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List of Iranian Americans
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This is a list of famous Iranian-Americans.
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- Siavash Alamouti, CTO Broad Band and INTEL fellow, inventor of Alamouti Code, code-communication engineer
- Nima Arkani-Hamed, physicist from Harvard
- Mina Bissell, scientist and biologist, LBL.[15]
- Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University in New York.
- Nader Engheta, Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Ali Javan, physicist, inventor of gas laser, Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT.
- Mehran Kardar, physicist, MIT. [16]
- Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Founding Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland. [17]
- Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies Program, Stanford University.
- Parviz Moin, Director and Senior Scientist, Stanford University. [18]
- Roxana Moslehi, DCEG post-doctoral fellow at National Cancer Institute [19], adjunct assistant professor at George Washington University.
- Hamid Mowlana, Director of the Division of International Communication at American University in Washington D.C., and former President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. [20]
- Hamid Omidvar, Montgomery County Government Chief of Planning & Design, Architect, AIA
- Firouz Naderi, NASA director of Mars project.
- Alimorad Farshchian MD, Physician[1]Michael Jackson's physician[2]
- Majid M. Naini, computer scientist, former Professor at University of Pennsylvania, Rumi expert. [21]
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, philosopher, George Washington University.
- Ali Nayeri, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University.
- Sepandar Kamvar, computer scientist, Stanford University.
- Camran Nezhat, Director, Stanford Endoscopy Center for Training & Technology.
- Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Craig Fellow/Professor & Editor of Global Finance Journal California State University, Fresno. Executive Director, Global Finance Association. [22] [23]
- Hechmat Tabechian, Executive Director of Rochester Academy of Medicine University of Rochester. [24]
- Vahid Tarokh, Leading communication theorist Harvard University. [25]
- Cumrun Vafa, String theorist in Harvard
- Ehsan Yarshater, Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Director of Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University [26], Founder and Editor of grand project Encyclopaedia Iranica. [27]
- Omid Abtahi, actor
- Shohreh Aghdashloo Academy Award-nominated film/television actress[3]
- Dan Ahdoot, stand-up comedian[4]
- Jonathan Ahdout, actor[5][6]
- Cameron Alborzian, model (Iranian father, English mother)
- Reza Badiyi, tv director
- Catherine Bell, actress[7]
- Leila Bela, Avant-garde musician, actress, writer and former member of Pigface
- Nadia Bjorlin, TV/soap opera actress[8]
- Cyrus Kar, film director[9]
- Andre Khabbazi - actor, semi-professional tennis player[10]
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, actress, author, director, and documentary filmmaker
- Leyla Milani, model "Deal or No Deal"
- Hamid Moslehi, Michael Jackson's former main videographer/photographer [28].
- Amin Nazemzadeh, actor
- Cyrus Nowrasteh, screenwriter and director
- Bijan Pakzad, noted fashion and fragrance designer
- Adrian Pasdar, actor
- Sarah Shahi, model and actress[11]
- Bahar Soomekh, actress[12]
- Tami Stronach, dancer, choreographer, actress
- Bob Yari, Academy Award winner film producer
- Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist, leading telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
- Mike Ebrahimi, President/Co-CEO of Idea Labz, Inc. [29]; President/CFO of Vegas Music Conference, Inc. [30]; Co-Founder/CEO of Baldwin Enterprises, LLC.
- Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T's Chief Technology Officer and the President of Bell Labs. [31]
- Vartan Gregorian, President of The Carnegie Corporation of New York.[32]
- Omid Kordestani, Senior Vice President of Google
- Manny Mashouf, Founder and Chairman of bebe stores
- Behzad Moslehi, Founder/CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors, IFOS® (Intelligent Fiber Optic System) * * [33].
- Mehrdad Nikoonahad, Founder & CEO, Nikoo Technology, Inc.
- Pierre Omidyar, Founder of e-Bay. [34]
- Sina Tamaddon, Senior Vice President of Applications for Apple Computer. [35]
- Reza Aslan, writer
- Mahnaz Badihian, poet
- Firoozeh Dumas, writer of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
- Roya Hakakian, writer
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, author of The Crimson Field
- Azar Nafisi, writer
- Majid M. Naini, writer, speaker
- Vali Nasr, writer, speaker
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief international correspondent
- Davar Ardalan, NPR producer of Morning Edition
- Rudi Bakhtiar, FOX news anchor, former CNN lead anchor
- Alireza Jafarzadeh, FOX News Channel Foreign Affairs Analyst
- Arash Markazi, journalist, Sports Illustrated
- Azadeh Moaveni, journalist, Time Magazine
- Asieh Namdar, CNN news anchor
- Bobby Kent, murder victim portrayed in the movie Bully (film).
- Lily Afshar, female classical guitarist
- Pouyan Afkary, synthesizer musician, memebr of Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- Axiom of Choice, world music group
- Richard Danielpour, musician
- Deep Dish, dance music group
- Anousheh Khalili, vocalist
- Vanik Vartanian, rock musician
- Goli Ameri, Republican candidate of U.S. House from the 1st district of Oregon, United States delegate to United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- Hushang Ansary, former Iranian Minister of Finance and Chairman of National Finance Committee of Bush-Cheney 2004 Campaign
- Jimmy Delshad, Vice Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
- George Deukmejian, former governor of California
- Ross Mirkarimi, Member of San Francisco City Council from the Green Party.
- David Safavian, disgraced former Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration
- Andre Agassi, tennis player
- Farzad Bonyadi, world champion of poker
- Shawn Daivari, professional wrestler and manager, better known by his stage names of Khosrow Daivari or simply Daivari[13]
- Hamid Dastmalchi, world champion of poker
- Antonio Esfandiari, champion poker player
- Alecko Eskandarian, soccer player, United States national team[14]
- Andranik Eskandarian, former soccer player
- Afshin Ghotbi, soccer coach, currect assistant coach of Korea Republic national football team
- T. J. Houshmandzadeh, NFL player (father is Iranian)
- King Kamali, IFBB pro bodybuilder
- Ali Khosroshahin, Head Coach of the University of Southern California womens soccer team
- George Malek-Yonan, Iran's "Champion of Champions" in Track & Field and Pentathelon
- Michael Shabaz, tennis player, 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship
- Sanaz Shahbazi, martial arts champion [15]
- Leila Vaziri, The current world record holder of the 50 m women's backstroke
- Khosrow Vaziri, retired professional wrestler, better known by his stage name of The Iron Sheik
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- ^ [2]
- ^ Stanley, John. "'Nativity' Revisited", San Francisco Chronicle, 2006-11-26. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.
- ^ [3] "As an Iranian Jew, Ahdoot admits he struggled making friends growing up..."
- ^ [4] "Jonathan Ahdout: Young Iranian Jewish Film & Television Actor"
- ^ [5] "His family is Iranian-American, having left Tehran in 1982..."
- ^ [6] "Most people don't know that you're half Iranian. Is it a weird time to have a Middle Eastern background? My grandparents were Muslim, and it's a completely different religion than what we're hearing about right now. It was pretty ugly for a while, but as far as hate crimes go, it seems like that kind of reaction has died down. Thank god."
- ^ [7] "Nadia Bjorlin, the 24 year old Swedish-Persian, American-born actress..."
- ^ [8] "where Ted Koppel interviewed Iranian American Zoroastrian, Cyrus Kar..."
- ^ [9]
- ^ [10]
- ^ [11] "Persian Jewish actress Bahar Soomekh earned some serious attention last year when she played a young Iranian in "Crash," the Academy Award winner for best picture."
- ^ [12] "Shawn Daivari is Iranian and the foreign language he speaks during his promos is Farsi not Arabic."
- ^ [13]
- ^ [14] "US Welterweight Champion Sanaz Shahbazi, an Iranian-American who has won countles gold medals . . ."