List of people from Rangpur

This is a list of notable people from the Rangpur City, Bangladesh.

Presidents of Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman Noor, Bangladeshi actor, politician and activist. Former Minister of Cultural Affairs and MP, popular for his role of Baker Bhai in Kothao Keu Nei
Tulsi Lahiri, famous actor and dramatist.
Abbasuddin Ahmed, Independence Day Awardee prominent Bhawaiya and Ghazal singer
Rathindranath Roy, Founder of Bhawaiya academy and singer.
Ferdausi Rahman, Independence Day Awardee and Ekushey Padak winner legendary folk and playback singer.
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Ekushey Padak winner Bangladeshi musicologist.
Dipankar Dipon, Bangladeshi film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Dhallywood.
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, a Rabindra Sangeet artist.
Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury Famous sculptor.

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.

M. Abdur Rahim, member of Drafting committee of Bangladesh constitution. Member of Constituent Assembly and former MP.
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, Current Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh, former president BGMEA, Awami League politician.
Mashiur Rahaman Ranga Bangladeshi MP and Jatiya Party leader.
Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu First Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation, Jatiya Party leader.
Raufun Basunia, student leader, was killed during an anti-autocratic protest against military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1985.

Anisul Hoque, author, novelist, dramatist, and journalist.
Dr. Rashid Askari,Academic, writer, fictionist, columnist, translator, media personality and the 12th vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh.
Buddhadeb Guha,Popular author, novelist and bengali fiction writer.
Monajatuddin, Prominent Journalist.
Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury, Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician

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 cildhood 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, famous revolutionary, one of the organizers of the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion.

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.

Annette Beveridge, British Indologist, known works being the translations of the Baburnama from the Turki (Turkish) language, and the Humayun-nama from Persian.
William Beveridge, British economist who wrote the Beveridge Report that influenced United Kingdom to implement welfare state policies after World War II.
M. A. Wazed Miah reputed Bangladeshi nuclear scientist who was former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. He is the husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed.

Nasir Hossain, prominent Bangladeshi all-round cricketer.
Akbar ali, Bangladeshi Cricketer, World Cup winning captain of Bangladesh under-19 team in under-19 world cup 2020
Mishrat Jahan Moushumi, Women's footballer, Bangladesh Women's National Team.
Mosammat Sirat Jahan Shopna, Women's footballer, Bangladesh Women's National Team.

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