List of people from Kolkata
List of notable people from Kolkata . Kolkata has been regarded as the cultural capital of India .[ 1]
Poets and writers
Philosophers and religious teachers
The most famous religious figure of Kolkata is Mother Teresa . Others are (in order of surname):
Scientists
List in order of surname.
James Atkinson (1780—1852), surgeon, artist and Persian scholarR. D. Banerji , archeologistSir Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858—1937), Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist and archaeologistUpendranath Brahmachari Asima Chatterjee (1917—2006), chemistDebendra Mohan Bose (1875—1975), physicistSatyendra Nath Bose (1894—1974), physicist and polymath from BengalSuniti Kumar Chattopadhyay (1890—1977), Bengali linguistBarun De (1932—2013), historianBrajendranath De (1852—1932), Indian civil servant and orientalistAnil Kumar Gain (1919—1978), mathematician and statistician.J.B.S. Haldane (1892—1964), British-Indian scientist, known for his work in the study of physiology , genetics , evolutionary biology , and mathematics Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893—1972), Bengali scientist and applied statisticianR.C. Majumdar (1884—1980), historianP. J. Marshall (b. 1933), historianUjjwal Maulik (b. 1965), computer scientistSubhash Mukhopadhyay (1931—1981), physicianSisir Kumar Mitra (1890—1963), physicistRajat Kanta Ray , historianAmal Kumar Raychaudhuri (1923—2005), physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology Tapan Raychaudhuri (1926—2014), historianC. R. Rao (1920–2023), mathematician and statisticianPrafulla Chandra Roy (1861—1944), Bengali chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropistMeghnad Saha (1893—1956), astrophysicist Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870—1958), historianSumit Sarkar (b. 1939), historianSusobhan Sarkar (1900—1982), historianTapan Kumar Sarkar (1948—2021), electrical engineerAshoke Sen (b. 1956), theoretical physicist Bikas K Chakrabarti (b. 1952), theoretical physicist & econophysicistSanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (b. 1968), computer scientist Sukumar Sen (linguist) historian of Bengali literature
Gallantry Awards winners
Ashoka Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Bankers and business people
Freedom fighters
Artists
Directors
Satyajit Ray , who won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992, lived in Kolkata and is considered among the greatest directors of film history.
Other notable filmmakers from Kolkata include:
Cinema actors
Photographers
Composers
Hindustani classical instrumentalists
Other singers
Contemporary Bollywood musicians
Abhijeet Bhattacharya , playback singerAnupam Roy (b.1982), singer-songwriter Alka Yagnik (b. 1966), playback singerArijit Singh (b. 1987), singer, music producer, recordist and music programmerBabul Supriyo (b. 1970), playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politicianKumar Sanu (b. 1957), playback singerPritam (b. 1971)Sagarika (b. 1970), playback singer and actressShreya Ghoshal (b. 1984), playback singerShaan (b. 1972), playback singer and actor
Dancers
Prominent dancers of the city include:
Magicians
Kolkata is the magic capital of India and has produced internationally famous magicians and performers, including:
Sports
Norman Pritchard , track and field, Olympic medallist (1900)Richard James Allen , hockey, Olympic (1928, 1932, 1936)Leslie Claudius , hockey, Olympic medallist (1924, 1928, 1936)Gurbux Singh , hockey, Olympic medallist (1964, 1968)Vece Paes , hockey, Olympic medallist (1980)Leander Paes , tennis, Olympic medallist (1996)Sourav Ganguly , cricketer, former India national cricket team 's captain, sports administrator, former BCCI presidentChhanda Gayen , mountaineer, first Bengali woman to summit Mount EverestPankaj Roy , cricketerLaxmi Ratan Shukla , cricketerDeep Dasgupta , cricketerRohan Gavaskar , cricketer (son of Sunil Gavaskar )Manoj Tiwary , cricketerAshok Dinda , cricketerWriddhiman Saha , cricketerMohammed Shami , cricketerLen Stubbs , former cricketerChuni Goswami , footballerGautam Sarkar , footballerShailen Manna , footballer, former India national football team 's captain (guided India to Gold medal in 1951 Asiad)Pradip Kumar Banerjee , footballerKrishanu Dey , footballerSudip Chatterjee , footballerSubrata Pal , footballerSubhasish Roy Chowdhury , footballerSyed Rahim Nabi , footballerMehtab Hossain , footballerArnab Mondal , footballerPronay Halder , footballerPritam Kotal , footballerNarayan Das , footballerSubhasish Bose , footballerMihir Sen , record swimmerJyotirmoyee Sikdar , track and fieldArjun Atwal , golferSurya Shekhar Ganguly , chess grandmasterDibyendu Barua , chess grandmasterSandipan Chanda , chess grandmasterDeep Sengupta , chess grandmasterGobar Guha , wrestlerManohar Aich , body builder, Mr. Universe 1952Dipu Ghosh , badminton, Arjuna AwardSaurav Ghosal , squash playerJaidip Mukerjea , tennis playerJagmohan Dalmiya , sports administratorPankaj Gupta , sports administratorJohn Holman , cricketerWilliam Laidlay , cricketerHira Mondal , Footballer
Nobel laureates
Six Nobel Prize winners have been associated with Kolkata:
Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
The Ramon Magsaysay Award , sometimes called "Asia's Nobel Prize", is given "to perpetuate his example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society." Kolkata winners include:
Mother Teresa (1910—1997) — Peace and International Understanding, 1962Satyajit Ray (1921—1992) — Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts, 1967Gour Kishore Ghosh (1923—2000) — Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts, 1981Mahasweta Devi (1926—2016) — Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts, 1997
Others
Samik Bandyopadhyay (b.1940), critic of Indian art, theatre and filmTanmoy Bhattacharya (b. 1958), politicianWilliam Carey (1761—1834), missioner and reformerLaksmikanta Roy Choudhury (1570—1649), Brahmin scholar, social and political figureAlexander Duff (1806—1878), missioner and reformerManny Elias (b. 1953), drummer, record producer, original drummer of the Tears for Fears David Hare (1775—1842), philanthropist and founder of many important and prestigious educational institutions of KolkataMohit Kumar (b. 1992), fashion model and influencer[ 8] Rajendra Prasad (1884—1963), politician, the first President of India (from 1950 to 1962)Romita Ray (b. 1970), art historianRadhika Roy (b.1948), journalistGayatri Chakravorty Spiv (b. 1942), scholar, literary theorist, and feminist criticIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820—1891), philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist; key figure of the Bengal Renaissance
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