List of Lebanese people in Africa
This is a list of notable individuals born in Africa (outside the Arab World / North Africa of Lebanese ancestry or people of dual Lebanese and local nationality born and/or residing in Africa.
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Ghana
- Juliet Ibrahim, actress
- Majid Michel, actor
Liberia
- Monie Captan, former foreign minister of Liberia
Nigeria
- Gilbert R. Chagoury, businessman, diplomat and philanthropist
Sierra Leone
- Edward J. Akar, former Minister of Finance
- John Akar, writer and diplomat; composer of Sierra Leone's national anthem
- Faisal Antar, footballer
- Roda Antar, footballer
- Kassim Basma, diamond exporter
- Khalil Mohamed Basma, Sierra Leonean investor and entrepreneur
- Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament
- Joe Blell, former Minister of Defense
- Samir Hassaniyeh, activist
- Ali Hijazi, head coach of the Sierra Leone national basketball team
- Nahim Khadi, current president of the Sierra Leone Football Association
- Jamil Sahid Mohamed Khalil, businessman and diamond tycoon
- Hisham Mackie, diamond exporter
- Farid Raymond-Anthony, writer and author
- John Saad, former Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development
South Africa
- Fulton Allem, professional golfer
- Ken Costa, London-based South African banker and Christian philanthropist
- Pierre Issa, professional football (soccer) player
- Joseph Rahme, professional tennis player
- Michael Sutherland, South African-born Australian politician
- Allan Thomas, professional footballer
- Vic Toweel, professional boxer
- Willie Toweel, professional boxer
- Leanne Manas, famous television personality
- Alan Ford, television producer
- Alex Yazbek, award winning film director
- Debbie Yazbek, award winning photographer
- Norman Adami, erstwhile Chairman and MD SABMiller
- Stephen Saad, CEO Aspen Pharmacare
- Ryan Bakos, CEO Bakos Brothers Furniture
See also
- List of Lebanese people
- List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
- Lebanese diaspora
- Lebanese people in Ivory Coast
- Lebanese people in South Africa
- Lebanese people in Senegal
- Lebanese people in Sierra Leone
References
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