List of Famous people born in Amman Governorate, Jordan
Hind Al-Fayez
Hind Al-Fayez is a member in Parliament of Jordan. She gained worldwide attention after a Jordanian member of parliament told her to sit down after she interrupted him, she was featured on many western news channels such as CNN.
Norma Khouri
Norma Khouri is the pen name of author Norma Bagain Toliopoulos. She is the author of the book titled Forbidden Love. The book was published by Random House in 2003.
Rashid bin El Hassan
Prince Rashid bin Hassan is a member of the Jordanian royal family. He is the son of Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath al-Hassan. He is part of the House of Hashim.
Ahmad Abughaush
Ahmad Abughaush is a Jordanian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal in the 68 kg category at the 2016 Olympics. This was Jordan's first Olympic medal in any sport, excluding a bronze in 1988 when taekwondo was a demonstration sport.
Tima Shomali
Tima Shomali is a Jordanian producer, director, writer, and comedy actress. Zainab Salbi called her "Tina Fey of the Arab world" during an interview with the young actress, in New York at the Woman in the World Summit. After earning an MFA degree in producing and screenwriting at RSICA, Shomali joined the YouTube show Bath Bayakha, where she was first recognized for her work as a writer and actress. Later in 2012, she founded her own production company which she called Filmizion Productions, and through the company, she created and starred in her first Web series titled Femaleshow. The show attracted millions of viewers from across the region online, which led to it being aired on different TV stations around the region. Becky Anderson described her as a national phenomena in a CNN interview with the young filmmaker. Currently, she is working on creating the second original Arabic Netflix series, in collaboration with her Jordanian production company Filmizion Productions, titled AlRawabi School for Girls.
Yousef Huneiti
Major General Yousef Huneiti is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces. Huneiti was appointed to this position on 24 July 2019. Huneiti is the first Jordanian Air Force commander to be appointed Army Chief.
Musa Al-Taamari
Musa Suleiman Al-Taamari is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian side OH Leuven and the Jordan national team
Salameh Hammad
Salameh Hammad is a Jordanian politician who has served as Minister of the Interior in the government of Jordan a number of times. He held the position from 1993 to 1995, from 1995 to 1996, from 2015 to 2016, from 2016 to 2017 and lastly from May 2019 until October 2020.
Nasser Judeh
Senator Nasser S. Judeh is a Jordanian politician who served as Jordan's longest serving Minister of Foreign Affairs, having served between 2009 and 2017 in eight consecutive governments. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan from 2015 to 2017. He currently serves as a senator in the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament.
Rateb Al-Awadat
Rateb Al-Awadat was a Jordanian footballer, who was a left-back who started his career with Hittin (Marka) Refugee camp team then joined Al-Faisaly until he retired and became a coach.