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 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.
 * 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