List of Lebanese people
This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon.
Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included.
There are around 6 million Lebanese residing in Lebanon, and over 10-16 million residing in diaspora. For people of Lebanese descent, see Lists of Lebanese diaspora.
Activists
- Andrea Andraos - Top 1 lebanese mathematician
- Lydia Canaan – activist, advocate, public speaker, and United Nations delegate[1][2][3]
- Jill Kelley – advocate, socialite, and former diplomat[4][5][6]
- Maya Hajj Hasan – feminist activist and international chess player
Arts and entertainment
Beauty pageant winners
- Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018
- Perla Helou – Miss Lebanon 2017
- Valerie Abou Chacra — Miss Lebanon 2015
- Martine Andraos – Miss Lebanon 2009
- Dina Azar – Miss Lebanon 1995
- Rina Chibany – Miss Lebanon 2012
- Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010
- Sonia Fares – Miss Lebanon 1969
- Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007
- Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004
- Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005
- Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971
- Christina Sawaya – Miss Lebanon 2001/Miss International 2002
- Rosarita Tawil – Miss Lebanon 2008
- Dominique Hourani - Miss Intercontinental
Fashion designers
- Georges Chakra – fashion designer
- Houssein Bazaza – fashion designer
- Nicolas Jebran – fashion designer
- Rabih Kayrouz – fashion designer
- Zuhair Murad – fashion designer
- Elie Saab – fashion designer
- Tony Ward – fashion designer
- Reem Acra – fashion designer
Film, television, and radio personalities
- Hicham Abou Sleiman – actor
- Nadine Labaki – film director
- Philippe Aractingi – Lebanese-French film director
- Jihad Al-Atrash – actor
- Maroun Bagdadi – film director
- Rowan Blanchard – American actress
- May Chidiac – television anchor
- Sami Daher – actor
- George Diab – actor
- Ziad Doueiri – film director
- Imad Feghaly – actor
- Renee Ghosh – actress
- Abdo Hakim – actor
- Hasan Hamdan – actor
- Jamal Hamdan – actor
- Saad Hamdan – actor
- Diana Ibrahim – actress
- Muhammad Ibrahim – actor
- Charbel Iskandar – actor
- Leïla Karam – actress
- Mona Karim – actress
- Mario Kassar – filmmaker, founder of Carolco Pictures
- Alek Keshishian – filmmaker of Lebanese-Armenian origin
- Georges Khabbaz – actor
- Arsinée Khanjian – actress of Lebanese-Armenian origin
- Samir Maalouf – actor
- Toni Maalouf – actor
- Mahmoud Mabsout – actor
- Peter Macdissi – television and film actor
- Rick Mercer – comedian, radio
- Omar Mikati – actor
- Patrick Mubarak – actor
- Ismail Nanoua – actor
- Samara Nohra – actress
- George Noory – television, author, radio
- Nour – film actress
- Ouday Raad – actor
- Bashar Rahal – Lebanese-Bulgarian actor
- Keanu Reeves – Canadian actor
- Fadi Rifai – actor
- Milad Rizk – actor
- Ali Saad – actor
- Hossam Al-Sabah – actor
- Khaled El Sayed – actor
- Naji Shamil – actor
- Omar Al-Shammaa – actor
- Haaz Sleiman – television and film actor
- Rosie Al-Yaziji – actress
- Ali Al-Zein – actor
Singers, composers, and musicians
- Nancy Ajram – singer
- Ragheb Alama – singer
- Joseph Attieh – singer
- Julia Boutros – singer
- Elissa - singer
- Fairuz - Singer
- Ramy Ayach- singer and composer
- Assi El Hallani - singer
- Najwa Karam – singer
- Wael Kfoury – singer
- Marcel Khalife – singer and composer
- Zaki Nassif – composer, singer
- Rahbani brothers – composers
- Ziad Rahbani – musician, actor
- Majida El Roumi – singer
- Sabah – singer, actress
- Wadih El Safi – singer, composer, and musician
- Carole Samaha – singer
- Nasri Shamseddine – singer
- Walid Toufic – singer
- Nawal Al Zoghbi – singer
- Djsky - electronic music designer, music programmer, remixer, events organizer.
- massari - singer
Theatre
- Hassan Alaa Eddin – commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
- Jalal Khoury – playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor
Visual artists
- Etel Adnan – painter, poet
- Faouzi Al-Kach – artist
- Joseph Assaf – sculptor
- Chaouki Chamoun – painter
- Douglas Abdell – sculptor
- Moustafa Farroukh – painter
- Chawky Frenn – painter and art professor
- César Gemayel – painter
- Youssef Howayek – sculptor and painter
- Wajih Nahlé – painter and calligrapher
- Walid Raad – artist
- Pierre Sadek – caricaturist
- Akram Zaatari – filmmaker, photographer, artist and curator
Architecture
- Nabil Gholam – architect
- Salim Al-Kadi – an architect and designer
- Joseph Philippe Karam – architect
- Nadim Karam – architect
- Bernard Khoury – architect
Business
- Samir Brikho – businessman, Chief Executive of AMEC plc
- Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer, industrialist and philanthropist
- Walid Daouk – businessman and politician
- Ralph Debbas – automotive executive.
- Sam Hammam – owner of Cardiff City F.C.[7]
- Nicolas Hayek – owner of Swatch Group
Education
- Joseph Aoun – President of Northeastern University
- Alberto Bustani – former President of Monterrey Campus of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Journalism
- Jad Al-Akhaoui – television and newspaper journalist
- May Chidiac – television journalist
- Marcel Ghanem – television journalist
- Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN
- Gebran Tueni – founder of An-Nahar
- Gebran Ghassan Tueni – Lebanese journalist and politician
- Ghassan Tueni – Lebanese journalist, politician and diplomat
- Adnan Al Kakoun – journalist/producer/director
- George Yammine – literature and arts critic of An-Nahar
Military
- Emile Boustany – former army commander
- Jean Kahwaji – former army commander
- Samir El-Khadem – former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian
- Jean Njeim - former army commander
- Ashraf Rifi – former police commander
- Ibrahim Tannous – former army commander
- Joseph Aoun – army commander
Religion
A series of Catholic popes from the Levant (also known as Syrian popes or popes of Eastern Origin)[8] include: Pope Anicetus, Pope Constantine, Pope Gregory III, Pope Sergius I and Pope Sisinnius.
Religious personalities
Maronite patriarchs
- Estephan El Douaihy – former Maronite Patriarch (1670–1704)
- Elias Peter Hoayek – former Maronite Patriarch (1898–1931)
- Anthony Peter Khoraish – former Maronite Patriarch (1975–1986)
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi – Maronite Patriarch (2011–)
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir – former Maronite Patriarch (1986–2011)
Muslim scholars
- Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili – Shi'a scholar (1334–1385)
- Nur-al-Din al-Karaki al-ʿĀmilī (1465-1534) – Shiite scholar who was a member of the Safavid court
- Al-Hurr al-Aamili – muhaddith and a prominent Twelver Shi'a scholar (1624–1693)
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Shi'a Islamic scholar (1547–1621)
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah – Shiite cleric (1935–2010)
- Hassan Khaled – Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic (1966–1989)
- Musa al-Sadr – Shiite religious leader
Others
- Aram I Keshishian – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
- Salim Ghazal – Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931–2011)
Politicians
Presidents of Lebanon
- Camille Chamoun – former President (1952–1958)
- Fuad Chehab – former President (1958–1964)
- Émile Eddé – former President (1936–1941)
- Suleiman Frangieh – former President (1970–1976)
- Amine Gemayel – former President (1982–1988)
- Bachir Gemayel – former President-Elect (1982-murdered)
- Charles Helou – former President (1964–1970)
- Elias Hrawi – former President (1989–1998)
- Bechara El Khoury – former President (1943–1952)
- René Moawad – former President (1989-murdered)
- Elias Sarkis – former President (1976–1982)
- Petro Trad – former President (1943)
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
- Ahmad Daouk – former Prime Minister
- Amin al-Hafez – former Prime Minister
- Rafic Hariri – former Prime Minister
- Saad Hariri – former Prime Minister
- Selim al-Hoss – former Prime Minister
- Omar Karami – former Prime Minister
- Rashid Karami – former Prime Minister
- Najib Mikati – former Prime Minister
- Saeb Salam – former Prime Minister
- Tammam Salam – former Prime Minister
- Fouad Siniora – former Prime Minister
- Riad as-Solh – former Prime Minister
- Sami as-Solh – former Prime Minister
- Takieddin el-Solh – former Prime Minister
- Shafik Wazzan – former Prime Minister
- Abdallah El-Yafi – former Prime Minister
Speakers of Parliament
- Kamel Asaad – former Speaker of Parliament
- Nabih Berri – current Speaker of Parliament
- Sabri Hamadé – former Speaker of Parliament
- Hussein el-Husseini – former Speaker of Parliament
- Adel Osseiran – former Speaker of Parliament
Political personalities
- Marwan Hamadeh — former minister (6 times) and part of the Lebanese Parliament since 1992, politician and influential presence
- Emir Majid Arslan – Lebanese independence leader
- Prince Talal Arslan – Druze leader and president of the Lebanese Democratic Party
- Gebran Bassil – minister, Free Patriotic Movement
- Dany Chamoun – former National Liberal Party leader
- Dory Chamoun – National Liberal Party leader
- Khaled Daouk – former Honorary Consul General of Ireland in Beirut
- Walid Daouk – former minister of Information and Justice
- Carlos Edde – politician
- Raymond Edde – politician, former leader of National Bloc
- Issam Fares – businessman and politician, former Deputy Prime Minister
- Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. – politician, leader of the Marada Movement
- Tony Frangieh – politician
- Maurice Gemayel – founder of Institute for Palestine Studies
- Pierre Gemayel – politician and founder of the Kataeb Party
- Pierre Amine Gemayel – legislator and minister
- Samir Geagea – leader of the Lebanese Forces
- Kamal Jumblatt – founder of Progressive Socialist Party
- Walid Jumblatt – politician, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Sobhi Mahmassani – legal scholar, former deputy and minister
- Charles Malik – former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Nayla Moawad – politician
- Elias Murr – former Deputy Prime Minister
- Gabriel Murr – politician; owner of Murr Television and Mount Lebanon Radio Station
- Michel Murr – politician and former Deputy Prime Minister
- Hassan Nasrallah – leader of Hezbollah
- Salim Saadeh – economist and politician
- Habib Sadek – former politician, writer
- Gebran Tueni – journalist and deputy
Other political personalities
- Joyce Gemayel – former first lady and political activist
- Ghassan Tueni – diplomat, politician and journalist
Sciences
Medicine
- Afif Abdul Wahab – surgeon
- M. Amin Arnaout – Lebanese-American Physician-scientist and nephrologist best known for seminal discoveries in the biology and structure of integrin receptors.
- Amin J. Barakat – Lebanese-American physician known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome
- Anthony Atala – Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Edma Abouchdid – physician; first Lebanese woman to obtain a doctorate of medicine
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad – physician, surgeon and writer
Scientists
- Ali Chamseddine – physicist known for his contributions in particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet
- Charles Elachi – astronomer and professor of electrical engineering, former director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech
- Edgar Choueiri – Physicist known for his work on Plasma propulsion engine and for conceiving and developing new spacecraft propulsion concepts
- Ghassan Afiouni – inventor, developed a king of compressed wood that cannot be burned
- Hassan Naim – Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah – Lebanese-American electrical and electronic engineer and technology innovator known for receiving 43 patents in television transmission
- Maurice Chehab – archaeologist and museum curator, father of "modern Lebanese archaeology"
- Justine Sergent – cognitive neuroscience researcher
- Niveen Khashab – chemist and professor known for her contributions in the field of drugs and Chemistry, L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards laureate
- Pierre Zalloua – biologist and researcher
- Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
Sports personalities
Athletes
- Samir Bannout – professional bodybuilder
- Maxime Chaya – extreme sports athlete
- Zakaria Chihab – sportsman and Olympian
- Nabil Choueiri – track and field athlete and Olympian
- Maya Nassar – fitness model
American/Canadian football
- David Azzi – football player in the Canadian Football League (CFL)
Automobile racing
- Khalil Beschir – professional race car driver
- Tony Kanaan – professional race car driver
- Noel Jammal – professional race car driver
- Felipe Nasr – professional race car driver
- Graham Rahal – professional race car driver
Basketball
- Rony Fahed – basketball player
- Matt Freije – basketball player
- Fadi El Khatib – basketball player
- Ali Mahmoud – basketball player
- Elie Mechantaf – basketball player
- Rony Seikaly – Lebanese-American professional basketball player
- Joe Vogel – professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
- Jackson Vroman – professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
Ice hockey
- Ed Hatoum – former professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
- Nazem Kadri – professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing card tournament titleholders
Football
- Faisal Antar – football (soccer) player
- Roda Antar – soccer player
- Mohammed Ghaddar – soccer player in Syria
- Wartan Ghazarian – soccer player of Armenian origin
- Moussa Hojeij – soccer player/manager
- Youssef Mohamad – soccer player in Germany
- Soony Saad – soccer player
- Jamal Taha – soccer player
Skiing
Rugby league
- Hazem El Masri – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player and highest NRL point scorer.
Rugby Union
- Ahmad Harajly – World Rugby Sevens Series USA Rugby player and first Arab American rugby athlete to represent the USA. Professional athlete for Major League Rugby for the New England Free Jacks
Writers
- Maroun Abboud (1886–1962) – poet and writer
- Elia Abu Madi (1890–1957) – poet
- Said Akl (1912–2014) – poet, writer, and thinker
- Nader El-Bizri (living) – philosopher and architect
- Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883) – writer and scholar
- Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer and businessman
- Fawaz Gerges (born 1958) – academic and author
- Joumana Haddad (born 1970) – writer and feminist
- Ounsi el-Hajj (1937–2014) – poet
- Salma Hage (born 1942) – writer and cook
- Jad Hatem (born 1952) – philosopher and poet
- Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) – artist, author and poet
- Elias Khoury (born 1948) – novelist and playwright
- Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937) – writer
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949) – novelist
- Elia Abu Madi (1890–1957) – poet and publisher
- Mago (agricultural writer) – was a Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in Punic
- May Murr (1929–2008) – academic, writer and activist
- Khalil Mutran (1872–1949) – poet and journalist
- Mikha'il Na'ima (1889–1988) – religious author and poet
- Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940) – writer and politician
- Widad Sakakini (1913–1991) – writer and feminist
- Sanchuniathon is the Phoenician author of three lost works originally written in the Phoenician language and surviving only in partial paraphrase and summary of a Greek
- Avraham Sinai (born 1962) – religious writer
- Gabriel Sionita (1577–1648) – Maronite writer and publisher
- Amine Takiedine (1884–1937) – poet and writer
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) – essayist
- Rania Zaghir (born 1977) – Children's author
References
- A Dove of Peace from the Mountains of Lebanon
- Hostage to Injustice
- Naim Attallah Online
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- Caiger, Andrew; Simon Gardiner. Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation and re-regulation. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 90-6704-126-2.
- Popes of Lebanese Phoenician and Eastern Origin from www.opuslibani.org.lb Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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