Sen (surname)

Sen (pronounced Shen) is a Bengali Hindu surname derived from the Sanskrit word for "Army", Sena.

It is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Baidya and Kayastha communities. Instances of the surname are also found in the Nepalese community.

Notables

• Sena Dynasty, the successors to the Pala Empire and the last Hindu kings of Greater Bengal
• Amarendra Nath Sen, jurist
• Amartya Sen, economist, Nobel Prize winner
• Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
• Aparna Sen, film director and actress
• Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist
• Ashoke Kumar Sen former law minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian
• Benoyendranath Sen, theologian of New Dispensation Brahmoism
• Binay Ranjan Sen, former Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Binayak Sen, human rights activist
• Dinesh Chandra Sen, researcher of Bengali folklore
• Kaushik Sen, actor
• Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
• Konkona Sen, actress
• Mihir Sen, swimmer
• Moonmoon Sen, actress
• Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award winning film director
• Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
• Nandana Sen, daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema
• Pabitra Kumar Sen, scientist and social reformer
• Palash Sen, Band member of Euphoria (Indian band)
• Probir Sen, wicket keeper, the only wicket keeper to have stumped out Sir Donald Bradman
• Prafulla Chandra Sen, former chief minister of West Bengal
• Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
• Raima Sen, actress
• Reema Sen, actress
• Rimi Sen, actress
• Riya Sen, actress
• Samar Sen, poet
• Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
• Suchitra Sen, actress
• Sudeep Sen, poet
• Sukumar Sen, First Chief Election Commissioner of India
• Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
• Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
• Sushmita Sen, actress, former Miss Universe
• Surya Sen, Indian freedom fighter

Fictional characters

• Banalata Sen, fictional character in Jibananda Das's poem
• Mr. Saurav Sen, fictional characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, Mrs. Sen's, from her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.

See also

• Şen, Turkish surname