List of Arab Americans

• Elias J. Corey, Lebanese, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1990/corey-autobio.html Elias James Corey – Autobiography]
• Ahmed Zewail, Damanhour-born Egyptian, scientist, known as the "father of femtochemistry", winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Frank Harary, Syrian, Mathematician who is widely recognized as one of the "fathers" of modern graph theory
• Michael E. DeBakey, Lebanese, cardiovascular surgeon and researcher,{{cite web |title=Michael e. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |url=http://www.debakeydepartmentofsurgery.org/home/content.cfm?menu_id%3D44%26pageview%3Dnews%26article%3D96 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925135604/http://www.debakeydepartmentofsurgery.org/home/content.cfm?menu_id=44&pageview=news&article=96 |archive-date=2006-09-25 |access-date=2006-08-05}} "The Lebanese American University honored Michael E. DeBakey..." [http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=michael_debakey] "His parents were Lebanese immigrants Raheehja DeBakey and Shaker Morris" 1963 Lasker Award laureate
• Hunein Maassab, Damascus-born Syrian, professor of epidemiology and the inventor of the live attenuated influenza vaccine
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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, 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.http://www.starsofscience.com/phase-2/temps/arab_inventors.asp{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}http://publicweb.unimap.edu.my/~ptrpi/v1/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=36&Itemid=248{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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 Technology

• 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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061001869.html Sheridan, Mary Beth, "Leader Named at Mosque; Falls Church Site Selects Activist,"] Washington Post, June 11, 2005, accessed November 7, 2009
• Samih Farsoun, Haifa-born Palestinian, sociology professor at the American University{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301661.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=AU Sociology Professor Samih K. Farsoun Dies | date=June 14, 2005 | access-date=May 8, 2010}}
• 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{{cite book|title=Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics: Books: NADA M. SHABOUT |isbn=978-0813031507 |last1=Shabout |first1=Nada M. |year=2007 |publisher=University Press of Florida }}{{cite web|author=Added by carlmedr on December 20, 2005 |url=http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46882/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715200321/http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/46882/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-15 |title=Iraqi Art: Continuity Through Contemporaneity by Nada Shabout at Carleton College Boliou Hall, Room 104 (Thursday, January 12, 2006) - Upcoming |publisher=Upcoming.yahoo.com |date=2005-12-20 |access-date=2012-06-18 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/111507/news3.html |title=News |publisher=Montreal Mirror |date=2007-11-21 |access-date=2012-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630172746/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/111507/news3.html |archive-date=2012-06-30 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.unt.edu/president/insider/may07/shabout.htm |title=UNT Insider - May 2007 - Nada Shabout |publisher=Unt.edu |access-date=2012-06-18}}[http://www.unt.edu/untresearch/lost.htm Research Magazine 2006 - The University of North Texas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315203338/http://www.unt.edu/untresearch/lost.htm |date=March 15, 2008 }}{{cite web |author=P.O. BOX 158 |url=http://montalvoarts.org/participants/nada_shabout/ |title=Montalvo Arts Center | Nada Shabout |publisher=Montalvoarts.org |access-date=2012-06-18 |archive-date=2012-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806150657/http://montalvoarts.org/participants/nada_shabout/ |url-status=dead }}[http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/courses.htm Akpia@Mit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123115309/http://web.mit.edu/akpia/www/courses.htm |date=November 23, 2007 }}
• 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[http://www.csidonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=316&Itemid=95 Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy Biographical Data on Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad][http://www.minaret.org/Staff.htm Minaret.org staff description.]
• Muhsin Mahdi, Karbala-born Iraqi, Islamologist and Arabist.
• Talal Asad, Medina-born Saudi, anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center.

• 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

• Steve Jobs, half Syrian,{{cite news|date=October 17, 2010|title=New York Celebrity Gossip, Pictures and Entertainment News – NY Daily News|work=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/360722p-307363c.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519100253/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/360722p-307363c.html|archive-date=May 19, 2006}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Steve Jobs' Father Regrets Adoption, Hasn't Met Apple Founder |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-biological-father-regrets-adoption-report/story?id=14381769 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ABC News |language=en}} head and co-founder of Apple
• Tony Fadell, Polish-Lebanese, product development manager at Apple Inc., co-inventor of iPod and iPhone
• Joseph Nakash, billionaire real estate developer, founder of Jordache (of Syrian descent)
• Mohamed A. El-Erian, Egyptian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO
• Ayad B. Saad , Egyptian, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
• Alec Gores, Israel-born Lebanese-Palestinian, founder of Gores Group; on the Forbes list of billionaires
• Jeff Sutton, billionaire real estate developer (of Syrian descent)
• Tom Gores, Israel-born Greek-Lebanese, founder and CEO of Platinum Equity; on the Forbes list of billionaires (Palestinian-born of Lebanese descent)
• Stanely Chera, billionaire New York real estate developer (of Syrian descent)
• Sam Gores, Israel-born Lebanese-Palestinian, founder of talent agency Paradigm Agency; on the Forbes list of billionaires{{Cite web |url=http://www.todaysoutlook.com/Lebanese/archive/index.htm |access-date=2010-06-03 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=2019-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201072604/http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/archive/index.htm |url-status=dead }}
• Najeeb Halaby, Syrian,[http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2004/Feb/18-822308.html US Dept of State – Arab Americans and the 2004 U.S. Elections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060606152957/http://usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2004/Feb/18-822308.html|date=2006-06-06}} former head of Federal Aviation Administration and CEO of Pan-American Airlines, and father of Queen Noor of Jordan
• Joseph Sitt, real estate developer, founder of Thor Equities and Ashley Stewart (of Syrian descent)
• Ray R. Irani, Lebanon-born Palestinian, chairman and CEO of Occidental Petroleum
• Sonny Gindi, billionaire businessman, he founded along with his family Century 21 stores (of Syrian descent)
• Joseph Jacobs, Australia-born Lebanese, founder of Jacobs Engineering, one of the engineering firms in the US
• Joseph Cayre, billionaire real estate developer (of Syrian descent)
• Charif Souki, Cairo-born Egyptian, co-founder and former CEO of Cheniere Energy.
• Amin Khoury, businessman and founder of B/E Aerospace
• Omar Hamoui, founder and CEO of Google AdMob (Syrian)
• Lucie Salhany, Jordanian-Lebanese, former chairwoman of Fox Broadcasting Company.
• Naseeb Saliba, Lebanese, billionaire global philanthropist, construction and real estate mogul, founder of Tutor-Saliba Corporation.
• Marcus Lemonis, Beirut-born Lebanese-Syrian, chairman and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises and Gander Outdoors.
• George Joseph, Lebanese, billionaire founder of Mercury Insurance Group.
• Jack Hidary, Syrian, founder of AI and quantum technology company SandboxAQ.
• 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[http://entertainment.lycos.com/movies/celebrity.php?id=12990 Lycos Movies – Celebrity – Mario Kassar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501182602/http://entertainment.lycos.com/movies/celebrity.php?id=12990 |date=2006-05-01 }}
• John J. Mack, Lebanese,{{cite web|title=The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: John J. Mack|url=http://www.horatioalger.org/members/member_info.cfm?memberid%3DMAC03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022162618/http://www.horatioalger.org/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=MAC03|archive-date=2006-10-22|access-date=2006-11-29}} 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
• Adam Mosseri, Egyptian-Israeli, CEO of Instagram
• 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
• Douglas Jemal, real estate developer, co-founder of The Wiz (of Syrian descent)
• Huda Kattan, Iraqi, CEO of Huda Beauty
• Magid Abraham, Mashghara-born Lebanese, market research expert and businessman
• Charlie Shrem, entrepreneur and bitcoin advocate (of Syrian descent)
• Paul Orfalea, Lebanese, founder of Kinko's{{cite web

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• 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

• 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,[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800061419/bio Casey Kasem Biography – Yahoo! Movies]
• George Noory, Lebanese,Noory – {{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.jewishindy.com/article.php?sid%3D5929|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928193610/http://www.jewishindy.com/article.php?sid=5929|archive-date=2007-09-28|access-date=2006-09-24}} "One more point of commonality – both Farah and Noory are Lebanese" 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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/jehane-noujaim.shtml |title=BBC – BBC Storyville – Control Room: Jehane Noujaim Interview |access-date=2019-12-23 |archive-date=2009-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506095949/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/jehane-noujaim.shtml |url-status=dead }} 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 furniture designer and woodworker
• Rima Fakih, Srifa-born Lebanese, Miss USA 2010
• Remi Kanazi, Palestinian,{{cite web|url=http://imeu.net/news/printer0019923.shtml|title=Palestinian Americans – Remi Kanazi: Poet and teacher|author=The Institute for Middle East Understanding|author-link=The Institute for Middle East Understanding|publisher=imeu.net|date=18 October 2010|access-date=15 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201073702/http://imeu.net/news/printer0019923.shtml|archive-date=2010-12-01|url-status=dead}} 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
• Issa Twaimz, Palestinian, Youtuber
• Emilio Nicolás Sr., Palestinian-American television executive

• Tony Shalhoub, Lebanese,Shalhoub – {{cite web|url=http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2006/08/082806rh_emmys.php |title=Ray Hanania Online -- Emmys Show Has Entertaining Moments and Little Known Facts |access-date=2006-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118193407/http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2006/08/082806rh_emmys.php |archive-date=2006-11-18 }} "Tony Shalhoub, who is Lebanese..." three-time Emmy Award-winning television actor on Monk
• Danny Thomas, Lebanese,[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800084018/bio Danny Thomas Biography – Yahoo! Movies] 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 for Bohemian Rhapsody
• 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[http://archives.gophercentral.com/issue_8896:77.html GopherCentral Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127213304/http://archives.gophercentral.com/issue_8896%3A77.html |date=2007-01-27 }}
• 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,Dewan – {{cite web|url=http://www2.bloody-disgusting.com/features.php?id%3D199 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010034222/http://bloody-disgusting.com/features.php?id=199 |archive-date=2006-10-10 }} "I had a small role as Devi, the daughter of a Sikh-American – I’m half-Lebanese as it is." film/TV actress (Step Up)
• Shannon Elizabeth, Syrian-Lebanese,[http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,85337_1%7C8559%7C%7C0_0_,00.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200826/https://ew.com/?post_type=vip-legacy-redirect&p=1310601|date=2020-04-17}} "The half-Syrian, half-Lebanese actress..." 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,[http://www.bestcareanywhere.net/Farr.htm] "The Lebanese son of a Toledo grocer received a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985." character actor
• Catherine Keener, Lebanese, actress
• Wendie Malick, Egyptian, actress
• Alanna Masterson, half Lebanese, actress,
• Wentworth Miller, UK-born Lebanese-Syrian,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/09/wentworth-miller-on-being-a-racial-spy |title=Wentworth Miller on being a racial spy at We’ve moved to www.racialicious.com – update your bookmarks! |access-date=2007-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619012714/http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/09/wentworth-miller-on-being-a-racial-spy |archive-date=2018-06-19 |url-status=usurped }} actor on Prison Break
• Najee Mondalek, Lebanon-born, actor/playwright
• Kathy Najimy, Lebanese,[http://kathynajimy.com/katbio.htm Kathy Najimy – Biography – Official Site – kathynajimy.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510134029/http://kathynajimy.com/katbio.htm |date=2006-05-10 }} 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, actor
• Susu Tobia, Lebanese and Jordanian, American actress

• 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
• Bassem Yousef, Egyptian, comedian, Doctor, and stand-up comedian

• 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
• Farrah Abraham, part-Syrian, reality television personality, participated in 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom
• Faysal Shafaat, Pakistani, reality television personality, participated in Big Brother and The Challenge
• Laith Al-Saadi, half-Iraqi, finalist on the 10th season of The Voice (American TV series)
• Tarek El Moussa, part-Lebanese, businessman, television personality, cast member of Flip or Flop
• Tareq Salahi, half-Palestinian, television personality, appeared on The Real Housewives of D.C.

• Joseph Abboud, Lebanese,Abboud – [http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/josephabboud/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020134351/http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/josephabboud/|date=2012-10-20}} "Lebanese Abboud was the first designer to win the CFDA award as Best Menswear Designer two years in a row" menswear fashion designer and author
• Reem Acra, Beirut-born Lebanese, fashion designer
• Norma Kamali, Lebanese, fashion designer
• Rami Kashou, Palestinian, fashion designer

• Gigi Hadid, half-Palestinian, supermodel and TV personality
• Bella Hadid, half-Palestinian, supermodel and TV personality
• 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

• Paula Abdul, half-Syrian Jewish, singer, musician, writer, actress, and television personality
• Paul Anka, Lebanese and Syrian, singer/songwriter
• Sylvain Sylvain, Syrian Jewish, rock guitarist, member of the New York Dolls
• Frank Zappa, part-Lebanese,Zappa – [http://www.obst-music.com/composers/zappa_bio.htm] "My ancestry is Sicilian, Greek, Arab and French. My mother's mother was French and Sicilian, and her Dad was Italian (from Naples). She was first generation. The Greek-Arab side is from my Dad..." 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,[http://www.tinytim.org/biography.html Tiny Tim Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509080042/http://www.tinytim.org/biography.html |date=May 9, 2006 }} musician
• French Montana, Casablanca-born Moroccan, rapper
• Paul Jabara, Lebanese, actor, singer, songwriter
• Dick Dale, half-Lebanese,[http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-311934-bio--Dick-Dale Dick Dale Biography on Yahoo! Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505102203/http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-311934-bio--Dick-Dale|date=2005-05-05}} 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 Syrian-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 composer
• Odetari, Palestinian, rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer

• 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 Palestinian, writer on food, culture and politics

• 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{{cite tweet|number=210553033027883008|user=paulafaris|title=I'm half Lebanese---my father is from...|date=7 June 2012}} 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
• 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
• Serena Shim, Lebanese, journalist for Press TV
• Ayman Mohyeldin, Cairo-born Palestinian-Egyptian, journalist for NBC News

• John Abizaid, Lebanese{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908727.html|title = John Abizaid, 2003 News}}
• 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

• James Abdnor, Lebanese, U.S. Senator (R-South Dakota) (1981–1987)
• John Abizaid, Lebanese, retired general
• James Abourezk, Lebanese,[http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8215 American Chronicle | An Interview with James Abourezk, the First Arab American to Serve in the U.S. Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823190155/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8215 |date=2006-08-23 }} 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.usip.org/publications/boustany-calls-clear-us-strategy-lebanon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608091420/http://www.usip.org/publications/boustany-calls-clear-us-strategy-lebanon |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |title=Boustany Calls for Clear U.S. Strategy on Lebanon |author=Thomas Omestad |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=5 July 2012}} Lebanese, U.S. Representative from Louisiana; cousin of Victoria Reggie Kennedy{{cite web |url=http://www.kplctv.com/story/11008145/crowley-native-wife-of-kennedy-at-center-of-national-spotlight?clienttype=printable |title=Crowley native, wife of Kennedy at center of national spotlight |author=Brandon Richards |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=5 July 2012}}
• Charlie Crist, part-Lebanese, former Governor of Florida (R) (2007–2011), U.S. Congressman (D-Florida) (2017–present)
• Pat Danner, Lebanese, U.S. Congresswoman from Missouri (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, (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,{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-14-me-kasem14-story.html |title=George A. Kasem, 82; First Arab American in House |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 14, 2002 |access-date=July 17, 2015}} 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{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/us/from-petraeus-scandal-an-apostle-for-privacy.html?_r=1|title = From Petraeus Scandal, an Apostle for Privacy|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 6 January 2014|last1 = Steinhauer|first1 = Jennifer}}
• 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 from Michigan (2016–present)
• 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)

• Kareem Al Allaf (born 1998), American tennis player of Syrian descent who has played for Syria and the US
• Sarah Attar, track and field athlete (Saudi Arabian father)
• Rocco Baldelli, professional baseball player (Syrian)
• 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
• Abdel Nader, Alexandria-born Egyptian, player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
• Salah Mejri, Oued Melliz-born Tunisian professional basketball for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA
• Justin Abdelkader, part-Jordanian, ice hockey forward playing in the NHL
• 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 inductee.
• Jeff George, Lebanese, NFL quarterback
• John Jaha, MLB baseball player (Lebanese)
• 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.
• Sam Khalifa, MLB baseball player (Egyptian)
• Joe Lahoud, MLB player for Boston and California (Lebanese descent)
• Mikie Mahtook, Major League Baseball outfielder (Lebanese descent)
• 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)
• Dina Al-Sabah, professional figure competitor (Kuwaiti descent)
• Isra Girgrah, boxer
• Sami Guediri, footballer (Algerian parents)
• Muhammad Halim, (Palestinian father)
• 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{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_278/ai_112984519 |title=Omar Hassan – The Thrasher Interview |access-date=1 February 2008 |work=Thrasher Magazine |first=Joe |last=Hammeke |year=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920042530/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_278/ai_112984519 |archive-date=2007-09-20 }}
• 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)
• Jamal Murray, half-Syrian, NBA Basketball Player for the Denver Nuggets
• Ramsey Nijem, (Palestinian), mixed martial artist and UFC fighter
• Bobby Rahal, (Lebanese ancestry)
• Mojo Rawley, professional wrestler currently signed to WWE (Palestinian and Syrian)
• Joe Robbie, former owner and founder of the NFL's Miami Dolphins
• Brandon Saad, half-Syrian, NHL player
• Soony Saad, MLS player (Lebanese descent)
• Sabu, ECW wrestler (Lebanese mother)
• Robert Saleh, head coach for New York Jets NFL (Lebanese mother).
• Tarick Salmaci, professional boxer (Lebanese)
• Damien Sandow, WWE wrestler (Lebanese)
• Rony Seikaly, Beirut-born Lebanese, former NBA player, now DJ
• Adam Shaheen, tight end from Ashland
• Omar Sheika, (Palestinian), professional boxer, four-time world title challenger
• Kelly Slater, professional surfer, shredder (Lebanese descent)

• 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., the Council on American–Islamic Relations (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{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2002 |title=Police: Tampa pilot voiced support for bin Laden |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/06/tampa.crash/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428053252/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/06/tampa.crash/index.html |archive-date=April 28, 2009 |access-date=April 15, 2013 |website=CNN.com}}
• 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){{Cite web |last=Kasem |first=Casey |author-link=Casey Kasem |title=I Want My Son to be Proud |url=http://www.alhewar.com/CaseyKasem.htm |access-date=May 6, 2006 |website=Al-Hewar Center |quote=}}
• Edward L. Masry, lawyer (Lebanese descent)
• Rasmea Odeh, convicted of immigration fraud for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for fatal terrorist bombing (Palestinian){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/10/detroit-activist-conviction-jerusalem-bombing|title=US activist found guilty of not disclosing conviction in fatal Jerusalem bombing|work=The Guardian|date=10 November 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-michigan-immigration-fraud-idUKKCN0IU1Z620141110|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000552/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-michigan-immigration-fraud-idUKKCN0IU1Z620141110|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2016|title=Palestinian activist convicted of immigration fraud in Detroit|date=10 November 2014|work=Reuters|last1=Daniels|first1=Serena Maria}}
• 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 (Egyptian-born)
• 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)
• Zain Masri, technology executive

• List of Iraqi Americans
• List of Lebanese Americans
• List of Palestinian Americans
• Syrian Americans
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• [http://www.alhewar.com/CaseyKasem.htm I Want My Son to be Proud] by Casey Kasem
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060526173953/http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/23/famous-arab-americans Famous Arab Americans]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060805154738/http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/abinader.htm Children of Al-Mahjar: Arab American Literature Spans a Century] – by Elmaz Abinader

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