List of people from Greater Faridpur

This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the proposed Padma Division region of Bangladesh; consisting of the districts of Faridpur, Rajbari, Madaripur, Gopalgonj and Shariatpur. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Faridpur. The people may also be known as Faridpuri.

Activism and cause célèbres

 * Abala Bose, social worker
 * Chittapriya Ray Chaudhuri, revolutionary
 * Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer
 * Durga Mohan Das, social reformer for women rights
 * Dwarkanath Ganguly, women's rights social reformer
 * Jyotirmayee Gangopadhyay, feminist and educationist
 * Harichand Thakur, social worker for untouchable castes
 * Manoranjan Bhattacharya, Indian independence activist
 * Panchanan Chakraborty, Indian independence activist
 * Pulin Behari Das, revolutionary and founder of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti
 * Sayera Khatun, housewife and mother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 * Siraj Sikder, revolutionary
 * Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 * Sheikh Russel, son of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 * Ruby Ghaznavi, handicraft revivalist

Art and design

 * Bijan Choudhury, painter
 * Faruque Alam, civil engineer, wood technologist and former chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation
 * Fazlur Rahman Khan, architect that is dubbed the Einstein of Structural Engineering
 * Himanish Goswami, cartoonist
 * Jogen Chowdhury, painter
 * Kalidas Karmakar, artist and specialist of viscosity printing
 * Kazi Anowar Hossain, painter
 * Monsur Ul Karim, painter
 * Sarbari Roy Choudhury, artist
 * Shamim Sikder, sculptor

Business and industry

 * Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash, zamindar and merchant
 * Fakhruddin Ahmed, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank
 * Kazi Zafarullah, industrialist and politician
 * Khuda Buksh, life insurance salesman and humanitarian
 * Parveen Haque Sikder, director of National Bank Limited
 * Sheikh Fazle Fahim, global trade leader
 * Wahiduzzaman, director of the State Bank of Pakistan and founder of Zaman Industrial Corporation

Education and sciences

 * Abdullah Baqui, public health scientist
 * Amalendu De, professor of history at Jadavpur University
 * Farzana Islam, vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
 * Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, entomologist and naturalist
 * Jagadish Chandra Bose, inventor of the crescograph and father of radio science and Bengali science fiction. A Moon crater is named after him.
 * Kadambini Ganguly, first Indian female practitioner of western medicine
 * Kamrun Nesa Nilu, physician and health advisor to the Government of Bangladesh
 * Kazi Shahidullah, former vice-chancellor at the National University, Bangladesh
 * Maqsudul Alam, life scientist best known for genome sequencing
 * Mokarram Hussain Khundker, professor of chemistry at Dhaka University and a founder of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
 * Nawab Abdul Latif, educator and social worker
 * Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, anthropometrist, statistician and introducer of the Mahalanobis distance
 * Qazi Abu Yusuf, physician and politician
 * Qazi Motahar Hossain, scientist, author and teacher
 * R. C. Majumdar, history professor and former Sheriff of Kolkata
 * Sarala Roy, educationist
 * Shariff Enamul Kabir, former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
 * Sufia Ahmed, first female National Professor
 * Zohra Begum Kazi, first female physician of Bengal

Entertainment

 * Bijon Bhattacharya, theatre and film actor
 * Kazi Abdul Wadud, dramatist
 * Mohammad Asaduzzaman, chairman of the University Grants Commission
 * Mrinal Sen, filmmaker
 * Nargis Akhter, film director, screenwriter and producer
 * Nurul Momen, pioneer of Bengali drama
 * Phani Majumdar, Indian film director
 * Premankur Atorthy, filmmaker, novelist and journalist
 * Riaz, Bangladeshi film actor
 * Rubaiyat Hossain, film director
 * Shakib Khan, Dhallywood film actor
 * Tareque Masud, film director, producer and screenwriter

Music

 * Firoza Begum, Nazrul Geeti singer
 * Fakir Alamgir, folk and pop singer
 * Geeta Dutt, singer
 * Sagar Sen, Rabindra Sangeet singer

Families

 * Nawabs of Padamdi, descended from Syed Shah Pahlwan
 * Sheikhs of Tungipara, descended from Sheikh Awwal of Baghdad
 * Zamindars of Haturia, descended from Shaykh Muhammad Ashuq Mridha

Legal and police

 * A. B. M. Khairul Haque, 19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 * A. K. M. Shahidul Haque, 27th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
 * Asmat Ali Khan, advocate and social worker
 * Golam Wahed Choudhury, political scientist and diplomat
 * Habibur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
 * KM Sobhan, justice, diplomat and activist
 * M. Azizul Haq, former inspector-general of Bangladesh Police
 * Mosharraf Hossain, lawyer and politician
 * Muhammad Ibrahim, judge and 8th vice-chancellor of Dhaka University
 * Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton, chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad
 * Satish Ranjan Das, lawyer and former Advocate-General of Bengal
 * Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, civil court record-keeping officer
 * Sigma Huda, human rights activist, lawyer and United Nations special rapporteur
 * Sudhi Ranjan Das, fifth Chief Justice of India

Literature and journalism

 * Abu Ishaque, novelist
 * Abul Hasan, poet and journalist
 * Ajit Kumar Chakravarty, litterateur and translator
 * Alaol, medieval Bengali poet
 * ANM Bazlur Rashid, litterateur and educationist
 * Atul Prasad Sen, educationist, lyricist and litterateur
 * Gautam Das, print journalist and bureau chief for Samakal
 * Habibullah Siraji, poet
 * Humayun Kabir, educationist, politician and philosopher.
 * Jasimuddin, poet and folklorist
 * Mir Mosharraf Hossain, novelist, playwright and essayist
 * Mohammad A. Quayum, editor, critic and translator
 * Narendranath Mitra, short-story writer
 * Nassakh, Urdu poet, literary critic and magistrate
 * Ram Thakur, Hindu journalist
 * Rowshan Ali Chowdhury, journalist, writer, poet and politician
 * Sufi Motahar Hossein, poet
 * Sukanta Bhattacharya, poet and playwright
 * Sunil Gangopadhyay, poet and novelist
 * Yakub Ali Chowdhury, essayist and journalist

Military

 * Abu Mayeen Ashfakus Samad, former Bangladesh Army officer
 * ATM Amin, former general of the Bangladesh Army
 * Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, former major general of the Bangladesh Army
 * Atiqur Rahman, Bangladesh's 4th Chief of Army Staff
 * Khondkar Nazmul Huda, war veteran
 * Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed, former Chief of Bangladeshi Naval Staff
 * Munshi Abdur Rouf, military officer
 * Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladesh's 8th Chief of Army Staff
 * Shafiqur Rahman, former Chief of General Staff (Bangladesh Army)
 * Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, founder of the Mujib Bahini and the Jubo League
 * Sheikh Jamal, former lieutenant of the Bangladesh Army
 * Suranjan Das, Indian pilot
 * Syed Mir Ali Imam Al Mamun, former Bangladesh Army officer

Bangladesh

 * Abdul Quader Mollah, Jamaat-e-Islami politician
 * Abdul Wajed Chowdhury, politician
 * Abdur Rab Serniabat, former Minister of Water Resources
 * Abdur Razzaq, former Minister of Water Resources
 * Abdus Sobhan Golap, MP for Madaripur-3
 * Abidur Reza Khan, former MP for Faridpur-18
 * Abul Hasanat Abdullah, MP for Barisal-1
 * Abul Kalam Azad, Jamaat-e-Islami politician
 * Abul Khair Chowdhury, former MP of Madaripur-1
 * AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former MP for Madaripur-3
 * Akhteruzzaman Babul, politician for Jatiya Party (Ershad)
 * Akkas Ali Miah, former MP for Rajbari-1
 * AKM Aszad, politician
 * AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, MP for Shariatpur-2 and Deputy Minister of Water Resources
 * Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, former secretary-general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
 * Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam, former MP
 * B. M. Muzammel Haque, former MP for Shariatpur-1
 * Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
 * Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, former Minister of Food
 * Farid Ahmed, former independent MP of Gopalganj-2
 * Faruk Khan, former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
 * Ganesh Chandra Haldar, former MP for Madaripur-3
 * Helen Zerin Khan, member of the Jatiya Sangsad Reserved Seats
 * Iqbal Hossain Apu, MP for Shariatpur-2
 * Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury, former MP of Madaripur-1
 * Jahanara Begum, politician
 * Kazi Abdur Rashid, former MP of Gopalganj-1
 * Kazi Keramat Ali, former Minister for Technical and Madrasa Education
 * Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
 * K. M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga, former MP for Shariatpur-1
 * KM Obaidur Rahman, former politician for Awami League
 * Lutfar Rahman Farooq, politician
 * Master Majibur Rahman, former MP for Shariatpur-1


 * Md. Zillul Hakim, former MP for Rajbari-2
 * M. H. Khan Monjur, former MP of Gopalganj-1
 * Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, MP for Faridpur-4
 * Naheed Ezaher Khan, member of the Jatiya Sangsad Reserved Seats
 * Nahim Razzaq, MP for Shariatpur-3
 * Nasirul Haque Sabu, former MP for Rajbari-2
 * Nilufer Zafarullah, member of the Jatiya Sangsad Reserved Seats
 * Phani Bhushan Majumder, former Minister of Information
 * Qazi Mahabub Ahmed, former MP for Madaripur-2
 * Rushema Begum, member of the Jatiya Sangsad Reserved Seats
 * Salma Chowdhury, MP
 * Sardar AKM Nasiruddin, former MP for Shariatpur-1
 * Sarwar Jan Miah, former MNA politician
 * Sarwar Jan Chowdhury, former MP of Gopalganj-1
 * Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, the Mayor of Barisal
 * Shajahan Khan, former Bangladeshi Minister of Shipping
 * Sharfuzzaman Jahangir, former MP of Gopalganj-1
 * Shawkat Ali, deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
 * Sheikh Abu Naser, former MP
 * Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, 2nd Mayor of South Dhaka
 * Sheikh Hasina, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
 * Sheikh Helal Uddin, Awami League politician
 * Sheikh Md Abdullah, former Minister of Religious Affairs
 * Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, first President of Bangladesh
 * Sheikh Rehana, politician
 * Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel, MP for Khulna-2
 * Sheikh Selim, member of the Awami League standing committee
 * Sheikh Shahidul Islam, secretary general of the Jatiya Party (Manju)
 * Sheikh Tonmoy, MP for Bagerhat-2
 * Sirajul Islam Bhuiyan, former MP for Madaripur-2
 * Syed Abul Hossain, Awami League politician
 * Syed Qumrul Islam Saleh Uddin, (1937-1983), former MNA and Constituent Assembly Member, founder - Bangladesh Justice Party
 * Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, deputy leader of the Jatiya Sangsad
 * T. M. Giasuddin Ahmed, former MP for Shariatpur-2

Other

 * Ambica Charan Mazumdar, former president of the Indian National Congress
 * Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal
 * Chowdhury Abd-Allah Zaheeruddin, former Minister of Health, Labour and Social Welfare for Pakistan
 * Farida Anwar, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
 * Fayakuzzaman, member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan
 * Kedar Ray, 16th-century Baro-Bhuiyan chieftain and zamindar
 * Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, former Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
 * Sudha Roy, Indian communist trade unionist
 * Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, Muslim League politician

Religion and spirituality

 * Abdul Haque Faridi, educator and author
 * Dudu Miyan, 2nd leader of the Faraizi Movement
 * Haji Shariatullah, anti-British revolutionary, founder of the Faraizi Movement
 * Shamsul Haque Faridpuri, educationist and social reformer

Sports

 * Aminul Islam, all-rounder cricketer
 * Gostha Pal, footballer and first captain of the India national team
 * Mabia Akhter, weightlifter
 * Sheikh Kamal, founder of Abahani and aide-de-camp of Mukti Bahini
 * Shohely Akhter, cricketer