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List of Iraqi Americans

This is a list of notable Iraqi Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Academia/science

Ali Al-Sharah, computer scientist studying computer science in Washington State.
Elias Alsabti, plagiarist medical researcher and Pennsylvania medical licensed
Sinan Antoon, academic, writer, filmmaker
Hind Rassam Culhane, professor
Rafil A. Dhafir, physician
Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician, professor, Flint Water Crisis whistleblower and public health advocate
Khidir Hamza, scientist and fraudulent
Emanuel Kamber, physics professor at Western Michigan University
Abraham Karem, designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft, regarded as the founding father of drone technology
Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program
Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist
Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi professor at the University of Pittsburgh
Nada Shabout, art historian and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas
Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
Saadi Simawe, translator, novelist and teacher
Donny George Youkhanna, archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York

Activists

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, human rights activist and social entrepreneur
Amir Ashour, LGBT Rights activist

Actors

David Chokachi, actor of Turkmen and Finnish descent
Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in Voices of Iraq and The Kingdom
Nicholas Kadi, actor
Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on Saturday Night Live; paternal grandfather was of Iraqi Jewish descent
Jemima Kirke, artist, actress and director
Lola Kirke, actress and singer-songwriter
Michael Nouri, actor; father is from Iraq
Vincent Oshana, Assyrian-Iraqi actor
Heather Raffo, award-winning playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire
Basam Ridha, actor
Alia Shawkat, actress known as Maeby Fünke on Arrested Development, father is from Iraq

Architecture

Hisham N. Ashkouri, architect

Artists

M. J. Alhabeeb, calligrapher
Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
Halla Ayla, artist
Zigi Ben-Haim, painter and sculptor
Wafaa Bilal, artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Hayv Kahraman, artist/painter
Toba Khedoori, artist

Business

Efrem Harkham, hotelier and philanthropist
David Hindawi, software entrepreneur, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Tanium
Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty
Shakir al Khafaji, businessman
Moishe Mana, businessman and real estate developer
Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur
Alina Habba, Donald Trump's personal attorney

Comedians

Brian Awadis, also known as FaZe Rug
Remy Munasifi, also known as GoRemy

Directors

Usama Alshaibi, filmmaker
Carole Basri, filmmaker
Ali Hossaini, filmmaker, philosopher and pacifist
Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award-winning film director and journalist

Military

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, soldier
Ahmed K. Altaie, Specialist in the United States Army, killed in Iraq

Models

Amy Fadhli, fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996

Musicians

Hanan Alattar, soprano opera singer
Rahim AlHaj, musician and composer
Ahmed El Faleh, singer who participated in Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol
Amir ElSaffar, musician and younger brother of Dena
Sargon Gabriel, Chaldean singer
Linda George, Chaldean singer
Juliana Jendo, Chaldean singer
Chemda Khalili, singer-songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
Stephan Said, musician, writer and political activist
Ashur Bet Sargis, Chaldean singer
Janan Sawa, Chaldean musician
TIMZ, rapper

Politics

Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States
Ayham al-Samarie, politician
Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman
Wadie Deddeh, Chaldean, Assemblyman and California State Senator
Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman
John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator
Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

Sports

Alex Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
Lou Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
Najah Ali, boxer
Steven Beitashour, Assyrian who played in Major League Soccer
Falah Hassan, footballer
Justin Meram, Chaldean U.S. based soccer player
Michael Shabaz, Assyrian American tennis player

Writers and journalists

Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek
Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government
Alise Alousi, poet
Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator
Leila Barclay, American journalist and storyteller
Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
Sargon Boulus, Assyrian-Iraqi
Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, journalist
Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
Dunya Mikhail, poet
Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker
Greg Patent, author (born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother)
Daniel Pearl, journalist (kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan)
Ayad Rahim, journalist
Mahmoud Saeed, Iraqi novelist
Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
Cindy Sargon, Assyrian-Iraqi TV chef
Anita Sarkeesian, Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaker. Her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s
Rachel Wahba, writer
Thura Al Windawi, author
Obelit Yadgar, Assyrian-Iraqi-Radio Glendale, Wisconsin

Other

Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbala Islamic Education Center
Noor Almaleki, honor killing victim
Hassan Al-Qazwini, religious leader
Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the United States armed forces rescue Jessica Lynch from Iraq
Aban Elias, civil engineer (held hostage and has not been heard from)
Samir Gegea, Iraqi interpreter who captured Saddam Hussein
Jumana Hanna, involved in war propaganda
Farris Hassan
Steven Menashi, lawyer who serves as a US judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
Robert Mizrachi, professional poker player and older brother of Michael Mizrachi
Mohammad Munaf, terrorist
Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, burglar, and brother of Robert
Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets in January 2008
Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspected terrorist