List of Famous people born in Jordan
Amer Shafia
Amer Shafi is a Jordanian former footballer who played as goalkeeper for the Jordan national team.
Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad
Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad bin Zeid al-Hussein is a Jordanian former diplomat who is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the president and CEO of the International Peace Institute. He also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018. He played a central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court, and was elected the first president of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court in September 2002. He also served as a political affairs officer in UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia from 1994 to 1996.
Samih al-Qasim
Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy(Arabic: سميح القاسم; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. Son of a Druze family, he was born in Transjordan and lived in Israel throughout his childhood and adult life. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: before and after the Six-Day War - until 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; in 1967 he joined the Israeli Communist political party, Rakah, and later activated in the closely related Front for Democracy and Equality "Hadash".
Princess Alia Tabba
Alia Tabbaa is the former wife of Prince Faisal bin Hussein.
Khaled Al-Sarayra
Khaled Al-Sarayra is a Jordanian field marshal who held the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 5 April 1993 to 18 July 1999 Date of death 11/18/2020.
Ghaleb Zubi
Ghaleb Zu'bi is a Jordanian lawyer and politician who served in different post at the various cabinets of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Zu'bi was appointed as the Minister of Interior by Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki on 15 January 2017 until 25 February 2018.
Sumaya bint El Hassan
Sumaya bint Hassan is a princess of Jordan.
Ayman al-Ṣafadī
Ayman Safadi is a Jordanian politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was first appointed on 15 January 2017, replacing Nasser Judeh.
Mashal Mohammed Zabin
Mashal Mohammad Al-Zaben was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces between 23 February 2010 and 2 October 2016. On 22 May 2012 Al-Zaben was promoted to General, and received the Istiqlal Medal of the First Order.
Marouf al-Bakhit
Marouf Suleiman al-Bakhit was a Jordanian politician and two-time Prime Minister. He first served as Prime Minister from 27 November 2005 until 25 November 2007 and then again from 9 February 2011 to 17 October 2011. Bakhit also held the position of Jordanian ambassador to Israel and the national security chief. Appointed as Prime Minister by King Abdullah II less than three weeks after the 2005 Amman bombings, Bakhit's main priorities were to maintain security and stability in Jordan. He was reappointed as Prime Minister by the King on 1 February 2011, following weeks of protests.