Faridpur District - Personalities

Personalities

• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman : First Head of State of Bangla Desh.
• Jasim Uddin: Country's only pastoral poet
• Munsi Muhammad Abdur Rouf: Bir Shrestho (valiant war hero of 1971)
• Ambika Charan Majumder: President of the Indian National Congress (1916–1917)
• Nawab Abdul Latif: renowned Muslim educator and social reformer during the 19th Century
• Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash: renowned zamindar, politician and social reformer during the 19th Century
• Humayun Kabir: eminent Indian politician, educationist and former adviser to the Government of India under Jawaharlal Nehru
• Buddhadeb Bhattacharya: Chief Minister of West Bengal
• Mohonmiah Yusuf Ali Chowdhury : Eminent Muslim League politician
• Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin: Former Central Minister of Labor, Federal Government of Pakistan.
• Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf: Ex- Minister Govt. of Bangladesh, Vice-President of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
• Altamas Kabir: Chief Justice of India
• Syed Abul Hossain, Former Minster of Government of Bangladesh, Member of Bangladesh Awami League.
• Alamgir M. A. Kabir: Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, Former Inspector-General of Police & recipient of Independence Day Award
• Akber Kabir: Former Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh under President Ziaur Rahman & renowned philanthropist
• Altamas Kabir: Chief Justice of India
• Khushi Kabir: Founder of Nijera Kori
• Mrinal Sen: Film director
• Tareque Masud: award-winning independent film director
• Fakir Alamgir: Popular folk singer
• Ashique Mostafa: Famous Film Maker (Notable Film: Phulkumar, and producer of Meherjaan), Poet and Writer (author of the books "Moger Mulluk" and "auteur").
• Geeta Dutt: Indian playback singer
• Sigma Huda: human rights activist, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on human trafficking
• Khushi Kabir: Co-ordinator of Non-Government Organization, Nijera Kori & social activist
• Babar Kabir: renowned environmentalist
• Sukanta BhattacharyaFamous poet
• Advocate Sarwarzan Miah : lawyer & Politician, Former MLA (East Pakistan), MP, Principal of faridpur LAW College, District President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
• Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar:freedom Fighter, member of parliament
• Syeda Rubaiyat Hossain, Academic and Filmmaker (writer & director of Meherjaan)
• Mohammad Abu Yousuf, Former Editor, The daily Ajker Awaz, Ex-Director Multimidia Company Ltd(ATN Bangla),
• Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali poet and novelist
• Riaz (actor)