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This is a list of Arab Americans. It includes prominent and notable Arab American individuals from various fields, such as business, science, entertainment, sports and fine arts.
Academia[]
Science[]
- Elias J. Corey, Lebanese, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[1]
- Ahmed Zewail, Damanhour-born Egyptian, scientist, known as the "father of femtochemistry", winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Michael E. DeBakey, Lebanese, cardiovascular surgeon and researcher,[2] 1963 Lasker Award laureate
- Omar M. Yaghi, Amman-born Jordanian, reticular chemistry pioneer; winner of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
- Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian, US National Medal of Science laureate; nanoscience researcher; known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule
- Riad Barmada , Aleppo - born Syrian , served as the president of the Illinois Orthopedic Society.
- Eman Ghoneim, Minea-born Egyptian, space scientist in desert regions
- Farouk El-Baz, Zagazig-born Egyptian, space scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon
- Huda Zoghbi, Beirut-born Lebanese, physician and medical researcher who discovered the genetic cause of the Rett syndrome
- Huda Akil, Damascus-born Syrian, neuroscientist and medical researcher
- Yasmine Belkaid, Algiers-born Algerian, immunologist, professor and a senior investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Mounir Laroussi, Sfax-born Tunisian, plasma physicist, pioneer of plasma medicine
- Hunein Maassab, Damascus-born Syrian, professor of epidemiology and the inventor of the live attenuated influenza vaccine
- Joanne Chory, Lebanese, plant biologist and geneticist
- Anthony Atala, Peruvian-born Lebanese, Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Noureddine Melikechi, Thénia-born, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physicist, member of the Mars Science Laboratory
- Michel T. Halbouty, Lebanese, geologist and geophysicist; pioneer in oil field research
- Adah al-Mutairi Saudi, inventor and scholar in nanotechnology and nanomedicine
- Sami J Barmada, American- born Syrian, neuroscientist and medical researcher
- M. Amin Arnaout, Sidon-born Lebanese, nephrologist and biologist
- Essam Heggy, Libyan-born Egyptian, Planetary scientist
- Shadia Habbal, Homs-born Syrian, astronomer and physicist specialized in Space physics
- Miriam Merad, French-born Algerian, immunologist
Engineering/Computer Science[]
- Mohamed Atalla, Port Said-born Egyptian, engineer, inventor of MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor), pioneer in silicon semiconductors and security systems, founder of Atalla Corporation[3]
- Charles Elachi, Rayak-born Lebanese, professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech and the former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Fawwaz T. Ulaby Damascus-born Syrian, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, former Vice President of Research for the University of Michigan; first Arab-American winner of the IEEE Edison Medal
- Taher ElGamal, Cairo-born Egyptian, cryptographer, inventor of the ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and the ElGamal signature scheme
- Ali H. Nayfeh, Tulkarm-born Palestinian, mechanical engineer, the 2014 recipient of Benjamin Franklin Medal in mechanical engineering
- Dina Katabi, Damascus-born Syrian, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the director of the MIT Wireless Center.
- Abbas El Gamal, Cairo-born Egyptian, electrical engineer, educator and entrepreneur, the recipient of the 2012 Claude E. Shannon Award
- John Makhoul, Deirmimas-born Lebanese, computer scientist who works in the field of speech and language processing.
- Jerrier A. Haddad, Syrian-Lebanese, computer engineer who worked with IBM.
- Oussama Khatib, Aleppo-born Syrian, roboticist and a professor of computer science
- Elias Zerhouni, Nedroma-born Algerian, former director of the National Institutes of Health
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, Nabatieh-born Lebanese, technology innovator.[4][5] He received 43 patents.
- Mohammad S. Obaidat, Irbid-born Jordanian, computer science/engineering academic and scholar
- Charbel Farhat, Lebanese, Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures; Director of the Army High Performance Computing Research Center; Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
- Hany Farid, Egyptian, Professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, pioneer in Digital forensics
- Ahmed Tewfik, Cairo-born Egyptian, electrical engineer, Professor and college administrator
- Munther A. Dahleh, Tulkarm-born Palestinian, Professor and Director at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Humanities[]
- Ismail al-Faruqi, Jaffa-born Palestinian, philosopher, professor
- Fouad Ajami, Arnoun-born Lebanese, Professor of International Relations
- Saddeka Arebi, Tripoli-born Libyan, professor of anthropology at UC Berkeley
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, Sudanese, executive director of the Fiqh Council of North America[6]
- Samih Farsoun, Haifa-born Palestinian, sociology professor at the American University[7]
- Philip Khuri Hitti, Shimlan-born Lebanese, historian of Arab culture and history
- Philip S. Khoury, Lebanese, Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Laura Nader, cultural anthropologist
- Edward Said, Jerusalem-born Palestinian, literary theorist and former professor at Columbia University
- Nada Shabout, UK-born Palestinian-Iraqi, Professor of Art History at University of North Texas
- Naseer Aruri, Jerusalem-born Palestinian ,Chancellor Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
- Nadia Abu El Haj, Palestinian, Author & Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and subject of a major tenure controversy case at Columbia University
- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Jaffa-born Palestinian, former Director of Graduate Studies at Northwestern University, father of Lila Abu-Lughod
- Lila Abu-Lughod, Palestinian, professor of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies at Columbia University
- Leila Farsakh, Jordan-born Palestinian, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Samih Farsoun, Professor of sociology at American University and editor of Arab Studies Quarterly
- Nadia Hijab, Syria-born Palestinian, Journalist with Middle East Magazine and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies
- Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian, Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University
- Joseph Massad, Jordan-born Palestinian, Professor at Columbia University known for his work on nationalism and sexuality in the Arab world
- Hisham Sharabi, Jaffa-born Palestinian, Professor Emeritus of History
- Umar al-Mukhtar, Tobruk-born Libyan, Chair of Arab Culture at Georgetown University
- Rosemarie Said Zahlan, Egypt-born Palestinian, historian, journalist & author, sister of Edward Said
- Steven Salaita, Jordanian-Palestinian, former Professor of English at Virginia Tech, winner of Myers Outstanding Book Award for the Study of Human Rights 2007
- Majid Khadduri, Mosul-born Iraqi, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program
- Noura Erakat, Palestinian, human rights attorney and Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
- Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi, University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh
- Nada Shabout, UK-born Palestinian-Iraqi, art historian and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
- Saadi Simawe, Diwaniyah-born Iraqi, translator, novelist and teacher
- Donny George Youkhanna, Habbaniyah-born Iraqi, archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York
- Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, teaches religion, science, and freedom at the University of Maryland, College Park; directs the Minaret of Freedom Institute[15][16]
- Muhsin Mahdi, Karbala-born Iraqi, Islamologist and Arabist.
- Talal Asad, Medina-born Saudi, anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center.
University Presidents[]
- Mitch Daniels, Syrian, President of Purdue University
- Donna Shalala, Lebanese, President of the University of Miami
- Joseph E. Aoun, Beirut-born Lebanese, president of Northeastern University
- Robert Khayat, Lebanese, chancellor of the University of Mississippi
- Nido Qubein, Lebanese, president of High Point University
- David Adamany, Lebanese, former president of the Temple University
Business[]
- Steve Jobs, half Syrian,[17][18] head and co-founder of Apple
- Tony Fadell, Polish-Lebanese, product development manager at Apple Inc., co-inventor of iPod and iPhone
- Mohamed A. El-Erian, Egyptian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO
- Alec Gores, Israel-born Lebanese-Palestinian, founder of Gores Group; on the Forbes list of billionaires
- Tom Gores, Israel-born Greek-Lebanese, founder and CEO of Platinum Equity; on the Forbes list of billionaires (Palestinian-born of Lebanese descent)
- Sam Gores, Israel-born Lebanese-Palestinian, founder of talent agency Paradigm Agency; on the Forbes list of billionaires[19]
- Najeeb Halaby, Lebanese-Syrian,[20] former head of Federal Aviation Administration and CEO of Pan-American Airlines, and father of Queen Noor of Jordan
- Ray R. Irani, Lebanon-born Palestinian, Chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum
- Joseph Jacobs, Australia-born Lebanese, founder of Jacobs Engineering, one of the engineering firms in the US
- Charif Souki, Cairo-born Egyptian, co-founder and former CEO of Cheniere Energy.
- Amin Khoury, businessman and founder of B/E Aerospace
- Omar Hamoui, Syrian, founder and CEO of Google AdMob (Syrian)
- Lucie Salhany, Jordanian-Lebanese, former Chairwoman of Fox Broadcasting Company.
- Marcus Lemonis, Beirut-born Lebanese-Syrian, chairman and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises and Gander Outdoors.
- George Joseph, Lebanese, founder of Mercury Insurance Group.
- Joe Jamail, businessman who was the wealthiest practicing attorney in America.
- Allen Adham, Lebanese, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment.
- Mario Kassar, Beirut-born Lebanese-Italian, formerly headed Carolco Pictures[21]
- John J. Mack, Lebanese,[22] CEO of investment bank Morgan Stanley
- Maloof family, Lebanese family who owns numerous business properties in the Western United States, majority owners of the Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Hotel in Paradise, Nevada
- Sam Moore, Beirut-born Lebanese, founder and president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest worldwide distributor of the Bible
- Manuel Moroun, Lebanese, owner of CenTra, Inc., the holding company which controls the Ambassador Bridge and Michigan Central Depot
- Jacques Nasser, Amyoun-born Lebanese, former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company (Lebanese)
- Moose Scheib, Beirut-born Lebanese, founder and CEO of Loanmod.com; inventor of the modern day loan modification
- Efrem Harkham, Israel-born Iraqi-American, founder and CEO of LuxeHotels, owner of Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
- Farouk Shami, Ramallah-born Palestinian, founder of Farouk systems, a Houston-based company that manufactures hair care and spa products like CHI hair Irons
- John Zogby, Lebanese, founder and current President/CEO of Zogby International
- Sam Yagan, Syrian, Entrepreneur and business executive, co-founder of SparkNotes, eDonkey, OkCupid, and Techstars Chicago, also CEO of Match Group, including Tinder
- Rana el Kaliouby, Egyptian, computer scientist, CEO of Affectiva, Researcher at MIT Media Lab, contributor to facial expression recognition research and technology development
- Haim Saban, Egypt-born Israeli-American, television and media proprietor
- Huda Kattan, Iraqi, CEO of Huda Beauty
- Magid Abraham, Mashghara-born Lebanese, market research expert and businessman
- Nahim Abraham, Kafarakab-born Lebanese, businessman, philanthropist
- Paul Orfalea, Lebanese, founder of Kinko's[23]
- Richard E. Rainwater, Lebanese, investor and fund manager
- Robert Khuzami, Lebanese, former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., Lebanese, businessman and founder of Colony Capital
Arts and entertainment[]
- Sam Esmail, Egyptian, screenwriter, director and producer; creator of the television series Mr. Robot
- Kevin Hanna, Syrian, writer, director and producer; creator of the film The Clockwork Girl
- Callie Khouri, Lebanese, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- William Peter Blatty,Lebanese, Academy Award-winning screenwriter and writer
- Nessa Diab, Egyptian, Radio and TV personality and television host
- Sanaa Hamri, Tangier-born Moroccan, music video and movie director; her films include the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
- Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director
- Casey Kasem, Lebanese Druze, radio personality and voice actor, co-founder of American Top 40 franchise,[24]
- George Noory, Lebanese,[25] radio broadcaster of late-night paranormal-themed radio talk show Coast to Coast AM
- Mario Kassar, Beirut-born Lebanese, film producer, founder of Carolco Pictures
- Jordan Nassar, half-Palestinian, visual artist working with Palestinian embroidery
- Tom Shadyac, Lebanese, director, screenwriter and producer
- Tony Thomas, Lebanese, producer
- Jehane Noujaim, Lebanese-Egyptian,[26] documentary film director
- Kerri Kasem, Lebanese, radio personality
- Dan Jbara, Lebanese, television and film producer
- Diane Rehm,Syrian-Lebanese, host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio
- Elie Samaha, Zahlé-born Lebanese, film producer
- Sonya Tayeh, award-winning dancer and choreographer.
- Emile Kuri, Mexico-born Lebanese, Academy Award-winning art director
- Zaida Ben-Yusuf, UK-born Algerian,portrait photographer
- Sam Maloof, Lebanese
- Rima Fakih, Srifa-born Lebanese, Miss USA 2010
- Remi Kanazi, Palestinian,[27] performance poet
- Yousef Abu-Taleb, Jordanian, actor, lonelygirl15; film producer
- Adam Saleh, Yemeni, YouTuber and singer
- Cherien Dabis, Palestinian, film director
- Yousef Erakat, Palestinian, YouTuber and actor
- Gabbie Hanna, Lebanese, comedian, actress, YouTube personality, singer
Actors[]
- Tony Shalhoub, Lebanese,[28] three-time Emmy Award-winning television actor on Monk
- Danny Thomas, Lebanese,[29] Emmy Award-winning actor, founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; father of Marlo Thomas
- Marlo Thomas, Lebanese, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress
- Rami Malek, Egyptian, Emmy Award and Academy Award - winning actor
- Demián Bichir, Mexico-born Lebanese, Academy Award-nominated actor
- Vic Tayback, Syrian, two-time Golden Globe-winning actor
- Kristy McNichol, Lebanese, two-time Emmy Award-winning actress[30]
- Tige Andrews, Syrian, Emmy-nominated actor
- Michael Ansara, Lebanon-born, actor
- Sofia Boutella, Algiers-born Algerian, actress and Hip-hop dancer
- George Nader, Lebanese, American film and television actor.
- Jenna Dewan, Lebanese,[31] film/TV actress (Step Up)
- Shannon Elizabeth, Syrian-Lebanese,[32] film actress (American Pie, Scary Movie)
- Khrystyne Haje, Lebanese, actress on Head of the Class
- Teri Hatcher, Syrian, actress
- Salma Hayek, Mexico-born Lebanese, Mexican actress
- Rowan Blanchard, Syrian, actress
- Anissa Jones,Lebanese, actress, Family Affair
- Jamie Farr, Lebanese,[33] character actor
- Catherine Keener, Lebanese, actress
- Wendie Malick, Egyptian, actress
- Alanna Masterson, half Lebanese, actress,
- Wentworth Miller, UK-born Lebanese-Syrian,[34] actor on Prison Break
- Najee Mondalek, Lebanon-born, actor/playwright
- Kathy Najimy, Lebanese,[35] actress
- Gregory Jbara, Lebanese, television and film actor
- Alia Shawkat, half-Iraqi, actress on Arrested Development
- James Stacy, part-Lebanese, actor
- Paola Turbay, part-Lebanese, actress
- Vince Vaughn, part-Lebanese, actor
- Amy Yasbeck, part-Lebanese, actress
- Sammy Sheik, Alexandria-born Egyptian, actor
- Omar Metwally, half-Egyptian, actor
- Waleed Zuaiter, Palestinian, actor
- Mo Gallini, half-Lebanese, actor
- Michael Nouri, half-Iraqi, actor
- Haaz Sleiman, Beirut-born Lebanese, television and film actor
- Emeraude Toubia, Canada-born part-Lebanese, actress
- Edy Ganem, half-Lebanese, actress
- Nadia Dajani, half-Palestinian, actress
- Rose Abdoo, half-Lebanese, comedian, actress
- John Kassir, American actor, voice actor and comedian.
- Ramy Youssef, Egyptian, writer and star of Ramy
Comedians[]
- Brian Awadis, Iraqi, Youtuber and actor
- Jerry Seinfeld, half-Syrian Jewish, stand-up comedian, actor and writer
- Dean Obeidallah, half-Palestinian, stand-up comedian, writer
- Ahmed Ahmed, Helwan-born Egyptian, actor and comedian
- Mohammed Amer, Kuwait-born Palestinian, comedian, writer, actor; Rolling Stone, Al Barnameg, Allah Made Me Funny
- Remy Munasifi, Iraqi-Lebanese, comedian also known as GoRemy
- Anwar Jibawi, Palestinian, YouTuber and comedian (Palestinian)
- Ronnie Khalil, Egyptian, stand-up comedian
- Aron Kader, half-Palestinian, stand-up comedian
- Maysoon Zayid, Palestinian, actress and comedian
- Ray Hanania, Palestinian, journalist and stand-up comedian
- Kassem G, Amman-born Jordanian-Egyptian, comedian, actor, and YouTuber
Reality show[]
- Farrah Abraham, part-Syrian, reality television personality, participated in 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom
- Tareq Salahi, half-Palestinian, television personality, appeared on The Real Housewives of D.C.
- Adrienne Maloof, half-Lebanese, businesswoman, television personality, cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Aja (entertainer), Egyptian-Moroccan, known for competing on RuPaul's Drag Race
- Laith Al-Saadi, half-Iraqi, finalist on the 10th season of The Voice
- Tarek El Moussa, part-Moroccan, businessman, television personality, cast member of Flip or Flop
Fashion designers[]
- Joseph Abboud, Lebanese,[36] menswear fashion designer and author
- Reem Acra, Beirut-born Lebanese, fashion designer
- Norma Kamali, Lebanese, fashion designer
- Rami Kashou, Palestinian, fashion designer
Models[]
- Gigi Hadid, half-Palestinian, supermodel and TV personality
- Bella Hadid, half-Palestinian, supermodel and TV personality
- Touriya Haoud, half-Moroccan, fashion model and actress
- Wafah Dufour, half-Saudi, fashion model and singer
- Jaclyn Stapp, Jordanian, beauty queen and fashion model
- Amy Fadhli, half-Iraqi, fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996
Musicians[]
- Paula Abdul, half-Syrian Jewish (considers herself Jewish and not ethnically Arab), singer, musician, writer, actress, and television personality
- Paul Anka, Lebanese, singer/songwriter
- Frank Zappa, part-Lebanese,[37] musician
- DJ Khaled, Palestinian, hip-hop DJ, rapper, music producer
- RedOne, Tetouan-born Moroccan, producer, songwriter, music executive
- Tiffany, born Tiffany Renee Darwish, half-Lebanese, singer
- Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury), half-Lebanese,[38] musician
- French Montana, Casablanca-born Moroccan, rapper
- Paul Jabara, Lebanese, actor, singer, songwriter
- Dick Dale, half-Lebanese,[39] surf rock guitarist
- Andrew Bazzi, half-Lebanese, singer-songwriter
- Soraya, part-Lebanese, singer/songwriter
- G.E. Smith, half-Lebanese, lead guitarist in the band Hall & Oates; musical director of Saturday Night Live
- David Yazbek, half-Lebanese, songwriter and musician
- Raef Haggag Egyptian, singer
- Stephan Said, half-Iraqi, singer, musician, writer and activist
- Kareem Salama, Maghrebi, country singer-songwriter and musician
- Alissa Musto, singer/pianist
- Kurtis Mantronik, Jamaica-born half-Syrian, born Kurtis el Khaleel, remixer and producer, founding member of 1980s old school hip hop group Mantronix
- Malek Jandali, Germany-born Syrian, composer and pianist (Syrian-American)
- Ferras, half-Jordanian, singer-songwriter
- Fredwreck, Palestinian, hip hop producer
- Mohammed Fairouz, musician, composer
- Emilio Estefan, Cuba-born half-Lebanese, manager and producer of wife Gloria Estefan
- Ayad Al Adhamy, Bahraini-born, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist musician
- Jeff Becerra, death metal musician
- Ron Affif, half-Lebanese, jazz guitarist and musician
- Jack Barakat, Lebanese, All Time Low guitarist/songwriter
- Queen Naija, half-Yemeni, singer and songwriter
Literature[]
- Khalil Gibran, Bsharri-born Lebanese, writer, poet, and member of the New York Pen League; the third-best-selling poet of all time.
- William Peter Blatty, Lebanese, writer best known for his 1971 horror novel The Exorcist
- Laila Lalami, Rabat-born Moroccan, Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist, journalist, essayist, and professor
- Mikhail Naimy, Baskinta-born Lebanese, member of the New York Pen League; well-known works include The Book of Mirdad and a biography of Khalil Gibran
- Ameen Rihani, Syria-born Lebanese, "father of Arab American literature," member of the New York Pen League and author of The Book of Khalid, the first Arab American novel in English;
- Edward Said, Jerusalem-born Palestinian, literary theorist, thinker, and the founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.
- Stephen Adly Guirgis, half-Egyptian, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
- Hisham Matar, Libyan, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
- Steven Naifeh, Iran-born half-Lebanese, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Raymond Khoury, Beirut-born Lebanese, screenwriter and novelist, best known as the author of the 2006 New York Times bestseller The Last Templar
- Saladin Ahmed, Lebanese-Egyptian, Eisner Award-winning comic book and fantasy writer
- Ted Naifeh, comic book writer and artist.
- Stephen Karam, Lebanese, Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter
- Mona Simpson, half-Syrian, novelist; author of Anywhere but Here
- Elmaz Abinader, Lebanese, poet, playwright, memoirist, writer
- Diana Abu-Jaber, half-Jordanian, novelist and professor, author of Arabian Jazz and Crescent
- Nasib Arida, Homs-born Syrian, poet and writer of the Mahjar movement.
- Abd al-Masih Haddad, Homs-born Syrian, writer of the Mahjar movement and journalist
- Elia Abu Madi, Bikfaya-born Lebanese, poet, publisher and member of the New York Pen League
- Etel Adnan, Lebanon-born half-Syrian, poet, essayist, and visual artist
- Suheir Hammad, Jordan-born Palestinian, poet, playwright, artist, Tony Award winner
- Samuel John Hazo, half-Lebanese, State Poet of Pennsylvania
- Lawrence Joseph, Syrian-Lebanese, poet
- Lisa Suhair Majaj, Palestinian, poet and literary scholar
- Khaled Mattawa, Benghazi-born Libyan, poet, recipient of an Academy of American Poets award
- Claire Messud, half-Algerian, author
- Naomi Shihab Nye, half-Palestinian, poet
- Abraham Rihbany, Shweir-born Lebanese, writer on politics and religion
- Steven Salaita, Jordanian-Palestinian, expert on comparative literature and post-colonialism, writer, activist
- Ibtisam Barakat, Jerusalem-born Palestinian, award-winning writer and poet
- Reem Kassis, Jerusalem-born Palestinianwriter on food, culture and politics (Palestinian)
Media and journalism[]
- Helen Thomas, Lebanese, reporter, columnist, and White House correspondent
- Hala Gorani, Syrian, journalist and anchor of CNN's International Desk; Levantine Cultural Center
- Anthony Shadid, Lebanese, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, foreign correspondent
- Hoda Kotb, Egyptian, broadcast journalist and TV host on Dateline NBC and the Today Show
- Jim Avila, half-Lebanese, correspondent for ABC News "20/20",
- Jamal Dajani, Jerusalem-born Palestinian television producer and Middle East analyst
- Paula Faris, half Lebanese[40] television correspondent and personality
- Ray Hanania, Palestinian, award-winning journalist; Managing Editor of The Arab Daily News; President and CEO of Urban Strategies Group media and political consultants
- Diane Rehm, American public radio talk show host
- Dena Takruri, Palestinian, journalist, on-air presenter, and producer
- Fawaz Gerges, Beirut-born Lebanese, ABC analyst and regular guest on "Oprah's Anti-war series"
- Yasmeen Sami Alamiri, Iraqi, journalist, first member of the White House foreign press pool
- Susan Chira, Syrian, journalist, former New York Times editor, foreign correspondent
- Lorraine Ali, Iraqi, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek
- Susie Gharib, co-anchor of the Nightly Business Report
- Walid Phares, Batroun-born Lebanese, Fox News correspondent, Middle Eastern policy advisor to the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign
- Paul Ajlouny, Ramallah-born Palestinian, founder of the Palestinian newspaper Al-Fajr
- Daoud Kuttab, Bethlehem-born Palestinian, award-winning journalist; Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University
- Nasser Weddady Mauritanian, activist, Director of Civil Rights Outreach at American Islamic Congress
- Mona Eltahawy, Port Said-born Egyptian, freelance journalist
- Ayman Mohyeldin, Cairo-born Palestinian-Egyptian, journalist for NBC News
- Serena Shim, Lebanese, journalist for Press TV
Military[]
- John Abizaid, Lebanese[41]
- Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, Iraqi-born, specialist in the United States Army who was kidnapped by insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 23, 2006
- Florent Groberg, France-born part-Algerian
- James Jabara, Lebanese
- George Joulwan, Lebanese
- Peter Mansoor
- Michael A. Monsoor, part-Lebanese, first Arab American Medal of Honor awardee
- Ray Hanania, Palestinian, Vietnam Era Military Service, U.S. Air Force
Politics[]
- James Abdnor, U.S. Senator (R-South Dakota) (1981–1987)
- John Abizaid, Lebanese, retired general
- James Abourezk, Lebanese,[42] U.S. Senator (D-South Dakota) (1973–1979)
- Spencer Abraham, Lebanese, U.S. Secretary of Energy (2001–2005) and U.S. Senator (R-Michigan) Secretary of Energy under Bush (1995–2001)
- Justin Amash, Syrian-Palestinian, U.S. Representative (R-Michigan) (2011–)
- Victor G. Atiyeh, Syrian-Lebanese, former Governor of Oregon (R) (1979–1987)
- John Baldacci, half-Lebanese, Governor of Maine (D) (2003–2011)
- Rosemary Barkett, Mexico-born Syrian, U.S. Circuit Judge and the first woman Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice for the state of Florida
- Charles Boustany,[43] Lebanese, U.S. Representative from Louisiana; cousin of Victoria Reggie Kennedy[44]
- Pat Danner, Lebanese, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Mo.) (1993–2001)
- Brigitte Gabriel, Marjayoun-born Lebanese, pro-Israel activist and founder of the American Congress For Truth
- Philip Charles Habib, Lebanese, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Special Envoy to Ronald Reagan
- Lisa Halaby, Syrian-Lebanese,(a.k.a. Queen Noor), Queen-consort of Jordan and wife of King Hussein of Jordan
- Darrell Issa, half-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (R-California) (2001–)
- Joe Jamail, Lebanese, Renown American trial lawyer and billionaire, also known as the "King of Torts"
- James Jabara, Lebanese, colonel and Korean War flying ace
- Chris John, part-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (D-Louisiana) (1997–2005)
- George Joulwan, part-Syrian, retired general, former NATO commander-in-chief
- George Kasem, Lebanese,[45] U.S. Congressman (D-California) (1959-1961)
- Abraham Kazen, Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (D-Texas) (1967–1985)
- Jill Kelley, Beirut-born Lebanese, global advocate and American socialite[46]
- Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Lebanese, attorney and widow of late Senator Ted Kennedy
- Johnny Khamis, Palestinian, Council member from San Jose
- Ray LaHood, half-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (R-Illinois) (1995–2009), U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2009–2013)
- Darin LaHood, part-Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (R-Illinois) (2015–), son of Ray Lahood
- George J. Mitchell, half-Lebanese, U.S. Senator (D-Maine) (1980–1995) US special envoy to the Middle East under the Obama administration, U.S. senator from Maine, Senate Majority Leader
- Ralph Nader, Lebanese, politician and consumer advocate, author, lecturer, and attorney, candidate for US Presidency
- Jimmy Naifeh, Lebanese, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (D)
- Mary Rose Oakar, Lebanese-Syrian, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Ohio) (1977–1993)
- Jeanine Pirro, Lebanese, former Westchester County District Attorney and New York Republican attorney general candidate
- Dina Powell, Cairo-born Egyptian, current U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
- Edward Rafeedie, Palestinian, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California
- Nick Rahall, Lebanese, U.S. Congressman (D-West Virginia) (1977–2015)
- Selwa Roosevelt, Lebanese, former Chief of Protocol of the United States and wife of the late Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
- Zainab Salbi, Baghdad-born Iraqi, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
- Donna Shalala, Lebanese, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993–2001)
- Chris Sununu, Lebanese-Palestinian, Governor of New Hampshire (R) (2017–), son of Governor John H. Sununu
- John E. Sununu, Lebanese-Palestinian, U.S. Senator (R-New Hampshire) (2003–2009)
- John H. Sununu, Cuba-born Lebanese-Palestinian, Governor of New Hampshire (R) (1983–1989) and Chief of Staff to George H.W. Bush
- Rashida Tlaib, Palestinian, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Michigan)(2016-)
- James Zogby, half-Lebanese, founder and president of the Arab American Institute
- Hady Amr, Beirut-born Lebanese, diplomat, founding director of Brookings Doha Center (Lebanese father)
Sports[]
- Toni Breidinger, half-Lebanese, NASCAR driver, First Female Arab in the sport
- Alaa Abdelnaby, Alexandria-born Egyptian, played for Duke and five years in the NBA
- Rony Seikaly, Beirut-born Lebanese, former NBA player, now DJ
- Abdel Nader, Alexandria-born Egyptian, player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association
- Salah Mejri, Oued Melliz-born Tunisian professional basketball for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
- Justin Abdelkader, part-Jordanian, ice hockey forward playing in NHL
- Brandon Saad, half-Syrian, NHL player
- Patrick Maroon, Lebanese, ice hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL
- Johnny Manziel, part-Lebanese, NFL player
- Oday Aboushi, Palestinian, NFL player
- Doug Flutie, half-Lebanese, NFL player
- Drew Haddad, Jordanian, NFL player
- Gibran Hamdan, half-Palestinian, NFL QB
- Bill George, NFL player and Hall of Fame.
- Jeff George, Lebanese, NFL quarterback
- Rich Kotite, retired NFL tight end; NFL Head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets
- Abe Mickal – Talia-born Lebanese, football player for LSU
- Matt Kalil – half-Lebanese, NFL player
- Ryan Kalil – NFL player (Lebanese father)
- Frank Kalil – former American football offensive lineman.
- Adam Shaheen, tight end from Ashland
- Joe Robbie, former owner and founder of the NFL's Miami Dolphins
- Rocco Baldelli professional baseball player (Syrian)
- John Jaha, MLB baseball player (Lebanese)
- Sam Khalifa, MLB baseball player (Egyptian)
- Joe Lahoud, MLB player for Boston an California (Lebanese descent)
- Mikie Mahtook, Major League Baseball outfielder (Lebanese descent)
- Damien Sandow, WWE wrestler (Lebanese)
- Sabu ECW wrestler (Lebanese mother)
- Skandor Akbar former professional wrestler (Lebanese)
- Ed Farhat Lebanese-American professional wrestler best known by his ring name The Sheik
- Adnan Al-Kaissie former professional wrestler and manager (Iraqi)
- Armando Estrada professional wrestler and manager ( Palestinian)
- Mojo Rawley professional wrestler currently signed to WWE ( Palestinian and Syrian)
- Dina Al-Sabah, professional figure competitor (Kuwaiti descent)
- Sarah Attar track and field athlete (Saudi Arabian father)
- Isra Girgrah, boxer
- Naseem Hamed, commonly known as Prince Naseem or Naz, former boxer, former featherweight world champion. (Yemni parents)
- Jim Harrick, UCLA coach
- Omar Hassan, pro skateboarder[47]
- Ahmed Kaddour professional boxer, from NBC show The Contender (Lebanese)
- Hocine Khalfi, professional boxer, Algerian-American
- Khalid Khannouchi, athlete marathon runner (Moroccan)
- Amir Khillah, mixed martial artist and The Ultimate Fighter contestant (Egyptian)
- Gavin Maloof, businessman and owner of the Sacramento Kings
- George Maloof, Sr. businessman and former owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets
- Justin Meram, MLS player for Columbus Crew (Chaldo-Assaryian)
- Faryd Mondragón, MLS player for Philadelphia Union (Lebanese parents)
- Ramsey Nijem (Palestinian), mixed martial artist and UFC fighter
- Bobby Rahal (Lebanese ancestry)
- Soony Saad, MLS player (Lebanese descent)
- Robert Saleh, defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers (Lebanese Mother).
- Tarick Salmaci, professional boxer (Lebanese)
- Omar Sheika (Palestinian), professional boxer, four-time world title challenger
- Kelly Slater, professional surfer (Lebanese descent)
- Muhammad Halim, (Palestinian father)
Others[]
- Naser Jason Abdo, former soldier convicted of planning an attack near Fort Hood
- Sami Al-Arian, professor guilty of conspiracy to contribute services to or for the benefit of a Specially Designated Terrorist organization (Palestinian)
- Anwar al-Awlaki, believed by US officials to be a recruiter involved in planning terrorist operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda (Yemeni)
- Nihad Awad, founding Executive Director of largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S., Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) (Palestinian)
- Rosemary Barkett, federal judge and first woman Justice and Chief Justice on the Florida Supreme Court (Syrian)
- Charles Bishop, suicide by plane crash in Tampa, Florida; grandson of Syrian immigrant[48][49]
- Nidal Hasan, former soldier convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting (Palestinian descent)
- Hussein Ibish, writer, journalist, advocate for Arab causes in the United States (Lebanese)
- Candice Lightner, founder of MADD (Lebanese mother)[50]
- Edward L. Masry, lawyer (Lebanese descent)
- Rasmea Odeh, convicted of immigration fraud, for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for fatal terrorist bombing (Palestinian)[51][52]
- Walid Rabah, publisher
- Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North America; born Raphael Hawaweeny in Beirut of Damascene Syrian parents
- Karim Rashid (Lebanese descent)
- Zainab Salbi, co-founder and president of Women for Women International (Iraqi)
- Sirhan Sirhan, convicted murderer of Robert F. Kennedy (Palestinian with Jordanian citizenship)
- Nadya Suleman, "Octomom", father is Iraqi
- James Zogby, Arab-American civil rights activist (Arab-American Institute); brother of John (Lebanese descent)
- John Zogby, pollster for Zogby International (Lebanese descent)
See also[]
- List of Iraqi Americans
- List of Lebanese Americans
- List of Palestinian Americans
- Syrian Americans
- Yemeni-American
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External links[]
- I Want My Son to be Proud by Casey Kasem
- Famous Arab Americans
- Children of Al-Mahjar: Arab American Literature Spans a Century – by Elmaz Abinader
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