This is a list of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty members.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , 1st and 4th President and Father of the Nation of Bangladesh
Syed Nazrul Islam , former acting President of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
Sultan Ahmad Chowdhury ,.Bar -at Law , Former Deputy Speaker ,Ex Minister , 1979 -1982 and 1985 to 1986 .Mohammad Mohammadullah , 3rd President of Bangladesh
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad , 5th President of Bangladesh
A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury , 9th President of Bangladesh
Hussain Muhammad Ershad , 10th President of Bangladesh
Abdur Rahman Biswas , 11th President of Bangladesh
Shahabuddin Ahmed , 12th President of Bangladesh
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury , 13th President of Bangladesh
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar , former acting President of Bangladesh
Iajuddin Ahmed , 14th President of Bangladesh
Zillur Rahman , 15th President of Bangladesh
Abdul Hamid (politician) , 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh
Mirza Nurul Huda , 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Mashiur Rahman , former senior minister, with the rank and status of a prime minister
Ataur Rahman Khan , 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Moudud Ahmed , 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh and 6th Vice President of Bangladesh
Kazi Zafar Ahmed , 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina , 10th and incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh in her second term
Lotay Tshering , 8th and incumbent Prime Minister of Bhutan
Jamal Uddin Ahmad , Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1977–1982[ 1] Shahabuddin Ahmed , 12th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 1990 to 1991
Muhammad Habibur Rahman , 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 1996
Latifur Rahman , 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser in 2001
Iajuddin Ahmed , 14th President of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser from 2006 to 2007
Fakhruddin Ahmed , former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, Chief Adviser from 2007 to 2009
AKM Azizul Haque , Minister of Agriculture (1976–1979)[ 2]
A M Nurul Islam , private secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[ 3]
Abdus Salam Khan , lawyer and politician, Minister of Public Works and Communication in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet[ 4]
Abul Fateh , first foreign secretary of Bangladesh
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith , Former Finance Minister of Bangladesh
Anisul Huq , current Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh
Asaduzzaman Noor , former Minister of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh
Asif Mahmud , Advisor, 2024 Bangladesh interim government and Coordinator, Bangladesh quota reform movement [ 5] [ 6]
Nahid Islam , Advisor, 2024 Bangladesh interim government [ 6]
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury , former foreign minister of Bangladesh and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
Imran Ahmad , minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment in Bangladesh
Jahanara Imam , writer and political activist, popularly known as "Shaheed Janani" (Mother of Martyrs)
Leela Roy , progressive leftist Indian politician and reformer; close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ; fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the University of Dhaka and earn an M.A. degree
Mainul Hosein , former law minister of Bangladesh
Matia Chowdhury , former left-wing student leader and NAP politician and current BAL Presidium member and Minister of Agriculture
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir , Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir , former Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury , former minister; career journalist; former press secretary to the President of Bangladesh
Nahida Sobhan , Ambassador to Jordan[ 7]
Nasima Haider , High Commissioner to South Africa (2005-2007)[ 8] [ 9]
Nurul Islam Nahid , former Minister of Education of Bangladesh
Obaidul Quader , current Minister of Communications of Bangladesh & current General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League
Rashed Khan Menon , current Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Bangladesh
Raufun Basunia , student leader, was killed during an anti-autocratic protest against military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1985.[ 10]
Saifur Rahman , former finance minister of Bangladesh
Shah A M S Kibria , diplomat, former finance minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001), former executive secretary of ESCAP [ 11]
Sheikh Razzak Ali , founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Deputy Speaker and Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
Tabarak Husain , former foreign secretary of Bangladesh
Tandi Dorji , current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan
Tarique Rahman , politician and Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party [ 12] [ 13]
Tofail Ahmed , former student leader and current BAL Presidum member and Minister of Commerce
Sheikh Shahidul Islam , former Minister of Education, Public Works, former president Bangladesh Chattra League, current secretary-general of Jatiya Party
Nurul Haq Nur , Former VP, Dhaka University Central Students' Union Badrul Haider Chowdhury , 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Shahabuddin Ahmed , 6th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Muhammad Habibur Rahman , 7th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Justice Mustafa Kamal , 9th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Latifur Rahman , 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain , 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Md. Tafazzul Islam , 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Md. Muzammel Hossain , 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Obaidul Hassan , 24th and Incumbent Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Khizir Hayat Lizu , Justice of the Supreme court of Bangladesh
Farah Mahbub, judge
Amir Hossain , judgeScience and engineering [ edit ] Satyendra Nath Bose FRS , Indian Physicist, best known for providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate Fazley Bary Malik , professor of theoretical nuclear and atomic physics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hiranmay Sen Gupta , chairman and professor at physics department at University of Dhaka
A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid , physicist, author of many physics books
Abdul Matin Chowdhury , physicist, ex-vice chancellor, University of Dhaka , member, Nobel Committee for Physics [ 14]
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan , FRS , co-discoverer of the Raman Effect in physics
Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani , physicist
M Innas Ali , physicist, founder of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
M. A. Wazed Miah , physicist
M. Shamsher Ali , nuclear scientist and educator
Miftahur Rahman , physicist
Mohammad Ataul Karim , executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth [ 15] IEEE Fellow[ 16]
Mohammad Sajjad Alam , particle physicist
Satyendra Nath Bose , FRS , Indian Physicist , quantum statistician in the early 1920s
Sultana N. Nahar , physicist and astronomer
Shamima Choudhury , physicistAbdus Suttar Khan , distinguished aerospace researcherAbul Kalam Azad Chowdhury , Chairman of University Commission of Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka.[ 17]
Bhagawan Koirala , cardiothoracic surgeon
Fazlur Rahman Khan , pioneering structural engineer and architect; contributed to modern skyscraper design technology. works include Sears Tower and John Hancock Center
M. Anwar Hossain , biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University , 2012-[ 18]
Mir Masoom Ali , George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Ball State University
S.M. Ullah , soil scientist and environmentalist who researched arsenic contamination with the Seibersdorf Research Center, Austria .
Shah M. Faruque , director of the Centre for Food and Water Borne Diseases at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan , Mathematician, co-discoverer of Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number
Zeba Islam Seraj , a Bangladeshi Scientist known for her research in developing salt-tolerant rice varieties suitable for growth in the coastal areas of Bangladesh Education, philosophy and academia[ edit ] Muhammad Shahidullah , educator, writer, philologist and linguistAbdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin , scientist and science writerM. A. Gaffar , influential rohingya politician, legislator of the Union of Burma . Parliamentary secretary of Ministry of Health (Myanmar)
Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin , scientist and science writer
Abdul Haque Faridi , educator, lecturer and writer
Abdur Razzaq , academic and educator
Abu Nasr Waheed , educationist, first head of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies[ 19]
Abdul Majed Khan , Bangladeshi-New Zealander academic, researcher, and activist[ 20]
Anisuzzaman , academic, professor
Aslam Anis , health economist
Azfar Hussain , academic, writer, and activist
Bazlul Chowdhury , vice-chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh
Farhad Mazhar , writer, social and human rights activist, and environmentalist
Husne Ara Kamal , academic, professor, author, and social worker
Maqbular Rahman Sarkar , tenth vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib , Reformist Islamic Scholar, academic, writer and leader of the religious organisation Ahlehadeeth Movement Bangladesh.
Govinda Chandra Dev , professor of philosophy at University of Dhaka
Gowher Rizvi , historian, academic
Imran Rahman , vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Laila Nur , Bangladeshi language-movement activist and academic
Md. Hasibur Rashid , 5th vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur
M Harunur Rashid , archaeologist, educationist, and museum curator[ 21]
M Osman Ghani , scientist, educationist, and academic, 11th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka.
Mohammad Noman , vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University [ 22]
Muhammad Shahidullah , educator, writer, philologist, and linguist
Muntassir Mamoon , historian, author, translator and professor
Nurul Alam Khan , academic, professor
Mohammad Abul Kashem , author, politician, educator, pioneer of the Language Movement
Niaz Zaman , Bangladeshi academic, writer
R.C. Majumdar , historian and vice-chancellor of Dacca University
Sadeka Halim , first woman in Bangladesh to serve as chief information commissioner
Salimullah Khan , author, essayist, thinker, public intellectual
Sardar Fazlul Karim , academic, philosopher, and essayist
Sayed Moazzem Hossain , academic, Islamic scholar, 6th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
Shireen Akbar MBE , Indian-born British educator and artist
Syed Abul Kalam Azad , former treasurer of University of Dhaka[ 23]
Wahiduddin Ahmed , 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology [ 24]
Ehsan H. Feroz , professor, researcher and author
Qazi Mu'tasim Billah , former professor at the faculty of Islamic studies Arts, culture and literature[ edit ] Abdullah Abu Sayeed , teacher, writer, television presenter, and activistRafiqun Nabi , artist and cartoonistFiroz Mahmud , visual artist and educatorAbdul Kadir , poet, awarded Ekushey Padak (1976) and Independence Day Award (1983)
Abdul Mannan Syed , poet, author and researcher
Abdullah Abu Sayeed , writer, television presenter, organizer and activist
Abdullah Al Mamun , playwright, actor and filmmaker
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal , songwriter of contemporary Bengali, poet, essayist, critic and presenter
Abu Zafar Obaidullah , poet and civil servant
Abul Fazal , writer and educationist
Ahmed Sofa , poet, novelist, writer, critic, translator and intellectual
Ahsan Habib , cartoonist, writer and editor of satire magazine Unmad
Akhteruzzaman Elias , novelist and short-story writer
AKM Bazlul Karim , theater personality
Alamgir Kabir , filmmaker; three of his feature films are featured in the British Film Institute 's list of "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films"
Aly Zaker , actor, director, businessman and Bangladeshi freedom fighter
Anwar Pasha , author of 'Rifle, Roti, Awrat (1971), the first novel set on the Bangladesh War of Independence , murdered by Pakistani Army and local collaborators on 14 December 1971 (Martyred Intellectuals Day)
Asad Chowdhury , poet, writer, translator and journalist
Bipasha Hayat , actress
Buddhadeb Bosu , Bengali writer of the mid-twentieth century, belonging to the Kollol age
Chanchal Chowdhury , actor
Debabrata Basu , mathematical statistician
Dino Shafeek , Bengali actor based in the United Kingdom
Fakrul Alam , academic, writer, and translator
Ferdausi Rahman , playback, ghazal and folk singer
Ferdous Ahmed , actor
Ferdousi Mazumder , actress
Firoz Mahmud , contemporary visual artist
Ghulam Murshid , author, researcher and journalist
Golam Mustafa , actor
Hasnat Abdul Hye , writer and novelist
Helal Hafiz , poet
Hosne Ara Shahed , Bengali writer and educationist
Humayun Ahmed , Bengali novelist, short-story writer and filmmaker
Humayun Azad , Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and professor
Ilias Kanchan , actor and road-safety activist
Kabir Chowdhury , academic, essayist, materialist, translator
Kaiser Hamidul Haq , poet, translator, essayist, critic and academic
Khan Ataur Rahman , film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain , poet, essayist, translator and editor from Bangladesh
Kiran Chandra Roy , baul and folk musician and songwriter
Maksudul Ahsan , artist
Mobarak Hossain Khan , music researcher, surbahar player
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal , popular sci-fi writer
Munier Choudhury , playwright
Murtaza Bashir , painter
Nilufar Yasmin , singer
Natyaguru Nurul Momen , playwright, director, belles letters writer, satirist, personal essayist, lawyer
Qazi Anwar Hussain , author, publisher and translator
Qazi Motahar Hossain , author, scientist, statistician and journalist
Rafiqun Nabi , artist and cartoonist
Ramendu Majumdar , actor, stage director and theater producer and President of the International Theatre Institute
Rashid Askari , Bengali-English writer, academic, columnist, fictionist, translator and the 12th Vice Chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah , poet
Sabina Yasmin , singer
Sara Zaker , theater and television actor, entrepreneur and social activist
Sayeem Rana , poet, researcher, musicologist, music director, National Film Award 2014
Serajul Islam Choudhury , literary critic, public intellectual, social analyst, historian, editor, and professor emeritus
Shafiq Tuhin , lyricist, music director and singer
Shahidul Zahir , novelist and short-story writer
Shahidullah Kaiser , Bengali novelist and Dhaka University professor, murdered by Pakistani Army and local collaborators on 14 December 1971 (Martyred Intellectuals Day)
Shahriar Kabir , novelist, journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist
Shamsur Rahman , Bengali poet, columnist and journalist
Shishir Bhattacharjee , artist
Shuvro Dev , musician
Suborna Mustafa , television and film actress
Syed Abul Maksud , author, columnist, research scholar, and essayist
Syed Ali Ahsan , poet and author
Syed Manzoorul Islam , academic, writer, novelist, translator, columnist, and critic
Tahsan Rahman Khan , singer, keyboardist, guitarist, composer, lyricist, actor, anchor and teacher
Tanvir Mokammel , Bengali filmmaker, and author
Tareque Masud , independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist
Taslima Akhter , activist and photographer
Taslima Nasrin , atheist writer
Waheedul Haq , journalist, writer, musicologist and founder of Chhayanaut
Zahir Raihan , filmmaker and noted novelist and short-story writer
Zobeda Khanum , writerAltaf Husain , founding editor of Dawn
Haroon Habib , chief editor and managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
Kaberi Gayen , journalist and columnist for The Daily Star
Mahbub Anam , former editor of the Bangladesh Times
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi , establishing newspaper editor of the Khaleej Times
Mahfuz Anam , editor of The Daily Star
Matiur Rahman , editor of Daily Prothom Alo
Mishuk Munier , former CEO and chief editor of satellite TV channel ATN News
Nurul Kabir , editor of The New Age
Riaz Uddin Ahmed , awarded Ekushey Padak for journalism[ 25]
Shykh Seraj , news director at Channel i
Khaled Muhiuddin , head of the German-based international media Deutsche Welle Bangla Department
Muhammad Ziauddin , Pakistani journalist, economist and historianAKM Nowsheruzzaman , international footballer
Athar Ali Khan , former international cricketer and cricket commentator
Badal Roy , international footballer
Jahurul Islam , international cricketer
Kaiser Hamid , international footballer
Kazi Salahuddin , international footballer and football administrator[ 26]
Manzur Hasan Mintu , international footballer who played for Pakistan
Mosharraf Hossain , international cricketer
Mostafa Hossain Mukul , international footballer
Musa Ibrahim , first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Everest
Saifur Rahman Moni , international footballer
Sayeed Hassan Kanan , international footballer
Shahriar Nafees , international cricketer
Wahiduzzaman Khan Pintu , international footballer
Zakaria Pintoo , international footballer[ 27]
Ziaur Rahman , chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country
Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu , international footballerAbul Barkat , economist, former chairman of state-owned Janata Bank and former chairperson of Department of Economics, Dhaka University
Abul Khair Litu , chairman of the Bengal Foundation
Ahmed Akbar Sobhan , founder and chairman of Bashundhara Group
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh , chairman managing director of Bandhan Bank, India
Mohammad Shahjahan , acting managing director of Grameen Bank
Samson H. Chowdhury , entrepreneur and former chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh)
Syed Humayun Kabir , philanthropist and chairman of Renata Limited [ 28]
Syed Manzur Elahi , chairman of Apex GroupMuhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner
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