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Birthplaces of famous Bangladeshisবিখ্যাত ব্যক্তিদের জন্মস্থান
▶ Play this on the mapBirth districts of leaders, poets, painters, scientists, 1952 and 1971 heroes and sportspeople, using present-day district names. A favourite topic in BCS and job tests ("কার জন্ম কোন জেলায়"). Play it on the map: see the name, click the district.
বঙ্গবন্ধু, শিল্পাচার্য জয়নুল আবেদিন, বেগম রোকেয়া, সাত বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ, ভাষাশহীদ ও অন্যান্য কৃতী মানুষের জন্মস্থান জেলা অনুযায়ী।
| Person | Born in (district) | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Nilima Ibrahim নীলিমা ইব্রাহিম | Bagerhat (বাগেরহাট) | Writer of Ami Birangona Bolchi on the women of 1971 (1921) |
| Bobita ববিতা | Bagerhat (বাগেরহাট) | Actress of Satyajit Ray's Ashani Sanket (1953) |
| Jibanananda Das জীবনানন্দ দাশ | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Poet of Rupashi Bangla and Banalata Sen |
| Sufia Kamal সুফিয়া কামাল | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Poet and women's rights leader, born in Shayestabad |
| Bir Sreshtho Mohiuddin Jahangir বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Army captain killed at Chapai Nawabganj, born in Babuganj |
| Muhammad Ali Bogra মোহাম্মদ আলী বগুড়া | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Prime minister of Pakistan 1953 to 1955; his family name comes from another district (1909) |
| Jogendra Nath Mandal যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মণ্ডল | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Dalit leader and Pakistan's first law minister (1904) |
| Utpal Dutt উৎপল দত্ত | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Actor and playwright of Tiner Talowar and Golmaal (1929) |
| Pannalal Ghosh পান্নালাল ঘোষ | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Flautist who made the bamboo bansuri a concert instrument (1911) |
| Anil Biswas অনিল বিশ্বাস | Barishal (বরিশাল) | Pioneer music director of Bombay films (1914) |
| Patrick D'Rozario প্যাট্রিক ডি'রোজারিও | Barishal (বরিশাল) | First Bangladeshi cardinal of the Catholic Church (1943) |
| Bir Sreshtho Mostafa Kamal বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মোস্তফা কামাল | Bhola (ভোলা) | Sepoy killed at Daruin, Akhaura, born in Daulatkhan |
| Rahima Banu রহিমা বানু | Bhola (ভোলা) | As a toddler in 1975, the last person in the world to catch natural deadly smallpox |
| Ziaur Rahman জিয়াউর রহমান | Bogura (বগুড়া) | Sector commander in 1971 and later president, born in Bagbari (1936) |
| Rani Bhabani রানী ভবানী | Bogura (বগুড়া) | 18th-century zamindar of Natore, famed for charity, born in Chhatiangram |
| Mushfiqur Rahim মুশফিকুর রহিম | Bogura (বগুড়া) | Wicketkeeper-batter, the first Bangladeshi with a Test double century |
| Prafulla Chaki প্রফুল্ল চাকী | Bogura (বগুড়া) | Teenage revolutionary of the 1908 Muzaffarpur bombing with Khudiram Bose (1888) |
| Al Mahmud আল মাহমুদ | Brahmanbaria (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) | Poet of Sonali Kabin |
| Nurul Amin নুরুল আমিন | Brahmanbaria (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) | Chief minister of East Bengal during the 1952 Language Movement (1893) |
| Anandamayi Ma আনন্দময়ী মা | Brahmanbaria (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) | Saint revered across India, born in Kheora, Kasba (1896) |
| Ustad Alauddin Khan ওস্তাদ আলাউদ্দিন খাঁ | Brahmanbaria (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) | Guru of Ravi Shankar and founder of the Maihar gharana, born in Shibpur, Nabinagar (1862) |
| Ali Akbar Khan আলী আকবর খাঁ | Brahmanbaria (ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) | Sarod maestro who brought Indian music to the West (1922) |
| Hashem Khan হাশেম খান | Chandpur (চাঁদপুর) | Painter and illustrator who helped design the Constitution's artwork |
| Syed Waliullah সৈয়দ ওয়ালীউল্লাহ | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Novelist of Lalsalu |
| Surya Sen মাস্টারদা সূর্য সেন | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Masterda, leader of the 1930 armoury raid, born in Raozan |
| Pritilata Waddedar প্রীতিলতা ওয়াদ্দেদার | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Revolutionary who led the 1932 Pahartali club raid, born in Patiya |
| Ayub Bachchu আইয়ুব বাচ্চু | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Guitarist and LRB frontman |
| Muhammad Yunus ড. মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Grameen Bank founder and 2006 Nobel Peace laureate, born in Bathua, Hathazari |
| Tamim Iqbal তামিম ইকবাল | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Opening batter, highest ODI run-scorer for Bangladesh |
| Kalpana Datta কল্পনা দত্ত | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Woman fighter of the 1930 armoury raid, born in Sreepur, Boalkhali (1913) |
| Ananta Singh অনন্ত সিং | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Masterda's comrade in the 1930 armoury raid and the Jalalabad hill battle (1903) |
| Sri Chinmoy শ্রী চিন্ময় | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Meditation teacher who led the world Peace Run, born in Shakpura (1931) |
| Ahmed Sofa আহমদ ছফা | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Writer of Gabhi Bittanta and Ordhek Nari Ordhek Ishwari, born in Gachbaria (1943) |
| Nabinchandra Sen নবীনচন্দ্র সেন | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Poet of Palashir Juddho, born in Noapara, Raozan (1847) |
| Maitreyi Devi মৈত্রেয়ী দেবী | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Poet and novelist of Na Hanyate (1914) |
| Kabori কবরী | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Sweet-smiling heroine of Sareng Bou and Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1950) |
| Shabana শাবানা | Chattogram (চট্টগ্রাম) | Leading Dhallywood actress of the 1970s and 80s, born in Raozan (1952) |
| Buddhadeva Bose বুদ্ধদেব বসু | Cumilla (কুমিল্লা) | Modernist poet and editor of the magazine Kavita |
| Sachin Dev Burman শচীন দেববর্মন | Cumilla (কুমিল্লা) | Composer and singer of Hindi and Bangla film songs |
| Sabitri Chatterjee সাবিত্রী চট্টোপাধ্যায় | Cumilla (কুমিল্লা) | Bengali screen actress of Bhanu Pelo Lottery (1937) |
| Manohar Aich মনোহর আইচ | Cumilla (কুমিল্লা) | 'Pocket Hercules', a 4-foot-11 Mr Universe in 1952 (1912) |
| Murtaja Baseer মুর্তজা বশীর | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Painter of the 'Epitaph for the Martyrs' series |
| Shamsur Rahman শামসুর রাহমান | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Poet of 'Swadhinata Tumi', born in the old city |
| Kaykobad কায়কোবাদ | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Epic poet of Mahashmashan, born in Agla, Nawabganj |
| Nawab Salimullah নবাব স্যার সলিমুল্লাহ | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Nawab of Dhaka, host of the 1906 founding of the Muslim League |
| Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মতিউর রহমান | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Air force officer, one of the seven Bir Sreshtho, born in Agha Sadek Road |
| Fazlur Rahman Khan এফ আর খান | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Structural engineer behind the Sears Tower's tube design |
| Khawaja Nazimuddin খাজা নাজিমুদ্দিন | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Second governor-general and later prime minister of Pakistan, born in Ahsan Manzil (1894) |
| Ataur Rahman Khan আতাউর রহমান খান | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Chief minister of East Pakistan in 1956, born in Dhamrai (1905) |
| Mahasweta Devi মহাশ্বেতা দেবী | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Writer of Hajar Churashir Maa and champion of tribal rights (1926) |
| Monica Ali মনিকা আলী | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Author of the novel Brick Lane (1967) |
| Tahmima Anam তাহমিমা আনাম | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Author of A Golden Age, a novel of 1971 (1975) |
| Shahabuddin Ahmed (painter) শাহাবুদ্দিন আহমেদ | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Painter of fast-moving freedom fighters, living in Paris (1950) |
| Marina Tabassum মেরিনা তাবাশ্যুম | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Architect of the Aga Khan award-winning Bait Ur Rouf mosque (1968) |
| Ritwik Ghatak ঋত্বিক ঘটক | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Director of Meghe Dhaka Tara and Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1925) |
| Bimal Roy বিমল রায় | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Director of Do Bigha Zamin and Devdas (1909) |
| Dino Shafeek দীনু শফিক | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Comic actor of the Pakistan-era screen (1930) |
| Atulprasad Sen অতুলপ্রসাদ সেন | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Composer of Moder Garab Moder Asha (1871) |
| Firdausi Qadri ফিরদৌসী কাদরী | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Immunologist behind affordable cholera vaccines, Ramon Magsaysay awardee (1951) |
| Partha Dasgupta পার্থ দাশগুপ্ত | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Cambridge economist who wrote the UK review on the economics of biodiversity (1942) |
| Gopinath Kaviraj গোপীনাথ কবিরাজ | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Sanskrit scholar and philosopher of tantra, born in Dhamrai (1887) |
| Kazi Salahuddin কাজী সালাউদ্দিন | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Star striker of 1970s football and the Swadhin Bangla football team (1953) |
| Shahidul Alam শহিদুল আলম | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | Photographer who founded Drik and Pathshala, a Time Person of the Year in 2018 (1955) |
| Siddika Kabir সিদ্দিকা কবীর | Dhaka (ঢাকা) | The country's best-known cookbook writer, of Ranna Khaddo Pushti (1931) |
| Litton Das লিটন দাস | Dinajpur (দিনাজপুর) | Stylish opening batter and later captain (1994) |
| Jasimuddin পল্লীকবি জসীমউদ্দীন | Faridpur (ফরিদপুর) | Pallikabi, poet of Nakshi Kanthar Math, born in Tambulkhana |
| Bir Sreshtho Munshi Abdur Rouf বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মুন্সী আব্দুর রউফ | Faridpur (ফরিদপুর) | EPR lance naik killed at Burighat, Rangamati, born in Madhukhali |
| Mrinal Sen মৃণাল সেন | Faridpur (ফরিদপুর) | Director of Bhuvan Shome and Calcutta 71 (1923) |
| Maqsudul Alam মাকসুদুল আলম | Faridpur (ফরিদপুর) | Scientist who led the decoding of the jute and papaya genomes (1954) |
| Zahir Raihan জহির রায়হান | Feni (ফেনী) | Filmmaker of Jibon Theke Neya and Stop Genocide |
| Shahidullah Kaiser শহীদুল্লা কায়সার | Feni (ফেনী) | Novelist of Sangsaptak, killed on 14 December 1971 |
| Abdus Salam শহীদ আবদুস সালাম | Feni (ফেনী) | Language martyr of 1952, born in Daganbhuiyan |
| Akhteruzzaman Elias আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস | Gaibandha (গাইবান্ধা) | Novelist of Chilekothar Sepai and Khoabnama |
| Tajuddin Ahmad তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ | Gazipur (গাজীপুর) | First prime minister, who led the 1971 Mujibnagar government, born in Kapasia |
| Meghnad Saha মেঘনাদ সাহা | Gazipur (গাজীপুর) | Astrophysicist of the Saha ionisation equation, born in Shaoratali |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান | Gopalganj (গোপালগঞ্জ) | Founding leader of Bangladesh, born in Tungipara (1920) |
| Sheikh Hasina শেখ হাসিনা | Gopalganj (গোপালগঞ্জ) | Prime minister 1996 to 2001 and 2009 to 2024, born in Tungipara (1947) |
| Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib শেখ ফজিলাতুন্নেছা মুজিব | Gopalganj (গোপালগঞ্জ) | Wife of Sheikh Mujib, known as Bangamata, born in Tungipara (1930) |
| Jaya Ahsan জয়া আহসান | Gopalganj (গোপালগঞ্জ) | Actress who stars in both Dhaka and Kolkata films (1983) |
| Fazle Hasan Abed স্যার ফজলে হাসান আবেদ | Habiganj (হবিগঞ্জ) | Founder of BRAC, born in Baniachong |
| Bipin Chandra Pal বিপিনচন্দ্র পাল | Habiganj (হবিগঞ্জ) | The 'Pal' of Lal-Bal-Pal, a fiery Swadeshi orator, born in Poil (1858) |
| Hemanga Biswas হেমাঙ্গ বিশ্বাস | Habiganj (হবিগঞ্জ) | Folk and protest singer of the IPTA (1912) |
| Khaled Mosharraf খালেদ মোশাররফ | Jamalpur (জামালপুর) | Commander of Sector 2 and the K Force in 1971, born in Islampur (1937) |
| Michael Madhusudan Dutt মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত | Jashore (যশোর) | Father of the Bangla sonnet and blank verse, born in Sagardari |
| A. K. Fazlul Huq শেরে বাংলা এ কে ফজলুল হক | Jhalokathi (ঝালকাঠি) | Sher-e-Bangla, mover of the 1940 Lahore Resolution, born in Saturia, Rajapur |
| Bir Sreshtho Hamidur Rahman বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ হামিদুর রহমান | Jhenaidah (ঝিনাইদহ) | Sepoy killed at Dholai, Sreemangal, born in Maheshpur |
| Jamal Nazrul Islam জামাল নজরুল ইসলাম | Jhenaidah (ঝিনাইদহ) | Cosmologist, author of The Ultimate Fate of the Universe |
| Prafulla Chandra Ray আচার্য প্রফুল্লচন্দ্র রায় | Khulna (খুলনা) | Father of Indian chemistry, founder of Bengal Chemicals, born in Raruli |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz মেহেদী হাসান মিরাজ | Khulna (খুলনা) | All-rounder who led the 2016 Under-19 side (1997) |
| Roman Sana রোমান সানা | Khulna (খুলনা) | Archer who won bronze at the 2019 world championships (1995) |
| Rumana Ahmed রুমানা আহমেদ | Khulna (খুলনা) | Leg-spinner who took the first women's ODI hat-trick for Bangladesh (1991) |
| Zainul Abedin শিল্পাচার্য জয়নুল আবেদিন | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Shilpacharya, painter of the 1943 famine sketches |
| Chandrabati চন্দ্রাবতী | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | First known woman poet of Bengal, 16th century, of Patuari |
| Syed Nazrul Islam সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Acting president of the Mujibnagar government in 1971, killed in the 1975 jail killing |
| Zillur Rahman জিল্লুর রহমান | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Nineteenth president of Bangladesh, born in Bhairab (1929) |
| Abdul Hamid আবদুল হামিদ | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | President from 2013 to 2023, from Mithamoin in the haor country (1944) |
| Nirad C. Chaudhuri নীরদচন্দ্র চৌধুরী | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Author of The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1897) |
| Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Children's writer of Tuntunir Boi, grandfather of Satyajit Ray, born in Masua (1863) |
| Chuni Goswami চুনী গোস্বামী | Kishoreganj (কিশোরগঞ্জ) | Captain of India's 1962 Asian Games gold football team (1938) |
| Taramon Bibi তারামন বিবি | Kurigram (কুড়িগ্রাম) | Bir Protik freedom fighter of 1971, born in Rajibpur |
| Syed Shamsul Haq সৈয়দ শামসুল হক | Kurigram (কুড়িগ্রাম) | Sabyasachi Lekhak, author of Nurul Diner Sarajibon (1935) |
| Mir Mosharraf Hossain মীর মশাররফ হোসেন | Kushtia (কুষ্টিয়া) | Author of Bishad Sindhu, born in Lahinipara |
| Kangal Harinath কাঙাল হরিনাথ | Kushtia (কুষ্টিয়া) | Rural journalist and Baul songwriter of Kumarkhali |
| Bagha Jatin বাঘা যতীন | Kushtia (কুষ্টিয়া) | Revolutionary who fought a tiger with a dagger and died at Balasore, born in Kayagram (1879) |
| Nishat Majumdar নিশাত মজুমদার | Lakshmipur (লক্ষ্মীপুর) | First Bangladeshi woman to climb Everest, in 2012 (1981) |
| Haji Shariatullah হাজী শরীয়তুল্লাহ | Madaripur (মাদারীপুর) | Founder of the Faraizi movement among Bengal's peasants, born in Shibchar (1781) |
| Shakib Al Hasan সাকিব আল হাসান | Magura (মাগুরা) | All-rounder once ranked world No. 1 in all three formats |
| Munier Chowdhury মুনীর চৌধুরী | Manikganj (মানিকগঞ্জ) | Playwright of Kabar, killed on 14 December 1971 |
| Rafiq Uddin Ahmed শহীদ রফিক উদ্দিন আহমদ | Manikganj (মানিকগঞ্জ) | Language martyr of 21 February 1952, born in Singair |
| Hiralal Sen হীরালাল সেন | Manikganj (মানিকগঞ্জ) | Pioneer of film in Bengal, born in Bagjuri |
| Momtaz Begum মমতাজ বেগম | Manikganj (মানিকগঞ্জ) | Folk singer with hundreds of albums, born in Singair (1974) |
| Atish Dipankar অতীশ দীপঙ্কর | Munshiganj (মুন্সিগঞ্জ) | Buddhist scholar who taught in Tibet, born in Bikrampur (982) |
| Humayun Azad হুমায়ুন আজাদ | Munshiganj (মুন্সিগঞ্জ) | Linguist and writer of Nari, born in Rarhikhal, Sreenagar (1947) |
| Abdul Jabbar শহীদ আবদুল জব্বার | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Language martyr of 1952, born in Gafargaon |
| Jagadish Chandra Bose জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Scientist of radio waves and plant response |
| Taslima Nasrin তসলিমা নাসরিন | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Author of Lajja, living in exile since 1994 (1962) |
| Abul Mansur Ahmed আবুল মনসুর আহমেদ | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Satirist of Ayna and Food Conference, born in Trishal (1898) |
| Vilayat Khan বিলায়েত খাঁ | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Sitar master of the Imdadkhani gharana, born in Gauripur (1928) |
| Mahmudullah মাহমুদুল্লাহ রিয়াদ | Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) | Cricketer who scored Bangladesh's first World Cup hundred in 2015 (1986) |
| S. M. Sultan এস এম সুলতান | Narail (নড়াইল) | Painter of muscular farmers and village life |
| Bir Sreshtho Nur Mohammad Sheikh বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ নূর মোহাম্মদ শেখ | Narail (নড়াইল) | EPR lance naik killed at Goalhati, Jashore, born in Mohishkhola |
| Mashrafe Bin Mortaza মাশরাফি বিন মর্তুজা | Narail (নড়াইল) | Fast bowler and long-time ODI captain |
| Jadunath Sarkar যদুনাথ সরকার | Natore (নাটোর) | Great historian of the Mughals, born in Karachmaria, Singra (1870) |
| Farida Parveen ফরিদা পারভীন | Natore (নাটোর) | The great singer of Lalon songs (1954) |
| Humayun Ahmed হুমায়ূন আহমেদ | Netrokona (নেত্রকোণা) | Most-read novelist, creator of Himu and Misir Ali, born in Mohanganj |
| Nirmalendu Goon নির্মলেন্দু গুণ | Netrokona (নেত্রকোণা) | Poet of 'Swadhinata, ei shobdoti kivabe amader holo' |
| Shahabuddin Ahmed শাহাবুদ্দিন আহমেদ | Netrokona (নেত্রকোণা) | Chief justice who led the 1991 caretaker government, born in Kendua (1930) |
| Bir Sreshtho Ruhul Amin বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ রুহুল আমিন | Noakhali (নোয়াখালী) | Navy engine artificer killed aboard Palash, born in Sonaimuri |
| Sri Anukulchandra শ্রী শ্রী অনুকূলচন্দ্র | Pabna (পাবনা) | Founder of the Satsang movement at Himaitpur (1888) |
| Suchitra Sen সুচিত্রা সেন | Pabna (পাবনা) | Bengali cinema's greatest star, of Uttam-Suchitra fame (1931) |
| Selina Hossain সেলিনা হোসেন | Rajshahi (রাজশাহী) | Novelist of Hangor Nodi Grenade (1947) |
| Andrew Kishore এন্ড্রু কিশোর | Rajshahi (রাজশাহী) | Playback king of Dhaka films, voice of Amar Sara Deho Kheyo Go Mati (1955) |
| Begum Rokeya বেগম রোকেয়া | Rangpur (রংপুর) | Pioneer of women's education, author of Sultana's Dream, born in Pairaband |
| Abu Sayed আবু সাঈদ | Rangpur (রংপুর) | Student shot with arms outstretched in the July 2024 uprising, from Pirganj (1999) |
| William Beveridge উইলিয়াম বেভারিজ | Rangpur (রংপুর) | British economist whose 1942 report built the welfare state, born in the north of Bengal (1879) |
| Debiprasad Roy Chowdhury দেবীপ্রসাদ রায়চৌধুরী | Rangpur (রংপুর) | Sculptor of the Triumph of Labour statue in Chennai, born at Tajhat (1899) |
| Mustafizur Rahman মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান | Satkhira (সাতক্ষীরা) | 'The Fizz', left-arm cutter master (1995) |
| Sabina Khatun সাবিনা খাতুন | Satkhira (সাতক্ষীরা) | Captain of the women's team that won the 2022 SAFF Championship (1993) |
| Siraj Sikder সিরাজ সিকদার | Shariatpur (শরীয়তপুর) | Founder of the Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party, born in Bhedarganj (1944) |
| Maulana Bhashani মওলানা আবদুল হামিদ খান ভাসানী | Sirajganj (সিরাজগঞ্জ) | The 'red Maulana' of peasant politics and the Farakka Long March, born in Dhangara |
| M. Mansur Ali এম মনসুর আলী | Sirajganj (সিরাজগঞ্জ) | Finance minister of the 1971 wartime government and prime minister in 1975 |
| Hason Raja হাছন রাজা | Sunamganj (সুনামগঞ্জ) | Mystic zamindar-poet of folk songs |
| Shah Abdul Karim শাহ আবদুল করিম | Sunamganj (সুনামগঞ্জ) | Baul Samrat, writer of 'Agey ki shundor din kataitam' |
| M. A. G. Osmani এম এ জি ওসমানী | Sunamganj (সুনামগঞ্জ) | Commander-in-chief of the Mukti Bahini in 1971 (1918) |
| Runa Laila রুনা লায়লা | Sylhet (সিলেট) | Singer of 'Shilpi ami tomaderi gaan shonabo' and 'Damadam Mast Qalandar' |
| Muhammed Zafar Iqbal মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল | Sylhet (সিলেট) | Physicist and the country's best-loved science fiction writer (1952) |
| Rani Hamid রাণী হামিদ | Sylhet (সিলেট) | Chess player and twenty-time national women's champion (1944) |
| Rushanara Ali রুশনারা আলী | Sylhet (সিলেট) | First Bangladeshi-born member of the UK parliament, born in Bishwanath (1975) |
| Abu Sayeed Chowdhury আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী | Tangail (টাঙ্গাইল) | Judge and the second president of Bangladesh, born in Nagbari (1921) |
| Kader Siddique কাদের সিদ্দিকী | Tangail (টাঙ্গাইল) | 'Bagha Siddique', who raised the Kaderia Bahini in 1971 (1947) |
| Manna মান্না | Tangail (টাঙ্গাইল) | Action hero of 1990s Dhallywood (1964) |
| P. C. Sorcar পি সি সরকার | Tangail (টাঙ্গাইল) | Magician of the Indrajal show, born in Ashokpur (1913) |