List of Pakistani Americans
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The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.
Politics
- Saqib Ali - Delegate-elect to the Maryland House of Delegates, having won the right to represent the 39th District in the 2006 elections.[1]
- Saghir "Saggy" Tahir - Serves as a New Hampshire State Representative. He is the only elected Muslim in the Republican Party.[2] In the 2006 elections, he was re-elected for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester.[3]
- Tahir Ali - The first Pakistani American elected as a National delegate-at-large (R) from Massachusetts in 1992.
- Huma Abedin - Aide to United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who served as traveling chief of staff during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.[4]
- Sada Cumber - First United States Ambassador to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.[5]
- Shamila N. Chaudhary - U.S. Government policy adviser.[6]
- Haroon Saleem - Mayor of Granite Falls, Washington.[7]
- Mohammad Ali Chaudry - Was elected mayor of Bernards Township, New Jersey in 2004. Also a Lecturer at Rutgers School of Business – Camden.[8]
- Mohammed Hameeduddin - Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey. [9]
Business and Finance
- Michael Chowdry (1955–2001) - Forbes 400 businessman and later the founder of air cargo company Atlas Air which in 2001 was worth in excess of $1.39 billion.[10]
- Hammad Siddiqi - Economist and Social Commentator. Received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward F. Tancready Award.[11]
- Fred Hassan - was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 until November 3, 2009 when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co.[12]
- Safi Qureshey - Former CEO and co-founder of AST Research (a fortune-500 company with revenues in excess of 2.5 billion USD).[13]
- Shahid Khan - President of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue.[14] In February 2010 entered into a contract to buy 60% of NFL team St. Louis Rams which is estimated to be worth $725 million to $950 million.[15]
- Nabeel Gareeb - Nabeel was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMC in 30 April 2002.[16] According to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO[17] in 2006 and according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the United States.[18]
- Tariq Farid - Entrepreneur who is the owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements International Inc.[19]
- Atif Sheikh - was the finalist for the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNN. He later found Atex Capital Partners (ACP) a combined venture capital firm based in London.
- Mohammed Khan - President and Founder of ViVOtech Inc[20]
- Atiq Raza - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raza Microelectronics, Inc.[21] A pioneer in the Microprocessor industry he took on the colossal task of taking on NexGen (a start-up company) and challenging the total dominance of Intel. He went on to sell NexGen for $800 million to AMD instead of an offer of $1.2 billion from the memory chip maker Micron. In 1999 he led AMD to successfully produce and market the K-6 processors. thereby breaking Intel's monopoly of the microprocessor market.[22][23]
- Mansoor Ijaz - Businessman, the founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC (CIM), a New York investment partnership since 1990 that includes among others Lt Gen James Alan Abrahamson (USAF Ret), former director of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and the renowned German architect Joachim Hauser. He is also a commentator on Fox News.[24]
Academia
- Ayesha Jalal - MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University.[25]
- Professor Akbar S. Ahmed - Currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University in Washington DC. He is also a diplomat, anthropologist, writer and film-maker.[26]
- Anwar Shaikh - currently Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of The New School in New York City.[27]
- Saleem H. Ali - Accomplished environmental researcher and Associate Dean for Graduate studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. He is a popular writer and contributor to publications such as the International Herald Tribune. He has dual American and Pakistani citizenship.[28]
- Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil - Professor of Physics at Portland State University[29] and is a highly cited researcher in the field of Atmospheric physics.
- Zia Mian - Research scientist at Princeton University[30] and directs the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, at the Program on Science and Global Security.[31] Is also a renowned Pakistani-American physicist.[32]
- Farooq Azam - Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD and is a highly cited researcher in the field of marine microbiology.[33]
- Abdul Jamil Tajik - Highly cited researcher in clinical medicine.[34]
- Adil Najam - Professor of Geography and International Relations and Director of the Pardee Center at Boston University.[35] Also founding editor of popular blog ALL THINGS PAKISTANI[36]
- Asad Abidi - Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles and a member of the National Academy of Engineering[37].
- Ahsan Kareem - Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the National Academy of Engineering[38].
- Dr. Bashir A. Syed - Renowned Physicist, NASA Scientist and authority on Renewable Energy such as Solar and Wind Energy. Distinguished member of NY Academy of Sciences[39]
- Dr. Mohammad Qasim Ansari - Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, TX
- Dr. Mustafa Hussain - Professor of Geriatrics and Psychology, UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, TX
- Dr. Sohail Murad - Professor and Department Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Dr. Imran Hayee - Professor and Director Graduate studies, Electrical and Computer engineering, University of Minnesota, Duluth
- Nayab Zafar - Developed new technology that can reduce heart disease and stroke risk in peripheral artery disease patients.
- Dr. Hafeez Malik is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania.[40]
Literature and Art
- Sabir Hussain Sabir International Award Winning Author is an wellknown urdu/english pakistani poet and prose writer,who has been published number of countries, He was born in poonch AJK,As of 2009 he has written four books(1)Dasht-tanhai(2)Hajir kay baad(3)Look out and (4)Gangeena-e-Afkaar,He is settled in Florida.
- Shahzia Sikander (born 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan) - Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Pakistani, South Asian and Persian miniature painting. She has also created murals, installations, mixed-media works and performance art. She is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant". She currently resides in New York City.[41]
- Noon Meem Danish - Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent.[42]
- Samina Quraeshi - Award-winning author, artist and designer[43]
- Kamila Shamsie - Award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses.[44]
- Rob Asghar - Writer and political commentator. His essays and commentaries have appeared in more than 30 newspapers around the world, including The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Japan Times. Asghar has also been a columnist for Creators Syndicate and the Ashland Daily Tidings.[45]
- Bapsi Sidhwa - Pakistani novelist and playwright of Parsi-Zoroastrian background who now resides in Texas. Her novel Cracking India (which described the Partition of British colonial India) was the basis for Deepa Mehta's film Earth (1998 film).[46]
- Mohsin Hamid - Bestselling author of books such as Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist.[47]
- Tahir Ali - Author of the award winning book, "Muslim Vote Counts" published in 2004 by Wyndham Hall.
- Ali Pervez - International Best Selling Author - "Get Your Black Belt in Marketing," Morgan James New York, New York.[48]
- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi - is an American Muslim author and Islamic teacher[49]
- Tahmena Bokhari - College Professor in Toronto, a social worker, writer and speaker.[50]
- Asma Gull Hasan - Award-winning writer. Her work includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim.[51]
- Imad Rahman - Fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004.[52]
- Maliha Masood - Award-winning writer in creative non-fiction and the author of the travel memoir, Zaatar Days, Henna Nights.[53]
- Zulfikar Ghose - Novelist, poet and essayist.[54][55]
- Nafisa Haji - Author of The novel 'Writing on My Forehead'[56]
- Daniyal Mueenuddin - Is a Pakistani author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders.[57]
Health and Medicine
- Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya - Prominent neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries. Invented the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors.
- Dr.Gholam Mujtaba - Former Provincial Advisor to the Government of Sindh Pakistan. Former Secretary General Karachi University Students Union.A close associate of former President Pervez Musharraf. Presently Member Chairman's Advisory Board of the Republican National Committee, and a Pharmacist cum Physician.
- Dr. Mohammad N. Akhter - Currently the Senior Associate Dean for Public and International Health at the Howard University College of Medicine.[58]
- Dr. Amanullah Khan - President of Cancer Center Associates (CCA), located at Rena Tarbet Cancer Center, in McKinney, Texas and has served the Dallas Metroplex for over 30 years.[59][60]
- Mohammed Sayeed Quraishi - Physician who studied at the University of Massachusetts, served as member of United Nations World Health Organization team in Bangladesh also worked at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. He has also written various books and articles on Health and Medicine.[61]
Media and Entertainment
There are Urdu radio stations in areas with high Pakistani population. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels: GEO TV[62], ARY Digital[63], PTV[64], and many more. Others have offered Pakistani content for subscription, such as when Pakistan played Australia for the Cricket World Cup in 1999. In July 2005, MTV premiered a spin-off network called MTV Desi which targets South Asian Americans in the U.S. which includes Pakistanis.[65] MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.[66]
- Kamran Pasha - Hollywood screenwriter and director, most famous for writing the Showtime hit series Sleeper Cell.[67]
- Asieh Namdar - Born in Karachi, Pakistan to Iranian parents. Senior writer for HLN and serves as an anchor for CNN International. Namdar also provides reports and analysis of international news on CNN/U.S.[68]
- Christel Khalil - Is of mixed Pakistani and African American descent. She is best known for her role as Lily Winters on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.[69]
- Dilshad Vadsaria - She is of Portuguese and Pakistani descent. An American television actress, she currently plays the role of Rebecca Logan on the ABC television program Greek.[70][71]
- Hassan Zee - Writer, producer and director. Wrote, produced and directed Night of Henna, the first Pakistani-American film in history distributed all over US theatrically.[72]
- Zaigham Khan - Pakistani American VJ, host, dancer, and actor. Khan is considered to be one of the most well-known youngest Pakistani American's in today's time. He has been in the media field for almost 10 years. Currently he can be seen on two of Pakistan's top music channels ARY Musik and AAG TV, which are played all over the world.
- Nadia Ali Songstress best known as a former member of the band iiO and song Rapture.[73] She has worked with many famous DJs such as Armin Van Buuren.[74]
- MC Lazarus - Real name Kamran Rasheed Khan, b. July 17th 1982 is a hip hop artist from Detroit, Michigan who has worked with various American celebrities in the field. The Discovery Channel featured him on a documentary called "The Real 8 Mile" which focuses on how he balances his life as a hip hop artist and as a medical student[75] at Michigan State University.
- Mehreen Jabbar[76] - Director and a 14-year veteran of the industry, with a prolific career as a Director/Producer of gritty, hard-hitting films for Pakistani television. She directed Ramchand Pakistani which was nominated for World Narrative Feature Competition in Tribeca Film Festival in New York, Seattle International Film Festival, Osian Film Festival, New Delhi among others[77]
- Bohemia[78] - Pakistani American Rapper from San Francisco. His music has been widely played in the American clubbing scene. He has a large underground following and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Desi Hip Hop.
- Salman Ahmad - of South Asian band Junoon[79] has members from the United States and the founder Salman Ahmad now resides in New York and is a UN Goodwill Ambassador.[80][81]
- Mr. Capone-E - Born Fahd Azam, is a gangster rapper from Los Angeles, CA, from his first release he sold over 500,000 units without major promotion and radio play.[82]
- Naureen Zaim[83] - Half Pakistani half Irish model, actress and athlete.
- DJ Alphatoon - The first DJ to remix only Pakistani songs and released a full Pakistani remixed album in North America in 1999.[84]
- Fareed Haque - Fusion guitar virtuoso of Pakistani and Chilean descent.[85]
- GQ (actor) - Gregory J. Qaiyum, American actor, writer and MC. Son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father.[86]
- Mehr Hassan - Indian father, Pakistani mother. Actress, model and classical dancer.[88]
- Munaf Rayani - Guitarist for the Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.[89]
- Munni Begum - Real name Nadira, a Famous Ghazal Singer from Pakistan, based in Chicago, IL.[90]
- Somy Ali - Of Iraqi and Pakistani descent. Former Bollywood actress and now model and journalist.[91]
- Syma Chowdhry - Award winning television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress.[92]
- Zurain Imam - Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh is a US-Pakistani print and broadcast fashion journalist.[93]
- Iqbal Theba - Has starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing Principal Figgins in the show Glee
Beauty Queens from Pakistan
- Natasha Paracha - Natasha Paracha born in Islamabad, Pakistan, now living in New York City, USA became Pakistan's 6th Miss Pakistan World 2008.[94]
- Ayesha Gilani - Ayesha Gilani, from Lahore, Pakistan now living in Washington DC, became Pakistan's 7th Miss Pakistan World 2009.[95]
- Mariyah Moten - Born in Karachi, Pakistan now living in Houston Texas, became Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini and was exposed to the biggest entertainment controversy.[96] She was the third runner up in the Miss Pakistan World pageant.[97]
- Misbah Iqbal- Born in Karachi, Pakistan now living in Houston Texas, became Pakistan's first Mrs. Pakistan World 2007.
- Saman Hasnain - Born in Lahore, Pakistan now living in San Francisco, USA became Pakistan's second Mrs. Pakistan World 2008.[98]
- Tahmena Bokhari - Born in Toronto, Canada and representing Faisalabad, Pakistan became Pakistan's 4th Mrs. Pakistan World 2010. For more information see Literature and Art
Military
- Commander Muhammad Muzzafar F. Khan - Became the first Pakistani-American to take command of an operational aviation squadron in the U.S. Navy. He commands the Sea Control "Topcats" Squadron.[99]
- Sergeant Wasim Khan of United States Army- Became the first Pakistani-American to received Purple Heart after his heroic actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom.[100]
Sports
- Nur B. Ali - racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports. He is the first Pakistani to become a racing driver, and a former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion (2001 & 2002). Also has a Bachelor of Arts degree, American University - Washington, D.C. majoring in International Relations.[101]
- Hasan Habib - Professional poker player.[102]
- Rashid Zia - American crickter. represented the United States in the ICC trophy in 2001.[103]
- Nasir Javed - American cricketer[104]
- Gibran Hamdan - First person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL.
Other
- Mohammed Salman Hamdani - (1978–September 11, 2001) was a young Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, while rescuing victims of the World Trade Center.[105][106][107]
- Aasiya Zubair (June 17, 1972 – February 12, 2009) - With her husband Muzzammil Hassan, found and owned Bridges TV, the first American Muslim television network broadcast in English. In February 2009, she was found dead; her estranged husband turned himself to the police station and was charged with 2nd degree murder.[108]
- Abdul Malik Mujahid - Is an American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, and non-profit entrepreneur.[109]
- Ahmad Adaya (1927–2006) - Was an American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist who was the founding partner of a prominent California real estate company IDS Real Estate Group[110]
- Arsalan Iftikhar an American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. He is the founder of TheMuslimGuy and serves as Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine.[111]
- Faisal Alam - Gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims.[112]
- Jilani Humayun - Arms trader who was arrested in New York on July 19, 2007.[113]
- Riffat Hassan - Theologian and a leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an.[114]
- Sheikh Azeem Aziz - Well known Muslim scholar and Mufti.[115]
- Yasmin Aga Khan - American Pakistani philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease.[116]
- Pamela Leeming - The First Pakistani American Judge in The United States. She has been appointed as an interim full Circuit Court Judge in Cook County, Illinois.[117]
See also
- Pakistani American
- Pakistan – United States relations
- Pakistani Canadian
- List of Pakistani Canadians
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