Notable alumni and faculty members

Nobel laureate[edit]

Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner

• Muhammad Younus, Bangladesh's only Nobel prize winner, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2006

Presidents[edit]

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1st and 4th President and Father of the Nation of Bangladesh
• Syed Nazrul Islam, former acting President of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
• Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
• Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh
• A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh
• Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 10th President of Bangladesh
• Abdur Rahman Biswas, 11th President of Bangladesh
• Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh
• A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh
• Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, former acting President of Bangladesh
• Iajuddin Ahmed, 14th President of Bangladesh
• Zillur Rahman, 15th President of Bangladesh
• Abdul Hamid, incumbent & 16th President of Bangladesh

Vice Presidents[edit]

• Mirza Nurul Huda, 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh

Prime ministers[edit]

• Tajuddin Ahmad, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Mashiur Rahman, former senior minister, with the rank and status of a Prime Minister
• Ataur Rahman Khan, 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh & 6th Vice President of Bangladesh
• Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Sheikh Hasina, 10th and incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh in her second term

Deputy Prime Ministers[edit]

• Jamal Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1977–1982^[1]

Chief Advisers (Head of the Government)[edit]

• Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 1990 to 1991
• Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 1996
• Latifur Rahman, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 2001
• Iajuddin Ahmed, 14th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 2006 to 2007
• Fakhruddin Ahmed, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Chief Adviser from 2007 to 2009

Chief Justices[edit]

• Badrul Haider Chowdhury, 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Shahabuddin Ahmed, 6th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Justice Mustafa Kamal, 9th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Latifur Rahman, 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain, 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• M M Ruhul Amin, 16th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Md. Tafazzul Islam, 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Mohammad Fazlul Karim, 18th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• A.B.M. Khairul Haque, 19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Md. Muzammel Hossain, 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Politics and public service[edit]

Abul Fateh, Vienna, 1962.

• Abul Fateh, first foreign secretary of Bangladesh
• Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, former foreign minister of Bangladesh and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.
• Jahanara Imam, writer and political activist, popularly known as "Shaheed Janani" (Mother of Martyrs)

Leela Roy née Nag, radical leftist Indian politician and reformer

• Leela Roy, radical leftist Indian politician and reformer, and a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. She fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the University of Dhaka and earn an M.A. degree.
• Mainul Hosein, Former law minister of Bangladesh
• Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, former Minister and a career Journalist, former press secretary to President of Bangladesh
• Saifur Rahman, former finance minister of Bangladesh
• Shah A M S Kibria, diplomat, former finance minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001), former executive secretary of ESCAP^[2]
• Tabarak Husain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh.
• Anisul Huq, the current Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh.
• Obaidul Quader, the current Minister of Communications of Bangladesh.
• Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, the current Finance Minister of Bangladesh.
• Nurul Islam Nahid, the current Minister of Education of Bangladesh.
• Rashed Khan Menon, the current Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Bangladesh.
• Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, former Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh.
• Asaduzzaman Noor, the current Minister of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh.
• Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Chiefs of Forces[edit]

• Lieutenant General H M Ershad, 5th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh.
• Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, 13th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh.
• General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh.

Science and engineering[edit]

Physics[edit]

Satyendra Nath Bose FRS, best known for providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate

• Satyendra Nath Bose, FRS, best known for his work on quantum statistics in the early 1920s.
• Sultana N. Nahar, physicist and astronomer
• Imdadul Haque Khan ^[3] [4]
• Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist and Director of the Albany High Energy Physics Lab^[5]
• M. A. Wazed Miah, physicist
• Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, FRS, co-discoverer of Raman Effect in physics.
• M Innas Ali, physicist, founder, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
• A K M Siddiq, member, Nobel Committee for Physics 1981^[6]
• Mohammad Ataul Karim, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth^[7]
• A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist, author of many physics books
• Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani, physicist
• M. Shamsher Ali, nuclear scientist & educator
• Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist
• Dr. A.F.M. Yusuf Haider, nominee, Nobel Prize for Physics 1994, 2013 ^[8]
• Dr. Shahida Rafique, nominee, Nobel Prize for Physics 2001^[9]
• Abdul Matin Chowdhury, physicist, ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, member, Nobel Committee for Physics^[10]
• Miftahur Rahman, physicist

Chemistry[edit]

• Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, Chemist, Educationalist, Ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
• Abul Hussam, inventor of the SONO filter for Arsenic removal.

Abdus Suttar Khan, distinguished aerospace researcher

• Abdus Suttar Khan, distinguished aerospace researcher.
• Abed Chaudhury, eminent geneticist

Other[edit]

• Fazlur Rahman Khan, Structural Engineer and Architect - works include Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.
• M. Anwar Hossain, Biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, 2012-^[11]
• Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan, Mathematician, co-discoverer of Pisot-Vijayaraghavan number
• Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of University Commission of Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka.^[12]
• S.M. Ullah, soil scientist and environmentalist who researched arsenic contamination with the Seibersdorf Research Center, Austria.
• Shah M. Faruque, director of the Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
• Zeba Islam Seraj, a Bangladeshi Scientist known for her research in developing salt-tolerant rice varieties suitable for growth in the coastal areas of Bangladesh
• Mir Masoom Ali, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Ball State University
• Bhagawan Koirala, Cardiothoracic surgeon

Education, philosophy and academia[edit]

Muhammad Shahidullah, educator, writer philologist and linguist.

Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin, scientist and science writer.

• Muhammad Shahidullah, famous Bengali educator, writer philologist and linguist
• Mohammad Abul Kashem, author, politician, educator, pioneer of the historic Language Movement of Bangladesh, founder ofTamaddun Majlish
• R.C. Majumdar, (1888–1980), historian and Vice-Chancellor of Dacca University
• Abdur Razzaq, scholar, academic, educator and intellectual
• Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher, scholar, academic, essayist and political activist
• Azfar Hussain, academic, scholar, writer, critic, columnist and activist
• Farhad Mazhar, writer, columnist, poet, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist
• Hafiz G.A. Siddiqi, economist, former director, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka & Vice-Chancellor of North South University^[13]
• Imran Rahman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
• Bazlul Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of the Independent University, Bangladesh
• Govinda Chandra Dev, philosopher, academic, professor
• Muntassir Mamoon, historian, author, translator and professor
• Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin was a famous scientist and science writer
• M Harunur Rashid, Bangladeshi archaeologist, educationist and museum curator^[14]
• Gowher Rizvi, Bangladeshi historian, academic
• Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of University of Dhaka^[15]
• Wahiduddin Ahmed, 3rd Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[16]
• Mohammad Noman, Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University^[17]

Arts, culture and literature[edit]

• Munier Choudhury, playwright
• Kabir Chowdhury, academic, essayist, materialist, translator
• Anisuzzaman, academic, professor.
• Serajul Islam Choudhury, literary critic, public intellectual, social analyst, historian, editor, and professor emeritus
• Nurul Momen, pioneer playwright, director, belles letters writer, satirist, personal essayist, lawyer,educationist and professor.
• Ghulam Murshid, author, researcher and journalist
• Tahsan Rahman Khan, singer, keyboardist, guitarist, composer, lyricist, actor, anchor and teacher
• Abdul Kadir, Poet, awarded Ekushey Padak (1976) and Independence Day Award (1983).
• Akhteruzzaman Elias, Bengali novelist.
• Alamgir Kabir, Three of his feature films are featured in the British Film Institute list "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films"
• Buddhadeb Bosu, Major Bengali writer of the mid-twentieth century, belonging to the Kollol age.
• Debabrata Basu, Mathematical statistician.
• Humayun Ahmed, Contemporary Bengali fiction writer and playwright.
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Popular sci-fi writer.
• Shamsur Rahman, Bengali poet, columnist and journalist
• Humayun Azad, Bengali writer & Professor.
• Hosne Ara Shahed, Bengali writer & educationist ..
• Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, novelist, translator, columnist, and critic.
• Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, was a leading poet, essayist, translator and editor from Bangladesh.
• Dr. Fakrul Alam, Bangladeshi academic, writer, and translator.
• Kaiser Hamidul Haq, Bangladeshi poet, translator, essayist, critic and academic.
• Hasnat Abdul Hye, Bangladesi writer and novelist is a Bangladesi writer and novelist.
• Jahanara Imam, Bengali writer and political activist.
• Niaz Zaman, Bangladeshi academic, writer.
• Ahsan Habib, Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, a satire magazine.
• Shahriar Kabir, Bangladeshi novelist, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist.
• Zobeda Khanum, writer
• Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator and journalist.
• Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, poet.
• Rafiqun Nabi, Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist.
• Shishir Bhattacharjee, artist.
• Firoz Mahmud, Bangladeshi contemporary visual artist, painter, creator
• Bipasha Hayat, Bangladeshi actress.
• Abul Fazal was a Bangladeshi writer and educationist.
• Ahmed Sofa was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, writer, critic, translator and intellectual.
• Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi author, columnist, research scholar, essayist.
• Abdul Mannan Syed, poet, author and researcher.
• Abdullah Al Mamun, Bangladeshi playwright, actor and filmmaker.
• Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist.
• Tanvir Mokammel, Bengali filmmaker, and author.
• Ferdous Ahmed, Bangladeshi actor.
• Chanchal Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actor.
• Golam Mustafa, Bangladeshi actor.
• Suborna Mustafa, Bangladeshi television and film actress.
• Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Bangladeshi writer, television presenter, organizer and activist.
• Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet and civil-servant.
• Helal Hafiz, Bangladeshi poet.
• Syed Ali Ahsan, poet, and author.
• Qazi Motahar Hossain, Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist.
• Qazi Anwar Hussain, author, publisher and translator.
• Waheedul Haq, journalist, writer, musicologist and founder of Chhayanat.
• Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer.
• Fauzia Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer.
• Khan Ataur Rahman, Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer.
• Mobarak Hossain Khan, music researcher, surbahar player.
• Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, one of the major songwriters of contemporary Bengali, poet, essayist, critic and presenter.
• Sara Zaker, theater and television actor, entrepreneur and social activist.
• Aly Zaker, actor, director, businessman, Bangladeshi freedom fighter and occasional writer and photographer.
• Ferdousi Mazumder, Bangladeshi actress.
• Ramendu Majumdar, Bangladeshi actor, stage director and theater producer and President of the International Theatre Institute.
• Ferdausi Rahman, eminent playback, ghazal and folk singer.
• Shuvro Dev, Bangladeshi musician.

Journalism and media[edit]

• Mahbub Anam, former editor of the Bangladesh Times.
• Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star
• Nurul Kabir, editor of The New Age
• Kaberi Gayen, journalist and columnist for The Daily Star
• Haroon Habib, Chief Editor and Managing Director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
• Altaf Husain, founding editor of Dawn Newspaper
• Mishuk Munier, former CEO and Chief Editor of satellite TV channel ATN News
• Matiur Rahman, editor of Daily Prothom Alo
• Shykh Seraj, news director at Channel i
• Mahbub Jamal Zahedi, establishing newspaper editor of the Khaleej Times

Games and sports[edit]

• Ziaur Rahman, Chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country.
• Musa Ibrahim, first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Everest.
• Athar Ali Khan, former International Cricketer and Cricket Commentator.
• Shahriar Nafees, International Cricketer.
• Jahurul Islam, International Cricketer.
• Mosharraf Hossain, International Cricketer.

Business[edit]

• Samson H. Chowdhury, entrepreneur and former chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh).
• Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Group
• Mohammad Shahjahan, Acting Managing Director of Grameen Bank
• Abul Khair Litu, Chairman of the Bengal Foundation

Others[edit]

• Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder of BRAC, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership.
• Tahrunessa Abdullah, 1978 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership