Famous People with Name Syed

Syed Nazrul Islam            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Syed Nazrul Islam: was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he served as the acting President of Bangladesh in the absence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Syed Nazrul's political career began when he joined the Awami Muslim League and participated in the Language Movement in 1952, for which he was arrested by Pakistani police. He would rise to various provincial and central party leadership positions, becoming a close confidante of the party's leader Sheikh Mujib. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970, where he served briefly as deputy leader of the majority.

Syed Modasser Ali            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Syed Modasser Ali: an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and a former Executive Board member [2] of the World Health Organisation. He is the founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Hospital, the first registered[citation needed] eye hospital in Bangladesh. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Community Ophthalmology (public eye health) and his book titled 'Community Ophthalmology' published in 1985 is considered by the British Journal of Ophthalmology as the first textbook on the subject [3]. He is also an adviser to the current Bangladeshi prime minister, Sheikh Hasina [4] [5].

Syed Jahangir            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Syed Jahangir: a prominent free-lance artist of Bangladesh. He was born in Satkhira on January 2, 1935. He graduated in Fine Arts from Govt. Art Institute of Arts and Crafts, presently Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. He has been painting for 55 years including 9000 oils, watercolors and mixed medias.[1] Through his career, Syed Jahangir has held 35 solo and 1 group exhibition.[2] On February 22, 2007, one exhibition of Syed Jahangir was held in Chitrak Gallery along with other renowned painters such as Nitun Kundu, Samarjit Chowdhury, Rafiqun Nabi, Mahmudul Haque, Hamiduzzaman Khan and Hashem Khan.[3]

Syed Fadhil            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Syed Fadhil: is a professional soccer player who plays for the Home United in the S.League and the Singapore national football team.He made his debut for the Singapore against North Korea on 7 February 2002.

Syed Karim            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

Syed Karim: is a professional soccer player who plays for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) in the S.League.He made his full continental debut in Asia’s premier club competition, AFC Champions League against Shanghai Shenhua at Jalan Besar on 5 may 2009.

Abdul Mannan Syed            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Abdul Mannan Syed: a renowned Bangladeshi author and researcher.Abdul Mannan Syed is best known for his research on Bengali poet Jibanananda Das. Although he is most renowned for literary criticism, he is a versatile writer and poet. He taught as a faculty in the department of Bengali in the Jagannath College, Dhaka. Later he served as Director General of the Nazrul Institute. For a long time he was associated with the Shilpataru, a monthly literary magazine published from Dhaka by poet Abid Azad.