Americans of Bengali birth or descent
Ethnic group
Bengali Americans মার্কিন বাঙালি Markin Bangali
The language spread of Bengali in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000
Total population 453,191 (0.14%, est.) speak Bengali alone or in combination[ 1] Regions with significant populations New York City ,Boston ,Philadelphia ,Cleveland ,Detroit ,Chicago ,Milwaukee ,Washington, D.C. ,Atlanta ,Miami ,Minneapolis ,Houston ,Dallas ,Seattle ,Denver ,Los Angeles ,[ 2] San Francisco Languages Bengali , EnglishReligion Islam ,Hinduism ,Christianity ,Buddhism ,Irreligion Related ethnic groups Bangladeshi Americans ,Indian Americans
Bengali Americans (Bengali :মার্কিন বাঙালি ) are American nationals or residents who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify asBengalis . They trace their ancestry to the historic ethnolinguistic region ofBengal region , now divided betweenBangladesh andWest Bengal , India. Bengali Americans are also a subgroup of modern-dayBangladeshi Americans andIndian Americans .[ 3]
Bengali Americans may refer to:
Many Bengali Americans participate in an annual conference, theNorth American Bengali Conference (Government of West Bengal initiative), in order to celebrate their culture and discuss issues the community faces. They often form regional organizations to network and plan events.
Bengali Americans are mostly adherents of eitherIslam ,Hinduism ,Christianity orBuddhism . This is manifested in the yearly celebration ofEid ul-Fitr ,Durga Puja ,Boro Din ,Buddha Purnima and other religious celebrations. Several secular holidays are also enjoyed by the whole community, such as the Bengali new year,Pohela Boishakh .
There are also at least twoBengali Buddhist temples in the United States, near Washington, DC[ 4] [ 5]
Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), was designed byFazlur Rahman Khan . It was the tallest building in the world for over two decades.Jay Bhattacharya - first Indian American NIH directorAbhijit Banerjee - recipient of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelRaj Chandra Bose - Indian American MathematicianMoni Lal Bhoumik - Indian American physicist and a bestselling author.Arianna Afsar – former Miss California; placed in the Top 10 of the 2011 Miss America pageantSaif Ahmad –World Series of Poker winnerMaqsudul Alam – scientist and professorJalal Alamgir (d. 2011) – political scientist and professorMir Masoom Ali – George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Ball State UniversityKali S. Banerjee – statistician and professor[ 6] Rais Bhuiyan – shooting survivor and activistAmar Bose - founder ofBose Corporation Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty - scientistPurnendu Chatterjee - industrialistSubir Chowdhury – author and management consultantHansen Clarke – United States Congress in 2010, from Michigan's House of RepresentativesTarak Nath Das - anti-British Bengali Indian revolutionary and internationalist scholarHasan M. Elahi – interdisciplinary media artistRajat Gupta , former CEO ofMcKinsey and Company M. Zahid Hasan , the Eugene Higgins endowed chair professor atPrinceton University and scientist atLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , known for ground-breaking discoveries in the quantum world[ 7] Fazle Hussain – professor of mechanical engineering at theTexas Tech University Abul Hussam – inventor of theSono arsenic filter Norah Jones - singer and actressMindy Kaling - actressJawed Karim – co-founder of YouTube; designed key parts ofPayPal Mohammad Ataul Karim – electrical engineer[ 8] Sumaya Kazi – founder ofSumazi , was recognised byBusinessWeek as one of America's Best Young EntrepreneursAbdus Suttar Khan – chemist and jet fuels inventorFazlur Rahman Khan – pioneer of modern structural engineeringSalman Khan – founder ofKhan Academy , a nonprofit educational organisationRadha Laha - probabilist, statistician, mathematician and philanthropistJhumpa Lahiri - author ofThe Namesake Dipa Ma – Vipassana meditation founder in the USTasmin Mahfuz - American television journalist and news anchor andGracie award recipient for women.Sezan Mahmud – award-winning novelistA.K. Mozumdar - first person of South Asian descent to earn US citizenship, until it was revoked by the Supreme Court in 1924Dhan Gopal Mukerji , first South Asian winner of Newbery Medal in 1928Raj Mukherji , Majority Whip of the New Jersey General AssemblyShomi Patwary – designer and music video directorIqbal Quadir – founder of Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company; heads the Legatum Center atMIT Kamal Quadir – entrepreneur; founded two of Bangladesh's key technology companies, CellBazaar and bKashAnika Rahman – CEO ofMs. Foundation for Women Badal Roy – tabla player, percussionist, and recording artistReihan Salam – conservative American political commentator; blogger atThe American Scene ; associate editor ofThe Atlantic Monthly Amartya Sen - recipient of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelShikhee – singer; auteur of industrial bandAndroid Lust Asif Azam Siddiqi – space historian; assistant professor of history atFordham University M. Osman Siddique – former US ambassadorPalbasha Siddique – singerNarasingha Sil – professor of history atWestern Oregon University Monica Yunus – Bangladeshi-Russian-American operatic sopranoSohla El-Waylly – American chef, restaurateur, and YouTube personality as part ofBon Appetit 's staff.Samarendra Nath Roy - Indian American Mathematician
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