List of Egyptian Americans

This is a list of notable Egyptian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Egyptian American or must have references showing they are Egyptian American and are notable.

• Abbas El Gamal (1950–present), information theorist, and entrepreneur. Former Chair of Stanford Electrical Engineering Department.
• Abdel Nader (1950–present), basketball player for the Boston Celtics.
• Ahmed Ahmed (1970–present), actor and comedian.
• Ahmed Hassanein, Paul L. Wattelet Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, director of CMUXE, Purdue University
• Ahmed I. Zayed, mathematician
• Ahmed Ibrahim, the Cupid Cabbie of New York
• Ahmed Tewfik (1960–present), electrical engineer, professor and college administrator. Current Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016), Nobel laureate in chemistry. He was the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, and the director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology at the California Institute of Technology.^[1][2][3]
• Alaa Abdelnaby (1968–present), professional basketball player.
• Allen Adham, businessman.
• Amir Khillah (1979–present), mixed martial artist
• Amr Awadallah (1970–present), Egyptian-born American computer scientist, Cloudera CTO & co-founder
• Asaad Kelada, television director.
• Ayaad Assaad (1948–present), microbiologist and toxicologist.
• Ayman Mohyeldin, journalist for NBC News, formerly worked for Al Jazeera and CNN
• Christopher Maher (1955–present), actor ( IMBD ) and James Beard recognized Chef
• Dalia Mogahed (1974–present), scholar and advisor to the U.S. President Barack Obama.
• Dina Habib Powell (1973–present), philanthropist and multi-administration U.S. official
• Essam Heggy, NASA scientist and Egyptian presidential science adviser.
• Farida Osman (1995–present), swimmer who competed in 2012 summer Olympics.
• Farouk El-Baz (1938–present), professor and former NASA scientist who contributed to the Apollo Program.
• Fayez Sarofim, fund manager.
• Feisal Abdul Rauf (1948–present), Sufi imam.
• Gamal Helal (1954–present), interpreter and diplomat.
• Halim El-Dabh (1921–present) composer, performer, and educator.
• Hoda Kotb (1964–present), TV news anchor and host.
• Ibrahim Oweiss (1931–present), economist, international economic advisor, and professor.
• Jehane Noujaim, documentary film director.
• Joy Garnett, artist.
• Kareem Salama (1978–present), country music singer.
• Karine Bakhoum, chef.
• Khaled Abou El Fadl, law professor, and Islamic studies program chair at University of California, Los Angeles.
• Leila Ahmed (1940–present), professor.
• Mark Seif (1967–present), two-time World Series of Poker champion and TV show host.
• Medhat Haroun (1951–2012), world-renowned expert on earthquake engineering.
• Michael Mina (1969–present), award-winning chef and restaurateur.
• Mohamed El-Erian (1958–present), CEO of PIMCO and former president and CEO of the Harvard Management Company.
• Mona Eltahawy (1967–present), freelance journalist.
• Mostafa El-Sayed (1933–present), renowned scientist and university professor.
• Nabih Youssef, structural engineer.
• Norsereddin, fictional “Egyptian” American Indian figuring in late 19th-century local legend in New York’s Hudson Valley.
• Omar Metwally (1974–present), actor.
• Omar Samhan (1988–present), a professional basketball player.
• Omar Sharif (1932-2015), actor and academy award nominee
• Stephen T. Shippy, (1977–present), a.k.a. Prozak, rapper from Saginaw, Michigan.
• Raef Haggag, (1982–present), singer-songwriter.
• Rami Malek (1981–present), actor.
• Rana el Kaliouby (1978–present), Egyptian-born American computer scientist, CEO of Affectiva, Researcher at MIT Media Lab, contributor to facial expression recognition research and technology development
• Rashad Khalifa (1935–1990), biochemist.
• Rushdi Said (1920–2013), geologist.
• Saad Eddin Ibrahim (1938–present), sociologist and author.
• Sam Esmail (1977–present), screenwriter, film and television director, and television producer
• Sam Khalifa (1963–present), former Major League Baseball player.
• Sammy Sheik (1981–present), actor.
• Sarah Fasha, actress and model
• Shereef Akeel (1965–present), lawyer.
• Sherif Fayed (31 March 1992–present), American-born Egyptian former footballer, viner, actor and model. As a footballer, he last played for the Belgian club Lierse S.K.
• Stephen Adly Guirgis, playwright.
• Taher Elgamal (1955–present), cryptographer.
• Tarek El Moussa (1981–present), host of Flip or Flop series on HGTV
• Wendie Malick (1950–present), actress and fashion model, Egyptian paternal grandfather.

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