List of Bangladeshi Americans
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This is a list of notable Bangladeshi Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Bangladeshi American or must have references showing they are Bangladeshi American and are notable.
Sportspeople
- Syque Caesar, American artistic gymnast, member of Michigan Wolverines
Politicians and activists
- Hansen Clarke, U.S. Congressman and former Michigan State Senator
- Rais Bhuiyan, shooting survivor and activist
- [Muhammad Ali], the Champ (Honorary Citizen of Bangladesh)
Entrepreneurs
- Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube and lead technical architect of PayPal[1]
- Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy [2]
- Abul Hussam, inventor of the Sono arsenic filter
- Kamal Quadir, founder and CEO of CellBazaar Inc, First Mover Fellow of The Aspen Institute, TEDIndia Fellow
- Iqbal Quadir, founder of Grameen Phone, Bangladesh's largest telecom group; has lectured at Harvard's Kennedy School and at MIT
Intellectuals
- Maqsudul Alam, scientist and professor, achieved three milestones in genomics - sequencing the genomes of papaya, rubber plants and jute
- Mir Masoom Ali, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics Ball State University
- Leepu Nizamuddin Awlia – car engineer, designer and coachbuilder; builds imitation supercars out of old models in a workshop on Discovery Channel's reality television programme Bangla Bangers/Chop Shop: London Garage[3]
- Fazle Hussain, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Geosciences at the University of Houston
- Mohammad Ataul Karim, known for many original contributions to the fields of electro-optical devices and systems, optical computing and processing, and pattern recognition; ranked amongst the top 50 researchers who contributed most to Applied Optics in its 50-year history[4]
- Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer
- Abdus Suttar Khan, chemist and aerospace researcher
- Asif Azam Siddiqi, space historian, currently serves as an assistant professor of history at Fordham University
- [Ehsan H. Feroz], distinguished accounting academic, currently Director of the Master of Accounting Program and Full Professor of Accounting at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Ranked 9th among the SSRN Top 1500 Accounting Authors by # of Papers(4/26/2015). 'Who's Who in America (2001)', 'One Thousand Great Americans (2005)' and 'Who's Who Among America's Teachers' (2006-7).
Government officials and diplomats
- Abuhena Saifulislam, first Muslim to be appointed as imam in the U.S. Navy
- M. Osman Siddique, former US Ambassador
Writer
- Supreme Understanding, author, publisher, activist and outspoken member of the Nation of Gods and Earths
- Dilruba Ahmed, poet and historian
Media and journalism
- Saif Ahmad, World Series of Poker winner
- Kamal Ahmed, comedian, part of the Jerky Boys duo
- Afshan Azad, actress who appeared in the Harry Potter film series as Padma Patil
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer of Ethiopian and Bangladeshi descent
- Hasan M. Elahi, interdisciplinary media artist whose research interests include issues of surveillance
- Anik Khan, rapper from queens
- Rahsaan Islam, actor
- Dipa Ma, yoga teacher
- Sezan Mahmud, nationally awarded writer of Bengali literature, lyricist, columnist and medical scientist; Associate Professor of Public Health, Florida A & M University; Clinical Research Faculty, Florida State University College of Medicine; first Asian recipient of APHA-PHEHP Early Career Award, 2006
- Ellis Miah, music producer
- Badal Roy, tabla player
- Reihan Salam, blogger at The American Scene and associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly
- Palbasha Siddique, singer
- Monica Yunus, soprano singer, daughter of Muhammad Yunus and Vera Forostenko
- Shikhee, singer and auteur of industrial band Android Lust
- Jai Wolf, electronic music producer
See also
References
- ↑ With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again, The New York Times, October 12, 2006.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-09-25. Khan Academy FAQ
- ↑ Baker, Erin (20 October 2008). "Metal gurus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ http://www.odu.edu/ao/news/index.php?todo=details&id=32201
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