List of people from Rangpur
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This is a list of notable people from the Rangpur City, Bangladesh.
- Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, 6th President of Bangladesh
- Hussain Muhammad Ershad, former President of Bangladesh, founder Jatiya Party
Chief Justices of Bangladesh
- Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, 1st chief justice of Bangladesh
- Mustafa Kamal, Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Speakers of Parliament
- Shah Abdul Hamid, 1st speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh also 1st Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad(Parliament of Bangladesh)
Chief Ministers
- Abu Hussain Sarkar, 4th Chief Minister of East Pakistan, one of the founders of United Front, founder of Bangla Academy and a Swadeshi movement revolutionary
Civil servants
- Hassan Mahmood Khandker, 26th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, He was the longest serving Inspector General in Bangladesh Police's history.
Freedom fighters in The Liberation War
- Sharif Imam, husband of Shahid Janani Jahanara Imam
Performing and fine arts
- Asaduzzaman Noor, actor, politician and activist. Former Minister of Cultural Affairs and MP, popular for his role of Baker Bhai in Kothao Keu Nei
- Abbasuddin Ahmed, Independence Day Awardee, Bhawaiya and Ghazal singer
- Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury, sculptor
- Dipankar Dipon, film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Dhallywood
- Ferdausi Rahman, Independence Day Awardee and Ekushey Padak winner legendary folk and playback singer
- Mashiat Rahman, actress[1]
- Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Ekushey Padak winner Bangladeshi musicologist
- Rathindranath Roy, founder of Bhawaiya academy and singer
- Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Rabindra Sangeet artist
- Tulsi Lahiri, actor and dramatist
Officers of Bangladesh Armed Forces
- General Mustafizur Rahman, 9th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
- Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 4th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
Politicians
- Mashiur Rahman Jadu Mia (Politician, Founding member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Senior Minister with the rank of a Prime Minister in 1979)
- Tipu Munshi, Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh, former president BGMEA, Awami League politician
- Mashiur Rahaman Ranga Bangladeshi MP and Jatiya Party leader
- M. A. Sattar, Chairman Sattar Jute Mills Ltd, Minister of Jute and Textiles, Minister of Labor and Manpower, Member of Parliament and Chief Whip
- Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu First Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation, Jatiya Party leader
- H. N. Ashequr Rahman, Bangladeshi MP, Awami League, Rahman is the treasurer of the Central Committee of the Bangladesh Awami League.[2] He is the chairman of Meghna Bank Limited[3] and member of Board of Trustees, East West university.[4]
Poet, writers and journalists
- Anisul Hoque, author, novelist, dramatist, and journalist
- Rashid Askari, academic, writer, fictionist, columnist, translator, media personality and the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
- Buddhadeb Guha, author, novelist and Bengali fiction writer
- Monajatuddin, journalist
- Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury, Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician
British revolutionaries
- Majnu Shah, leader of the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion. He used to operate in this region.
- Sri Aurobindo, British Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and nationalist. Spent his childhood here.
- Prafulla Chaki, British Indian revolutionary, famous for attempting to murder of a British official along with khudiram Bose. Studied at the Rangpur Zilla School.
- Devi Chaudhurani, revolutionary, one of the organizers of the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion
Reformers and activists
- Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain, who was most famous for her efforts on behalf of gender equality and other social issues
- Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani, Bengali poet, social worker, and patron of literature
- Abu Sayed, quota reform activist who participated in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. He was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024.