List of Famous people born in Jordan

Fayez Tarawneh is an independent Jordanian politician, who served twice as prime minister of Jordan. He is the former chief of the Royal Hashemite Court.

Princess Badiya bint Hassan is a Jordanian princess. She is the daughter of Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath al-Hassan.

Yaseen Anas Al-Bakhit is a Jordanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Jordan national football team.

Abdul Karim Saleem Khasawneh is a Jordanian Muslim scholar who was Grand Mufti of Jordan between 23 February 2010 and 22 January 2017. Since then, he has been the chief Islamic justice.

Sulaf Jalil is an Iraqi actress, comedy artist and TV presenter, born in Baghdad in 1984. She holds a BA in Languages Institute.

Samir Zaid al-Rifai is a Jordanian politician who was Prime Minister of Jordan from 14 December 2009 to 9 February 2011.

Menippus of Gadara was a Cynic satirist. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. His works, all of which are lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian, who ranks Menippus with Antisthenes, Diogenes, and Crates as among the most notable of the Cynics.

Aiman Al Ziyoud is the founder and CEO of Charisma Group, an Arabic television production company, where he leads the development of Arabic TV content. He is known as also as the host of Adam, and the longest running hit game show in Arab Television history for 16 consecutive years “Huroof wa aloof”.

Laith Shubeilat is a prominent Jordanian Islamist politician. He was born in Amman, Jordan in 1942, a son of another Jordanian public figure, Farhan Shubeilat, from Tafila, a city within the southern district of Jordan.

Field Marshal Fat'hi Abu Taleb was a Jordanian army general who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Jordanian military. He rose to become one of the most influential military men in Jordanian history. In addition to being a field marshal, he was also served as the head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), as well as the military attaché at Jordan's embassy in the United States from 1971 to 1974.