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-{{Infobox ethnic group
-|group   = Bengali Americans
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-|population = 250,000
-|regions          = [[New York City]]<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live In NYC Than There Are People In Chicago |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/new-york-city-immigrants_n_4475197.html |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=25 February 2015 |quote=Over 40 percent of the United States' Bengali population lives in New York City. }}</ref>
-|languages        = [[American English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
-|religions        = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]]
-|related          = [[Bangladeshi Americans]], [[Indian Americans]]
-}}
-'''Bengali Americans''' ({{lang-bn|মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী}}) are [[Americans]] of Bengali ethnic, [[Culture of Bengal|cultural]] and [[Bengali language|linguistic]] heritage and [[Identity (social science)|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]], [[Jainism in Bengal|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 [[Islam in America|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.<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 [[England]].<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-
-* [[Bangladeshi Americans]], Americans of [[Bangladesh]]i descent of [[Bengali Hindu]] ancestry, and [[Bengali Muslims]]. Bengali Muslims are usually classified as Bangladeshi Americans and [[Islam in America|American Muslims]].
-* Bengali [[Indian Americans]], Americans of [[India]]n and [[Bengali Hindu]] descent whose ancestral origins are in [[West Bengal]], [[Bangladesh]] or erstwhile [[East Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Purnia]], [[Odisha]], [[Goalpara]] region, [[Assam]], the [[Barak Valley]], [[Tripura]], [[Nepal]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Rakhine State|Rakhine state]], and other parts of India who are known as [[Bengali Hindu diaspora|Probashi Bengalis]]. [[Bengali Hindu]] Americans also come from [[Southeast Asia]], [[Europe]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[South America]], [[Caribbean]], and other parts of the world.
-==Notable people==
-{{Main list|List of Bangladeshi Americans}}
-[[File:Sears Tower ss.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[Sears Tower]] (now Willis Tower), was designed by [[Fazlur Rahman Khan]]. It was the tallest building in the world for over two decades.]]
-* [[Arianna Afsar]] – former Miss California; placed in the Top 10 of the 2011 Miss America pageant
-* [[Saif Ahmad]] – [[World Series of Poker]] winner
-* [[Maqsudul Alam]] – scientist and professor
-* [[Jalal Alamgir]] (d. 2011) – political scientist and professor
-* Aditi Roy - NBC Philadelphia TV anchor and MSNBC correspondent
-* [[Kali S. Banerjee]] – 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>
-* [[Rais Bhuiyan]] – shooting survivor and activist
-* [[Subir Chowdhury]] – author and management consultant
-* [[Mir Masoom Ali]] – George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Ball State University
-* [[Hansen Clarke]] – United States Congress in 2010, from Michigan's House of Representatives
-* [[Hasan M. Elahi]] – interdisciplinary media artist
-* [[Fazle Hussain]] – professor of mechanical engineering, [[physics]], and [[earth science]] at the [[University of Houston]]
-* [[Abul Hussam]] – inventor of the [[Sono arsenic filter]]
-* [[Abdus Suttar Khan]] – chemist and jet fuels inventor
-* [[Fazlur Rahman Khan]] – pioneer of modern structural engineering
-* [[Salman Khan (educator)|Salman Khan]] – founder of [[Khan Academy]], a nonprofit educational organisation
-* [[Jawed Karim]] – co-founder of YouTube; designed key parts of [[PayPal]]
-* [[Mohammad Ataul Karim]] – 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>
-* [[Sumaya Kazi]] – founder of [[Sumazi]], was recognised by [[BusinessWeek]] as one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs.
-* [[Dipa Ma]] – yoga teacher
-* [[Sezan Mahmud]] – 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}}
-* [[Shomi Patwary]] – designer and music video director
-* [[Iqbal Quadir]] – founder of Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company; heads the Legatum Center at [[MIT]]
-* [[Kamal Quadir]] – entrepreneur; founded two of Bangladesh's key technology companies, CellBazaar and bKash
-* [[Anika Rahman]] – CEO of [[Ms. Foundation for Women]]
-* [[Badal Roy]] – tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist
-* [[Reihan Salam]] – conservative American political commentator; blogger at ''The American Scene''; associate editor of ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]''
-* [[Shikhee]] – singer; auteur of industrial band [[Android Lust]]
-* [[Asif Azam Siddiqi]] – space historian; assistant professor of history at [[Fordham University]]
-* [[M. Osman Siddique]] – former US ambassador
-* [[Palbasha Siddique]] – singer
-* [[Narasingha Sil]] – professor of history at [[Western Oregon University]]
-* [[Supreme Understanding]] –  author, publisher, activist and outspoken member of the [[Nation of Gods and Earths]]
-* [[Monica Yunus]] – Bangladeshi-Russian-American operatic soprano
-*[[Tasmin Mahfuz]] -  an [[American television]] [[journalist]] and news anchor and [[Gracie Awards|Gracie award]] recipient women.
-* Sumit Som, famous cardiologist in NJ
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{Asian Americans}}
-[[Category:American people of Indian descent| ]]
-[[Category:American people of Bangladeshi descent| ]]
-[[Category:American people of Bengali descent| ]]
-[[Category:Bengali American| ]]