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 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
- Mia Khalifa – social media personality and sports commentator
- 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
- Diane Kern – producer, director
Scientists
- Hassan Kamel El Sabbah – Inventor
- Rammal Rammal – Inventor
Singers, composers, and musicians
- Elissa - singer
- Ragheb Alama – singer
- Julia Boutros – 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
- Nasri Shamseddine – singer
- Walid Toufic – singer
- Nawal Al Zoghbi – singer
Theatre
- Hassan Alaa Eddin – commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
- Jalal Khoury – playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor
Visual artists
- 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
- Etel Adnan – painter, poet
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
- Pierre El Daher – Chairman and CEO of LBC
- Walid Daouk – businessman and politician
- Sam Hammam – owner of Cardiff City F.C.[7]
- Nicolas Hayek – owner of Swatch Group
Education
- Joseph Aoun – President of Northeastern University
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
- Jelnar Moussa – Lebanese journalist, news anchor, presents Morning Live show - Aljazeera network
- Ali Hamade علي حمادة journalist and Lebanese political critic in An-Nahar newspaper
Military
- Hamilcar Barca – was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal
- Hannibal – was a general and statesman from Ancient Carthage who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history
- Hasdrubal Barca – son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War
- Mago Barca – was a Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War
- Hasdrubal Gisco – was a Carthaginian general
- Emile Boustany – former army commander
- Jean Kahwaji – former 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
A series of Roman 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)
Others
- Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili – Shi'a scholar (1334–1385)
- 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)
- Aram I Keshishian – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah – Shiite cleric (1935–2010)
- Salim Ghazal – Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931–2011)
- Hassan Khaled – Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic (1966–1989)
- Musa al-Sadr – Shiite religious leader
Saints
- Saint Charbel
- Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
- Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
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
- Walid Daouk – 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
- Edma Abouchdid – physician; first Lebanese woman to obtain a doctorate of medicine
- Anthony Atala – Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Jawad Fares – physician and medical researcher
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad – physician, surgeon and writer
- Afif Abdul Wahab – surgeon
Scientists
- Hanno the Navigator – was a Carthaginian explorer of the sixth or fifth century BC
- Edgar Choueiri – scientist/professor
- Charles Elachi – astronomer
- Hassan Naim – Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah – Lebanese-American technology innovator
- Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
- Pierre Zalloua – biologist and researcher
- Justine Sergent – cognitive neuroscience researcher
- Niveen Khashab – chemist and professor
- Ghassan Afiouni – inventor
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī (1547–1621) – Arab Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet
- Maurice Chehab – archaeologist and museum curator
- Ali Chamseddine – physicist in particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics
Sports personalities
Athletes
- Maxime Chaya – extreme sports athlete
- Samir Bannout – professional bodybuilder
- 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
Cycling
- Hassan Dia
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
- Ibrahim Jaja
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
- Mago (agricultural writer) – was a Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in Punic
- Roy M. Ferneini, CPA (living) – accountant, economist and writer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Avraham Sinai (born 1962) – religious writer
- Gabriel Sionita (1577–1648) – Maronite writer and publisher
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) – essayist
See also
- Lebanese diaspora
- List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
- List of famous Arabs
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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