This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 207.45.240.31 (talk) at 10:41, 31 August 2007 (→Religious Leaders). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 10:41, 31 August 2007 by 207.45.240.31 (talk) (→Religious Leaders)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Part of a series on |
| Islam |
|---|
 |
| Beliefs |
| Practices |
| History |
| Culture and society |
| Related topics |
This page is an incomplete list of notable people from North America who are Muslims.
Government/politics
- Zalmay Khalilzad - Current US Ambassador to Iraq. Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan
- Malcolm X - Human rights leader, Black nationalist
- Keith Ellison - U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
- Elias Zerhouni - Director, National Institutes of Health
- Mohamed Khairullah - current Mayor of Prospect Park, NJ
- Ibrahim Hooper - National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- James Yee - former US Army chaplain with the rank of Captain
- Dr. Robert D. Crane - former foreign policy advisor, author
- Nihad Awad - National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Religious Leaders
- The Most Honoralbe Elijah Karriem Muhammad - Nation of Islam
- Minister Louis Abdul Farrakhan - Nation of Islam
- Jamal Badawi - Muslim scholar
- Louay M. Safi - Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Estes - Muslim scholar
- Sherman Jackson - Muslim scholar
- Ingrid Mattson - Muslim scholar
- Warith Deen Muhammad - Muslim scholar
- Zaid Shakir - Muslim scholar
- Sadullah Khan - Muslim scholar
- Siraj Wahaj - Muslim scholar
- Hamza Yusuf - Muslim scholar
- Rashad Khalifa - Muslim scholar who founded United Submitters International
- H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah al-Amin)
- Omar Ibn Said - scholar
- Alexander Russell Webb - scholar, journalist, da'ee
- Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar) - scholar
- Dr. Jerald F. Dirks - scholar, author, former minister
- Mohammed Mroueh - scholar, author, Michigan Affairs
- Imam Hasan Qazwini - Religious leader of biggest Mosque, Islamic Center of America
- Minister Silis Muhammad - Lost-found Nation of Islam
Journalists/Authors
- Yahiya Emerick - author
- Jeffrey Lang - author, professor
- Umar Lee - author
- Stephen Schwartz - journalist
- Michael Wolfe - journalist
- Fareed Zakaria - head of Newsweek International
- Haroon Siddiqui - Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor of the Toronto Star
- Erik Winkel - author, scholar
- L. Ali Khan - author, legal scholar, professor of law
- Hassan Naveed - KCSB 91.9 FM Associate News and Public Affairs Director and columnist on homosexual scandals in the Islamic World.
- Anab Whitehouse Author, educator, counselor, and founder of Bilquees Press
- Sheila Musaji - Founding editor of The American Muslim
Business
 | This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of American Muslims" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2006) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
- Kenan Sahin - software engineer, wealthiest American Muslim
- Haitham Alfuqahaa - CEO LUNA Industries
- Jaf Siddiqi - Successful Cheshire businessman and former partner of English personality Cat Deeley
- Mansoor Ijaz - Investment management
- Safi Qureshey - Cofounder and former CEO of AST Research
- Farooq Kathwari - CEO and President of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
- Abdul Malik Mujahid - President of Sound Vision and community activist
Science
- Fazlur Khan - structural engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)
- Ahmed H. Zewail - chemist and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Dr. Mehmet Oz
- Dr. Syed Hashmat Anwar
- Syed Khaja Madani
Entertainment
- Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952 - ) Academy Award-nominated Iranian-born actress
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Canadian singer-songwriter, poet
- Lewis Arquette - film actor, writer and producer
- Art Blakey - American jazz drummer and bandleader
- Dave Chappelle - comedian
- Ice Cube - actor/rapper
- MC Ren - rapper
- Gentleman Jack - aka Steve Dunseith, Atlanta's most famous Man About Town
- Mustafa Akkad - film director, producer
- Everlast - singer-songwriter
- Lupe Fiasco - Rapper
- Freeway - Rapper
- Yasmeen Ghauri - supermodel
- Jermaine Jackson - singer, bass guitarist
- DJ Khaled - rap DJ
- Akon - Rapper
- T-Pain - It is unknown if he is practicing or non-practicing muslims
- Rakim - rapper
- E.D.I. Mean - rapper Outlawz
- Wesley Snipes - actor; became Muslim in college then abandoned the faith three years after graduation
- Jawad Jafry - director and creator of Adam's World
- Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist
- Talib Kweli - rapper
- Mos Def - rapper, actor
- Tupac Amaru Shakur - rapper, actor
- Bizzy Bone - rapper
- Flesh-N-Bone - rapper
- Q-Tip - rapper
- The RZA - rapper, hip-hop producer
- Idris Muhammad - Jazz drummer
- Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale (Napoleon) - rapper
- Azhar Usman - standup comedian
- Beanie Sigel - rapper
- Khalil Kain - actor
- Yafeu Fula (Yaki Kadafi) - rapper
- Iman - supermodel
- Brother Ali - rapper
- Jaleel White - actor
- One Be Lo - rapper
Sports
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - basketball player
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim - basketball player
- Muhammad Ali - boxer
- Laila Ali - boxer, daughter of Muhammad Ali
- Hakeem Olajuwon - basketball player
- Hasim Rahman - boxer
- Ahmad Rashad - football player, sports broadcaster
- Hedo Turkoglu - basketball
- Bernard Hopkins - boxer
- Larry Johnson - basketball player
- Khosrow Vaziri (The Iron Sheik) - wrestler
- Farooq Asad - wrestler
- Mehmet Okur - basketball
- Khosrow Daivari - wrestler
- Rasheed Wallace - basketball (disputed)
- Freddie Kanoute - soccer
- Mike Tyson - boxer
- Nazr Mohammed - basketball player (disputed)
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad - basketball player
- Az-Zahir Hakim - football player
- Marat Safin- professional tennis player.
- Syed Tausif Madani - multi talented athlete
- Gibran Hamdan - football player
- Bush Hamdan - football player
- Sharif Gewaily-Professional Athlete
Footnotes
- http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm
- http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=gTlc0C
- http://welcome-back.org/profile/dirks1.shtml
- http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/biographies/winkel_eric_abu_munir/
- http://www.ciogc.org/shuraDetailP1.html?profileId=21
- http://www.fazlurrkhan.com/
- Stanley, John (2006-11-26). "'Nativity' Revisited". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - http://www.wharnsby.com/
- http://www.soundvision.com/Info/adam/jawad.asp
Marat Safin
See also
- List of people by belief
- List of Muslims
- List of Western Muslims
- List of converts to Islam
- List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
- List of Islamic terms in Arabic