Sen (surname)
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sen (pronounced Shen) is a Bengali Hindu surname derived from the Sanskrit word for "Army", Sena.
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, economist, Nobel Prize winner
- Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
- Aparna Sen, film director and actress
- 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
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, researcher of Bengali folklore
- Kaushik Sen, actor
- Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
- Konkona Sen, actress
- Mihir Sen, swimmer
- Moonmoon Sen, actress
- Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award winning film director
- Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
- Nandana Sen, daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema
- 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, actress
- Reema Sen, actress
- Rimi Sen, actress
- Riya Sen, actress
- Samar Sen, poet
- Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
- Suchitra Sen, actress
- Sudeep Sen, poet
- Sukumar Sen, First Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
- Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
- Sushmita Sen, actress, former Miss Universe
- Surya Sen, Indian freedom fighter
Fictional characters
- Banalata Sen, fictional character in Jibananda 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.
See also
- Şen, Turkish surname
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