This is a list of notable individuals born in the United States of Lebanese ancestry and/or people of Lebanese and American dual nationality who live or lived in the United States.
Arts and entertainment
Artists
Etel Adnan – painter, poet
Margot Douaihy – writer
Chawky Frenn – painter and art professor
Kahlil Gibran – aka Kahlil G. Gibran, artist, sculptor
Nabil Kanso – painter
Sam Maloof – woodworker
Beauty pageant contestants
Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010
Entertainment personalities
Adam Amen – reality star, from TLC program All American Muslim
Alexander Koch – actor of Lebanese, Italian and German descent
Amy Yasbeck – actress (father was of Lebanese descent) Anissa Jones – child actor (mother was of Lebanese descent) Callie Khouri – Oscar-winning screenwriter Casey Kasem – radio personality, American Top 40 franchise; voiceover actor (cartoon series Scooby-Doo, Transformers) Catherine Keener – actress, mother of Lebanese descent Celeste Thorson – actress, model, activist, screenwriter Chris Romano – actor, producer, director (father of Lebanese heritage, born Shaheen) Cristina Vee – singer and voice actor Demián Bichir – Mexican-American film actor of Lebanese heritage Dan Jbara – television and film producer Danny Thomas – actor David Yazbek – musician and composer famous for the Broadway musical The Full Monty Diane Rehm – host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio Edy Ganem – actress (parents are of Lebanese descent) Elie Samaha – film producer Emeraude Toubia – actress (father is Lebanese) Emile Kuri – Mexican-born American Oscar-winning art director Frank Lackteen – actor Gregory Jbara – television and film actor George Nader – actor, uncle of Michael Nader George Noory – radio host (radio program Coast To Coast AM) Haaz Sleiman – actor (series Nurse Jackie; film The Visitor) Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf – radio and television personality James Stacy – film and television actor Jamie Farr – actor (sitcom M*A*S*H) Jamie Gray Hyder – actress, model (father of Lebanese descent) Jane Wiedlin – musician, actress (mother was of Lebanese descent) Jenna Dewan – actress (paternal grandfather was of Lebanese descent) Kristen Doute – television personality known for Vanderpump Rules Joan Alexander – actress known for her role as Lois Lane John A. Kuri – author and writer, film and television producer, and director John Leguizamo – actor (maternal grandfather was Lebanese) Kathy Najimy – actress Kerri Kasem – radio and television host; daughter of Casey Kasem Khrystyne Haje – actress (sitcom Head of the Class) Lili Estefan – Cuban-American television personality, niece of Emilio Estefan Marlo Thomas – actress (father was of Lebanese descent) Mario Kassar – filmmaker, founder of Carolco Pictures Mary Zilba – television personality and singer Mayssa Karaa – Grammy-nominated singer Mia Khalifa – pornographic actress and adult model Michael Ansara – stage, screen, and voice actor (Lebanese born American) Michael Nader – actor, All My Children and Dynasty Michael Nouri – actor, film Flashdance Mo Gallini – actor (father of Lebanese descent) Paola Turbay – Colombian-American actress, model, beauty queen and television presenter Paul Anka – singer-songwriter, actor, producer Peter Macdissi – film and television actor Raya Meddine – actress of Lebanese descent Robert Romanus – actor and musician Rose Abdoo – comedian, actress Rowan Blanchard – actress (father of Lebanese descent) Salma Hayek – Mexican-American actress (paternal grandfather was Lebanese) Senta Moses – actress known for her role in Home Alone Shannon Elizabeth – actress (father of Lebanese descent) Terrence Malick – filmmaker, of part Lebanese descent Tom Shadyac – film director (of 3/4 Lebanese descent) Tony Shalhoub – actor (Monk) Tony Thomas – producer (father was of Lebanese descent) Vince Vaughn – actor (paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent) Wentworth Miller – actor, maternal great-grandmother of Lebanese descent Yasmeen Fletcher – actress and musician, mother of Lebanese descent Yasmine Al Massri – Lebanese-born American actress