President of Ecuador
Prime Minister of Jamaica
President of Columbia
[edit] Politicians of Lebanese Descent
Spencer Abraham - U.S Senator from Michigan (1995-2001), US Secretary of Energy (2001-2005)
Anthony Alexander Alam - political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party
Ralph Nader - political leader of the American Green Party
John Baldacci - U.S. Representative from Maine (1995-2003), Governor of Maine (2003- )
Marie Bashir - Governor of New South Wales, Australia (2001-)
Steve Bracks - Premier of Victoria, Australia (1999-)
Abdalá Bucaram - President of Ecuador (1996-1997)
Assid Corban - former Mayor of Henderson Borough and of Waitakere City, New Zealand.
Najeeb Halaby, U.S. government official and father of Jordan's Queen Noor
Darrell Issa, U.S. Representative from California
Bob Katter - right-wing Australian politician
Assad Kotaite - ICAO Council President (1976-)
Ray LaHood - U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995- ), grandson of Lebanese immigrants
George J. Mitchell - Former U.S. Senator from Maine (1980-1995) & peace activist (Lebanese mother)
Jamil Mahuad - President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
Paulo Maluf - mayor & governor of São Paulo
Maria Mourani - Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Canada.
Jeanine Pirro - District Attorney, Westchester County, New York(1993-), Candidate for New York state Attorney General.
Edward Seaga - Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980-1989)
Donna Shalala - US Secretary of Health (1993-2001)
John E. Sununu- U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (2003- )
John H. Sununu - White House Chief of Staff (1989-1991)
Julio César Turbay Ayala - President of Colombia (1978-1982)
Eliott Tanos Sakr- leader of the Kataeb's youth movement
[edit] Activists
Bahia Hariri - politician & UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
Giorgio-Guy Tarraf - (1988 - ) UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace.
Candy Lightner - founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Charles Malik - (1906 - 1987) - diplomat, philosopher, co-drafter of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ralph Nader - consumer rights activist & US presidential candidate.
Joseph Raya - archbishop and civil rights activist.
James Zogby - founder of Arab-American Institute, brother of John Zogby, son of Lebanese immigrants.
[edit] Military
Michel Sulaiman - General of the military of Lebanon
Hisham Jaber - Former Commander of Beirut
John Abizaid - US general, CENTCOM Commander
James Jabara - US fighter pilot, world's first jet-vs-jet ace and 2nd-highest ace of the Korean War
George Joulwan - US general, SACEUR
[edit] Cultural figures
[edit] Film, Television, and Radio Personalities
Lili Estefan, Cuban American television hostess, (niece of Emilio Estefan; Lebanese ancestry)
Jamie Farr actor of M*A*S*H fame
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress (Lebanese father and Mexican mother)
Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-born (English, Irish, Chinese, Hawaiian and Portuguese background)
Diane Rehm - host and executive producer of "The Diane Rehm Show"
Fouad Said - cinematographer (Inventor of the Cinemobile)
James Stacy - actor (Laramie)
Khrystyne Haje, actress
Arsinée Khanjian, actress (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
Tom Shadyac, director
Nadia Behette, Miss New York 2003 (Lebanese mother, Syrian father)
Mahmoud Baghdadi, fought Muhammed Ali and got crippled.
Gaston Chikhani, actor and comedian, co-founder of "Le théatre de 10 heures" Beirut
Jean-Pierre Chikhani, actor and comedian "Le théatre de 10 heures" Beirut, founder of the first out-door advertising in Lebanon
Michel Chikhani, actor and comedian "Le théatre de 10 heures" Beirut
Tony Shalhoub, television and film actor; presently stars in "Monk"
Danny Thomas, nightclub comedian and television actor
Casey Kasem, television personality of Druze Lebanese Descent
[[Mario Kassar], Movie producer
Catalina Prince, Model "Ford Supermodel of Lebanon 1996"
[edit] Musicians of Lebanese Descent
Shakira, Colombian pop singer, born Shakira Mebarak Chedid (Lebanese father from Zahle, Colombian mother of Catalan descent)
Soraya, American-Colombian-Lebanese singer/songwriter (Lebanese mother)
Tiffany, American pop singer, first teen singer to have her first two singles both hit number one (Lebanese/Syrian father, Irish/Cherokee mother)
Gabriel Yared, composer
Matthieu Chedid, Lebanese-French rock/blues songwriter and singer
Frank Zappa
Herbert Khaury (Tiny Tim), singer, ukulele player (Lebanese father)
K-Maro, French singer (Lebanese-born)
Emilio Estefan, Cuban musician/producer (Lebanese parents)
Sammy Hagar, former lead vocalist for the rock band Van Halen
ceeb Dale, surf guitarist (Lebanese father, Polish mother)
Nawal Zoughbi, pop singer
Joe Fuad Najar - JFN Rapper and Producer
Nicolas (musician)
eliott sakr Rapper
Amanda Abizaid Lebanese-American singer / songwriter
[edit] Athletes
Rony Seikaly, Lebanese American, Former NBA basketball player
Bill George - NFL Hall of Famer
Doug Flutie - NFL player
Samir Bannout - Mr Olympia 1983
George Farah - 19th Mr Olympia 2002
Brian Habib - former NFL player
Fuad Reveiz - former NFL player
Jeff George - former NFL player
Abe Gibran - former NFL player and coach
Rich Kotite - former NFL coach
Joe Lahoud - former MLB player
John Jaha - former MLB player
Jim Baxis - former MLB player
Fred Maalouf - former NFL player
Hazem El Masri - NRL player
Steve Kerr - former NBA Star (Lebanese-born)
Zuhair Mansour - Weightlifting's Grandmaster of the World (1990)
Bobby Rahal - Winner of the Indianapolis 500
Victor Taweel - former lightweight boxing champion
Pete Sarron - former featherweight boxing champion
Maloof Brothers - Owners of the Sacramento Kings (NBA)
George Maloof - former owner of the Houston Rockets (NBA)
Joe Robbie - former owner of the Miami Dolphins (NFL)
Kerbawy family - former owners of the Detroit Lions (NFL)
Fred Saigh - former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
Frank Skaff - former manager of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
Victor Taweel - former lightweight boxing champion
Pete Sarron - former featherweight boxing champion
Eddie Elias - Founder of the Bowling Association of America
Elias Ghanem - Head of the Las Vegas Boxing Association
Elie Yahchouchi- former head basketball committe of the Sagesse club(3 times Asian Champion)
[edit] Writers & Journalists
Ahmad Reda - linguist, wrote Matn al-lugha dictionary
Muhammad Jaber, writer and historian
Edward Atiyah, writer
Gibran Khalil Gibran - poet and writer, "The Prophet"
Salim El Lawzeh - Founder of Al Hawadeth Magazine - Allegedly was assassinated by Syria
Said Akl - writer, poet, philosopher
Rabih Alameddine - painter, novelist
William Peter Blatty - writer, "The Exorcist"
Andree Chedid - poet
Neal Conan - radio journalist (lebanese-born)
Elias Khoury - novelist
Philip Khuri Hitti
Samir Kassir - assassinated journalist of An-Nahar newspaper and writer
Amin Maalouf - writer, Prix Goncourt (1993)
Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer (Lebanese mother)
David Malouf - famous Australian homosexual author (Lebanese father, English-Sephardic Jewish mother of Portuguese descent)
Gebran Tueni - Former editor and publisher of An-Nahar newspaper - Legislator, allegedly assassinated by Syria
Ghassan Tueni - father of Gebran Tueni and editor in chief of An-Nahar newspaper, legislator
May Chidiac - A pillar in Lebanese Journalism - She was nearly killed by an alleged assassination attempt by Syria
Nadia Tueni - poet
George Zahar - publisher & editor (Lebanese father)
Issa Makhlouf - poet
Mikhael Neame - writer
Maroun Abboud - writer
Nidal Achkar - poetess
Tarek Hijazi - Managing Editor of The Middle East's first and best selling western entertainment magazine - Teen World Magazine -
[edit] Artists
Reem Acra - fashion designer
Annabel Daou - painter
Sam Maloof - woodworker
Joseph Matar - Artist painter and poet
Zuhair Mrad - fashion designer
Elie Saab - fashion designer
Tarek Yamout - nail and yarn art
Paul Zgheib - Photographer
Bill Schiffbauer -Designer (Lebanese Mother, German/Irish Father)
Clemence Massaad Musa - Journalist and author
[edit] Practical figures
[edit] Scientists
Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - electrical engineer
Michael Atiyah - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004) (Lebanese father)
Abdulrahim N. Chafi- Dr. Chafi is a Chemist and Civil/Environmental engineer. President of Dar Science and Engineering.
Elias J. Corey - chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)
Charles Elachi - director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Peter Medawar - immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1960) (Lebanese father)
Alain Chikhani - one of the most famous plastic surgeon (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA)
[edit] Entrepreneurs
Robert Abboud - ex-chairman of First Chicago, brother of Joseph Abboud
Assid Corban - winemaker, founder of Corbans
Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Nissan and Renault
Joseph Maroun Haggar - founder of Haggar Clothing Company
Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C.
Rafik Hariri - Ex-prime minister-businessman assassinated 14 February 2005
Nicolas Hayek - the 'father of Swatch'
Carlos Slim Helu - Latin America's richest man and 3rd richest in the world
Mario Kassar - co-founder of Carolco Pictures (Lebanese father, Italian mother)
Jacques Nasser - ex-CEO of Ford Motors
Paul Orfalea - founder of Kinko's
Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York and Banco Safra in Brazil (Jewish Lebanese)
Elie Samaha - chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures
Oussama Ziade - founder of Ptech
Al-Waleed bin Talal - Lebanese mother, Grandson of Prime Minister Riad El Solh
Johnny R.Saade - Lebanese businessman, founder of CMA-CGM, 3rd container shipping company in the world.
Khalil Ghattas- Lebanese business man, Founder of GAT oil
[edit] Other
Christa McAuliffe - American high school teacher and astronaut on the Challenger Disaster
John Zogby, American political pollster, brother of James Zogby, son of Lebanese immigrants
Richard Hibey, American attorney in Washington, DC, brother of Jim Hibey, son of Anthony "Ezhiyah" Hibey
Jim Hibey, American attorney in Washington, DC
Patrick Joseph "PJ" Hasham, a fictional character in the long running Australian drama series Blue Heelers was of Lebanese descent.
Chadillac - The 'G' out of Lala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lebanese_people
Famous Personalities of Lebanese Decent
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