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'''[[Howrah]]''' or '''Haora''', is one of the largest cities in [[West Bengal]], India. This is a list of notable people who lived in or came from Howrah. A name can repeat in the following sections.

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==Writers==
*[[Afsar Amed|Afsar Ahmed]] (1959–2018), poet and novelist
* [[Bharatchandra Ray]], known for his poetic work, [[Annadamangal]] or Annapurnamangal
* [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]], well known for his book on Swami Vivekananda<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Lifetime-award-for-Shankar/articleshow/18215346.cms|title=Lifetime award for Shankar|newspaper=The Times of India|date=28 January 2013|accessdate=4 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[Purnendu Pattrea]], writer
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inuth.com/my-space/theatre/safdar-hashmi-the-new-word-the-wake-up-call-the-cult-of-defiance/|title=Safdar Hashmi: The new word, the wake up call, the cult of defiance|date=December 19, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Sandipan Chattopadhyay]], famous for his book ''Kritadas Kritadasi''
* [[Sankari Prasad Basu]], famous for his books on [[Swami Vivekananda]], ''Sahashya Vivekananda'' and ''Bandhu Vivekananda''
* [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Bengali novelist and short story writer
* [[Sasthipada Chattopadhyay]], Bengali novelist and short story writer, popularly known for his detective series [[Pandab Goenda]]
* [[Narayan Debnath]], Bengali comics artist and illustrator, whose popular works are [[Bantul the Great]], [[Nonte Phonte]] and [[Handa Bhonda|Handa Bhoda]]

==Educationists==
* [[Kanailal Bhattacharyya]], ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Industries, West Bengal
* [[Kedarnath Bhattacharya]], created first vernacular Bengali medium school of Howrah ''Santragachi Minor School''
* [[Mahendranath Roy|Babu Mahendranath Roy]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], founding father of [[Asutosh College]] in [[Calcutta]], was a member of the [[Senate]] of [[University of Calcutta]], founded an English medium [[high school]], ''Mahendranath Ray institution'', in Tajpur, near [[Amta]]
* [[Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya]], scholar of [[Sanskrit]], and the former principal of the Sanskrit College between 1876 and 1895
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], linguist, writer and philologist
* [[Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay]], Computer Scientist, Director Indian Statistical Institute
* [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]], Indian linguist, educationist, litterateur, Padma Bhushan award winner

==Doctors==
* [[Mahendralal Sarkar]], founder of the [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]]
* [[Jagannath Bhattacharya]], physicist

==People associated with films and television==
*[[Ariful Haque (actor)|Ariful Haque]] (born 1931), Bangladeshi actor and writer
* [[Anjana Basu]], television actress
* [[Ayaz Ahmed]], television actor
* [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]], film actor
* [[Bidita Bag]], television actress
* [[Bibhu Bhattacharya]], actor
* [[Hiran Chatterjee]], actor, producer, singer
* [[Kanan Devi]], the first star actress of Bengali cinema
* [[N. K. Salil]], screenwriter, film actor
* [[Purnendu Pattrea]], film director
* [[Raviranjan Maitra]], film actor, producer and editor
* [[Rudranil Ghosh]], film actor
* [[Sayani Datta]], actress
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], film actor
* [[Sisir Bhaduri]], film actor and director
* [[Sujan Mukhopadhyay]], film actor
* [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]], director and film-maker
* [[Tulsi Chakraborty]], actor
* [[N. K. Salil]], screenwriter and story writer

==Singers==
*[[Dhananjay Bhattacharya]], singer.
*[[Pannalal Bhattacharya]], singer
* [[Dilip Bagchi]], mass singer
* [[Juthika Roy]], awarded with Padma Shri
*[[Koushik Bhattacharjee]], classical vocalist
*[[Sagarika Mukherjee Da Costa]], singer, songwriter and actress
* [[Tarun Bhattacharya]], classical musician
* [[Pulak Bandyopadhyay]], musician

==Politicians==
*[[Mohammed Amin (politician)|Mohammed Amin]] (1928–2018), Marxist politician
*[[Azizul Haque (Naxalite activist)|Mir Azizul Haque]] (1942–2025), Naxalite activist
*[[Hannan Mollah]] (born 1946), Communist politician
*[[Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)|Sultan Ahmed]] (1953–2017), politician
*[[Sajda Ahmed]] (born 1962), politician
*[[M. Ansaruddin]], five-time MLA
*[[Mohammed Elias]], two-time member of the Lok Sabha
*[[S. Abdur Rauf]], first Muslim MLA for Howrah
*[[Mohammed Idris]], politician
* [[Ashim Kumar Ghosh]], Governor of [[Haryana]], Former president of [[BJP, West Bengal]]<ref>
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* [[Ambica Banerjee]], Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Arup Roy]], cabinet minister of [[West Bengal]] since 2011 and also an MLA
* [[Kanailal Bhattacharyya]], ex-minister of Ministry of Commerce and Industries, West Bengal
* [[Mahendranath Roy]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], first elected chairperson of the [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Kedarnath Bhattacharya]], first elected vice-chairman of [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Hannan Mollah]], member of Lok Sabha of India from the 7th Lok Sabha to the 14th Lok Sabha
* [[Jagannath Bhattacharya]], politician
* [[Jatu Lahiri]], member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=856&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiw87SmsufgAhUUUI8KHewaBTUQFjAKegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw21QFaUQVqbysgUcsz3wySR|title=Jatu Lahiri(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- SHIBPUR(HOWRAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref>
* [[Swapan Sadhan Bose]], politician
* [[Swadesh Chakraborty]], politician

==Business people==
* [[Alamohan Das]], industrialist

==Sports==
*[[Sk Faiaz|Sheikh Faiaz]] (born 1995), footballer
*[[Aloke Bhattacharjee]], cricketer and umpire
*[[Bikash Chowdhury (cricketer)|Bikash Chowdhury]], first-class cricketer
*[[Charanjit Singh (cricketer)|Charanjit Singh]], first-class cricketer
*[[Dibyendu Chakrabarty]], first-class cricketer
*[[Gitimoy Basu]], first-class cricketer
*[[Jolly Sarkar]], first-class cricketer
* [[Harold Denham]], English cricketer
* [[Laxmi Ratan Shukla]], first class cricketer
* [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]], cricketer; played for the [[Kings XI Punjab]] and [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] in [[Indian Premier League]]
* [[Pritam Chakraborty (cricketer)|Pritam Chakraborty]], first-class cricketer, U-19 Indian Cricket Team
* [[Saurasish Lahiri]], cricketer; played in the international
* [[Sailen Manna]], footballer; played for the [[Mohun Bagan]] team and played in international competitions including the Asian Games and Olympics
*[[Soumik Chatterjee]], first-class cricketer
*[[Sanjib Sanyal]], first-class cricketer
* [[Shyama Shaw]], international cricketer, left-hand batsman, played test and one-day matches
*[[Sudip Chatterjee (footballer)|Sudip Chatterjee]], international football player

==Artists==
*[[Kalipada Ghoshal]], last successor of [[Abanindranath Tagore]]'s [[Indian Society of Oriental Art]] and Bengal school of art
* [[Rabin Mondal]], founding member of the Calcutta Painters

==Others==
*[[Azangachhi Shaheb]] (1828–1932), Sufi saint who founded the [[Haqqani Anjuman]]
*[[ARM Inamul Haque|A. R. Muhammad Inamul Haque]] (1921–1977), Bangladeshi engineer, veteran and social worker
*[[K. C. Paul]], conspiracy theorist, self-proclaimed scientist and astronomer
*[[Narayan Debnath]], comic artist
*[[Subhas Datta]], environment activist
*[[Subroto Mukherjee]], first air marshal of the [[Indian Air Force]]

==References==
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[[Category:People from Howrah| ]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian people by populated place|Howrah]]
[[Category:Lists of people from West Bengal|Howrah ]]

List of people from Howrah - Revision history

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