Sheikh () is a surname found in the Bengal region of the subcontinent.
Families
- Sheikhs of Tungipara, currently the most powerful political family in Bangladesh
- Khan Sahib Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain, member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
- Sheikh Kabir Hossain, businessman and president of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Shahidul Islam, politician
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founder of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Abu Naser, politician
- Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel, politician
- Sheikh Helal Uddin, politician
- Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, politician
- Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, serestadar of Gopalganj civil court
- Sheikh Sayera Khatun, mother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, First Lady of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Kamal, founder of Abahani Limited
- Sheikh Jamal, second lieutenant in the East Bengal Regiment
- Sheikh Rehana, politician
- Sheikh Hasina, former prime minister of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- Qudratullah Sheikh, Zamindar in Faridpur Mahakumar who defeated the British in court, ancestor of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
- Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, Bangladeshi politician and founder of Mujib Bahini
- Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka
- Sheikh Fazlul Karim, Minister of health and family welfare
- Sheikh Shawkat Hossain, former chairman of NPP
- Sheikh Family of Birgaon, Brahmanbaria
- Sheikh Ghulam Azam, Leader of Jamaat Islami Bangladesh
- Sheikh Abdullahil Amaan Azmi, Bangladeshi Army officer
- Sheikhs of Pabna Town
- Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rouf Mohammad Ziauddin Haider, Bangladeshi writer, poet, playwright, translator and professor
- Sheikh Faisal Abdur Rashid Mohammad Ziauddin Haider, Bangladeshi author and novelist
- Sheikh family of Khulna
- Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Bangladesh Army Staff
- Runu Reza, female politician
Individuals
- Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, politician, Minister of Religious Affairs
- Mohammad Naim Sheikh, cricketer
- Sheikh Abdullah Al-Muti, educator and scientist
- Sheikh Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, Islamic scholar
- Sheikh Abdul Awal, Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
- Sheikh Enayetullah, Zamindar of Jalalpur Pargana (Barisal), Founder of Ahsan Manzil Zamindar Bari
- Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah, Bengali Linguist and writer
- Sheikh Reyazuddin Ahmed, Bengali Litterateur and Author
- Sheikh Md. Rezaul Karim, Awami League Minister of housing and fisheries
- Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad, Bangladesh Navy officer and former high commissioner to Maldives
- Shaikh Yusuf Harun, Bangladeshi government official, executive chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority
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