List of Famous people born in Bangladesh

Anju Ghosh is a Bangladeshi and Indian (Tollywood) film actress. She is notable for her role in the film Beder Meye Josna in 1989.

Faria Alam is a former Football Association secretary.

Mustafizur Rahman is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. He is specialized as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He has taken the most wickets (13) in a debut One Day International (ODI) series. He is the first player to win the ‘Man of the Match’ award on both Test as well as ODI debuts.

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic and activist. He is a professor of computer science and engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). As of January 2018, he is the head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering department. He achieved his PhD from University of Washington. After working long 18 years as a Scientist in California Institute of Technology and Bel Communications Research, he returned to his own motherland Bangladesh and joined Shahjalal University of Science and Technology as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion, despite forced exile. Some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region.

Md Nurul Haque is a Bangladeshi. He came to prominence in 2018 as a joint-convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakshan Parishad, which led the Quota Reform Movement. In 2019, he was elected as the vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU).

Fahim Mohammad is a French-Bangladeshi chess player. He is a FIDE master since 2017. His highest rating was 2383.

Shahabuddin Ahmed served as the President of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, and the Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995. He previously served as the acting president during 1990-91 when Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned from the post. He headed a caretaker government and held a general election in February 1991.

Sheikh Rehana Siddiq is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. She is the younger sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She is also the mother of Tulip Siddiq, who is a British Labour Party politician and elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency as a result of the 2015 general election.

Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed, also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Awami League and serves as Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh on Information and Communication Technology.