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This is a list of
notable individuals born and residing mainly in
Lebanon .
Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included.
Activists
Arts and entertainment
Beauty pageant winners
Dancers
Fashion designers
Film, television, and radio personalities
Food and drink
Models and Internet personalities
Singers, composers, and musicians
Elissa – singer, actress
Nancy Ajram – singer, actress
Ragheb Alama – singer
Ramy Ayach – singer and composer
Julia Boutros – singer
Sami Clark – singer
Djsky – electronic musician
Fairuz – singer
Assi El Hallani – singer, actor
Maher Jah (born 1990) – singer-songwriter
Najwa Karam – singer, actress
Wael Kfoury – singer
Marcel Khalife – singer and composer
Massari – singer
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
Carole Samaha – singer
Nasri Shamseddine – singer
Hamed Sinno – singer-songwriter
Walid Toufic – singer
Melhem Zein – singer
Nawal Al Zoghbi – singer, actress
Theatre
Visual artists
Writers and poets
Salima Abi Rashed (1887–1919) – first Lebanese woman lawyer, journalist
Maroun Abboud (1886–1962) – poet and writer
Elia Abu Madi (1890–1957) – poet
Said Akl (1912–2014) – poet, writer, and thinker
Jeanne Arcache (1902–1961) – Francophone poet and novelist
Zeina Hashem Beck – poet
Nader El-Bizri (living) – philosopher and architect
Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883) – writer and scholar
Andrée Chedid (1920–2011) – Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent
Michel Chiha (1891–1954) – writer, journalist, banker
Alexandra Chreiteh (born 1987) – writer
Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer and businessman
Fawaz Gerges (born 1958) – academic and author
Mai Ghoussoub (1952–2007) – writer, publisher, human rights activist
Zaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914) – poet, historian, women's rights activist
Hedy Habra – Lebanese-American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor
Joumana Haddad (born 1970) – writer and feminist
Ounsi el-Hajj (1937–2014) – poet
Salma Hage (born 1942) – writer and cook
Labiba Hashim (1882–1952) – pioneer woman writer and journalist
Jad Hatem (born 1952) – philosopher and poet
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) – artist, author and poet
Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986) – writer, translator, women's emancipation activist
Elias Khoury (born 1948) – novelist and playwright
Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937) – writer
Emily Fares Ibrahim (born 1914) – writer, feminist
Amin Maalouf (born 1949) – novelist
Mago (agricultural writer) –
Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in
Punic
Esther Moyal (1874–1947) – writer and women's rights activist
May Murr (1929–2008) – academic, writer and activist
Jacqueline Massabki (died 2015) – writer and lawyer
Khalil Mutran (1872–1949) – poet and journalist
Mikha'il Na'ima (1889–1988) – religious author and poet
Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018) – novelist, activist
Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940) – writer and politician
Widad Sakakini (1913–1991) – writer and feminist
Georges Schéhadé (1905–1989) – Francophone playwright and poet
Laurice Schehadé (1908–2009) – novelist and poet
Hanan al-Shaykh – writer
Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq (1806–1887) – scholar, writer and journalist
Avraham Sinai (born 1962) – religious writer
Gabriel Sionita (1577–1648) –
Maronite writer and publisher
Amine Takiedine (1884–1937) – poet and writer
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) – author
Nadia Tueni (1935–1983) – poet
Ibrahim al-Yaziji (1847–1906) – philosopher,
philologist , poet and journalist
Nasif al-Yaziji (1800–1871) – author
Warda al-Yaziji (1838–1924) – poet
Iman Humaydan Younes (born 1956) – writer, researcher and creative writing professor
Rania Zaghir (born 1977) – children's author
Nazira Zain al-Din (1908–1976) – literary critic and women's emancipation activist
May Ziadeh (1886–1941) – poet, essayist, and women's emancipation activist
Jurji Zaydan (1861–1914) – writer and novelist, journalist
Nayla Chidiac (born 1966) French-Lebanese clinical psychologist, poet and essayist
Architecture
Business
Samir Brikho – businessman, Chief Executive of AMEC
Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer, industrialist
Walid Daouk – businessman and politician
Ralph Debbas – automotive executive
Carlos Ghosn – former CEO of
Michelin North America , former chairman and CEO of
Renault , former Chairman of
AvtoVAZ , former chairman and CEO of
Nissan , and former Chairman of
Mitsubishi Motors
Sam Hammam – former owner and president of
Cardiff City F.C.
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Hind Hariri (born 1984) – entrepreneur, billionaire
Nicolas Hayek – former owner of Swatch Group
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Ziad Raphael Nassar – celebrity wedding designer and entrepreneur, owner of Ziad Rapahel Nassar holding.
Carlos Slim – investor, formerly the
richest person in the world
Philippe Ziade – entrepreneur, owner and CEO of Growth Holdings
Education
Journalism
Military
Religion
A series of Catholic
popes from the Levant (also known as Syrian popes or popes of Eastern Origin)
[10] include:
Pope Anicetus ,
Pope Constantine ,
Pope Gregory III ,
Pope Sergius I and
Pope Sisinnius .
Religious personalities
Maronite patriarchs
Muslim scholars
Others
Aram I Keshishian – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
Salim Ghazal – Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931–2011)
Saints
Politicians
Presidents of Lebanon
Politicians in other countries
Speakers of Parliament
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
Political personalities
Marwan Hamadeh – former minister (6 times) and part of the Lebanese Parliament since 1992, politician and influential presence
Emir
Majid Arslan – 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
Khaled Daouk – former
Honorary Consul General of Ireland in Beirut
Walid Daouk – former 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
Talal El Merhebi – politician and former deputy and minister, leader of Akkar area
Omar Meskawi – lawyer, politician, philanthropist, former deputy and minister of transportation
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
Violette Khairallah Safadi (born 1981) – politician, television personality and social activist
Gebran Tueni – journalist and deputy
Other political personalities
Sciences
Medicine
Psychiatry
Scientists
Archeology
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry and materials science
Computing and engineering
Physics
Sports personalities
Athletes
Automobile racing
Baseball
Joe Lahoud – Lebanese-American retired baseball player who played in the Major Leagues for over 11 years for five different teams (Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals). His two sons, Joe Jr. and Nick Lahoud, played Minor League Baseball.
Basketball
Ice hockey
Playing card tournament titleholders
Skiing
Rugby league
Rugby Union
See also
References
Countries
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Personalities
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