List of Afghan Americans
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This is a list of notable Afghan Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Bahamian · Bangladeshi · Barbadian · Belgian · Brazilian · Bulgarian |
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Cajun · Cambodian · Chinese · Colombian · Croatian · Cuban · Czech |
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Danish · Dutch |
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English · Estonian |
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Filipino · Finnish · French |
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German · Greek |
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Haitian · Hispanic/Latino · Hmong · Hungarian |
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Indian · Indonesian · Iranian · Irish · Israeli · Italian |
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Jamaican · Japanese · Jewish |
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Korean |
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Laotian · Lebanese · Louisiana Creole |
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Macedonian · Mexican |
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Native American · Native Hawaiian · Nicaraguan · Nigerian · Norwegian |
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Pakistani · Palestinian · Polish · Portuguese |
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Romanian · Russian · Rusyn |
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Salvadoran · Scotch-Irish · Scottish · Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian · Spanish · Sri Lankan · Swedish · Swiss |
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Taiwanese · Turkish |
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Ukrainian |
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Vietnamese |
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Welsh |
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- Siyar Bahadurzada – Mixed Martial Arts Champion...soon in the UFC
- Zalmay Khalilzad – United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2007 to 2009
- Ali Ahmad Jalali – Distinguished Professor at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
- Abdul W. Haqiqi – Economist
- Nazif Shahrani – Professor of anthropology at Indiana University
- Lina Rozbih – News anchor at Voice of America's TV Ashna [1]
- Khaled Hosseini – Author of two books, including the Kite Runner
- Tamim Ansary – Author
- Mithaq Kazimi – Filmmaker
- Jawed Wassel – Filmmaker (killed on October 3, 2001)[2]
- Azita Ghanizada – Actress and TV host
- Nabil Miskinyar – Television anchor
- Fariba Nawa – Journalist
- Farhad Darya – Afghan singer
- Naim Popal – Afghan singer
- Mariam Wafa – Afghan singer
- Haidar Salim – Afghan Singer
- Ehsan Aman – Afghan singer
- Vida Samadzai – Beauty for a Cause of Miss Earth 2003
- Zohra Daoud – Miss Afghanistan 1974
