List of people from West Bengal
This is a list of famous and notable people from West Bengal, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.
Arts
- Abanindranath Tagore
- Nandalal Bose
- Ramkinkar Baij
- Jamini Roy
Literature
Movies
Directors
Actors
Actresses
- Aparna Sen
- Bipasha Basu
- Devika Rani, first winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 1970
- Jaya Bachchan (Jaya Bhaduri)
- Kajol
- Kananbala
- Kanan Devi, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 1977
- Moon Moon Sen
- Moushmi Chatterji
- Nutan
- Raakhee Gulzar
- Reena Roy
- Rani Mukherji
- Riya Sen
- Sharmila Tagore
- Suchitra Sen
- Supriya Devi
- Sushmita Sen
- Tanuja
Music
Dance
Theatre
- Girish Ghosh
- Shishir Bhaduri
- Shambhu Mitra
- Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
Politics
Science
Religion
Sports
Others