The following is a list of notable Turkish Americans, including both original immigrants of full or partial Turkish descent who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Most notable Turkish Americans have come from, or originate from, Turkey but there are also notable Americans of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, the other former Ottoman territories, especially Turks from the Balkans, the island of Cyprus (e.g. Erden Eruç, Halil Güven, Hal Ozsan, Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi, and Vamık Volkan, are of Turkish Cypriot origin), North Africa (e.g. Leila Ahmed and Nonie Darwish are of Turkish-Egyptian origin, and Mustapha Osman was of Turkish-Tunisian origin), and the Levant (e.g. Etel Adnan is of Turkish-Syrian origin; David Chokachi and Salih Neftçi are of Turkish-Iraqi origin; Nabila Khashoggi is from the Khashoggi family who are of Turkish origin).
Some Turkish Americans have also come to the US from areas where there is a modern Turkish diaspora; for example, Turhan Bey had a Turkish-Austrian background; Timothy Guy Kent has a Turkish Canadian background; Marie Tepe had a Turkish-French background; Ergun Caner has a Turkish-Swedish background; Kasim Edebali has a Turkish-German background; and Didem Erol has a Turkish Australian background.
Academia
Sibel Adalı, Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Leila Ahmed, Professor of Women's Studies in Religion at Harvard Divinity School Ali Akansu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT Murat Arcak, Professor of electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley Esra Akcan, Professor of Architecture at Cornell University Bilal Akin, Electrical engineer and faculty member of The University of Texas at Dallas. Mustafa Aksakal, professor of history at Georgetown University İlhan Aksay, Professor in Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton UniversityChemical Engineering – People – Ilhan A. Aksay Asuman Aksoy, Professor of Mathematics at Claremont McKenna College Serap Aksoy, Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at Yale University Ian F. Akyildiz, Chair Professor in Telecommunications Ilkay Altintas, Chief data science officer at the University of California H. Efsun Arda, Turkish developmental and systems biologist Ali Argon, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ilke Arslan, Microscopist and Director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and the Nanoscience and Technology division at Argonne National Laboratory Muzaffer Atac, Professor of Physics Sonya Atalay, professor of anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bülent Atalay, Professor of physics at the University of Mary Washington and the University of Virginia Esin Atıl, historian of Islamic art and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art Ozlem Ayduk, social psychologist at U.C. Berkeley Özalp Babaoğlu, Professor of computer science at University of Bologna Ivet Bahar, Professor of Computational Biology at University of Pittsburgh Mert Ozan Bahtiyar, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences A. Baha Balantekin, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin Asım Orhan Barut, Professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder Itzhak Bars, theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles Tamer Başar, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elif Batuman, academic and journalist Nihat Berker, scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California Koray Caliskan, is a Turkish economic sociologist and organizational designer Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Gunduz Caginalp, Professor of Mathematics at University of Pittsburgh Emir Caner, President of Truett McConnell University Ergun Caner, Professor of Theology and Church History Tuncer Cebeci (1934–2021), engineer and academic Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Aslı Çelikyılmaz, is an engineer Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Associate professor of the practice in statistics at Duke University Erhan Çınlar, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University Canan Dağdeviren, assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Melik Demirel, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University Utkan Demirci, Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine Arif Dirlik, Professor at the University of British Columbia Servet A. Duran, Professor of Materials Science at Washington State University Gül Dölen, neuroscientist Dilek Huseyinzadegan, associate professor of philosophy at Emory University Taner Edis, Professor of physics at the Truman State University Merve Emre, Associate professor of American literature at Oxford University Mustafa Emirbayer, Professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison Ali Erdemir, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University Fazıl Erdoğan, Professor and Dean of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University Funda Ergun, Professor of computer science at Indiana University Bloomington Ahmed Cemal Eringen, Professor of continuum mechanics at Princeton University Alev Erisir, Professor of Psychology and the department chair at the University of Virginia Elza Erkip, Professor and wireless technology researcher at New York University Cagla Eroglu, associate professor of cell biology and neurobiology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Eroglu is also a leader in the field of glial biology Okan Ersoy, Professor of electrical engineering and Director of Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory at Purdue University R. Cengiz Ertekin, professor of Marine Hydrodynamics Alper Erturk, Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology Ozlem Goker-Alpan, physician-scientist Erdağ Göknar, Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University Selda Gunsel, Vice President (VP) for Global Commercial Technology at Royal Dutch Shell Murat Günel, Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale University Faruk Gül, Professor of Economics, Princeton UniversityEconomics: Permanent Faculty Members Umut A. Gurkan, Mechanical and biomedical engineer. Feza Gürsey, mathematician and physicist Suha Gürsey, physicist and mathematician Halil Güven, Dean of San Diego State University – Georgia Tuba Özkan-Haller, earth scientist M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University Çiğdem Balım Harding, Senior lecturer at Indiana University Peter Harzem, Professor of Psychology at Auburn University Ali Hortaçsu, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Professor of Nutrition & Division of Biological Sciences at Harvard University Alp Ikizler, nephrologist, holder of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist Murat Iyigun, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Cemal Kafadar, Professor of Turkish Studies at Harvard University Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Professor of Healthcare Risk Management at the University of Minnesota Merve Kavakçı, George Washington University Professor and former Fazilet Party Parliamentarian Çetin Kaya Koç, cryptographic engineer, author, and academic C. Emre Koksal , professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State University Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, economist and the Schreiber Family Professor of Economics at Brown University Kemal Karpat, historian Dilhan M. Kalyon, chemical engineer Sündüz Keleş, statistician Pınar Keskinocak, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology Behram Kurşunoğlu, physicist Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies at Duke University Duygu Kuzum, professor at the University of California, San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering Yahya M. Madra, Associate Professor of Economics at Drew University Naci Mocan, Ourso Distinguished Chair of Economics at Louisiana State University Gülru Necipoğlu, Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the New School University (Turkish-Iraqi origin) Caglar Oskay, engineer and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University Necmiye Ozay, control theorist Banu Onaral, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University Dost Öngür, Turkish-American psychiatrist and researcher Özalp Özer, Professor of Management Science at the University of Texas at Dallas İbrahim Tarık Özbolat, scientist and academic at the Pennsylvania State University Aydogan Ozcan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles Fatma Özcan, computer scientist Ümit Özkan, chemical engineer Mihri Özkan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Riverside Meral Özsoyoglu, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University Asuman Özdağlar, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Furkan Özturk, Hande Özdinler Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, astronomer and astrophysicist at the University of Arizona Şevket Pamuk economics and he was the president of European Historical Economics Society Jacob L. Moreno, scientist Dani Rodrik, professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Sema Salur, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rochester Aziz Sancar, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Ezel Kural Shaw, historian and wife of Stanford J. Shaw Muzafer Sherif, Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University Eshref Shevky, Professor of Sociology at the University of California Oktay Sinanoğlu, youngest full Professor in Yale's 20th-century history Emin Gün Sirer, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University Nevzat Soguk, professor of political science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Halil Mete Soner, Professor of Financial Mathematics at ETH Zürich Tayfun Sönmez, Professor of Economics at Boston College Ayşegül Şahin, professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University Ayşe Şahin, chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University Damla Şentürk, Professor of biostatistics in the University of California Candan Tamerler, bioengineer and materials scientist Aysegul Timur, academic administrator who serves as the 5th president of Florida Gulf Coast University Serap Z. Tilav, US Antarctic Program field team member; the Tilav Cirque is named after her Mehmet Toner, Professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Professor of biomedical engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyHarvard Üniversitesi'nde Türk Profesör Sefaattin Tongay, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University Zeynep Tufekci, Associate professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Dilek Hakkani-Tür, professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Güneş Murat Tezcür professor of Political Science, is the Director of School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University