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This is a list of notable Iranian-Americans of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, 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 Iranian-American or must have references showing they are Iranian American.
Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. [3] The U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [4] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [5]
-i, the most common suffix used for Persian surnames. They are, in fact, adjectives created by the adding suffix "-i" to person names, location names or other names. Surnames with "-i" are also popular in other countries of historic Greater Persia and neighboring countries like in the Caucasus, Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, and Central Asia.
Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model; Patrick Bet-David – American entrepreneur and TV personality of Assyrian-Armenian origin; Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality [84] Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist [85]
Iranian-language surnames (4 C, 99 P) Persian-language surnames (172 P) Pages in category "Persian-language names" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "American people of Iranian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 387 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy, with over 40% settling in California, specifically Los Angeles.