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Activists

  • Jill Kelley – advocate, socialite, and former diplomat
  • Sandra Melhem – LGBT rights activist
  • Aya Mouallem (born 1998) – electrical engineer, and gender equality activist
  • Rose Shahfa (1890–6 August 1955) – women's rights activist

Architecture

  • Nabil Gholam – architect
  • Salim Al-Kadi – architect and designer
  • Joseph Philippe Karam – architect
  • Nadim Karam – architect
  • Bernard Khoury – architect

Business

  • Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer, industrialist, and philanthropist
  • Samir Brikho – businessman, Chief Executive of AMEC
  • Ali Youssef Charara (living) – businessman and financier
  • Walid Daouk – businessman and politician
  • Ralph Debbas – automotive executive
  • Salah Ezzedine – businessman arrested for running a pyramid scheme
  • Carlos Ghosn – former CEO of Michelin North America, former chairman and CEO of Renault, former chairman of AvtoVAZ, former chairman and CEO of Nissan, and former chairman of Mitsubishi Motors
  • Sam Hammam – former owner and president of Cardiff City F.C.
  • Hind Hariri (born 1984) – entrepreneur, billionaire
  • Nicolas Hayek – former owner of Swatch Group
  • Ziad Raphael Nassar – celebrity wedding designer and entrepreneur, owner of Ziad Rapahel Nassar holding.
  • Carlos Slim – investor, formerly the richest person in the world
  • Philippe Ziade – entrepreneur, owner, and CEO of Growth Holdings

Beauty pageant winners

  • Yasmina Zaytoun - Miss Lebanon 2024
  • Dina Azar – Miss Lebanon 1995
  • Joëlle Behlock – Miss Lebanon 1997
  • Valerie Abou Chacra – Miss Lebanon 2015
  • Jihane Almira Chedid – Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020, Miss Supranational Asia 2021
  • Rina Chibany – Miss Lebanon 2012
  • Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010
  • Sonia Fares – Miss Lebanon 1969
  • Lamitta Frangieh – Miss World Lebanon 2004
  • Karen Ghrawi – Miss Lebanon 2013
  • Saly Greige – Miss Lebanon 2014
  • Perla Helou – Miss Lebanon 2017
  • Annabella Hilal – Miss World Lebanon 2006
  • Dominique Hourani – Miss Intercontinental 2003
  • Bethany Kehdy – Miss World Lebanon 2001
  • Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007
  • Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004
  • Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005
  • Daniella Rahme – Miss International Lebanon 2010
  • Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018
  • Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971
  • Pamela Saadé – Miss Earth Lebanon 2008
  • Christina Sawaya – Miss Lebanon 2001/Miss International 2002
  • Marlène Talih – Miss Lebanon 1966
  • Rosarita Tawil – Miss Lebanon 2008

Dancers

  • Mousbah Baalbaki – belly dancer
  • Dany Bustros (1959 – 1998) belly dancer, socialite, stage actress
  • Alissar Caracalla (born 1974) – dance instructor, choreographer and art director
  • Pierre Khadra – dancer, choreographer, and director
  • The Mayyas – all-female alternative precision dance group
  • Alexandre Paulikevitch – dancer, civil rights activist

Fashion designers

  • Reem Acra – fashion designer
  • Houssein Bazaza – fashion designer
  • Georges Chakra – fashion designer
  • Nicolas Jebran – fashion designer
  • Rabih Kayrouz – fashion designer
  • Zuhair Murad – fashion designer
  • Elie Saab – fashion designer
  • Tony Ward – fashion designer

Writers and poets

  • Charles Corm (1894–1963) – writer, industrialist, and philanthropist
  • Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883) – writer and scholar
  • Salima Abi Rashed (1887–1919) – first Lebanese woman lawyer, journalist
  • Maroun Abboud (1886–1962) – poet and writer
  • Elia Abu Madi (1890–1957) – poet
  • Said Akl (1912–2014) – poet, writer, and thinker
  • Jeanne Arcache (1902–1961) – Francophone poet and novelist
  • Zeina Hashem Beck – poet
  • Nader El-Bizri (living) – philosopher and architect
  • Andrée Chedid (1920–2011) – Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent
  • Nayla Chidiac (born 1966) – French-Lebanese clinical psychologist, poet and essayist
  • Michel Chiha (1891–1954) – writer, journalist, banker
  • Alexandra Chreiteh (born 1987) – writer
  • Fawaz Gerges (born 1958) – academic and author
  • Mai Ghoussoub (1952–2007) – writer, publisher, human rights activist
  • Zaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914) – poet, historian, women's rights activist
  • Hedy Habra – Lebanese-American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor
  • Joumana Haddad (born 1970) – writer and feminist
  • Ounsi el-Hajj (1937–2014) – poet
  • Salma Hage (born 1942) – writer and cook
  • Labiba Hashim (1882–1952) – pioneer woman writer and journalist
  • Jad Hatem (born 1952) – philosopher and poet
  • Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) – artist, author and poet
  • Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986) – writer, translator, women's emancipation activist
  • Elias Khoury (born 1948) – novelist and playwright
  • Vénus Khoury-Ghata (1937–2026) – poet and writer
  • Emily Fares Ibrahim (born 1914) – writer, feminist
  • Amin Maalouf (born 1949) – novelist
  • Mago (agricultural writer) – Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in Punic
  • Esther Moyal (1874–1947) – writer and women's rights activist
  • May Murr (1929–2008) – academic, writer and activist
  • Jacqueline Massabki (died 2015) – writer and lawyer
  • Khalil Mutran (1872–1949) – poet and journalist
  • Mikha'il Na'ima (1889–1988) – religious author and poet
  • Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018) – novelist, activist
  • Amin al-Rihani (1876–1940) – writer and politician
  • Widad Sakakini (1913–1991) – writer and feminist
  • Georges Schéhadé (1905–1989) – Francophone playwright and poet
  • Laurice Schehadé (1908–2009) – novelist and poet
  • Hanan al-Shaykh – writer
  • Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq (1806–1887) – scholar, writer and journalist
  • Avraham Sinai (born 1962) – religious writer
  • Gabriel Sionita (1577–1648) – Maronite writer and publisher
  • Amine Takiedine (1884–1937) – poet and writer
  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) – author
  • Nadia Tueni (1935–1983) – poet
  • Ibrahim al-Yaziji (1847–1906) – philosopher, philologist, poet and journalist
  • Nasif al-Yaziji (1800–1871) – author
  • Warda al-Yaziji (1838–1924) – poet
  • Iman Humaydan Younes (born 1956) – writer, researcher and creative writing professor
  • Rania Zaghir (born 1977) – children's author
  • Nazira Zain al-Din (1908–1976) – literary critic and women's emancipation activist
  • May Ziadeh (1886–1941) – poet, essayist, and women's emancipation activist
  • Jurji Zaydan (1861–1914) – writer and novelist, journalist

Film, television, and radio personalities

  • Borhane Alaouié – film director
  • Philippe Aractingi – Lebanese-French film director
  • Maysa Assaf – television presenter
  • Jihad Al-Atrash – actor
  • Maroun Bagdadi – film director
  • Hisham Bizri – film director
  • Rowan Blanchard – American actress
  • Maguy Bou Ghosn – actress
  • Lucien Bourjeily – film and theater director, playwright, political activist
  • Bassem Breish – film director
  • Takla Chamoun – actress
  • Ely Dagher – film director
  • Sami Daher – actor
  • Jean Daoud – film director
  • George Diab – actor
  • Ziad Doueiri – film director
  • Imad Feghaly – actor
  • Lamitta Frangieh – actress
  • Daizy Gedeon – Australian-Lebanese filmmaker
  • Marcel Ghanem – television anchor
  • Renee Ghosh – actress
  • Claude Habib – fine art artist/collection artist in Paul Valéry Museum
  • Micheline Habib – author/educator
  • Dan Haddad – film director
  • Abdo Hakim – actor
  • Hasan Hamdan – actor
  • Jamal Hamdan – actor
  • Saad Hamdan – actor
  • Darine Hamze – actress, director, and producer
  • Razane Jammal – British-Lebanese actress, model, and singer
  • Julia Kassar – actress
  • Sarah Khan – actress
  • Noor Zafar Khan – actress
  • 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
  • Arsinée Khanjian – actress of Lebanese-Armenian origin
  • Louay Khraish – writer and producer
  • Nadine Labaki – film director
  • Samir Maalouf – actor
  • Toni Maalouf – actor
  • Julian Maroun - actor and producer
  • 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
  • Jeanine Pirro – television personality and author
  • Ouday Raad – actor
  • Bashar Rahal – Lebanese-Bulgarian actor
  • Keanu Reeves – Canadian actor
  • Fadi Rifai – actor
  • Milad Rizk – actor
  • Ali Saad – actor
  • Hossam Al-Sabah – actor
  • Khaled El Sayed – actor
  • Faissal Sam Shaib – writer and producer
  • Mira Shaib – writer and director
  • Naji Shamil – actor
  • Omar Al-Shammaa – actor
  • Omar Sharif – actor
  • Haaz Sleiman – television and film actor
  • Rosie Al-Yaziji – actress
  • Ali Al-Zein – actor
  • Jamie Farr – actor

Food and drink

  • Tara Khattar – chef and writer

Models and Internet personalities

  • Annabella Hillal – TV presenter
  • Mia Khalifa – internet personality, former pornographic actress and webcam model
  • Myriam Klink – model and entertainer

Singers, composers, and musicians

  • Nancy Ajram – singer, actress
  • Ragheb Alama – singer
  • Ramy Ayach – singer and composer
  • Julia Boutros – singer
  • Sami Clark – singer
  • Elissa – singer, actress
  • Fairuz – singer
  • Blu Fiefer – (born 1992) – singer-songwriter
  • Assi El Hallani – singer, actor
  • Maher Jah (born 1990) – singer-songwriter
  • Najwa Karam – singer, actress
  • Wael Kfoury – singer
  • Marcel Khalife – singer and composer
  • Massari – singer
  • Zaki Nassif – composer, singer
  • Rahbani brothers – composers
  • Assi Rahbani
  • Mansour Rahbani
  • Ziad Rahbani – musician, actor
  • Majida El Roumi – singer
  • Sabah – singer, actress
  • Wadih El Safi – singer, composer, and musician
  • Carole Samaha – singer
  • Nasri Shamseddine – singer
  • Hamed Sinno – singer-songwriter
  • Walid Toufic – singer
  • Maya Yazbek – singer
  • Melhem Zein – singer
  • Nawal Al Zoghbi – singer, actress

Theatre

  • Alaa Minawi (born 1982) – Palestinian-Lebanese-Dutch multidisciplinary artist, lecturer
  • 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

  • Reine Abbas – video game designer and artist
  • Shafic Abboud (1926 – 2004) – painter
  • Douglas Abdell – sculptor
  • Samir Abi Rashed (born 1947) – painter
  • Etel Adnan – painter, poet
  • Jorge Adoum (1897–1958) – painter
  • Krikor Agopian – painter
  • Faouzi Al-Kach – artist
  • Georges Akl – painter
  • Joseph Assaf – sculptor
  • Christina Assi - photojournalist
  • Zena Assi – multidisciplinary artist
  • Ayman Baalbaki (born 1975) – visual artist
  • Ghazi Baker (born 1967) – painter
  • Maha Bayrakdar (born 1947) – painter and poet
  • Kiki Bokassa – visual artist
  • Chaouki Chamoun – painter
  • Rafic Charaf (1932–2003) – painter
  • Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916–2017) – painter and sculptor
  • Daoud Corm (1852–1930) – painter
  • David Daoud (born 1970) – painter
  • Derrie Fakhoury (1930–2015) – painter
  • Moustafa Farroukh – painter
  • Simone Fattal (born 1942) – artist
  • Chucrallah Fattouh – painter
  • Chawky Frenn – painter and art professor
  • César Gemayel – painter
  • Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) – writer, poet and visual artist
  • Paul Guiragossian (1926–1993) – painter
  • Youssef Howayek (1883–1962) – sculptor and painter
  • Lamia Joreige – visual artist and filmmaker
  • Nabil Kanso (1940–2019) – Lebanese-American painter
  • Nadim Karam (born 1957) – artist
  • Helen Khal (1923–2009) – Lebanese-American artist
  • Zena El Khalil (born 1976) – Lebanese artist, writer, and activist
  • Layal Khawly – visual artist and painter
  • Yolande Labaki (born 1927) – landscape painter
  • Hussein Madi (born 1938) – painter, sculptor and printmaker
  • Jamil Molaeb (born 1948) – artist
  • Farid Mansour (1929–2010) – painter and sculptor
  • Nabil Nahas (born 1949) – painter
  • Wajih Nahlé (1932–2017) – painter and calligrapher
  • Omar Onsi (1901–1969) – painter
  • Walid Raad – artist
  • Mohammad Rawas (born 1951) – painter and printmaker
  • Aref El-Rayess (1928–2005) – painter
  • Pierre Sadek (1938–2013) – caricaturist
  • Samir Sammoun (born 1952) – artist and engineer
  • Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (born 1945) – painter, writer
  • Hanibal Srouji (born 1957) – painter
  • Lidya Tchakerian (born 1959) – artist
  • Akram Zaatari – filmmaker, photographer, artist and curator
  • Salwa Zeidan – artist, sculptor and curator
  • Bibi Zogbé (1890–1973) – Lebanese-born painter based in Buenos Aires

Education

  • Nazek Abou Alwan Abed – Educator and writer
  • Joseph E. Aoun – President of Northeastern University
  • Nora Bayrakdarian – professor of international relations
  • Alberto Bustani – former president of Monterrey Campus of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
  • Claude Habib – fine art artist/collection artist in Paul Valéry Museum
  • Micheline Habib – author/educator
  • Gabriel Hawawini – former Head and Dean of INSEAD

Journalism

  • Jad Al-Akhaoui – television and newspaper journalist
  • Helen Thomas - journalist, White House Press Reporter and First Female member of the Gridiron Gang
  • May Chidiac – television journalist
  • Daizy Gedeon – former deputy foreign editor and first female sports journalist (The Australian)
  • Marcel Ghanem – television journalist
  • Adnan Al Kakoun – journalist/producer/director
  • Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN
  • Ramzi Najjar – journalist and author
  • Gebran Tueni – founder of An-Nahar
  • Gebran Ghassan Tueni – journalist and politician
  • Ghassan Tueni – journalist, politician and diplomat
  • Nayla Tueni (born 1982) – journalist and politician
  • Paula Yacoubian – television journalist and politician
  • George Yammine – literature and arts critic of An-Nahar
  • Philippe Ziade – journalist

Military

  • Joseph Aoun – army commander and president of Lebanon since 9 January 2025
  • Emile Boustany – former army commander
  • Jean Kahwaji – former army commander
  • Samir El-Khadem – former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian
  • Émile Lahoud – former army commander
  • Jamil Al Sayyed – former Lebanese General Security Director
  • Wafiq Jizzini – former Lebanese General Security Director
  • Abbas Ibrahim – former Lebanese General Security Director
  • Jean Njeim – former army commander
  • Ibrahim Tannous – former army commander

Religion

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

Religious personalities

Maronite patriarchs

  • Estephan El Douaihy – former Maronite Patriarch (1670–1704)
  • Elias Peter Hoayek – former Maronite Patriarch (1898–1931)
  • Anthony Peter Khoraish – former Maronite Patriarch (1975–1986)
  • Bechara Boutros al-Rahi – Maronite Patriarch (2011–)
  • Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir – former Maronite Patriarch (1986–2011)

Muslim scholars

  • Abū ʿAmr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr al-ʾAwzāʿī () (707–774)
  • Musa al-Sadr – Shiite religious leader
  • Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili – Shi'a scholar (1334–1385)
  • Nur-al-Din al-Karaki al-ʿĀmilī (1465–1534) – Shiite scholar who was a member of the Safavid court
  • Al-Hurr al-Aamili – muhaddith and a prominent Twelver Shi'a scholar (1624–1693)
  • Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Shi'a Islamic scholar (1547–1621)
  • Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah – Shiite cleric (1935–2010)
  • Hassan Khaled – Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic (1966–1989)

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

  • Charbel Makhlouf
  • Nimatullah Kassab
  • Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
  • Raphael Hawawini

Politicians

Presidents of Lebanon

  • Joseph Aoun – current president (2025– Now)
  • Michel Aoun – former president (2016–2022)
  • 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 (1982-murdered)
  • Charles Helou – former president (1964–1970)
  • Elias Hrawi – former president (1989–1998)
  • Bechara El Khoury – former president (1943–1952)
  • Émile Jamil Lahoud – former president (1998–2007)
  • René Moawad – former president (1989-murdered)
  • Elias Sarkis – former president (1976–1982)
  • Michel Sleiman – former president (2008–2014)
  • Petro Trad – former president (1943)

Politicians in other countries

  • Luis Abinader – President of the Dominican Republic (2020–Present)
  • Mario Abdo Benítez – President of Paraguay (2018–2023)
  • Geraldo Alckmin – Vice President of Brazil (2023–Present)
  • Abdalá Bucaram – former president of Ecuador (1996–1997)
  • Jamil Mahuad – former president of Ecuador (1998–2000)
  • Julio Teodoro Salem – former president of Ecuador (1944)
  • Michel Temer – former president of Brazil (2016–2018)
  • Julio César Turbay Ayala – former president of Colombia (1978–1982)

Speakers of Parliament

  • Nabih Berri – Camper on his seats since 1992 (30 years)
  • Kamel Asaad – former Speaker of Parliament
  • Sabri Hamadé – former Speaker of Parliament
  • Hussein el-Husseini – former Speaker of Parliament
  • Adel Osseiran – former Speaker of Parliament

Prime Ministers of Lebanon

  • Nawaf Salam – current 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 – former 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
  • Chafic Al Wazzan – former prime minister
  • Hussain Alouieni – former prime minister
  • Omar Karami – former prime minister
  • Hassan Diab – former prime minister

Political personalities

  • Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (born 1951) - communist militant serving a life sentence for complicity in murder
  • Emir Majid Arslan – independence leader
  • Prince Talal Arslan – Druze leader and president of the Lebanese Democratic Party
  • Raymond Baaklini – (1943–2013) Lebanese ambassador to Canada
  • Gebran Bassil – minister, Free Patriotic Movement
  • Dany Chamoun – former National Liberal Party leader
  • Dory Chamoun – National Liberal Party leader
  • Khaled Daouk – former Honorary Consul General of Ireland in Beirut
  • Walid Daouk – former minister of Information and Justice
  • Jad Demian – head of the Lebanese Forces Youth Association
  • Carlos Edde – politician
  • Raymond Edde – politician, former leader of National Bloc
  • Juliette Elmir – nurse and political activist
  • 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
  • Fadi Frem - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
  • Fouad Abou Nader - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
  • Elie Hobeika - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
  • Marwan Hamadeh – former minister (6 times) and part of the Lebanese Parliament since 1992, politician and influential presence
  • 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
  • Talal El Merhebi – politician and former deputy and minister, leader of Akkar area
  • 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
  • Abbas al-Musawi (1952–1992) - secretary-general of Hezbollah
  • Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024) – leader of Hezbollah
  • Ali Hussein Nassif (d. 2012) - politician and high-ranking founding member of Hezbollah
  • Salim Saadeh – economist and politician
  • Habib Sadek – former politician, writer
  • Violette Khairallah Safadi (born 1981) – politician, television personality and social activist
  • Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed (born 1960) - Head of the Political Council of Hezbollah
  • Gebran Tueni – journalist and deputy

Other political personalities

  • Alain Aoun – nephew of former president Michel Aoun
  • Joyce Gemayel – former first lady and political activist
  • Ghassan Tueni – diplomat, politician and journalist

Sciences

Medicine

  • Afif Abdul Wahab – surgeon
  • Amin J. Barakat – Lebanese-American physician known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome
  • Anthony Atala – American Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Edma Abouchdid – physician; first Lebanese woman to obtain a doctorate of medicine
  • Sami Ibrahim Haddad – physician, surgeon and writer
  • Michael Debakey – Lebanese-American Cardiovascular Surgeon who pioneered many surgical techniques and procedures
  • Saniya Habboub – medical doctor known for being the first Lebanese woman to study medicine abroad
  • Ali A Haydar – physician who is an emeritus professor at the American University of Beirut
  • Israa Seblani – Lebanese-American physician and endocrinologist
  • Afif Abdul Wahab – medical doctor, general surgeon and urologist
  • Michael DeBakey – American vascular surgeon and cardiac surgeon
  • Emile Riachi – orthopaedic surgeon
  • Fuad Sami Haddad – neurosurgeon, humanitarian, and writer
  • Sami A. Sanjad – Lebanese-American pediatrician
  • Tony Nader – neuroscientist, university president, author and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement.
  • Farid Fata – hematologist/oncologist and the mastermind of one of the largest health care frauds in U.S. history.
  • Nabil F. Saba – American oncologist and professor of hematology and medical oncology at Emory University School of Medicine
  • Elias I. Traboulsi – physician in the fields of ophthalmic genetics and pediatric ophthalmology
  • Toni Choueiri – Lebanese American medical oncologist and researcher
  • Naji Abumrad – Lebanese-American surgeon

Psychiatry

  • Aziz al-Abub – psychiatrist and medical torture expert affiliated with Hezbollah
  • Hagop S. Akiskal – Lebanese-born American psychiatrist and professor

Scientists

Metry Bacila - Medical doctor and biochemistry cientist, Lebanese, Egyptian and Palestinian descendent, born in Brazil

Archeology

  • Maurice Chehab – archaeologist and museum curator, father of "modern Lebanese archaeology"
  • George El Andary – researcher in archaeology, museums and manuscripts
  • Leila Badre – director of the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut
  • Maya Haïdar Boustani – archaeologist and curator of the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
  • Assaad Seif – archaeologist and associate professor in archaeology at the Lebanese University

Astronomy

  • Charles Elachi – astronomer and professor of electrical engineering, former director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech
  • Doris Daou – Director for Education and Public Outreach of the NASA Lunar Science Institute

Biology

  • Pierre Zalloua – biologist and researcher
  • M. Amin Arnaout – nephrologist best known for seminal discoveries in the biology and structure of integrin receptors.
  • Myrna T. Semaan – botanist, notable for identifying a number of new plant species in Lebanon with Ricardius M. Haber.
  • Asmar Asmar – specialization in cardiology
  • Huda Zoghbi – Lebanese-born American geneticist
  • Jack Makari – Lebanese-American cancer immunologist
  • Justine Sergent – researcher in the cognitive neuroscience field

Chemistry and materials science

  • Niveen Khashab – chemist and professor known for her contributions in the field of drugs and Chemistry, L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards laureate
  • Hassan Naim – Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
  • Mona Nemer – Lebanese-Canadian biochemist
  • Najat A. Saliba – professor of analytical chemistry and an atmospheric chemist at the American University of Beirut
  • Ziad Rafiq Beydoun – petroleum geologist and emeritus Professor at the American University of Beirut
  • George Doumani – Lebanese Palestinian geologist and explorer

Computing and engineering

  • Mario El-Khoury – Lebanese-Swiss engineer and business executive
  • Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah – Lebanese-American electrical and electronic engineer and technology innovator known for receiving 43 patents in television transmission
  • Nadim Kobeissi – French-Lebanese computer science researcher specialized in applied cryptography

Physics

  • Ali Chamseddine – physicist known for his contributions in particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics
  • Edgar Choueiri – Lebanese-American physicist known for his work on Plasma propulsion engine and for conceiving and developing new spacecraft propulsion concepts
  • Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
  • Ani Aprahamian – Lebanese-born Armenian-American nuclear physicist
  • Eid Hourany – French-Lebanese nuclear physicist
  • Hassan Khachfe – innovator, researcher and professor
  • Salwa Nassar – nuclear physicist and college administrator known for being the first Lebanese woman to earn a PhD in physics
  • Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet
  • Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
  • Ghassan Afiouni – inventor, developed a kind of compressed wood that cannot be burned

Sports personalities

Athletes

  • 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 – Dutch-Lebanese 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

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

Automobile racing

  • Khalil Beschir – professional race car driver
  • Tony Kanaan – Brazilian professional race car driver
  • Noel Jammal – Lebanese-Spanish professional race car driver
  • Felipe Nasr – Brazilian professional race car driver
  • Graham Rahal – American professional race car driver
  • Toni Breidinger – American professional race car driver

Baseball

  • Joe Lahoud – Lebanese-American retired Major League baseball player for over 11 years

Basketball

  • Ramy Akiki – basketball player
  • Wael Arakji – basketball player
  • Rony Fahed – basketball player
  • Matt Freije – Lebanese-American basketball player
  • Fadi El Khatib – basketball player
  • Ali Mahmoud – Lebanese-Canadian basketball player
  • Elie Mechantaf – basketball player
  • Bashir Saad – professional basketball player
  • Rony Seikaly – Lebanese-American professional basketball player
  • Joe Vogel – American-Lebanese professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
  • Jackson Vroman – American-born Lebanese professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team

Ice hockey

  • Ed Hatoum – Lebanese-born Canadian former professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
  • Nazem Kadri – Canadian professional hockey player for the Calgary Flames
  • Alain Nasreddine – Canadian former professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins

Football

  • Faisal Antar – football player
  • Roda Antar – football player
  • Mohammed Ghaddar – football player in Syria
  • Wartan Ghazarian – football player of Armenian origin
  • Moussa Hojeij – football player/manager
  • Youssef Mohamad – football player in Germany
  • Soony Saad – football player
  • Jamal Taha – football player
  • Claudio Husaín – football player of Argentina

Playing card tournament titleholders

  • Kassem 'Freddy' Deeb
  • Ihsan 'Sammy' Farha
  • Joseph 'Joe' Hachem - Lebanese-Australian

Rugby league

  • Hazem El Masri – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player and highest NRL point scorer
  • Anthony Farah – hooker for the West Tigers in the New South Wales Cup
  • Robbie Farah - former NRL player, most notably for the Wests Tigers
  • Tim Mannah - former NRL player for the Parramatta Eels
  • Mitchell Moses - current NRL player for the Parramatta Eels
  • Jacob Kiraz - current NRL player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
  • Adam Doueihi - current NRL player for the Wests Tigers
  • Josh Mansour - former NRL player, most notably for the Penrith Panthers
  • David Bayssari - former NRL player for the Wests Tigers and coach of the Lebanese national team
  • Benny Elias - former NRL player for the Balmain Tigers who is an inductee in the National Rugby League Hall of Fame

Rugby Union

  • Ahmad Harajly – American World Rugby Sevens Series USA Rugby player and first Arab American rugby athlete to represent the US; professional athlete for Major League Rugby for the New England Free Jacks

Skiing

  • Ibrahim Jaja

See also

  • Lebanese diaspora
  • List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)

References