List of people from Howrah

Howrah or Haora, is one of the largest cities in West Bengal, India. Many notable people is born or associated with this city. This is a list of notable people who lived in or came from Howrah. A name can repeat in the following sections.

Writers

 * Afsar Amed, known for his Novels.
 * Bharatchandra Ray, known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal
 * Mani Shankar Mukherjee, well known for his book on Swami Vivekananda
 * Purnendu Pattrea, writer
 * Muhammad Shahidullah, famous writer
 * Sandipan Chattopadhyay, famous for his book Kritadas Kritadasi
 * Sankari Prasad Basu, famous for his books on Swami Vivekananda, Sahashya Vivekananda and Bandhu Vivekananda
 * Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer
 * Sasthipada Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer, popularly known for his detective series Pandab Goenda
 * Narayan Debnath, Bengali comics artist and illustrator, whose popular works are Bantu the Great, Nonte Phonte and Handa Bhoda.

Educationists

 * Kanailal Bhattacharyya, ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries, West Bengal
 * Kedarnath Bhattacharya, created first vernacular Bengali medium school of Howrah Santragachi Minor School
 * Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, scholar of Sanskrit, and the former principal of the Sanskrit College between 1876 and 1895
 * Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist, writer and philologist
 * Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Computer Scientist, Director Indian Statistical Institute
 * Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Indian linguist, educationist, litterateur, got Padma Bhushan award

Doctors

 * Mahendralal Sarkar, founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
 * Jagannath Bhattacharya, physicist

People associated with films and Television

 * Anjana Basu, television actress
 * Ayaz Ahmed, television actor
 * Bidita Bag, television actress
 * Bibhu Bhattacharya, actor
 * Hiran Chatterjee, actor, producer, singer
 * Kanan Devi, the first star actress of Bengali cinema
 * N. K. Salil, Screenplay Writer, film actor
 * Purnendu Pattrea, film director
 * Raviranjan Maitra, film actor, producer and editor
 * Rudranil Ghosh, film actor
 * Sayani Datta, actress
 * Soumitra Chatterjee, film actor
 * Sisir Bhaduri, film actor and director
 * Sujan Mukhopadhyay, film actor
 * Suman Mukhopadhyay, director and film-maker
 * Tulsi Chakraborty, actor

Singers

 * Dilip Bagchi, mass singer
 * Juthika Roy, awarded with Padma Shri
 * Koushik Bhattacharjee, classical vocalist
 * Sagarika Mukherjee Da Costa, singer, songwriter and actress
 * Tarun Bhattacharya, classical musician

Politicians

 * Ambica Banerjee, Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
 * Arup Roy, cabinet minister of West Bengal since 2011 and also an MLA
 * Kanailal Bhattacharyya, ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries, West Bengal
 * Kedarnath Bhattacharya, first elected vice-chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation
 * Hannan Mollah, member of Lok Sabha of India from the 7th Lok Sabha to the 14th Lok Sabha
 * Jagannath Bhattacharya, politician
 * Jatu Lahiri, member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
 * Swapan Sadhan Bose, politician
 * Swadesh Chakraborty, politician

Business people

 * Alamohan Das, industrialist

Sports

 * Aloke Bhattacharjee, cricketer and umpire
 * Bikash Chowdhury, first-class cricketer
 * Charanjit Singh, first-class cricketer
 * Dibyendu Chakrabarty, first-class cricketer
 * Gitimoy Basu, first-class Indian cricketer
 * Jolly Sarkar, first-class cricketer
 * Harold Denham, English cricketer
 * Laxmi Ratan Shukla, first class Indian cricketer
 * Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer, played for the Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League
 * Pritam Chakraborty, first-class cricketer, U-19 Indian Cricket Team
 * Rabin Das, footballer, played for Mohun Bagan
 * Saurasish Lahiri, Indian cricketer, played in the international
 * Sailen Manna, footballer, played for the Mohun Bagan team and played in international competitions including the Asian Games and Olympics
 * Soumik Chatterjee, first-class cricketer
 * Sanjib Sanyal, first-class cricketer
 * Shyama Shaw, international cricketer, left hand batsman, played test and one-day matches
 * Sudip Chatterjee, international football player

Artists

 * Kalipada Ghoshal, last successor of Abanindranath Tagore's Indian Society of Oriental Art and Bengal school of art
 * Rabin Mondal, founding member of the Calcutta Painters

Others

 * K. C. Paul, conspiracy theorist, self-proclaimed scientist and astronomer
 * N. K. Salil, film screenplay and story writer
 * Narayan Debnath, popular comic artist
 * Subhas Datta, environment activist
 * Subroto Mukherjee, first air marshal of Indian Air Force