List of people from Irbid
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Irbid (Arabic: إربد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 1,088,100, and is located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of the Gilead
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The city of Irbid has many men who built Irbid and Jordan, and they had a strong influence in the country
The following is a list of notable people from Irbid:
Military men
- Abdullah el-Tell
- Mohammad Al-Malkawi
- Kayed Mufleh Obaidat
- Tawfiq Tawalbeh
- Najib Bataina
- Ali Khulqi Alsharairi
- Nawaf Jabr Al-Hamoud
- Qassem Al-Nasser
Politicians
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- Wasfi al-Tal
- Awn Al-Khasawneh
- Naji Al-Azzam
- Fahd Jaradat
- Abdul-Karim Gharaybeh
- ّShafiq Rshaidat
- Fawzi Al-Mulki
- Hani Al-Mulki
- Hamad Farhan
- Mohammad Obiedat
- Ahmad Obeidat
- Toukan Hindawi
- Ahmed Al-koufahi
- Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh
- Saqr Malkawi
- Hasan Al-Tal
- Abdul Nasser Bani Hani
Poets
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Writers
Qasem M. Koufahi
Researchers
- Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham
- Shahab Qur'an
- Ali Malkawi
- Abdallah Malkawi
- Mohammad S. Obaidat
- Ali Rababa
- Kamal Bani Hani
Musicians
- Abdo Mousa
- Ahmad Ghanem
- Ashraf Telfah
- Hisham Hamada
- Mondher Rayahneh
- Hussein Al-Salman
- Mahmoud Sayemeh
- Tawfiq Al-Nimri
- Mahmoud Radaideh
Athletes
- Ahmad Hayel
- Laith Al-Bashtawi
- Mohammad Shatnawi
- Anas Al-Zboun
- Mohammad Balas
- Mounif Ababneh
- Hamza Al-Dardour
- Bashar Bani Yaseen
- Anas Bani Yaseen
- Mussab Al-Laham
- Mohammad Al-Alawneh
- Yasser Al-Rawashdeh