List of Bangladeshi Americans

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

Entrepreneurs[]

Omar Ishrak, Chairman of Intel and Medtronic
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
Fahim Saleh, founder and CEO of Pathao and Gokada

Intellectuals[]

Maqsudul Alam, scientist and professor, achieved three milestones in genomics - sequencing the genomes of papaya, rubber plants and jute at University of Hawaii.
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, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. Elected Fellow of National Academy of Engineering.
M. Zahid Hasan, scientist and Eugene Higgins endowed chair professor of quantum physics, at Princeton University. Known for many pioneering discoveries in the quantum world including topological insulators, quantum magnets and topological quantum matter.^[4] Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[5]
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^[6]
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
Jalal Alamgir, academic and an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Boston
Latifur Khan, known for stream analytics work in the field of data mining (in computer science area); ranked amongst the top 2200 researchers/scientists in the world who contributed most to Computer Science and Electronics ^[7]
K. Sabeel Rahman, legal scholar

Government officials and politicians[]

Abuhena Saifulislam, first Muslim to be appointed as imam in the U.S. Navy
M. Osman Siddique, former US Ambassador
Shahana Hanif, politician and activist

Writer[]

Supreme Understanding, author, publisher, activist and outspoken member of the Nation of Gods and Earths
Dilruba Ahmed, poet and historian
Rumaan Alam, award-winning novelist

Culture, Art, Media and journalism[]

Saif Ahmad, World Series of Poker winner
Kamal Ahmed, comedian, part of the Jerky Boys duo
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer of Ethiopian and Bangladeshi descent
Naeem Mohaiemen, filmmaker, writer, visual artist
Hasan M. Elahi, interdisciplinary media artist whose research interests include issues of surveillance
Firoz Mahmud, visual artist/creator, painter, academician
Anik Khan, rapper from queens
Rahsaan Islam, actor
Marjana Chowdhury, model, philanthropist and beauty queen Miss Bangladesh USA
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
Reihan Salam, blogger at The American Scene and associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly
Palbasha Siddique, singer
Sanjoy, Bangladeshi–American musician, electronic music producer and DJ.
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
Fuad al Muqtadir, musician

References[]

^ With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again, The New York Times, October 12, 2006.
^ "Questions Sal is Frequently Asked". Khan Academy. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
^ Baker, Erin (20 October 2008). "Metal gurus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Ornes, S. (2016). "Topological insulators promise computing advances, insights into matter itself". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (37): 10223–10224. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611504113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5027448. PMID 27625422.
^ "16 faculty members, 18 alumni elected to nation's historic academies". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
^ "Karim Among Top Authors of Applied Optics Journal". Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
^ "Latifur Khan". Guide2Research. Retrieved 2020-11-28.

[nytimes-1] With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again, The New York Times, October 12, 2006.

[khanacademy-2] "Questions Sal is Frequently Asked". Khan Academy. Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

[telegraphawlia-3] Baker, Erin (20 October 2008). "Metal gurus". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[:14-4] Ornes, S. (2016). "Topological insulators promise computing advances, insights into matter itself". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (37): 10223–10224. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611504113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5027448. PMID 27625422.

[5] "16 faculty members, 18 alumni elected to nation's historic academies". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2020-05-21.

[6] "Karim Among Top Authors of Applied Optics Journal". Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

[7] "Latifur Khan". Guide2Research. Retrieved 2020-11-28.

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