This is a list of Arab Americans. It includes prominent and notable Arab American individuals from various fields, such as business, science, entertainment, sports and fine arts.

Academia

Science Abdel-Moniem El-Ganayni, Egyptian, nuclear physicist, former senior scientist at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Adah al-Mutairi, Saudi, inventor and scholar in nanotechnology and nanomedicine Adam Hamawy, Egyptian, reconstructive surgeon and former United States Army combat surgeon Adel Mahmoud, Egyptian, former president of the Merck & Co. vaccine division and Princeton University professor; led development of HPV, rotavirus, and shingles vaccines Afaf Meleis, Egyptian, nurse-scientist and Dean Emerita of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania; developed "Transitions Theory" Ahmed I. Zayed, Egyptian, mathematician at DePaul University; works on mathematical analysis and signal processing Ahmed Zewail, Damanhour-born Egyptian scientist, known as the "father of femtochemistry", winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Albert Fathi, Egyptian, mathematician at the Georgia Institute of Technology specializing in dynamical systems; Sophie Germain Prize winner Ali S. Hadi, Egyptian, statistician and emeritus professor at Cornell University Anthony Atala, Peruvian-born Lebanese, Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Ayaad Assaad, Egyptian, microbiologist and toxicologist, formerly at USAMRIID Elias J. Corey, Lebanese, organic chemistry professor at Harvard University, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in ChemistryElias James Corey – Autobiography Eman Ghoneim, Minea-born Egyptian, space scientist in desert regions Essam Heggy, Libyan-born Egyptian, Planetary scientist Farouk El-Baz, Zagazig-born Egyptian, space scientist who worked with NASA to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon François M. Abboud, Egyptian, cardiologist and professor emeritus at the Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Frank Harary, Syrian, Mathematician who is widely recognized as one of the "fathers" of modern graph theory Hassan Aref, Egyptian, physicist and former Dean of Engineering at Virginia Tech; discovered chaotic advection Hassan Hathout, Egyptian, physician, professor of medicine, and writer on medical ethics and interfaith dialogue Huda Akil, Damascus-born Syrian, neuroscientist and medical researcher Huda Zoghbi, Beirut-born Lebanese, physician and medical researcher who discovered the genetic cause of the Rett syndrome Hunein Maassab, Damascus-born Syrian, professor of epidemiology and the inventor of the live attenuated influenza vaccine Irene Ghobrial, Egyptian, physician and professor at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School; multiple myeloma researcher Joanne Chory, Lebanese, plant biologist and geneticist Karam Soliman, Egyptian, pharmacologist and Distinguished Professor at Florida A&M University Kareem El-Badry, Egyptian, astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology; discovered Gaia BH1, the nearest known black hole Kareem Mohamed Abu-Elmagd, Egyptian, organ transplant surgeon at Case Western Reserve University; pioneer of intestinal transplantation Khaled J. Saleh, Egyptian, orthopaedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement surgery M. Amin Arnaout, Sidon-born Lebanese, nephrologist and biologist Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Egyptian, professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA; space plasma physics researcher Mahmoud ElSohly, Egyptian, pharmacologist at the University of Mississippi; director of the Marijuana Research Project Marty Makary, Egyptian, surgeon and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; bestselling author of The Price We Pay Mary Bishai, Egyptian, physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory; co-spokesperson of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Michael E. DeBakey, Lebanese, cardiovascular surgeon and researcher, "The Lebanese American University honored Michael E. DeBakey..." "His parents were Lebanese immigrants Raheehja DeBakey and Shaker Morris" 1963 Lasker Award laureate Michael Mina, Egyptian, epidemiologist and immunologist formerly at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; advocate of rapid antigen testing during the COVID-19 pandemic Michel Barsoum, Egyptian, materials scientist at Drexel University; known for MAX phases and MXenes Michel T. Halbouty, Lebanese, geologist and geophysicist; pioneer in oil field research Miriam Merad, French-born Algerian, immunologist Mohamed Noor, Egyptian, geneticist and professor of biology at Duke University Mona N. Fouad, Egyptian, physician and cancer disparity researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; member of the National Academy of Medicine Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian US National Medal of Science laureate; nanoscience researcher; known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule Mounir Laroussi, Sfax-born Tunisian, plasma physicist, pioneer of plasma medicine Mourad Ismail, Egyptian, mathematician at the University of Central Florida; expert in orthogonal polynomials and special functions Nagui Achamallah, Egyptian, psychiatrist and painter Nagwa El-Badri, Egyptian, immunologist and director of the Center of Excellence in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Noureddine Melikechi, Thénia-born, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physicist, member of the Mars Science Laboratory Omar M. Yaghi, Amman-born Jordanian, reticular chemistry pioneer; winner of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry Rania Awaad, Egyptian, psychiatrist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University; Muslim mental health Riad Barmada, Aleppo-born Syrian, served as the president of the Illinois Orthopedic Society Rushdi Said, Egyptian, geologist and author of The Geology of Egypt Sadek Hilal, Egyptian, Columbia University radiologist and pioneer in imaging science Said Ghabrial, Egyptian, professor of plant pathology at the University of Kentucky; authority on mycoviruses Samy El-Shall, Egyptian, endowed professor of chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University; nanostructured materials and catalysis Sarafina Nance, Egyptian, astrophysicist and science communicator at UC Berkeley Shadia Habbal, Homs-born Syrian, astronomer and physicist specialized in Space physics Shahinaz Gadalla, Egyptian, physician-scientist and cancer epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute Sherif Zaki, Egyptian, pathologist and longtime Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infectious-disease expert (Ebola, Zika, COVID-19) Tarek Omar Souryal, Egyptian, orthopedic surgeon, former team doctor for the Dallas Mavericks Wafaa El-Sadr, Egyptian, University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Columbia University; founder of ICAP; MacArthur Fellowship recipient Wafik El-Deiry, Egyptian, physician-scientist and director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University; discovered the p21 gene Yasmine Belkaid, Algiers-born Algerian, immunologist, professor and a senior investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Zakya Kafafi, Egyptian, research fellow at Lehigh University; first woman to direct the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research

Engineering/computer science Abbas El Gamal, Cairo-born Egyptian electrical engineer, educator and entrepreneur, the recipient of the 2012 Claude E. Shannon Award Ahmed Ghoniem, Egyptian, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT; directs the Center for Energy and Propulsion Research Ahmed Hassanein, Egyptian, Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University; expert in fusion materials and nanolithography Ahmed Sameh, Egyptian, computer scientist at Purdue University; pioneer in parallel numerical algorithms and high-performance computing Ahmed Tewfik, Cairo-born Egyptian electrical engineer, Professor and college administrator Ali H. Nayfeh, Tulkarm-born Palestinian, mechanical engineer, the 2014 recipient of Benjamin Franklin Medal in mechanical engineering Amr El Abbadi, Egyptian, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara; IEEE and ACM fellow Ayman El-Baz, Egyptian, bioengineer and chair of Bioengineering at the University of Louisville; medical imaging and computer-aided diagnosis Azer Bestavros, Egyptian, computer scientist and Associate Provost for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University Bahgat G. Sammakia, Egyptian, Vice President for Research at Binghamton University and former interim president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute Charbel Farhat, Lebanese-American, 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; Member of the National Academy of Engineering (US); Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); and Member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences Charles Elachi, Rayak-born Lebanese, professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech and the former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dina Katabi, Damascus-born Syrian, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the director of the MIT Wireless Center. Elias Zerhouni, Nedroma-born Algerian, former director of the National Institutes of Health Fadi Chehadé, Egyptian, technology executive, founder of RosettaNet and former CEO of ICANN Fawwaz T. Ulaby Damascus-born Syrian, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, former Vice President of Research for the University of Michigan; first Arab-American winner of the IEEE Edison Medal Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Egyptian, engineer known for thermal management and advanced packaging work at AMD, GE, Cisco, and Nortel Hany Farid, Egyptian Professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, pioneer in Digital forensics Hassan K. Khalil, Egyptian, electrical engineer and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University; nonlinear control Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, Nabatieh-born Lebanese, technology innovator. He received 43 patents. Heba Kadry, Egyptian, mastering engineer who has worked with Björk and Ryuichi Sakamoto Helmy Eltoukhy, Egyptian, electrical engineer and co-founder/CEO of Guardant Health; liquid biopsy pioneer Jerrier A. Haddad, Syrian, computer engineer who worked with IBM. John Makhoul, Deirmimas-born Lebanese, computer scientist who works in the field of speech and language processing. Kawthar Zaki, Egyptian, electrical engineer and professor emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park; microwave engineering Medhat Haroun, Egyptian, earthquake engineering expert and former Provost of the American University in Cairo Moeness Amin, Egyptian, professor at Villanova University; recipient of the IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal Mohamed Abdou, Egyptian, nuclear engineer and director of the Fusion Science and Technology Center Mohamed El-Genk, Egyptian, Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of New Mexico; space nuclear power expert Mohamed Fayad, Egyptian, software engineering professor known for software patterns and software stability Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Egyptian, professor of biomedical engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University; author of The MEMS Handbook Mohamed Hashish, Egyptian, mechanical engineer who invented the abrasive waterjet cutter Mohammad S. Obaidat, Irbid-born Jordanian, computer science/engineering academic and scholar Mona Diab, Egyptian, computer scientist and director of Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute; natural language processing Mona Zaghloul, Egyptian, professor of electrical and computer engineering at George Washington University; integrated circuits and MEMS Mootaz Elnozahy, Egyptian, computer scientist, former IBM researcher and Dean at KAUST Mostafa Ammar, Egyptian, Regents' Professor of Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology; ACM and IEEE Fellow