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Lebanese Americans 504,000 (ancestry unknown)
0.16% of total population (2007)
[1]
Michigan ,
California ,
New York ,
Florida ,
Ohio ,
Massachusetts ,
Texas ,
Illinois ,
Pennsylvania ,
Arizona ,
New Jersey ,
Washington
American English ,
Arabic ,
Aramaic ,
French , and
Armenian Predominantly
Christianity (mostly
Catholic ), with minorities of
Islam and
Judaism
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 lived in the United States.
Arts and entertainment
Artists
Beauty pageant contestants
Entertainment personalities
Adam Amen – reality star, from
TLC program
All American Muslim
[4]
Alexander Koch – actor of Lebanese, Italian and German descent
Alyssa Farah Griffin - co-host of
ABC ’s
The View
Amy Yasbeck – actress (father was of Lebanese descent)
[5]
Anissa Jones – child actor (mother was of Lebanese descent)
Callie Khouri – Oscar-winning screenwriter
[6]
Casey Kasem – radio personality,
American Top 40 franchise;
voiceover actor (cartoon series
Scooby-Doo ,
Transformers )
[7]
Catherine Keener – actress, mother of Lebanese descent
[8]
Celeste Thorson – actress, model, activist, screenwriter
Chris Romano – actor, producer, director (father of Lebanese heritage, born Shaheen)
Cristina Vee – singer and voice actor
Demián Bichir – Mexican-American film actor of Lebanese heritage
Dan Jbara – television and film producer
Danny Thomas – actor
David Yazbek – musician and composer famous for the Broadway musical
The Full Monty
Diane Rehm – host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show on
National Public Radio
Edy Ganem – actress (parents are of Lebanese descent)
Elie Samaha – film producer
Emeraude Toubia – actress (father is Lebanese)
Emile Kuri – Mexican-born American Oscar-winning art director
Frank Lackteen – actor
Gregory Jbara – television and film actor
George Nader – actor, uncle of Michael Nader
George Noory – radio host (radio program
Coast To Coast AM )
Haaz Sleiman – actor (series
Nurse Jackie ; film
The Visitor )
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf – radio and television personality
James Stacy – film and television actor
Jamie Farr – actor (sitcom
M*A*S*H )
Jamie Gray Hyder – actress, model (father of Lebanese descent)
Jane Wiedlin – musician, actress (mother was of Lebanese descent)
Jenna Dewan – actress (paternal grandfather was of Lebanese descent)
Kristen Doute – television personality known for
Vanderpump Rules
Joan Alexander – actress known for her role as
Lois Lane
John A. Kuri – author and writer, film and television producer, and director
John Leguizamo – actor (maternal grandfather was Lebanese)
Kathy Najimy – actress
Kerri Kasem – radio and television host; daughter of Casey Kasem
Khrystyne Haje – actress (sitcom
Head of the Class )
Lili Estefan – Cuban-American television personality, niece of
Emilio Estefan
Marlo Thomas – actress (father was of Lebanese descent)
Mario Kassar – filmmaker, founder of
Carolco Pictures
Mary Zilba – television personality and singer
Mayssa Karaa – Grammy-nominated singer
Mia Khalifa – pornographic actress and adult model
Michael Ansara – stage, screen, and voice actor (Lebanese born American)
Michael Nader – actor,
All My Children and
Dynasty
[6]
Michael Nouri – actor, film
Flashdance
[6]
[9]
Mo Gallini – actor (father of Lebanese descent)
Paola Turbay – Colombian-American actress, model, beauty queen and television presenter
Paul Anka – singer-songwriter, actor, producer
Peter Macdissi – film and television actor
Raya Meddine – actress of Lebanese descent
Robert Romanus – actor and musician
Rose Abdoo – comedian, actress
Rowan Blanchard – actress (father of Lebanese descent)
Salma Hayek – Mexican-American actress (paternal grandfather was Lebanese)
[10]
Senta Moses – actress known for her role in
Home Alone
Shannon Elizabeth – actress (father of Lebanese descent)
Terrence Malick – filmmaker, of part Lebanese descent
Tom Shadyac – film director (of 3/4 Lebanese descent)
[6]
Tony Shalhoub – actor (
Monk )
[11]
Tony Thomas – producer (father was of Lebanese descent)
Vince Vaughn – actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent)
[12]
Wentworth Miller – actor, maternal great-grandmother of Lebanese descent
Yasmeen Fletcher – actress and musician, mother of Lebanese descent
Yasmine Al Massri – Lebanese-born American actress
Fashion designers
Musicians
Andrew Bazzi – pop musician
[13]
Dick Dale – rock guitarist and
surf music pioneer
Emilio Estefan – Cuban-American musician and producer; husband of
Gloria Estefan
[14]
G. E. Smith – lead guitarist in the band
Hall & Oates ; musical director of
Saturday Night Live
Hamed Sinno – Lebanese-American graphic designer, singer-songwriter of the band Mashrou'Leila
Jack Barakat – guitarist of the band
All Time Low
Jane Wiedlin – musician, singer-songwriter, and actress; best known as a member of the all-female
new wave band
The Go-Go's
John Dolmayan – Lebanese-American of Armenian descent, drummer of band
System of a Down
Kat Dahlia – singer-songwriter, rapper
Mohammed El-Bakkar – tenor singer, oud player, and conductor
Nadia Azzi – pianist
Paul Anka – singer-songwriter (both parents of Lebanese descent)
Paul Jabara – composer
[6]
Neil Sedaka – pop/rock singer, pianist, composer and record producer
Ron Affif – jazz guitarist and musician
Rosalind Elias – opera singer renowned for her time in the
Metropolitan Opera
Serj Tankian – Lebanese-American of Armenian descent, lead singer of band System of a Down
Soraya – Colombian-American singer
[15]
Tiffany – singer
[6]
Tino Coury – singer-songwriter and producer
Tiny Tim – folk singer
[6]
Tyler Joseph – lead singer of Twenty One Pilots
[6]
Legal professionals
Business
Education and academics
Charbel Farhat – Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures in the School of Engineering and inaugural James and Anna Marie Spilker Chair of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at
Stanford University ; Member of the National Academy of Engineering (US); Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); and Member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences
Jacqueline S. Stephen –
author ,
editor ,
Fulbright alumna,
researcher ,
faculty at Mercer University, Atlanta Georgia USA
Joseph E. Aoun – President of
Northeastern University
Nafe Katter – professor of theatre,
University of Connecticut
Robert Khayat – Chancellor of the
University of Mississippi
Eugene Nassar – author, literary critic and professor
Donna Shalala – U.S. Representative from
Florida , former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former President of the University of Miami
Phoebe Stanton – faculty at
Johns Hopkins University from 1955 until 1982, art historian, urban planner for the city of Baltimore.
[17]
Gabriel Hawawini – emeritus professor of finance and former holder of the Henry Grunfeld Chair in Investment Banking at INSEAD
History
Journalism
Medicine
Military
Politics
Activists
Politicians
Other personalities
Sciences
Sports
Athletes
World Series of Poker champions
Writers
See also
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