List of Arabs

This is a list of notable Arabs.

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Public figures

Politicians

Presidents
Houari Boumédiène was Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria (1965-1976) and the second President of Algeria
Sheikh Khalifa, current UAE president

Monarchs

Others

Military
  • Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
  • Abdullah ibn Aamir (622–678), Rashidun Arab general
  • 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (?–629), Arab general
  • Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah (583–638), Rashidun Arab military commander
  • Ahnaf ibn Qais (?–660), Rashidun Arab military commander
  • Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha, Rashidun Arab general
  • Al-Qa'qa'a ibn Amr at-Tamimi, Rashidun Arab general
  • Amr bin Al'aas (592–664), Rashidun Arab Armilitary commander
  • Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl (?–636), Rashidun Arab general
  • Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–625), Muslim general, also known as "Lion of God"
  • Hashim ibn Utbah, Rashidun Arab general
  • Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (?–656), Rashidun Arab general
  • Khalid ibn al-Walid (592–642), Rashidun Arab military commander, also known as "sayf Allah" (Sword of God)
  • George Joulwan (Lebanese), retired general, former NATO commander-in-chief
  • John Abizaid (Lebanese), retired general
  • Mavia, warrior queen
  • An-Numan ibn Muqarrin (?–641), Rashidun Arab general
  • Saad el-Shazly (1922–2011), Egypt's chief of staff during the October War
  • Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595–674), Rashidun Arab military commander
  • Shurhabil ibn Hasana (583–639), Rashidun Arab general
  • Ubayda ibn as-Samit, Rashidun Arab general
  • Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan (?–640), Rashidun Arab general
  • Zayd ibn Harithah, Arab general
  • Zenobia, Arab general
  • Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594–656), Rashidun Arab general

Activists

Religious figures
  • Muhammad (570/571–632), messenger and prophet of Islam
  • Abu Bakr, companion of Muhammad and First Caliph
  • Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
  • Aisha (d. 678), third wife of Muhammad, the daughter of the first caliph Abu Bakr, and narrator of many hadith
  • Ali ibn Abi Talib (c. 599–661), cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad and Fourth Caliph, according to Shi'a Muslims, his successor
  • Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Muhammad and the daughter of the second caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab
  • Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (555–619), first wife of Muhammad
  • Muadh ibn Jabal
  • Mus'ab ibn Umair (594/598–625), first ambassador of Islam
  • Saeed ibn Zaid
  • Umar ibn al-Khattab, companion of Muhammad and Second Caliph
  • Uthman ibn Affan, companion of Muhammad and Third Caliph
  • Zayd ibn Thabit, personal scribe of Muhammad and was assigned the role of authenticating and collecting the oral Quranic traditions into a single bounded volume

Scientific and academic figures

Mathematics, physics and chemistry
  • Ahmed ibn Yusuf (835–912), mathematician
  • Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi (980–1037), arithmetician
  • Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908–946), mathematician and astronomer in Baghdad
  • Al-Uqlidisi (920–980), author of two works on arithmetic. He may have anticipated the invention of decimals.
  • Al-Umawi (1400–1489), mathematician who wrote works on mensuration and arithmetic.
  • Al-Zarqali (1028–1087), influential early mathematician and astronomer
  • Ahmed Zewail (born 1946) Egyptian-American scientist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[3]
  • Farouk El-Baz (born 1938) Egyptian scientist[4]
  • Charles Elachi, Lebanese director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian winner of the 2006 IEEE Edison Medal and former Vice President of Research for the University of Michigan.
  • George A. Doumani, geologist whose explorations helped prove the theory of continental drift.
  • Ali ibn Ridwan (c. 988–c. 1061), astronomer and geometer with Khalid Ben Abdulmelik.
  • Muhammad al-Fazari credited with building the first astrolabe in the Islamic world.

Biology and medicine

Engineering

Humanities and social sciences
  • Edward Said (1935–2003) Palestinian-American literary theorist.
  • Ella Shohat, Professor of Cultural Studies at New York University, author and lecturer.
  • Ibn Wahshiyya (fl. 9th century/10th century), one of the first historians to partly decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
  • Jack Shaheen, emeritus professor of mass communications at Southern Illinois University and author.
  • Nada Shabout (born 1962), Iraqi American art historian, lecturer, author.
  • Sasson Somekh (1933-2019), Professor emeritus of Modern Arab Literature at Tel Aviv University.
  • Usamah ibn Munqidh (1095–1188, Damascus, Syria), Arab historian, politician, and diplomat.

Philosophy

Traveling
  • Ahmad ibn Fadlan, (10th century, Baghdad, Iraq) traveler; member of an embassy of the Caliph of Baghdad.
  • Ibn Majid (1421–c.1500), Arabian navigator

Writing

Mathematics
  • Ahmed ibn Yusuf (835, Baghdad–912, Egypt), mathematician
  • Al-Battani (850, Harran, Turkey–929, Qasr al-Jiss, Iraq), mathematician
  • Thabit ibn Qurra (826–902, Harran, Turkey), mathematician

Other
  • Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (936–1013), Andalusian scientist; also known as Abulcasis
  • Alhazen (965–c.1039), scientist from Basra (modern Iraq)
  • Al-Jazari (1136–1206) polymath from Al-Jazira (modern Iraq/Syria)
  • Christa McAuliffe, Arab American: schoolteacher/astronaut who lost her life aboard the space shuttle Challenger
  • Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526–1585), polymath from Damascus
  • Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) (965, Basra, Buyid Emirate–1040, Cairo, Egypt), polymath and philosopher
  • Wasil ibn Ata (700–748), theologian and jurist
  • Al-Kindi (801, Basra, Iraq–873, Baghdad, Iraq), philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician and musician

Arts and entertainment

Directors
  • Amr Salama (born 1981), Egyptian film director
  • Sherif Arafa (born 1960), Egyptian director, writer and producer
  • Mai Masri (born 1959), Palestinian filmmaker, director and producer
  • Tom Shadyac (born 1958), American director, screenwriter and producer of Lebanese descent
  • Nadine Labaki (born 1974), Lebanese actress, director and activist

Producers

Actors

Comedians
  • Ahmed Helmy (born 1969), Egyptian comedian, actor, film producer, television presenter and a renowned television personality
  • Duraid Lahham (born 1934), Syrian comedian and director
  • Ronnie Khalil (born 1977), American stand-up comedian of Egyptian descent
  • Ramy Youssef (born 1991), American stand-up comedian and writer of Egyptian descent
  • Remy Munasifi (born 1980) American comedian of Iraqi-Lebanese descent
  • Tima Shomali (born 1985), Jordanian producer, director, writer, and comedian

Musicians

Fashion designers

Cultural figures

Writers
  • Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad (1889–1964), Egyptian thinker and writer
  • Charles Corm (Lebanese) (1894–1963) writer, businessman and philanthropist
  • Abdel Rahman Shokry (born 1886), Egyptian poet
  • Al-Khansa (7th century) Arabian poet
  • Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) poet from Samawah (modern Iraq)
  • Amin Maalouf (born 1949) Lebanese author
  • Antarah ibn Shaddad (fl.580) Pre-Islamic Arabian hero and poet
  • Fadwa Touqan (1917–2003) Palestinian Poet, known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry
  • Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet and author
  • Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941) Palestinian poet and college professor
  • Imru' al-Qais (c.501–c.544) Arabian poet
  • Khalil Gibran or Gibran Khalil Gibran, (1883–1931) Lebanese-American writer, philosopher, and painter
  • Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) Egyptian novelist[7]
  • Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952) Palestinian-American writer
  • Sinan Antoon (born 1967) Iraqi poet and novelist
  • Taha Hussein (1889–1973) Egyptian writer[8]
  • Edward Said, (Palestinian) literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist
  • Helen Thomas, (Lebanese) reporter, columnist and White House correspondent
  • Nader El-Bizri, (Lebanese) philosopher, historian of science, and architect
  • Ismail al-Faruqi, (Palestinian) philosopher and authority on Islam and comparative religion
  • Mona Simpson, (Syrian father Abdulfattah Jandali) novelist
  • Lorraine Ali, (Iraqi) reporter, editor, culture writer, and music critic for Newsweek
  • Mohamed Ali al-Nasiri, Iraqi journalist
  • Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq (born 1952), Iraqi poet and writer
  • Mo Gawdat (born 20 June 1967), Egypt

Artists

See list of Arab artists

Other

Entrepreneurs

Sports

Militants

See also

References
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  2. Timmerman, Kenneth (2005). Countdown to crisis: the coming nuclear showdown with Iran. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4000-5368-1.
  3. Forest, James; Altbach, philip, eds. (2006). International handbook of higher education, Volume 1. Springer. p. 413. ISBN 978-1-4020-4011-5.
  4. Sajd, Magdi (December 2003). "الدكتور فاروق الباز : العلماء العرب الذين اختاروا موقع الهبوط على سطح القمر (Dr. Farouk El-Baz: The Arab Scientist Who Selected the Landing Site on the Moon)". علم و عالم (Science and World) (in Arabic): 18–25.
  5. Swayd, Samy (2006). Historical dictionary of the Druzes. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5332-4.
  6. Lloyd Marcus, Scott (2007). Music in Egypt: experiencing music, expressing culture. Oxford University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-19-514644-8.
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