List of North American Muslims

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Government/politics

Zalmay Khalilzad - Current US Ambassador to Iraq. Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan[link]
Yousef al-Khattab - former Orthodox Jew who converted to Islam with his wife and 4 kids[link]
Malcolm X - Civil rights leader, Black nationalist[link]
Louis Farrakhan - leader of the Nation of Islam[link]
Elijah Muhammad - leader of the Nation of Islam[link]
Keith Ellison - Minnesota House of Representatives
Mohamed Khairullah - current Mayor of Prospect Park, NJ
Ibrahim Hooper - National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
James Yee - former US Army chaplain with the rank of Captainhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm
Dr. Robert D. Crane - former foreign policy advisor, authorhttp://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=gTlc0C

Umar Faruq Abd-Allah - Muslim scholar[link]
Jamal Badawi - Muslim scholar[link]
Yusuf Estes - Muslim scholar[link]
Sherman Jackson - Muslim scholar[link]
Ingrid Mattson - Muslim scholar[link]
Warith Deen Muhammad - Muslim scholar[link]
Zaid Shakir - Muslim scholar[link]
Sadullah Khan - Muslim scholar[link]
Siraj Wahaj - Muslim scholar[link]
Hamza Yusuf - Muslim scholar[link]
Rashad Khalifa - Muslim scholar who founded United Submitters International[link]
H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah al-Amin)
Marmaduke Pickthall - journalist, novelist, scholar, translator of the Qur'an
Omar Ibn Said - scholar
Umar Faruq Abd-Allah - scholar, professor
Alexander Russell Webb - scholar, journalist, da'ee
Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar) - scholar
Khalid Griggs - Imam, community activist, teacher http://www.islamicinvitationcentre.com/speakers/Khalid_Griggs.html
Aminah Assilmi - scholar, activist, former journalist
Dr. Jerald F. Dirks - scholar, author, former ministerhttp://welcome-back.org/profile/dirks1.shtml

Yahiya Emerick - author[link]
Jeffrey Lang - author, professor[link]
Stephen Schwartz - journalist[link]
Michael Wolfe - journalist[link]
Fareed Zakaria - head of Newsweek International
Haroon Siddiqui - Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor of the Toronto Star
Maryam Jameelah (born Margaret Marcus) - essayist, poet, journalist and author
Erik Winkel - author, scholarhttp://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/biographies/winkel_eric_abu_munir/

Kenan Sahin - software engineer, wealthiest American Muslim
Haitham Alfuqahaa - CEO LUNA Industries
Mansoor Ijaz - Investment management
Safi Qureshey - Cofounder and former CEO of AST Research
Farooq Kathwari - CEO and President of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
Abdul Malik Mujahid - President of Sound Vision and community activisthttp://www.ciogc.org/shuraDetailP1.html?profileId=21

Fazlur Khan - structural engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)http://www.fazlurrkhan.com/

Lupe Fiasco - Rapper^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Art Blakey - American jazz drummer and bandleader
Common (rapper)
Lewis Arquette - film actor, writer and producer
Azhar Usman - standup comedian
Jermaine Jackson - singer, bass guitarist
Napoleon (rapper)
Everlast - singer-songwriter
Mos Def - rapper, actor
Yasmeen Ghauri - supermodel^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Shakira Caine - actress/model^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Canadian singer-songwriter, poethttp://www.wharnsby.com/
Jawad Jafry - director and creator of Adam's Worldhttp://www.soundvision.com/Info/adam/jawad.asp
Akon - R&B singer

John Walker Lindh - American captured in Afghanistan[link]
Zacarias Moussaoui - convicted 9/11 plotter[link]
José Padilla - accused terrorist and litigant before the United States Supreme Court