List of people from Assam

Last updated February 14, 2025

This is a list of notable people from Assam, India .

Administrators, diplomats and justices

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the 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
Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first Assamese and also the first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars

Krishna Kanta Handiqui, A Sanskrit scholar, an Indologist and philanthropist from Assam
Nabakanta Barua, A prominent Assamese novelist and poet
Amalendu Guha, An eminent Marxist historian, poet and a littérateur from Assam.
Mamoni Raisom Goswami, an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor
K M Baharul Islam, professor at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Jugal Kalita, a professor and department chair of computer science at the College of Engineering and Applied Science within the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS)
Mrinal Miri
Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Indira Miri

Performing artists

Actors and models

Film directors

Musicians

Activists

Kiran Bala Bora, freedom fighter and social activist
Muzammil Haque, first martyr of Madhyam movement.
Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, social activist and writer
Akhil Gogoi
Hema Bharali, freedom fighter and social activist
Birubala Rabha, social activist
Chobilal Upadhyaya, freedom fighter and Nepali social activist

Journalists

Writers

Poets

Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
Azan Faqir, Poet
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
Atul Bora, Cabinet Minister; A Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the regional party Asom Gana Parishad.
Abdul Matlib Mazumder, He was one among the prominent muslim MLA and also Cabinet Minister of Assam.As a Muslim leaders of eastern India, he also support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on communal lines. Mazumdar along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the 5th President of India) became the most prominent Muslim opponents of the demand for a separate Muslim state of Pakistan, especially in the eastern part of the country.
Pramod Boro, current CEM of BTC; president of UPPL
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
Bhabesh Kalita, State President BJP Assam Pradesh
Jogendra Nath Hazarika, former Chief Minister of Assam
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam
Bishnuram Medhi, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor
Santosh Mohan Dev, former Union Minister
Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, former CEM of BTC
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya
Ajanta Neog, Minister of Finance in Govt of Assam; first woman Finance Minister of Assam; Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kabindra Purkayastha, former Union Minister
Syed Muhammed Saadulah, first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial, He was also the member of Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950.
Hiteswar Saikia, former Chief Minister of Assam, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Mizoram
Himanta Biswa Sarma, current Chief Minister of Assam & Convener of the Election Management Committee; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014) (2016-2021)
Sarat Chandra Sinha, former Chief Minister of Assam
Sarbananda Sonowal, Former Chief Minister of Assam; former Union Minister
Syeda Anwara Taimur, first woman Chief Minister of Assam. Only Muslim chief minister of Assam.

Religious leaders

Sports

Bodybuilding

Cricketers

Abu Nechim Ahmed, First Assamese IPL player and former Mumbai Indians fast bowler.
Javed Zaman, He was Assam's first List A Player and greatest fast bowler from Assam [1]
Gokul Sharma
Riyan Parag,. plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL and Indian international cricketer.
Jogeswar Bhumij, Cricketer

Footballers

Debashish Roy, former Indian national footballer
Gilbertson Sangma, former Indian national footballer
Babul Phukan, former Indian national footballer
Jewel Bey, former Indian national footballer
Anjana Saikia, Indian national woman footballer
Holicharan Narzary, ISL and Indian national footballer
Alen Deory, ISL and Indian national footballer
Durga Boro, former ISL footballer
Baoringdao Bodo, ISL and Indian national footballer
Pranjal Bhumij, ISL footballer
Pragyan Gogoi, ISL footballer
Vinit Rai, ISL and Indian national footballer
Gaurav Bora, ISL footballer
Milan Basumatary
Toshen Bora, Indian national footballer

Tennis player

Somdev Devvarman

Table tennis player

Monalisa Baruah Mehta

Naturalists

Others

Hemendra Prasad Barooah, entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist
Jitendra Nath Goswami, astrophysicist
Ranjit Barthakur, businessman
Sailadhar Baruah, film producer
Suprabha Devi, film producer
Uddhab Bharali, inventor
Nomal Chandra Borah, neurologist and founder of GNRC hospitals
Harishankar Brahma, election commissioner of India
Ramesh C. Deka, former Director of AIIMS
Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist
Achyut Lahkar, father of Assamese mobile theatre
Tarun Ram Phukan, freedom fighter
Joyanti Chutia, scientist, one of the only two women to head any scientific institution in India
Sonaram Chutia, Vaishnav scholar, freedom fighter, educationist
Anandita Dutta Tamuly, world record holder
Nayandeep Deka Baruah, mathematician
Anupam Saikia, mathematician
Dhaniram Baruah, heart surgeon, popularly known as India's Pig Heart Doctor

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