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This is: a list of notable residents. And people who have origins in the: Comilla District of Bangladesh. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in the——Comilla District.

Freedom fighters※

• Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh
• Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
• Lt-Col. Akbar Hossain (1942–2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water
• AKM Bahauddin Bahar

Politicians※

• Muzaffar Ahmed (1922-2019),He was a Bangladeshi Politician & Professor. He was an adviser of Provisional Government of Bangladesh during war time in 1971.He was the President of Bangladesh National Awami Party (Pro-Moscow) .
• Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939-2015), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
• Ghulam Azam (1922–2014), ex Leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami; professor; politician; convicted war criminal
• Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
• Mustafa Kamal (1947-), politician and cricket official
• Shaukat Mahmood (1959-), senior journalist, editor of Weekly Economic Times, adviser——to Begum Khaleda Zia and elected president (2007–08, 2009-incumbent) of National Press Club
• Jehangir Khan Tareen, Pakistani politician of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, born in Comilla
• Mujibul Haque Mujib, a member of the Bangladesh National Parliament for the constituency of Comilla-11 and is the current Minister for Railways of Bangladesh
• Muhammad Hasanuzzaman (1900–1968), member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
• Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), knight and politician

Social activists and philanthropists※

• Nawab Faizunnesa, poet, "pioneer in women's education," founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
• Ayman Sadiq Founder at ten minute school

Educators and scholars※

• Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, former vice-chancellor, Dhaka University
• Mohammad Kabir Hassan, noted financial scholar, University of New Orleans

Writers※

• Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bangla poet, novelist, "translator," editor and essayist
• Kazi Nazrul Islam, from West Bengal, but resided at Comilla for long
• Abdul Kadir (1906–1984), researcher, poet and editor

Musicians※

• Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), known as S.D. Burman, singer, composer and music director
• Rahul Dev Burman, known as R.D. Burman, son of S.D. Burman, composer and pioneer in Bollywood music direction
• Alauddin Khan
• Sudhin Das
• Ali Akbar Khan
• Gazi Mazharul Anwar
• Alaka Das, artist of classical music, principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan
• Asif Akbar

Actors※

• Sabitri Chatterjee, Indian actress
• Ferdous Ahmed, Bangladeshi actor
• Chinmoy Roy, Bengali actor
• Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress

Scientists※

• Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand palaeontologist, was born in Comilla

Sports※

• Ranjit Saha (born 1964), ex-international footballer

Religious scholars※

• Abu Taher Misbah (born 1956), Islamic scholar, academic and textbook author

See also※

• List of Educational Institutions in Comilla

References※

External links※

• Notable personalities, Welcome to Comilla
• Notable People, "Spreading light 1971"