List of Lebanese people in the United States
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
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489,364 (est. 3 million descendents) 0.16% of total population (2007)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Michigan, California, New York, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas,[2] Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Jersey, Washington | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Arabic, French, and Armenian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (mostly Catholic), with minorities of Islam and Judaism. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Lebanese people and Arab diaspora, Syrian Americans, Turkish Americans, Cypriot Americans, Egyptian Americans, Armenian Americans and Greek Americans. |
| Lists of Americans |
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| By U.S. state |
| By ethnicity or nationality |
This is a list of notable individuals born in the United States of Lebanese ancestry and/or people of Lebanese and American dual nationality who live or resided in the United States.
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Arts and Entertainment
Artists
- Nabil Kanso – painter
- Sam Maloof – woodworker[3]
Beauty pageant contestants
Entertainment personalities
- Paul Anka - Singer, songwriter, actor, producer
- Jenna Dewan – actress
- Shannon Elizabeth – actress
- Lili Estefan – Cuban-American television personality, niece of Emilio Estefan
- Jamie Farr – actor (sitcom M*A*S*H)
- Khrystyne Haje – actress, (sitcom Head of the Class)
- Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf – radio and television personality
- Salma Hayek – Mexican-American actress[5]
- Dan Jbara – television and film producer
- Gregory Jbara – television and film actor
- Casey Kasem – radio personality American Top 40 franchise and voiceover actor (cartoon series Scooby Doo, Transformers)[6]
- Kerri Kasem – radio and television host (daughter of Casey Kasem)
- Mario Kassar – filmmaker, founder of Carolco Pictures
- Catherine Keener – actress[7]
- Alek Keshishian - film director
- Callie Khouri – Oscar-winning screenwriter[8]
- Emile Kuri – Mexican-born American Oscar-winning art director
- Frank Lackteen – actor
- John Leguizamo – actor (maternal grandfather was Lebanese)
- Peter Macdissi – film and television actor
- Terrence Malick – filmmaker
- Wentworth Miller – actor
- George Nader – actor, uncle of Michael Nader
- Michael Nader – actor, All My Children[8]
- Kathy Najimy – actress
- George Noory – radio host, (radio program Coast To Coast AM)
- Michael Nouri – actor, film Flashdance[8][9]
- Zoe Saldana – Dominican-American actress[10]
- Elie Samaha – film producer
- Tom Shadyac – film director[8]
- Tony Shalhoub – actor, (sitcom Monk).[11]
- Haaz Sleiman – actor (series Nurse Jackie; film The Visitor)
- Danny Thomas – actor
- Marlo Thomas – actress
- Vince Vaughn – actor (Lebanese grandfather)[12]
- Amy Yasbeck – actress [13]
Fashion designers
- Joseph Abboud – fashion designer
- Reem Acra – fashion designer
Musicians
- Paul Anka - Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor (both parents of Lebanese descent)
- Ron Affif – jazz guitarist and musician
- Nadia Azzi - pianist
- Jack Barakat – guitarist of the American band All Time Low
- Dick Dale – rock guitarist and surf music pioneer
- John Dolmayan – Lebanese-American of Armenian descent, drummer of band System of a Down
- Mohammed El-Bakkar – tenor singer, oud player, and conductor
- Emilio Estefan – Cuban-American musician and producer; husband of Gloria Estefan[14]
- Emile Ghantous - songwriter, musician, music producer
- Sammy Hagar – rock musician
- Paul Jabara – composer[8]
- Soraya – Colombian-American singer[15]
- Serj Tankian – Lebanese-American of Armenian descent, lead singer of band System of a Down
- Tiffany – singer[8]
- Tiny Tim – folk singer[8]
Business
- Magid Abraham – market research expert and businessman
- Malouf Abraham, Jr. – businessman
- Clifford Antone – founder of Antone's blues club in Austin, Texas
- Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. – businessman and founder of Colony Capital
- Charles Elachi – director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Tony Fadell – product development manager at Apple Inc.
- Frédéric Fekkai – French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair products[16]
- Alec Gores – entrepreneur
- Tom Gores – founder and CEO of Platinum Equity.
- Joseph J. Jacobs – former chairman and founder of the Jacobs Engineering Group
- Joe Jamail – attorney and businessman
- George Joseph – founder of Mercury Insurance Group
- John J. Mack – former CEO of investment bank Morgan Stanley (2005 - 2009)
- George J. Maloof, Jr. – businessman and owner of the Sacramento Monarchs, Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
- George J. Maloof, Sr. – businessman and former owner of the Houston Rockets
- Manuel Moroun – businessman and the owner of the Ambassador Bridge
- Fares D. Noujaim – business executive
- Jacques Nasser – former business executive
- Paul Orfalea – founder of Kinko's[17]
- Madeleine A. Pickens – business executive
- Richard E. Rainwater – investor and fund manager
- Joe Robbie - attorney and original owner of the Miami Dolphins
- Moose Scheib - founder and CEO of LoanMod.com
- Jean Succar Kuri – businessman
- Robert Khuzami - former director U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Education / Academic
- Joseph Aoun – president of Northeastern University
- Robert Khayat – chancellor of the University of Mississippi
History
- Philip Khuri Hitti – historian of Arab culture and history[18]
- Akram Fouad Khater, professor, author, expert on Lebanese-American Studies
Journalism
- Tamsen Fadal – television journalist
- Brigitte Gabriel – journalist
- Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN
- Walid Phares – security and anti-terrorism expert
- Anthony Shadid – foreign correspondent for The New York Times and earlier The Boston Globe
- Helen Thomas – journalist who has covered every U.S. President from 1961 to 2010
Medicine
- Amin J. Barakat - physician, known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome
- Michael DeBakey – surgeon
- George Hatem – ('"Ma Haide"') one of the founders of the public health system in the People's Republic of China
- Alan R. Malouf - society dentist
- Charles Sophy - psychiatrist
Military
- John Abizaid – retired General in the United States Army.[19]
- James Jabara – first American jet ace.
- George Joulwan – retired U.S. Army General
- Michael A. Monsoor – U.S. Navy SEAL awarded Medal of Honor after being killed during the Iraq War
Politics
Activists
- Candy Lightner – activist and founder of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
- James Zogby – founder of Arab-American Institute[20]
- John Zogby – pollster founder of Zogby International
Politicians
- James Abdnor – former U.S. politician[21]
- James Abourezk – former U.S. senator
- Malouf Abraham, Sr. – politician and businessman
- Spencer Abraham – former U.S. politician
- Victor G. Atiyeh – former Governor of Oregon[22]
- John Baldacci – former Governor of the State of Maine
- Charles Boustany – U.S. Congressman from Louisiana
- Chris Greeley – former Maine state representative
- Philip Habib – former U.S. Ambassador and envoy
- Darrell Issa – U.S. Congressman
- Chris John – former U.S. politician
- Abraham Kazen, Jr. – former U.S. politician
- Ray LaHood – present U.S. Transportation Secretary
- Manuel Maloof – former U.S. government official and businessman
- George J. Mitchell – U.S. Congressman
- Toby Moffett – former U.S. politician[23]
- Ralph Nader – political activist and former U.S. presidential candidate (Green Party)
- Mary Rose Oakar – former U.S. politician[24]
- Jeanine Pirro – politician, judge and television host
- Nick Rahall – U.S. Congressman from West Virginia
- Edmund Reggie – judge and politician
- Selwa Roosevelt – former U.S. government official
- Donna Shalala – former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- John E. Sununu – politician
- John H. Sununu – former White House Chief of Staff; former Governor of New Hampshire
- Suzanne Haik Terrell - former Louisiana Elections Commissioner
Other personalities
- Joseph Farah – author and journalist
- Adele Khoury Graham – educator and former first lady of the State of Florida
- Victoria Reggie Kennedy – attorney and widow of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy
- Timothy Massad – U.S. Treasury Department official and corporate lawyer
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb – best-selling author, risk expert and statistician, university professor, and former trader and business person
Sciences
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah – Lebanese-American technology innovator[25][26]
- Elias Corey – 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry[27]
- Michael Debakey – doctor and heart surgeon
- Charles Elachi – Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Labs
- Christa McAuliffe – secondary school teacher and first American civilian selected to be an astronaut; perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Great niece of historian Philip Khuri Hitti[18]
Sports
Athletes
- Skandor Akbar - former professional wrestler
- David Azzi – professional American football player
- Samir Bannout - former professional bodybuilder and winner of Mr. Olympia title in 1983
- Terry Brunk – (aka "Sabu") professional wrestler
- Liz Carmouche – mixed martial artist
- Doug Flutie – former professional American football player [28]
- Matt Freije – ex-NBA player and member of Lebanon national basketball team
- John Grabow – MLB pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
- Ryan Kalil – professional American football player
- Joe Lahoud – baseball player
- Bobby Rahal – professional car racer and team owner
- Soony Saad - professional soccer forward player
- Damien Sandow - professional American wrestler in the WWE
- Rony Seikaly – former professional basketball player in the NBA and for both the U.S. and Lebanon's national basketball team
- Joe Vogel – professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
- Jackson Vroman – former professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
Playing card tournament titleholders
- Kassem "Freddy" Deeb – two-time WSOP-bracelet winner
- Ihsan "Sammy" Farha – two-time WSOP-bracelet winner
Writers
- Paula Gunn Allen – a Native American poet and activist
- William Peter Blatty – writer/screenwriter
- Vance Bourjaily – novelist
- Lee Francis – poet
- Khalil Gibran – author and philosopher[29]
- Geoff Johns – comic book writer
- Stephen Karam - playwright
- Raymond Khoury – novelist and screenwriter
- Saree Makdisi – author and literary critic
- Mikha'il Na'ima – author and poet
- Amin al-Rihani – author
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb – essayist
See also
- Lebanese American
- Lebanon–United States relations
- List of Lebanese people
- List of Lebanese people (diaspora)
- Arab American
References
- ↑ "B04003. Total Ancestry Reported". 2007 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ↑ Every Culture – Lebanese American
- ↑ Adamson, Jeremy; Sam Maloof (2001). The Furniture of Sam Maloof. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 2. ISBN 0-393-73080-8. owned an orchard in Douma, Lebanon
- ↑ Charles, David (May 27, 2010). "An Amazing Melting Pot of Religions and Faiths". Patheos.com. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
- ↑ Drawn From Life
- ↑ TY: Casey Kasem born as Kamal Amin Kasem
- ↑ Being Catherine Keener from Entertainment Weekly, date 14 April 2006
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "Lebanese Americans". Lebanese Global Information Center. 2003–2005.
- ↑ The Persistence of Whiteness: Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema from Google Books
- ↑ Zoë Saldana: A Woman We Love from Esquire Magazine
- ↑ ^ Tony Shalhoub at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Vince Vaughn: Company". Vincev.com. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
- ↑ Lee, Linda (March 9, 2003). "A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck; Clowning and Autographing". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Emilio Estefan". Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel. May 2009.
- ↑ Soraya Survivor from Cuerpo Magazine 2005
- ↑ Prominent Lebanese Americans
- ↑ "Making a Difference". Washington D.C.: the Embassy of Lebanon. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "20 Years Later...Remembering Lebanese American Astronaut Christa McAuliffe" (PDF). Lebanese Monthly Magazine. February 2006. p. 18, Volume 1, Issue 2. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ↑ "Commander's background a strength". Boston Globe. March 27, 2003. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
|coauthors=requires|author=(help) - ↑ Shain, Yossi (1999). Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and Their Homelands. Cambridge University Pre. p. 122. ISBN 052164531X.
- ↑ Politics and Propaganda: Weapons of Mass Seduction
- ↑ Embassy of Lebanon in Washington: Making a Difference from www.lebanonembassyus.org
- ↑ Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
- ↑ Women in Congress: Mary Roase Oakar
- ↑ http://www.starsofscience.com/phase-2/temps/arab_inventors.asp
- ↑ http://publicweb.unimap.edu.my/~ptrpi/v1/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=36&Itemid=248
- ↑ Elias James Corey – Autobiography
- ↑ Lebanese Americans, Sports Celebrities, Photos and Information
- ↑ "Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931)", biography at Cornell University library on-line site, retrieved December 3, 2008
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