List of Druze
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The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
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[edit] Academia
- Bassel Abdel Samad - Lebanese physcis professor at the University of Moncton - New Brunswich, Canada.
- Kamal 'Aamer - Syrian professor of medicine at the University of Damascus and member of parliament
- Ass'ad Abdul Baqi - Lebanese American civil engineering professor - University of Missouri and the American University of Beirut
- Sanaa' Abdul-Samad - Lebanese professor of civil engineering - former dean of the school of fine arts at the Lebanese University
- Khattar Abou Dhiab - Lebanese French professor of political sciences - Paris, France
- Fady Al Awar - Lebanese-American PE, Master Civil Engineer, CalTrans - State of California
- Faraj Al Awar - Lebanese professor of Agriculture - The American University of Beirut
- Ali Abu-Al Fadhl - Syrian american professor of agriculture - North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University
- Najla Abu-Izzeddin - Lebanese historian and author
- Camelia Abu Jabal - Syria historian
- Faruk Abu-Khuzam - Lebanese mathematics professor, The American University of Beirut
- Hazar Abu-Khuzam - Lebanese mathematics professor, The American University of Beirut
- Amal Abu Shakra - Lebanese American biochemistry professor, North Carolina Central University
- Bassem (Bass) Abu Shakra - Lebanese American engineering professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering
- Salah Abu Shakra - Lebanese American professor of agronomy, The American University of Beirut
- Wafaa Abu Shakra Shaban - Lebanese American professor of mathematics, The University of North Carolina - Charlotte
- Adib Al Awar - Lebanese-American academic and IC chip designer - Three (3) designs in the USA
- Nezar Andary - Lebanese American researcher and academic, Zayid University - UAE
- Saad Andari - Lebanese professor of mathematics,The American University of Beirut, and deputy governor of the Lebanese central bank (Banque du Liban)
- Bashir Aridhi - Lebanese professor of political science, The American University of Beirut, and political advisor
- Suleiman Bashir -Israeli professor of Middle Eastern Studies, An Najah University - Nablus
- Amal Bouzeineddine - Lebanese professor of education, The American University of Beirut
- Kais Firro - Israeli professor of Middle Eastern studies, University of Haifa
- Raouf Ghusseini - Lebanese professor of education, The American University of Beirut
- Omar Hamadeh - Lebanese American Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
- Bassam Izzuddin - Lebanese British professor of civil engineering, Imperial College - London
- May Jurdi - Lebanese professor of health sciences, The American University of Beirut
- Salwa Makarem - Lebanese professor and director of the school of nursing, The American University of Beirut
- Sami Makarem - Lebanese scholar and expert Islamic studies and Druze philosophy, The American University of Beirut
- Sami Masri - Lebanese American professor of engineering, University of Southern California
- Selma Masri - Lebanese American Molecular Biologist
- Shafiq Masri - Lebanese professor of international law,The American University of Beirut and the Lebanese University
- Hassan Musharrafiyyah - Lebanese professor of physics at the Lebanese University, and cabinet minister
- Samir Najjar - Lebanese professor of medicine - former dean of the school of medicine at the American University of Beirut
- Jamil Nammour - Lebanese American professor of social sciences, California State University - Sacramento
- Iman Nuwayhidh - Lebanese professor of Environmental health, and dean of the School of Health Sciences - The American University of Beirut
- Wadad Hamdan Shayya - Lebanese professor of nursing - former dean of the school of nursing at the American University of Beirut
- Najla Shqer (Shouquair) - Lebanese American academic. Mother of Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt, the former White House Chief of Protocol
- Dima Suki - Lebanese American academic and researcher in nutrition, University of Texas - Houston
- Samy Swayd - Israeli-American scholar of Druze studies
- Issam Al Awar - Lebanese-American Director of Business Development, Boston Medical Group - GCC & Middle East
- Fadel Mansour - Israeli scholar of agronomy - Israel Institute of Technology - Technion in haifa
- Abdul Mun'im Talhuq - Lebanese professor of entomology,the American University of Beirut
- Tarek Riad Al Hakim - Lebanese physician, medical oncologist and oncological surgeon - Ukrainian postgraduate medical academy
[edit] Arts
- Ovadia Alkara - Israeli-American painter
- Bahij Andari - Lebanese leading calligrapher
- Fahd Andari - Lebanese leading calligrapher
- Ajaj 'Arawi - Lebanese leading layout designer
- Marwan Aridi - Lebanese-American artist
- Wahib Al Btaddini - Lebanese painter
- Bassam Daou - Lebanese painter
- Dareen Hakim - Lebanese American handbag designer
- Faris Hamdan - Israeli painter
- Rowayda Hamdan - Lebanese-American painter
- Leila Kansao Nasserddine - Lebanese Venezuelan painter
- Nabil Kanso - Lebanese-American painter
- Nassib Makarem - Lebanese leading calligrapher
- Jamil Malaeb - Lebanese painter
- Rabih Ballout- Lebanese painter -ربيع بلوط
- Naji Al Halabi- Lebanese painter and Sculptor
- Aref Al Rayyes - Lebanese painter and sculptor
- Lamia Saab Muhtar - Lebanese painter
[edit] Diplomacy
- Wajib Abdul Samad - Lebanese ambassador
- Hassan Abi Akar- Lebanese ambassador
- Halim Abu-Izzeddin - Lebanese ambassador
- Adeeb Alameddin - Lebanese ambassador
- Dhiyaa Al-Andari - Venezuelan ambassador to Syria
- Jabr Al-Atrash - Syrian ambassador
- Ass'ad Al Faqih - Lebanese - Saudi, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the USA
- Hicham Hamdan - Lebanese ambassador
- Bushra Kanafani - Senior Syrian diplomat
- Reda Mansour - Israeli diplomat and poet
- Abdalla Najjar - Lebanese ambassador
- Imad Saab Saab - Venezuelan ambassador and former MP
- Melham Talhuq - Lebanese ambassador
- Munir Talhuq - Lebanese ambassador
- Munir Taqieddin - Lebanese ambassador
- Khalil Taqieddin - Lebanese ambassador
- 'Assem Jaber - Lebanese ambassdor
- Latif Abu Al Husn - Lebanese ambassador and academic
- Walid Nasr - Lebanese ambassador
- Khaled Salman - Lebanese ambassador
- Nawaf Adwan - Syrian diplomat and media manager
- Farid Zeineddin - Lebanese Syrian ambassador and statesman
[edit] Literature
- Fuad Abu Ghanem - Lebanese Poet
- 'Aref Abu Shakra - Lebanese Poet
- Abbas Abu Shakra - Lebanese-American poet, journalist and political activist
- Fawzi Abu Shakra - Lebanese poet and translator
- Sami Abu Shakra - Lebanese poet, author and educationist
- Yussef Abdul-Samad - Lebanese-American poet
- Rabih Alameddine - Lebanese American writer
- Rima Alamuddin - Lebanese poet and writer
- Naim Araideh - Israeli poet and literary scientist
- Nassib Arslan - Lebanese poet
- Shakib Arslan - Lebanese author, poet, historian and politician - known as "Amir Al-Bayan" (The Prince of Literature)
- Saber Falhout - Syrian writer, author and politician
- Tali' Hamdan - Lebanese folk poet
- Nadia Jurdi Nuwayhidh - Lebanese writer
- Salman Masalha - Israeli poet, essayist and researcher
- Fred Massey (Farid Abu-Musleh) - Lebanese-American author and writer
- Ajaj Al Muhtar - Lebanese folk poet
- Tarek Al Nassereddin - Lebanese poet
- Noura Nuwayhidh Halwani - Lebanese writer
- Ali Obeid - Syrian folk poet
- Salaameh Obeid - Syrian poet, author and diplomat
- Dhawqan Qarqout - Syrian writer and author
- Samih al-Qasim - Leading Palestinian-Israeli poet
- Nour Salman - Lebanese author and academic
- Siham Sha'sha' - Syrian poet
- Ahmad Taqieddin - Lebanese Judge and poet
- Amin Taqieddin - Lebanese writer and poet
- Khalil Taqieddin - Lebanese writer, author and former ambassador
- Sa'eed Taqieddin - Lebanese writer, author and politician
- Nadia Hamade Tueini - Lebanese poet
[edit] Media
- Bushra Abdul Samad - Lebanese TV correspondent
- Darine Abdul Samad Abu Alwan - Lebanese TV journalst
- Nada Abdul Samad - Lebanese journalist
- Walid Abi Mershed - Lebanese British journalist
- Mona (Abu Alwan) Abu Hamza - Lebanese TV presenter
- Bahij Abu Ghanem, Lebanese financial news editor
- Eyad Abu Shakra - Lebanese British journalist and writer
- Rabi' Abu Shakra - Lebanese sports editor
- Rula Abu Shakra - Lebanese journalist
- Raouf Abu Zaki - Lebanese financial news editor, publisher and businessman
- Widad Alamuddin - Lebanese French radio journalist
- Bassel Aridhi - Lebanese TV reporter
- Faten Azzam - Lebanese TV journalist
- Rawiya Azzam - Lebanese radio journalist
- William Azzam - Lebanese TV journalist
- Taher Barakeh - Lebanese TV anchor and editor
- Raghida Dergham - Lebanese American journalist
- Kamal Dhebian - Lebanese journalist
- Layal Falhout - Syrian TV journalist
- Ramia Farrage - Lebanese Canadian journalist and TV presenter
- Ruba Hajali - Syrian TV journalist
- Majdi Halabi - Israeli journalist
- Rafik Halabi - Israeli media manager
- Ziad Halabi - Israeli journalist
- 'Ali Hamadeh - Lebanese TV journalist
- Hassan Hamadeh - Lebanese journalist
- Raymond H. Hamden, American [Lebanese descent] Clinical & Forensic Psychologist - In The Psychologist's Chair ® Host on VoiceAmerica
- Suha Hamed - Lebanese British journalist
- Ziad Hamzeh - Syrian-American filmmaker
- Firas Hatoum - Lebanese TV journalist
- Casey Kasem - Lebanese American radio presenter
- Sami Kuleib - Lebanese journalist
- Rula AlKhatib - Lebanese TV journalist
- 'Abir Madhi AlHalabi - Lebanese TV journalist
- Amal Makarem - Syrian TV journalist
- Rima Mustafa - Israeli TV journalist
- Nahida Nakad - Lebanese French senior correspondent and TV executive
- Jumana Nammour - Lebanese TV journalist
- Ali Nasserddin - Lebanese French journalist
- Salman Natour - Palestinian-Israeli journalist and writer
- 'Ajaj Nuwayhidh - Lebanese journalist, writer and radio director
- Bayan Nuwayhidh-Al Hout - Lebanese Palestinian writer, author and journalist
- Maysoun Nuwayhidh - Lebanese TV journalist
- Nidhal Qabalan - Syrian TV journalist and ambassador
- Faisal al-Qassem - Syrian television talkshow host
- 'Izzat Safi - Lebanese journalist and author
- Farid Salman - Lebanese French journalist
- Salman Sarieddin - Lebanese TV journalist
- Rania Sawwah - Lebanese TV journalist
- Luna Al Shibl - Syrian TV journalist
- Walid Shumait - Lebanese journalist and author
- Walid Shuqair - Lebanese journalist
- 'Izzeddin Subh - Lebanese TV executive and journalist
- Randa Taqieddin - Lebanese French journalist
- Hikmat Wahbi - Lebanese radio chat-show host and entertainer
[edit] Music - Drama
- Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian female singer & actress (Farid al-Atrash's singer)
- Farid al-Atrash - Syrian Lebanese Egyptian male singer, composer & actor (Asmahan's brother)
- Jamal Aboul-Hosn - Lebanese Composer
- Rima Fleihan - Syrian Scriptwriter and a political activist
- Jihad al-Atrash - Lebanese actor
- Maher Halabi - Israeli singer
- Ramy (Abu) Ayach - Lebanese singer
- Fahd Ballan - Syrian male singer
- Bahjat Hamadeh - Lebanese vocalist and oudist
- Bader Hassan - Lebanese guitarist
- Sharif - Israeli singer
- Asala Yousef - Israeli singer
- Sarah Al Hani - Lebanese singer
- Hanine (Hanine Abu Shakra) - Lebanese singer
- Majd el-Qassem - Syrian singer
- Samih Shuqair - Syrian singer and lyricist
- Jumana Murad - Syrian actress
- Lilia Al Atrash - Syrian actress
- Marah Jabr - Syrian actress
- Leila Jabr - Syrian actress
- Dana Jabr - Syrian actress
- Dhuha Al Dibs - Syrian actress
- Sawsan Irshaid - Syrian actress
- Mania Nabwani - Syrian actress
- Rula Dhebian - Syrian actress
- Majd Na'eem - Syrian actress
- Hanan Shuqair - Syrian actress
- Naji Jabr - Syrian actor
- Mahmoud Jabr - Syrian actor
- Jihad Al Zoghbi - Syrian actor
- Khaled Al Qish - Syrian actor
- Muhannad Qutaish - Syrian actor
- Adham Murshed - Syrian actor
- Akram AHalabi - Syrian actor
- Ghazwan Safadi - Syrian actor
- Marwan Abu Shaheen - Syrian actor
- Talal Jurdi - Lebanese actor
- Badi' Abu Shakra - Lebanese Canadian actor
- Diana Taqieddin - Lebanese American pianist
- Rafi Wahbi - Syrian actor
[edit] Politics
- Yvonne Khuweis Abdul Baqi (Leila Ivonne Juez de Baki) - Ecuadorian Trade, Industry & Fisheries minister, presidential candidate, President of the Andean Parliament, and ambassador to the USA
- Wael Abou Faour- Lebanese minister and member of parliament (MP)
- Labib-Hussein Abu-Rukn - Israeli MP
- Shibli El Aissami - Syrian politician, Assistant Gen Sec of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
- Tarek El Aissami - Venezuelan interior and justice minister
- Najib Alamuddin - Lebanese minister and Chairman of Middle East Airlines
- Ghazi Aridi - Lebanese minister and MP
- 'Adel Arslan - Lebanese - Syrian politician, cabinet minister and leading political figure
- Shakib Arslan - Lebanese politician, writer, poet and historian
- Majid Arslan - Lebanese Druze leader, MP, minister and hero of the independence
- Talal Arslan - Lebanese Druze leader, minister and MP
- Assad Assad - Israeli MP and army colonel
- Tawfiq Assaf - Lebanese MP, minister and leading businessman
- Zeidan Atashi - Israeli MP and diplomat
- Hassan al-Atrash - Syrian minister and MP
- Mansour al-Atrash - Syrian politician, Interim head of state
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash - Commander of the Syrian Revolt
- Basheer Al Awar- Lebanese MP and minister
- Fadi Al Awar- Lebanese MP
- Fakhreddin II - Lebanese regent
- Halim Fayyadh - Governor of South Lebanon province for 20 years (1976–1996)
- Marwan Hamadeh - Lebanese minister and MP
- Sa'eed Hamadeh - Lebanese minister, academic and economist
- Adel Hamiyyeh - Lebanese Minister and engineer
- William Hamzy - American attorney and Republican politician (Connecticut House of Representatives)
- Fuad Hamzeh - Lebanese - Saudi royal adviser and minister of state in Saudi Arabia
- Anwar Al Khalil - Lebanese MP, minister and leading businessman
- Saleh Khnifess - Israeli member of parliament
- Marwan Kheireddin - Lebanese minister
- Kamal Jumblatt - Lebanese leading politician, MP, minister and founding leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Khaled Jumblatt - Lebanese minister of economy
- Walid Jumblatt - Lebanese leading politician, MP, minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Ayoob Kara - Israeli vice-speaker of the Knesset
- Jabr Moade - Israeli MP and deputy minister
- Haditha Murad - Syrian politician
- Issam Na'man - Lebanese MP and minister
- Said Nafa' - Israeli MP and lawyer
- Mohamed Nafa' - Israeli member of MP
- Fu'ad Najjar - Lebanese minister and agricultural engineer
- Hammoud Al Qabbani - A leading member in the Ruling Baath Socialist Party
- Laila Rachid - Paraguayan foreign minister and former ambassador to the USA
- Leila Sharaf (ne Najjar) - Lebanese Jordanian cabinet minister and member of Jordan's Upper House (Majlis Al-A'yaan)
- Fayssal al-Sayegh - Lebanese MP
- Selwa Showker (Shuqair) “Lucky” Roosevelt - White House Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1982-1989 (almost seven years and longer than anyone has ever served in that position). In 1950, she married Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Ayman Safadi - Jordanian Deputy prime minister
- Najib Salha - Lebanese MP, minister and leading businessman
- Salah Salman - Lebanese minister and professor of medicine
- Col Mohamed Ali Seinaldin (Zein Eddin) - Argentinian coup leader and senior army officer
- Kamal Sharaf - Syrian minister
- Jamil Shayya - Syrian minister
- Akram Shehayeb - Lebanese minister and member of parliament
- Mut'eb Shnaan - Syrian cabinet minister
- Shakeb Shanan - Israeli member of parliament
- Hammoud Al Shoufi - Syrian politician and ambassador
- Jabr Al Shoufi - A leading figure of the Syrian Revolution of 2011
- Ayman Shuqair - Lebanese MP
- Fadhlallah Talhuq - Lebanese MP
- Jamil Talhuq - Lebanese minister and MP
- Saleh Taref - Israeli minister and army captain
- Rashid Tali’- 1st Prime Minister of Transjordan
- Bahij Taqieddin - Lebanese Legal authority, MP and minister
- Majalli Wahabi - Israeli MP and lieutenant-colonel
- Gen Abdul Karim Zahreddin - Syrin Interim military head of state
[edit] Religion
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah - Early Druze leader
- Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad - Early Druze leader
- Bahjat Ghayth - Lebanese religious leader
- Abu Hassan Aref Halaweh - Lebanese religious leader
- Amin Tarif - Israeli religious leader
- Mowafak Tarif - Israeli religious leader
- Mohammad Abu Shakra - Sheikh Aql of the Druze, the highest spiritual leader - Lebanese
[edit] Military - Security
- Raouf Abdul Samad - Lebanese commander of the Judiciary Police
- Mahmud Tayy Abou Dhargham - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1984–1987)
- Ramzi Abu Hamzeh - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (2002–2005)
- Fadi Abu Shakra - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (2000 - 2002)
- Nassib Abu Shakra - Lebanese commander of the Judiciary Police
- 'Issam Abu Zaki - Lebanese commander of the Judiciary Police
- Imad Fares(Perez) - Israeli brigadier general
- Kamal el Awar - Lebanese Army Colonel. Hero of the 1983 Lebanon's "war of the mountain".
- Nadim Al Hakim - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1983–1984)
- Majdi Halabi - Israeli missing soldier
- Salim Hatoum - Syrian Colonel and Member of national command council. Overthrew the government of Amin el Hafez in 1966.
- Yousef Mishleb - Israeli general
- Nawaf Ghazaleh - Syrian activist who assassinated, in central Brazil, the former Syrian Adeeb Sushakli in 1964, in revenge for massacre of Druze in Syria.
- Shawqi Al Masri - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (2005–2011)
- Said Nasrallah - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1971–1976) and minister in Lebanon's only military cabinet
- Hamad Obeid - Syrian general, Member of national command council and defence minister
- Nada Nadim Prouty - American security agent
- Samir El Kadi - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1997–2000)
- Walid Salman - Lebanese Army Chief of Staff (2011- )
- Fahd Al Sha'er - Syrian general and leading military figure
- Youssef Chmeit - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1959–1971)
- Shawkat Shuqair - Syrian army Chief of Staff
- Salim Slim - Lebanese commander of the Judiciary Police
- Munir Tarabay - Lebanese army Chief of Staff (1978–1983)
- Riad Taqieddin - Lebanese Army Chief of Staff (1992–1997)
- Anwar Yehya - Lebanese commander of the Judiciary Police
- 'Abdul-Karim Zahreddin - Syrian general, Interim military head of state
- Salah Fadlallah Masry MD, Major in USAF Medical Corps
[edit] Sports
- Ida Alamuddin - Lebanese women's horse riding & eventing champion, and USA resident artist
- Makram Alamuddin - Lebanese men's horse riding & eventing champion
- Wiyam Amashe - soccer player
- Anan Ferio - Israeli soccer player
- Sa'd Halawi - Lebanese soccer player
- Harry Hamzy - Lebanese-American martial artist
- Shibl Harmoush - Lebanese soccer player
- Afif Hassaniyyah - Lebanese gymnastics champion
- Adnan Khumassi - Lebanese gymnastics champion
- Mohammad Khumassi - Lebanese gymnastics champion
- Nazar Mahmud - Israeli figure skater
- Ruslan Mahmud - Israeli figure skater
- Nabil Moaqqassa - Lebanese long distance swimming champion
- Saleem Rawdha - Lebanese long distance swimming champion
- Walid Zeineddin - Lebanese soccer player
- Raji Abou Said - Lebanese soccer player
[edit] Others
- We'am 'Amashe - Syrian freed former political prisoner in Israel
- Walid Abu Shakra - Lebanese American engineer, educator and businessman - The founder and chairman of Educational Services Overseas Limited (ESOL)
- Suleyman Alamuddin - Lebanese businessman, author and antique collector/expert
- Muntaha Al Atrash - A leading figure of the Syrian Revolution of 2011, and daughter of Sultan Pasha Al Atrash
- Saleem Israwi - Lebanese American businessman
- Aref Al Nakadi - Lebanese child-welfare worker
- Azzam Azzam - former Israeli prisoner in Egypt
- Angelina Fares - Israeli beauty pageant
- Maan Hamdan - Lebanese-American businessman
- May Al Khalil - Founder and organiser of The Beirut Marathon
- Samir Kuntar - Former Lebanese prisoner in Israel
- Anis Obeid - Lebanese American cardiologist, poet and author
- Ghassan Saab - Lebanese American engineer, contractor and businessman (Soresen Gross Construction Services in Michigan, USA)
- Zahia Salman - Pioneer of Child Care in Lebanon
