# 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.

## Academia and science

* Abdus Suttar Khan, chemist and aerospace researcher
* Abul Hussam, inventor of the Sono arsenic filter
* Asif Azam Siddiqi, space historian, currently serves as an assistant professor of history at Fordham University
* 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
* Fazle Hussain, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University
* M. Zahid Hasan, scientist and Eugene Higgins endowed chair professor of quantum physics, at Princeton University Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* Mohammad Ataul Karim, scientist; ranked amongst the top 50 researchers who contributed most to Applied Optics in its 50-year history
* Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer
* Sezan Mahmud, medical scientist and educator, writer, Dean for EID, QU Netter School of Medicine
* Jalal Alamgir, academic and 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
* K. Sabeel Rahman, legal scholar

## Arts and entertainment

* Naeem Mohaiemen, filmmaker, writer, visual artist
* Abdul "Duke" Fakir, singer
* Hasan M. Elahi, interdisciplinary media artist
* Firoz Mahmud, visual artist/creator, painter, academician
* Nabela Noor, entrepreneur, makeup artist and YouTuber
* Anik Khan, rapper from Queens
* Rozonda Thomas, stage name Chilli former TLC Singer.
* Rahsaan Islam, actor
* 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
* Marjana Chowdhury, model, philanthropist and beauty queen Miss Bangladesh USA
* Ellis Miah, music producer
* Kamal Ahmed, comedian, part of the Jerky Boys duo
* Kausar Mohammed, Bangladeshi/Pakistani mixed; best known for Meena Dhawan in the Flash

## Business

* Omar Ishrak, Chairman of Intel and Medtronic
* Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube and lead technical architect of PayPal
* Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy
* 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
* Fahim Saleh, founder and CEO of Pathao and Gokada

## Politics and civil service

* 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
* Nabilah Islam, politician and activist
* Saddam Azlan Salim, state senator in Virginia

## Literature

* Dilruba Ahmed, poet and historian
* Rumaan Alam, award-winning novelist
* Sezan Mahmud, writer, lyricist, columnist and physician

## Media and journalism

* Reihan Salam, blogger at The American Scene and associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly
* Sonali Basak, Bloomberg journalist

## YouTube

* Rahat Hossain, MagicofRahat

## Sports

* Syque Caesar, American artistic gymnast, member of Michigan Wolverines
* Saif Ahmad, World Series of Poker winner
* Quinn Sullivan, American soccer player