List of Arab Americans

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This is a list of prominent Arab Americans:

• John Abizaid
• James Abourezk
• F. Murray Abraham (half-Syrian)
• Spencer Abraham
• David Adamany
• Moustapha Akkad
• Paul Anka Canadian-born singer-songwriter.
• Michael Ansara Actor Syrian
• Don Bustany
• Richard Caleal created the "revolutionary" 1949 Ford car design.
• Dr. Elias Corey The 1990 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Mubarak Dahir, gay columnist
• Dick Dale (half Lebanese)
• Mitchell Daniels, Governor of Indiana
• Michael DeBakey
• Rosalind Elias
• Shannon Elizabeth (half Arab)
• Emilio Estefan Cuban-born, manager and producer of wife Gloria Estefan
• Roger Farah president and chief operating officer of Polo Ralph Lauren.
• Jamie Farr, actor aka "Mudhens" fan Sergeant Maxwell Klinger of Toledo, Ohio
• Doug Flutie
• Jeff George NFL Quarterback
• Samir G. Gibara chairman of the board of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
• Gibran Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese poet and artist
• Tammy Haddad the creator of "Larry King Live," is Executive Producer of "Buchanan & Press."
• J.M. Haggar, started Haggar Clothing Co. in 1926
• Lisa Halaby, married King Hussein of Jordan and became the only Arab American to be queen of a foreign country, Queen Noor
• Najeeb Halaby former head of the Federal Aviation Administration, was CEO of Pan-American Airlines.
• Selma Hayek, Actress
• Darrell Issa, conservative Californian Congressman
• Dr. Joseph Jacobs
• Steve Jobs head of Apple, had a Syrian father
• Mike Joseph
• Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy of Scooby-Doo and voice of Alexander Cabot III of Josie and the Pussycats
• Sam Khalifa
• Ray LaHood, Illinois Congressman of Lebanese descent
• Joe Lahoud
• Christa McAuliffe
• Sam Maloof
• Maloof family, majority owners of the Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Edward Masry
• George J. Mitchell
• Sam Moore The founder and president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest world-wide distributor of the Bible.
• Ralph Nader. Lebanese
• Kathy Najimy, actress of Lebanese descent
• Jacques Nasser former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company.
• George Noory
• Michael Nouri
• Paul Orfalea founder of Kinko's photocopy stores
• Bobby Rahal
• Nick Rahall, U.S. Congressman
• William Maria Rain, writer and activist
• Diane Rehm
• Edward Said
• Elie Samaha chairman and owner of Franchise Pictures.
• Ronald Schwary
• Shakira
• Jack Shaheen
• Donna Shalala
• Tony Shalhoub
• Basil Shadid, writer and activist
• James Stacy
• John E. Sununu, Senator from New Hampshire, son of John H. Sununu
• John H. Sununu Former Governor of New Hampshire
• Vic Tayback, Actor, Syrian
• Danny Thomas Actor, Lebanese
• Helen Thomas
• Marlo Thomas, half Lebanese
• Tony Thomas, half Lebanese
• Manal Yamout, Student Activist
• Amy Yasbeck, half Lebanese
• David Yazbek, Arab father
• Frank Zappa, quarter Lebanese
• Elias Zerhouni Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., leads the nation’s medical research agency and oversees the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s 27 Institutes and Centers with more than 17,000 employees and a fiscal year 2004 budget of $28 billion.
• Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (CIT), and the 1999 winnner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• John Zogby One of America’s preeminent pollsters, keeping tabs on public opinion and other statistics, is Zogby International.

Other Lists: http://www.aaiusa.org/famous_arab_americans.htm