The following is a list of notable people from Jordan:

Academics

  • Ali H. Nayfeh
  • Rana Dajani
  • Ibrahim al-Kufahi
  • Lubna Tahtamouni
  • Eid Dahiyat
  • Zouhair Amarin

Artists

  • Muhanna Al-Dura
  • George Aleef
  • Wijdan Ali
  • Mahmoud Taha
  • Mona Saudi
  • Nissa Raad
  • Shereen Audi
  • Hilda Hiary
  • Aziz Amoura
  • Kassim Al-Refai
  • Khairy Hirzalla
  • Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan
  • Natasha Al-Maani
  • Osama Hajjaj

Athletes

  • Amer Deeb
  • Hamza Al-Dardour
  • Musa Al-Taamari
  • Yazan Al-Naimat
  • Dima and Lama Hattab, ultramarathon runners
  • Freddy Ibrahim
  • Assad Wasfi
  • Bader Samreen
  • Aliya Boshnak
  • Stephanie Al-Naber, Jordanian Footballer

Musicians

  • Belly
  • Zade Dirani
  • Diana Karazon
  • Ayah Marrar
  • Hani Mitwasi
  • Adham Nabulsi
  • Hani Naser
  • Mahmoud Radaideh
  • Mai Selim
  • Farah Siraj
  • Iyad Sughayer
  • Hana Malhas
  • Rania Kurdi

Novelists, poets, researchers and writers

  • Nahed Hattar, Political Activist and writer
  • Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan
  • Samer Libdeh - researcher, writer
  • Suleiman Mousa - historian, writer
  • Haider Mahmoud - poet, writer
  • Abdel-Rahman Munif - novelist
  • Samer Raimouny - poet, activist
  • Mustafa Wahbi (Mustafa Wahbi Al Tal) - poet
  • Ziyad Qasim - novelist

Physicians

  • Abdelsalam al-Majali
  • Daoud Hanania
  • Tareq Suheimat
  • Zaid Kilani

Lawyers

  • Mahmoud Hanandeh

Business people

  • Abdullah Ghubn
  • Iman Mutlaq
  • Mary Nazzal-Batayneh
  • Mohammed Shehadeh
  • Abdallah Abu Sheikh
  • Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
  • Ziyad Manasir

Actors

  • Mondher Rayahneh (born 8 April 1979 in Irbid)
  • Yasser Al-Masri (22 November 1970 – 23 August 2018)
  • Juliet Awwad (born July 7, 1951 in Amman, Jordan)
  • Margo Haddad (born February 26, 1988)
  • Mais Hamdan (born October 31, 1982)
  • Abeer Issa (born 25 April 1961)
  • Saba Mubarak (born April 10, 1976 in Anjara)
  • Nadim Sawalha (born 9 September 1935)
  • Nabil Sawalha
  • Noor Taher (born November 2, 1999 in Amman, Jordan)
  • Tara Abboud (born 2001, in Amman, Jordan)
  • Rakeen Saad (born December 16, 1989 in Amman, Jordan)
  • Rania Kurdi (born 11 March 1976)

Military

  • Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
  • Habis Al-Majali
  • Abdelsalam al-Majali
  • General Muhammad Suheimat (died 1968)

Politicians

  • Jamal Muhammad Abidat, Member of Parliament
  • Ahmad Obeidat, former Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Omar Razzaz, former Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Mithqal Al-Fayez
  • Ayman Safadi, Minister of foreign Affairs, Deputy prime Minister
  • Bisher Al-Khasawneh, current Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other ministerial offices
  • Samir Rifai
  • Maha Ali
  • Ismael Babouk, first Mayor of Amman (1909-1911)
  • Fahad Ensour
  • Thouqan Hindawi, former minister
  • Awn Khasawneh, former Prime Minister and former judge of the International Court of Justice
  • Faisal al-Fayez, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate
  • Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai
  • Abdelsalam Al-Majali
  • Dina Kawar, ambassador
  • Hakem Al-Fayez
  • Hind Al-Fayez, MP
  • Ina'am Al-Mufti, first Jordanian woman to hold government office
  • Ali Abu al-Ragheb
  • Eid Al-Fayez, former Minister of Labour, Minister of State, and Minister of Interior
  • Ali Suheimat
  • Abdelraouf Rawabdeh, former Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Attallah Suheimat
  • Salah Suheimat, MP
  • Tareq Suheimat
  • Bahjat Talhouni, former Prime Minister
  • Nabil Talhouni, ambassador
  • Fayez Tarawneh
  • Alia Abu Tayeh, senator
  • Mohammed Ali Tayem, politician and parliament member
  • Abdul Rahim Malhas, former Health Minister

Other

  • Hiba Abu Taha, freelance investigative journalist. I
  • Amer Al-Barkawi (born June 20, 1997), professional Esports player
  • Carol Rabadi (born 1977), commercial airline pilot and first woman captain of an all-Arab female flight crew on a Royal Jordanian flight
  • Alia Twal (born 1988), commercial airline pilot and liveryman in the Honourable Company of Air Pilots
  • Khalid Abdel-Hadi, Model and Activist
  • Samar Dudin (born 1967), educator, theatre artist, community organizer, and political leader
  • Dana Firas, Member of the Royal Family of Jordan, Advocate.
  • Tima Shomali, Director.
  • Nizar Haddad, Jordanian agricultural expert and international development official, serving as the representative and programme director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Saudi Arabia since 2025.

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