List of people from Sylhet

This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam.

This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet.

The people may also be known as Sylheti.

Chronological list of articles:

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan (April 2016)
Abdul Malik was Pakistan's first cardiologist.
In 1994, Saifur Rahman was elected governor of the golden jubilee conference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Madrid , Spain. [ 4 ]
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith , an economist, diplomat, and Bengali Language Movement veteran who served Bangladesh's 2nd Finance Minister.
Arun Kumar Chanda on a 2000 stamp of India
Hason Raja , a mystical poet and songwriter
Shah Abdul Karim is a Bangladeshi Baul musician and Songwriter
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury was a former adviser to President Iajuddin Ahmed during the Caretaker Government .
Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury served as Secretary to the Govt. of Bangladesh for nearly a decade in the Ministries of Food, Statistics, Power Energy & Mineral Resources and Planning.
J. R. Mudassir Husain served as Chief Justice from 2004 to 2007.
Syed Abdul Majid was a very notable pioneer in the native tea industry.
Mahmud Ali demanded the recognition of Bengali as a national language of Pakistan.
Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab , Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra , and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal , the triumvirate were popularly known as Lal Bal Pal, changed the political discourse of the Indian independence movement .
Anwar Choudhury was the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.
Ajmal Masroor was nominated for the Religious Advocate of the Year award at the 2013 & 2015 British Muslim Awards .
Zohurul Hoque has translated the entire Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages.
Hamza Choudhury playing in a Premier League match on 12 May 2019