List of Nepalese Americans

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.

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

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
 * Jane Dipika Garrett, Body positivity advocate
 * Sauriyan Sapkota, Actor
 * Parijita Bastola, Singer

Literature and art

 * Gautama V. Vajracharya, Sanskritist
 * Samrat Upadhyay, Author
 * Pratyoush Onta, Historian
 * Kashish Bastola, Nepali-American writer

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