List of Lebanese people

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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.

Contents 1 Activists 2 Artists 3 Cultural figures 4 Entrepreneurs 5 Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities 6 Military 7 Musicians 8 Musicians of Lebanese Descent 9 Politicians 10 Politicians of Lebanese Descent 11 Scientists 12 Sports 13 Writers & Journalists 14 References

[edit] Activists

• Candy Lightner - founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and former president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.^[1]
• Ralph Nader - consumer rights activist & US presidential candidate.^[2]
• Rose Nader - school teacher and activist.^[2]
• James Zogby - founder of Arab-American Institute, brother of John Zogby, "an American of Lebanese Christian heritage."^[3]
• John Zogby - American political pollster, brother of James Zogby.

[edit] Artists

• Reem Acra - fashion designer^[4]
• Annabel Daou - Painter, born in Lebanon.
• Joseph Philippe Karam - Architect ^[5]
• Sam Maloof - woodworker, owned an orchard in Douma, Lebanon.^[6]
• Elie Saab - fashion designer.^[7]

[edit] 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.
• Anis Zerriny - Affluent, Successful, Lebanese Law Student

[edit] Entrepreneurs

• Robert Abboud - ex-chairman of First National Bank of Chicago, brother of Joseph Abboud.^[8]
• Assid Corban - winemaker, founder of Corbans.^[9]
• Philippe Jabre - Famous Lebanese entrepreneur and hedge fund manager ^{[10] [11]}
• Kahlil Ghattas- Lebanese businessman, founder of GAT oil.^[12]
• Carlos Ghosn - (also known as Carlos Gaune, from the Lebanese "Ghosn" family), Lebanese Brazilian-born CEO and President of Renault and Nissan Motor, nicknamed the "Cost Cutter"
• Joseph Maroun Haggar - founder of Haggar Clothing Company.^[13]
• Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C..^[14]
• Nicolas Hayek - the 'father of Swatch' and CEO of Smart.^[13]
• Carlos Slim Helu - Latin America's richest man and 3rd richest in the world.^[13]
• Mario Kassar - co-founder of Carolco Pictures.^[15]
• Jacques Nasser - ex-CEO of Ford Motors, born in Lebanon.^[16]
• Paul Orfalea - founder of Kinko's^[1]
• Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York and Banco Safra in Brazil, born in Aley, Lebanon.^[17]
• Elie Samaha - Lebanon-born chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures^[18]
• Al-Waleed bin Talal - Saudi Prince whose mother is Lebanese.^[19]

[edit] Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities

• Joseph Barbera^[20] & William Hanna - Hanna-Barbera (Lebanese pronunciation: Hannah & Berbere) Creators of the Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Yogi Bear and many other world renown cartoons that have pinned us to our couches on Saturday mornings--and other times of other days ^[21]
• Lili Estefan - Cuban American television hostess, (niece of Emilio Estefan; Lebanese ancestry)
• Jamie Farr - actor of M*A*S*H fame
• Khrystyne Haje - actress
• Salma Hayek - Mexican actress (Lebanese father and Mexican mother)
• Casey Kasem - television personality of Druze Lebanese descent
• Mario Kassar - movie producer
• Arsinée Khanjian - actress (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
• Catalina Prince - "Ford Supermodel of Lebanon 1996"
• Georgina Rizk - Miss Universe 1971
• Fouad Said - cinematographer (Inventor of the Cinemobile)
• Tom Shadyac - director
• Tony Shalhoub - television and film actor; presently stars in "Monk"
• James Stacy - actor (Laramie)
• Danny Thomas - nightclub comedian and television actor
• Amy Yasbeck - Lebanese-American film and television actress, widow of actor John Ritter
• Shakira - born to a Colombian mother of Catalan descent and an American-born father of Lebanese Catholic descent. Shakira, which means "grateful" in Arabic (شاكرة), is named after her paternal grandmother.
• Kathy Najimy - born in lebanon, actress

[edit] Military

• John Abizaid - US general, CENTCOM Commander
• Hisham Jaber - former Commander of Beirut
• George Joulwan - US general, SACEUR
• Michel Sulaiman - General and Commander in Chief of the Lebanese Army (military of Lebanon)

[edit] Musicians

• Paul Anka - pop singer
• Nancy Ajram - pop singer
• Bassima, pop singer
• John Dolmayan - System of a Down drummer (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
• Dick Dale - Surf Guitar
• Elissa - pop singer
• Fairouz, born Nouhad Haddad - singer
• Myriam Fares - Arab singer
• Bassem Feghali - related to Sabaah, a comedian that pioneered female impersonation in Lebanon
• Tony Hajjar - At the Drive-In and Sparta drummer
• Waleed Hourani - composer, pianist
• Wael Kfoury - modern singer
• Marcel Khalife - singer, orchestral composer, oud player
• Pascale Machaalani - singer
• Mika - (Mica Penniman), singer
• Zaki Nassif - musician and singer
• Assi Rahbani - composer (Fairouz's husband)
• Elias Rahbani - composer (Mansour's youngest brother) [12]
• Mansour Rahbani - composer (Assi's brother)
• Ziad Rahbani - composer (Assi's and Fairouz's son)
• Sabah - born Janet Feghali from Wadi Al Shahrour, singer and actress
• Wadih Safi - musician and singer
• Setrak Setrakian - composer and pianist (Armenian ethnicity)
• Serj Tankian - System of a Down vocalist,guitarist ,political activist (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
• Haifa Wehbe - pop singer
• Nawal Al Zoghbi - singer
• Najwa Karam - singer from the Lebanese village of Zahleh

[edit] Musicians of Lebanese Descent

• Matthieu Chedid - Lebanese-French rock/blues songwriter and singer.
• Dick Dale - surf guitarist^[22]
• Peter Daou - keyboardist for The Daou, born in Lebanon.
• 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.^[23]
• Karl Wolf - born in Lebanon^[24]
• Massari - Lebanese pop and hip-hop singer who grew up in Canada.^[25]
• 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).
• 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, international composer of operas and very well known movie sound tracks.
• Frank Zappa.^[26] - A famous musician that played in a wide varity of music.

[edit] Politicians

See also: Politics of Lebanon

• Michel Aoun - former Prime Minister, leader of FPM
• Nabih Berri - Parliament Speaker; current leader of Amal Movement
• Camille Chamoun - President (1952-8), founder of National Liberal Party
  • Dany Chamoun - former leader of National Liberal Party, son of Camille Chamoun, assassinated on Oct. 21, 1990 [13]
  • Dory Chamoun - current leader of National Liberal Party, brother of Dory Chamoun and son of Camille Chamoun
• 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 - Raymond Eddé's nephew, now leading the Lebanese National Bloc
• Suleiman Frangieh - President (1970-6)
  • Tony Frangieh - son of President Suleiman Frangieh; assassinated on June 13, 1978
    • Suleiman Frangieh - son of Tony Frangieh, politician, ex-minister, and leader of the Marada Brigade
• Samir Geagea - leader of the Lebanese Forces; jailed for 11 years
  • Sitrida Geagea - Lebanese Deputy (Legislator or 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; assassinated on Sept. 14, 1982 [14].
    • Solange Gemayel - Lebanese Deputy and wife of the assassinated President-Elect Bashir Gemayel
  • Amine Gemayel - President (1982-8), son of Pierre Gemayel
    • Joyce Gemayel - Wife of Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated Minister Pierre Gemayel ^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}
    • Pierre Amine Gemayel - legislator, son of Amin Gemayel; assassinated on November 21, 2006[15]
• Saad Haddad - founder of the South Lebanon army.
• Rafik Hariri - Ex-Prime Minister. Assassinated on February 14, 2005[16]
  • Saad Hariri - Legislator (2005-), son of Rafik Hariri
  • Bahia Hariri - politician & UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• Charles Helou - President (1964-70)
• Elie Hobeika - militia commander, politician; assassinated on January 24, 2002
• Selim al-Hoss - former Prime Minister
• Elias Hrawi - Former president (1989-1998), died at the age of 80 on July 7, 2006
• Hussein el-Husseini - Parliament Speaker (1984-1992) ended Lebanese Civil War; co-founder of Amal Movement; survived assassination attempt by the PLO [17]
• Kamal Jumblatt - founder of Progressive Socialist Party; assassinated on March 16, 1977 [18].
  • Walid Jumblatt - leader of Progressive Socialist Party, son of Kamal Jumblatt, escaped assassination attempt
• Omar Karami - former Prime Minister - brother of Rashid Karami
• Rashid Karami - former Prime Minister - assassinated
• Hassan Khaled - former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community; assassinated on May 16, 1989
• Bechara El Khoury - President (1943-52) who declared the independence of the Republic of Lebanon from the French mandate that had started in 1919 after WW1
• Riad as-Solh - Prime Minister (1943-45 and 46-51) who played a very important role in the independence of Lebanon alongside President El Khoury and other prominent Lebanese politicians of that era
• Antoine Lahad - former Commander of the South Lebanon army who escaped assassination attempt by Souha Bechara
• Emile Lahoud - President (1998-)
• René Moawad - President (1989), assassinated
  • 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 - escaped assassination attempt on July 12, 2005 [19]
• Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah - General secretary of the militant organization Hizbullah.
• Antun Saadeh - late leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party; executed on July 8, 1949
• Musa al-Sadr - prominent Shi'ite religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon; abducted in August 1978
• Saeb Salam - former Prime Minister
• Étienne Saqr - founder of Guardians of the Cedars
• Elias Sarkis - President (1976-82)
• Mir Majid Arsalan - Legendary Druze Leader
• Fouad Seniora - current Prime Minister of Lebanon, and ex-minister of Finance in the Hariri government
• William Hawi - former chief of the Kataeb Security Council, predecessor of President Bashir Gemayel in the Kataeb party who, following William's death, was appointed his replacement as president of the Military Council, a faction of which (the BG brigade) later became the Lebanese Forces Militia.

[edit] Politicians of Lebanese Descent

• Anthony Alexander Alam - political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party ^[31]
• Assid Corban - former Mayor of Henderson Borough and of Waitakere City, New Zealand^[32]
• Bob Katter - right-wing Australian politician ^[33]
• Sir Nicholas Shehadie - ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney ^[34]
• George Joseph - ex-Lord Mayors Adelaide ^[35]
• Spencer Abraham - U.S Senator from Michigan (1995-2001), US Secretary of Energy (2001-2005)
• Julio César Turbay Ayala - President of Colombia (1978-1982)
• 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)
• 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
• Jamil Mahuad - President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
• Paulo Maluf - mayor & governor of São Paulo
• George J. Mitchell - Former U.S. Senator from Maine (1980-1995) & peace activist (Lebanese mother)
• Maria Mourani - Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Canada
• Ralph Nader - political leader of the American Green Party
• 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)

[edit] Scientists

• Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - seen as being the father of the solar cell. Worked for a long time for GE where where he was engaged in mathematical and experimental research, principally on rectifiers and inverters, receiving over 70 United States and foreign patents covering his work. His articles were published in the Genenral Electric Review. He was also on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellowship grade
• Sir Michael Atiyah - (Lebanese British father) - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004)
• Elias J. Corey - Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)
• 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
• 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^[36]

• Peter Medawar - Nobel Prize Physiology /Medicine 1960 for immune system. Brazilian born. British father Lebanese mother.

[edit] Sports

• Samir Bannout - Mr Olympia 1983
• Jim Baxis - former Major League Baseball player
• Eddie Elias - founder of the Bowling Association of America
• George Farah - 19th Mr Olympia 2002
• Sammy Farha - Professional Poker Player, 2-time WSOP bracelet winner
• Darren Flutie - former CFL player
• Doug Flutie - former NFL and CFL player
• Bill George - NFL Hall of Famer
• Jeff George - former NFL player
• Elias Ghanem - head of the Las Vegas Boxing Association
• Abe Gibran - former NFL player and coach
• Brian Habib - former NFL player
• Kerbawy family - former owners of the Detroit Lions (NFL)
• Steve Kerr - former NBA star (Lebanese-born)
• Fadi El Khatib - Lebanese basketball Player
• Rich Kotite - former NFL coach
• Joe Lahoud - former Major League Baseball player
• John Jaha - former MLB player
• Fred Maalouf - former NFL player
• Maloof Brothers - owners of the Sacramento Kings (NBA)
• George Maloof - former owner of the Houston Rockets (NBA)
• Zuhair Mansour - weightlifting's Grandmaster of the World (1990)
• Hazem El Masri - NRL player
• Faryd Aly Mondragón - Colombian goalkeeper with Lebanese descent, born (Faryd Aly Camillo Mondragón).
• Fady Nesrallah - Biggest back in the OAC
• Bobby Rahal - Winner of the Indianapolis 500
• Fuad Reveiz - former NFL player
• Joe Robbie - former owner of the Miami Dolphins (NFL)
• Fred Saigh - former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
• Pete Sarron - former featherweight boxing champion
• Frank Skaff - former manager of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
• Rony Seikaly, Lebanese American, former NBA basketball player
• Victor Taweel - former lightweight boxing champion
• Elie Yahchouchi- former head basketball committee of the Sagesse club (3 times Asian Champion)

[edit] Writers & Journalists

• Maroun Abboud - writer
• Nidal Achkar - poetess
• Said Akl - writer, poet, philosopher
• Rabih Alameddine - painter, novelist
• Edward Atiyah, writer
• William Peter Blatty - writer, "The Exorcist"
• Andree Chedid - poet
• May Chidiac - journalist, nearly killed by an assassination attempt
• Neal Conan - radio journalist (Lebanese-born)
• Gibran Khalil Gibran - poet and writer, "The Prophet"
• Muhammad Jaber - writer and historian
• Samir Kassir - journalist of An-Nahar newspaper and writer; assassinated
• Elias Khoury - novelist
• Philip Khuri Hitti
• Salim El Lawzi - founder of Al Hawadeth Magazine - assassinated
• Amin Maalouf - writer, Prix Goncourt (1993)
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer (Lebanese mother)
• Issa Makhlouf - poet
• David Malouf - Australian author (Lebanese father, English-Sephardic Jewish mother of Portuguese descent)
• Mikhael Neame - writer
• Ahmad Reda - linguist, wrote Matn al-lugha dictionary
• Gebran Tueni - former editor and publisher of An-Nahar newspaper - legislator, assassinated
• Ghassan Tueni - father of Gebran Tueni and editor in chief of An-Nahar newspaper, legislator
• Nadia Tueni - poet ^[37]
• George Zahar - publisher & editor (Lebanese father)^{[citation needed]}
• Fouad Khalil Matar - Journalist & publisher (Born in Lebanon) ^[38]

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