List of Bangladeshi Americans
- List of Bangladeshi Americans
This is a list of notable Bangladeshi Americans.
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*M. Shahid Alam - professor of economics at Northeastern University
*Nora Ali - Junior Miss America 2007 (Minnesota)
*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.[ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/technology/12tube.html?hp&ex=1160712000&en=c6ddbc2fdb0a4dea&ei=5094&partner=homepage With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again] , The New York Times, October 12, 2006.] ]
*Fazlur Khan - civil engineer, lead architect of the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center, [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045265] "Fazlur Rahman Khan Bangladeshi American civil engineer known for his innovations in high-rise building construction."] considered "the greatest architectural engineer of the second half of the 20th century." [Ali Mir (2001). "Art of the Skyscraper: the Genius of Fazlur Khan". Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 0847823709.]
*Dipa Ma - famous yoga teacher
*Badal Roy - tabla player
*Iqbal Quadir - Founder of Grameen Phone, Bangladesh's largest telecom group. Iqbal Quadir has also lectured for Harvard's Kennedy School and for MIT.
*Monica Yunus - soprano singer, daughter of Muhammad Yunus.
*Amitav Ghosh - Indo-nostalgic writer (raised in Bangladesh)
*Kali S. Banerjee - Statistics expert and professor [ [http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/01-02/banerjee.html] Eulogy]
*Saif Ahmad - World Series of Poker winner.Footnotes
ee also
*List of Bangladeshis
*List of Bengalis
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