Notable Personalities

• Freedom Fighters
  
  Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886-1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
  Lt-Col. Akbar Hussain (1942-2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water Transports (2001)
  Mamtaj Begum, veteran woman freedom fighter, member of BLF
  Abdul Quddus Makhon, member & one of the organizers of Mukti Bahini, student leader, one of four popular DUCSU leaders during Muktijuddho known as 'Char Kholifa' (Four Caliphs; including A. S. M. Abdur Rab, Tofayel Ahmed and Shahjahan Siraj)
  Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh.
  
  Politicians
  
  Nowab Musharaf Hussein (1871-1966), ex-Minister of Education
  Kamini Kumar Dutta (1878-1958), ex-Minister
  Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad(1918-1996), ex-President of Bangladesh, ex-Minister and member of Exile Cabinet of Meherpur Government
  Capt. Sujat Ali (1926-2007), ex-Minister, founder of Sujat Ali College
  Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1930-), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
  Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
  Prof. Shamsul Haque, ex-Minister of Education
  Hazi A.K.M Bahar, Member Of Parlament (2009-2013).
  etc.
  
  Social Activists and Philanthropists
  
  Nawab Faizunnesa, poetess, pioneer in woman's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
  Maheshchandra Bhattacharya (1858-1944), munificent
  Capt. Naren Dutta, physician and founder of Srikail College
  Dr. Zobaida Hannan, physician (gynecologist), philanthropist and Ekushey Padak laureate.
  Munshi Faruque Ahmed (b.1955), former Joint Secretary of Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, founder of numerous educational institutions and social development organizations in the region
  etc.