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The following is a list of notable people associated with the old [[Presidency College, Calcutta]].

==Most Notable==
*[[Swami Vivekananda]], the great Nationalist [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Hindu]] [[monk]], a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian teacher [[Ramakrishna]], key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of [[Vedanta]] and [[Yoga]] to the Western world and is credited with raising [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith]] awareness, bringing [[Hinduism]] to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century and founded the [[Ramakrishna Math]] and the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].

*[[Subhas Chandra Bose]], Freedom Fighter, Commander of INA, First Leader of Free Indian Territory, Mayor of Calcutta; 53rd President of the Indian National Congress; founder of the Forward Bloc ;<ref name=subhaschandraboseinencyclopaediabritannica>; President, Indian National Congress- 1938, 1939 (resigned), founded the Indian National Army (The Azad Hind Fauz); revered across the nation as 'Netaji' ([http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9080806/Subhas-Chandra-Bose/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: * * Subhas Chandra Bose])</ref>

==Social reform==
* [[Durga Mohan Das]], leder of the Brahmo Samaj
* [[Mahendranath Gupta]], author of ''Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita'' (''[[The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna]]'')
* [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], leader of the Young Bengal movement; ''Taluqdar'' of Shankarpore in the United Provinces

==Politics==

===Presidents===
* [[Dr.]] [[Rajendra Prasad]], 1st President of India (1950–62)
* [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]], 2nd President of Bangladesh (1972–73)
* [[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]], 6th President of Bangladesh (1975–77)
* [[Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry]], (1919–1973) was also the Acting President of Pakistan from time to time when Ayub Khan left the country
*[[Justice]] [[Muhammad Habibur Rahman]], Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh, 1996 and Chief Justice of Bangladesh

===Governors===
* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]], former [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Lord]] [[Satyendra Prasanno Sinha]], first Indian Governor of Bihar and Odisha (1920–21)

===Prime Ministers===
* [[Mohammad Ali Bogra]], 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–55)
* [[Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq|A.K. Fazlul Huq]], Prime Minister of Bengal (1939–43)

===Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers===
* [[Jyoti Basu]], 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977-2000)
* [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]], 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–11)
* [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]], Chief Minister of Assam (1950–57)<ref name=assamlegislativeassembly>[http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref><ref>[http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html Eminent Personalities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210082337/http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html |date=10 December 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], 5th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77); Education Minister of India; Governor of Punjab; Ambassador to U.S.A.
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (1946–57)

===Ministers===
* [[MJ Akbar]], Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (2016–2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/ministers.htm|title = MEA | About MEA : Organization Structure : Ministers}}</ref>
* [[Bratya Basu]], Playwright and actor; Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal
* [[Surendranath Banerjea]], Minister in Bengal in the 1920s; 11th President of the Indian National Congress
* [[Bhupendra Nath Bose]], Bar-at-Law, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India;Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, and President, Indian National Congress.
* [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], Bengal Congress President; Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India (1946) and first central cabinet Minister (1947)
* [[Somnath Chatterjee]], Speaker of Lok Sabha, India (2004–2009)
* [[Sachindra Chaudhuri]], Finance Minister of India, 1965-1967
* [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]], Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India (1977–1980)
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], known as "Deshbandhu", founder of [[Swaraj Party]]
* [[Asim Dasgupta]], Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal (1987–2011)
* [[Bijoy Krishna Handique|B.K. Handique]], Union Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region, GOI.
* [[Azizul Haque (educator)|Azizul Haque]], B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I, D.Litt., former Education Minister, Government of Bengal
* [[Humayun Kabir]], Education Minister, Government of India (1958–67)
* [[Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim|Fazlul Karim]], Mayor of Cox's Bazar
* [[Abdus Salam Khan]], Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet<ref>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=ASM Enayet |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Abdus Salam |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdus_Salam |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
* [[Amit Mitra]], Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–present)
* [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]], founder of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]; Industry and Supply Member, Government of India (1946–50)
* [[Debi Prasad Pal]], Minister of State for Finance, Government of India (1991–96)
* [[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Abdur Rahim]], Member of the Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects) (1921–25); later President of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Saugata Roy]], Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India (2009–12)
* [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]], Law and Justice Minister, Government of India (1984–89)
* [[Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]], former Mayor of Calcutta; President of Indian National Congress
* [[Atish Chandra Sinha]], Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal (1972–77) & Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal

===Members of Parliament and Legislative Assembly===
* [[Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda]] K.C.I.E. (1884), first Indian Muslim President of the reformed legislative council of undivided Bengal in 1921
* [[Pandit Yamuna Karjee]], Member of the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Assembly (1937–42)
* [[Maharajadhiraja]] [[Sir]] [[Uday Chand Mahtab]], Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937–52), Member, Indian Constituent Assembly, 1946-47 & Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan.<ref name="burdwan">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/burdwan.html Indian Princely States: Burdwan]</ref>
* [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]], Member of Lok Sabha, leader of the Opposition, India (1952–77)
* [[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]], Member of Rajya Sabha (2006-2010)

===Maharajas and Zamindars===
* [[Colonel]] [[Highness|H.H.]] [[Nripendra Narayan|Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]], [[Maharaja]] of Coochbehar<ref name=coochbehar>[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/c/coochbehar.html Indian Princely States: Coochbehar]</ref>
* [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], ''Taluqdar'' of Shankarpore in the United Provinces

===Members of Political Parties===
* [[Anandamohan Bose]], One of the earliest [[India]]n political leaders during the [[British Raj]].
*[[Ashim Chatterjee]], former [[Naxalite]] leader
* [[Ullaskar Dutta]], former member of Jugantar Party; freedom fighter, long-tortured inmate of Andaman cellular jail
* [[Atulkrishna Ghosh]], member of the Anushilan Samiti
* [[Nolini Kanta Gupta]], participated in the Alipore Bomb case; writer, Sree Aurobindo Ashram leader
*[[Santosh Rana]], leader of [[Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]
* [[Mohit Sen]], founder of the United Communist Party of India; member of the Communist Party of India

==Judiciary==
* [[Syed Ameer Ali]], first Indian Law Lord of the Privy Council.
* [[Amin Ahmed]], Chief Justice of the High Court of Dacca.
* [[Justice]] [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], former Judge of the High Court of Calcutta.
* [[Indira Banerjee|Justice Indira Banerjee]], Judge, Supreme Court of India.
* [[Pramada Charan Banerjee]], Judge of the High Court of Allahabad.
* [[Monomohun Ghose]], first practising Indian barrister of the Calcutta High Court.
* [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], I.C.S, Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir.<ref name=icsjud>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2074 Lives Less Forgotten: Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh]</ref>
* Justice [[Sambhu Chandra Ghose]] Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
* [[Kulada Charan Das Gupta]], I.C.S, Chief Justice of [[Calcutta High Court]]
* [[Sadhan Gupta|Sadhan Chandra Gupta]], former Advocate General of West Bengal.
* [[Justice]] [[Altamas Kabir]], 39th Chief Justice (retd.) of the Supreme Court of India.
* [[Sir]] [[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Ashutosh Mookerjee]], former Chief Justice (acting) of the Calcutta High Court; five times Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
* [[Justice]] [[Chittatosh Mookerjee]], Chief Justice of the High Courts of Bombay and Calcutta
* [[Justice]] [[Sabyasachi Mukherjee]], former Chief Justice of India
* [[Justice]] [[Radhabinod Pal]] Judge of the High Court of Calcutta; Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta
* [[Sudhamoy Pramanick]], advocate; Indian independence activist; lifetime secretary of the Tili Samaj
* [[Brajkishore Prasad]], lawyer; ''Zamindar'' of Shrinagar in Bihar
* [[Justice]] [[Ajit Nath Ray]], Chief Justice (retired) of the Supreme Court of India
* [[Justice]] [[Subimal Chandra Roy]], Judge (retired), Supreme Court of India
* [[Gnanendramohan Tagore]], first Asian barrister
* [[Sudhansu Kumar Das]], I.C.S and Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
* [[Alak Chandra Gupta]], Justice of the Supreme court
* [[ Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha]], Only Indian to be elevated to the house of lords, eminent barrister at the Calcutta High court

==Administration==
* [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], IES, ADPI for Mohammedan Education, Bengal
* [[Anandaram Baruah]], ICS, District Magistrate in Bengal
* [[Alapan Bandyopadhyay]], former Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and 1st Chief Adviser to the Government of West Bengal
* [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]], ICS, former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
* [[Sib Chandra Deb]], Deputy Collector, Government of Bengal
* [[Gurusaday Dutt]], ICS, Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary, Government of Bengal<ref name=icsexe>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=86 Lives Less Forgotten: Gurusaday Dutt]</ref>
* [[Behari Lal Gupta]], ICS, former Dewan of Baroda
* [[Sukumar Sen (civil servant)|Sukumar Sen]], ICS, Chief Election Commissioner of India
* [[Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar]], IAS, Law Secretary, GOI, Chairman, UPSC
* [[Nitish Sengupta]], IAS, Secretary, Department of Revenue, GOI
* [[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]], Member-Secretary of Planning Commission; Chairman, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS)
* [[Jawhar Sircar]], Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GOI
* Khondker Fazle Sobhan, Indian Police before 1947
* [[Himachal Som]], IFS, Indian Ambassador to Italy
* [[Satyendranath Tagore]], ICS, District and Sessions Judge in Gujarat
* [[Soumen Mitra]], IPS, [[Police Commissioner of Kolkata]]
*[[Nitin Singhania]], Joint Secretary under [[Government of West Bengal]], IAS, Writer.

==Armed Forces==
*[[Air Marshal]] [[Subroto Mukerjee]], first Indian Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
*[[Admiral]] [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]], first Indian officer to hold the rank of full Admiral in the Indian Navy

==Industrialists==
* [[Basant Kumar Birla]], Chairman of B.K. Birla Group
* [[Khuda Buksh]], pioneer of insurance in Bangladesh
* [[Ramgopal Ghosh]], founder of R.G. Ghosh and Co.
* [[RP Goenka|Rama Prasad Goenka]], Chairman Emeritus of RPG Group
* [[Fanindra Nath Gooptu]], Founder of F.N. Gooptu & Sons
* [[Sir]] [[Rajendra Nath Mookerjee]], founder of Indian Iron and Steel Company at Burnpur; architect of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata
* [[Bipradas Pal Chowdhury]], founder of Gayabari Tea Estate
* [[Prafulla Chandra Roy]], founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

==Medicine==
*[[Bidhan Chandra Ray]], eminent doctor and 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal
*[[Girindrashekhar Bose]], eminent psychoanalyst and first President of Indian Psychoanalytical Society

==Academics==

===Languages===

====Bengali====
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], writer and linguist
* [[Madan Mohan Tarkalankar]], textbook writer
* [[Arun Mukhopadhyay]] Author

====English====
* [[Subodh Chandra Sengupta]], former Principal of College and English literary scholar; awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] 3rd highest civilian honor of the Government of India
* [[Ahmad Ali]], British Council Visiting Professor of English, the National Central University, Nanking
* [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], former Chairperson, West Bengal Women's Commission, Calcutta
* [[Swapan Kumar Chakravorty]], former Director-General, National Library, Kolkata
* [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], Emeritus Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Supriya Chaudhuri]], Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Malabika Sarkar]], former Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University
* [[Peary Charan Sarkar]], former Headmaster, Hare School, Calcutta
* [[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]], former Professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]], professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA

====Sanskritists====
* [[Bhudev Mukhopadhyay]], CIE, former Director of Public Instructions
* [[Haraprasad Shastri]], former Principal of [[Sanskrit College]], Calcutta

===Mathematical Sciences===

====Mathematicians====
* [[Amiya Charan Banerjee]], former Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University
* [[Ananda Mohan Bose]], mathematician; first Indian Wrangler at the University of Cambridge
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician from the [[University of Cambridge]]; [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Azizul Haque (police officer)|Azizul Haque]], contributed to the mathematical formula for [[Henry Classification System]] of fingerprinting still widely used in the world
* [[Radhanath Sikdar]], first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest

====Statisticians====
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician from the [[University of Cambridge]]; [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], Founder-Director, [[Indian Statistical Institute]], Calcutta
* [[Samarendra Nath Roy]], was a Professor of [[Statistics]] at [[the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].
* [[Sudipto Banerjee]], Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics at [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
*[[Bhramar Mukherjee]], Chair, Department of Biostatistics [[University of Michigan]]. Chair Elect, [[Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies]].

===Natural Sciences===

====Biologists====
* [[Joyoti Basu]], cell biologist, [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P09-1475 |title=Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu |date=2017-12-06 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
* [[Birendra Bijoy Biswas]], Botanist and molecular biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Swapan Kumar Datta]], Plant molecular biologist and bio-technologist, Vice chancellor (Offg.) of Visva Bharati
* [[Siddhartha Roy]], structural biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Mahendralal Sarkar]], founder, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Calcutta

====Chemists====
* [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], first to synthesise urea stibamine
* [[Amar Nath Bhaduri]], biochemist, studies on [[UDP-glucose 4-epimerase]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient
* [[Mihir Chowdhury]] - physical chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda]] - Bangladeshi organic chemist and writer. Founder of [[Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|BCSIR]]. Famous for his researches on jute-byproducts. Considered as the National Scientist of Bangladesh. Awardee of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1972), Ekushey Padak (1976) and Independence Day Award (1984).
* [[Bidyendu Mohan Deb]] - chemical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Biman Bagchi]] - theoretical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Sumit Bhaduri]] - organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Tushar Kanti Chakraborty]], organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Jnan Chandra Ghosh]], Director of [[Indian Institute of Science|the IISc]] Bangalore, the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]], the Vice Chancellor of [[Calcutta University]], and the Director-general of Industries and Supplies, Government of India.

====Computer Scientists====
* [[Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay]], first woman Director of [[Indian Statistical Institute]]

====Engineers====
*[[Fazlur Rahman Khan]], structural engineer; designed Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears Tower. Widely known as the Einstein of Structural Architecture.

====Geologists====
*[[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]]; Paleographist; archeologist; a household name as one of the discoverers of Mahenjodaro civilization.
*[[Kshitindramohan Naha]], geologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Subir Kumar Ghosh]], geologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate

====Physicists====
* [[Meghnad Saha]], discovered the [[Saha ionization equation]]
* [[Satyendranath Bose]], discovered [[Bose–Einstein statistics]] along with [[Albert Einstein]]; [[Bosons]]; [[Padma Vibhushan]]
* [[Indrani Bose]], Emeritus Professor of Physics, Bose Institute, Kolkata
* [[Chandan Dasgupta]], FNA, condensed matter physicist
* [[Anita Mehta]], eminent condensed matter physicist, faculty at [[S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences]], India
* [[Sisir Kumar Mitra]], FRS, radio-physicist, namesake of a crater on the moon
* [[Biswa Ranjan Nag]], physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], physicist, known for [[Raychaudhuri's equation]] in [[general theory of relativity]]; former Professor and Head of Physics, Presidency College
* [[Amitava Raychaudhuri]], FNA, particle physicist
* [[Somak Raychaudhury]], Eminent astrophysicist, Director of [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics|IUCAA]]
* [[Sudhansu Datta Majumdar]], Theoretical Physicist, Known for Majumdar–Papapetrou Solution
* [[Probir Roy]], particle physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Sankar Das Sarma]], eminent theoretical condensed matter physicist and Richard E Prange Chaired Professor at [[University of Maryland]], US<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131216/jsp/calcutta/story_17684419.jsp</ref>
* [[Ashoke Sen]], eminent physicist; has contributed to string theory, winner of the [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]
* [[Bikash Sinha]], [[Padma Bhushan]], Director (retd.), Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta
* [[Palash Baran Pal]], Particle Physicist, well known for his contributions to [[Bengali literature]], receiver of [[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]]
* [[Chanchal Kumar Majumdar|Chanchal Majumdar]], Indian [[condensed matter physicist]], Founder director of [[S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences]].

====Psychologists====
*[[Prasanna Kumar Roy|P. K. Roy]], first Indian Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta

===Social Sciences===

====Anthropologists====
*[[Surajit Chandra Sinha]], former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal<ref name="indianprincelystates:susanga">[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/s/susanga.html Indian Princely States: Susanga]</ref>
*[[Nirmal Kumar Bose]]; he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi;served as Gandhi's private secretary in 1940's. Studied also Honors in Geology.

====Economists====
* [[Abhijit Banerjee]], professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019
* [[Amartya Sen]], Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998<ref name=amartyaseninencyclopaediabritannica>
[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9126420/Amartya-Sen/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Amartya Sen]</ref>
* [[Amitava Bose]], former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
* [[Amiya Kumar Bagchi|Amiya Bagchi]], Chancellor, Tripura University, Agartala
* [[Anindya Sen]], Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
* [[Bibek Debroy]], former Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
* [[Bimal Jalan]], former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2000-4)
* [[Debraj Ray (economist)|Debraj Ray]], Julius Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
*[https://www.bu.edu/gdp/profile/1562/ Dilip Mookerjee], Professor of Economics, Boston University
* [[Isher Judge Ahluwalia]], Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
* [[Maitreesh Ghatak]], Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
* [[Mihir Rakshit]], Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
* [[Pranab Bardhan]], Professor at University of California at Berkeley
* [[Radhakamal Mukerjee]], former Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow
* [[Ratan Lal Basu]], Fiction writer in English & Bengali, Indologist and author of books on ancient Indian Economics
* [[Sugata Marjit]], former Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2007–2012), Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta; author.
* [[Sukhamoy Chakravarty]], Professor of Economics, [[Delhi School of Economics]], Delhi; was a key architect of the [[Five-Year plans of India]]; [[Chakravarty Committee on Monetary Policy (1985)]]

====Historians====
* [[A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed]], Professor (retd) of History, Dhaka University; awarded the Ekushe Padak by the Government of Bangladesh
* [[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]], discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture
*[[Gautam Bhadra]], Professor (retd.) of History, [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]]
*[[Sugata Bose]], Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, US
* [[Dipesh Chakrabarty]], Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago
* [[Barun De]], Former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission and Founder-Director, [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]].<ref name=wbhc>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1958 Lives Less Forgotten: Barun De]</ref>
*[[Ranajit Guha]], Reader (retd.) in History, [[University of Sussex]]
* [[Dwijendra Narayan Jha]], Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi
* [[R.C. Majumdar|Romesh Chandra Majumdar]], Former Vice Chancellor, University of Dacca
* [[Rajat Kanta Ray]], Vice Chancellor (retd), Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
* [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri|Hemchandra Raychaudhuri]], Charmichael Professor (retd.) of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta
* [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], [[Padma Bhushan]], ''Ad Hominem'' Professor (retd) of Indian History and Civilization, University of Oxford
* [[Jadunath Sarkar]], Kt.,Vice Chancellor (retd), University of Calcutta
*[[Tanika Sarkar]], Professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
* [[Sumit Sarkar]], Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi
* [[Susobhan Sarkar|Susobhan Chandra Sarkar]], Professor (retd) of History, Presidency College, Calcutta

====Political Scientists====
* [[Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee]], Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta
* [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]], Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, US
* [[Sudipta Kaviraj]], Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York

==Journalists==
*[[Anjan Banerjee]], Editor, Zee 24 Ghanta
* [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]], publisher of ''Inquirer''
* [[Pramatha Chaudhuri]], former editor of ''Sabuj Patra''
*[[Ashok Malik]], Press Secretary to the President Of India
* [[Rasik Krishna Mallick]], former editor, ''Jnananwesan''
* [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]], Opinions Editor, ''The Telegraph''
* [[Udayan Mukherjee]], Managing Editor, ''CNBC India''
* [[Pritish Nandy]], former editor, ''Illustrated Weekly of India''
* [[Akshay Chandra Sarkar]], former editor, ''Sadharani''

==Poets, novelists and Non-Fiction Writers==
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]], novelist
* [[Rajnarayan Basu]], writer and Brahmo Samaj pioneer; maternal grandfather of Sri Aurobindo
* [[Rajsekhar Basu]], studied chemistry; novelist, published using the nom-de-plume Parasuram
* [[Samit Basu]], novelist
* [[Sasthi Brata]], writer
* [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]], poet and novelist
* [[Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay]], writer, brother of Bankim Chandra
* [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], poet
* [[Jibanananda Das]], poet
* [[Henry Louis Vivan Derozio]], poet<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |date=4 December 2014 |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |editor-last=Black |editor-first=Joseph |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |chapter=Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |oclc=894141161 |editor-last2=Conolly |editor-first2=Leonard |editor-last3=Flint |editor-first3=Kate |editor-last4=Grundy |editor-first4=Isobel |editor-last5=Lepan |editor-first5=Don |editor-last6=Liuzza |editor-first6=Roy |editor-last7=McGann |editor-first7=Jerome J. |editor-last8=Prescott |editor-first8=Anne Lake |editor-last9=Qualls |editor-first9=Barry V. |editor-last10=Waters |editor-first10=Claire}}</ref>
* [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], poet
* [[Shankha Ghosh]], poet
* [[Shahidullah Kaiser]], winner of Bangla Academy Award
* [[Peary Chand Mitra]], novelist; author of the first Bengali novel, {{transl|bn|Alaaler ghorer dulal}}
* [[Acharya Kuber Nath Rai]], writer of [[Hindi literature]]
* [[Dwijendralal Ray]], poet, playwright and musician
* [[Sukumar Ray]], poet and humourist, printing technologist
* [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury]], writer
* [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]], novelist
* [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]], poet and novelist
* [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]] Bengali poet; Goethe Award from
* [[Palash Baran Pal]], studied Physics; writer, poet and linguist. Winner of [[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]]
* [[Ramapada Chowdhury]], Indian novelist and short story writer.
*[[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]], Indian novelist, journalist and editor
*[[Devapriya Roy]], Indian novelist.

==Artists and Musicians==
* [[Pritam Chakraborty]], Bollywood music director; sound engineer
* [[Devajyoti Ray]], artist
* [[Dilipkumar Roy]], singer
* [[Atulprasad Sen]], composer & singer of devotional and love songs of his own genre

==Filmmakers, Theatre Personalities and Actors==
* [[Pramathesh Barua]], actor and director
* [[Suman Ghosh (director)|Suman Ghosh]], Filmmaker
* [[Chhabi Biswas]], actor
* [[Bikash Roy]], Actor
* [[Ashok Kumar]], winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1988)
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]], author of ''Nildarpan''
* [[Srijit Mukherji]], filmmaker
* [[Satyajit Ray]], eminent [[India]]n film director; Winner of the [[Academy Honorary Award ]] in 1992 for lifetime achievement
* [[Aparna Sen]], actress
* [[Subrata Sen]], filmmaker, author
* [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]], actor
* [[Ritwik Ghatak]], filmmaker

==Sportspersons==
* [[Vece Paes]], member of the bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team at the Munich Olympics (1972)

==Faculty Members==
* [[Syed Ameer Ali]], former [[Judge]] of the [[High Court of Calcutta]]
* [[Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya]], structural biologist
* [[Charu Chandra Bhattacharya]], physicist
* [[Katyayanidas Bhattacharya]], philosopher and former professor, Department of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta
* Acharya [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]], scientist
* [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]] chemist and politician
* [[Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta]], former [[Director (business)|Director]], [[National Library]], [[Calcutta]]
* [[Bhabatosh Datta]], Finance Secretary, Government of West Bengal
* [[Bishnu Dey]], poet
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician
*[[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], physicist and head of the physics department at presidency college
* [[M.S. Krishnan]], [[Director General]] of the [[Geological Survey of India]].
* [[David Lester Richardson]], former Principal of Hindu College, Calcutta
* Acharya [[Prafulla Chandra Roy]], chemist
* [[Dipak Banerjee]], former Head of the Department of Economics of Presidency College, Kolkata<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/teachers-do-not-die-dipak-banerjee-1930-2007/cid/1027696 Bio]</ref>
*[[William Trego Webb]], author and teacher

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