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 (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^[1] and former MacArthur Foundation Fellow^[2]
• 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.
• Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram.
• 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

References