Nepalese Americans Nepalese Americans are Americans or Permanent Residents of Nepalese ancestry. Immigration from Nepal to the United States began in the 20th century, and many have been able to establish themselves as American nationals. The history of immigratio ...

are citizens or permanent residents of the

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who trace their family descent to

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. This article is a list of notable Nepalese Americans.

Prominent Academia and Educationists

Parag Pathak Parag A. Pathak (born c. 1980) is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research where he co-founded and directs the working group on Mechanism design, market d ...

, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Deepak Shimkhada, Adjunct professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California * Ram I. Mahato,

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of the Department of

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, Omaha,

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. * Uttam RajBhandary, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Entertainment and media

* Daya Vaidya, Actress *

Prabal Gurung Prabal Gurung ( ne, प्रवल गुरुङ) (born 1979) is a Singapore–born Nepalese–American fashion designer based in New York City. Early life and education Gurung was born on March 31, 1979, in Singapore to Nepali parents and ...

, Fashion designer *

Curtis Waters Abhinav Bastakoti (born December 20, 1999), known by his stage name Curtis Waters, is a Canadian-American musician and songwriter. He is known for his self-produced 2020 debut single " Stunnin'". He is the first Nepal-born musician to attain inte ...

, Canadian-American Musician *

Arthur Gunn Dibesh Pokharel (born October 24, 1997), known by his stage name Arthur Gunn, is an Nepalese-born American singer-songwriter of from Wichita, Kansas who came to national attention in 2020 as the runner-up finalist on the eighteenth season of the ...

, Singer,

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Runner-up, 2020 * Kiran Gajmer, Singer Voice of Nepal Winner, 2021 *

Manita Devkota Manita Devkota ( ne, मनिता देवकोटा) is a Nepalese-born American model, women's health advocate, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Nepal on April 11, 2018, representing Nepal at the Miss Universe ...

, Model * Sujita Basnet, Model * Sajjan Raj Vaidya, Singer *

Bartika Eam Rai Bartika Eam Rai ( ne, वर्तिका एम राई) is a Nepalese born-American singer-songwriter based in New York City. In 2016, Rai burst onto public consciousness with the release of her debut album, ''Bimbaakash''. Rai has releas ...

, Singer *

Kiran Chetry Kiran Carrie Chetry ( ne, किरण क्षेत्री, born August 26, 1974) is a former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's ''American Morning''. From 2001 to 2007 she reported� ...

, News anchor * Jane Dipika Garrett, Body positivity Advocate * Sauriyan Sapkota, Actor * Parijita Bastola, Singer

Literature and art

* Gautama V. Vajracharya, Sanskritist *

Samrat Upadhyay Samrat Upadhyay ( ne, सम्राट उपाध्याय)(born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the Director of the Creative Writing ...

, Author *

Pratyoush Onta Pratyoush Onta is a Nepali historian and editor based at Martin Chautari. He is the author and editor/co-editor of several books including ''Social History of Radio Nepal'' (2004, in Nepali), ''Growing up with Radio'' (2005, in Nepali), ''25 Y ...

, Historian

Science and technology

Lujendra Ojha Lujendra Ojha (b. 1990 ne, लुजेन्द्र ओझा) is an American planetary scientist. He, as an undergraduate under the direction of planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, discovered compelling evidence that water on Mars includes cur ...

, Planetary scientist in

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* Chandra Prasad Giri, Remote sensing Professor at * Bhaskar Thapa, Tunnel engineering expert * Yadav Pandit,

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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 Prithu Baskota ( ne, पृथु बाँसकोटा) (born 5 July 1992) is a Nepalese cricketer. All-rounder Prithu is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Maldives in November 2010. ...

, Cricketer *

Basanta Regmi Basanta Regmi ( ne, वसन्त रेग्मी) (born 6 April 1986) is a Nepalese professional Cricketer. All-rounder Regmi is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spinner. He made his debut for Nepal against Namibia in March 2 ...

, Cricketer * Pradip Humagain, Soccer Manager

References

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