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*[[Hansen Clarke]] - Senator of Michigan |
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*[[M. Shahid Alam]] - professor of economics at [[Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)|Northeastern University]] |
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*[[M. Osman Siddique]] - US Ambassador |
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Revision as of 11:59, 14 February 2010
This is a list of notable Bangladeshi Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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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.
List
- Asif Azam Siddiqi - space historian and currently serves as an assistant professor of history at Fordham University.
- Hasan M. Elahi - interdisciplinary media artist whose research interests include issues of surveillance
- Jawed Karim - co-founder of YouTube and lead technical architect of PayPal.[1]
- Fazlur Khan - civil engineer, lead architect of the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center,[2] considered "the greatest architectural engineer of the second half of the 20th century."[3]
- Badal Roy - tabla player
- MOBONIX - Musician
- Jazmin - pornographic actress
- Abuhena Saifulislam, first Muslim who was appointed as imam in the U.S. Army.
- Iqbal Quadir - Founder of Grameen Phone, Bangladesh's largest telecom group. Iqbal Quadir has also lectured for Harvard's Kennedy School and for MIT.
- Fazle Hussain - is a Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Geosciences at the University of Houston.
- Monica Yunus - daughter of Muhammad Yunus and soprano singer Vera Forostenko
- Mir Masoom Ali - George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics Ball State University
- Kali S. Banerjee - Statistics expert and professor [4]
- Saif Ahmad - World Series of Poker winner.
- Reihan Salam - blogger at The American Scene and associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly
- Hansen Clarke - Senator of Michigan
- M. Shahid Alam - professor of economics at Northeastern University
- M. Osman Siddique - US Ambassador
- Narasingha Sil - Professor of History at Western Oregon University
- Dipa Ma - famous yoga teacher
- Badal Roy - tabla player
- Nora Ali - America's Junior Miss 2007 (Minnesota)
- Amitav Ghosh - Indo-nostalgic writer (raised in Bangladesh)
- Shikhee - singer; auteur of industrial band Android Lust
- Abul Hussam - inventor of the Sono arsenic filter.
Footnotes
- ^ With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again, The New York Times, October 12, 2006.
- ^ [1] "Fazlur Rahman Khan Bangladeshi American civil engineer known for his innovations in high-rise building construction."
- ^ Ali Mir (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Fazlur Khan. Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 0-8478-2370-9.
- ^ [2] Eulogy