Politicians
- Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (Bangladesh Awami League).
- Abdus Samad Azad former Foreign Minister.
- Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (Mayor of Sylhet since 2003, AL)
- Humayun Rashid Choudhury Awami League Leader and former Speaker of parliament.
- Ilias Ali Member of parliament and BNP Leader
- Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chowdhury, former MLC of Assam and Ex Member of Council of State (Upper House of British Indian Central Parliament).
- Mohammad Saifur Rahman, longest serving Finance Minister of Bangladesh and standing committee member of BNP
- Muhammad Abdul Haque, ex organizing secretary of central BNP and ex president of Sylhet District
- Shah A M S Kibria, economist, diplomat and politician born in Habiganj. Finance Minister of Bangladesh in 1996-2001, elected Member of Parliament in 2001. Has served as the Executive Secretary of ESCAP in 1981-1992.
- Suranjit Sengupta, MP (Awami League), Chairman of Parliamentary Committee for law, Parliamentary affiresMinistry
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