A list of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty members.
Politics and public service
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, 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
Sheikh Razzak Ali, founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
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.
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.
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
Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist and Director of the Albany High Energy Physics Lab
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
Mohammad Ataul Karim, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, physicist, ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, member, Nobel Committee for Physics
Miftahur Rahman, physicist
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, aerospace researcher.
Abed Chaudhury, geneticist
Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya - natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
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-
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.
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
Muhammad Shahidullah, famous Bengali educator, writer philologist and linguist
Mohammad Abul Kashem, author, politician, educator, pioneer of the historic Language Movement of Bangladesh, founder of Tamaddun 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
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
Gowher Rizvi, Bangladeshi historian, academic
Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of University of Dhaka
Wahiduddin Ahmed, 3rd Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Mohammad Noman, Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
G. Sumdany Don founder of Don Sumdany Facilitation & Consultancy
Arts, culture and literature
Taslima Akhter, activist and photographer.
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
Natyaguru 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.
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
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.
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
Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder of BRAC, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership.
Tahrunessa Abdullah, 1978 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership
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