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This is a list of prominent Arab Americans:

Richard Caleal created the "revolutionary" 1949 Ford car design.
Dr. Elias Corey The 1990 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Farouk El-Baz
Samih Farsoun
Edward Said
Wafa Sultan, professor of psychology and critic of Islam
Elias Zerhouni Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., leads the nation’s medical research agency and oversees the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s 27 Institutes and Centers with more than 17,000 employees and a fiscal year 2004 budget of $28 billion.
Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (CIT), and the 1999 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Roger Farah president and chief operating officer of Polo Ralph Lauren.
Samir G. Gibara chairman of the board of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
J.M. Haggar, started Haggar Clothing Co. in 1926
Najeeb Halaby former head of the Federal Aviation Administration, was CEO of Pan-American Airlines.
Steve Jobs head of Apple, had a Syrian father
Sam Maloof
Maloof family, majority owners of the Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Sam Moore The founder and president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest world-wide distributor of the Bible.
Jacques Nasser former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company.
Paul Orfalea founder of Kinko's photocopy stores
Elie Samaha chairman and owner of Franchise Pictures.

Paula Abdul (Syrian-Jewish father)
Moustapha Akkad
Paul Anka
Michael Ansara Actor
Dick Dale (half Lebanese)
Shannon Elizabeth (Syrian/Lebanese father)
Emilio Estefan (Lebanese-Cuban)
Jamie Farr, actor aka "Mudhens" fan Sergeant Maxwell Klinger of Toledo, Ohio
Tammy Haddad the creator of "Larry King Live," is Executive Producer of "Buchanan & Press."
Ray Hanania
Selma Hayek, actress (Lebanese father)
Dan Hedaya, Syrian Jewish
Casey Kasem, radio personality and voice actor
Herbert Khaury, aka Tiny Tim (Lebanese father)
Wendie Malick (Egyptian father)
Kathy Najimy, actress of Lebanese descent
George Noory
Michael Nouri
Naomi Shihab Nye, half Palestinian
Dean Obeidallah
Diane Rehm
James Stacy
Tony Shalhoub
Tom Shadyac
Vic Tayback, Actor, Syrian
Danny Thomas Actor, Lebanese
Marlo Thomas, half Lebanese
Tony Thomas, half Lebanese
Amy Yasbeck, half Lebanese
David Yazbek, half Arab
Frank Zappa (part Lebanese father)

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 *[[Dick Dale]] (half Lebanese)
 *[[Shannon Elizabeth]] (Syrian/Lebanese father)
+*[[Emilio Estefan]] (Lebanese-Cuban)
 *[[Jamie Farr]], actor aka "Mudhens" fan [[Sergeant]] [[Maxwell Klinger]] of [[Toledo, Ohio]]
 *[[Tammy Haddad]] the creator of "Larry King Live," is Executive Producer of "Buchanan & Press."