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.
Ahsan Kareem – Robert M Moran Professor of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame; director of the NatHaz Modeling Laboratory; member of the US, Chinese, Japanese and Indian Academies of Engineering
Akbar S. Ahmed – U.S. resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University;[7] producer of the film Journey Into Europe, on Islam in Europe
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]
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 $1.39billion[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.
Safi Qureshey – former CEO and co-founder of AST Research, a Fortune 500 company with revenues over US$2.5billion[45]
Shahid Khan – president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2billion in annual revenue;[46] in mid-December 2011 bought a majority stake of NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars for $760million[47]
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]
Ameena Mohyuddin Zia, PhD - former Political Appointee of St. Louis County Government[84][85] and founder of Blue Ridge Impact Consulting[86]
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, D.C.
Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations
Zahid Quraishi – United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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]
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
Abdul M. Mujahid – American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, non-profit entrepreneur[117]
Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, American Muslim leader who is head of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Queens branch[118]
Ahmad Adaya – American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist; founding partner of prominent California real estate company, IDS Real Estate Group[119]
Arsalan Iftikhar – American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area; founder of TheMuslimGuy;[120] Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine[121]
Faisal Alam – gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims[122]
Betsy Schiffman, 25 January 2001, 12:00pm ET (25 January 2001). "Forbes Faces: Michael Chowdry". Forbes. Retrieved 26 October 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Olivia Rizzo (21 May 2019). "First female Muslim mayor in the U.S. calls this N.J. town home". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved 21 May 2019. She is now the first female South Asian mayor of a New Jersey municipality and the first female Muslim mayor in the state. She is also believed to be the first female Muslim mayor, female Pakistani-American mayor and first female South Asian-American mayor first in the nation, according to Religionnews.com.