List of Lebanese people in Canada
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This is a list of notable Lebanese Canadians; individuals born in Canada of Lebanese ancestry, or people of Lebanese and Canadian dual nationality who live in Canada.
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[edit] Actors
- Garen Boyajian - actor of Lebanese-Armenian origin
- Arsinée Khanjian - actress of Lebanese-Armenian origin. Wife of Atom Egoyan and appears in many of his films
- Sandra Shamas - comedic actress and writer
- Keanu Reeves - Canadian-British actor born in Beirut. (films The Matrix, Speed, The Devils Advocate)
[edit] Film directors and producers
- Ziad Touma - film director, producer and screenwriter
[edit] Musicians
- René Angélil - manager and husband of singer Céline Dion.[1]
- Paul Anka - singer and composer
- Norman Brooks - singer
- Patrick Gemayel (stage name "P-Thugg") - member of musical act Chromeo)
- Andy Kim - singer and songwriter
- Kristina Maria - singer
- K.Maro - rapper[2]
- Mark Masri - pop and religious singer
- Massari - pop and hip-hop singer[3]
- Omar Mouallem - also known as A.O.K. (Assault Of Knowledge) - rapper
- Julie Nesrallah - opera singer
- Karl Wolf - singer, songwriter and producer[4]
[edit] Painters
- Philip Aziz - painter and artist
[edit] Politicians
- Mark Assad - politician
- Walter Assef - politician and former mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Michael Basha - former member of the Senate of Canada
- Pierre de Bané - federal senator
- Harout Chitilian - city councilor and chairman of the City Council of Montreal
- Eddie Francis - mayor of Windsor, Ontario
- Joe Ghiz - former premier of Prince Edward Island
- Robert Ghiz - present premier of Prince Edward Island
- Mac Harb - politician
- Lorraine Michael - politician
- Maria Mourani - member of the Canadian Parliament
- Khalil Ramal - politician
- Larry Shaben - politician
- Paul Zed - politician
[edit] Sportsmen
- David Azzi - professional player in Canadian Football League
- Omar El Turk - basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
- Joey Haddad - professional hockey player
- John Hanna - professional hockey player
- Ed Hatoum - former professional hockey player (Vancouver Canucks)
- Fabian Joseph - former professional hockey player (Canada men's national ice hockey team)
- Nazem Kadri - professional hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Ali Kanaan - basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
- Ali Mahmoud - basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
- John Makdessi - professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
- Alain Nasreddine - former professional ice hockey player
- Jean Sayegh - water polo player
[edit] Writers
- John Asfour - poet and writer
- Shaunt Basmajian - poet
- Nadine Dajani - author of short stories
- Rawi Hage - writer
- Wajdi Mouawad - poet and writer
- Trish Salah - poet and sociologist
[edit] Others
- Adel Arnaout, alleged criminal and sender of various letter bombs
- Kassem Daher, accused of membership in a number of Islamic militant groups
- Mohammed Hassan Dbouk, alleged Hezbollah operative
[edit] See also
- Lebanese Canadians
- Canada–Lebanon relations
- List of Lebanese people
- List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
[edit] References
- ^ À voir à la télévision le samedi 24 mars - Carré d'as
- ^ "K-maro - The Million Dollar Boy". Today's Outlook Magazine. December 2005. http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:jPhHNnwtCRIJ:www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/thisissue/index.htm+K-maro+lebanese&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Rita (2005). "Massari: Talented and Sexy Heartthrob". Desiclub.com. http://www.desiclub.com/desimusic/desimusic_features/music_article.cfm?id=190. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "Karl Wolf - Face Behind the Face...man behind the album". Today's Outlook Magazine. December 2006. http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/thisissue/index.htm.
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