Sheikhs of Bengal

Sheikh (Bengali: শেখ, romanized: Shekh) is a surname found in the Bengal region of the subcontinent.

Families

• Sheikhs of Tungipara, currently the most powerful political family in Bangladesh
  • Khan Sahib Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain, member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
  • Sheikh Kabir Hossain, businessman and president of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh
  • Sheikh Shahidul Islam, politician
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founder of Bangladesh
  • Sheikh Abu Naser, politician
  • Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel, politician
  • Sheikh Helal Uddin, politician
  • Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, politician
  • Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, serestadar of Gopalganj civil court
  • Sheikh Sayera Khatun, mother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, First Lady of Bangladesh
  • Sheikh Kamal, founder of Abahani Limited
  • Sheikh Jamal, second lieutenant in the East Bengal Regiment
  • Sheikh Rehana, politician
  • Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister of Bangladesh
  • Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Qudratullah Sheikh, Zamindar in Faridpur Mahakumar who defeated the British in court, ancestor of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
  • Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, Bangladeshi politician and founder of Mujib Bahini
  • Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka
  • Sheikh Fazlul Karim, Minister of health and family welfare
  • Sheikh Fazle Fahim, President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI)
  • Sheikh Shawkat Hossain, former chairman of NPP
• Sheikh Family of Birgaon, Brahmanbaria
  • Sheikh Ghulam Azam, Leader of Jamaat Islami Bangladesh
  • Sheikh Abdullahil Amaan Azmi, Bangladeshi Army officer
• Sheikhs of Pabna Town
  • Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rouf Mohammad Ziauddin Haider, Bangladeshi writer, poet, playwright, translator and professor
  • Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rashid Mohammad Ziauddin Haider, Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Sheikh family of Khulna
  • Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Bangladesh Army Staff
  • Runu Reza, female politician

Individuals

• Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, politician, Minister of Religious Affairs
• Mohammad Naim Sheikh, cricketer
• Sheikh Abdullah Al-Muti, educator and scientist
• Sheikh Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, Islamic scholar
• Sheikh Abdul Awal, Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• Sheikh Enayetullah, Zamindar of Jalalpur Pargana (Barisal), Founder of Ahsan Manzil Zamindar Bari
• Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah, Bengali Linguist and writer
• Sheikh Reyazuddin Ahmed, Bengali Litterateur and Author
• Sheikh Md. Rezaul Karim, Awami League Minister of housing and fisheries
• Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad, Bangladesh Navy officer and former high commissioner to Maldives
• Shaikh Yusuf Harun, Bangladeshi government official, executive chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority

See also

• Khondakar
• Sayyid
• Bengali Kazi
• Sheikh