopadhyay, freedom fighter and leader of peasant movement.Martyred during the War of Liberation.
* Nutan Chandra Singha, martyred intellectual, industrialist, a pioneer of women's education in Chittagong, a social reformer and a charitable man
* Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
* Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, martyred intellectual, educationist
* Harinath Dey, martyred intellectual, biochemist, research scientist
* Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, lecturer in Physics, Dhaka University
* Laxman Das, martyred intellectual
* Madhusudan Dey, martyred intellectual, social worker and businessman
* Moni Singh, freedom fighter, communist leader
* Chitta Ranjan Dutta (Bir Uttam), sector commander during the War of Liberation
* Manik Lal Ray, freedom fighter, communist politician, teacher, pioneer of mass-education
* Purnendu Dastidar, freedom fighter, communist leader, writer and lawyer
* Suranjit Sengupta, freedom fighter, politician
* Monikrishna Sen, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
* Ashutosh Bhardwaj, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
* Bipul Bhattacharya, freedom fighter, vocalist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during Bangladesh liberation war
* Pankaj Bhattacharya, coordinator of the NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces

## Politics

* Manorama Basu, political activist, social reformer
* Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
* Shukhen Bhattacharjee, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Swapan Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
* Chitra Bhattacharya, Former Member of Parliament
* Gaan Chakraborty, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
* Sourendra Nath Chakraborty, Former Member of Parliament
* Trailokyanath Chakravarty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Raj Kumar Chakraverty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Gautam Chakroborty, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
* Narayan Chandra Chanda, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Land
* Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Bhupati Bhushan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician, freedom fighter and businessman
* Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi social worker and an anti-colonial revolutionary, politician, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
* Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, lawyer, activist
* Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
* Shankar Gobind Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, freedom fighter
* Mrinal Kanti Das, Former Member of Parliament
* Sukhendu Dastidar, a revolutionary, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
* Pran Gopal Datta, Former Member of Parliament
* Pulin De, politician, professor
* Manoranjan Dhar, Bangladeshi politician, diplomat, lawyer
* Aroma Dutta, Bangladeshi politician and human rights activist
* Chitta Ranjan Dutta, a leader of the minority communities, former military personnel
* Kamini Kumar Dutta, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Manoranjan Shill Gopal, Former Member of Parliament
* Debendra Nath Ghosh, politician
* Jiten Ghosh, an armed revolutionary, communist leader, writer and freedom fighter
* Sunil Kumar Gupta, Former Member of Parliament, Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
* Gopal Krishna Maharatna, politician, one of the founding members of Sarbadaliya Sangram Parishad, social worker
* Ranesh Maitra, Bangladeshi politician, journalist and columnist
* Jnanendra Chandra Majumdar, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Manu Majumdar, Former Member of Parliament
* Phani Bhushan Majumder, Former Member of Parliament
* Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Food
* Nani Gopal Mandal, Former Member of Parliament
* Anil Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
* Bhabesh Chandra Nandi, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Pankaj Nath, Former Member of Parliament
* Soumendra Prasad Pandey, Former Member of Parliament
* Barun Roy, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, former member of Parliament
* Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Former Member of Parliament, vice-president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
* Rupnarayan Roy, a veteran communist and peasant leader
* Satish Chandra Roy, Former Member of Parliament
* Dhirendra Nath Saha, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
* Hemonto Sarkar, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
* Ranjit Chandra Sarkar, Former Member of Parliament
* Amal Sen, Bangladeshi communist politician, founding president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh
* Bijan Sen, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Health and Family Planning
* Ramesh Chandra Sen, Former Member of Parliament
* Sailendra Kumar Sen, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Joya Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
* Suranjit Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
* Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, Former Member of Parliament
* Biren Sikder, Former Member of Parliament
* Kamparam Singh, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
* Comrade Moni Singh, founding general secretary of Bangladesh Communist Party
* Dipankar Talukdar, Former Member of Parliament
* Kujendra Lal Tripura, Former Member of Parliament, Former State Minister of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

## Advisers of interim/caretaker governments

* Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury
* BK Das
* Dhiraj Kumar Nath
* Bidhan Ranjan Roy
* Manik Lal Samaddar

## Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

* Surendra Kumar Sinha, Chief Justice of Bangladesh (2015–2017)

## Justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

* Bhishmadev Chakrabortty, justice of the High Court Division
* Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury, former justice and adviser of Caretaker Government
* Ashish Ranjan Daash, justice of the High Court Division
* Biswajit Debnath, justice of the High Court Division
* Krishna Debnath, justice of the High Court Division
* Bhabani Prasad Singha, justice of the High Court Division
* Gour Gopal Saha, justice of the High Court Division
* Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar, justice of the High Court Division
* Gobinda Chandra Tagore, justice of the High Court Division

## Military and Police

* Chitta Ranjan Dutta (Bir Uttam), Retired Major General
* Jibon Kanai Das, retired Major General
* Banaj Kumar Majumder, Additional Inspector-general of police
* Devdas Bhattacharya, Additional Inspector-general of police
* Krishna Pada Roy, Additional Inspector-general of police
* Proloy Kumar Joarder, superintendent of police

## Civil Service

* Sunil Kanti Bose, former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
* Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty, retired Secretary, Chairman of the Bangladesh Competition Commission
* Phani Bhoushon Choudhury, Secretary of the government of Bangladesh, member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, former police officer
* Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Bangladeshi retired bureaucrat and former Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, vice-chairman of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute
* Satyajit Karmaker, Secretary of the Planning Division
* Shib Nath Roy, Bangladeshi civil servant, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan
* Manik Lal Samaddar, Bangladeshi civil servant and former special assistant to the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker government
* Nepal Chandra Sarker, retired Bangladeshi Civil Servant and former Commissioner of the Information Commission
* Sukesh Kumar Sarker, Director General (Secretary) of NAPD

## Lawyers and Legal Writers

* Debesh Bhattacharya, Human rights activist, lawyer, jurist and judge.
* Sir Nikhilesh Dutta, Deputy Attorney General, Bangladeshi barrister and activist.
* Rana Dasgupta, Senior Advocate and General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.

## Activism

* Purabi Basu
* Barada Bhushan Chakraborty
* Pinaki Bhattacharya
* Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
* Hena Das
* Suhasini Das
* Sitesh Ranjan Deb
* Aroma Dutta
* Debendra Nath Ghosh
* Meghna Guhathakurta
* Kumudini Hajong
* Ranesh Maitra
* Manik Lal Ray

## Arts

* Shishir Bhattacharjee, cartoonist, academic
* Devdas Chakraborty, fine artist, Chittagong University professor
* Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, one of the pioneers of contemporary art in Bangladesh, Dhaka University professor
* Shib Narayan Das, designer of the first national flag of Bangladesh, vexillographer, student leader
* Dhruba Esh, cover-artist and writer
* Uttam Guho, stage and art director
* Kalidas Karmakar, painter
* Nitun Kundu, sculptor, businessman
* Partha Pratim Majumder, pioneer mime-artist
* Sarker Protick or Protick Sarkar

## Music

* Sanjit Acharya, Chittagonian folk lyricist, playwright, singer
* Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, singer-songwriter, artist
* Shyam Sundar Baishnab, folk singer
* Bipul Bhattacharya, producer, composer, music director and folk music artist
* Deebo Bhattacharya, musician, painter and singer
* Kumar Bishwajit, pop singer
* Dia Chakravarty, singer, political activist, tax consultant, barrister, journalist
* Amaresh Roy Chowdhury, classical vocalist
* Gouri Choudhury, singer and music teacher
* Probal Chowdhury, singer
* Sanjeeb Chowdhury, singer-songwriter, member of Dalchhut
* Tapan Chowdhury, singer of modern songs and former frontmant of Souls
* Alaka Das, classical music artist
* Haimanti Rakshit Das, playback singer
* Kalipada Das, singer
* Ramkanai Das, Bangladeshi singer
* Samar Das, music composer
* Sudhin Das, Nazrul Sangeet artist and Swaralipikar
* Kamal Dasgupta, music director
* Sunil Dhar, classical musician
* Shuvro Dev, pop-artist, singer-songwriter, music director, composer
* Pabitra Mohan Dey, instrumental musician
* Kalyani Ghosh, singer of Chittagonian folk
* Robin Ghosh, music director
* Shefali Ghosh, singer of mostly Chittagonian folk music
* Priyanka Gope, singer
* Pantho Kanai, singer, member of Bangla, Arnab and Friends
* Bappa Mazumder (Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa), singer, and son of Ustad Barin Mazumder, member of Dalchhut
* Chandana Mazumdar, Lalon-geeti singer
* Ila Majumder, Bangladeshi classical vocalist
* Ustad Barin Mazumder, classical singer
* Mitali Mukherjee, Bangladeshi classical and playback singer
* Mihir Kumar Nandi, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and classical vocalist
* Subir Nandi, singer
* Timir Nandi, singer, writer, activist, anchor
* Ajit Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
* Anima Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
* Kiran Chandra Roy, playback singer
* Rathindranath Roy, singer
* Emon Saha, music director
* Satya Saha, music director
* Bijoy Sarkar, baul singer, lyricist, composer and poet
* Chandan Sinha, playback singer, producer

## Cinema and television

* Animesh Aich, director
* Amalendu Biswas, stage actor of the jatra-pala genre
* Anam Biswas, director, screenwriter, composer and writer
* Pijush Bandyopadhyay, actor, director, CEO of Ekushey Television
* Malay Bhowmick, actor, director and educationist
* Subhasish Bhowmik, actor
* Apu Biswas, contemporary actress
* Aruna Biswas, television, stage and film actress
* Jyotsna Biswas, stage-actress of jatra-pala genre, recipient of Ekushey Padak
* Amol Bose, actor
* Juwel Aich, magician
* Jayanta Chattopadhyay, actor
* Bappy Chowdhury, actor
* Chanchal Chowdhury, actor, singer, lecturer
* Chayanika Chowdhury, television drama director
* Brindaban Das, Bangladeshi playwright, actor, writer and director
* Shankha Dasgupta, director, filmmaker
* Sumita Devi (Hena Bhattacharya), actress
* Sumit Sengupta, actor
* Dipankar Sengupta Dipon, director, screenwriter
* Sanchita Datta, actress, model and lawyer
* Subhash Dutta, filmmaker, actor
* Anju Ghosh, actress, starred in record-breaking Beder Meye Josna
* Aparna Ghosh, contemporary actress
* Maya Ghosh, actress
* Chitralekha Guho, television actress
* Urmila Srabonti Kar, contemporary television actress
* Tamalika Karmakar, actress and model.
* Ashish Kumar Louho, film actor, playwright, dialogue writer and story writer
* Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, contemporary actress
* Ramendu Majumdar, actor and theatre-activist
* Narayan Ghosh Mita, film director and writer
* Kalyan Mitra, writer, actor, director and playwright
* Prabir Mitra, film actor
* Mousumi Nag, actress
* Manoj Pramanik, actor
* Yash Rohan, actor
* Puja Cherry Roy, contemporary actress
* Shabnam (Jharna Basak), actress
* Subrata, actor
* Sujata (Tandra Majumder), actress
* Srabosti Dutta Tinni, television actress and model

## Literature

* Tapan Bagchi, poet, rhyme composer, researcher, and journalist
* Kajal Bandyopadhyay, poet, translator and academic
* Topon Chakrabarti, writer on science, technology and environment
* Jyoti Prakash Dutta, short-story writer, novelist, newspaper editor and professor
* Nirmalendu Goon, poet
* Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
* Bimal Guha, poet and academic
* Ranesh Das Gupta, writer, journalist, and politician
* Harishankar Jaladas, novelist
* Radhapada Roy, poet
* Mahadev Saha, poet
* Ashim Saha, poet and novelist.
* Arunabh Sarkar, poet, columnist, literary-editor and freedom fighter
* Satyen Sen, author, founder of Udichi
* Nikhil Sen, dramatist
* Niloy Chatterjee, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
* Ananta Bijoy Das, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
* Avijit Roy, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
* Malay Bhowmick, playright and academic.

## Academia

* Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladeshi economist and public policy analyst
* Satya Prasad Majumder, 14th Vice-Chancellor of BUET
* Shishir Bhattacharja, writer, researcher, linguist, professor of French
* Swadesh Bose, economist and Language-movement activist
* Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred academic, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
* Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred academic, scholar, Dhaka University professor
* Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
* Soumitra Sekhar Dey, 6th Vice-chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
* Anupam Sen, Vice-Chancellor of the Premier University, author, sociologist, and social activist
* Gautam Buddha Das, former Vice-chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)
* Swadesh Chandra Samanta, Bangladeshi Agronomist and Vice-chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University
* Arup Ratan Choudhury, dental surgeon, consultant and academician
* Neem Chandra Bhowmik, professor at Dhaka University and a leader of the hindu minority community in Bangladesh
* Rangalal Sen, academician and writer
* Kaberi Gayen, columnist, academic
* Biswajit Ghosh, Bangladeshi essayist, researcher and academic
* Meghna Guhathakurta, academic, activist
* Ajoy Roy, academic and leader of secular-humanist movement in Bangladesh
* Sanat Kumar Saha, essayist, economist, professor and Tagore-exponent
* Jatin Sarker, author and Marxist philosopher

## Science and Technology

* Harinath Dey, biochemist, research scientist, martyred intellectual
* Rakhal Chandra Das, physician, martyred intellectual
* Arun Kumar Basak, physicist, professor
* Purabi Basu, pharmacologist, writer and activist
* Baren Chakraborty, physician, writer, professor
* Suvagoto Chowdhury, physician, writer, professor
* Pran Gopal Datta, physician, ex-vice chancellor of BSMRMU and member of parliament
* Debjani Ghosh, researcher, engineer
* Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist, professor
* Ripon Nath, audio engineer
* Indrajit Prasad, endocrinologist, academic and medical researcher
* Bibhuti Roy, researcher, engineer, professor
* Shuvo Roy, research scientist, bioengineer, writer
* Samir Kumar Saha, microbiologist, public health expert, professor
* Senjuti Saha, research scientist
* Dwijen Sharma, naturalist and science writer
* Bijan Kumar Shill, microbiologist, scholar, and teacher

## Journalism

* Gautam Das, print journalist and bureau chief of Dainik Samakal
* Ajoy Dasgupta, journalist, writer and lecturer at Dhaka University and Jagannath University
* Shyamal Dutta, journalist and editor of Bhorer Kagoj
* Samudra Gupta, poet and journalist
* Santosh Gupta, journalist and writer
* Ranesh Maitra, journalist, columnist and politician
* Swadesh Roy, journalist, writer and political analyst
* Manik Chandra Saha, journalist, recipient of Ekushey Padak
* Munni Saha, journalist, television presenter
* Nirmal Kumar Sengupta, journalist, politician

## Business and philanthropy

* Subir Chowdhury Bangladeshi-American author, world renowned expert in quality and management and philanthropist (founded the Subir-Maliny Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California-Berkeley)
* Nitun Kundu, sculptor and founder of Otobi
* Ranada Prasad Saha, entrepreneur, philanthropist, successful businessman, founder of Kumudini College and Kumudini Hospital at Mirzapur Upazila, Tangail)

## Sports

* Arup Kumar Baidya, football
* Khitindra Chandra Baishya, swimmer
* Tapash Baishya, cricket
* Rajani Kanta Barman, football
* Topu Barman, football
* Biplob Bhattacharjee, football
* Disha Biswas, cricket
* Lily Rani Biswas, cricket
* Kesto Kumar Bose, football
* Puja Chakraborty, cricket
* Narayan Chandra, cricket
* Mithun Chowdhury, football
* Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, cricket
* Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury, football
* Brojen Das, swimmer
* Litton Das, cricket
* Linkon Dey, cricket
* Bishwanath Ghosh, football
* Dhiman Ghosh, cricket
* Pinak Ghosh, cricket
* Taposh Ghosh, cricket
* Asim Gope, hockey
* Alok Kapali, cricket
* Pritom Kumar, cricket
* Pran Govinda Kundu, football
* Shibu Lal, tennis
* Amit Majumder, cricket
* Avishek Mitra, cricket
* Kochi Rani Mondal, kabaddi
* Arun Nandi, swimmer
* Debabrata Barua Paul, cricket
* Chandon Roy, football
* Dipok Roy, football
* Sandip Roy, cricket
* Subashis Roy, cricket
* Ranjit Saha, football
* Sanjit Saha, cricket
* Sumon Saha, cricket
* Krishna Rani Sarkar, football
* Soumya Sarkar, cricket
* Uttam Kumar Sarkar, cricket
* Amalesh Sen, football
* Jony Talukdar, cricket
* Rony Talukdar, cricket
* Bimal Chandra Tarafdar, track and field
* Sushanto Tripura, football

## Religion and spirituality

* Mahanambrata Brahmachari, a yogi, monk, philosopher, writer and religious master
* Sri Sri Ram Thakur (Ram Chandra Chakraborty), a yogi, monk and spiritual teacher of Hindu philosophy