List of Famous people born in Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
Gabriel Yared
Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.
Hamed Sinno
Hamed Sinno is the Lebanese-American lead singer of the alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila.
Charles Villeneuve
Charles Villeneuve is a French journalist.
Princess Ghida
Princess Ghida Talal is the chairperson of the board of trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center (KHCF) and (KHCC), based in Amman, Jordan. Born to a politically prominent family in Lebanon, Princess Ghida is married to Prince Talal bin Muhammad of Jordan, the nephew of King Hussein bin Talal and 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Paula Yacoubian
Paulette Siragan Yaghobian, better known as Paula Yacoubian is a Lebanese politician of Armenian origins. She was previously known as a journalist and a television host. Throughout her career, she had worked as a host in a number of Lebanese and pan-Arab international television stations. Known for the transformational impact she's had in her organizations and the broader community, Paula became one of the experts chosen by the World Bank group as a member of their 'External Advisory Panel for Diversity and Inclusion' as a result of her advocacy for women's rights, her efforts for women empowerment, as well as for being a fierce defender of electoral women quota and a fairer electoral law in Lebanon.
Souha Bechara
Souha Fawaz Bechara also spelled Souha Bechara or Soha Bechara is a Lebanese national. In 1988, at the age of twenty one, she attempted to assassinate General Antoine Lahad of the South Lebanon Army, a militia funded by Israel. Bechara was quickly arrested and held in the infamous Khiam prison for ten years.
Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red and the Black in 1954, opposite Gérard Philipe.
Carmen Lebbos
Carmen Lebbos is a Lebanese actress who has worked in film, television and the theater since 1981. She has been in several television series and movies including Ziad Doueiri’s West Beirut and Josef Fares’s Zozo.
Sharbel Touma
Sharbel Touma is a Swedish former football player and manager. Born in Lebanon, Touma is of Aramean descent, and has represented Sweden internationally between 2001 and 2004.
Iskandar Safa
Iskandar Safa is a French businessman of Lebanese origin. Together with his brother Akram Safa, he is the owner of Privinvest Holding, a major international naval construction group. In addition to this, Iskandar Safa and his brother Akram control, through P.I. Dev SAL, the French company FIMAS SA specialised in developing and managing real estate properties in the South of France. Safa is being sued for $2 billion by the Republic of Mozambique in an alleged corruption scandal.