Since its inception in 1845 Howrah Zilla School has produced a galaxy of lumanaries in various walks of life, namely, art, culture, medicine, country 's defence, emminent lawyer and what not. Some of the notable alumni are:
Dr. Rasiklal Dutta, Narasingha Dutta, Natyakar Banikumar, Actor Saumitra Chatterjee, Writer Sankar, Air Chief Marsall Subrata Mukherjee, Charu Chandra Singha, Journalist Shibdas Banerjee, Emminent Linguist Dr.Sahidulla, Justice Murarimohan Dutta, Emminent Lawyer Baroda Paine, Isan Chandra Bose, Sir Debprasad Sarbadhikari, Ex Advocate General Banomali Das, Ex Education Minister Rabindralal Singha, Linguist Prof. Asit Kr. Banerjee, Prof. Prasanna Kr. Lahiri, Mahendra Nath Roy, Manilal Chatterjee. The list of whos who is almost endless
