This is a list of people from Assam, India. Assam (Assamese: অসম, Hindi: असम; Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ...

Music

• Bhupen Hazarika, renowned music composer and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner
• Parveen Sultana, Hindustani Classical musician
• Zubeen Garg, popular singer

Bhupen Hazarika is a multi-faceted artist from Assam, a state in the north-eastern part of India. ... The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. ... Parveen Sultana is Bengali Hindustani Classical Singer (Born 1950) of Patiala Gharana. ... Zubeen Garg is a singer and composer in the Bollywood music scene. ...

Movies

• Pramathesh Chandra Barua, filmmaker
• Seema Biswas, actress, 2006 Best Actress Genie Award

Pramathesh Chandra (P.C.) Barua (1903 - 1951) was a famous actor, director, and screenwriter of Indian films in the pre-independence era. ... Seema Biswas is an Indian actress who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapurs film 1994 film, Bandit Queen. ... The 26th Genie Awards were held on March 13, 2006 to honour films released in 2005. ... The Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian films and television, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. ...

Literature

• Hemchandra Barua, grammarian, lexicographer
• Lakshminath Bezbaruah, father of Assamese literature.
• Indira Goswami, litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner
• Hem Barua, poet

Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942-), also Indira Goswami, is a well know writer from Assam. ... The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India. ...

Politicians

• Somnath Chatterjee, former speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1929)
• Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of Assam and Indian freedom fighter
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
• Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, past Chief Minister of Assam, leader of Assam Movement
• Tarun Kumar Gogoi, present Chief Minister of Assam
• Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
• Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, current CEM of BTC
• Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist

Somnath Chatterjee (born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam) is a politician in India. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gopinath Bordoloi was the state of Assams first Chief Minister, and also leading Indian freedom-fighter from Assam. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... Assam (Assamese: অসম, Hindi: असम; Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire for complete political independence, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857, reaching its climax with Mahatma Gandhis Quit India Movement (1942-1945), and Subhash Chandra Boses Indian... Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (May 13, 1905 - February 11, 1977) was President of India of 1974 to 1977. ... Standard of the President of India The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is a former president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. ... The Assam Agitation (or Assam Movement) was a popular movement in Assam between 1979 and 1985 against illegal immigrants. ... Tarun Kumar Gogoi (born April 1, 1936) is the Chief Minister of the state of Assam in India. ... Upendranath Brahma is considered as the father of the Bodos (Bodofa). ... National colours of Bodoland Bodoland is the name adopted by the Bodo nationalists for an independent state they wish to create. ... Hagrama Mohilary alias Hagrama Basumatary is the Chief Executive Member of Bodoland Territorial Council. ... Bodo Liberation Tigers Force (BLTF), also called Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), was an armed group operating in the Bodo dominated regions of Assam which demanded a separate state for the Bodos to be carved out of Assam. ... Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary is an Indian politician. ...

Social reformers

• Srimanta Sankardeva, poet, dramatist, social reformer
• Srimanta Madhabdeva, disciple of Srimanta Sankardeva
• Kalicharan Brahma, religious, social reformer

Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568) is a colossal figure in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India. ... Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568) is a colossal figure in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India. ...

Others

• Jyotiprasad Agarwala, multifaced artist, political thinker
• Bishnuprasad Rabha, multifaceted artist, revolutionary activist
• Robin Banerjee, naturalist.