List of Famous people born in Lebanon
Antun Saadeh
Antoun Saadeh was a Lebanese politician, philospher and writer who founded the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
Valerie Abou Chacra
Valerie Abou Chacra is a Lebanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2015. She represented Lebanon at Miss World 2015.
Ahmed al-Assir
Ahmad Al-Assir is the former Imam of the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in Sidon, South Lebanon. With his increasing involvement in regional politics after the Syrian Civil War began and his interaction with the media, he has become a notorious personality in Lebanon's current political landscape. Al-Assir is a Salafi. He frequently agitates against Iran and Hezbollah, whom he accuses of being a threat to the fragile sectarian balance and democracy of Lebanon.
Jehan Barbur
Jehan İstiklal Barbur is a Turkish singer-songwriter of Arab Christian descent. In 2002, she moved from Ankara to Istanbul to pursue a professional music career, and initially worked as a vocalist in different pop and jazz groups. With Bülent Ortaçgil's help she signed a contract with the production company Ada Müzik. In 2009, her debut studio album, Uyan, was released. She continued her music career with the release of her second studio album, Hayat, in 2010. She released the albums Sarı, Sizler Hiç Yokken and Evim Neresi in 2012, 2014, and 2017 respectively.
Razane Jammal
Razane Jammal is a British-Lebanese actress, best known for her roles in Olivier Assayas' Carlos, Kanye West's Cruel Summer, and Robert Guédiguian's Don't Tell Me The Boy Was Mad. She plays Magy in the Netflix Original series Paranormal, based on the series of horror books by Ahmed Khaled Tawfik.
Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and academic. He was elected on 9 November 2017 as judge on the International Court of Justice for the 2018-2027 term, having received a concurrent majority of votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. He served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which period he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly.
Salah Tizani
Salah Tizani, full name Salaheddine Mohammad Ameen al Tizani is a well-known Lebanese actor and comedian, best known for his character Abou Salim, also the title of the long-running Lebanese comedy television series of the same title, where he portrayed the character of a funny, simple and reconciliatory man trying to solve the rifts between the various characters in the series. The programme was credited to Abou Salim and his troupe and included other memorable characters like "Fehmen" played by Mahmoud Mabsout and "Asaad" played by Abdallah Homsi and "Shukri Shukrallah" played by Salah Sobh and "Zaghloul" played by Fouad Hassan amongst others.
Carole Samaha
Carole Samaha is a Lebanese singer, actress, and performer. She has released six studio albums. Samaha has a master's degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999 from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
George El Rassi
Georges Al Rassi, is a Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter. into a distinctively artistic family. His father, who plays "Oud", encouraged him to sing as did his actress mother. At 16 years old Georges Al Rassi won his first contract a six months agreement to perform at Options, the international nightclub, in Kaslik, Lebanon.
Gabriel Yared
Gabriel Yared is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.