Business
- Muzzammil Hassan - Founder of Bridges TV, a Muslim television network, currently facing charges of killing his wife.[1]
- Abdul Malik Mujahid - President of Sound Vision and community activist[2]
Crime
- Hasan Akbar - convicted of premeditated murder in grenade attack on fellow soldiers.[3]
- Hesham Mohamed Hadayet - Egyptian-American who killed 2 people at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport[4]
- Mir Aimal Kansi - Pakistani-American convicted and executed for the shootings at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters.[5]
- John Walker Lindh - American Taliban[6]
- John Allen Muhammad - executed beltway sniper.[7]
- José Padilla - convicted of aiding terrorists and litigant before the United States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla[8][9]
Entertainment
Comedy
- Dave Chappelle - Comedian (converted in 1998)[10]
- Maz Jobrani - comedian, actor[11]
- Azhar Usman - Standup comedian (known as "America's Funniest Muslim")[12][13]
Film
- Lewis Arquette - film actor, writer, and producer[14][15]
- Nabil Abou-Harb - filmmaker, Writer/Director of "Arab in America".[16]
- Shohreh Aghdashloo - Academy Award-nominated Iranian-born actress[17]
- Moustapha Akkad - film director, producer[18]
Music
- B.G. Knocc Out - rapper from Compton, CA, (converted to Islam in 1999)[19]
- Art Blakey - American jazz drummer and bandleader[20]
- Brother Ali - rapper[21]
- DJ Khaled - Rap artist and DJ[22]
- Lupe Fiasco - Rapper[23]
- Freeway - Rapper[24]
- Jermaine Jackson - singer, bass guitarist[25][26]
- Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist[27]
- Yusef Lateef - Jazz musician and Grammy Award winner[28]
- MC Ren - rapper[29]
- Mos Def-rapper[30]
- Napoleon - Former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group the Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker[31]
- Native Deen - Artist rap group[32]
- Q-Tip - rapper[33]
- Busta Rhymes - hip-hop Artist and rapper[34]
- Beanie Sigel - Rapper[35]
- T-Pain - singer, rapper[36]
Military
- Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan - United States Army Soldier killed in Iraq[37]
Politics and activism
- Farah Pandith is the Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States Department of State. She is the official advisor to President Obama on Muslim matters.
- Nihad Awad - National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations[38]
- Robert D. Crane - Former foreign policy advisor and an author[39]
- C. Jack Ellis - Former mayor of Macon, Georgia[40]
- Keith Ellison - First Muslim congressman from Minnesota[41]
- André Carson - Congressman from Indiana[42]
- Ibrahim Hooper - National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)[43]
- Zalmay Khalilzad - Former US Ambassador to the United Nations as well as former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan[44]
- Malcolm X (also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) - Civil rights activist, public speaker and Black Muslim minister[45]. Joined the Nation of Islam in 1952, converted to Sunni Islam in 1964.
- James Yee - Former U.S. Army chaplain with the rank of Captain[46]
- Elias Zerhouni - Director, National Institutes of Health[47]
Religion
- Warith Deen Mohammed - Former leader of the largest Muslim organization, the American Society of Muslims (son of Nation of Islam leader)[48][49][50]
- Yusuf Estes - Muslim scholar[51]
- Sherman Jackson - Muslim scholar[52]
- Sadullah Khan - Muslim scholar[53]
- Ingrid Mattson - Muslim scholar[54]
- Hassan Al-Qazwini - Muslim scholar[55]
- Louay M. Safi - Muslim scholar[56]
- Zaid Shakir - Muslim scholar[57]
- Siraj Wahhaj - Muslim scholar[58]
- Hamza Yusuf - Muslim scholar[59]
Science
- Ayub K. Ommaya - neurosurgeon, inventor of the Ommaya reservoir[60]
- Fazlur Khan - structural engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)[61]
Sports
Boxing
- Muhammad Ali - Became a member of the Nation of Islam in 1964,[62] then converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.[63][64]
- Laila Ali - Daughter of Muhammad Ali, Former 2 time Female Super Middleweight Champion.[65]
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad - Former Light Heavyweight Champion
- Bernard Hopkins - Former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight world champion[66]
- Hasim Rahman - Former Heavyweight champion[67]
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion.[68]
- Mike Tyson - Was the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in 1987; converted in 1994 (influenced from preacher in prison)[69]
- Matthew Saad Muhammad - Former Light Heavyweight Champion[70].
NBA
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Converted to Islam from Catholicism in 1971.[71][72]
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad - Former French player, and formerly name was Olivier Saint-Jean (converted in 1997)[73]
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - Former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)[74]
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim - Retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001-02 season[75]
- Larry Johnson - Retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks[76]
- Nazr Mohammed - Player for the Charlotte Bobcats[77]
- Mehmet Okur - Turkish player of the Utah Jazz[78]
- Shaquille O'Neal - Player for the Phoenix Suns, also a rapper and actor[79]
- Hakeem Olajuwon[80]
- Rasheed Wallace of the Boston Celtics[81][82]
- Hassan Adams - Player for the KK Vojvodina[83]
NFL
- Ryan Harris[84]
- Hamza Abdullah - Safety player for the Cleveland Browns[85][86]
- Husain Abdullah - Safety player for the Minnesota Vikings[87]
- Az-Zahir Hakim - Wide receiver player formerly for the St. Louis Rams[88]
- Ahmad Rashād - Former player for Minnesota Vikings, award winning sports-caster (converted in 1972)[89][90]
- Ephraim Salaam - Offensive tackle player for the Detroit Lions[91]
- Usama Young - Free safety player for the New Orleans Saints[92]
Wrestling
- Khosrow Daivari - Iranian American, former wrestler at the WWE[93]
- Khosrow Vaziri (The Iron Sheik)[94]
Writing
- Yahiya Emerick - Author[95]
- Stephen Schwartz - journalist[96]
- Michael Wolfe - journalist[97]
- Fareed Zakaria - head of Newsweek International[98]
- Ayman Mohyeldin - Al-Jazeera English journalist[99]
- Jerald F. Dirks - former Methodist minister and author[100]
Other
- Edina Lekovic - Communications Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council[101]
- Iman - Supermodel and wife of David Bowie[102]
- Rima Fakih - Miss USA 2010
Footnotes
- ^ CNN
- ^ Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)[dead link]
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See also
- Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic
- List of converts to Islam
- List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
- Lists of Muslims
- List of African American Muslims
- Lists of people by belief
- List of Western Muslims
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