GREGORIAN LUMINARIES
Politics
- Tajuddin Ahmad (first Prime Minister of Bangladesh)
- Dr. Kamal Hossain (former Law and Justice minister of Bangladesh)
- Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (former President of Bangladesh)
- Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Foreign Affairs Advisor, People’s Republic of Bangladesh)
- Hubert Costa (Member of Parliament of Poland)
- M. Osman Siddique (first U.S. ambassador to Fiji)
- A. K. Faezul Huq (former minister, lawyer, and freelance journalist)
- Syed Najmuddin Hashim (diplomat)
- Faqueer (Fakir) Shahabuddin (the first Attorney General of Bangladesh)
Education
- Dr. Amartya Sen (world-renowned economist and Nobel Laureate in Economics—1998)
- Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury (Vice-Chancellor of BRAC University, former Advisor of first Interim Government) – “Beacon of Light” – A Commemorative Book on National Professor can be found here: JRC
- Dr. Serajul Islam Choudhury (Professor Emeritus of University of Dhaka, public intellectual, educationist)
Cultural sectors
- Kaykobad (famous Bengali poet and the writer of an epic named ‘Maha-shmashan’)
- Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (folk singer)
- Samar Das (performing arts in Bangladesh)
- Qazi Anwar Hussain (founder of ‘SEBA Prokashoni’ and the creator of famous character ‘Masud Rana’)
- Bhanu Bandopadhyay (comedian)
- Ali Zaker (eminent actor and TV personality).
- Shahriar Kabir (writer and human rights activist)
- Mahfuz Anam (editor of The Daily Star)
Sports
- Abdur Rahim (footballer and national coach of Bangladesh)
- Raqibul Hasan (first captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team)
- Yusuf Rahman Babu (former Bangladesh cricketer)
- Ashraful Haque (former Bangladesh cricketer, former chief-executive of Asian Cricket Council)
- Raisuddin Ahmed (basketball player, sports organizer, lifetime member of ICC)
- Enamul Hossain Rajib (5th Grandmaster of Bangladesh)
(list taken from Wikipedia)