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List of Arab Americans

January 09, 2023

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

Engineering/Computer Science

Humanities

University Presidents

Business

Arts and entertainment

Actors

Comedians

Reality show

Fashion designers

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

Literature

Media and journalism

Military

Politics

Sports

Others

See also

References

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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 Contents 1 Academia 1 1 Science 1 2 Engineering Computer Science 1 3 Humanities 1 4 University Presidents 2 Business 3 Arts and entertainment 3 1 Actors 3 2 Comedians 3 3 Reality show 3 4 Fashion designers 3 5 Models 3 6 Musicians 4 Literature 5 Media and journalism 6 Military 7 Politics 8 Sports 9 Others 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksAcademia EditScience Edit 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 Thenia 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 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 immunologistEngineering Computer Science Edit 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 American Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures in the School of Engineering and inaugural James and Anna Marie Spilker Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University Member of the National Academy of Engineering US Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering UK and Member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences 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 TechnologyHumanities Edit 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 amp 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 amp 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 Edit 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 UniversityBusiness EditSteve 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 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 CapitalArts and entertainment EditSam 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 Zahle 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 furniture designer and woodworker 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 singerActors Edit 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 Demian 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 F Murray Abraham Syrian American Academy Award winning actor Amadeus Tige Andrews Syrian Emmy nominated actor Michael Ansara Lebanon born actor Sofia Boutella Algerian actress model 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 Zeeko Zaki Egyptian actorComedians Edit 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 YouTuberReality show Edit 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 FlopFashion designers Edit 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 designerModels Edit 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 1996Musicians Edit 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 amp 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 Dave Hall Quarter Lebanese singer songwriter and composerLiterature EditKhalil 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 EditHelen 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 TVMilitary EditJohn 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 ForcePolitics EditJames Abdnor Lebanese 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 2021 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 Charlie Crist part Lebanese former Governor of Florida R 2007 2011 U S Congressman D Florida 2017 present 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 EditToni 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 and 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 Yemeni 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 Mondragon 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 Sami Guediri Footballer Algerian Parents Others EditNaser 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 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