List of people from Howrah

Howrah or Haora, is one of the largest cities in West Bengal, India. Many notable people is born or associated with this city. This is a list of notable people who lived in or came from Howrah. A name can repeat in the following sections.

Writers

Afsar Amed, known for his Novels.
Bharatchandra Ray, known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal
Mani Shankar Mukherjee, well known for his book on Swami Vivekananda^[1]
Purnendu Pattrea, writer
Muhammad Shahidullah, famous writer^[2]
Sandipan Chattopadhyay, famous for his book Kritadas Kritadasi
Sankari Prasad Basu, famous for his books on Swami Vivekananda, Sahashya Vivekananda and Bandhu Vivekananda
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer
Sasthipada Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer, popularly known for his detective series Pandab Goenda
Narayan Debnath, Bengali comics artist and illustrator, whose popular works are Bantul the Great, Nonte Phonte and Handa Bhoda.

Educationists

Kanailal Bhattacharyya, ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries, West Bengal
Kedarnath Bhattacharya, created first vernacular Bengali medium school of Howrah Santragachi Minor School
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, scholar of Sanskrit, and the former principal of the Sanskrit College between 1876 and 1895
Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist, writer and philologist
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Computer Scientist, Director Indian Statistical Institute
Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Indian linguist, educationist, litterateur, got Padma Bhushan award

Doctors

Mahendralal Sarkar, founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Jagannath Bhattacharya, physicist

People associated with films and Television

Anjana Basu, television actress
Ayaz Ahmed, television actor
Bidita Bag, television actress
Bibhu Bhattacharya, actor
Hiran Chatterjee, actor, producer, singer
Kanan Devi, the first star actress of Bengali cinema
N. K. Salil, Screenplay Writer, film actor
Purnendu Pattrea, film director
Raviranjan Maitra, film actor, producer and editor
Rudranil Ghosh, film actor
Sayani Datta, actress
Soumitra Chatterjee, film actor
Sisir Bhaduri, film actor and director
Sujan Mukhopadhyay, film actor
Suman Mukhopadhyay, director and film-maker
Tulsi Chakraborty, actor

Singers

Dilip Bagchi, mass singer
Juthika Roy, awarded with Padma Shri
Koushik Bhattacharjee, classical vocalist
Sagarika Mukherjee Da Costa, singer, songwriter and actress
Tarun Bhattacharya, classical musician
Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Musician

Politicians

Ambica Banerjee, Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Arup Roy, cabinet minister of West Bengal since 2011 and also an MLA
Kanailal Bhattacharyya, ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries, West Bengal
Kedarnath Bhattacharya, first elected vice-chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation
Hannan Mollah, member of Lok Sabha of India from the 7th Lok Sabha to the 14th Lok Sabha
Jagannath Bhattacharya, politician
Jatu Lahiri, member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly^[3]
Swapan Sadhan Bose, politician
Swadesh Chakraborty, politician

Business people

Alamohan Das, industrialist

Sports

Aloke Bhattacharjee, cricketer and umpire
Bikash Chowdhury, first-class cricketer
Charanjit Singh, first-class cricketer
Dibyendu Chakrabarty, first-class cricketer
Gitimoy Basu, first-class Indian cricketer
Jolly Sarkar, first-class cricketer
Harold Denham, English cricketer
Laxmi Ratan Shukla, first class Indian cricketer
Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer, played for the Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League
Pritam Chakraborty, first-class cricketer, U-19 Indian Cricket Team
Rabin Das, footballer, played for Mohun Bagan
Saurasish Lahiri, Indian cricketer, played in the international
Sailen Manna, footballer, played for the Mohun Bagan team and played in international competitions including the Asian Games and Olympics
Soumik Chatterjee, first-class cricketer
Sanjib Sanyal, first-class cricketer
Shyama Shaw, international cricketer, left hand batsman, played test and one-day matches
Sudip Chatterjee, international football player

Artists

Kalipada Ghoshal, last successor of Abanindranath Tagore's Indian Society of Oriental Art and Bengal school of art
Rabin Mondal, founding member of the Calcutta Painters

Others

K. C. Paul, conspiracy theorist, self-proclaimed scientist and astronomer
N. K. Salil, film screenplay and story writer
Narayan Debnath, popular comic artist
Subhas Datta, environment activist
Subroto Mukherjee, first air marshal of Indian Air Force

References

^ "Lifetime award for Shankar". The Times of India. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Safdar Hashmi: The new word, the wake up call, the cult of defiance". 19 December 2016.
^ "Jatu Lahiri(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- SHIBPUR(HOWRAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.

[1] "Lifetime award for Shankar". The Times of India. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[2] "Safdar Hashmi: The new word, the wake up call, the cult of defiance". 19 December 2016.

[3] "Jatu Lahiri(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- SHIBPUR(HOWRAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.

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