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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Activists

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Arts and entertainment

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Beauty pageant winners

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Dancers

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Fashion designers

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Film, television, and radio personalities

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Food and drink

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Models and Internet personalities

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Singers, composers, and musicians

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Theatre

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  • Dayna Ash – poet, cultural activist
  • Hassan Alaa Eddin – commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
  • Jalal Khoury – playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor

Visual artists

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Writers and poets

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Architecture

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Lebanese architects.

Business

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Education

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Journalism

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Military

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Religion

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A series of Catholic popes from the Levant (also known as Syrian popes or popes of Eastern Origin)[10] include: Pope Anicetus, Pope Constantine, Pope Gregory III, Pope Sergius I and Pope Sisinnius.

Religious personalities

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Maronite patriarchs

Muslim scholars

Others

  • Aram I Keshishian – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia (in Antelias, Lebanon)
  • Salim Ghazal – Melkite Greek Catholic bishop (1931–2011)

Saints

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Politicians

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See also: Politics of Lebanon

Presidents of Lebanon

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Politicians in other countries

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Speakers of Parliament

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Prime Ministers of Lebanon

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Political personalities

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Other political personalities

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Sciences

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Medicine

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Psychiatry

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Scientists

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Archeology

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Astronomy

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Biology

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Chemistry and materials science

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Computing and engineering

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Physics

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Sports personalities

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Athletes

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  • Samir Bannout – Lebanese-American professional bodybuilder who won the prestigious Mr. Olympia competition in 1983. Nicknamed the "Lion of Lebanon"
  • Maxime Chaya – extreme sports athlete
  • Zakaria Chihab – sportsman and Olympian
  • Nabil Choueiri – track and field athlete and Olympian
  • Maya Nassar – fitness model
  • Jalal Bazzaz - Known for his involvement in the Lebanese national team during the Rugby world cup. He also drives a c35 laurel

American/Canadian football

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Automobile racing

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Baseball

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  • Joe Lahoud – Lebanese-American retired baseball player who played in the Major Leagues for over 11 years for five different teams (Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals). His two sons, Joe Jr. and Nick Lahoud, played Minor League Baseball.

Basketball

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Ice hockey

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Playing card tournament titleholders

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Football

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Skiing

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Rugby league

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Rugby Union

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A Dove of Peace from the Mountains of Lebanon
  2. ^ Hostage to Injustice
  3. ^ Naim Attallah Online
  4. ^ Steinhauer, Jennifer (6 January 2014). "From Petraeus Scandal, an Apostle for Privacy". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "A booming trade". The Economist. 31 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Judge may allow privacy suit over Petraeus case leaks". Politico. 23 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Cardiff City and former owner Sam Hammam settle £15m dispute" BBC Published on 14 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Sam Hammam urges Cardiff FC fans to back Vincent Tan" BBC Retrieved on 17 August 2013,
  9. ^ "Nicolas G. Hayek 1928–2010". swatchgroup.com.
  10. ^ Popes of Lebanese Phoenician and Eastern Origin from www.opuslibani.org.lb Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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