List of Bangladeshi Americans
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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.[1]
- Kazi Sabeel Rahman - Rhodes Scholar (2005)
- Towfique Raj - Gates Scholar (2005)
- 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]
- 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 - daughter of Muhammad Yunus and soprano singer
- Amitav Ghosh - Indo-nostalgic writer (raised in Bangladesh)
- Kali S. Banerjee - Statistics expert and professor [4]
- Saif Ahmad - World Series of Poker winner.
[edit] 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 0847823709.
- ^ [2] Eulogy
