Notable Residents
- Capt. A. E. J. Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) - Collins, who was born in Hazaribagh, made the highest-ever recorded score in cricket as a 13-year-old schoolboy at Clifton College, Bristol, where he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899. Noted writers Subodh Ghosh and Balai Chand Mukhopadhaya ("Bonophool") and Poets Kamini Roy as well as Amiya Chakravaty (also Secretary to Rabindranath Tagore and associate of Albert Schweitzer) spent large parts of their lives in the Town. Yashwant Sinha ( EX Finance minister of India) and K.B Sahay ( EX Chief Minister of Bihar) as also Aparna Sen (Famous Bengali film maker and director) belong to Hazaribagh. The distinguished scholar on food security, Dr. Amitava Mukherjee is from Hazaribagh.
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