Literature
- Ambika Charan Choudhury, litterateur
- Amulya Barua, Revolutionary Poet
- Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, pioneer of Assamese literature
- Banikanta Kakati, litterateur
- Bhabananda Deka, Littérateur, Economist, Poet
- Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, writer and first Assamese to win Jnanpith Award
- Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967) Indradhedu Poet Assamese literature
- Hem Barua, poet
- Hemchandra Barua, grammarian, lexicographer
- Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
- Homen Borgohain littérateur
- Indira Goswami, littérateur and Jnanpith Award winner
- Krishna Kanta Handique
- Lakshminath Bezbaruah, father of modern Assamese literature
- Nilmani Phookan, (born 1933) poet
- Parvati Prasad Baruva, poet, lyricist
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