This is a list of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty members.

Nobel laureate

Muhammad Younus, Bangladesh's only Nobel prize winner, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006

Presidents

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1st and 4th President and Father of the Nation of Bangladesh but he did not get any degree from the university or attend any class. He was admitted in law, doing full time politics and hardly any time to study anything.
Syed Nazrul Islam, former acting President of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
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

Vice Presidents

Mirza Nurul Huda, 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh

Prime ministers

Tajuddin Ahmad, 1st Prime Minister 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

Deputy Prime Ministers

Jamal Uddin Ahmad, Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 1977–1982^[1]

Chief Advisers (Head of the Government)

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

Judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Chief Justices of Bangladesh

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

Justices of High Court Division

Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu
Khizir Hayat Lizu , Justice of the Supreme court of Bangladesh
Farah Mahbub, judge
Amir Hossain , judge

Politics and public service

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
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^[5]
Nasima Haider, High Commissioner to South Africa (2005-2007)^[6]^[7]
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.^[8]
Saifur Rahman, former finance minister of Bangladesh. Sulran Ahmed Chowdhury, Ex Deputy Speaker Bangladesh Parliament and former Minister and First Civil Administrator Ctg. Municipal Corporation
Shah A M S Kibria, diplomat, former finance minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001), former executive secretary of ESCAP^[9]
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
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.

Science and engineering

Physics

Satyendra Nath Bose FRS, Indian Physicist, best known for providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate

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^[10]
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^[11] IEEE Fellow^[12]
Mohammad Sajjad Alam, particle physicist
Satyendra Nath Bose, FRS, Indian Physicist, best known for his work on quantum statistics in the early 1920s.
Sultana N. Nahar, physicist and astronomer

Chemistry

Abdus Suttar Khan, aerospace researcher of NASA and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain
Abul Hussam, inventor of the SONO filter for arsenic removal
Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, chemist, educationalist, ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya - natural product chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate

Other

Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury, Chairman of University Commission of Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka.^[13]
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-^[14]
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

Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin, scientist and science writer

M. 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, was the first head of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies.^[15]
Abdul Majed Khan, Bangladeshi-New Zealander academic, researcher, and activist.^[16]
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^[17]
M Osman Ghani, scientist, educationist, and academic, 11th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka.
Mohammad Noman, Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University^[18]
Muhammad Shahidullah, educator, writer, philologist, and linguist
Muntassir Mamoon, historian, author, translator and 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.
Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of University of Dhaka^[19]
Wahiduddin Ahmed, thirdthe 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[20]
Ehsan H. Feroz - Professor, researcher and author
Qazi Mu'tasim Billah, former professor at the faculty of Islamic studies

Arts, culture and literature

Abdul 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, a major 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 Unmad, a satire magazine
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, Bangladeshi freedom fighter and occasional writer and photographer
Anwar Pasha, author of 'Rifle, Roti, Awrat (1971), the first novel set on the Bangladesh War of Independence, brutally 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, major 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, eminent playback, ghazal and folk singer
Ferdous Ahmed, actor
Ferdousi Mazumder, actress
Firoz Mahmud, contemporary visual artist, painter, and creator
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, filmstar, 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, major Bengali novelist and Dhaka University professor, brutally 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, writer

Journalism and media

Altaf Husain, founding editor of Dawn Newspaper
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^[21]
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 historian

Sports

AKM 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.^[22]
Manzur Hasan Mintu, international footballer who played for Pakistan
Mosharraf Hossain, international cricketer
Musa Ibrahim, first Bangladeshi to summit Mount Everest
Saifur Rahman Moni, international footballer
Sayeed Hassan Kanan, international footballer
Shahriar Nafees, international cricketer
Ziaur Rahman, chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country
Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu, international footballer

Chiefs of Forces

Lieutenant General H M Ershad, 5th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, 13th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh

Business

Abul 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^[23]
Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Group

Others

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, 1980 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership
Tahrunessa Abdullah, 1978 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Community Leadership

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