List of Nepalese Americans

Nepalese Americans are citizens, Dreamer 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.

Prominent Academia and Educationists

• Parag Pathak, Professor of Economics at 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 Raj Bhandary, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Entertainment and media

• Daya Vaidya, Actress
• Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Actor
• 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
• Mayadevi Ross, Actress
• Jane Dipika Garrett, Body positivity advocate
• Sauriyan Sapkota, Actor
• Parijita Bastola, Singer
• Asha Magrati, Screenwriter, producer, and actor
• Sheela Sharma, Actress

Literature and art

• Gautama V. Vajracharya, Sanskritist
• Samrat Upadhyay, Author
• Pratyoush Onta, Historian
• Kashish Bastola, Nepali-American writer
• Sudipbhadra Khanal, Nepali Poet (metric poetry)

Science and technology

• Lujendra Ojha, Planetary scientist in NASA, Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at Rutgers University
• 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
• Nabaraj KC, first Nepali American candidate to run for the New York City Council in Queens
• Sarahana Shrestha, member of New York State Assembly
• Shiva Rajbhandari, climate activist, member of Boise, Idaho school board
• Adrian Pokharel, candidate for U.S. Congress from Virginia District-10, 2024

Sports

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

References