List of Lebanese people

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This is a list of prominent Lebanese people

Lebanese politicians

See also: Politics of Lebanon

Michel Aoun - former Prime Minister, leader of FPM
Musa al-Sadr - prominent Shi'ite religious leader
Camille Chamoun - President (1952-8), founder of National Liberal Party
- Dany Chamoun - leader of National Liberal Party, son of Camille Chamoun
- Dory Chamoun - former leader of National Liberal Party.
Fouad Chehab - President (1958-64), general
Emile Edde - President (1936-41,1943), founder of the Lebanese National Bloc
- Raymond Eddé - Statesman, son of Emile Eddé, former leader of the Lebanese National Bloc
  - Carlos Eddé - Nephew of Raymond Eddé, leader of the Lebanese National Bloc.
Suleiman Frangieh - President (1970-6)
- Tony Frangieh - Son of President Suleiman Frangieh.
  - Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. - Son of Tony Frangieh, leader of Marada Brigade
Samir Geagea - leader of the Lebanese Forces.
- Sitrida Geagea - Lebanese Member of Parliament and wife of Samir Geagea
Pierre Gemayel - founder of Kataeb Party
- Bachir Gemayel - former President-Elect, founder of Lebanese Forces, son of Pierre Gemayel.
  - Solange Gemayel - Lebanese Deputy and widow of Bashir Gemayel.
- Amine Gemayel - President (1982-8), son of Pierre Gemayel.
  - Joyce Gemayel - Wife of Amine Gemayel and mother of the former Minister Pierre Gemayel
- Pierre Amine Gemayel - legislator, son of Amine Gemayel.
Saad Haddad - founder of the South Lebanon Army.
Rafik Hariri - Former Prime Minister.
- Saad Hariri - Legislator (2005-), son of Rafik Hariri.
Charles Helou - President (1964-70)
Elie Hobeika - militia commander, politician.
Selim al-Hoss - Former Prime Minister
Elias Hrawi - President (1989-1998)
Hussein el-Husseini - Parliament Speaker (1984-1992) ended Lebanese Civil War
Kamal Jumblatt - founder of Progressive Socialist Party.
- Walid Jumblatt - leader of Progressive Socialist Party, son of Kamal Jumblatt.
Omar Karami - Former Prime Minister - Brother of Rashid Karami.
Rashid Karami - Former Prime Minister
Hassan Khaled - Former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community.
Bechara El Khoury - President (1943-52)
Antoine Lahad - Former Commander of the South Lebanon Army
Emile Lahoud - President (1998-)
René Moawad - President (1989)
- Nayla Moawad - Female Legislator (1991-), widow of René Moawad
Michel Murr - Former Minister of the Interior.
- Elias Murr - Former Deputy Prime Minister and current Defense Minister
Saeb Salam - Former Prime Minister
Étienne Saqr - founder of Guardians of the Cedars
Elias Sarkis - President (1976-82)
Mir Majid Arsalan - Legendary Druze Leader
Nabih Berri - Parliament Speaker
Antun Saadeh - Late Leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
Fouad Seniora - Current Prime Minister of Lebanon

Politicians of Lebanese Descent

Spencer Abraham - U.S Senator from Michigan (1995-2001), US Secretary of Energy (2001-2005)
Anthony Alexander Alam - political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party
Ralph Nader - political leader of the American Green Party
John Baldacci - U.S. Representative from Maine (1995-2003), Governor of Maine (2003- )
Marie Bashir - Governor of New South Wales, Australia (2001-)
Steve Bracks - Premier of Victoria, Australia (1999-)
Abdalá Bucaram - President of Ecuador (1996-1997)
Assid Corban - former Mayor of Henderson Borough and of Waitakere City, New Zealand.
Najeeb Halaby, U.S. government official and father of Jordan's Queen Noor
Darrell Issa, U.S. Representative from California
Bob Katter - right-wing Australian politician
Assad Kotaite - ICAO Council President (1976-)
Ray LaHood - U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995- ), grandson of Lebanese immigrants
George J. Mitchell - Former U.S. Senator from Maine (1980-1995) & peace activist (Lebanese mother)
Jamil Mahuad - President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
Paulo Maluf - mayor & governor of São Paulo
Maria Mourani - Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Canada.
Jeanine Pirro - District Attorney, Westchester County, New York(1993-), Candidate for New York state Attorney General.
Edward Seaga - Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980-1989)
Donna Shalala - US Secretary of Health (1993-2001)
John E. Sununu- U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (2003- )
John H. Sununu - White House Chief of Staff (1989-1991)
Julio César Turbay Ayala - President of Colombia (1978-1982)

Activists

Bahia Hariri - politician & UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
Giorgio-Guy Tarraf - (1988 - ) UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace.
Candy Lightner - founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Charles Malik - (1906 - 1987) - diplomat, philosopher, co-drafter of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ralph Nader - consumer rights activist & US presidential candidate.
Joseph Raya - archbishop and civil rights activist.
James Zogby - founder of Arab-American Institute, brother of John Zogby, son of Lebanese immigrants.

Military

Michel Sulaiman - General of the military of Lebanon
Hisham Jaber - Former Commander of Beirut
John Abizaid - US general, CENTCOM Commander
James Jabara - US fighter pilot, world's first jet-vs-jet ace and 2nd-highest ace of the Korean War
George Joulwan - US general, SACEUR

Cultural figures

Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities

Michael Nader - American actor of Lebanese descent.
Pierre Chammassian - Legendary Lebanese/Armenian Comedian of "Le Théatre de Dix-Heures"
Lili Estefan, Cuban American television hostess, (niece of Emilio Estefan; Lebanese ancestry)
Omar Sharif (Born Michel Chalhoob) - Famous actor
Jamie Farr actor of M*A*S*H fame
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress (Lebanese father and Mexican mother)
Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-born (English, Irish, Chinese, Hawaiian and Portuguese background)
Diane Rehm - host and executive producer of "The Diane Rehm Show"
James Stacy - actor (Laramie)
Khrystyne Haje, actress
Arsinée Khanjian, actress (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
Tom Shadyac, director
Tony Shalhoub, television and film actor; presently stars in "Monk"
Danny Thomas, nightclub comedian and television actor
Casey Kasem, television personality of Druze Lebanese Descent
Mario Kassar, Movie producer
Fouad Said - cinematographer (Inventor of the Cinemobile)
Nadia Behette, Miss New York 2003 (Lebanese mother, Syrian father)[1]
Mahmoud Baghdadi, fought Muhammed Ali and got crippled.
Gaston Chikhani, actor and comedian, co-founder of "Le Théatre de Dix-Heures" Kaslik, Jounieh
Jean-Pierre Chikhani, actor and comedian "Le Théatre de Dix-Heures" Beirut, founder of the first out-door advertising in Lebanon
Michel Chikhani, actor and comedian "Le Théatre de Dix-Heures" Beirut

Catalina Prince, Model "Ford Supermodel of Lebanon 1996"
Tanios Bou-Nader Khneisser Legendary figure from Dhour El Shuwayr - The father of the Sword and Shield Folkloric Dance "Saif w' Ters"

Lebanese Musicians

Nawal Al Zoghbi, singer
Marcel Khalife, singer, orchestral composer, oud player
Haifa Wehbe, pop singer with legendary beauty and showmanship
Nancy Ajram, famous pop singer
Bassima, famous pop singer
Al Bowlly, singer (Lebanese mother)
Elissa, pop singer
Fairouz, born Nouhad Haddad, iconic singer
Sabah, born Janet Feghali from Wadi Al Shahrour, legendary singer and actress
Bassem Feghali, related to Sabaah, a legendery talent and comedian that pioneered female impersonation in Lebanon
Massari, Lebanese R&B singer
Rahbani brothers, (Assi and Mansour)
Assi Rahbani, legendary composer (Fairouz's husband)
Myriam Fares, Arab singer
Mansour Rahbani, legendary composer (Assi's brother)
Ziad Rahbani, legendary composer (Assi's and Fairouz's son)
Setrak Setrakian composer and pianist (Armenian ethnicity)
Younes, Eclectic soundtracks composer, winner RFI world music
Wael Kfoury Legendary modern Singer with memorable songs
Marwan Khoury Singer & composer
Pascale Machaalani Famous Singer
Rayan Singer
Serj Tankian, System of a Down vocalist, political activist (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
John Dolmayan, System of a Down drummer (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
Elias Rahbani, legendary composer (Mansour's youngest brother)
Waleed Hourani, composer, pianist
Meen, an alternative lebanese band founded by Fouad and Toni Yammine.
Nabil Hawa Electronic Musician, Born in Lebanon.
Zaki Nassef, musician and singer
Wadih Safi, musician and singer
Ramy Ayach Singer
Joseph Attieh Singer

Musicians of Lebanese Descent

Paul Anka - Singer, songwriter, actor.
Shakira, Colombian pop singer, born Shakira Mebarak Chedid (Lebanese father from Zahle, Colombian mother of Catalan descent)
Soraya, American-Colombian-Lebanese singer/songwriter (Lebanese mother)
Tiffany, American pop singer, first teen singer to have her first two singles both hit number one (Lebanese/Syrian father, Irish/Cherokee mother)
Gabriel Yared, composer
Matthieu Chedid, Lebanese-French rock/blues songwriter and singer
Frank Zappa
Herbert Khaury (Tiny Tim), singer, ukulele player (Lebanese father)
K-Maro, French singer (Lebanese-born)
Emilio Estefan, Cuban musician/producer (Lebanese parents)
Sammy Hagar, former lead vocalist for the rock band Van Halen
Dick Dale, surf guitarist (Lebanese father, Polish mother)
Nicolas (musician)
Amanda Abizaid Lebanese-American singer / songwriter

Athletes

Rony Seikaly, Lebanese American, Former NBA basketball player
Bill George - NFL Hall of Famer
Doug Flutie - NFL player
Samir Bannout - Mr Olympia 1983
George Farah - 19th Mr Olympia 2002
Fuad Reveiz - former NFL player
Jeff George - former NFL player
Rich Kotite - former NFL coach
John Jaha - former MLB player
Hazem El Masri - NRL player
Steve Kerr - former NBA player (Lebanese-born)
Maloof Family - Owners of the Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Bobby Rahal - Winner of the Indianapolis 500
George Maloof - former owner of the Houston Rockets (NBA)
Joe Robbie - former owner of the Miami Dolphins (NFL)
Fred Saigh - former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
Frank Skaff - former manager of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
Kerbawy family - former owners of the Detroit Lions (NFL)
Jim Baxis - former MLB player
Fred Maalouf - former NFL player
Zuhair Mansour - Weightlifting's Grandmaster of the World (1990)
Abe Gibran - former NFL player and coach
Joe Lahoud - former MLB player
Brian Habib - former NFL player

Writers & Journalists

Ahmad Reda - linguist, wrote Matn al-lugha dictionary
Muhammad Jaber, writer and historian
Edward Atiyah, writer
Gibran Khalil Gibran - poet and writer, "The Prophet"
Rabih Alameddine - painter, novelist
William Peter Blatty - writer, "The Exorcist"
Andree Chedid - poet
Neal Conan - radio journalist (lebanese-born)
Elias Khoury - novelist
Philip Khuri Hitti
Samir Kassir - Journalist of An-Nahar newspaper and writer. assassinated.
Amin Maalouf - writer, Prix Goncourt (1993)
Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer (Lebanese mother)
David Malouf - famous Australian homosexual author (Lebanese father, English-Sephardic Jewish mother of Portuguese descent)
Gebran Tueni - Former editor and publisher of An-Nahar newspaper - Legislator, assassinated.
May Chidiac - A pillar in Lebanese Journalism - She was nearly killed by an assassination attempt.
George Zahar - publisher & editor (Lebanese father)
Issa Makhlouf - poet
Mikha'il Na'ima - writer
Maroun Abboud - writer
Nidal Achkar - poetess
Nassim Taleb- writer
Nami Jafet (Ni’mah Shadid Yafith), 1860-1923 - After whom the Jafet Library in AUB was named, and whose life size statue decorates the Sahat in Dhour El Shuwayr [[2]]
Tarek Hijazi - Managing Editor of The Middle East's first and best selling western entertainment magazine - Teen World Magazine -
Salim El Lawzi - Founder of Al Hawadeth Magazine
Said Akl - writer, poet, philosopher
Ghassan Tueni - father of Gebran Tueni and editor in chief of An-Nahar newspaper, legislator
Nadia Tueni - poet

Artists

Reem Acra - fashion designer
Annabel Daou - painter
Sam Maloof - woodworker
Joseph Matar - Artist painter and poet
Zuhair Mrad - fashion designer
Elie Saab - fashion designer
Tarek Yamout - nail and yarn art
Paul Zgheib - Photographer
Bill Schiffbauer -Designer (Lebanese Mother, German/Irish Father)
Clemence Massaad Musa - Journalist and author

Practical figures

Scientists

Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - electrical engineer
Michael Atiyah - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004) (Lebanese father)
Abdulrahim N. Chafi- Dr. Chafi is a Chemist and Civil/Environmental engineer. President of Dar Science and Engineering.
Elias J. Corey - chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)
Charles Elachi - director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Peter Medawar - immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1960) (Lebanese father)
Alain Chikhani - renowned plastic surgeon (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA)
Dr. Michael DeBakey (from the Lebanese Dabaghi), American pioneering Cardiovascular Surgeon of Lebanese descent who pioneered the artificial heart.

Entrepreneurs

Robert Abboud - ex-chairman of First Chicago, brother of Joseph Abboud
Assid Corban - winemaker, founder of Corbans
Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Nissan and Renault
Joseph Maroun Haggar - founder of Haggar Clothing Company
Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C.
Nicolas Hayek - the 'father of Swatch'
Carlos Slim Helu - Latin America's richest man and 3rd richest in the world
Mario Kassar - co-founder of Carolco Pictures (Lebanese father, Italian mother)
Jacques Nasser - ex-CEO of Ford Motors
Paul Orfalea - founder of Kinko's
Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York and Banco Safra in Brazil (Jewish Lebanese)
Elie Samaha - chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures
Oussama Ziade - founder of Ptech
Al-Waleed bin Talal - Lebanese mother, Grandson of Prime Minister Riad El Solh
Johnny R.Saade - Lebanese businessman, founder of CMA-CGM, 3rd container shipping company in the world.
Khalil Ghattas- Lebanese business man, Founder of GAT oil

Other

Christa McAuliffe - American high school teacher and astronaut on the Challenger Disaster
John Zogby, American political pollster, brother of James Zogby, son of Lebanese immigrants
Richard Hibey, American attorney in Washington, DC, brother of Jim Hibey, son of Anthony "Ezhiyah" Hibey
Patrick Joseph "PJ" Hasham, a fictional character in the long running Australian drama series Blue Heelers was of Lebanese descent.