Notable Cypriot Americans
- Charlie Crist 44th Governor of Florida
- Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, current Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The University of California Davis
- Bilge Ebiri, film director
- K. C. Nicolaou, Chemist and academic
- C. L. Max Nikias, Engineer, academic, and 11th (and current) President of the University of Southern California
- Yılmaz Orhan, football (soccer) player
- Hal Ozsan, actor
- Harris Savides, Cinematographer
- Symeon C. Symeonides, current dean of Willamette University College of Law
- Vamık Volkan, professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Marius Vassiliou, Computational scientist and research executive
- Garo Yepremian, football place-kicker from 1966 to 1981, of Armenian descent, was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. He played for the Miami Dolphins and lead the NFL in scoring in 1971.
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