List of Lebanese people

This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon.

Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included.

For people of Lebanese descent, see List of Lebanese people (Diaspora).

Activist

• Lydia Canaan - activist, advocate, public speaker, and United Nations delegate
• Jill Kelley - advocate, socialite, and former diplomat

Arts and entertainment

Beauty pageant contestants

• Martine Andraos - Miss Lebanon 2009
• Dina Azar - Miss Lebanon 1995
• Rina Chibany - Miss Lebanon 2012
• Rima Fakih - Miss USA 2010
• Sonia Fares - Miss Lebanon 1969
• Nadine Njeim - Miss Lebanon 2007
• Gabrielle Bou Rached - Miss Lebanon 2005
• Georgina Rizk - Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971
• Christina Sawaya - Miss Lebanon 2001/Miss International 2002
• Rosarita Tawil - Miss Lebanon 2008

Fashion designers

• Georges Chakra - fashion designer
• Nicolas Jebran - fashion designer
• Rabih Kayrouz - fashion designer
• Zuhair Murad - fashion designer
• Elie Saab - fashion designer

Film, television, and radio personalities

• Hicham Abou Sleiman - actor
• Philippe Aractingi - Lebanese-French film director
• Jihad Al-Atrash - actor
• Maroun Bagdadi - film director
• Rowan Blanchard - American actress
• May Chidiac - television anchor
• Sami Daher - actor
• George Diab - actor
• Ziad Doueiri - film director
• Mahdi Fakhreddin - actor
• Imad Feghaly - actor
• Renee Ghosh - actress
• Abdo Hakim - actor
• Hasan Hamdan - actor
• Jamal Hamdan - actor
• Saad Hamdan - actor
• Diana Ibrahim - actress
• Muhammad Ibrahim - actor
• Charbel Iskandar - actor
• Leïla Karam - actress
• Mona Karim - actress
• Mario Kassar - filmmaker, founder of Carolco Pictures
• Alek Keshishian - filmmaker of Lebanese-Armenian origin
• Georges Khabbaz - actor
• Mia Khalifa - adult film actress
• Arsinée Khanjian - actress of Lebanese-Armenian origin
• Nadine Labaki - actress and music video director
• Samir Maalouf - actor
• Toni Maalouf - actor
• Mahmoud Mabsout - actor
• Peter Macdissi - television and film actor
• Omar Mikati - actor
• Patrick Mubarak - actor
• Ismail Nanoua - actor
• Samara Nohra - actress
• George Noory, television, author, radio
• Nour - film actress
• Ouday Raad - actor
• Bashar Rahal - Lebanese-Bulgarian actor
• Fadi Rifai - actor
• Milad Rizk - actor
• Ali Saad - actor
• Hossam Al-Sabah - actor
• Khaled El Sayed - actor
• Naji Shamil - actor
• Omar Al-Shammaa - actor
• Haaz Sleiman - television and film actor
• Rosie Al-Yaziji - actress
• Ali Al-Zein - actor

Singers, composers, and musicians

• Cyrine Abdelnour - singer
• Nancy Ajram - singer
• Ragheb Alama - singer
• Ramy Ayach - singer
• Nadia Azzi - classical pianist
• Abdel Rahman El Bacha - pianist
• Toufic El Bacha - composer, songwriter
• Jack Barakat - guitarist (band All Time Low)
• Julia Boutros - singer
• Lydia Canaan - singer-songwriter
• John Dolmayan - musician (band System of a Down)
• Elissa - singer
• Fairuz - singer
• Myriam Fares - singer
• Patrick Gemayel - lead composer for Chromeo
• Walid Gholmieh - composer and musician
• Darine Hadchiti - singer
• Diana Haddad - singer
• Assi El Helani - singer
• Amal Hijazi - singer, model
• IJK - singer and songwriter
• Wael Jassar - singer
• Tyler Joseph - singer, songwriter, ukulele player, piano player (band Twenty One Pilots)
• K.Maro - Lebanese-Canadian rapper
• Ahmad Kaabour - singer
• Fares Karam - singer
• Najwa Karam - singer
• Salwa Al Katrib - singer
• Wael Kfoury - singer
• Marcel Khalife - singer and composer
• Fady Maalouf - singer
• Ibrahim Maalouf - musician
• Pascale Machaalani - singer
• Majdala - singer
• Massari - Lebanese-Canadian pop and hip-hop singer
• Mika - singer-songwriter
• Zaki Nassif - composer, singer
• Yfrah Neaman - violinist
• Abeer Nehme - singer
• Rahbani brothers - composers
  • Assi Rahbani
  • Mansour Rahbani
• Ghassan Rahbani - producer, composer, and musician
• Ziad Rahbani - musician, actor
• Issam Rajji - singer-songwriter
• Charbel Rouhana - oud player
• Majida El Roumi - singer
• Baba Saad - Lebanese-German rapper
• Rola Saad - singer
• Nicole Saba - singer
• Sabah - singer, actress
• Wadih El Safi - singer, composer, and musician
• Karol Sakr - singer
• Pascale Sakr - singer
• Carole Samaha- singer
• Nasri Shamseddine - singer
• Suzanne Tamim - singer
• Serj Tankian - singer-songwriter (band System of a Down)
• Walid Toufic - singer
• Haifa Wehbe - singer
• Karl Wolf - Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer
• Gabriel Yared - award-winning composer and musician
• Nawal Al Zoghbi - singer

Theatre

• Hassan Alaa Eddin - commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
• Jalal Khoury - playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor

Visual artists

• Joseph Assaf - sculptor
• Chaouki Chamoun - painter
• Moustafa Farroukh - painter
• César Gemayel - painter
• Youssef Howayek - sculptor and painter
• Pierre Sadek - caricaturist

Architecture

• Nabil Gholam - architect
• Joseph Philippe Karam (1923-1976) - architect
• Nadim Karam - architect
• Bernard Khoury - architect

Business

• Magid Abraham - market researcher, businessman
• Samir Brikho - businessman, Chief Executive of AMEC plc
• Charles Corm (1894–1963) - writer, industrialist and philanthropist
• Pierre El Daher - Chairman and CEO of LBC
• Hazem Daouk - businessman and financial economist
• Walid Daouk - businessman and politician
• Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C.
• Nicolas Hayek - owner of Swatch Group
• Jean Succar Kuri - businessman

Education

• Joseph Aoun - President of Northeastern University

Journalism

• May Chidiac - television journalist
• Marcel Ghanem - television journalist
• Octavia Nasr - former television journalist for CNN
• Serena Shim - Lebanese-American journalist
• Gebran Tueni - founder of An-Nahar
• Adnan Al Kakoun - journalist/producer/director

Military

• Emile Boustany - former army commander
• Jean Kahwaji - army commander
• Samir El-Khadem - former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian
• Ashraf Rifi - former police commander
• Ibrahim Tannous - former army commander

Religion

Religious personalities

• Aram I Keshishian - Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
• Estephan El Douaihy - former Maronite Patriarch (1670–1704)
• Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah - Shiite cleric (1935–2010)
• Salim Ghazal - Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931-2011)
• Elias Peter Hoayek - former Maronite Patriarch (1898–1931)
• Hassan Khaled - Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic (1966-1989)
• Anthony Peter Khoraish - former Maronite Patriarch (1975–1986)
• Bechara Boutros al-Rahi - Maronite Patriarch (2011-incumbent)
• Musa al-Sadr - Shiite religious leader
• Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir - former Maronite Patriarch (1986-2011)

Roman Catholic Popes

• Pope Anicetus
• Pope Constantine
• Pope Gregory III
• Pope Sergius I
• Pope Sisinnius

Saints

• Saint Charbel
• Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini
• Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
• Niya Kouny

Politicians

See also: Politics of Lebanon

Presidents of Lebanon

• Michel Aoun - current President (2016–present)
• Camille Chamoun - former President (1952–1958)
• Fuad Chehab - former President (1958–1964)
• Émile Eddé - former President (1936–1941)
• Suleiman Frangieh - former President (1970–1976)
• Amine Gemayel - former President (1982–1988)
• Bachir Gemayel - former President-Elect
• Charles Helou - former President (1964–1970)
• Elias Hrawi - former President (1989–1998)
• Bechara El Khoury - former President (1943–1952)
• Émile Lahoud - former President (1998–2007)
• René Moawad - former President (1989)
• Elias Sarkis - former President (1976–1982)
• Michel Suleiman - most recent former President (2007–2014)
• Petro Trad - former President (1943)

Prime Ministers of Lebanon

• Michel Aoun - former Prime Minister
• Ahmad Daouk - former Prime Minister
• Amin al-Hafez - former Prime Minister
• Rafic Hariri - former Prime Minister
• Saad Hariri - former Prime Minister
• Selim al-Hoss - former Prime Minister
• Omar Karami - former Prime Minister
• Rashid Karami - former Prime Minister
• Najib Mikati - former Prime Minister
• Saeb Salam - former Prime Minister
• Tammam Salam - current Prime Minister
• Fouad Siniora - former Prime Minister
• Riad as-Solh - former Prime Minister
• Sami as-Solh - former Prime Minister
• Takieddin el-Solh - former Prime Minister
• Shafik Wazzan - former Prime Minister
• Abdallah El-Yafi - former Prime Minister

Speakers of Parliament

• Kamel Asaad - former Speaker of Parliament
• Nabih Berri - current Speaker of Parliament
• Sabri Hamadé - former Speaker of Parliament
• Hussein el-Husseini - former Speaker of Parliament
• Adel Osseiran - former Speaker of Parliament

Political personalities

• Emir Majid Arslan - Lebanese 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
• 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
• 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
• Habib Sadek - former politician, writer
• Gebran Tueni - journalist and deputy
• Salim Wardeh - Minister of Culture

Other political personalities

• Joyce Gemayel - former first lady and political activist
• Ghassan Tueni - diplomat, politician and journalist

Sciences

Medicine

• Sami Ibrahim Haddad - physician, surgeon and writer
• Afif Abdul Wahab - surgeon

Scientists

• Michael Atiyah - mathematician
• Edgar Choueiri - scientist/professor
• Charles Elachi - astronomer
• Hassan Naim - Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
• Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - Lebanese-American technology innovator

Sports personalities

Athletes

• Samir Bannout - professional bodybuilder
• Maxime Chaya - extreme sports athlete
• Zakaria Chibab - sportsman and Olympian
• Nabil Choueiri - track and field athlete and Olympian
• Maya Nassar - fitness model

American/Canadian football

• David Azzi - football player in the Canadian Football League (CFL)

Automobile racing

• Khalil Beschir - professional race car driver
• Tony Kanaan - professional race car driver
• Noel Jammal - professional race car driver

Basketball

• Rony Fahed - basketball player
• Matt Freije - basketball player
• Fadi El Khatib - basketball player
• Ali Mahmoud - basketball player
• Elie Mechantaf - basketball player
• Rony Seikaly - Lebanese-American professional basketball player
• Joe Vogel - professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
• Jackson Vroman - professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team

Ice hockey

• Ed Hatoum - former professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
• Nazem Kadri - professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Playing card tournament titleholders

• Kassem 'Freddy' Deeb
• Ihsan 'Sammy' Farha
• Joseph 'Joe' Hachem

Soccer/football

• Faisal Antar - football (soccer) player
• Roda Antar - soccer player
• Mohammed Ghaddar - soccer player in Syria
• Wartan Ghazarian - soccer player of Armenian origin
• Moussa Hojeij - soccer player/manager
• Pierre Issa - Lebanese-South African soccer player
• Youssef Mohamad - soccer player in Germany
• Philippe Paoli - soccer player
• Soony Saad - soccer player
• Jamal Taha - soccer player

Writers

• Maroun Abboud - poet, writer
• Elia Abu Madi - poet
• Said Akl - poet, writer, thinker
• Nader El-Bizri - philosopher, architect
• Butrus al-Bustani - writer, scholar
• Charles Corm - writer, businessman
• Fawaz Gerges - university professor, author, media commentator
• Ounsi el-Hajj - poet
• Jad Hatem - philosopher, poet
• Gibran Khalil Gibran - artist, author, philosopher, theologian
• Elias Khoury - novelist, playwright
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata - writer
• Amin Maalouf - novelist
• Elia Abu Madi - poet, publisher
• May Murr - author
• Khalil Mutran - poet, journalist
• Mikha'il Na'ima - author and poet
• Amin al-Rihani - author
• Avraham Sinai - author
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb - essayist

See also

• Lebanese diaspora
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
• List of Arab Americans
• List of famous Arabs