List of American Muslims

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

Zalmay Khalilzad with former President of the United States, George W. Bush, at the White House.

• 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 in 1978

• 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

Rasheed Wallace

• 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

Fareed Zakaria, head of Newsweek International.

• 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

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51. ^ Yusuf Estes, Former Christian Minister
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84. ^ Cleveland Browns
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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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