List of Iraqi Americans

Academia/Science

Nawras Alzubaidy, academic actor, director, and writer, born in Kut, Iraq in 1978. He studied at California State University, Northridge, majoring in Cinema and Television Art-Film Directing.

Ayad Al-Qazzaz, professor of sociology. California State University, Sacramento

Elias Alsabti, medical researcher and writer

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

Dr. Amid I. Ismail, dean and Professor at the Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry since October 2008.

Emanuel Kamber, Ph. D. is an Assyrian Physics professor at Western Michigan University

Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program

Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi University 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, Iraqi Assyrian archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York, internationally known as "the man who saved the Iraqi National Museum."

Activists

Dahlia Wasfi, activist

Actors

Nawras Alzubaidy, actor, director, and writer, born in Kut, Iraq in 1978. He studied at California State University, Northridge, majoring in Cinema and Television Art-Film Directing.

David Chokachi, actor of Turkish and Finnish descent

Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in Voices of Iraq and The Kingdom

Nicholas Kadi, actor

Sarab Kamoo, actress known for her role in Super Sucker

Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on Saturday Night Live; paternal grandfather was of Iraqi Jewish descent

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

Zina Zaflow, actress

Architecture

Hisham N. Ashkouri, architect

Artists

M. J. Alhabeeb, calligrapher

Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist

Halla Ayla, artist

Wafaa Bilal, artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Hayv Kahraman, artist/painter

Toba Khedoori, artist

Business

Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty

Shakir al Khafaji, businessman

Mukhlis Mukhlis, businessman

Comedians

Remy Munasifi, also known as GoRemy

Directors

Nawras Alzubaidy filmmaker

Usama Alshaibi, filmmaker

Carole Basri, filmmaker

Ali Hossaini, filmmaker, philosopher and pacifist

Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award winning film director and journalist

Alfred Rasho is an Iraqi Assyrian documentary filmmaker.

Military

Ahmed K. Altaie, Specialist in the United States Army, killed in Iraq.

Ramsey Tossa linguist 308 Civil affair Baghdad 2003 / Super Intendant ECCI Hammam Al alil 2005

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

Everlast, singer, song-writer

Sargon Gabriel, Assyrian singer

Linda George, Assyrian singer

Juliana Jendo, Assyrian singer

Chemda Khalili, singer/songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast

Ashur Bet Sargis, Assyrian singer

Janan Sawa, Assyrian musician

Stephan Said, musician, writer and political activist

TIMZ, Assyrian rapper

Politics

Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States

Mukhlis Mukhlis, politician, political activist, and a businessman.

Ayham al-Samarie, politician

Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman

Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman

John S. Lazar, Assyrian-Iraqi, Turlock, California mayor

John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator

Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

Omar Sulaiman Obaid Alkubaisi politician ,author,Professor in Political Science /Middle East Studies, and Activist

Sports

Ninos Abraham, Assyrian-American, USA based Middleweight

Alex Agase, Assyrian-American, Top level American Football (Gridiron) player

Lou Agase, Assyrian-American, Top level American Football (Gridiron) player

Najah Ali, boxer

Steven Beitashour, Assyrian currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.

Sami Boudakh, Assyrian USA based Soccer player

Falah Hassan, footballer

Joseph Ashur Lazarus, Assyrian-American Boxer, USA based Bantamweight, boxed in 1924 Olympics

Justin Meram, Assyrian USA based Soccer player

Sammy Merza, Assyrian-American Boxer, USA based Middleweight

Michael Shabaz, Assyrian American Tennis player

Eddie Younan, Assyrian American Boxer

Tom Younan

Writers and journalists

Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government

Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek

Alise Alousi, Iraqi-American 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

Paul Caldani, Assyrian-Iraqi-Radio Iran 670 Am KIRN Los Angeles, California

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, an Iraqi novelist was born in Mosul in 1939. Wrote more than twenty novels and story collections, and hundreds of articles. He started writing short stories at an early age.

Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International

Cindy Sargon, Assyrian-Iraqi TV Chef

Rachel Wahba, writer

Thura Al Windawi, author

Obelit Yadgar, Assyrian-Iraqi- Radio Glendale, Wisconsin

Other

Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center

Hassan Al-Qazwini, religious leader

Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the United States armed forces rescue Jessica Lynch from Iraq

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, soldier

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

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 octuplets in January 2008

Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspected American terrorist