American people of Egyptian-Jewish descent

The list American people of Egyptian-Jewish descent includes Sylvain Sylvain, Isaac Mizrahi, Michelle Chamuel, Yaakov Shwekey and Haim Saban. The list consists of 24 members.

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Jonah Bobo

American actor

Overview: Ezra Jonah Bobo (born January 24, 1997) is a former American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Budwing in the 2005 film Zathura: A Space Adventure and the voice of Austin on ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1997

Age: 28

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century American comedians 1,986T

Comedians from New York 158T

Male actors from New York 623T
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Sylvain Sylvain

American guitarist (1951–2021)

Overview: Sylvain Mizrahi (February 14, 1951 — January 13, 2021), known professionally as Sylvain Sylvain, was an American rock guitarist, most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls.

Date of birth: 14 February 1951

Date of death: 13 January 2021

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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2021 deaths 4,263T

People from Rego Park, Queens 18T

Musicians from Buffalo, New York 113T
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Michelle Chamuel

American singer

Overview: Michelle Jacqueline Chamuel (born 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. She has released several works as a solo artist and in partnership with others. She was the lead singer of the band ...

Date of birth: 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Partner: Mary Lambert (Dating)

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21st-century women composers 620T

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni 270T

LGBT singers from the United States 352T
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Isaac Mizrahi

American fashion designer and television presenter (born 1961)

Overview: Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer, TV presenter, and Chief Designer of the Isaac Mizrahi brand for Xcel Brands. Based in New York City, he is best known for his eponymous ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Arnold Germer (Married)

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People from Midwood, Brooklyn 23T

Parsons School of Design alumni 247T

Artists from Brooklyn 217T
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Yaakov Shwekey

American singer

Overview: Yaakov Choueka, better known by his stage name Yaakov Shwekey, is an Orthodox Jewish recording artist and musical entertainer. He is of Egyptian and Syrian Sephardic heritage from his father's side; and ...

Date of birth: 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Brooklyn 800T

People from Deal, New Jersey 19T

American people of Syrian-Jewish descent 29T
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Haim Saban

Media proprietor

Overview: Haim Saban (Hebrew: חיים סבן‎; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial ...

Date of birth: 15 October 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: Israeli

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Male

Partner: Cheryl Saban (Married)

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Saban Entertainment 3T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
7.

Boaz Yakin

American film director

Overview: Boaz Yakin (Hebrew: בועז יכין‎, born June 20, 1966) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, film director, and producer based in New York City. He has written screenplays to films like The Rookie, Fresh ...

Date of birth: 15 June 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,175T

Jewish American screenwriters 270T

City College of New York 16T
8.

Peter Beinart

American journalist

Overview: Peter Alexander Beinart (born 1971) is an American columnist, journalist, and political commentator. A former editor of The New Republic, he has written for Time, The New York Times, The New York Review ...

Date of birth: 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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21st-century American male writers 3,233T

21st-century American essayists 363T

21st-century male writers 1,614T
9.

Ariel Helwani

Canadian journalist

Overview: Ariel Helwani (April 1, 1982) is a Canadian journalist, who primarily covers mixed martial arts (MMA).

Date of birth: 8 July 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Jewish Canadian journalists 102T

Jews from Quebec 29T

Journalists from Montreal 197T
10.

Sarah Lewitinn

Overview: Sarah Lewitinn (born February 3, 1980), also known by her nickname Ultragrrrl, is an American record producer, music critic, DJ, blogger, and music director for the Canadian fashion brand, Aritzia. She ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Disc Jockey

Gender: Female

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American women record producers 195T

People from Tenafly, New Jersey 99T

Fashion Institute of Technology alumni 138T
11.

Emile Mosseri

American musician

Overview: Emile Mosseri (born 11 August 1985) is an American composer, pianist, singer and producer based in Los Angeles. He has scored films including The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), Minari (2020) ...

Date of birth: 11 August 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

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Adam Mosseri

American businessman

Overview: Adam Mosseri (born January 23, 1983) is an American-Israeli businessman and the head of Instagram. He formerly served as an executive at Facebook.

Date of birth: 23 January 1983

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

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Fortune 40 Under 40 recipients 14T

American businesspeople in the online media industry 21T

American people of Egyptian descent 142T
13.

Lena Cymbrowitz

American politician

Overview: Lena Cymbrowitz (January 1, 1957 – August 21, 2000) was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. She represented Assembly District 45, which included the Brooklyn communities of Flatbush ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1957

Date of death: 21 August 2000

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

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Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) 97T

Jewish women politicians 136T

Members of the New York State Assembly 2,380T
14.

Victoria Redel

American writer

Overview: Victoria Redel (born 1959) is an American poet and fiction writer who lives in New York City. She is the author of five books of fiction: Before Everything, Make Me Do Things, The Border of Truth, Loverboy ...

Date of birth: 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Wick Poetry Prize winners 4T

Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T
15.

Colette Rossant

American writer

Overview: Colette Rossant (1932 – 12 October 2023) was a French-American cookbook author, journalist, translator, and restaurateur, who is a member of the Pallache family.

Date of birth: 1932

Date of death: 12 October 2023

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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French Ashkenazi Jews 21T

American people of French-Jewish descent 102T

American food writers 339T
16.

Lucette Lagnado

Egyptian-born American journalist and memoirist (1956–2019)

Overview: Lucette Matalon Lagnado (September 19, 1956 – July 10, 2019) was an Egyptian-born American journalist and memoirist. She was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.

Date of birth: 19 September 1956

Date of death: 11 July 2019

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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American women memoirists 620T

2019 deaths 9,204T

2019 deaths 6,613T
17.

Jerry Avenaim

American photographer

Overview: Jerry Avenaim (Arabic: جيري أفينيم‎; Hebrew: ג'רי אבנאים‎; born August 21, 1961) is an American photographer best known for his fashion and celebrity images.

Date of birth: 21 August 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Photographer

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American portrait photographers 255T

Artists from Chicago, Illinois 577T

Artists from Illinois 123T
18.

Rachel Wahba

American, Writer

Overview: Rachel Wahba (born March 19, 1946) is a writer of Mizrahi/Sephardic Jewish topics and a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and in Marin County. She has written extensively about her ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Arab Jews 6T

Mizrahi feminists 25T

American writers of Iraqi descent 6T
19.

Ibram Lassaw

American artist

Overview: Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003) was a Russian-American sculptor, known for non-objective construction in brazed metals.

Date of birth: 1913

Date of death: 2003

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Egyptian Ashkenazi Jews 9T

Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (New York City) alumni 29T

20th-century male artists 3,569T
20.

William Haddad

American political operative, lobbyist, and journalist (1928–2020)

Overview: William Haddad (July 25, 1928 - April 30, 2020) was an American political operative, lobbyist, and journalist who held a series of high-profile jobs during his lifetime. He is most known for being an aide ...

Date of birth: 25 July 1928

Date of death: 30 April 2020

Age: 91 (age at death)

Occupation: Journalist

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