Peyman
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Inscrit le: 22 Sep 2005
Messages: 5930
Localisation: Paris ;)
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| Dim 15 Juil, 2007 10:11 am Les iraniens célèbres aux Etats-Unis |
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On ne se refait pas. Comment ça vous n'êtes pas dans cette liste !! :p
Academia/Science
* Siavash Alamouti, CTO Broad Band and INTEL fellow, inventor of Alamouti Code, code-communication engineer
* Nima Arkani-Hamed, physicist from Harvard
* Mina Bissell, scientist and biologist, LBL.
* Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University in New York.
* Nader Engheta, Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
* Nariman Farvardin, Provost of University of Maryland
* Ali Haghani, Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.
* Ali Javan, physicist, inventor of gas laser, Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT.
* Mehran Kardar, physicist, MIT.
* Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Founding Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland.
* Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies Program, Stanford University.
* Parviz Moin, Director and Senior Scientist, Stanford University.
* Roxana Moslehi, DCEG post-doctoral fellow at National Cancer Institute , adjunct assistant professor at George Washington University.
* Hamid Mowlana, Director of the Division of International Communication at American University in Washington D.C., and former President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research.
* Firouz Naderi, NASA director of Mars project.
* Majid M. Naini, computer scientist, former Professor at University of Pennsylvania, Rumi expert.
* Seyyed Hossein Nasr, philosopher, George Washington University.
* Sepandar Kamvar, computer scientist, Stanford University.
* Camran Nezhat, Director, Stanford Endoscopy Center for Training & Technology.
* Kaveh Pahlavan, Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
* Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Craig Fellow/Professor & Editor of Global Finance Journal California State University, Fresno. Executive Director, Global Finance Association.
* Hechmat Tabechian, Executive Director of Rochester Academy of Medicine University of Rochester.
* Vahid Tarokh, Leading communication theorist Harvard University.
* Cumrun Vafa, String theorist in Harvard
* Ehsan Yarshater, Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Director of Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, Founder and Editor of grand project Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Arts/Entertainment
* Omid Abtahi, actor
* Shohreh Aghdashloo Academy Award-nominated film/television actress
* Dan Ahdoot, stand-up comedian
* Jonathan Ahdout, actor
* Cameron Alborzian, model (Iranian father, English mother)
* Reza Badiyi, tv director
* Catherine Bell, actress
* Nadia Bjorlin, TV/soap opera actress
* Cyrus Kar, film director
* Andre Khabbazi - actor, semi-professional tennis player
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, actress, author, director, and documentary filmmaker
* Leyla Milani, model "Deal or No Deal"
* Hamid Moslehi, Michael Jackson's former main videographer/photographer.
* Amin Nazemzadeh, actor
* Cyrus Nowrasteh, screenwriter and director
* Bijan Pakzad, noted fashion and fragrance designer
* Adrian Pasdar, actor
* Sarah Shahi, model and actress
* Bahar Soomekh, actress
* Tami Stronach, dancer, choreographer, actress
* Bob Yari, Academy Award winner film producer
* Maz Jobrani, comedian
Business/Technology
* Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist, leading telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
* Shahram Dabiri, video game producer, lead producer of World of Warcraft
* Mike Ebrahimi, President/Co-CEO of Idea Labz, Inc. ; President/CFO of Vegas Music Conference, Inc. ; Co-Founorang samadider/CEO of Baldwin Enterprises, LLC.
* Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T's Chief Technology Officer and the President of Bell Labs.
* Vartan Gregorian, President of The Carnegie Corporation of New York.
* Omid Kordestani, Senior Vice President of Google
* Manny Mashouf, Founder and Chairman of bebe stores
* Yusuf Mehdi, Senior VP, Microsoft
* Behzad Moslehi, Founder/CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors, IFOS® (Intelligent Fiber Optic System) * * .
* Farzad Nazem, CTO of Yahoo!
* Mehrdad Nikoonahad, Founder & CEO, Nikoo Technology, Inc.
* Pierre Omidyar, Founder of e-Bay.
* Sina Tamaddon, Senior Vice President of Applications for Apple Computer.
Literature
* Reza Aslan, writer
* Mahnaz Badihian, poet
* Najmieh Batmanglij, chef, writer
* Firoozeh Dumas, writer of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
* Roya Hakakian, writer
* Rosie Malek-Yonan, author of The Crimson Field
* Azar Nafisi, writer
* Majid M. Naini, writer, speaker
* Vali Nasr, writer, speaker
Media/Journalism
* Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief international correspondent
* Davar Ardalan, NPR producer of Morning Edition
* Rudi Bakhtiar, FOX news anchor, former CNN lead anchor
* Alireza Jafarzadeh, FOX News Channel Foreign Affairs Analyst
* Arash Markazi, journalist, Sports Illustrated
* Azadeh Moaveni, journalist, Time Magazine
* Asieh Namdar, CNN news anchor
Music
* Lily Afshar, female classical guitarist
* Pouyan Afkary, synthesizer musician, member of Scary Kids Scaring Kids
* Axiom of Choice, world music group
* Leila Bela, Avant-garde musician, actress, writer and former member of Pigface
* Richard Danielpour, musician
* Deep Dish, dance music group
* Anousheh Khalili, vocalist
* Vanik Vartanian, rock musician
Politics
* Goli Ameri, Republican candidate of U.S. House from the 1st district of Oregon, United States delegate to United Nations Commission on Human Rights
* Hushang Ansary, former Iranian Minister of Finance and Chairman of National Finance Committee of Bush-Cheney 2004 Campaign
* Jimmy Delshad, Mayor of Beverly Hills, California
* George Deukmejian, former governor of California
* Ross Mirkarimi, Member of San Francisco City Council from the Green Party.
* David Safavian, disgraced former Chief of Staff of the United States General Services Administration
Sports
* Andre Agassi, tennis player
* Shawn Daivari, professional wrestler and manager, better known by his stage names of Khosrow Daivari or simply Daivari
* Farzad Bonyadi, world champion of poker
* Antonio Esfandiari, champion poker player
* Hamid Dastmalchi, world champion of poker
* Alecko Eskandarian, soccer player, United States national team
* Andranik Eskandarian, former soccer player
* Afshin Ghotbi, soccer coach, currect assistant coach of Korea Republic national football team
* T. J. Houshmandzadeh, NFL player (father is Iranian)
* King Kamali, IFBB pro bodybuilder
* Ali Khosroshahin, Head Coach of the University of Southern California womens soccer team
* George Malek-Yonan, Iran's "Champion of Champions" in Track & Field and Pentathelon
* Michael Shabaz, tennis player, 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship
* Sanaz Shahbazi, martial arts champion
* Amir Vahedi, professional poker player
* Leila Vaziri, The current world record holder of the 50 m women's backstroke
* Khosrow Vaziri, retired professional wrestler, better known by his stage name of The Iron Sheik
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perso je ne la voyait pas si connu
je connaissais pas l'autre... sinon mes chouchous de Deep Dish, sincèrement je savais qu'il y avait autant d'iraniens connus aux States, beaucoup sont juifs iraniens il me semble notamment le maire de Berverly Hills....
