This is a list of notable British people with Lebanese ancestry or Lebanese people who have dual Lebanese and British nationality who live or lived in the United Kingdom.
Actors
- Omar Baroud - actor of Curaçao-Lebanese heritage
- Nadim Naaman - actor, singer, playwright, composer
- Taz Skylar - actor and writer
- Samia Smith - actress [1]
- Sean Yazbeck - winner of the fifth season (2006) of Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice [2]
Athletes
- Sandy Abi-Elias - footballer
- Jed Chouman - footballer [3]
- Cyrus Christie - footballer
- Hady Ghandour - footballer [4]
- Tarek Haffar - rugby union player
- Alexander Khateeb - racing driver
- Majed Osman - footballer [5]
Businessmen
- Assaad Razzouk - CEO of Gurīn, clean-energy entrepreneur, author, podcaster, commentator, married to British-Lebanese journalist Roula Khalaf
- Marlon Abela - columnist, businessman, restaurateur, and the founder and chairman of the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC), a privately owned international hospitality company based in Mayfair, London.
- Samir Assaf - CEO of HSBC investment [6]
- Samir Brikho - Businessman
- Ely Calil - Businessman [7]
- Camille F Chamoun - Businessman, Life Coach and Founding member of the Lebanese community of Kingston-Upon-Hull.
- Lawrence Haddad, economist, Lebanese parents
- Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C. [8]
Entertainment
- Alex Garland - writer, filmmaker, director and grandson of Peter Medawar [9]
- Big Zuu - rapper, songwriter, presenter, and grime artist of half Lebanese Shia and half Sierra Leonean descent
- Dom Joly - comedian, columnist and broadcaster [10]
Musicians
- Al Bowlly - Dance Band singer [11]
- Mika - musician and songwriter [12]
- Sarbel - Lebanese-British-Cypriot singer [13]
Scientists
- Michael Atiyah - British-Lebanese mathematician [14]
- Peter Medawar - British scientist of Lebanese origin, 1960 Nobel Prize winner for work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance
- Caleb Saleeby - British-Lebanese physician, writer, and journalist known for his support of eugenics. During World War I, he was an adviser to the Minister of Food and advocated the establishment of a Ministry of Health.
Writers
- Roula Khalaf - editor of the Financial Times and married to Assaad Razzouk
- Nasri Atallah - author, publisher, media analyst
- Nader El-Bizri - philosopher, architectural theorist
- Sabine Getty - socialite and contributor to Tatler
- Saleem Haddad - author
- Albert Hourani - historian
- George Hourani - philosopher and historian
- Michael Karam - journalist, author, wine writer
- Naeem Murr - novelist and short story writer [15]
- Anbara Salam - author
Other
- Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) - lawyer
- Oliver Cooper - Conservative politician
- Gabriel Coury - recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Anissa Helou - chef, teacher, and author
- Nadine Merabi - fashion designer
See also
References
- ^ Corrie's Samia Ghadie AND HER BIG NIGHT BEAUTY SECRETS Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (21 June 2006). "Trump's latest apprentice has 'Lebaneseness' on his side". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Jed Chouman". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Hady Ghandour". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Majed Osman". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Incoming HSBC chief Stuart Gulliver names Samir Assaf as head of investment banking". 11 February 2010.
- ^ Ely Calil: International Man of Mystery Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine from the Lagos Times 13 December 2010.
- ^ Caiger, Andrew; Simon Gardiner (2000). Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation and re-regulation. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 90-6704-126-2.
- ^ Cowell, Alan (11 March 1999). "Novelist's Muse Lures Him to the Soul's Darkness". The New York Times.
- ^ Dom Joly's Beirut from The Telegraph 15 September 2010
- ^ "The al Bowlly Circle at the Memory Lane magazine".
- ^ Life in technicolor from The Guardian 14 June 2009
- ^ Sarbel Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine from MTV
- ^ Atiyah, Joe (2007), The Atiyah Family, retrieved 2008-08-14
- ^ Letter From Virginia: On Naeem Murr, novelist and short story writer from The Daily Star 15 January 2005
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This is a list of notable British people with Lebanese ancestry or Lebanese people who have dual Lebanese and British nationality who live or lived in the United Kingdom.
Actors
- Omar Baroud - actor of Curaçao-Lebanese heritage
- Nadim Naaman - actor, singer, playwright, composer
- Taz Skylar - actor and writer
- Samia Smith - actress [1]
- Sean Yazbeck - winner of the fifth season (2006) of Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice [2]
Athletes
- Sandy Abi-Elias - footballer
- Jed Chouman - footballer [3]
- Cyrus Christie - footballer
- Hady Ghandour - footballer [4]
- Tarek Haffar - rugby union player
- Alexander Khateeb - racing driver
- Majed Osman - footballer [5]
Businessmen
- Assaad Razzouk - CEO of Gurīn, clean-energy entrepreneur, author, podcaster, commentator, married to British-Lebanese journalist Roula Khalaf
- Marlon Abela - columnist, businessman, restaurateur, and the founder and chairman of the Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation (MARC), a privately owned international hospitality company based in Mayfair, London.
- Samir Assaf - CEO of HSBC investment [6]
- Samir Brikho - Businessman
- Ely Calil - Businessman [7]
- Camille F Chamoun - Businessman, Life Coach and Founding member of the Lebanese community of Kingston-Upon-Hull.
- Lawrence Haddad, economist, Lebanese parents
- Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C. [8]
Entertainment
- Alex Garland - writer, filmmaker, director and grandson of Peter Medawar [9]
- Big Zuu - rapper, songwriter, presenter, and grime artist of half Lebanese Shia and half Sierra Leonean descent
- Dom Joly - comedian, columnist and broadcaster [10]
Musicians
- Al Bowlly - Dance Band singer [11]
- Mika - musician and songwriter [12]
- Sarbel - Lebanese-British-Cypriot singer [13]
Scientists
- Michael Atiyah - British-Lebanese mathematician [14]
- Peter Medawar - British scientist of Lebanese origin, 1960 Nobel Prize winner for work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance
- Caleb Saleeby - British-Lebanese physician, writer, and journalist known for his support of eugenics. During World War I, he was an adviser to the Minister of Food and advocated the establishment of a Ministry of Health.
Writers
- Roula Khalaf - editor of the Financial Times and married to Assaad Razzouk
- Nasri Atallah - author, publisher, media analyst
- Nader El-Bizri - philosopher, architectural theorist
- Sabine Getty - socialite and contributor to Tatler
- Saleem Haddad - author
- Albert Hourani - historian
- George Hourani - philosopher and historian
- Michael Karam - journalist, author, wine writer
- Naeem Murr - novelist and short story writer [15]
- Anbara Salam - author
Other
- Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) - lawyer
- Oliver Cooper - Conservative politician
- Gabriel Coury - recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Anissa Helou - chef, teacher, and author
- Nadine Merabi - fashion designer
See also
References
- ^ Corrie's Samia Ghadie AND HER BIG NIGHT BEAUTY SECRETS Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (21 June 2006). "Trump's latest apprentice has 'Lebaneseness' on his side". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Jed Chouman". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Hady Ghandour". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Majed Osman". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Incoming HSBC chief Stuart Gulliver names Samir Assaf as head of investment banking". 11 February 2010.
- ^ Ely Calil: International Man of Mystery Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine from the Lagos Times 13 December 2010.
- ^ Caiger, Andrew; Simon Gardiner (2000). Professional sport in the European Union: Regulation and re-regulation. Cambridge University Press. p. 95. ISBN 90-6704-126-2.
- ^ Cowell, Alan (11 March 1999). "Novelist's Muse Lures Him to the Soul's Darkness". The New York Times.
- ^ Dom Joly's Beirut from The Telegraph 15 September 2010
- ^ "The al Bowlly Circle at the Memory Lane magazine".
- ^ Life in technicolor from The Guardian 14 June 2009
- ^ Sarbel Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine from MTV
- ^ Atiyah, Joe (2007), The Atiyah Family, retrieved 2008-08-14
- ^ Letter From Virginia: On Naeem Murr, novelist and short story writer from The Daily Star 15 January 2005
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