List of British Bangladeshis: Difference between revisions

Many successful, influential and wealthy members from the community have been recognized in the "British Bangladeshi Who's Who"[1] and BritBangla,^[2] for their community work, contribution and achievements in British society.

Business

• FRSA - Restaurateur, he was well-known for his dish "Curry Hell" — a curry reputedly so hot (Latif claimed it was "the world's hottest").^[3]
• publisher, and author.^[4]
• Honorary Consul in Scotland.^[5]
• editor, and founder of The British Curry Awards.^[6]
• British Bangladeshi to feature on the Sunday Times Rich List (placed at number 511 in 2006).^[7]
• Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah' - Internationally renowned celebrity chef, and award winning restaurateur.^[8][9][10] Founder and promoter of the International Indian Chef of the Year Competition.^[11]
• Entrepreneur, became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26,^[12] due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development.^[13]
• Discovery Channel reality television programme Bangla Bangers/Chop Shop: London Garage.^[14]
• banker.^[15]
• managing director of Euro Foods (UK) Limited.^[16]
• series two.^[17]

Media

• Ajmal Masroor - Television presenter, politician, imam and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency.^[18]
• A. N. M. Serajur Rahman - Journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist.^[19]
• editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News.^[20]
• Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q News.^[21] She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006.^[22]
• Konnie Huq - Television presenter, the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter.^[23]
• The West Country Tonight,^[24] one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television.^[25]
• London Tonight.^[26]
• singer and producer. Very well known for TV presenting Islamic and charity shows on Channel S and Islam Channel, mainly known within the community.^[27]
• World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds,^[29][30] and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News.^[31] Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak.^[32]

Politics

• Baroness Manzila 'Pola' Uddin - Labour peer, and first Muslim and Asian to sit in the House of Lords^[33]
• Cllr Muhammad Abdullah Salique - Labour Party member, Councillor for Bethnal Green North ward, Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets for 2008/09 municipal year.^[34]
• directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2010 and the first Bangladeshi leader of the council.^[35]
• Murad Qureshi - Labour Party politician, and Greater London Assembly Member.^[36]
• Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party constituency.^[37]

Performance

• Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series.^[38][39]
• choreographer.^[40] Recieved numerous awards including Best Modern Choreography 2002,^[41] and Outstanding Newcomer 2000 at the National Dance Awards^[42]
• magician, described by The Times in 1999 as "an extraordinary magician, performer and artist".^[43]
• MC, and former member of electronica band Asian Dub Foundation known then as Master D.^[44]
• Singer, songwriter, signed to 2Point9 Records (Doh Point Nau). He won Best Newcomer at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011.^[45]
• R&B and hip-hop music singer-songwriter. The first Bangladeshi to release a music single, called One More Dance.^[46]
• spiritual singer-songwriter.^[47]
• actress, Her critically acclaimed^[48] radio play Mixed Blood^[49] won the Richard Imison Award
  2006.
• Runa Islam - Film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008.^[8][50]
• Sadik Ahmed - Film director, cinematographer, and writer. Wrote and directed international award-winning short film Tanju Miah, which was specifically selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival 2005, and was the first Bangladeshi film in the Sundance Film Festival 2007.^[51]
• DJ and producer associated with the Asian Underground movement, recording as State Of Bengal.^[52]
• Double Platinum award.^[53]
• Parvati Patil in the Harry Potter film series.^[54]
• actress, and television presenter.^[55]
• Zoe Rahman - Jazz composer, and pianist.^[56] She won the Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award 1999.^[56]

Literature

• Kia Abdullah - Novelist and journalist. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper^[57] and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation^[58] and Child's Play.^[59]
• Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' Husain - Writer, wrote the book The Islamist on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir.^[60][61]
• Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman.^[62]
• Prof Andy Miah - Professor in Ethics & Emerging Technologies and Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre^[63] at the University of the West of Scotland.

Organisations

• British High Commissioner for Bangladesh in 2004, the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post.^[64]
• chairman of the East London Mosque.^[65]
• Football Association secretary.^[66][67]
• Secretary General of human rights organization Amnesty International; she is the first woman, Asian, and Muslim to hold the position;^[70][71] she won Sydney Peace Prize
  2006.
• Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development. He was awarded the Burtoni Award in 2007 for his work on climate change adaptation.^[72]

Sport

Anwar Uddin

• Professional footballer, currently Barnet F.C. captain.^[73]
• Kickboxer, and promoter.^[74]

Other

• The Road to Guantanamo.^[75][76]

See also

• British Bangladeshi
• List of Bangladeshi people
• List of Bengalis

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