List of American Muslims
This is an incomplete list of notable Muslims who live or lived in the United States.
Academia
Prof. Adil Najam during a talk at Deutsche Welle Building in Bonn, Germany on January 21, 2010
- Asad Abidi – Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles; member of the National Academy of Engineering[1]
- Gul Agha – Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Professor Akbar S. Ahmed – US resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University;[2] producer of the film Journey Into Europe, on Islam in Europe
- Saleem H. Ali – environmental researcher and Associate Dean for Graduate studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources; writer and contributor to publications such as the International Herald Tribune; has dual American and Pakistani citizenship[3]
- Talal Asad – Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at CUNY[4]
- Farooq Azam – Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; researcher in the field of marine microbiology[5]
- Ayesha Jalal – MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University[6]
- Ahsan Kareem – Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame; member of the National Academy of Engineering[7][8]
- Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil – Professor of Physics at Portland State University;[9] a highly cited researcher in the field of atmospheric physics
- Dr. Hafeez Malik – Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania[10]
- Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the first direct gravitational wave observation
- Zia Mian – physicist[11][12][13]
- Adil Najam – Professor of Geography and International Relations and Director of the Pardee Center at Boston University;[14] founding editor of popular blog Pakistaniat[15]
- S. Hamid Nawab, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems
- Dr. Agha Saeed – founder and Chairman of American Muslim Alliance; lecturer at California State University, East Bay
- Anwar Shaikh – Professor of Economics at the graduate faculty of The New School in New York City[16]
- Sara Suleri – Professor of English at Yale University
- Dr. Bashir Syed – physicist, NASA scientist; authority on renewable energy such as solar and wind energy; distinguished member of NY Academy of Sciences[17]
- Abdul Jamil Tajik – researcher in clinical medicine[18]
- Muhammad Suhail Zubairy – Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the Texas A&M University[19]
Activism and politics
- Nihad Awad – National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
- André Carson – Congressman from Indiana[20]
- Robert D. Crane – former foreign policy advisor; author[21]
- C. Jack Ellis – former mayor of Macon, Georgia[22]
- Keith Ellison – first Muslim congressman from Minnesota[23]
- George Bethune English (1787-1828) - American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to Islam.
- Ilhan Omar - Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 60B district
- Ibrahim Hooper – National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- Mansoor Ijaz – hedge fund manager and venture capitalist involved in Pakistan–United States relations and peace efforts surrounding the Kashmir conflict
- Zalmay Khalilzad – former US Ambassador to the United Nations; former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan[24]
- Edina Lekovic – Communications Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council[25]
- Malcolm X (also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – civil rights activist, public speaker and Black Muslim minister[26] Joined the Nation of Islam in 1952, before converting to Sunni Islam in 1964.
- Farah Pandith – Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the US Department of State; official advisor to President Obama on Muslim matters
- Zainab Salbi – co-founder and president for Women for Women International
- Betty Shabazz – civil rights activist and educator; widow of Malcolm X[27]
- James Yee – former U.S. Army chaplain with the rank of Captain[28]
- Elias Zerhouni – Director, National Institutes of Health[29]
- Arsalan Iftikhar – American human rights lawyer, global media commentator, and author of the book Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms[30]
- Umar Lee - Activist and Writer
- Huma Abedin – aide to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; served as traveling chief of staff during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election[31]
- Saqib Ali – served as delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates, elected in 2006, represented the 39th District[32]
- Tahir Ali – first Pakistani American elected as a National delegate-at-large (R) from Massachusetts, 1992[33]
- Arif Alikhan – former appointee to the Obama Administration where he served as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the United States Department of Homeland Security; former Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles; visiting Professor of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the National Defense University's (NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, DC
- Shamila N. Chaudhary – US government policy adviser[34]
- Sada Cumber – first US envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference[35]
- Dr. Gholam Mujtaba – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship
- Haroon Saleem – former Mayor of Granite Falls, Washington[36][37]
- Saghir "Saggy" Tahir – New Hampshire State Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the Republican Party;[38] re-elected in 2006 for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester[39]
- Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations.
Armed forces
- Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan – United States Army Soldier killed in Iraq[40]
- Humayun Khan (soldier) – United States Army Soldier killed in Iraq[41]
Foreign military service
- Ma Dunjing – Chinese Muslim General of the National Revolutionary Army, immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950
- Ma Hongkui – Chinese Muslim General of the National Revolutionary Army, immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950
Art
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Artist Shirin Neshat at the Viennale 2009
- Kameelah Janan Rasheed — Artist based in New York City
- Deana Haggag – Egyptian-American art museum curator, President and CEO of United States Artists in Chicago
- Shirin Neshat – Iranian-American visual artist and film director. Awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2006, and the Silver Lion in 2009[42]
- Shahzia Sikander – Pakistani-American artist and MacArthur Fellow[43][44]
Business
- Mohamed A. El-Erian – CEO of PIMCO, manager of over $1 trillion in global assets[45]
- Fuad El-Hibri – CEO of Emergent BioSolutions[46][47]
- Shahid Khan – owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL), the English Premier League team Fulham F.C., and automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate in Urbana, Illinois[48]
- Farooq Kathwari – CEO of Ethan Allen Global, Inc.[49][50]
- Abdul Malik Mujahid – President of Sound Vision and community activist[51]
- Safi Qureshey – Pakistani-American entrepreneur and philanthropist; co-founder and former CEO of AST Research[52]
- Javed Ahmed – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are located; chief executive officer of Tate & Lyle,[53] a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands[54]
- Farooq Kathwari – Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen[55]
- Syed Moiz Balkhi – Florida-based entrepreneur; founder of WPBeginner[56]
- Michael Chowdry (1955–2001) – Forbes 400 businessman; founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion[57]
- Tariq Farid – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements[58]
- Nabeel Gareeb – appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMC in 2002;[59] according to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006;[60] according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US[61]
- Abbas Hashmi – investment banker and founder of Green Card Capital[62]
- Fred Hassan – Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003-2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co[63]
- Mansoor Ijaz – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on Fox News[64]
- Atif Sheikh – finalist for the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNN; founded Atex Capital Partners, a combined venture capital firm based in London
- Hammad Siddiqi – economist and social commentator; received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward F. Tancready Award[65]
Comedy
Comedian Negin Farsad
- Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor[66]
- Mohammed Amer – standup comedian[67]
- Dave Chappelle – standup comedian (converted in 1998)[68]
- Negin Farsad - comedian, actress, writer, filmmaker[69]
- Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor[70]
- Aasif Mandvi – comedian, actor[71]
- Hasan Minhaj – comedian, Daily Show correspondent[72]
- Preacher Moss – standup comedian, comedy writer[67]
- Zahra Noorbakhsh – comedian, writer, actor, co-host of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast
- Dean Obeidallah – standup comedian[66]
- Azhar Usman – standup comedian[73][74]
- Maysoon Zayid – standup comedian, actress[66]
Crime
- Hasan Akbar – convicted of premeditated murder in a grenade attack on fellow soldiers[75]
- Hesham Mohamed Hadayet – Egyptian-American who killed 2 people at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport[76]
- Wadih el-Hage – al-Qaeda member serving life imprisonment in the US for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings[77]
- Nidal Malik Hasan – former soldier convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting[78]
- Muzzammil Hassan – founder of Bridges TV, a Muslim television network; received sentence of 25 to life for beheading his wife[79]
- Mir Aimal Kansi – Pakistani-American convicted and executed for the shootings at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters[80]
- John Walker Lindh – American Taliban[81]
- John Allen Muhammad – executed beltway sniper[82]
- José Padilla – convicted of aiding terrorists and litigant before the United States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla[83][84]
- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – Kyrgyzstani-American citizen who was convicted of planting bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, together with his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
- Bryant Neal Vinas – convicted of participating in and supporting Al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S.[85]
Film
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo
- Nabil Abou-Harb – filmmaker; writer and director of Arab in America[86]
- Shohreh Aghdashloo – Academy Award-nominated Iranian-born actress[87]
- Moustapha Akkad – film director, producer[88]
- Mahershala Ali – Oscar-winning actor.[89]
- Lewis Arquette – film actor, writer, and producer[90][91]
- Sayed Badreya – actor, filmmaker[92]
- Saïd Taghmaoui – actor[93]
- Faran Tahir – actor[94]
Modeling
Supermodel Iman
- Halima Aden – Somali-American fashion model[95]
- Iman – supermodel and wife of David Bowie[96]
- Bella Hadid - fashion model and daughter of real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid[97][98]
Music
Rapper Ice Cube performing in 2006
- Ahmad Jamal – jazz pianist[99]
- Akil – rapper, formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5[100][101]
- Ahmet Ertegün – Songwriter and founder of Atlantic Records[102]
- Akon – R&B and hip-hop artist[103][104]
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad – producer, DJ and rapper, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest; Sunni Muslim[52]
- Art Blakey – jazz drummer and bandleader[105]
- B.G. Knocc Out – rapper from Compton, California, (converted to Islam in 1999)[106]
- Beanie Sigel – rapper[100][107][108]
- Big Daddy Kane – rapper; 5 percenter[109][110]
- Brother Ali – rapper; converted to Islam[52][111]
- Busta Rhymes – hip-hop artist and rapper; 5 percenter[52][112]
- Casey Kasem – Druze radio personality known for his top forty DJ format
- Chali 2na – rapper, formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5, and of Ozomatli[113]
- DJ Khaled – rap artist and DJ[114][115]
- Everlast – rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain; converted to Islam[52][116][117]
- Freeway – rapper; Sunni Muslim[52][108][118][119]
- Ghostface Killah – rapper, member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan[100][120]
- Ice Cube – rapper and producer[121]
- Immortal Technique – rapper and social activist
- Jermaine Jackson – singer, bass guitarist[122][123]
- Kevin Gates – rapper[124][125]
- Lupe Fiasco – rapper; Sunni Muslim[52][100][126]
- Mark 7even – rapper, formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5[101]
- MC Ren – rapper[127]
- Mos Def – rapper; initially joined the Nation of Islam before converting to Islam[52][100][128]
- Napoleon – former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group the Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker[129]
- Nas – rapper and 5 percenter[100][130]
- Native Deen – rap group[131]
- Professor A.L.I. – rapper[132]
- Q-Tip – rapper, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest; Sunni Muslim[52][133]
- Rakim – 5 percenter, rapper and former member of the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim[130][134]
- Scarface – rapper[100][135]
- Raekwon – rapper, member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan[136][137][138][139]
- Rhymefest – Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist; co-writer of the single "Jesus Walks"[140]
- Snoop Dogg – rapper; ex member of the Nation Of Islam[52][141][142]
- T-Pain – singer, rapper[143]
- Vinnie Paz – rapper in the hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks[144]
- Yusef Lateef – jazz musician and Grammy Award winner[52][145]
- Zeeshan Zaidi – lead singer and guitarist for The Commuters
Religion
Muslim scholar Suhaib Webb
- Suhaib Webb – Muslim lecturer and activist; Imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest mosque in the New England area[146][147][148]
- Hamza Yusuf – Muslim scholar[149]
- Hassan Hathout – Muslim scholar[150]
- Hassan Al-Qazwini – Muslim scholar[151]
- Hisham Kabbani – Muslim sufi scholar and shaykh[152]
- Yusuf Estes – Muslim preacher[153]
- Souleiman Ghali – Founder of the Islamic Society of San Francisco[154]
- Sherman Jackson – Muslim scholar[155]
- Nouman Ali Khan – Muslim speaker and founder, CEO and lead instructor at Bayyinah, the Institute for Arabic and Qur'anic Studies.[156]
- Sadullah Khan – Muslim scholar[157]
- Ingrid Mattson – Muslim scholar[158]
- Warith Deen Mohammed – former leader of the largest Muslim organization, the American Society of Muslims (son of Nation of Islam leader)[159][160][161]
- Louay M. Safi – Muslim scholar[162]
- Zaid Shakir – Muslim scholar[163]
- Siraj Wahhaj – Muslim scholar[164]
- Omar Khalidi – Muslim scholar[165][166]
- Amir Hussain – Muslim scholar, editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Science
- Fazlur Khan – structural engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)[167]
- Ayub K. Ommaya – neurosurgeon, inventor of the Ommaya reservoir[168]
- Ahmed Zewail – Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, 1999 for his work on femtochemistry[169]
Sports
Boxing
Boxer Muhammad Ali in 1978
- Muhammad Ali – became a member of the Nation of Islam in 1964,[170] converted to Sunni Islam in 1975[171][172]
- Bernard Hopkins – former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight world champion[173]
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad – former Light Heavyweight Champion
- Matthew Saad Muhammad – former Light Heavyweight Champion[174]
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi – former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion[175]
- Hasim Rahman – former Heavyweight champion[176]
- Mike Tyson – Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in 1987; converted in 1994 (influenced by preacher in prison)[177]
Basketball
NBA player Shaquille O'Neal
- DeSagana Diop – Senegalese basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – converted to Islam from Catholicism in 1968, initially joining the Nation of Islam before retaking the Shahada and converting to Sunni Islam that very summer[52][178]
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf – former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)[179]
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim – retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001–02 season[180]
- Hassan Adams – drafted by and played for the New Jersey Nets, later the Cleveland Cavaliers, then KK Vojvodina (in Serbia).
- Larry Johnson – retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks[181]
- Nazr Mohammed – player for the Charlotte Bobcats[182]
- Mehmet Okur – Turkish player of the Utah Jazz[183]
- Shaquille O'Neal – player for the Boston Celtics; rapper and actor[184]
- Hakeem Olajuwon[185]
- Rasheed Wallace – player for the Boston Celtics[186][187]
NFL
NFL player turned sportscaster Ahmad Rashād
- Hamza Abdullah – safety for the Cleveland Browns[188][189]
- Husain Abdullah – safety for the Minnesota Vikings[190]
- Oday Aboushi – guard, drafted by the New York Jets in 2013, currently with the Houston Texans.[191]
- Az-Zahir Hakim – wide receiver formerly for the St. Louis Rams[192]
- Ryan Harris – offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers.[193]
- Abdul Hodge – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers[194]
- Ahmad Rashād – former wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings, award-winning sportscaster (converted in 1972)[195][196]
- Ephraim Salaam – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions[197]
- Muhammad Wilkerson – defensive end for the New York Jets[198]
- Usama Young – free safety for the New Orleans Saints[199]
Track and field
- Khalid Khannouchi – marathon runner
Wrestling
- Dara Daivari – Iranian American, former wrestler at the WWE[200]
Mixed martial arts
- Muhammed Lawal – former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight World Champion
Television
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Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 2010 Time 100 Gala
- Mara Brock Akil – screenwriter, producer[201]
- Usman Ally – actor[202]
- Rizwan Manji – actor[203]
- Isaiah Mustafa – actor[204]
- Ayman Mohyeldin – reporter for national news channels[205]
- Mehmet Oz – medical doctor, talk show host[206]
- Kamran Pasha – screenwriter, producer[207]
- Ahmed Shihab-Eldin – reporter for national news channels[208]
- Iqbal Theba – actor[209]
- Ali Velshi - Reporter and anchor for national U.S. news channels, from Canada[210]
Writing
Fareed Zakaria, head of Newsweek International
- Reza Aslan – author, religious scholar[211]
- Mona Eltahawy – columnist[212]
- Yahiya Emerick – author[213]
- Pai Hsien-yung – Chinese Muslim author and writer; born in China, immigrated to Taiwan then the United States; son of General Bai Chongxi[214]
- Saladin Ahmed – author
- Laila Lalami - author and essayist
- Ayman Mohyeldin – Al-Jazeera English journalist[215]
- Stephen Schwartz – journalist[216]
- Michael Wolfe – journalist[217]
- Fareed Zakaria – author, commentator, and host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS[218]
- Khaled Hosseini – Novelist, physician[219]
- Melody Moezzi – author and activist[220]
- Wael Abdelgawad - author
See also
- Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic
- List of converts to Islam
- List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
- Lists of Muslims
- Lists of people by belief
- Taqwacore
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