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.
For people of Lebanese descent, see List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
Activist
- Lydia Canaan - human rights activist, animal rights activist, humanitarian, feminist, and United Nations delegate[1][2][3]
- Jill Kelley - advocate, socialite, and former diplomat[4][5][6]
Arts and entertainment
Beauty pageant contestants
- Dina Azar - Miss Lebanon 1995
- Rima Fakih - Miss USA 2010
- Sonia Fares - Miss Lebanon 1969
- Nadine Njeim - Miss Lebanon 2007
- 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
- Martine Andraos - Miss Lebanon 2009
- Karen Ghrawi - Miss Lebanon 2013
- Sally Greige - Miss Lebanon 2014
Fashion designers
- Rabih Kayrouz - fashion designer
- Reem Acra - fashion designer
- Georges Chakra - fashion designer
- Nicolas Jebran - fashion designer
- Zuhair Murad - fashion designer
- Elie Saab - fashion designer
Film, television and radio personalities
- Jed Ismael - Lebanese-Hacker and TV personality
- Philippe Aractingi - Lebanese-French film director
- Maroun Bagdadi - film director
- May Chidiac - notable television anchor
- Ziad Doueiri - film director
- Leïla Karam - 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
- Nadine Labaki - actress and music video director
- Mahmoud Mabsout - actor
- Peter Macdissi, television and film actor
- Nour - film actress
- Bashar Rahal - Lebanese-Bulgarian actor
- Haaz Sleiman - television and film actor
- Tony S. Hatem - Film Director and Producer - USA
Singers, composers and musicians
- Lydia Canaan - singer-songwriter
- Mika - singer-songwriter
- Ahmad Kaabour - singer
- Ragheb Alama - singer
- Cyrine Abdelnour - singer
- Nancy Ajram - singer
- Ramy Ayach - singer
- Paul Anka - singer
- Abdel Rahman El Bacha - pianist
- Toufic El Bacha - composer, songwriter
- Jack Barakat - guitarist (band All Time Low)
- Baba Saad - Lebanese-German rapper
- Julia Boutros - singer
- John Dolmayan - musician (band System of a Down)
- Elissa - singer
- Fairuz - singer
- Myriam Fares - singer
- Patrick Gemayel - lead composer for Chromeo
- Walid Gholmieh - composer and musician
- Darine Hadchiti - singer
- Diana Haddad - singer
- Assi El Helani - singer
- Amal Hijazi - singer, model
- Wael Jassar - singer
- Salwa Al Katrib - singer
- Fares Karam - singer
- Najwa Karam - singer
- Wael Kfoury - singer
- Marcel Khalife - singer and composer
- K.Maro - Lebanese-Canadian rapper[7]
- Pascale Machaalani - singer
- Majdala - singer
- Fady Maalouf - singer
- Ibrahim Maalouf - musician
- Massari - Lebanese-Canadian pop and hip-hop singer
- Zaki Nassif - composer, singer
- Yfrah Neaman - violinist
- Abeer Nehme - singer
- Rahbani brothers - composers
- Ghassan Rahbani - producer, composer, and musician
- Ziad Rahbani - musician, actor
- Issam Rajji - singer-songwriter
- Charbel Rouhana - oud player
- Majida El Roumi - singer
- Rola Saad - singer
- Nicole Saba - singer
- Sabah - singer, actress
- Wadih El Safi - singer, composer, and musician
- Karol Sakr - singer
- Pascale Sakr - singer
- Carole Samaha- singer
- Nasri Shamseddine - singer
- Suzanne Tamim - singer
- Serj Tankian - singer-songwriter (band System of a Down)
- Walid Toufic - singer
- Haifa Wehbe - singer
- Karl Wolf - Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer
- Gabriel Yared - award-winning composer and musician
- Nawal Al Zoghbi - singer
- Nadia Azzi - Classical Pianist
Theatre
- Hassan Alaa Eddin, commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
- Jalal Khoury - playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor
Visual Artists
- Joseph Assaf - sculptor
- Chaouki Chamoun - painter
- Moustafa Farroukh - painter
- César Gemayel - painter
- Youssef Howayek - sculptor and painter
- Pierre Sadek - caricaturist
Architecture
- Nabil Gholam - architect
- Nadim Karam - architect
- Bernard Khoury - architect
Business
- Magid Abraham - market researcher, businessman
- Samir Brikho - businessman, chief executive of AMEC plc
- Charles Corm - writer, businessman, and philanthropist
- Pierre El Daher - Chairman and CEO of LBC
- Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C.[8]
- Nicolas Hayek - owner of Swatch Group
- Jean Succar Kuri - businessman
Education
- Joseph Aoun - President of Northeastern University
Journalism
- May Chidiac - television journalist
- Marcel Ghanem - television journalist
- Octavia Nasr - former television journalist for CNN
- Gebran Tueni (journalist) - founder of An-Nahar
- Serena Shim - Lebanese-American journalist
Military
- Emile Boustany - former army commander
- Jean Kahwaji - army commander
- Samir El-Khadem - former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian
- Ashraf Rifi - former police commander
- Ibrahim Tannous - former army commander
Religion
Religious personalities
- Aram I Keshishian - Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
- Estephan El Douaihy - Former Maronite Patriarch (1670–1704)
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah - Shiite cleric (1935–2010)
- Salim Ghazal - Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931-2011)
- Elias Peter Hoayek - Former Maronite Patriarch (1898–1931)
- Hassan Khaled - Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic (1966-1989)
- Anthony Peter Khoraish - Former Maronite Patriarch (1975–1986)
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi - Maronite Patriarch (2011-incumbent)
- Musa al-Sadr - Shiite religious leader
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Former Maronite Patriarch (1986-2011)
Roman Catholic Popes
Saints
- Saint Charbel
- Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
- Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
Politicians
See also: Politics of Lebanon
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
- Charles Helou - former President (1964–1970)
- Elias Hrawi - former President (1989–1998)
- Bechara El Khoury - former President (1943–1952)
- Émile Lahoud - former President (1998–2007)
- René Moawad - former President (1989)
- Elias Sarkis - former President (1976–1982)
- Michel Suleiman - most recent President (2007–2014)
- Petro Trad - former President (1943)
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
- Michel Aoun - former Prime Minister
- Amin al-Hafez - former Prime Minister
- Selim al-Hoss - former Prime Minister
- Rafic Hariri - former Prime Minister
- Saad Hariri - former Prime Minister
- Omar Karami - former Prime Minister
- Rashid Karami - former Prime Minister
- Najib Mikati - former Prime Minister
- Saeb 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
- Tammam Salam - current Prime Minister
Speakers of Parliament
- Nabih Berri - current Speaker of Parliament
- Kamel Asaad - former Speaker of Parliament
- Sabri Hamadé - former Speaker of Parliament
- Hussein el-Husseini - former Speaker of Parliament
- Adel Osseiran - former Speaker of Parliament
Political personalities
- 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
- 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 and the owner of Murr Television and Mount Lebanon Radio Station
- Michel Murr - politician and former Deputy Prime Minister
- Hassan Nasrallah - leader of Hezbollah
- Habib Sadek - former politician, writer
- Gebran Tueni - journalist and deputy
- Salim Wardeh - Minister of Culture
Other political personalities
- Joyce Gemayel - former first lady and political activist
- Ghassan Tueni - diplomat, politician and journalist
Sciences
Medicine
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad - physician, surgeon and writer
- Afif Abdul Wahab - surgeon
Scientists
- Michael Atiyah - mathematician
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - Lebanese-American technology innovator
- Edgar Choueiri - scientist/professor
- Charles Elachi - astronomer
- Hassan Naim - Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
Sports personalities
Athletes
- Samir Bannout - professional bodybuilder
- Maxime Chaya - Extreme sports athlete
- Zakaria Chibab - sportsman and Olympian
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
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
Soccer/Football
- Faisal Antar - football (soccer) player
- Roda Antar - soccer player
- Moussa Hojeij - soccer player/manager
- Mohammed Ghaddar - soccer player in Syria
- Wartan Ghazarian - soccer player of Armenian origin
- Pierre Issa - Lebanese-South African soccer player
- Youssef Mohamad - soccer player in Germany
- Jamal Taha - soccer player
Writers
- Charles Corm - writer, businessman
- Elia Abu Madi - poet
- Maroun Abboud - poet, writer
- Said Akl - poet, writer, thinker
- Nader El-Bizri - philosopher, architect
- Butrus al-Bustani - writer, scholar
- Fawaz Gerges - university professor, author, media commentator
- Ounsi el-Hajj - poet
- Jad Hatem - philosopher, poet
- Elia Abu Madi - poet, publisher
- Gibran Khalil Gibran - artist, author, philosopher, theologian
- Elias Khoury - novelist, playwright
- Vénus Khoury-Ghata - writer
- Chaker Khazaal - writer
- Amin Maalouf - novelist
- May Murr - author
- Khalil Mutran - poet, journalist
- Mikha'il Na'ima - author and poet
- Amin al-Rihani - author
- Avraham Sinai - author
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb - essayist
- Roger Achkar - author, engineer
See also
- Lebanese diaspora
- List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
- List of Arab Americans
- List of famous Arabs
References
- ↑ A Dove of Peace from the Mountains of Lebanon
- ↑ Hostage to Injustice
- ↑ Naim Attallah Online
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/us/from-petraeus-scandal-an-apostle-for-privacy.html?_r=2
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/news/international/21584338-foreign-ministries-employ-ever-more-amateurs-do-their-bidding-abroad-booming-trade
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2014/05/judge-may-allow-privacy-suit-over-petraeus-case-leaks-189144.html
- ↑ "K-maro - The Million Dollar Boy". Today's Outlook Magazine. December 2005.
- ↑ Caiger, Andrew; Simon Gardiner (2). Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation and re-regulation. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 90-6704-126-2. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Popes of Lebanese Phoenician and Eastern Origin from www.opuslibani.org.lb
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