People from Jessore District

Bangladeshi human rights activist

Bangladeshi actress

Bangladeshi politician and judge (1936–2017)

Indian guru, poet and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition (1489-1564)

Bangladeshi actress

Indian revolutionary

Goswami of Vrindavan

Indian singer and writer

Bengali essayist, poet and writers (1868–1946)

Indian archaeologist

Indian intellectual and poet (1914-1971)

Bangladeshi actor

Indian actor

Journalist and editor

Indian politician

Pratapaditya Guha was a zamindar and King of Jessore of southern Bengal, before being defeated by the Mughal Empire. Supported by the Portuguese, he was eulogized by 19th and 20th century Bengali historians as a resistor against Mughal in Jessore but the statements are still debated.

Bangladeshi author (1936–2022)

Bangladeshi actress

Indian Bengali film and television actor

writer (1911-1986)

Indian actor

Bengali writer