This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the South Asian subcontinent, people with Bengali ancestry, and people who speak Bengali as their primary language.
Monarchs
Pala Dynasty
Chronological order
Chandra Dynasty
Traillokyachandra (900–930) Srichandra (930–975) Kalyanachandra (975–1000) Ladahachandra (1000–1020) Govindachandra (1020–1050)
Deva Dynasty
Dasharathadeva (1281) Pratapaditya, Maharaja of Jessore (1561–1611) Kirtinarayan Basu, Raja of Chandradwip (from 1668), converted to Islam
Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1352–1414)
House of Ganesha
Raja Ganesha
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah (1419–1436)
Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494–1538)
Other
Paragal Khan, 16th-century governor of Chittagong
Chhuti Khan, 16th-century governor of Chittagong
Shahzada Danyal, son of Alauddin Husain Shah
Syeda Momena Khatun, daughter of Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
Isa Khan (1529–1599), leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan chieftains of Bengal
Musa Khan (d. 1623), leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan chieftains of Bengal
Dilal Khan (1585–1666), final independent ruler of Sandwip
Kirtinarayan Basu (r. 1668–?), fifth Raja of Chandradwip and founder of the Muslim Baklai family Chowdhury Abu Torab Khan (d. 1767), zamindar of Sandwip and leader of Bengal's first anti-colonial uprising Titumir (1782–1831), anti-colonial rebel and self-proclaimed Badshah Rahimullah (d. 1861), Chief of Baraikhali and leader of the Sundarbans Indigo Revolt Golam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), zamindar of Haturia and philanthropist
Nobel laureates
Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize in Literature, First Nobel Prize winner of Asia, 1913 Amartya Sen, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1998 Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, 2006 Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Prize in Economic science, 2019