Sen (surname)
Sen is a Hindu surname derived from "Sena", the Sanskrit word for "army".
The sequence of using this surname is first found among the kings of a Brahmin dynasty named as Vakataka. This surname is also used by Raja Dahir Sen, the last king of Brahman dynasty of Sindh and then followed by Sena Dynasty.
Presently, it is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Baidya and Kayastha communities. The Sena kings claim that they are Brahmakshatriya or Kshatriya in their own inscriptions.Notables
A
- Amarendra Nath Sen, jurist
- Amartya Sen, Indian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
- Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
- Antara Dev Sen, British–Indian journalist
- Aparna Sen, an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
- Asit Sen , prolific Indian film actor and comedian in the Hindi film industry
- Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist
- Ashoke Kumar Sen former law minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian
B
- 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
D
- Dahir Sen, last ruler of the Brahman dynasty of Sindh
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, researcher of Bengali folklore
E
- Erroll Chunder Sen, First World War Indian pilot in the Royal Flying Corps
J
- Jogendra Nath Sen, First Bengali soldier to die in the First World War
K
- Kaushik Sen, Indian actor of film, television and theater based in Kolkata
- Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
- Konkona Sen, Indian actress, writer, and director
L
- Lakshya Sen, Indian badminton player
M
- Mihir Sen, a famous Indian long distance swimmer, a national hero and youth icon
- Moon Moon Sen, an Indian film actress working in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Kannada films
- Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director
N
- Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
- Nandana Sen, daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema, screenwriter, children's author and child-rights activist
P
- Pabitra Kumar Sen, scientist and social reformer
- Palash Sen, Band member of Euphoria
- Probir Sen, wicket keeper, the only wicket keeper to have stumped out Sir Donald Bradman
- Prafulla Chandra Sen, former chief minister of West Bengal
R
- Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
- Raima Sen, Indian actress
- Reema Sen, Indian actress and model primarily working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films
- Rii Sen, actress
- Rimi Sen, Indian actress and film producer who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Bengali films
- Riya Sen, Indian film actress and model
S
- Samar Sen, poet
- Samita Sen, historian and professor
- Sandipta Sen, Bengali television actress
- Shobha Sen, also known as Sova Sen, Bengali theatre and film actress
- Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
- Srabani Sen, Bengali Indian singer of Rabindra Sangeet and other genres of Bengali songs
- Surya Sen, revolutionary and Bengali freedom fighter
- Suchitra Sen, Indian actress
- Sudeep Sen, poet
- Sukumar Sen, first Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
- Surya Sen, revolutionary and Bengali freedom fighter
- Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
- Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, model and beauty queen; former Miss Universe
Fictional characters
- 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.
