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List of Pakistani Americans

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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.

Academia, science and technology

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Professor Asad Abidi receiving the IEEE Pederson Award at ISSCC 2008
Professor Adil Najam during a talk at Deutsche Welle Building in Bonn, Germany on 21 January 2010

Business and finance

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Shahid Khan at a 2015 Jacksonville Jaguars vs Washington Redskins match
  • Farooq Kathwari – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ethan Allen[36]
  • Fred Hassan – chairman of the board and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 to 2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co[37]
  • Ghulam Bombaywala – owner and operator of multiple restaurants
  • Javed Ahmed – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are; former chief executive officer of Tate & Lyle,[38] a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands[39]
  • Mansoor Ijaz – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on Fox News[40]
  • Michael Chowdry – businessman; founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion[41]
  • Nabeel Gareeb – appointed president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of MEMC in 2002;[42] according to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006;[43] according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US[44]
  • Qasim Khan – international automotive business management executive who has served with General Motors Company since 1999 at various International operations in Middle East, Russia/ CIS, South Korea and Middle East operations while his US assignments were based at company's offices in New York (Cadillac Global HQ), Miami (Latin American HQ) and Michigan.
  • Ramesh Balwani – businessman; former president and COO of Theranos
  • Safi Qureshey – former CEO and co-founder of AST Research, a Fortune 500 company with revenues over US$2.5 billion[45]
  • Shahid Khan – president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue;[46] in mid-December 2011 bought a majority stake of NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars for $760 million[47]
  • Sohaib Abbasi – former chairman and CEO of Informatica
  • Tariq Farid – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements[48]
  • Zia Chishti – founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Afiniti.
  • Osman Rashid – co-founder of Chegg

Media, art and entertainment

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There are Urdu radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including GEO TV,[49] ARY Digital,[50] and PTV.[51] 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.[52] MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.[53]

Munni Begum, ghazal singer
Kamran Rashid Khan, also known as Lazarus, is a graduate of Wayne State University.

Military

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Pageant winners

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Politics, government and law

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

Sports

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  • Gibran Hamdan – professional footballer in the NFL; first person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL
  • Hammad Azam - Pakistani Cricketer
  • Hasan Habib – professional poker player[100]
  • Mustafa Ali – professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, first wrestler in WWE of Pakistani descent
  • Nasir Javed – professional cricketer[101]
  • 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)[102]
  • Rashid Zia – professional cricketer; represented the United States in the ICC trophy in 2001[103]
  • Sami Aslam - Pakistani Cricketer
  • Shayan Jahangir - American cricketer

Writers

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Bapsi Sidhwa at the 2008 Texas Book Festival

Other

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See also

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References

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