This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947.
Other authors from early/mid twentieth century and some contemporary authors
Jatindranath Sengupta
Kumud Ranjan Mullick
Jatindramohan Bagchi
Dilipkumar Roy
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
Subodh Ghosh
Anil Kumar Gain
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Bimal Kar
Shakti Chattopadhyay
Shankha Ghosh
Kaberi Gain
Purnendu Patri
Narendranath Mitra
Arun Mitra
Nirendranath Chakraborty
Alokranjan Dasgupta
Santosh Kumar Ghosh
Mahasweta Devi
Sanjeev Chattopadhyay
Shibram Chakraborty
Narayan Gangopadhyay
Narayan Sanyal
Buddhadeb Guha
Samaresh Majumdar
Shankar
Moti Nandi
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Samir Roychoudhury
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Salil Choudhury
Prabir Ghosh
Malay Roy Choudhury
Subimal Basak
Baby Halder
Binoy Majumdar
Joy Goswami
Nachiketa Chakraborty
Subodh Sarkar
Mallika Sengupta
Srijato
Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan
Tushar Kanti Ghosh
Kaberi Gain
Sukumar Ray
Moti Nandi
Chandan Mitra
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
Mrinal Chatterjee
Barun Sengupta
Language/linguistics, anthropology, history, and other social sciences
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, first Bengali prose writer
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, creator of Standard Bengali prose (sadhu bhasha)
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, earliest educationist
Anil Kumar Gain, fellow of the Royal Society
Rajendralal Mitra, first Indian to work with Indologists
Haraprasad Shastri, historian of Bengali language and culture
Dinesh Chandra Sen, historian of Bengali literature and folklorist
Pramatha Chaudhuri, creator of modern Bengali prose (chalit bhasha) along with Tagore
Sir Jadunath Sarkar, historian
Rajsekhar Bose, major contributor for scientific terms in Bengali and lexicographer
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, historian
Ramesh Chandra Dutta, historian
Girindrasekhar Bose, first non-European correspondent of Freud
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, linguist
Harinath De, linguist
Biraja Sankar Guha, anthropologist
Sukumar Sen, linguist
Susobhan Sarkar, historian
Nirmal Kumar Bose, anthropologist, associate of Gandhi
Niharranjan Ray, historian
Dineshchandra Sircar, epigraphist
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, social philosopher
Surajit Chandra Sinha, anthropologist
Tapan Raychaudhuri, professor of history at Oxford University
Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize awardee in Economics
Ranajit Guha, subaltern theorist
Sumit Sarkar, historian
Kirti Narayan Chaudhuri, historian
Gayatri Spivak, feminist
Vina Mazumdar, women's studies academic
Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, Indian historian
Scholars and polymaths
Radhakanta Deb, linguist
Dwijendranath Tagore, scholar of philosophy, religion, poetry
Aghore Nath Gupta, scholar of Buddhism
Anil Kumar Gain, scholar, mathematician
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi, scientist
Amlan Datta, economist, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati
Prithwindra Mukherjee, scholar of Indian history, philosophy, religion and culture
Khudiram Das, Sanskrit Scholar, linguist
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Anil Kumar Gain
Ashutosh Mukherjee
Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of India, Vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya
Debashis Chatterjee
Susobhan Sarkar, History, Presidency College
Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, Philosophy, Presidency College
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Achintya Bhedabheda Vedanta)
Madhusudana Saraswati (Advaita Vedanta)
Raghunatha Siromani (Navya Nyaya)
Keshub Chunder Sen
Swami Vivekananda
Kaberi Gain
Brajendranath Seal
Surendranath Dasgupta
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya
Bimal Krishna Matilal
Radhanath Sikdar
Satyendra Nath Bose
Upendranath Brahmachari
P.C. Mahalanobis
Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
Ashoke Sen, physics
Somnath Bharadwaj, cosmology
Manilal Bhaumik
Anil Kumar Gain, mathematics
Subhash Mukhopadhyay, physician
Sisir Kumar Mitra
Ashesh Prosad Mitra
Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, economist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences
Ram Brahma Sanyal, zoology
Bikash Sinha, nuclear physics
Partha Ghose
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Nityananda
Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
Ramprasad Sen
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Chandra Vidyabagish
Debendranath Tagore
Keshub Chunder Sen
Sivanath Sastri
Ramakrishna
Sarada Devi
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Aurobindo
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Baba Lokenath Brahmachari
Raja Rammohan Roy
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Keshab Chandra Sen
Swami Vivekananda
Sivanath Sastri
Protap Chunder Mozoomdar
Anil Kumar Gain
Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee
Umesh Chandra Dutta
Sri Sri Harichand Thakur
Ramtanu Lahiri
Radhanath Sikdar
Rajnarayan Basu
Sib Chandra Deb
Peary Chand Mitra
Rasik Krishna Mallick
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
Ramgopal Ghosh
Rani Rashmoni
Kadambini Ganguly
Chandramukhi Basu
Kaberi Gain
Sarala Devi
Charulata Mukherjee
Romola Sinha
Abanindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Gaganendranath Tagore
Nandalal Bose
Kalipada Ghoshal
Mukul Dey
Jamini Roy
Ramkinkar Baij
Binode Bihari Mukherjee
Anil Karanjai
Bikash Bhattacharjee
Chintamani Kar
Ganesh Pyne
Hemen Majumdar
Jahar Dasgupta
Jogen Chowdhury
Paresh Maity
Paritosh Sen
Samir Mondal
Somenath Hore
Film and photography
Dulal Dutta
Subrata Mitra, cinematographer
Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, director, photographer, and digital artist
Rabindranath Tagore
Dwijendralal Ray
Atulprasad Sen
Rajanikanta Sen
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Dilipkumar Roy
Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
Raichand Boral
Sachin Dev Burman
Kamal Dasgupta
Salil Chowdhury
Hemanta Mukherjee
Sudhin Dasgupta
Nachiketa Ghosh
Rahul Dev Burman
Debojyoti Mishra
Nachiketa Chakraborty
Kabir Suman
Nikhil Banerjee, sitar
Sankha Chatterjee, tabla
Buddhadev Dasgupta, sarod
Annapurna Devi, surbahar
Pandit Shankar Ghosh, tabla
Pannalal Ghosh, flute
Ali Akbar Khan, sarod
Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar
Gopeshwar Banerjee
Naina Devi
Ajoy Chakrabarty, vocal
Bishnupur Gharana
Songs of Tagore and his contemporaries
Dinendranath Tagore
Dilipkumar Roy
Sahana Devi
Amiya Tagore
Renuka Dasgupta
Malati Ghoshal
Santidev Ghosh
Debabrata Biswas
Uma Bose
Subinoy Roy
Kanika Bandyopadhyay
Suchitra Mitra
Nilima Sen
Gita Ghatak
Sarmila Bose
K. C. Dey
Sachin Dev Burman
Pankaj Kumar Mullick
Kanan Devi
Hemanta Mukherjee
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
Amit Kumar
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Bappi Lahiri
Babul Supriyo
Indrani Sen
Kishore Kumar
Kumar Sanu
Madhushree
Kabir Suman
Manna Dey
Manabendra Mukherjee
Nachiketa Chakraborty
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Shaan
Silajit Majumder
Shyamal Mitra
Shreya Ghoshal
Antara Chowdhury
Srikanta Acharya
Anjan Dutt
Arijit Singh
Satyajit Ray
Ritwik Ghatak
Mrinal Sen
Tapan Sinha
Debaki Bose
Bimal Roy
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Basu Chatterjee
Basu Bhattacharya
Chidananda Dasgupta
Aparna Sen
Gautam Ghose
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Rituparno Ghosh
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Tarun Majumdar
Anjan Dutt
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Shoojit Sircar
Arin Paul
Sujoy Ghosh
Anurag Basu
Pritish Chakraborty
Srijit Mukherji
Uttam Kumar
Soumitra Chatterjee
Utpal Dutta
Chhabi Biswas
Mithun Chakraborty
Biswajit
Joy Mukherjee
Pradeep Kumar
Prasenjit
Rahul Roy
Victor Banerjee
Ranjit Mallick
Pahari Sanyal
Tulsi Chakraborty
Kali Banerjee
Rabi Ghosh
Chinmoy Roy
Bhanu Banerjee
Dhritiman Chaterji
Tapas Paul
Ali Fazal
Chiranjit
Arun Mukherjee
Abdur Razzak
Keshto Mukherjee
Anil Chatterjee
Asit Sen
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Apurva Agnihotri
Pritish Chakraborty
Parambrata Chatterjee
Jeet
Mir Afsar Ali
Anita Guha
Aparna Sen
Arundhati Devi
Chhaya Devi
Debashree Roy
Devika Rani
Indrani Haldar
June Malia
Kananbala
Kanan Devi
Madhabi Mukherjee
Mamata Shankar
Moon Moon Sen
Moushmi Chatterji
Pratyusha Banerjee
Raakhee
Rachna Banerjee
Raima Sen
Reemma Sen
Rimi Sen
Rituparna Sengupta
Riya Sen
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sharmila Tagore
Suchitra Sen
Sumita Sanyal
Supriya Devi
Sushmita Sen
Varsha Ashwathi
Uday Shankar
Amala Shankar
Mamata Shankar
Sharmila Biswas
B.C. Roy
S. K. Burman
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Dinabandhu Mitra
P. C. Sorcar, Jr.
Jyotirindranath Tagore
Dwijendralal Ray
Rabindranath Tagore
Sisir Bhaduri
Bijon Bhattacharya
Shambhu Mitra
Utpal Dutt
Rudraprasad Sengupta
Badal Sarkar
Usha Ganguly
Manoj Mitra
Shashanka
Gopala
Dharmapala
Devapala
Mahipala
Ballal Sen
Lakshman Sen
Satyendranath Tagore
Romesh Chunder Dutt
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
Nripendra Narayan, philanthropist and ruler of Cooch Behar
Surendranath Banerjee
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Bipin Chandra Pal
Sri Aurobindo
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Khudiram Bose
Bagha Jatin
Chittaranjan Das
Rash Behari Bose
Sarat Chandra Bose
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Jatindra Nath Das
Bina Das
Matangini Hazra
B. C. Roy
Triguna Sen
Panchanan Chakraborty
Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Basanta Kumar Biswas
Ambika Chakrobarty
Bipin Behari Ganguli
Jogesh Chandra Chattopadhyay
Narendra Mohan Sen
Birendranath Sasmal
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Jnananjan Niyogi
Sudhamoy Pramanick
Saroj Mukherjee
Renuka Ray
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Ashok Mitra
Ajit Kumar Panja
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Atulya Ghosh
Prafulla Chandra Sen
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Abdul Halim
Mamata Banerjee
Dev
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
A B A Ghani Khan Chowdhury
Saugata Roy
Bir Singh Mahato
Kamal Guha
Tathagata Roy
Abha Maiti
Pratap Chandra Chunder
Pranab Mukherjee
Jyoti Basu
Somnath Chatterjee
Amit Mitra
Partha Chatterjee
Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Narahari Mahato
Mriganko Mahato
Abul Barkat
Raja Nabakrishna Deb of Shovabazar
Raja Radhakanta Deb, brought out two large Sanskrit dictionaries used by Westerners as reference
Gouri Sen of lagey taka debey Gouri Sen fame
Hari Ghosh of Hari Ghosher fame
Banamali Sarkar
Gobindram Mitter
Prasanna Coomar Tagore
Ramanath Tagore
Anil Kumar Gain
Mutty Lal Seal
Bijoy Chand Mahtab
Uday Chand Mahtab
Mother Teresa
Dibyendu Barua, Grandmaster
Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Grandmaster
Nisha Mohota, First Woman Grandmaster of West Bengal
Benu Dasgupta
Jhulan Goswami
Pankaj Roy
Priyanka Roy
Rumeli Dhar
Ambar Roy
Saba Karim
Sourav Ganguly, former Indian Captain, Athletico de kolkatta co-owner
Ashok Dinda
Manoj Tiwary
Wriddhiman Saha
Gostho Pal
Krishanu Dey
P. K. Banerjee
Sailen Manna
Subrata Bhattacharya
Chuni Goswami
Leander Paes, noted lawn tennis player of India
Saurav Ghosal, currently highest ranked Indian player
Ritwik Bhattacharya, currently second highest ranked Indian player
Arati Saha, first Asian woman to swim English Channel in 1959
Bula Choudhury, first Indian woman to swim the English Channel twice
Mihir Sen, first Indian to swim across the English Channel in 1958
Prasanta Karmakar, para swimmer, 2010 Commonwealth Games, bronze medal
Masudur Rahman Baidya, world's first physically handicapped swimmer to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar
Subhajit Saha, Commonwealth games gold medalist
Mouma Das, table tennis player
Poulomi Ghatak, table tennis player
Ankita Das, table tennis player, 2012 Summer Olympics; participant in women's singles event, 2014 Commonwealth Games; participant in women's doubles even
Soumyajit Ghosh, table tennis player; as of January 2013, his rank is 1st in India and 68th in Asia; 2014 Commonwealth Games, Participant in men's doubles event
Chhanda Gain, mountaineering, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, athletics, double gold medallist at Bangkok Asiad, 1996
Mohammad Ali Qamar, boxing, Commonwealth games gold medalist
Arjun Atwal, golfer
Anirban Lahiri, Indian golfer
Balaram Bose, philanthropist
Mohammed Ali Qamar, Indian boxer, 2002 Commonwealth Games, gold medal
Sukhen Dey (weightlifter), Indian weightlifter; 2014 Commonwealth Games, gold medal; 2010 Commonwealth Games, gold medal
Dipa Karmakar, Indian artistic gymnast; 2014 Commonwealth Games, bronze medal; 2010 Commonwealth Games participant
Joydeep Karmakar, Indian shooter, 2012 Summer Olympics; qualified to represent India in men's 50m rifle prone event; 2014 Commonwealth Games participant
Jagat Seth, of Murshidabad
Dwarakanath Tagore
Diptendu Pramanick
Rajen Mookerjee
Biren Mookerjee
S. K. Burman
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Jugal Kishore Birla
Ram Nath Goenka
Madhav Prasad Birla
Rajat Kumar Gupta
Purnendu Chatterjee
Sadhan Dutt
Subir Raha
Sumantra Ghoshal
Pritish Chakraborty
Alamohan Das
Dilip Shanghvi
Ashis Nandy, author, political psychologist
Subroto Mukerjee
Shankar Roychowdhury
William Tolly
P. C. Sorcar, Jr., magician from Kolkata
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