List of Pakistani Americans

The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.

Politics

Sada Cumber served as Special Envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on February 27, 2008.

• Huma Abedin – aide to United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; served as traveling chief of staff during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election^[1]
• Saqib Ali – served as delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates, elected in 2006, represented the 39th District^[2]
• Tahir Ali – first Pakistani American elected as a National delegate-at-large (R) from Massachusetts, 1992^[3]
• Arif Alikhan – former appointee to the Obama Administration where he served as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the United States Department of Homeland Security; former Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles; visiting Professor of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the National Defense University's (NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, DC
• Shamila N. Chaudhary – US government policy adviser^[4]
• Sada Cumber – first US envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference^[5]
• Dr. Gholam Mujtaba – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship
• Haroon Saleem – Mayor of Granite Falls, Washington^[6][7]
• Saghir "Saggy" Tahir – New Hampshire State Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the Republican Party;^[8] re-elected in 2006 for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester^[9]
• Amer M. Kayani - Former senior U.S. diplomat and recipient of Gold and Bronze medals for US government service.
• Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations
• Ehsan Zaffar - senior U.S. government advisor on civil rights^[10][11]

Business and finance

• Javed Ahmed – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are based; Chief Executive Officer of Tate & Lyle,^[12] a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands^[13]
• Basit Ali – Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen^[14]
• Syed Moiz Balkhi – Florida-based entrepreneur; founder of WPBeginner^[15]
• Michael Chowdry (1955–2001) – Forbes 400 businessman; founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion^[16]
• Tariq Farid – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements^[17]
• Nabeel Gareeb – appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMC in 2002;^[18] according to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006;^[19] according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US^[20]
• Abbas Hashmi – investment banker and founder of Green Card Capital^[21]
• Fred Hassan – Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003-2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co^[22]
• Mansoor Ijaz – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on Fox News^[23]
• Shahid Khan – President of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue;^[24] in mid-December bought a majority stake of NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars for $760 million^[25]
• Safi Qureshey – former CEO and co-founder of AST Research, a Fortune 500 company with revenues over 2.5 billion USD^[26]
• Atif Sheikh – finalist for the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNN; founded Atex Capital Partners, a combined venture capital firm based in London
• Hammad Siddiqi – economist and social commentator; received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward F. Tancready Award^[27]

Academia

Prof. Adil Najam during a talk at Deutsche Welle Building in Bonn, Germany on January 21, 2010

• Asad Abidi – Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles; member of the National Academy of Engineering^[28]
• Gul Agha – Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Professor Akbar S. Ahmed – US resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University;^[29] producer of the film Journey Into Europe, on Islam in Europe
• Saleem H. Ali – environmental researcher and Associate Dean for Graduate studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources; writer and contributor to publications such as the International Herald Tribune; has dual American and Pakistani citizenship^[30]
• Talal Asad – Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at CUNY^[31]
• Farooq Azam – Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; researcher in the field of marine microbiology^[32]
• Ayesha Jalal – MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University^[33]
• Ahsan Kareem – Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame; member of the National Academy of Engineering^[34][35]
• Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil – Professor of Physics at Portland State University;^[36] a highly cited researcher in the field of atmospheric physics
• Dr. Hafeez Malik – Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania^[37]
• Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the first direct gravitational wave observation
• Zia Mian – physicist^[38][39][40]
• Adil Najam – Professor of Geography and International Relations and Director of the Pardee Center at Boston University;^[41] founding editor of popular blog Pakistaniat^[42]
• S. Hamid Nawab, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems
• Dr. Agha Saeed – founder and Chairman of American Muslim Alliance; lecturer at California State University, East Bay
• Anwar Shaikh – Professor of Economics at the graduate faculty of The New School in New York City^[43]
• Sara Suleri – Professor of English at Yale University
• Dr. Bashir Syed – physicist, NASA scientist; authority on renewable energy such as solar and wind energy; distinguished member of NY Academy of Sciences^[44]
• Abdul Jamil Tajik – researcher in clinical medicine^[45]
• Muhammad Suhail Zubairy – Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the Texas A&M University^[46]

Literature and art

• Shaila Abdullah – Pakistani women's writer and author^[47]
• Lubna Agha – artist
• Sana Amanat – American comic book editor for Marvel Comics; co-created the first solo series to feature a Muslim female super hero, Ms. Marvel, which gained worldwide media attention, sparking excitement and dialogue about identity and the Muslim-American struggle
• Tahmena Bokhari – college professor in Toronto, social worker, writer and speaker^[48]
• Noon Meem Danish – Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent^[49]
• Zulfikar Ghose – novelist, poet and essayist^[50][51]
• Mohsin Hamid – bestselling author of books such as Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist^[52]
• Asma Gull Hasan – award-winning writer; works includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim^[53]
• Muqeem Khan – first Pakistani in the Hollywood VFX industry, 1996^{[54][55][56][57][58][59][60]}
• Rohina Malik – playwright, actress and solo performance artist^[61]
• Maliha Masood – award-winning writer in creative non-fiction; author of the travel memoir Zaatar Days, Henna Nights^[62]
• Daniyal Mueenuddin – author of the short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders^[63]
• Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi – Muslim author and Islamic teacher^[64]
• Samina Quraeshi – award-winning author, artist and designer^[65]
• Imad Rahman – fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004^[66]
• Kamila Shamsie – award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses^[67]
• Bapsi Sidhwa – Pakistani novelist and playwright of Parsi-Zoroastrian background who now resides in Texas; her novel Cracking India (which described the Partition of British colonial India) was the basis for Deepa Mehta's film Earth^[68]
• Shahzia Sikander (born 1969) – Lahore, Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Pakistani, South Asian and Persian miniature painting; has also created murals, installations, mixed-media works and performance art; 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant"; lives in New York City^[69]
• Raees Warsi – award-winning poet; writer and founder of Urdu Markaz New York (Urdu Language Center) in 1989

Health and medicine

• Dr. Zaheer Ahmad – doctor in internal medicine; founder of the Shifa International Hospital^[70]
• Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya – neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries; invented the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors
• Dr. Azra Raza – cancer researcher

Media and entertainment

There are Urdu radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including GEO TV,^[71] ARY Digital,^[72] and PTV.^[73] Others have offered Pakistani content for subscription, such as when Pakistan played Australia for the Cricket World Cup in 1999. In July 2005, MTV premiered a spin-off network called MTV Desi which targets South Asian Americans in the US, including Pakistanis.^[74] MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.^[75]

Munni Begum, ghazal singer

• Salman Ahmad – founder and member of Junoon;^[76] lives in New York; a UN Goodwill Ambassador^[77][78]
• Nadia Ali – Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and former frontwoman of iiO; known for the song "Rapture"; one of the prominent vocalists of electronic dance music; has collaborated with DJs Armin van Buuren, John Creamer & Stephane K and BT
• Somy Ali – of Iraqi and Pakistani descent; former Bollywood actress; now model and journalist^[79]
• Mahnoor Baloch – Pakistani actress and model; made her Hollywood debut in Torn
• Munni Begum – born Nadira; ghazal singer from Pakistan; based in Chicago, Illinois^[80]
• Bohemia – Pakistani American rapper from San Francisco; his music has been widely played in the American clubbing scene; has a large underground following and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Desi hip hop^[81]
• Mr. Capone-E – Sureno rapper; born Fahd Azam in Karachi, Pakistan; immigrated to San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles
• Syma Chowdhry – award-winning television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress^[82]
• Nargis Fakhri – actress and model
• Shayan Farooqi – model; Mr. Pakistan World 2013
• Sameer Asad Gardezi – Pakistani-American screenwriter for film and television best known for his work on Modern Family
• GQ – born Gregory J. Qaiyum, American actor^[83]
• Fareed Haque – guitarist of Pakistani and Chilean descent^[84]
• Mehr Hassan – Indian father, Pakistani mother; actress, model and classical dancer^[85]
• Zurain Imam – born in Chittagong, Bangladesh; US-Pakistani print and broadcast fashion journalist^[86]
• Saeeda Imtiaz – Pakistani-American actress; Kaptaan
• Mehreen Jabbar^[87] director of Ramchand Pakistani
• JAQ – born Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum; American professional b-boy
• Christel Khalil – of mixed Pakistani and African American descent; played Lily Winters on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Zaigham Khan – Pakistani American VJ, host, dancer, and actor
• Lazarus – Pakistani American physician and rapper from Detroit.^[88]

Lazarus is a graduate of Wayne State University.

• Asieh Namdar – born in Karachi, Pakistan to Iranian parents^[89]
• Kumail Nanjiani – Pakistani born American actor and comedian, Franklin & Bash
• Kamran Pasha – Hollywood screenwriter and director; wrote the Showtime hit series Sleeper Cell^[90]
• Munaf Rayani – guitarist for the Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky^[91]
• Hameed Shaukat – producer of House of Cards Season 4
• Aamina Sheikh – actress and model best known for portraying the main leads in films Seedlings, Armaan and Josh
• Sadia Shepard – filmmaker
• Faran Tahir – actor; born in the US but was raised in Pakistan
• Thomas Umer Tevana – actor
• Iqbal Theba – starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing Principal Figgins on the show Glee
• Dilshad Vadsaria – of Portuguese and Pakistani descent; television actress, Greek^[92][93]
• Zeeshan Zaidi – lead singer and guitarist for The Commuters
• Naureen Zaim – half Pakistani, half Irish; model, actress and athlete^[94]

Pageant winners

Miss Pakistan World beauty queens

• Aatka Feroz – Miss Pakistan World 2014; originally from Lahore and lives in Lombard, Illinois; was only 19 years old when she won the title, making her the youngest title winner ever
• Ayesha Gilani – Ayesha Gilani, from Lahore, Pakistan; now lives in Washington DC; Miss Pakistan World 2009^[95]
• Mariyah Moten – born in Karachi, Pakistan; now living in Houston Texas; Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini; was exposed to the biggest entertainment controversy;^[96] third runner-up in the Miss Pakistan World pageant^[97]
• Shanzay Hayat – Shanzay Hayat,^[98] from Waziristan, Pakistan now living in New York City, became Pakistan's 11th Miss Pakistan World^[99] 2013.
• Zanib Naveed – 12th Miss Pakistan World; from New York state
• Natasha Paracha – born in Islamabad, Pakistan; now living in New York City; Pakistan's 6th Miss Pakistan World, in 2008^[100]
• Annie Rupani – 10th Miss Pakistan World, 2010; from Houston, Texas

Mr. Pakistan World winners

• Shayan Farooqi – Mr. Pakistan World 2013; from Houston, Texas

Mrs. Pakistan World winners

• Saman Hasnain – born in Lahore, Pakistan, now living in San Francisco; Pakistan's second Mrs. Pakistan World, 2008^[101]
• Mariam Mohammad – Mrs. Pakistan World 2014; from Seattle
• Misbah Yasin- Iqbal – Mrs. Pakistan World 2007/2008; from Houston, Texas

Military

• Commander Muhammad Muzzafar F. Khan – first Pakistani-American to take command of an operational aviation squadron in the US Navy; commands the Sea Control "Topcats" Squadron^[102]
• Sergeant Wasim Khan – of the United States Army; first Pakistani-American to receive the Purple Heart after his heroic actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom^[103]

Sports

• Nur B. Ali – racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports; the first Pakistani to become a racing driver; former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion (2001 and 2002)^[104]
• Hasan Habib – professional poker player^[105]
• Gibran Hamdan – first person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL
• Nasir Javed – American cricketer^[106]
• Farhan Zaidi – General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers^[107]
• Rashid Zia – American cricketer; represented the United States in the ICC trophy in 2001^[108]

Militants with Pakistani origin

• Jubair Ahmad – sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2012 for supporting designated foreign terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba^[109]
• Farooque Ahmed – sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011 for plotting to bomb Washington Metro^[110]
• Syed Haris Ahmed – sentenced to 13 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release for supporting terrorism^[111]
• Mohammed Junaid Babar – sentenced for helping July 7, 2005 London bombings accused Mohammad Sidique Khan^[112]
• Iyman Faris – sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003 for supporting Al-qaeda^[113]
• Syed Rizwan Farook – with Tashfeen Malik, a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
• Syed Fahad Hashmi – sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010 for aiding al-Qaeda^[114]
• Hamid Hayat – convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in Pakistan and lying about it to the FBI^[115]
• David Headley – pleaded guilty to helping Lashkar-e-Taiba carry out 2008 Mumbai attacks^[116]
• Samir Khan – editor of Al-Qaeda web magazine Inspire, killed along with Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone strike in Yemen^[117]
• Tashfeen Malik – with Syed Rizwan Farook, a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
• Uzair Paracha – sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2006 for providing support to al-Qaeda
• Faisal Shahzad – convicted Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan operative sentenced to life in prison for 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt^[118]
• Aafia Siddiqui – Pakistani Al-Qaeda operative, currently serving an 86-year sentence
• Asia Siddiqui – arrested for April 2015 New York City pressure cooker bomb plot
• Shahawar Matin Siraj – Islamist sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to plant a bomb in the 34th Street – Herald Square station of the New York City Subway^[119]
• Nadir Soofi – one of the two perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack

Other

• Ahmad Adaya (1927–2006) – American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist; founding partner of prominent California real estate company, IDS Real Estate Group^[120]
• Faisal Alam – gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims^[121]
• Mohammed Salman Hamdani (1978-2001) – Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks while rescuing victims of the World Trade Center^{[122][123][124]}
• Riffat Hassan – theologian and Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an^[125]
• Jilani Humayun – arms trader arrested in New York in 2007^[126]
• Arsalan Iftikhar – American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, DC area; founder of TheMuslimGuy;^[127] Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine^[128]
• Yasmin Aga Khan – American-Pakistani philanthropist^[129]
• Sky Metalwala, a child missing from the Seattle area. since 2011
• Abdul Malik Mujahid – American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, non-profit entrepreneur^[130]
• Nausheen Shah – fashion stylist and blogger
• Aasiya Zubair – network executive^[131]

See also

• Pakistani American
• Pakistan – United States relations
• List of Americans in Pakistan
• Pakistani Canadian
• List of Pakistani Canadians
• List of British Pakistanis
• List of Pakistani Australians

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