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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.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, former Indian ambassador to United States; Bidhan Chandra Roy, physician, former Congress Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bharat Ratna; Ashoke Kumar Sen, former Law Minister, barrister, and parliamentarian
Satyendra Nath Bose (1894—1974), physicist and polymath from Bengal; Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay (1890—1977), Bengali linguist; Krishnendu Chaudhury, computer scientist; Barun De (1932—2013), historian; Brajendranath De (1852—1932), Indian civil servant and orientalist; Anil Kumar Gain (1919—1978), mathematician and statistician.
Bengalis around the world, specifically from Bangladesh, India (states of West Bengal, Tripura, Orissa and Assam) and overseas Bengali communities participated in the poll. A total of 140 nominations were produced from the opinion poll.
People from the state of West Bengal, India. See also Category:People from Kolkata, the capital of the state.
Indira Devi Chaudhurani, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore, excelled in both Western and Indian classical music and composed Brahmasangit. She wrote the notations for many of Rabindranath's songs. [12] Abanindranath Tagore, founder of the Bengal school of art joined as chancellor of Visva Bharati in 1942. [13]
16 June 1944, Calcutta, Bengal, now West Bengal: 3 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy: Bengali Hindu family, Khulna, Bengal, now Bangladesh (East Bengal) Medicine: National Doctors' Day in India is celebrated every year on July 1 to commemorate his birth anniversary, recipient of Bharat Ratna (1961), Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948-1962)
Field hockey players from West Bengal (1 C, 5 P) Footballers from West Bengal (1 C, 121 P) G. Golfers from West Bengal (4 P) M. Martial artists from West Bengal (1 C)