Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

male, deceased (1992)
Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker regarded as one of the greatest film directors of the twentieth century. Born in the city of Kolkata (then...
Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy

female, deceased (1933)
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 - 27 September 1933) was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours...
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

male, deceased (1894)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ("Bôngkim Chôndro Chôţţopaddhae") ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) was a...
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

male, deceased (1891)
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya ("Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae"), was a Bengali polymath and a pillar of th...

Rajnarayan Basu

male, deceased (1899)
Rajnarayan Basu was a writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. He was born in Boral in 24 Parganas and studied at the Hare School and...
Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray

male, deceased (1923)
Sukumar Ray (Bangla:সুকুমার রায় was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of litera...
Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed

male
Humayun Ahmed is a popular Bangladeshi novelist and dramatist, whose stories and novels often involve the lives of middle-class people. He has...
Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt

male, deceased (1873)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in the village...
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

male, 57 years old
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born December 23,1952) is a Bangladeshi academian, scientist, writer of children’s books and science-fiction and columnist. He...