From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Media and journalism
Music
Politics
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
References