Sen (surname)

Sen (Bengali: সেন) (pronounced Shen) is a Bengali Hindu surname derived from the Sanskrit word for "Army", Sena (सेना).

It is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Baidya and Kayastha communities. Instances of the surname are also found in the Nepalese community.

Notables

Sena Dynasty, the successors to the Pala Empire and the last Hindu kings of Greater Bengal

Amarendra Nath Sen, jurist
Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
Antara Dev Sen (born 1963), a British–Indian journalist
Aparna Sen (born 1945), an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
Asit Sen (actor) (1917 – 1993), a prolific Indian film actor and comedian in the Hindi film industry
Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist
Ashoke Kumar Sen former law minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian

Benoyendranath Sen, theologian of New Dispensation Brahmoism
Binay Ranjan Sen, former Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Binayak Sen, human rights activist

Kaushik Sen (or Koushik Sen), an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata
Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
Konkona Sen (born 1979), an Indian actress, writer, and director

Mihir Sen (born 1930), a famous Indian long distance swimmer, a national hero and youth icon
Moon Moon Sen (born 1954), an Indian film actress working in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Kannada films
Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director

Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
Nandana Sen (born 1967), daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema, screenwriter, children's author and child-rights activist

Pabitra Kumar Sen, scientist and social reformer
Palash Sen, Band member of Euphoria (Indian band)
Probir Sen, wicket keeper, the only wicket keeper to have stumped out Sir Donald Bradman
Prafulla Chandra Sen, former chief minister of West Bengal

Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
Raima Sen (born 1979), an Indian actress
Reema Sen (born 1981), an Indian actress and model primarily working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films
Rii Sen, actress
Rimi Sen (born 1981), an Indian actress and film producer who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Bengali films
Riya Sen (born 1981), an Indian film actress and model

Samar Sen, poet
Sandipta Sen (born 1987), a Bengali television actress
Shobha Sen (1923 - 2017, also known as Sova Sen), a Bengali theatre and film actress
Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
Srabani Sen (also spelt as Sraboni Sen), a Bengali Indian singer of Rabindra Sangeet and other genres of Bengali songs
Surya Sen (1894 – 1934), a revolutionary and a famous Bengali freedom fighter
Suchitra Sen (born as Roma Dasgupta, 1931), an Indian actress
Sudeep Sen, poet
Sukumar Sen, First Chief Election Commissioner of India
Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
Surya Sen (1894 – 1934), a revolutionary and a famous Bengali freedom fighter
Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
Sushmita Sen (born 1975), an Indian actress, model and beauty queen former Miss Universe

Banalata Sen, fictional character in Jibanananda Das's poem
Mr. Saurav Sen, fictional characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, Mrs. Sen's, from her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.