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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
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
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Artists
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Beauty pageant contestants
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Entertainment personalities
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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 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 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
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Musicians
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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
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Business
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Education and academics
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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
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World Series of Poker champions
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Writers
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See also
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References
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^ Adamson, Jeremy; Sam Maloof (2001). The Furniture of Sam Maloof . W. W. Norton & Company. p. 2. ISBN 0-393-73080-8
^ Charles, David (May 27, 2010). "An Amazing Melting Pot of Religions and Faiths" . Patheos.com . Retrieved June 23, 2010 .
^ "ALL AMERICAN MUSLIM: REVIEW" . Hollywood Reporter
^ Lee, Linda (March 9, 2003). "A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck; Clowning and Autographing" The New York Times
^ a b c d e f g h "Lebanese Americans" . Lebanese Global Information Center. 2003–2005.
^ TY: Casey Kasem born as Kamal Amin Kasem
^ Being Catherine Keener Entertainment Weekly
^ The Persistence of Whiteness: Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema Google Books
^ Drawn From Life
^ ^ Tony Shalhoub at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Vince Vaughn: Company" . Vincev.com . Archived from the original on March 23, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2006 .
^ bazzi (2018-01-31). "for all u askin... lol i know i look white but i am actually lebanese arab blood babbbbby" . @bazzi . Retrieved 2020-01-07 .
^ "Emilio Estefan" . Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel . May 2009.
^ Soraya Survivor Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine from Cuerpo Magazine 2005
^ Prominent Lebanese Americans Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kelly, Jacques (September 26, 2003). "Phoebe B. Stanton, 88, advised city for decades on design issues" . The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 2021-03-08 .
^ "20 Years Later...Remembering Lebanese American Astronaut Christa McAuliffe" (PDF) . Lebanese Monthly Magazine. February 2006. p. 18, Volume 1, Issue 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009 .
^ Anne Barnard and Neil Swidey (March 27, 2003). "Commander's background a strength" . Boston Globe . Archived from the original on October 31, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2008 .
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^ "Profile: ACT! for America" (PDF) . Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2017-12-01 .
^ Shain, Yossi (1999). Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and Their Homelands . Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 052164531X
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^ "A booming trade" . The Economist . 31 August 2013.
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^ "Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man " . Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2010-01-10 .
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