1. Notable people

2. See also

3. References

Biswas (pronounced in Bengali as "bish-shash"{{cn|date=August 2018}}) is a common surname in West Bengal, Bihar among Indian mostly Hindus and some Muslims and Christian Bengalis. In Bengali, Biswas means believe in.{{cn|date=August 2018}}

This title would have been attributed to those who contributed for the government administrative services during Muslim and British Period in Indian subcontinent. It is also a common surname among Muslims in Bangladesh.{{cn|date=August 2018}}

Notable people

• Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926–2017),Former President of Bangladeshi.
• Anil Biswas (composer) (1914–2003), Indian film music composer
• Anil Biswas (politician) (nickname 'Keru') (1944–2006), Indian politician
• Antara Biswas, Indian actress
• Apu Biswas, Bangladeshi actress who appears in Dhallywood Films
• Ashim Biswas, footballer
• Basanta Kumar Biswas (1895–1915), pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group
• Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994), Indian ornithologist
• Chhabi Biswas (1900–1962), Bengali character actor
• Debabrata Biswas (1911–1980), Bengali singer
• Debabrata Biswas (politician) (born 1945), politician from All India Forward Bloc and a Member of the Parliament of India
• Dipendu Biswas, Indian international football player
• Dulal Biswas, Indian footballer
• Hemanga Biswas, exponent of the Bhantiali folk music, originally popular among the fishermen of Bangladesh
• Muhammad Abdul Latif Biswas, politician, diplomat, and freedom fighter from Bangladesh
• Nihita Biswas (born 1944), wife of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
• Nirod Biswas, Bishop of Assam in the mid 20th century
• Pratim Biswas, professor at Washington University in St. Louis
• Pulak Biswas (born 1941), artist and children's book illustrator from India
• Robert Biswas-Diener (born 1972), positive psychologist, researcher, author and instructor at Portland State University
• Seema Biswas (born 1965), Indian film and theatre actress
• Sharmila Biswas, Odissi dancer and choreographer
• Soma Biswas (born 1978), athlete who lives in Kolkata, India and who specialises in the heptathlon
• Soumili Biswas Bengali television serial actress
• Suresh Biswas, 19th century adventurer from India
• Sutapa Biswas (born 1962), British Indian conceptual artist
• Timir Biswas (born 1982), playback singer, songwriter, composer and the lead singer of the band Fakira
• U. N. Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for Backward Class Welfare in the Government of West Bengal
• Ujjal Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for technical education in the Government of West Bengal

See also

• A House for Mr. Biswas, 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul
• Biswas Nao Korte Paren, 2006 film
• Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya, college in Kultikri, in the Paschim Medinipur district

References

• Ghosh, Shourindra Kumar. Bangali Jati Parichay ("An Introduction of Bengali Castes") Kolkata. p. 27

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