List of people from Comilla

A list of notable people from Comilla, Bangladesh:

Freedom fighters

• Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh
• Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
• Lt-Col. Akbar Hussain (1942–2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water

Politicians

• Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad(1918–1996), ex-President of Bangladesh, ex-Minister and member of Exile Cabinet of Meherpur Government
• Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939-), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
• Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), ex Leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami; professor; politician; convicted war criminal
• Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
• Mustafa Kamal (1947-), politician and cricket official
• Shaukat Mahmood (1959-), senior journalist, editor of Weekly Economic Times, adviser to Begum Khaleda Zia and elected president (2007–08, 2009-incumbent) of National Press Club
• Jehangir Khan Tareen, Pakistani politician of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, born in Comilla

Social activists and philanthropists

• Nawab Faizunnesa, poetess, pioneer in women's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
• Delwar Jahid (Bengali: দেলোয়ার জাহিদ), journalist and author, founder of the weekly national newspaper Samajkantha, the Comilla Union of Journalists who help and support professionals, the Seva Center for human development who support the poor, landless residents in the Comilla region, and the Bangladesh Foundation of Human Rights who provide information and education about human rights on a regional scope

Educationists and scholars

• Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, former Vice-Chancellor, Dhaka University

Literature

• Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bangla poet, novelist, translator, editor and essayist
• Kazi Nazrul Islam, from West Bengal, but resided at Comilla for long
• Abdul Kadir (1906–1984), researcher, poet and editor

Music

Sachin Dev Burman's rejected house in Comilla

• Rahul Dev Burman, known as R.D. Burman, son of S.D. Burman, composer and pioneer in Bollywood music direction
• Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), known as S.D. Burman, singer, composer and music director

Media

• Bidya Sinha Mim
• Ferdous Ahmed

References

External links

• Notable personalities, Welcome to Comilla