List of Nepalese Americans explained

Nepalese Americans are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America who trace their family descent to Nepal. This article is a list of notable Nepalese Americans.^{[1] [2]}

Prominent Academia and Educationists

• Parag Pathak, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Deepak Shimkhada, Adjunct professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California
• Ram I. Mahato, Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States.
• Uttam RajBhandary, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[3]

Entertainment and media

• Daya Vaidya, Actress
• Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Actor^[4]
• Prabal Gurung, Fashion designer
• Curtis Waters, Canadian-American musician
• Arthur Gunn, Singer, American Idol (season 18) Runner-up, 2020
• Kiran Gajmer, Singer Voice of Nepal winner, 2021
• Manita Devkota, Model
• Sujita Basnet, Model
• Sajjan Raj Vaidya, Singer
• Bartika Eam Rai, Singer
• Kiran Chetry, News anchor
• Jane Dipika Garrett, Body positivity advocate
• Sauriyan Sapkota, Actor^[5]
• Parijita Bastola, Singer^[6]

Literature and art

• Gautama V. Vajracharya, Sanskritist
• Samrat Upadhyay, Author
• Pratyoush Onta, Historian
• Kashish Bastola, Nepali-American writer^[7]

Science and technology

• Lujendra Ojha, Planetary scientist in NASA
• Chandra Prasad Giri, Remote sensing professor
• Bhaskar Thapa, Tunnel engineering expert
• Yadav Pandit, Nuclear physics scientist
• Bodhraj Acharya, Molecular biology expert

Politics

• Harry Bhandari, member of Maryland House of Delegates, first Nepali-American state legislator
• Sarahana Shrestha, member of New York State Assembly
• Shiva Rajbhandari, climate activist, member of Boise, Idaho school board

Sports

• Kanishka Chaugai, American domestic cricketer
• Prithu Baskota, Cricketer
• Basanta Regmi, Cricketer
• Pradip Humagain, Soccer Manager

Notes and References

1. Web site: Budiman . Abby . Nepalese in the U.S. Fact Sheet . 2022-06-30 . Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project . en-US.
2. Web site: 2019-12-20 . Nepalese Population in the USA by Cities . 2022-06-30 . Mero Kalam . en-US.
3. Web site: MIT Biology; Uttam RajBhandary . 2023-11-26 . MIT Biology.
4. Web site: Tenzing Norgay Trainor Actor . 2024-06-09 . IMDb . en-US.
5. Web site: Sauriyan Sapkota Actor . 2023-11-27 . IMDb . en-US.
6. Web site: The Voice's Parijita Bastola on Being the Show's First Nepali-American Contestant: 'It's Super Cool' . 2023-11-27 . Peoplemag . en.
7. Web site: Harvard's Diversity Problem Goes Deeper than Race . 2023-09-14 . TIMEMagazine . en.