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.
Academia and science
- Mohamed Atalla, inventor of the MOSFET, pioneer in silicon semiconductors and security systems.
- Leila Ahmed, 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, microbiologist and toxicologist
- Amr El Abbadi, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- Farouk El-Baz, 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, cryptographer known as the "father of SSL"
- Abbas El Gamal, information theorist and entrepreneur. Former Chair of Stanford Electrical Engineering Department.
- Wafaa El-Sadr, Professor of Public Health, Columbia University and former MacArthur Foundation Fellow
- Mostafa El-Sayed, renowned scientist and university professor
- Samy El-Shall, physical chemist and university professor
- Hany Farid, Professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, pioneer in Digital forensics
- Said Ghabrial, plant pathologist
- Medhat Haroun, expert on earthquake engineering
- Mohamed Hashish, 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, sociologist and author
- Mourad Ismail, mathematician working on orthogonal polynomials and special functions.
- Rashad Khalifa, biochemist
- Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Islamic scholar with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics.
- Sarafina Nance, astrophysicist
- Ibrahim Oweiss, economist, international economic advisor, and professor
- Rushdi Said, 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, electrical engineer, professor and college administrator.
- Nabih Youssef, structural engineer
- Ahmed Zewail, Nobel laureate in chemistry.
- Ahmed I. Zayed, mathematician
Arts and entertainment
- Frank Agrama, director, producer and writer.
- Ahmed Ahmed, actor and comedian.
- Nessa Diab, radio and TV personality and television host
- Sam Esmail, screenwriter, film and television director, and television producer
- Joy Garnett, visual artist and writer
- Ronnie Khalil, stand-up comedian
- Asaad Kelada, television director
- Christopher Maher, actor and James Beard award recognized chef
- Wendie Malick, actress and fashion model, Egyptian paternal grandfather
- Rami Malek, Academy Award-winning actor
- Mena Massoud, actor
- Omar Metwally, actor
- Jehane Noujaim, documentary film director
- Sammy Sheik, actor
- Diane Tuckman, Silk artist, author and teacher
- Ramy Youssef, Golden Globe-winning actor
- Zeeko Zaki, actor and model
- Joe DeRosa, actor and comedian
- Sayed Badreya, actor
- Yasmine Al Massri, actress, Egyptian mother
- May Calamawy, actress, Egyptian father
Business
- Allen Adham, businessman
- Fadi Chehadé, founder of RosettaNet and former CEO of ICANN.
- Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO and former president and CEO of the Harvard Management Company
- Rana el Kaliouby, 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, former President of the Vaccine division in Merck and Co.
- Fayez Sarofim, fund manager.
Literature
- Saladin Ahmed, comic book and fantasy writer.
- Yussef El Guindi, Egyptian-American playwright
- Stephen Adly Guirgis, playwright
- Ihab Hassan, literary theorist and writer.
- Victor Hassine, prison writer
- Marty Makary, medical writer and New York Times bestselling author.
- Matthew Shenoda, poet, writer and professor.
Media and journalism
- Mona Eltahawy, freelance journalist.
- Hoda Kotb, 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,, singer-songwriter
- Kareem Salama, country music singer
- Sylvain Sylvain, rock guitarist, member of the New York Dolls.
Politics
- Dina Habib Powell, philanthropist and multi-administration U.S. official
- Gamal Helal, interpreter and diplomat
- George Helmy, former U.S. senator from New Jersey
- Dalia Mogahed, 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, professional basketball player
- Amr Aly, retired soccer forward.
- Ahmed Elmaghraby, Olympic field hockey player.
- Sam Khalifa, former Major League Baseball player
- Amir Khillah, mixed martial artist
- Tarek Morad, soccer player.
- Abdel Nader, basketball player for the Phoenix Suns.
- Farida Osman, swimmer who competed in 2012 summer Olympics
- Omar Samhan, professional basketball player
- Mark Seif, two-time World Series of Poker champion and TV show host
- Amanda Sobhy, squash player.
Other
- Shereef Akeel, lawyer
- Karine Bakhoum, chef
- Ahmed Ibrahim, the Cupid Cabbie of New York
- Michael Mina, 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, Sufi imam
- Yaser Abdel Said, an Honour Killing, filicide perpetrator and former fugitive who murdered his two daughters.