List of people from Assam

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This is a list of people from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese president of India
Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
Ranjan Gogoi, judge of the Supreme Court of India
Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state

Freedom fighters

Academicians and Scholars

Actors and actresses

Indra Bania
Swargajyoti Barooah
Pramathesh Barua
Jamuna Baruah
Kashmiri Saikia Baruah
Jatin Bora
Seema Biswas
Chetana Das
Zubeen Garg, singer, Bollywood films playback singer and actor
Barsha Rani Bishaya
Kapil Bora
Kenny Basumatary
Jaya Battacharya
Devoleena Bhattacharjee
Jupitora Bhuyan
Panchi Bora
Parineeta Borthakur
Aashish Chaudhary
Rashami Desai
Monikangana Dutta
Moloya Goswami, first Assamese actress to win National Award under the Best Actress category
Nipon Goswami, film actor
Aideu Handique
Diganta Hazarika
Adil Hussain
Baharul Islam
Rishi Kaushik
Angaraag Mahanta, singer and actor, Bollywood films playback singer
Shamin Mannan
Mohini
Moghai Ojah
Prastuti Parashar
Biju Phukan
Renu Saikia
Brajanath Sarma, playwright, actor and a pioneer of mobile theater of Assam
Phani Sarma, theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director
Indraneil Sengupta, film, television actor and model
Arunima Sharma
Tarun Arora
Dipannita Sharma, model and Bollywood film actress
Mahika Sharma
Tara
Zerifa Wahid

Film directors

Activists

Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, social activist and writer
Akhil Gogoi

Journalists

Siva Prasad Barooah
Ananda Chandra Barua
Radha Govinda Baruah, founder of The Assam Tribune
Parag Kumar Das
Arnab Goswami, Mumbai-based
Gauri Shankar Kalita
Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan
Khiren Roy

Music

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Bishnu Prasad Rabha
Bhupen Hazarika
Dipali Barthakur
Parveen Sultana
Beauty Sharma Barua
Rudra Baruah
Parvati Prasad Baruva
Zubeen Garg
Papon
Joi Barua
Rupam Bhuyan
Kalpana Patowary
Tarali Sarma, National Award winner for Best Playback Singer - Female
Jim Ankan Deka
Raaj J Konwar
Dhrubajyoti Phukan
Jayanta Hazarika
Mayukh Hazarika
Khagen Mahanta
Antara Nandy
Pratima Barua Pandey
Rameshwar Pathak
Padmanav Bordoloi

Literature

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari
Ananda Chandra Agarwala
Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
Dr. Debo Prasad Barooah, Litterateur of Assam
Amulya Barua
Ananda Chandra Barua
Binanda Chandra Barua
Chandradhar Barua
Hem Barua
Hem Barua (Tyagbir)
Hemchandra Barua
Jahnavi Barua
Jnanadabhiram Barua
Kanaklal Barua
Nabakanta Barua
Ananda Ram Baruah
Bhubanmohan Baruah
Padmanath Gohain Baruah
Parvati Prasad Baruva
Lakshminath Bezbaroa, prominent personality of Assamese literature
Debananda Bharali
Chandra Bharati
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, Jnanpeeth Award winner
Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
Nalinidhar Bhattacharya
Hiren Bhattacharyya
Bhattadeva
Nakul Chandra Bhuyan
Dhrubajyoti Bora
Mahim Bora
Satyanath Bora
Rajanikanta Bordoloi
Homen Borgohain
Abani Chakraborty
Saurabh Kumar Chaliha
Raghunath Choudhary
Ambika Charan Choudhury
Lakshyadhar Choudhury
Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury
Rita Chowdhury
Mithinga Daimary
Jogesh Das
Nitoo Das
Birendra Nath Datta (1935-)
Bhabananda Deka
Harekrishna Deka
Nalini Bala Devi
Robin Dey
Utpal Dutta
Srutimala Duara
Jatindra Nath Duwara
Bhusana Dvija
Pitambar Dvija
Gopalacharana Dwija
Ganesh Gogoi
Hiren Gohain
Gopaldev
Hemchandra Goswami
Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Jnanpeeth Award winner
Manoj Kumar Goswami
Sarat Chandra Goswami
Krishna Kanta Handique
Atul Chandra Hazarika
Dhruba Hazarika
Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika
Ismail Hussain
Banikanta Kakati
Ananta Kandali
Madhava Kandali
Rudra Kandali
Durgabar Kayastha
Madhavdev
Syed Abdul Malik
Kaliram Medhi
Gopala Mishra
Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967)
Nilmani Phookan (1933-)
Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
Mitra Phukan
Arupa Kalita Patangia
Sarmistha Pritam
Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Bishnuprasad Rabha
Benudhar Rajkhowa
Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
Khiren Roy
Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Jaideep Saikia
Sankardev
Hema Saraswati
Brajanath Sarma
Phani Sarma
Siddhartha Sarma
Imran Shah
Arun Sharma
Benudhar Sharma
Sonaram Sutiya
Harivara Vipra

Poets

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets

Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
Haribar Bipra (fl. 14th century)
Nalinibala Devi, poet
Ananta Kandali (fl. 16th century)
Madhav Kandali (fl. 14th century)
Madhavdev (1489–1596)
Sankardev (1449–1568)
Hem Saraswati (fl. 14th century)
Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663), Ahom King, poet
Rudra Singha, Ahom King, poet

Historical figures

Politicians

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
Badruddin Ajmal, President of All India United Democratic Front
Siva Prasad Barooah, politician, tea planter, philanthropist, and humanist
Debakanta Barua, former president of Indian National Congress
Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of independent Assam; freedom fighter; only Assamese to date who has been conferred the civil honour of Bharat Ratna by the Indian government
Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist
Bimala Prasad Chaliha, former Chief Minister of Assam
Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Punjab
Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
Bijoy Krishna Handique, former Union Minister of state
Jogendra Nath Hazarika, former Chief Minister of Assam
P.K. Mahanta, President of Assam Gan Parishad
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam
Bishnuram Medhi, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor
Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, current CEM of BTC
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya
Kabindra Purkayastha, former union minister
Syed Muhammed Saadulah, first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial
Hiteswar Saikia, former Chief Minister of Assam
Himanta Biswa Sarma, Member, BJP & Convener of the Election Management Committee; former Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014)
Sarat Chandra Sinha, former Chief Minister of Assam
Sarbananda Sonowal, Present Chief Minister of Assam
Syeda Anwara Taimur, first woman Chief Minister of Assam

Religious leaders

Sports

Bhogeswar Baruah, athlete
Dipankar Bhattacharjee, badminton player
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, volleyball player
Madhurjya Borah, triathlete
Durga Boro, footballer
Mahadev Deka, bodybuilder
Alen Deory, footballer
Somdev Devvarman, tennis
Gautam Kalita, bodybuilder
Monalisa Baruah Mehta, table tennis player
Holicharan Narzary, footballer
Abu Nechim, cricketer
Nur Alom Sarkar judo player & international medalist.
Anupam Sharma, international arm wrestler
Jayanta Talukdar, archer
Shiva Thapa, boxer

Naturalists

Others

Ranjit Barthakur
Sailadhar Baruah
Uddhab Bharali, innovator
Nomal Chandra Borah, neurologist and founder of GNRC hospitals
Harishankar Brahma, election commissioner of India
Ramesh C. Deka
Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist
Achyut Lahkar
Tarun Ram Phukan, freedom fighter
Joyanti Sutiya, scientist, one of the only two women to head any scientific institution in India
Sonaram Sutiya, Vaishnav scholar, freedom fighter, educationist
Anandita Dutta Tamuly

References

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