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* [[Emeraude Toubia]] – actress (father is Lebanese)
* [[Emeraude Toubia]] – actress (father is Lebanese)
* [[Paola Turbay]] – Columbian-American actress, model, beauty queen and television presenter
* [[Paola Turbay]] – Columbian-American actress, model, beauty queen and television presenter
* [[Vince Vaughn]] – actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent)<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web | title=Vince Vaughn: Company | work=Vincev.com | url=http://www.vincev.com/int_company.html | accessdate=May 24, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Vince Vaughn]] – actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent)<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web|title=Vince Vaughn: Company |work=Vincev.com |url=http://www.vincev.com/int_company.html |accessdate=May 24, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323144740/http://www.vincev.com/int_company.html |archivedate=March 23, 2006 |df= }}</ref>
* [[Amy Yasbeck]] – actress (father was of Lebanese descent)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED8103FF93AA35750C0A9659C8B63 | work=The New York Times | title=A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck; Clowning and Autographing | first=Linda | last=Lee | date=March 9, 2003 | accessdate=May 8, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Amy Yasbeck]] – actress (father was of Lebanese descent)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED8103FF93AA35750C0A9659C8B63 | work=The New York Times | title=A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck; Clowning and Autographing | first=Linda | last=Lee | date=March 9, 2003 | accessdate=May 8, 2010}}</ref>


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*[[Caroline Ghosn]] – entrepreneur
*[[Caroline Ghosn]] – entrepreneur
* [[Tony Fadell]] – product development manager at [[Apple Inc.]]
* [[Tony Fadell]] – product development manager at [[Apple Inc.]]
* [[Frédéric Fekkai]] – French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair products<ref>[http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html ''Prominent Lebanese Americans'']</ref>
* [[Frédéric Fekkai]] – French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair products<ref>[http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html ''Prominent Lebanese Americans''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221123703/http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html |date=2007-12-21 }}</ref>
* [[Alec Gores]] – entrepreneur
* [[Alec Gores]] – entrepreneur
* [[Tom Gores]] – founder and CEO of [[Platinum Equity]]
* [[Tom Gores]] – founder and CEO of [[Platinum Equity]]
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* [[Fares D. Noujaim]] – business executive
* [[Fares D. Noujaim]] – business executive
* [[Paul Orfalea]] – founder of [[Kinko's]]<ref name=embassy>{{cite web
* [[Paul Orfalea]] – founder of [[Kinko's]]<ref name=embassy>{{cite web
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* [[Madeleine A. Pickens]] – business executive
* [[Madeleine A. Pickens]] – business executive
* [[Richard E. Rainwater]] – investor and fund manager
* [[Richard E. Rainwater]] – investor and fund manager
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* [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]] – politician and businessman
* [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]] – politician and businessman
* [[Spencer Abraham]] – former U.S. Senator from [[Michigan]]
* [[Spencer Abraham]] – former U.S. Senator from [[Michigan]]
* [[Victor G. Atiyeh]] – former Governor of Oregon<ref>[http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html ''Embassy of Lebanon in Washington: Making a Difference''] from ''www.lebanonembassyus.org''</ref>
* [[Victor G. Atiyeh]] – former Governor of Oregon<ref>[http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html ''Embassy of Lebanon in Washington: Making a Difference''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221123703/http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/ProminantLebaneseAmericans.html |date=2007-12-21 }} from ''www.lebanonembassyus.org''</ref>
* [[John Baldacci]] – former Governor of the State of [[Maine]]
* [[John Baldacci]] – former Governor of the State of [[Maine]]
* [[Charles Boustany]] – U.S. Representative from [[Louisiana]]
* [[Charles Boustany]] – U.S. Representative from [[Louisiana]]

Revision as of 13:44, 18 May 2017

Lebanese Americans
Ralph NaderChrista McAuliffeJamie Farr
Helen ThomasDarrell IssaTiffany
Tony ShalhoubJohn E. SununuJames Abourezk
Rima FakihRay LaHoodMarlo Thomas
Ralph Nader • Christa McAuliffe • Jamie Farr
Helen Thomas • Darrell Issa • Tiffany
Tony Shalhoub • John E. Sununu • James Abourezk
Rima Fakih • Ray LaHood • Marlo Thomas
Total population
504,000 (ancestry unknown)
0.16% of total population (2007)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Michigan, California, New York, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Texas,[2] Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Jersey, Washington
Languages
American English, Arabic, French, and Armenian
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (mostly Catholic), with minorities of Islam and Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Other Lebanese people and Arab diaspora, Syrian Americans, Turkish Americans, Cypriot Americans, Egyptian Americans, Armenian Americans and Greek Americans
Lists of Americans
By US state
By ethnicity or nationality

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 resided in the United States.

Arts and entertainment

Artists

Beauty pageant contestants

Entertainment personalities

Fashion designers

Musicians

Business

Education and academics

  • Joseph Aoun – president of Northeastern University
  • Charbel Farhat – Chair of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University; member of National Academy of Engineering
  • Robert Khayat – chancellor of the University of Mississippi

History

Journalism

Medicine

Military

Politics

Activists

Joseph Hakim – international advocate, Christian Activist Defend Christian existing world wide President of International Christian Union.[20]

Politicians

Other personalities

Sciences

Sports

Athletes

World Series of Poker Champions

Writers

See also

References

  1. ^ "B04003. Total Ancestry Reported". 2007 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Every Culture – Lebanese American
  3. ^ Adamson, Jeremy; Sam Maloof (2001). The Furniture of Sam Maloof. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 2. ISBN 0-393-73080-8. |owned an orchard in Douma, Lebanon
  4. ^ Charles, David (May 27, 2010). "An Amazing Melting Pot of Religions and Faiths". Patheos.com. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  5. ^ Drawn From Life
  6. ^ TY: Casey Kasem born as Kamal Amin Kasem
  7. ^ Being Catherine Keener from Entertainment Weekly, date 14 April 2006
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Lebanese Americans". Lebanese Global Information Center. 2003–2005.
  9. ^ The Persistence of Whiteness: Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema from Google Books
  10. ^ Zoë Saldana: A Woman We Love from Esquire Magazine
  11. ^ ^ Tony Shalhoub at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ^ "Vince Vaughn: Company". Vincev.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Lee, Linda (March 9, 2003). "A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck; Clowning and Autographing". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  14. ^ "Emilio Estefan". Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel. May 2009.
  15. ^ Soraya Survivor from Cuerpo Magazine 2005
  16. ^ Prominent Lebanese Americans Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Making a Difference". Washington D.C.: the Embassy of Lebanon. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ a b "20 Years Later...Remembering Lebanese American Astronaut Christa McAuliffe" (PDF). Lebanese Monthly Magazine. February 2006. p. 18, Volume 1, Issue 2. Retrieved January 12, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ Anne Barnard and Neil Swidey (March 27, 2003). "Commander's background a strength". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  20. ^ http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259659/international-christian-union-head-calls-universal-joseph-puder
  21. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/us/from-petraeus-scandal-an-apostle-for-privacy.html?_r=2
  22. ^ http://www.economist.com/news/international/21584338-foreign-ministries-employ-ever-more-amateurs-do-their-bidding-abroad-booming-trade
  23. ^ http://tbo.com/list/military-news/two-congressmen-have-questions-in-jill-kelley-leak-20140414/
  24. ^ Shain, Yossi (1999). Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and Their Homelands. Cambridge University Press. p. 122. ISBN 052164531X.
  25. ^ Politics and Propaganda: Weapons of Mass Seduction
  26. ^ Embassy of Lebanon in Washington: Making a Difference Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine from www.lebanonembassyus.org
  27. ^ Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
  28. ^ Women in Congress: Mary Roase Oakar
  29. ^ Elias James Corey – Autobiography
  30. ^ http://www.starsofscience.com/phase-2/temps/arab_inventors.asp
  31. ^ http://publicweb.unimap.edu.my/~ptrpi/v1/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=36&Itemid=248
  32. ^ "Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931)", biography at Cornell University library on-line site, retrieved December 3, 2008
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