List of Famous people born in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and measures of well-being of countries.

Rafiath Rashid Mithila is a Bangladeshi actress, singer, model and development worker. She is currently the Head of Early Childhood Development programme in BRAC International.

Omar S. Ishrak is a Bangladeshi-American business executive, serving as the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Medtronic. He was the CEO of Medtronic from June 2011 to April 2020. In January 2020, Intel named him Chairman of the Board.

Ahammed Fazle Rabbi, widely known as Afran Nisho, is a Bangladeshi model and television actor. He has performed in more than 300 telefilms and serials since 2005 and has won the critics' choice "Best Actor (TV)" at the 2016 Meril Prothom Alo Awards for his role in the TV drama Jog Biyog and also in 2019.

Bishnu Prasad Rabha was an Indian cultural figure from Assam, known for his contributions in the fields of music, dance, painting, literature as well as political activism. As an advocate of people's cultural movement, he drew heavily from different genres of classical and folk cultural traditions. Considered a doyen of the Culture of Assam, the Assamese people affectionately call him Kalaguru. He is also called by Marxists as Sainik Silpi for his active participation in the armed struggle, led by the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI).

Jharna Basak, better known by the stage name Shabnam, is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film Samundar in 1968. Jharna remained active in Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She has been nominated for Nigar awards several times, winning it 13 times. She has appeared in over 180 films. She was a leading actress in the Pakistani film industry for 28 years.

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.

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

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.