People born here (64)
|
| Margaret Abbott |
 USA |
GLF |
Olympics |
1900 |
15 June 1876 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Zeeshan Ali |
 IND |
TEN |
Olympics |
1988 |
1 January 1970 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Derrick Anderson |
 CAN |
HOC |
Olympics |
1964 |
20 June 1936 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Dola Banerjee |
IND |
ARC |
Olympics |
2004—2008 |
2 June 1980 |
Baranagar, West Bengal (IND) |
| Harihar Banerjee |
IND |
SHO |
Olympics |
1952—1956 |
15 April 1922 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| PK Banerjee |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
15 October 1936 |
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal (IND) |
| Rahul Banerjee |
IND |
ARC |
Olympics |
2012 |
15 December 1986 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Purma Bannerjee |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics/Other |
1920 |
1897 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Richard Bate |
 GBR |
ROW |
Olympics |
1960 |
22 October 1938 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Soma Biswas |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
2000—2004 |
16 May 1978 |
Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal (IND) |
| Byomkesh Bose |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1952 |
1927 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Audrey Brown |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
24 May 1913 |
Bankura, West Bengal (IND) |
| Godfrey Brown |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1936 |
21 February 1915 |
Bankura, West Bengal (IND) |
| George Caridia |
GBR |
TEN |
Olympics |
1908—1912 |
20 February 1869 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Shiv Chawrasia |
IND |
GLF |
Olympics |
2016 |
15 May 1978 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Bharat Kumar Chetri |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
2012 |
15 December 1981 |
Darjeeling, West Bengal (IND) |
| Jerry Cornes |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1932—1936 |
23 March 1910 |
Darjeeling, West Bengal (IND) |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya |
IND |
|
Administrator |
1997—2000 |
30 May 1940 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Meldric daLuz |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1952 |
1 February 1921 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Ankita Das |
IND |
TTE |
Olympics |
2012 |
17 July 1993 |
Darjeeling, West Bengal (IND) |
| Atanu Das |
IND |
ARC |
Olympics/YOG |
2010—2020 |
5 April 1992 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Mouma Das |
IND |
TTE |
Olympics |
2004—2016 |
24 February 1984 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Terry Davies |
 AUS |
ROW |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
18 October 1933 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Edward Deane |
GBR |
ROW |
Non-starter |
1924 |
23 August 1906 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Rina Einy |
GBR |
TEN |
Non-Medal |
1984 |
29 March 1965 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
 BAN |
|
Administrator |
1979—1990 |
1 February 1930 |
Dinhata, West Bengal (IND) |
| Philip Falle |
GBR |
SAL |
Olympics |
1928 |
19 March 1885 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Ferdinand Fiellmann |
GBR |
FEN |
Non-starter |
1908—1912 |
19 August 1883 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Poulomi Ghatak |
IND |
TTE |
Olympics |
2000 |
3 January 1983 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Soumyajit Ghosh |
IND |
TTE |
Olympics |
2012—2016 |
10 May 1993 |
Siliguri, West Bengal (IND) |
| Jagdish Gill |
CAN |
HOC |
Olympics |
2016 |
5 December 1984 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Charles Gmelin |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1896 |
28 May 1872 |
Krishnagar, West Bengal (IND) |
| Herbert Hambleton |
GBR |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1920 |
25 April 1896 |
Barrackpore, West Bengal (IND) |
| Muhammad Iqbal |
 PAK |
SHO |
Olympics |
1960 |
10 May 1929 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Mac Joachim |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics |
1948 |
1925 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Robin Judah |
GBR |
SAL |
Olympics |
1968 |
18 June 1930 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Laxmi Kanta Das |
IND |
WLF |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
1 July 1938 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Chintamoni Kar |
GBR |
ART |
Olympics |
1948 |
19 April 1915 |
Kharagpur, West Bengal (IND) |
| Joydeep Karmakar |
IND |
SHO |
Olympics |
2012 |
7 December 1979 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Frederick Kisch |
GBR |
|
Administrator |
1933—1943 |
23 August 1888 |
Darjeeling, West Bengal (IND) |
| Neville Lytton |
GBR |
JDP |
Olympics |
1908 |
6 February 1879 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Nalin Malik |
IND |
SWM |
Olympics |
1932 |
1910 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Sailen Manna |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
1 September 1924 |
Howrah, West Bengal (IND) |
| Sakti Mazumdar |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics |
1952 |
13 November 1931 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Prafulla Mullick |
IND |
SWM |
Olympics |
1948 |
1919 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Ashwini Nachappa |
IND |
ATH |
Non-starter |
1988 |
21 October 1967 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Anil Nandy |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1948 |
1923 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Nikhil Nandy |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956 |
1932 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Johnny Nuttall |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics/Non-starter |
1948 |
11 April 1919 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Leander Paes |
IND |
TEN |
Olympics/Other |
1992—2016 |
17 June 1973 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Terence Pitt |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
30 November 1903 |
Khidirpur, West Bengal (IND) |
| Norman Pritchard |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1900 |
23 June 1875 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Alan Raphael |
CAN |
HOC |
Olympics |
1964 |
26 December 1931 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Arati Saha |
IND |
SWM |
Olympics |
1952 |
24 September 1940 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Rukma Shumsher Rana |
 NEP |
|
Administrator |
1998—2006 |
12 March 1936 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Jyotirmoyee Sikdar |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1996 |
11 December 1969 |
Debagram, Nadia, West Bengal (IND) |
| Chandan Singh Rawat |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952 |
26 July 1928 |
Darjeeling, West Bengal (IND) |
| Mansher Singh |
IND |
SHO |
Olympics |
1984—2008 |
1 December 1965 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Carlyle Tapsell |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1932—1936 |
24 July 1909 |
Adra, West Bengal (IND) |
| Runu Guha Thakurta |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1952 |
|
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal (IND) |
| Anuradha Thokchom |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
2016 |
2 February 1989 |
Bishnupur, West Bengal (IND) |
| Ronald Vernieux |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1932 |
18 October 1910 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Ken Wilmshurst |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1956 |
9 April 1931 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Alistair Wilson |
GBR |
CSP |
Olympics |
1964—1968 |
20 August 1939 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
People who died here (40)
|
| Tulasidas Balaram |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
16 February 2023 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Harihar Banerjee |
IND |
SHO |
Olympics |
1952—1956 |
28 March 1999 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| PK Banerjee |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956—1960 |
20 March 2020 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Samar Banerjee |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956 |
20 August 2022 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Rabin Bhatta |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics |
1948 |
6 July 2004 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Byomkesh Bose |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1952 |
4 October 2003 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Charles Boulden |
GBR |
IHO |
Non-starter |
1924 |
29 January 1944 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Netai Bysack |
IND |
CRD/CTR |
Olympics |
1952 |
5 December 2005 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Suprovat Chakravarty |
IND |
CRD/CTR |
Olympics |
1952 |
24 December 2015 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Samarandra Chatterjee |
IND |
WPO |
Olympics |
1948 |
2 January 1987 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Leslie Claudius |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1948—1960 |
20 December 2012 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Jagmohan Dalmiya |
IND |
|
Administrator |
1997—2000 |
20 September 2015 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Rabi Das |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1948 |
21 April 1998 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Keshav Dutt |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
7 July 2021 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Subimal Goswami |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1960 |
30 April 2020 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| James Hall |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924—1928 |
20 May 1929 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Chintamoni Kar |
GBR |
ART |
Olympics |
1948 |
3 October 2005 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Cheruvari Lakshmanan |
IND |
ATH |
Olympics |
1924 |
3 October 1970 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Bob Lall |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics |
1948 |
16 May 1953 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Sheikh Abdul Latif |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952—1960 |
2 February 2000 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Sailen Manna |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
27 February 2012 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Sakti Mazumdar |
IND |
BOX |
Olympics |
1952 |
21 May 2021 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Raj Kumar Mehra |
IND |
CRD/CTR |
Olympics |
1948—1952 |
5 January 2001 |
Rajpur Sonarpur, West Bengal (IND) |
| Sahu Mewalal |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics/Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
27 December 2008 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Masude Minhas |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1932 |
16 January 1936 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Darshan Mondal |
IND |
GAR |
Olympics |
1964 |
29 May 1971 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Prafulla Mullick |
IND |
SWM |
Olympics |
1948 |
1974 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Sachin Nag |
IND |
SWM/WPO |
Olympics/Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
19 August 1987 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Anil Nandy |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1948 |
14 February 2003 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Nikhil Nandy |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956 |
29 December 2020 |
Nagerbazar, West Bengal (IND) |
| Krishna Pal |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1956 |
14 October 2009 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Jaswant Rajput |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics/Non-starter |
1948—1952 |
28 January 2015 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Samir Roy |
IND |
FBL |
Non-starter |
1952 |
16 March 2019 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Arati Saha |
IND |
SWM |
Olympics |
1952 |
23 August 1994 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Mohammad Sattar |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952 |
23 April 2011 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Gora Seal |
IND |
WPO |
Olympics |
1948 |
23 September 2017 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Tarit Kumar Sett |
IND |
CTR |
Olympics |
1952 |
29 January 2014 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| Chandan Singh Rawat |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952 |
24 July 2008 |
Siliguri, West Bengal (IND) |
| Gindi Singh |
IND |
HOC |
Olympics |
1960—1964 |
6 November 2002 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |
| P. Venkatesh |
IND |
FBL |
Olympics |
1952 |
1 June 1977 |
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal (IND) |