People from Kolkata

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON

The succesor to Mother Teresa (1934-2015)

British Indian Bengali woman freedom fighter (1911–1932)

Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932)

wife of Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jordanian princess

Sagarika Mukherjee, also known as Saag, is an Indian singer and actress. She sings mainly Hindi, Assamese, and Bengali language songs, but has also sung in the Tamil and Telugu languages. She is the daughter of singer and composer Manas Mukherjee and granddaughter of lyricist Jahar Mukherjee.

Indian educationalist

Indian anthropologist

Maharani of Mayurbhanj (1874-1959)

English philanthropist; wife of Leslie Stephen and mother of Virginia Woolf (1846-1895)

Indian film director (1931–2022)

Kolkata-based family who have contributed to the fields of business, social and religious reformation, literature, art and music

Indian meditation teacher (1911–1989)

Indian social worker, educationist

Bengali revolutionary

Indian art gallery owner

Indian Brahmo (1844–1884)

Bengali revolutionary (1911-1931)

Indian politician and mobster

Bengali revolutionary

Householder disciple of Ramakrishna, relative of Swami Vivekananda, author (1851-1899)

wife of George Orwell (1918–1980)

Disability rights activist

Indian bureaucrat

Indian film producer

Australian poker player

British activist (1911-1997)

Indian philanthropist (1831–1908)

architect

Omichund, Omichand, or Umichand (, ; died 1767) was a merchant and broker during the Nawabi period of Bengal. He was one of the principal authors of the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daulah and associated with the treaty negotiated by Robert Clive before the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

Indian dentist

Indian revolutionary

Indian independence activist, Gandhian, social reformer and institution builder

Indian politician (1869-1932)

Indian politician and former judge

Indian philanthropist

Indian activist (1884–1972)