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 Artists Etel Adnan – painter, poet Margot Douaihy – writer Chawky Frenn – painter and art professor Kahlil Gibran – aka Kahlil G. Gibran, artist, sculptor Nabil Kanso – painter Sam Maloof – woodworker|owned an orchard in Douma, Lebanonsaw Juman Malouf – costume designer, artist, illustrator, writer, and the romantic partner of film director Wes Anderson.
Beauty pageant contestants Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010
Entertainment personalities Adrienne Maloof - businesswoman and television personality of Lebanese and Irish descent. 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) Anissa Jones – child actor (mother was of Lebanese descent) Antonio Cipriano – actor and singer of Lebanese and Italian descent AustinShow – Twitch streamer and YouTuber Brittany Snow - Teen Choice Award-nominated actress of paternal Lebanese descent known for her roles in Prom Night, Hairspray, and the Pitch Perfect film series Callie Khouri – Oscar-winning screenwriter Casey Kasem – radio personality, American Top 40 franchise; voiceover actor (cartoon series Scooby-Doo, Transformers)TY: Casey Kasem born as Kamal Amin Kasem Catherine Keener – actress, mother of Lebanese descentBeing Catherine Keener from Entertainment Weekly, date 14 April 2006 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; film 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 and Dynasty Mika Abdalla – actress 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)Drawn From Life 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) Tony Shalhoub – actor (Monk)^ Tony Shalhoub at the Internet Movie Database Tony Thomas – producer (father was of Lebanese descent) Vince Vaughn – actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent) 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 Joseph Abboud – fashion designer Reem Acra – fashion designer Norma Kamali – fashion designer Elie Saab – fashioner designer
Musicians Andrew Bazzi – pop musician Andy Kim – pop rock singer and songwriter Dick Dale – rock guitarist and surf music pioneer Emilio Estefan – Cuban-American musician and producer; husband of Gloria Estefan 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 Sacha Boutros – international peace singer, cultural ambassador, composer and producer Nadia Azzi – pianist Paul Anka – singer-songwriter (both parents of Lebanese descent) Sammy Hagar – singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Jabara – composer 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 singerSoraya Survivor from Cuerpo Magazine 2005 Tiffany – singer Tino Coury – singer-songwriter and producer Tiny Tim – folk singer Tyler Joseph – lead singer of Twenty One Pilots
Legal professionals Tom Ajamie - civil litigation attorney Eva M. Mack – attorney who worked on the California civil rights case Davis v. Carter Jeanine Pirro – former district attorney of Westchester County, New York
Business Alec Gores – entrepreneur Caroline Ghosn – entrepreneur Charles Elachi – director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory Clifford Antone – founder of Antone's blues club in Austin, Texas Debra Cafaro – CEO of Ventas Inc., a healthcare real estate investment trust Fares D. Noujaim – business executive Frédéric Fekkai – French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair productsProminent Lebanese Americans George Joseph – founder of Mercury Insurance Group George J. Maloof Jr. – businessman and owner of the Sacramento Monarchs, Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas George J. Maloof Sr. – businessman and former owner of the Houston Rockets Jacques Nasser – former CEO of Ford Motor Company Jean Succar Kuri – businessman Joe Jamail – attorney and businessman Joe Robbie – attorney and original owner of the Miami Dolphins John J. Mack – former CEO of investment bank Morgan Stanley (2005–2009) Joseph J. Jacobs – former chairman and founder of the Jacobs Engineering Group Madeleine A. Pickens – business executive Magid Abraham – market research expert and businessman Manuel Moroun – businessman and the owner of the Ambassador Bridge Marc Lemonis – businessman and TV personality Michael Boulos – business executive and partner of Tiffany Trump Moose Scheib – founder and CEO of LoanMod.com Paul Orfalea – founder of Kinko's Richard Rainwater (1944–2015) – investor and philanthropist Richard Rashid – founder of Microsoft Research Robert Khuzami – former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thomas J. Barrack Jr. – businessman and founder of Colony Capital Tony Fadell – product development manager at Apple Inc. Tony Tamer – founder and co-CEO of H.I.G. Capital Ziad Makkawi - investor and entrepreneur
Education and academics 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; 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. Gabriel Hawawini – emeritus professor of finance and former holder of the Henry Grunfeld Chair in Investment Banking at INSEAD Rabab Atwi Nasr, Ph.D- Professor of Education, Irvine, California
History Akram Fouad Khater – professor, author, expert on Lebanese-American studies Philip Khuri Hitti – historian of Arab culture and history
Journalism Anthony Shadid – foreign correspondent for The New York Times and earlier The Boston Globe Brian Karem – journalist and White House correspondent Helen Thomas – journalist who covered every U.S. president from 1961 to 2010 Jad Abumrad – radio host, composer, and producer, founder and co-host of the syndicated public radio program Radiolab Jim Avila – senior correspondent for ABC News Leila Fadel – journalist for National Public Radio Lucie Salhany – first woman to head a broadcast television network in 1993 in the position as Chairman of Fox Broadcasting Company Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN Paula Faris – journalist (father was of Lebanese descent) Raghida Dergham – columnist and senior diplomatic correspondent for the London-based Al Hayat Sara Ganim – CNN journalist (father is of Lebanese descent) Serena Shim – journalist Tamsen Fadal – television journalist Walid Phares – security and anti-terrorism expert Naoum Mokarzel - media mogul who founded the Al-Hoda Newspaper
Medicine Amin J. Barakat – physician, known for the diagnosis of Barakat syndrome Charles Sophy – psychiatrist Daniel Amen – psychiatrist and author George Hatem – "Ma Haide," a founder of the public health system in China M. Amin Arnaout – nephrologist and physician-scientist Michael DeBakey – heart surgeon, medical innovator Larry Nassar – osteopathic physician, serial child molester Paul Nassif – facial plastic surgeon, co-star on the television series Botched
Military Alfred Naifeh – U.S. Navy lieutenant posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in WWII and namesake of a U.S. Navy ship, USS Naifeh (DE-352) Ernest "Iron Mike" Massad – U.S. Army major general George Joulwan – retired U.S. Army general James Jabara – first American jet ace John Abizaid – retired general in the United States Army Michael A. Monsoor – U.S. Navy SEAL awarded Medal of Honor after being killed during the Iraq War
Politics Activists Jahaira DeAlto – domestic violence victims and LGBT community activist and advocate Brigitte Gabriel – founder of non-profit political organizations American Congress For Truth and ACT! for America; author; formerly journalist in Israel working for World News Candy Lightner – activist and founder of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers