The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the city of Barisal as well as Barisal division in Bangladesh.
Government and politics
Abul Hasanat Abdullah, politician, former Chief Whip (Bangladesh) Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, Mayor of Barisal Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikrom, politician, former Minister of Water Resources, former Minister of Commerce Mir Bakhsh Ali, Mughal-era faujdar of Bakla Sarkar (Barisal) Amir Hossain Amu, politician, former Minister of Industries Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996) Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963), Bengali politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan Gurudas Dasgupta, member of the Indian Parliament Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, noted Congress politician, former Union Minister and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India; represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the Indian National Congress party Shawkat Hossain Hiron, former Member of Parliament, Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013) Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958) Syed Azizul Huq, politician and former Member of Parliament M. Sakhawat Hussain, Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012) Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969) Abdul Wahab Khan (1898–1972), 3rd speaker at the National Assembly of Pakistan Agha Baqer Khan, Mughal jagirdar after whom Bakerganj was named after Ajyal Khan, governor of Bakla under Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah Bayram Khan, Mughal faujdar of Bakla Buzurg Umed Khan, Mughal faujdar of Bakla after whom Buzurg Umedpur in Barisal is named Hasem Ali Khan, politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister, peasant movement leader Niamat Khan, Vizier of Bakla-Chandradwip Sabi Khan, Mughal faujdar of Bakla Kazi Golam Mahbub, language movement activist and politician Jogendra Nath Mandal, one of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, first Law Minister of Pakistan Jahangir Kabir Nanak, politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Shahjahan Omar, Bir Uttam, politician, former State Minister of Law Abdur Rahim, founding leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nasreen Jahan Ratna, politician, former member of parliament Mazibur Rahman Sarwar, politician, former Mayor of Barisal and former member of parliament for Barisal-5 Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, vice-president of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Manikuntala Sen, revolutionary Abdur Rab Serniabat, cabinet minister
Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy
Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad, Islamic writer, journalist, and thinker Jogesh Chandra Bagal, Indian journalist, historian and writer Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, an author, columnist, lyricist Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist Kusumkumari Das, poet, writer and social activist Mukunda Das, Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer Narayan Gangopadhyay, writer and academic Buddhadeb Guha, writer Ahsan Habib, poet and journalist Abul Hasan, poet and journalist Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, writer Sufia Kamal, poet Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq Aroj Ali Matubbar, philosopher Ghulam Murshid, Bangladeshi author, scholar, and journalist, based in London Abu Zafar Obaidullah, Bengali poet and language movement activist Bazlur Rahman, journalist and editor of The Sangbad Kamini Roy, Bengali poet, social worker and feminist Golam Sarwar, journalist and writer, founding editor of daily Samakal and Jugantor Barun Sengupta, journalist, political critic, founder-editor of daily Bartaman
Entertainment Film, television, theater, and radio
Tania Ahmed, television actress and model Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, media personality Arundhati Devi, actress and director Utpal Dutt, actor, director, and playwright Alamgir Kabir, film director and cultural activist Mosharraf Karim, film and television actor Shahidul Islam Khokon, filmmaker and producer Golam Mustafa, film actor Suborna Mustafa, film and television actress Sohel Rana, film actor, director and producer Masum Parvez Rubel, film actor Mir Sabbir, television actor and director Omar Sani, film actor Hanif Sanket, television host, writer and producer, best known as the creator and host of popular television show Ittyadi Nikhil Sen, dramatist
Singers and instrumentalists
Anil Biswas, film song composer Nachiketa Chakraborty, Indian musician Nikhil Ghosh, musician and teacher Pannalal Ghosh, musician and flutist Parul Ghosh, playback singer Abdul Latif, singer, musician, and lyricist Altaf Mahmud, musician and language movement activist Khalid Hassan Milu, singer Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, music composer and singer of Nazrul geeti Papia Sarwar, singer
Performing arts
Jewel Aich, magician and bansuri player Laxman Das, wrestler, weight lifter, circus performer, founder of Royal Pakistan Circus
Educationist and reformers
Abala Bose, educator and social reformer Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer Sal Khan, American educator, mathematician and entrepreneur, founder of Khan Academy
Freedom fighters and revolutionary
A. B. Bardhan, Indian politician, trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) Kirtinarayan Basu, 17th-century raja of Chandradwip who converted to Islam Kanai Chatterjee, Indian Maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India Gurudas Dasgupta, Indian politician and a leader of Communist Party of India Ulfat Ghazi, naval commander and vizier Syed Hakim, commander during the conquest of Bakla (Barisal) Mohiuddin Jahangir, Bir Shreshto, Liberation War veteran Major M A Jalil, sector 9 commander during Bangladesh liberation war Mostafa Kamal, freedom fighter in Bangladesh liberation war Hayat Mahmud, feudal lord, commander and founder of Miah Bari Mosque Niranjan Sengupta, revolutionary Tarakeswar Sengupta, revolutionary
Science and academia
Swadesh Bose, Bengali language movement activist and economist Basudeb DasSarma, chemist Kadambini Ganguly, first South Asian female physician, social activist Biswajit Ghosh, professor, essayist and researcher Debaprasad Ghosh, Indian mathematician and politician Ranajit Guha, historian of the Indian subcontinent and founding member of the Subaltern Studies Group Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist and professor of physics at the University of Dhaka Ehsan Hoque, medical doctor and philanthropist Sardar Fazlul Karim, scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist Nazia Khanum, , academic and management consultant Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, historian Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian Sukharanjan Samaddar, professor, educationalist, and martyred freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna, Indian scholar of Sanskrit
Religious leaders
Islam
Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952), inaugural Pir of Sarsina and founder of Darussunnat Kamil Madrasa Ayub Ali (1919–1995), former Principal of Government Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977), Islamic scholar and inaugural Pir of Charmonai Darbar Sharif Syed Faizul Karim (born 1973), senior vice-president of Islami Andolan Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006), second Pir of Charmonai and founder of Islami Andolan Syed Rezaul Karim (born 1971), current Pir of Charmonai and leader of Islami Andolan Maqsudullah (1883–1961), inaugural Pir of Talgasia and founder of Ashraful Uloom Madrasa Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman (1941–2014), seventh vice chancellor of Islamic University of Kushtia Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990), former Pir of Sarsina and Independence Award recipient
Other
Edith Langridge, aka Mother Edith, led the Sisterhood of the Epiphany in Barisal Boro Maa, Hindu leader and a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha
Sports
Zahid Hasan Ameli, footballer Shibdas Bhaduri, British Indian footballer of the 1910s Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar, Indian footballer of the 1970s Sohag Gazi, cricketer Alamgir Hasan, footballer Mehidy Hasan, cricketer Salman Hossain, cricketer Tanvir Islam, cricketer Golam Kibria, cricketer Mohammad Manik, cricketer Zakaria Masud, cricketer Shahriar Nafees, cricketer Kamrul Islam Rabbi, cricketer Paresh Lal Roy, "father of Indian boxing" Golam Sarwar Tipu, footballer
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