List of Famous people born in Jordan

Amer Shafia

First Name Amer
Last Name Shafia
Born on February 14, 1982 (age 44)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Amer Shafi is a Jordanian former footballer who played as goalkeeper for the Jordan national team.

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Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad

First Name Prince
Last Name Ra'ad
Born on January 26, 1964 (age 62)

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.

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Samih al-Qasim

First Name Samih
Last Name Al-Qasim
Born on May 11, 1939
Died on August 19, 2014 (aged 75)

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".

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Princess Alia Tabba

First Name Princess
Last Name Tabba
Born on September 15, 1964 (age 61)

Alia Tabbaa is the former wife of Prince Faisal bin Hussein.

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Khaled Al-Sarayra

First Name Khaled
Last Name Al-Sarayra
Born on January 1, 1944 (age 82)

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.

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Ghaleb Zubi

First Name Ghaleb
Last Name Zubi
Born on November 30, 1942 (age 83)

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.

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Sumaya bint El Hassan

First Name Sumaya
Born on May 14, 1971 (age 54)

Sumaya bint Hassan is a princess of Jordan.

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Ayman al-Ṣafadī

First Name Ayman
Last Name Al-Ṣafadī
Born on January 15, 1962 (age 64)

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.

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Mashal Mohammed Zabin

First Name Mashal
Last Name Zabin
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 73)
Born in Jordan

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.

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Marouf al-Bakhit

First Name Marouf
Last Name Al-Bakhit
Born on May 7, 1947 (age 78)

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.

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