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'''Bengali Americans''' ({{lang-bn|মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী}}) are ] of Bengali ethnic, ] and ] heritage and ]. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethno-linguistic region of ] in ] (now divided between ] and ]). Bengali American usually refers to ], ], ], ], and ]. Bengali American are also a subgroup of ] and ]. Bengali Muslims are also classified under Bangladeshi Americans, or ].

United States has the largest population of Bengali Hindus outside of Asia and second-largest population of ] outside of Asia after the ]. The highest concentration of Bengali Americans is in ], with ], ], ], ], ], and ] being other states with high concentration of Bengali Americans in that particular order.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://names.mongabay.com/languages/Bengali.html|title=Bengali speakers by state}}</ref> Almost half of the Bengali Hindus in the US are in California. California as a subnational division has the largest concentration of Bengali Hindus outside of Asia. New York City has the largest metropolitan Bengali population outside of India, Bangladesh, and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/1151854/the-us-census-bureau-is-finally-tracking-tamil-punjabi-telugu-and-bengali-speakers/|title=Bengali speakers to be counted in US census}}</ref> Significant immigration of Bengalis to the United States started after 1965.

Bengali Americans may refer to-
* ], Americans of ]i descent of ] ancestry, and ]. Bengali Muslims are usually classified as Bangladeshi Americans and ].
* Bengali ], Americans of ]n and ] descent whose ancestral origins are in ], ] or erstwhile ], ], ], ], ] region, ], the ], ], ], ], ], and other parts of India who are known as ]. ] Americans also come from ], ], ], ], ], ], and other parts of the world.

==Notable people==
{{Main list|List of Bangladeshi Americans}}
] (now Willis Tower), was designed by ]. It was the tallest building in the world for over two decades.]]
* ] – former Miss California; placed in the Top 10 of the 2011 Miss America pageant
* ] – ] winner
* ] – scientist and professor
* ] (d. 2011) – political scientist and professor
* Aditi Roy - NBC Philadelphia TV anchor and MSNBC correspondent
* ] – statistician and professor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/01-02/banerjee.html|title=In Memoriam Kali S. Banerjee|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
* ] – shooting survivor and activist
* ] – author and management consultant
* ] – George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Ball State University
* ] – United States Congress in 2010, from Michigan's House of Representatives
* ] – interdisciplinary media artist
* ] – professor of mechanical engineering, ], and ] at the ]
* ] – inventor of the ]
* ] – chemist and jet fuels inventor
* ] – pioneer of modern structural engineering
* ] – founder of ], a nonprofit educational organisation
* ] – co-founder of YouTube; designed key parts of ]
* ] – electrical engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odu.edu/ao/news/index.php?todo=details&id=32201|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121214223455/http://www.odu.edu/ao/news/index.php?todo=details&id=32201|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2012|title=News at Old Dominion University|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2015}}</ref>
* ] – founder of ], was recognised by ] as one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs.
* ] – yoga teacher
* ] – award-winning novelist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/travel-grants/minority-serving-institution-faculty-scholar-awards/past-msi-faculty-scholars/2010-minority-serving-institution-faculty-scholar-in-cancer-research.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=11 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712235305/http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/travel-grants/minority-serving-institution-faculty-scholar-awards/past-msi-faculty-scholars/2010-minority-serving-institution-faculty-scholar-in-cancer-research.aspx |archivedate=12 July 2013 |df= }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2019}}
* ] – designer and music video director
* ] – founder of Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company; heads the Legatum Center at ]
* ] – entrepreneur; founded two of Bangladesh's key technology companies, CellBazaar and bKash
* ] – CEO of ]
* ] – tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist
* ] – conservative American political commentator; blogger at ''The American Scene''; associate editor of '']''
* ] – singer; auteur of industrial band ]
* ] – space historian; assistant professor of history at ]
* ] – former US ambassador
* ] – singer
* ] – professor of history at ]
* ] – author, publisher, activist and outspoken member of the ]
* ] – Bangladeshi-Russian-American operatic soprano
*] - an ] ] and news anchor and ] recipient women.
* Sumit Som, famous cardiologist in NJ

==References==
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Ethnic group
Bengali Americans
Total population
250,000
Regions with significant populations
New York City
Languages
American English, Bengali
Religion
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bangladeshi Americans, Indian Americans

Bengali Americans (Template:Lang-bn) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethno-linguistic region of Bengal in South Asia (now divided between Bangladesh and India). Bengali American usually refers to Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Bengali Buddhists, Bengali Jains, and Bengali Christians. Bengali American are also a subgroup of Bangladeshi Americans and Indian Americans. Bengali Muslims are also classified under Bangladeshi Americans, or American Muslim.

United States has the largest population of Bengali Hindus outside of Asia and second-largest population of Bengali people outside of Asia after the United Kingdom. The highest concentration of Bengali Americans is in New York City Metropolitan Area, with California, New Jersey, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, and Florida being other states with high concentration of Bengali Americans in that particular order. Almost half of the Bengali Hindus in the US are in California. California as a subnational division has the largest concentration of Bengali Hindus outside of Asia. New York City has the largest metropolitan Bengali population outside of India, Bangladesh, and England. Significant immigration of Bengalis to the United States started after 1965.

Bengali Americans may refer to-

Notable people

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Bangladeshi Americans.
Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), was designed by Fazlur Rahman Khan. It was the tallest building in the world for over two decades.

References

  1. "More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live In NYC Than There Are People In Chicago". Huffington Post. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2015. Over 40 percent of the United States' Bengali population lives in New York City.
  2. "Bengali speakers by state".
  3. "Bengali speakers to be counted in US census".
  4. "In Memoriam Kali S. Banerjee". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. "News at Old Dominion University". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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