List of Egyptian Americans
Introduction 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.
Academia and science *Mohamed Atalla (1924–2009), inventor of the MOSFET, pioneer in silicon semiconductors and security systems. *Leila Ahmed (1940–present), professor*Moeness Amin, Professor and electrical engineer. *Hassan Aref, physicist who developed the concept of chaotic advection in fluid mechanics. *Maha Ashour-Abdalla, physics and astronomy professor. *Ayaad Assaad (1948–present), microbiologist and toxicologist*Amr El Abbadi, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. *Farouk El-Baz (1938–present), professor and former NASA scientist who contributed to the Apollo Program. *Wafik El-Deiry, physician and cancer researcher. *Khaled Abou El Fadl, law professor, and Islamic studies program chair at University of California, Los Angeles*Taher Elgamal  (1955–present), cryptographer known as the "father of SSL"*Abbas El Gamal (1950–present), information theorist and entrepreneur. Former Chair of Stanford Electrical Engineering Department. *Wafaa El-Sadr (1950–present), Professor of Public Health, Columbia University and former MacArthur Foundation Fellow*Mostafa El-Sayed (1933–present), renowned scientist and university professor*Samy El-Shall (1953-present), physical chemist and university professor*Hany Farid, Professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, pioneer in Digital forensics (Egyptian)*Medhat Haroun (1951–2012), expert on earthquake engineering*Mohamed Hashish (1947–present), mechanical engineer and inventor. *Ahmed Hassanein, Paul L. Wattelet Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, director of CMUXE, Purdue University*Essam Heggy, NASA scientist and Egyptian presidential science adviser*Saad Eddin Ibrahim (1938–present), sociologist and author*Mourad Ismail, mathematician working on orthogonal polynomials and special functions. *Rashad Khalifa (1935–1990), biochemist*Ahmed Subhy Mansour,  Islamic scholar with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics. *Ibrahim Oweiss (1931–present), economist, international economic advisor, and professor*Rushdi Said (1920–2013), geologist*Bahgat G. Sammakia, Mechanical engineer and former President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute*Ahmed Sameh, Computer Scientist known for his contributions to parallel algorithms in numerical linear algebra. *Minouche Shafik, economist and the Director of the London School of Economics. *Emad Shahin, professor of political science. *Ahmed Tewfik (1960–present), electrical engineer, professor and college administrator. *Nabih Youssef, structural engineer *Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016), Nobel laureate in chemistry. *Ahmed I. Zayed, mathematician
Arts and entertainment *Frank Agrama, director, producer and writer. *Ahmed Ahmed (1970–present), actor and comedian. *Nessa Diab, radio and TV personality and television host*Sam Esmail (1977–present), screenwriter, film and television director, and television producer*Joy Garnett (born 1965), visual artist and writer*Ronnie Khalil, stand-up comedian *Asaad Kelada, television director*Christopher Maher (1955–present), actor and James Beard award recognized chef*Wendie Malick (1950–present), actress and fashion model, Egyptian paternal grandfather*Rami Malek (1981–present), Academy Award-winning actor*Mena Massoud (1991-present), actor*Omar Metwally (1974–present), actor*Jehane Noujaim, documentary film director*Sammy Sheik (1981–present), actor*Diane Tuckman (1939–present), Silk artist, author and teacher*Ramy Youssef (1991–present), Golden Globe-winning actor*Zeeko Zaki (1990–present), actor and model*Joe DeRosa (1977–present), actor and comedian*Sayed Badreya (1957-present), actor*Yasmine Al Massri, actress, Egyptian mother
Business *Ramy Adeeb, founder and CEO of social curation platform Snip.it *Allen Adham, businessman*Fadi Chehadé, founder of RosettaNet and former CEO of ICANN. *Mohamed El-Erian (1958–present), CEO of PIMCO and former president and CEO of the Harvard Management Company*Rana el Kaliouby (1978–present), co-founder and CEO of Affectiva*Mo Gawdat,  former Chief Business Officer for Google X. *Emil Michael, former Vice President of Business and Chief Business Officer at Uber. *Adel Mahmoud (1941–2018), former President of the Vaccine division in Merck and Co.*Haim Saban, founder and CEO of Saban Capital Group, creator of ''Power Rangers''. *Fayez Sarofim, fund manager.
Literature *Saladin Ahmed, comic book and fantasy writer. *Yussef El Guindi (1960–present), Egyptian-American playwright*Stephen Adly Guirgis, playwright*Ihab Hassan, literary theorist and writer. *Victor Hassine (1956–2008), prison writer *Marty Makary, medical writer and New York Times bestselling author. *Matthew Shenoda, poet, writer and professor.
Media and journalism *Mona Eltahawy (1967–present), freelance journalist. *Hoda Kotb (1964–present), TV news anchor and host. *Ayman Mohyeldin, journalist for NBC News, formerly worked for Al Jazeera and CNN. * Maryana Iskander social entrepreneur, lawyer and CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Music *Halim El-Dabh, composer, performer, and educator*Raef Haggag, (1982–present), singer-songwriter*Kareem Salama, country music singer*Sylvain Sylvain, rock guitarist, member of the New York Dolls.
Politics *Dina Habib Powell (1973–present), philanthropist and multi-administration U.S. official*Gamal Helal (1954–present), interpreter and diplomat*Dalia Mogahed (1974–present), scholar and advisor to the U.S. President Barack Obama*Allan Mansoor, former member of the California State Assembly. *Mary-Katherine Stone, member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Sports *Alaa Abdelnaby (1968–present), professional basketball player*Amr Aly, retired soccer forward. *Ahmed Elmaghraby, Olympic field hockey player. *Sam Khalifa (1963–present), former Major League Baseball player*Amir Khillah (1979–present), mixed martial artist*Tarek Morad, soccer player. *Abdel Nader (1993–present), basketball player for the Phoenix Suns. *Farida Osman (1995–present), swimmer who competed in 2012 summer Olympics*Omar Samhan (1988–present), professional basketball player*Mark Seif (1967–present), two-time World Series of Poker champion and TV show host*Amanda Sobhy, squash player.
Other *Shereef Akeel (1965–present), lawyer*Karine Bakhoum, chef*Ahmed Ibrahim, the Cupid Cabbie of New York*Michael Mina (1969–present), award-winning chef and restaurateur*Omaima Aree Nelson, murderer*Norsereddin, fictional “Egyptian” American Indian figuring in late 19th-century local legend in New York's Hudson Valley*Feisal Abdul Rauf (1948–present), Sufi imam
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