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This is a list of notable Lebanese people. The list has been ordered by Alphabetical order of Section names. No specific order was used within the sections.

Activists

Artists

Cultural figures

  • Nami Jafet - After whom the Jafet Library in AUB was named, and whose life size statue decorates the Sahat in Dhour El Shuwayr.

Entrepreneurs

Anthony Chidiac] - Digital Audio and Real Time Digital Video Editing Pioneer

Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities

Military

Musicians

Musicians of Lebanese Descent

  • Guy Béart - French singer
  • Matthieu Chedid - Lebanese-French rock/blues songwriter and singer.
  • Dick Dale - surf guitarist[23]
  • Peter Daou - keyboardist for The Daou, born in Lebanon.
  • Sam Gee - famous Australian house/dance producer/dj (Lebanese parents)
  • Paul Anka
  • Emilio Estefan - husband of Gloria Estefan, Cuban musician/producer (Lebanese parents).
  • Sammy Hagar - former lead vocalist for the rock band Van Halen.
  • Herbert Khaury - (Tiny Tim), singer, ukulele player (Lebanese father).
  • K-Maro - Canadian rapper of Lebanese origin.[24]
  • Karl Wolf - born in Lebanon[25]
  • Massari - Lebanese pop and hip-hop singer who grew up in Canada.[26]
  • Sarbel - Greek singer, born in London to a Lebanese mother.
  • Mika - Pop singer born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother.
  • Shakira - Colombian singer/songwriter, born Shakira Mebarak Chedid (Lebanese father from Zahle, Colombian mother of Catalan descent).
  • Soraya - American-Colombian-Lebanese singer/songwriter (Lebanese mother).
  • Gabriel Yared, international composer of operas and very well known movie sound tracks.
  • Frank Zappa.[27] - A famous musician that played in a wide variety of music.

Nanar Gharibian Ray Souray Musician ( Lebanese Father)

Politicians

See also: Politics of Lebanon

Politicians of Lebanese Descent

Scientists

  • Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - seen as being the father of the solar cell.
  • Michael Ellis DeBakey - is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher.
  • Sir Michael Atiyah - (Lebanese British father) - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004)
  • Elias J. Corey - Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)
  • Abdulrahim N. Chafi - Chemist and civil/environmental Engineer. President of Dar Science&Engineering.
  • Dr. Rabih Chafi - Senior International Information Technology Advisor. President of The United Lebanese League.
  • Charles El Achi - (born and raised in Lebanon) is now the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Fadi Al-Hayek - Inventor , scientists with 20 patents in the dental field,
  • Georges Harik - former Director of Googlettes (department of Google Inc). His team was responsible for the product management and strategy efforts surrounding many starting Google initiatives including Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, Orkut, Google Groups and Google Mobile. Harik was also the co-developer of the technology behind AdSense, the first engineering manager of the Google Search Appliance, and the co-author of the original product plan for the AdWords Online system.
  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Philosopher of randomness, researcher, and veteran practitioner of financial mathematics[38]
  • Yosef Safi Harb - Aerospace Engineer , Head of Design - Design Synthesis Exercise
  • Peter Medawar - Nobel Prize Physiology /Medicine 1960 for immune system. Brazilian born. British father Lebanese mother.
  • Khalil G. Saikali - Ph.D., MBA Bayesian Biostatistician.

Sports

Writers & Journalists

References

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  24. ^ "K-maro - The Million Dollar Boy". Today's Outlook Magazine. 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  25. ^ "Karl Wolf - Face Behind the Face...man behind the album". Today's Outlook Magazine. 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  26. ^ Bhattacharya, Rita (2005). "Massari: Talented and Sexy Heartthrob". Desiclub.com. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  27. ^ Francesco Gentile, "A tentative short biography of Frank Zappa (1940-1993)".
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May Ziadeh- writer Emily Nasrallah- writer

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