Sen (surname)

Sen (surname)

Sen (Bengali: সেন, pronounced Shen) is a Bengali Hindu surname derived from the Sanskrit word for "Army", Sena (Sanskrit: सेना). In older times, the name was bestowed on people for doing an honorable, good deed, esp. a deed requiring intelligence.

It is found predominantly in Bangladesh & West Bengal, India among Vaidya/Baidya and Kayastha/Kshatriya communities.

Notable people with this surname include:

• Sena Dynasty, the successors to the Pala Empire and the last Hindu kings of Greater Bengal
• Amartya Sen, economist, Nobel Prize winner
• Aparna Sen, Indian film director and actress
• Ashoke Sen (b. 1956), theoretical physicist
• Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913-1996); sometime Indian Law Minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian
• Binayak Sen (b. 1950); MBBS, MD; pediatrician, public health specialist, Human Rights activist
• Dinesh Chandra Sen (1866-1939), academic, researcher of Bengali folklore
• Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
• Konkona Sen, actress
• Mihir Sen, swimmer
• Moonmoon Sen, actress

• Mrinal Sen, film director
• 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)
• Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
• Raima Sen, granddaughter of Suchitra Sen, actress in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema
• Reema Sen, Indian actress
• Rimi Sen, Indian actress
• Riya Sen, granddaughter of Suchitra Sen, actress in Hindi cinema
• Samar Sen (1916-1987), poet, grandson of Dinesh Chandra Sen
• Suchitra Sen - notable actress in Bengali and Hindi cinema
• Sudeep Sen, poet
• Sukumar Sen (Chief Election Commissioner, India), deceased;
• Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
• Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
• Sushmita Sen, actress, Miss Universe, 1994
• Surya Sen, Indian freedom fighter