List of Turkish Americans
The following is a list of notable Turkish Americans, including both original immigrants of full or partial Turkish descent who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Most notable Turkish Americans have come from, or originate from, Turkey but there are also notable Americans of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, the other former Ottoman territories, especially Turks from the Balkans, the island of Cyprus (e.g. Vamık Volkan, Hal Ozsan and Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi are of Turkish Cypriot origin), North Africa (e.g. Leila Ahmed and Nonie Darwish are of Turkish-Egyptian origin, and Mustapha Osman was of Turkish-Tunisian origin), and the Levant (e.g. Etel Adnan is of Turkish-Syrian origin;[1] David Chokachi[2] and Salih Neftçi are of Turkish-Iraqi origin; Nabila Khashoggi is from the Khashoggi family who are of Turkish origin).
Some Turkish Americans have also come to the US from areas where there is a modern Turkish diaspora; for example, Turhan Bey had an Turkish-Austrian background; Timothy Guy Kent has a Turkish Canadian background; Marie Tepe had a Turkish-French background; Ergun Caner has a Turkish-Swedish background; Kasim Edebali has a Turkish-German background; and Didem Erol has a Turkish Australian background.
Academia
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- Sibel Adalı, Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Leila Ahmed, Professor of Women's Studies in Religion at Harvard Divinity School[3]
- Esra Akcan, Professor of Architecture at Cornell University
- İlhan Aksay, Professor in Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University[4]
- Ali Akansu, electrical engineer and scientist
- Asuman Aksoy, Professor of Mathematics at Claremont McKenna College
- Ilkay Altintas, Chief data science officer at the University of California
- Ali Argon, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Muzaffer Atac, Professor of Physics
- Bülent Atalay, Professor of physics at the University of Mary Washington and the University of Virginia
- Esin Atıl, historian of Islamic art and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art
- Özalp Babaoğlu, Professor of computer science at University of Bologna
- Ivet Bahar, Professor of Computational Biology at University of Pittsburgh
- A. Baha Balantekin, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin
- Asım Orhan Barut, Professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder[5]
- Tamer Başar, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Elif Batuman, academic and journalist
- Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California
- Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Gunduz Caginalp, Professor of Mathematics at University of Pittsburgh
- Ergun Caner, Professor of Theology and Church History
- Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Associate professor of the practice in statistics at Duke University
- Erhan Çinlar, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University
- Canan Dağdeviren, assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Arif Dirlik, Professor at the University of British Columbia
- Servet A. Duran, Professor of Materials Science at Washington State University
- Ali Erdemir, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
- Taner Edis, Professor of physics at the Truman State University
- Ahmed Cemal Eringen, Professor of continuum mechanics at Princeton University
- Fazıl Erdoğan, Professor and Dean of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University
- Elza Erkip, Professor and wireless technology researcher at New York University
- Merve Emre, Associate professor of American literature at Oxford University
- Okan Ersoy, Professor of electrical engineering and Director of Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory at Purdue University
- Erdağ Göknar, Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University
- Selda Gunsel, Vice President (VP) for Global Commercial Technology at Royal Dutch Shell
- Faruk Gül, Professor of Economics, Princeton University[6]
- Feza Gürsey, mathematician and physicist
- Suha Gürsey, physicist and mathematician
- M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
- Çiğdem Balım Harding, Senior lecturer at Indiana University
- Peter Harzem, Professor of Psychology at Auburn University
- Ali Hortaçsu, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago
- Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Professor of Nutrition & Division of Biological Sciences at Harvard University
- Alp Ikizler, nephrologist, holder of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim chair in Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist
- Murat Iyigun, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado
- Cemal Kafadar, Professor of Turkish Studies at Harvard University
- Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Professor of Healthcare Risk Management at the University of Minnesota
- Merve Kavakçı, George Washington University Professor and former Fazilet Party Parliamentarian
- Pınar Keskinocak, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies at Duke University
- Yahya M. Madra, Associate Professor of Economics at Drew University
- Naci Mocan, Ourso Distinguished Chair of Economics at Louisiana State University
- Gülru Necipoğlu, Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University
- Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the New School University (Turkish-Iraqi origin)
- Banu Onaral, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University
- Özalp Özer, Professor of Management Science at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Meral Özsoyoglu, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University
- Asuman Özdağlar, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, astronomer and astrophysicist at the University of Arizona
- Sema Salur, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rochester
- Aziz Sancar, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Ezel Kural Shaw, historian and wife of Stanford J. Shaw
- Muzafer Sherif, Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University
- Oktay Sinanoğlu, youngest full Professor in Yale’s 20th-century history
- Halil Mete Soner, Professor of Financial Mathematics at ETH Zürich
- Tayfun Sönmez, Professor of Economics at Boston College
- Ayşe Şahin, chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University
- Serap Z. Tilav, US Antarctic Program field team member; the Tilav Cirque is named after her
- Mehmet Toner, Professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Professor of biomedical engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology[7]
- Sefaattin Tongay, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University
- Zeynep Tufekci, Associate professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina
- Galip Ulsoy, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and W.C. Ford Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing at University of Michigan
- Turgay Üzer, Professor Emeritus at Georgia Institute of Technology[8]
- Vamık Volkan,[9] Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia,
- Nur Yalman,[10] Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
- Osman Yaşar, Professor and chair of the computational science department at State University of New York College at Brockport[11]
- K. Aslıhan Yener,[12] University of Chicago archaeologist who uncovered a new source of Bronze Age Anatolian tin mines
- Ahmet Yıldız, Associate Professor of Physics and Molecular Cell Biology at the University of California
- Pınar Yoldaş, architect, artist and Professor at University of California San Diego
Activism
- Nonie Darwish, founder of Arabs for Israel[13]
- Furkan Doğan student, known for being killed in the Gaza flotilla raid
Architecture and Design
- Kalef Alaton, interior designer
- Kaya Arıkoğlu, urban designer
Arts
- Etel Adnan, poet and visual artist[1]
- Haluk Akakçe, artist
- Kutluğ Ataman, contemporary artist and filmmaker[15]
- Sevgi Çağal, painter and sculpture
- Burhan Doğançay, painter, photographer, and former soccer player
- Adam Darius, dancer, mime artist, writer and choreographer
- Sururi Gümen, Illustrator and ghost artist behind Alfred Andriola's comic strip Kerry Drake
- Ben Ali Haggin, portrait painter and stage designer
- Timothy Guy Kent, artist
- Jarett Kobek, author of the 2016 novel I Hate the Internet
- Shevaun Mizrahi, filmmaker
- Mustapha Osman, caricaturist , model maker and set designer
- Serkan Özkaya, conceptual artist
- Gizem Saka, contemporary artist
- Ozge Samanci, artist and Professor at Northwestern University
- Hakan Topal, artist and founder of Xurban collective
- Ayse Wilson, artist
- Jihan Zencirli, visual artist
Astronomy
- Betul Kacar
- Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer and director of the AAVSO
- Feryal Özel, astrophysicist
Business
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- Melih Abdulhayoğlu, billionaire; founder, CEO, and president of Comodo Group[16]
- Tevfik Arif, founder of the Bayrock Group[17]
- Yalcin Ayasli, business executive
- Ali Aydar, CEO of Sporcle
- Süreyya Ciliv, former CEO of Turkcell
- Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union[18]
- James Ben Ali Haggin, investor and founder of the Ben Ali Stakes
- Osman Kibar, billionaire; founder and CEO of Samumed
- Eren Ozmen, billionaire; co-owner and president of Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Fatih Ozmen, billionaire; co-owner of Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Muhtar Kent, former CEO and chairman of The Coca-Cola Company
- Nabila Khashoggi, businesswoman
- Murat Köprülü, investment professional and chairman of the American Turkish Society, and founder and chairman of the American Immigrant Society
- Richard Lounsbery, businessman and founder of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation[19]
- Tarkan Maner, CEO of Nexenta Systems
- Erol Onaran, founder of Erol's
- Ahmet Mücahid Ören, CEO of İhlas Holding
- Leila Steinberg, business woman and the first manager of rapper Tupac Shakur (Mexican-Turkish mother)
- Kenan Şahin, establishing partner in Lucent Technologies
- Tolga Tanriseven, entrepreneur
Cinema and Television
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- Derya Arbaş, actress
- Jack Bannon
- Leslie Bates-Büyüktürkoğlu, producer
- Aclan Bates, director [20]
- Bea Benaderet
- Turhan Bey, 1940s and 1950s film star
- D'Arcy Carden, actress
- David Chokachi, actor[2]
- Jason Davis, voice actor
- Bilge Ebiri, journalist and filmmaker
- Tarik Ergin, actor
- Didem Erol, actress
- Ayda Field, actress, married to British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams[21]
- Defne Joy Foster, actress
- Murat Han, actor
- Nicholas Kadi
- Kaan Kalyon, co-writer of Disney's Pocahontas (1995) and Hercules (1997)[22]
- Erin Kaplan, television and fashion media personality
- Erol Onaran, founder of Erol's TV, Erol's Video and Erol's Internet
- Eren Özker, puppeteer on The Muppet Show
- Daphne Oz, nutrition author and television host
- Hal Ozsan, actor
- Irma St. Paule, actress[23]
- Ozman Sirgood, actor
- Emre Sahin, film and television director
- Tiffani Thiessen, actress
- Onur Tukel, actor, painter, and filmmaker
- Lev Yilmaz, filmmaker
Early Turkish settlers to the US
- Ibrahim Ben Ali, Ottoman Turkish soldier and physician who arrived in the US in the late 1790s[24]
Fashion design and modelling
- John Gidding, fashion model
- Elle Fowler, beauty and style-related YouTuber
- Blair Fowler, beauty and style-related YouTuber
- Melissa Odabash, fashion designer[25][26]
- Dee Ocleppo, fashion designer
Journalism
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- Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine film critic
- Rana Foroohar, business columnist and an associate editor at the Financial Times
- Reha Kutlu-Hutin, journalist, animal rights activist, and President of 30 millions d'amis[27]
- Yalman Onaran, financial journalist
- Cemil Ozyurt, founder of U.S.-based Turk of America
- Hasan Piker, Twitch streamer and political commentator
House of Osman
- Burhaneddin Cem, Şehzade
- Ertuğrul Osman, the 43rd Head of the Imperial House of Osman
Medicine
- Zeynel A. Karcıoğlu, M.D., ophthalmic oncology and orbital diseases specialist, surgeon
- Behram Kurşunoğlu, physicist, co-founder of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami
- Mehmet Öz, cardiothoracic surgeon and host of the The Dr. Oz Show
- Dr. Hasan Özbekhan, Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, founding member and first director of the think tank The Club of Rome, systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher, and planner[28]
- H. Nida Sen, clinical investigator at the National Eye Institute
Music
- Fahir Atakoğlu, pianist[29]
- Bülent Arel, composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music
- Kathy Barr, singer
- Atilla Engin, fusion jazz drummer
- Ahmet Ertegün, founder of Atlantic Records, chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and co-founder of the New York Cosmos soccer team of the North American Soccer League
- Nesuhi Ertegün, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records
- Oak Felder, songwriter and record producer
- Selim Giray, violinist
- Eydie Gormé
- Isaac Guillory
- Kamran İnce, composer
- Emir Işılay, composer and pianist
- Tolga Katas, singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Arif Mardin, Vice President and general manager of Manhattan Records
- Joe Mardin, music producer and son of Arif Mardin
- İlhan Mimaroğlu, musician and electronic music composer; founder of Finnadar Records[30][31]
- Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Grammy nominated composer
- Neil Sedaka, pop singer, pianist, and songwriter
- Pamela Spence, pop-rock singer
- Deniz Tek, founding member of Australian rock group Radio Birdman
- Özlem Tekin, singer
- Pınar Toprak, composer
NASA
- Ismail Akbay, served in various managerial capacities during NASA’s Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz projects
- Serkan Golge, NASA contractor on NASA's proposed human mission to Mars
Politics
- Zeyno Baran, scholar on issues on US-Turkey relations
- Selin Sayek Böke, member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey
- Osman "Oz" Bengür, Maryland Democratic Party Congressional candidate
- Fetullah Gülen, leader of the Gülen Movement
- Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (American-born and great-grandson of Ali Kemal)
- Merve Kavakçı, Turkish ambassador to Malaysia
- Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks and candidate for California's 25th congressional district in 2020
Religion
- Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi, former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order in the United States
- Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı, Islamic cleric
Sports
- Ayla Aksu, tennis player
- Haydar Aşan, sprinter
- Chris Başak, Major League Baseball infielder
- Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı, Paralympic alpine skier
- Deniz Bozkurt, plays for the Puerto Rico national football team
- Kasim Edebali, American football player
- Korel Engin, basketball player
- Erden Eruç, completed first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth by rowboat, sea kayak, bicycle and foot
- Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and sports commentator
- Ersan İlyasova, Milwaukee Bucks player
- Enes Kanter, basketball player
- Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, basketball player
- Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, basketball player
- Mehmet Okur, Utah Jazz player and 2007 NBA All-Star
- Yılmaz Orhan, football player
- Alp Ozkilic, mixed martial artist
- Renan Ozturk, rock climber
- William Haggin Perry, horseracer
- Nevin Nevlin, basketball player
- Lisa Marie Varon, former professional wrestler known as Tara in TNA and Victoria in WWE
- Ferdi Taygan, tennis player
- Cayman Togashi, football player in Japan
- Tansel Turgut, chess player who earned the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster in 2007
- Hidayet Türkoğlu, Orlando Magic player
- Jonny Vandal, professional wrestler
- Nevriye Yılmaz, basketball player
Other
- Zeyno Baran, Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy
- Orkut Büyükkökten, software engineer
- Tantek Çelik, computer scientist
- Brittanee Drexel, woman missing since 2009
- Sibel Deniz Edmonds, former FBI translator
See also
| Lists of Turks |
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- List of Turkish people
- List of British Turks
- List of Turkish Germans
- Turkish-Cypriot
- Indy Eleven
References
- An Artisan of Beauty and Truth:Etel Adnan in conversation with David Hornsby and Jane Clark, Beshara Magazine, 2019,
Etel: Well, my father was a Turk and a Muslim, and my mother was a Greek and a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, at a time when intermarriages were not common at all. He was a top officer and a classmate of Atatürk; they were at the military academy together. My father was already married with three children when he met my mother; he lived in Damascus and had his first family there. My mother was twenty years younger, and I was the only child of their marriage.
- Wilcox, Emily (2008), Plymouth TV star says 'yes' to studio, The Daily Register, retrieved 9 December 2020,
Chokachi is not from Japan. He has Turkish and Finnish ancestry and grew up in Plymouth, where his dad is a renowned surgeon.
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- Daughters of Ataturk - Biographies
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My father came from a large middle-class Egyptian family. Born in 1920, ... His father was of Turkish ancestry and his mother's family was rooted in the Egyptian delta.
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I love Istanbul, it’s become one of the coolest cities in the world and my origins are Turkish – so I definitely feel at home when I visit the city.
- David, Samantha (2017), Holidays used as excuse to dump pets, The Connexion, retrieved 23 December 2020,
TBorn in the US, Ms Hutin spent much of her childhood travelling with her Turkish diplomat parents.
- Pearce, Jeremy (26 February 2007). "Hasan Ozbekhan, 86, Economist Who Helped Found Global Group, Dies". The New York Times.
- Fahir Atakoglu – For Love – Por Amor, Turkish American TV, 2020, retrieved 4 January 2021,
Turkish-American pianist-composer-arranger Fahir Atakoğlu told us that all the singers in this album wrote beautiful lyrics and “all felt love in my melody”.
- İlhan Mimaroğ̆lu Papers, 1926-2012, Columbia University Libraries, retrieved 6 January 2021,
The collection documents the career and personal life of Turkish-American electronic music composer, record producer, journalist and cultural critic, photographer, and filmmaker İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926-2012). It includes materials from each of Mimaroğlu's professional interests and activities, the bulk of which date from the early 1950s until his death in 2012.
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The concert was dedicated to the life and memory of Ilhan Mimaroglu, a Turkish American music producer and electronic music pioneer. The free concert was broadcast live by WFMU and can be listened to here.
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