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This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the region of Sylhet, Bangladesh, which includes the districts of Sylhet, Habiganj, Maulvibazar and Sunamganj. This list also includes people who are British Bangladeshi or Bangladeshi American who have origins in Sylhet. The people may also be known as Sylheti.

Humayun Rashid Choudhury (Awami League) ^[6]
Abdus Samad Azad (Awami League)
Shah M S Kibria (Awami League)
Saifur Rahman (BNP) ^[7]
Suranjit Sengupta (Awami League) ^[8]
Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (Mayor of Sylhet since 2003, AL) ^[9]
Ilias Ali (BNP) ^[10]
M A Malik (UK BNP)
Sohel formed & founded a party for next generations of BD ( He is a Founder President of Bangladesh Students' Right Movement)
Muhammad Abdul Haque ( M A Haque )
Cllr Lutfur Rahman - Leader of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets council ^[11]
Ajmal Masroor - Parliamentary candidate for a constituency in the UK, also imam ^[12]
Mohammed Abdus Salique - Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets 2008-09 ^[13]
Rushanara Ali - Parliamentary candidate for a UK constituency Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Sanjeeb Chowdhury (singer and journalist) ^[14]
Shefali Chowdhury (British-born actress in UK) ^[15]
Radha Romon - Sylheti folk music composer and founder of the dhamail dance tradition. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Enamul Haque Jr - Bangladesh Test cricketer ^[16]
Alok Kapali - Bangladesh Test and ODI cricketer ^[17]
Rajin Saleh - Bangladesh Test and ODI cricketer ^[18]

^ Hasan Raja Banglapedia
^ Documentary on Shah Abdul Karim to be screened at Kolkata The Daily Star. Date:2008-08-26
^ Syed Mujtaba Ali Visva-Bharati
^ Tribute to General Osmany The Daily Star. Date: 2008-09-01. Author: M. Azizur Rahman
^ Osmany, (General) Mohammad Ataul Ghani Banglapedia
^ Election Results of Sylhet - 1996 Newage
^ Saifur Rahman Silobreaker
^ Take six in cabinet from Sylhet division Moulvibazar political leaders urge Hasina The Daily Star. Date: 2009-01-05. Author: Moulvibazar correspondent
^ Mayor Biography Sylhet City Corporation
^ Ilias Ali, 42 other Sylhet BNP men get bail The Daily Star. Date: 2009-01-20
^ Lutfur Rahman - Member details Tower Hamlets
^ [http://www.euroislam.3x.ro/programme_speakers.html The EuroIslam Project Speakers
^ A shake-up at the Town Hall BBC - BBC London (Community Life). Date: 22/05/2008. Author: Angela Saini
^ Gayen, Kaberi (20 November 2007). "সঞ্জীবদা 'ভুল দরজায়' আর কড়া নাড়বেন না". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Mahfuz Anam. p. 11. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ Shefali Choudhury
^ Players and Officials - Enamul Haque jnr Cricinfo
^ Players and Officials - Alok Kapali Cricinfo
^ Players and Officials - Rajin Saleh Cricinfo
^ British Bangladeshis who have made a mark New Age Xtra. Date: October 10-16, 2008

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 * [[Sanjeeb Chowdhury]] (singer and journalist) <ref name="Respect">{{cite news | last=Gayen | first=Kaberi | title =সঞ্জীবদা 'ভুল দরজায়' আর কড়া নাড়বেন না | work =[[Prothom Alo]] | pages=11   | language =Bengali | publisher =[[Mahfuz Anam]] | date =20 November 2007 | url = | accessdate =2007-11-18}}</ref>
 * [[Shefali Chowdhury]] (British-born actress in UK) <ref>[http://www.veritaserum.com/movies/actors/shefalichowdhury.shtml Shefali Choudhury]</ref>
-* [[Radha Romon]] - [[Sylheti]] folk music composer and founder of the [[dhamail]] dance tradition. <ref name=Siddiquee>{{cite web| url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=25951|title=Radha Raman Utshab held in Sylhet| publisher=www.thedailystar.net |date=2008-03-04 |accessdate=2009-01-27|last= Siddiquee|first= Iqbal}}</ref>
+* [[Radha Romon]] - [[Sylheti]] folk music composer and founder of the [[dhamail]] dance tradition. <ref name=Siddiquee
 * [[Runa Laila]]