Notable personalities
Tezpur is considered to be the cultural capital of Assamese culture. Being from the core Assamese cultural region, the town has produced many stalwarts such as Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (1903–51), Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha (1909–69), Phani Sarma (1909–70) and Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1939). It is also the birthplace of the former Speaker of the Indian Parliament (2004–2009), Somnath Chatterjee.
Some other notable persons are :
Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Dandiram Kalita
Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
Lamobor Bora
Padmanath Gohainbaruah etc
