- Rabindranath Tagore– First Non-European novel laureate in literature.
- Kazi Nazrul Islam– National poet of Bangladesh.
- Begum Roquia– Leading Bangladeshi Feminist writer.
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar– Bengali polymath writer.
- Doctor Muhammad Shahidullah- Bengali educationist and linguist.
- Manik Bandopadhyay– Bengali novelist.
- Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan– Bangladeshi journalist and Islamic scholar.
- Munier Choudhury– Bangladeshi educationist.
- Muhammad Abdul Hai– Linguist.
- Muhammad Enamul Haq– Bangladeshi researcher and educationist.
- Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury– Bengali writer and entrepreneur.
- Sukumar Ray– Bengali humorous poet.
- Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar– Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales.
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain– Bengali language novelist.
- Promoth Chowdhury– Famous writer and critics.
- Farrukh Ahmad– Poet and writer of Bangladesh.
- Michael Madhusudan Dutta– 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist.
- Sukanta Bhattacharya– Bengali poet and playwright.
- Syed Mujtaba Ali– Bengali author and linguist.
- Abdullah Abu Sayeed– Bangladeshi writer and television presenter.
- Kaykobad– Bangladeshi poet.
- Jasimuddin Mollah-Muslim Bengali poet and radio personality.
- Hasan Azizul Huq– Bangladeshi writer.
- Jibanananda Das– Bengali poet and essayist.
- Shawkat Osman– Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.
- Akhteruzzaman Elias– Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer.
- Abu Ishaq– Bangladeshi poet.
- Abu Zafar Obaidullah– Prominent Bangladeshi poet.
- Syed Waliullah– Bangladeshi novelist and playwright.
- Peary Chand Mitra– Indian writer, journalist, and entrepreneur.
- Shamsur Rahman– Bangladeshi poet and journalist.
- Begum Sufia Kamal– Bangladeshi poet and freedom fighter.
- Shahidullah Kaiser– Bangladeshi novelist and writer.
- Syed Ali Ahsan– Professor, poet and writer.
- Humayun Ahmed-Bangladeshi powerful writer.
