Libanais dans le monde
295 people of Lebanese birth or descent who succeeded in 30 countries — in business, science, the arts, sport and public life.
Alex Azar
24th US secretary of health and human services (2018–2021)
Of Lebanese descent
Ameen Rihani
Writer and major figure of the mahjar literary movement of Arab emigrants in North America
Born in Lebanon
Anthony Shadid
New York Times foreign correspondent; twice won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Of Lebanese descent
Bobby Rahal
Racing driver; won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 and three CART titles
Of Lebanese descent
Callie Khouri
Screenwriter; won the Academy Award for Thelma & Louise
Of Lebanese descent
Casey Kasem
Radio host who created American Top 40 and voiced Shaggy in Scooby-Doo
Of Lebanese descent
Charles Elachi
Directed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2001 to 2016
Born in Lebanon
Christa McAuliffe
Teacher chosen for NASA's Teacher in Space Project; died on the Space Shuttle Challenger
Of Lebanese descent
Danny Thomas
Entertainer who founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Of Lebanese descent
Darrell Issa
Long-serving US congressman from California and former chair of the House Oversight Committee
Of Lebanese descent
Dick Dale
Guitarist and pioneer of surf music, famous for his recording of Misirlou
Of Lebanese descent
Donna Shalala
US Secretary of Health and Human Services 1993–2001, the first Lebanese-American in a Cabinet
Of Lebanese descent
Doug Flutie
Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who played 21 professional seasons
Of Lebanese descent
Elia Abu Madi
Mahjar poet in New York associated with the Pen League, widely memorised across the Arab world
Born in Lebanon
Elias James Corey
Organic chemist; won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for retrosynthetic analysis
Of Lebanese descentEmile Kuri
Set decorator, winner of two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction
Of Lebanese descent
Emilio Estefan
Musician and producer of Miami Sound Machine fame, winner of 19 Grammy Awards
Of Lebanese descent
Etel Adnan
Poet, novelist and painter, author of Sitt Marie Rose
Born in Lebanon
George J. Mitchell
Senate Majority Leader and US envoy who helped broker the Good Friday Agreement
Of Lebanese descent
George Joulwan
Army general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Of Lebanese descent
Gerald Kicanas
Catholic bishop of Tucson, Arizona, 2002–2017
Of Lebanese descent
Gregory John Mansour
Maronite bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
Of Lebanese descent
Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah
Electrical engineer at General Electric who received 43 patents
Born in Lebanon
Helen Thomas
White House reporter who covered ten U.S. presidents, from Eisenhower to Obama
Of Lebanese descent
Huda Zoghbi
Geneticist who helped uncover the genetic causes of Rett syndrome
Born in Lebanon
Jad Abumrad
Creator and longtime co-host of the public radio programme and podcast Radiolab
Of Lebanese descent
James Abourezk
US senator from South Dakota, the first Arab-American to serve in the Senate
Of Lebanese descent
James Zogby
Founder and president of the Arab American Institute
Of Lebanese descent
Jamie Farr
Actor best known as Corporal Klinger in the TV series M*A*S*H
Of Lebanese descent
Joanne Chory
Plant biologist and geneticist at the Salk Institute
Of Lebanese descent
Joe Robbie
Attorney and principal founder of the NFL's Miami Dolphins
Of Lebanese descent
John Abizaid
Four-star general who led US Central Command, later US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Of Lebanese descentJohn J. Mack
Former CEO and chairman of Morgan Stanley
Of Lebanese descentJoseph Abboud
Menswear designer, first to win the CFDA Best Menswear award two years running
Of Lebanese descent
Kahlil Gibran
Poet and artist, author of The Prophet, translated into more than 100 languages
Born in Lebanon
Kathy Najimy
Actress known for Sister Act, Hocus Pocus and the voice of Peggy Hill in King of the Hill
Of Lebanese descent
Marcus Lemonis
Businessman, Camping World co-owner and star of CNBC's The Profit
Born in Lebanon
Mario Kassar
Co-founder of Carolco Pictures, producer of the Rambo films and Terminator 2
Born in Lebanon
Marlo Thomas
Actress and producer, star of That Girl and Free to Be... You and Me
Of Lebanese descentMetropolitan Philip Saliba
Led the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America from 1966 to 2014
Born in Lebanon
Michael DeBakey
Pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine
Of Lebanese descentMichel Khalaf
President and CEO of MetLife since 2019
Born in Lebanon
Mikhail Naimy
Poet and novelist, author of The Book of Mirdad and co-founder of the New York Pen League
Born in Lebanon
Morena Baccarin
Brazilian-born actress known for Homeland, Gotham and Deadpool
Of Lebanese descentNassim Nicholas Taleb
Essayist and statistician, author of The Black Swan; professor at New York University
Born in Lebanon
Nick Rahall
Longest-serving member of the US House from West Virginia (1977–2015)
Of Lebanese descent
Norma Kamali
Fashion designer known for the Sleeping Bag coat and swimwear
Of Lebanese descent
Paul Jabara
Songwriter of Donna Summer's Oscar-winning Last Dance and It's Raining Men
Of Lebanese descentPaul Orfalea
Founder of the copy-shop chain Kinko's
Of Lebanese descent
Philip Habib
Career diplomat and US special envoy; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Of Lebanese descentPhilip K. Hitti
Princeton historian and authority on Arab history; author of History of the Arabs
Born in Lebanon
Rabih Alameddine
Novelist; won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction
Of Lebanese descent
Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate whose book Unsafe at Any Speed led to US car-safety law
Of Lebanese descent
Ray LaHood
16th US Secretary of Transportation, 2009–2013
Of Lebanese descent
Reem Acra
New York fashion designer known for her bridal and ready-to-wear lines
Born in Lebanon
Robert Saleh
NFL head coach of the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans
Of Lebanese descent
Rony Seikaly
NBA centre, the first-ever draft pick of the Miami Heat
Born in LebanonSam Maloof
Furniture designer, the first craftsman to receive a MacArthur Fellowship
Of Lebanese descent
Samir Bannout
Bodybuilder who won the 1983 Mr. Olympia title
Born in Lebanon
Selwa Roosevelt
Chief of Protocol of the United States (1982–1989), the longest-serving in the post
Of Lebanese descentSoraya
Singer-songwriter with two No. 1 hits on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay chart
Of Lebanese descent
Spencer Abraham
US senator for Michigan and 10th US secretary of energy (2001–2005)
Of Lebanese descent
Tom Shadyac
Director of Ace Ventura, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty
Of Lebanese descent
Tony Fadell
Engineer who led Apple's iPod division and founded Nest Labs
Of Lebanese descent
Tony Shalhoub
Actor, star of Monk; winner of five Emmy Awards and a Tony Award
Of Lebanese descent
Victor Atiyeh
32nd governor of Oregon (1979–1987), the first elected US governor of Middle Eastern descent
Of Lebanese descent
Walid Raad
Contemporary media artist, creator of The Atlas Group
Born in Lebanon
William Peter Blatty
Author of The Exorcist; won an Academy Award for its screenplay
Of Lebanese descent
Adib Jatene
Heart surgeon who devised the arterial switch operation; twice Brazil's Minister of Health
Of Lebanese descent
Alok
DJ and producer best known for the global hit Hear Me Now
Of Lebanese descent
Amyr Klink
Sailor and explorer who sailed solo around Antarctica in 88 days
Of Lebanese descent
Angelita Habr-Gama
Surgeon and professor emerita of digestive surgery at the University of São Paulo
Of Lebanese descent
Antônio Houaiss
Lexicographer behind the Houaiss dictionary; Brazil's Minister of Culture
Of Lebanese descent
Arnaldo Jabor
Cinema Novo film director, writer and commentator for Rede Globo
Of Lebanese descentAziz Ab'Sáber
Geographer honoured with Brazil's top science awards in geography, geology and ecology
Of Lebanese descent
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Tennis player who reached the world top 10 in singles and doubles
Of Lebanese descent
Benjamin Abrahão Botto
Photographer best known for filming the cangaço outlaw leader Lampião
Born in Lebanon
Branco
Left back and free-kick specialist, winner of the 1994 FIFA World Cup
Of Lebanese descent
Edmar Bacha
Economist, one of the architects of the Plano Real that tamed Brazilian inflation
Of Lebanese descentEdmond Safra
Banker and philanthropist who carried his family's banking tradition to Brazil and Switzerland
Born in Lebanon
Egberto Gismonti
Composer, guitarist and pianist of international renown
Of Lebanese descent
Eliane Elias
Jazz pianist and singer, Grammy winner for Best Latin Jazz Album
Of Lebanese descentEsperidião Amin
Twice governor of Santa Catarina and twice mayor of Florianópolis
Of Lebanese descent
Felipe Nasr
Formula One driver in 2015–2016, now racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship
Of Lebanese descent
Fernando Haddad
Mayor of São Paulo and Brazil's Minister of Finance from 2023
Of Lebanese descent
Francisco Rezek
Judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague (1996–2006)
Of Lebanese descent
Gilberto Kassab
Mayor of São Paulo until 2012 and federal minister
Of Lebanese descent
Helena Nader
Biomedical scientist, president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science 2011–2017
Of Lebanese descent
Jacob Palis
Mathematician and world leader in dynamical systems, author of the Palis conjectures
Of Lebanese descentJanete Clair
Writer of radio plays and hugely popular Brazilian telenovelas
Of Lebanese descent
Jonas Abib
Catholic priest and founder of the Canção Nova Community
Of Lebanese descentJorge Zahar
Pioneering publisher of social science books, co-founder of Zahar Editores
Of Lebanese descentJoseph Safra
Banker who led the Safra group and was ranked Brazil's richest man
Born in Lebanon
João Bosco
Singer-songwriter and guitarist with a career spanning more than five decades
Of Lebanese descent
Michel Temer
37th President of Brazil, 2016–2019
Of Lebanese descent
Milton Hatoum
Novelist, three-time winner of Brazil's Jabuti Prize for best novel
Of Lebanese descent
Mário Zagallo
Holds the record of four FIFA World Cup titles, won as player and coach
Of Lebanese descent
Paulo Skaf
Industrialist and longtime president of FIESP, the São Paulo industry federation
Of Lebanese descentPedro Simon
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul and senator for over 30 years
Of Lebanese descent
Pérsio Arida
Economist and former president of the Central Bank of Brazil
Of Lebanese descent
Raduan Nassar
Novelist of Lavoura Arcaica; won the Camões Prize in 2016
Of Lebanese descent
Raimundo Fagner
Singer-songwriter and producer, one of the leading voices of Brazilian popular music
Of Lebanese descent
Ramez Tebet
Senator for Mato Grosso do Sul and president of the Brazilian Senate
Of Lebanese descentSalim Miguel
Writer, winner of the Machado de Assis Prize in 2009
Born in Lebanon
Simone Tebet
Senator and Brazil's Minister of Planning and Budget from 2023
Of Lebanese descent
Sérgio Assad
Classical guitarist and composer, half of the Assad Brothers guitar duo
Of Lebanese descent
Tony Kanaan
Racing driver; won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and the 2004 IndyCar title
Of Lebanese descent
Walter Hugo Khouri
Film director of 25 features, winner of national and international awards
Of Lebanese descent
Wanderléa
Singer and co-host of the landmark 1960s TV show Jovem Guarda
Of Lebanese descent
Alfredo Gil
Singer and founding member of Trío Los Panchos
Of Lebanese descent
Alfredo Harp Helú
Banker and billionaire philanthropist, cousin of Carlos Slim
Of Lebanese descent
Antonio Badú
Actor and producer of more than sixty films from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Of Lebanese descentAntonios Chedraoui
Antiochian Orthodox archbishop for Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean
Born in Lebanon
Astrid Hadad
Singer and performer known for her political cabaret
Of Lebanese descent
Bárbara Jacobs
Writer, poet, essayist and translator
Of Lebanese descent
Bárbara Mori
Actress best known for the title role in the telenovela Rubí
Of Lebanese descentCarlos Jiménez Mabarak
One of the most prolific Mexican composers of the 20th century
Of Lebanese descent
Carlos Slim
Telecom investor ranked the world's richest person by Forbes from 2010 to 2013
Of Lebanese descent
Demián Bichir
Actor nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for A Better Life
Of Lebanese descent
Emilio Chuayffet
Governor of the State of Mexico, Interior Secretary and Secretary of Education
Of Lebanese descent
Gaspar Henaine
Comedian known as Capulina, of the duo Viruta y Capulina
Of Lebanese descent
Jaime Sabines
Contemporary Mexican poet, nicknamed 'the sniper of literature'
Of Lebanese descent
Jesús Seade
Economist and diplomat, Mexico's chief negotiator for the USMCA trade agreement
Of Lebanese descentJosé Adem
Mathematician in algebraic topology, known for the Adem relations
Of Lebanese descent
José Antonio Meade
Economist, cabinet minister under two presidents and 2018 presidential candidate
Of Lebanese descent
José María Yazpik
Actor known for playing Amado Carrillo Fuentes in Narcos and Narcos: Mexico
Of Lebanese descent
José Sulaimán
Longtime president of the World Boxing Council
Of Lebanese descent
Mauricio Garcés
Actor and comedian, one of the best-known leading men of Mexican film comedy
Of Lebanese descent
Miguel Layún
Footballer who played for Mexico at the 2014 and 2018 World Cups
Of Lebanese descentMiguel Zacarías
Film director, producer and writer active from the 1930s
Of Lebanese descent
Omar Fayad
Governor of Hidalgo (2016–2022), federal deputy and senator
Of Lebanese descent
Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
PRI politician and federal secretary of energy under President Enrique Peña Nieto
Of Lebanese descent
Salma Hayek
Actress and producer; Oscar-nominated for playing Frida Kahlo in Frida
Of Lebanese descent
Susana Harp
Singer and senator representing the state of Oaxaca
Of Lebanese descent
Amin Maalouf
Novelist, Prix Goncourt winner and Perpetual Secretary of the Académie française
Born in Lebanon
André Choulika
Biotechnologist and pioneer of nuclease-based genome editing
Born in LebanonAndrée Chedid
Poet and novelist, winner of the Prix Goncourt for poetry
Of Lebanese descent
Antoine Karam
President of the Regional Council of French Guiana (1992–2010)
Of Lebanese descentAudrey Diwan
Director whose film Happening won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2021
Of Lebanese descent
Francis Lalanne
Singer, songwriter and poet
Of Lebanese descent
Gabriel Yacoub
Musician and co-founder of the pioneering folk rock band Malicorne
Of Lebanese descent
Gabriel Yared
Film composer who won the Academy Award for The English Patient
Born in LebanonHoda Barakat
Paris-based novelist, winner of the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Born in Lebanon
Ibrahim Maalouf
Trumpeter and composer, the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated for a Grammy
Born in LebanonJacques Saadé
Founder of CMA CGM, one of the world's largest container shipping companies
Born in Lebanon
Lina Ghotmeh
Paris-based architect; designed the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion in London
Born in Lebanon
Louis Chedid
Singer-songwriter, son of Andrée Chedid and father of -M-
Of Lebanese descentLéa Salamé
Journalist and anchor of France 2's evening news, the Journal de 20 heures
Of Lebanese descent
Matthieu Chedid
Singer-guitarist known as -M-, with 13 Victoires de la Musique awards
Of Lebanese descentRabih Kayrouz
Couturier who founded Maison Rabih Kayrouz in Paris in 2008
Born in Lebanon
Randa Habib
Journalist who headed Agence France-Presse's Amman bureau for 25 years
Born in Lebanon
Rima Abdul Malak
France's Minister of Culture, 2022–2024
Born in Lebanon
Rodolphe Saadé
Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, one of the world's largest shipping and logistics groups
Born in Lebanon
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Poet and novelist, winner of the Goncourt Prize for Poetry in 2011
Born in Lebanon
William Saliba
Centre-back for Arsenal and the France national team
Of Lebanese descent
Éric Besson
Minister of Immigration and later Minister of Industry and Energy
Of Lebanese descent
Abla Farhoud
Novelist and playwright of Quebec
Born in Lebanon
Amal El-Mohtar
Writer, co-author of This Is How You Lose the Time War
Of Lebanese descent
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Novelist and playwright, author of Fall on Your Knees
Of Lebanese descent
Donald Shebib
Film director of Goin' Down the Road, a landmark of English Canadian cinema
Of Lebanese descentEva Nassif
Member of Parliament for Vimy, Quebec (2015–2019)
Born in LebanonJoe Ghiz
27th Premier of Prince Edward Island, 1986–1993
Of Lebanese descent
Karl Wolf
Singer, songwriter and producer
Born in Lebanon
Kevin O'Leary
Businessman and investor on the TV shows Dragons' Den and Shark Tank
Of Lebanese descentLarry Shaben
Alberta minister, the first Muslim cabinet minister in Canada
Of Lebanese descent
Leilani Farha
UN special rapporteur on adequate housing (2014–2020)
Of Lebanese descent
Lena Diab
Federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship since 2025
Of Lebanese descent
Maria Mourani
First woman of Lebanese origin elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Of Lebanese descentMary Jo Haddad
Nurse who led Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children for ten years as CEO
Of Lebanese descent
Massari
Montreal-based R&B and pop singer-songwriter
Born in Lebanon
Mona Nemer
Cardiac geneticist, named Canada's Chief Science Advisor in 2017
Born in Lebanon
Nadine Ltaif
Quebec poet published by Éditions du Noroît
Born in Lebanon
Nazem Kadri
NHL centre; won the 2022 Stanley Cup, the first Muslim player to lift the trophy
Of Lebanese descent
Paul Anka
Singer-songwriter of Diana; wrote the English lyrics of My Way
Of Lebanese descentPaul Marwan Tabet
Maronite bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal since 2013
Born in Lebanon
Rawi Hage
Novelist whose De Niro's Game won the International Dublin Literary Award
Of Lebanese descent
René Angélil
Music producer and manager of Celine Dion
Of Lebanese descent
Robert Ghiz
31st premier of Prince Edward Island (2007–2015)
Of Lebanese descentSalah Bachir
Media executive, philanthropist and chancellor of OCAD University
Born in LebanonSamira Nasr
Editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar since 2020
Of Lebanese descentSteve Barakatt
Composer and pianist, Knight of the National Order of Quebec
Of Lebanese descentWajdi Mouawad
Playwright of Incendies; directs the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris
Born in Lebanon
Xavier Dolan
Filmmaker, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize and Grand Prix
Of Lebanese descent
Bibí Zogbé
Painter known for her still lifes, celebrated in Arab and Lebanese modernism
Born in Lebanon
Elías Sapag
Long-serving senator for Neuquén and founder of the Neuquén People's Movement
Born in Lebanon
Emin Arslan
Writer and journalist, Ottoman consul general in Buenos Aires
Born in Lebanon
Felipe Sapag
Five-time governor of Neuquén Province and leader of the Neuquén People's Movement
Of Lebanese descent
Jorge Obeid
Twice governor of Santa Fe Province
Of Lebanese descent
Juan Luis Manzur
Surgeon, governor of Tucumán and Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (2021–2023)
Of Lebanese descent
Juliana Awada
Fashion businesswoman and First Lady of Argentina, 2015–2019
Of Lebanese descent
Lucía Corpacci
Physician and first female governor of Catamarca Province (2011–2019)
Of Lebanese descentNasif Estéfano
Racing driver who competed in Formula One World Championship Grands Prix
Of Lebanese descentOmar Asad
Vélez Sársfield forward who won the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup
Of Lebanese descent
Omar Hasan
Rugby prop with over 50 Tests for the Pumas and a Heineken Cup winner with Toulouse
Of Lebanese descent
Ricardo Darín
Actor, star of the Oscar-winning film The Secret in Their Eyes
Of Lebanese descent
Sergio Uñac
Governor of San Juan Province (2015–2023)
Of Lebanese descent
Soher El Sukaria
Member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Córdoba (2019–2023)
Born in LebanonAhmed Fahour
Former managing director and CEO of Australia Post
Born in Lebanon
Bachar Houli
Three-time AFL premiership player with Richmond
Of Lebanese descent
Benny Elias
Balmain rugby league hooker, one of the leading hookers of his era
Born in LebanonBilly Dib
Boxer who held the IBF world featherweight title from 2011 to 2013
Of Lebanese descent
Bob Katter
Federal MP for Kennedy since 1993 and Father of the House
Of Lebanese descentCarmen Callil
Publisher who founded the feminist imprint Virago Press in London in 1973
Of Lebanese descent
David Malouf
Novelist and poet, author of Remembering Babylon; won the Neustadt Prize
Of Lebanese descentGhassan Hage
Anthropologist and professor at the University of Melbourne
Of Lebanese descent
Greg Malouf
Chef and author, a pioneer of modern Middle Eastern cuisine in Australia
Of Lebanese descentHaneen Zreika
Footballer and first person of Lebanese descent to play in the AFL Women's
Of Lebanese descent
Hazem El Masri
Rugby league winger who retired as the top point scorer in NRL premiership history
Born in LebanonJacques Nasser
Former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company; chairman of BHP Billiton 2010–2017
Born in Lebanon
Jeremy Heimans
Entrepreneur and co-founder of the movement organisations Purpose and GetUp
Of Lebanese descent
Jihad Dib
Labor member of the NSW Legislative Assembly, representing Bankstown since 2023
Born in LebanonJohn Ajaka
NSW minister and President of the NSW Legislative Council
Of Lebanese descentJohn Symond
Founder of Aussie Home Loans
Of Lebanese descentJosephine Sukkar
Business executive and Chair of the Australian Sports Commission (2021–2024)
Of Lebanese descentMarie Bashir
Psychiatrist and 37th Governor of New South Wales, 2001–2014
Of Lebanese descent
Michael Cheika
Coached Australia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final; World Rugby Coach of the Year
Of Lebanese descent
Mitchell Moses
Parramatta Eels captain who has played for Australia and captained Lebanon
Of Lebanese descentNicholas Shehadie
Lord Mayor of Sydney and captain of the Australian rugby union team
Of Lebanese descent
Ralph Heimans
Portrait painter known for large-scale royal portraits of Queen Elizabeth II
Of Lebanese descent
Robbie Farah
Rugby league hooker, Australia international and captain of New South Wales
Of Lebanese descent
Steve Bracks
44th Premier of Victoria, 1999–2007
Of Lebanese descentWadih Sa'adeh
Poet, one of the leading voices of modern Arabic poetry
Born in LebanonDavid Manzur
Painter and two-time Guggenheim Fellow
Of Lebanese descent
Diana Turbay
Journalist whose story was told by Gabriel García Márquez in News of a Kidnapping
Of Lebanese descent
Faryd Mondragón
Goalkeeper at three World Cups; in 2014 the oldest player ever to appear at a World Cup
Of Lebanese descent
Gabriel Turbay
Foreign minister and ambassador to the US (1939–1945), presidential candidate in 1946
Of Lebanese descent
Juan Gossaín
Writer and journalist, former director of RCN Radio
Of Lebanese descent
Julio César Turbay Ayala
26th President of Colombia, 1978–1982
Of Lebanese descent
Leila Cobo
Journalist and novelist, a leading Billboard editor for Latin music
Of Lebanese descent
Meira Delmar
Poet, among the best-known Colombian poets of the 20th century
Of Lebanese descent
Miguel Uribe Turbay
Senator of Colombia from 2022 until his assassination in 2025
Of Lebanese descent
Nydia Quintero
First lady of Colombia (1978–1982) and lifelong humanitarian activist
Of Lebanese descent
Paola Turbay
Actress, TV host and Miss Universe 1992 runner-up
Of Lebanese descent
Robert Farah
World No. 1 doubles tennis player and two-time Grand Slam doubles champion
Of Lebanese descentSalomón Hakim
Neurosurgeon who invented a valve to treat hydrocephalus
Of Lebanese descent
Shakira
Singer-songwriter with four Grammy and fifteen Latin Grammy awards
Of Lebanese descent
Al Bowlly
Crooner and Britain's most popular singer of the 1930s
Of Lebanese descent
Hanan al-Shaykh
London-based novelist; author of The Story of Zahra and Only in London
Born in LebanonJohnny Boufarhat
Founder of the virtual events platform Hopin
Of Lebanese descent
Lawrence Haddad
Food-policy economist, head of GAIN and 2018 World Food Prize laureate
Of Lebanese descent
Michael Atiyah
Mathematician; Fields Medal and Abel Prize; President of the Royal Society
Of Lebanese descent
Mika
Pop singer whose debut album Life in Cartoon Motion sold over 8 million copies
Born in Lebanon
Peter Medawar
Biologist who shared the 1960 Nobel Prize for discovering acquired immune tolerance
Of Lebanese descent
Roula Khalaf
Editor of the Financial Times since 2020, its first female editor
Born in Lebanon
Claudio Huepe
Christian Democrat deputy, government minister and ambassador to Venezuela
Of Lebanese descent
Mónica Zalaquett
Deputy and Minister of Women and Gender Equity (2020–2022)
Of Lebanese descent
Nicolás Massú
Tennis player who won singles and doubles gold at the 2004 Olympics
Of Lebanese descent
Nissim Sharim
Actor and director of the Ictus theatre company from 1962 to 2015
Of Lebanese descentÁlvaro Saieh
Economist and chairman of CorpGroup, one of Chile's largest conglomerates
Of Lebanese descentAntón Arrufat
Dramatist, novelist and poet, winner of Cuba's National Literature Prize in 2000
Of Lebanese descent
Faride Raful
Lawyer, senator for the Distrito Nacional and Minister of the Interior
Of Lebanese descentHugo Tolentino Dipp
Historian, foreign minister and president of the Chamber of Deputies (1982–1986)
Of Lebanese descent
Jacobo Majluta
Vice President from 1978, then President of the Dominican Republic in 1982
Of Lebanese descent
José Rafael Abinader
Politician, writer and founder of the Universidad Dominicana O&M
Of Lebanese descentLuis Abinader
54th President of the Dominican Republic, in office since 2020
Of Lebanese descent
Manny Acta
Major League Baseball manager of the Washington Nationals and Cleveland
Of Lebanese descent
Raquel Arbaje
Businesswoman and children's author, First Lady of the Dominican Republic since 2020
Of Lebanese descent
Assad Bucaram
Mayor of Guayaquil and president of the National Assembly of Ecuador
Of Lebanese descent
Ivonne Baki
Diplomat and Ecuador's Minister of Industries and Productivity
Of Lebanese descent
Jaime Nebot
Long-serving mayor of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, first elected in 2000
Of Lebanese descentJorge Enrique Adoum
Poet and novelist, one of the major voices of Latin American poetry
Of Lebanese descentJulio Teodoro Salem
Minister of public works and briefly head of state of Ecuador in 1944
Of Lebanese descentMartha Bucaram
Lawyer, feminist and First Lady of Ecuador
Of Lebanese descent
Otto Sonnenholzner
Economist and broadcaster, 50th vice president of Ecuador
Of Lebanese descentIhsan Abdel Quddous
Novelist and journalist, editor of Al-Akhbar and Al-Ahram
Of Lebanese descent
Youssef Chahine
Film director, winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award for lifetime achievement
Of Lebanese descent
Amin Younes
Footballer who won the 2017 Confederations Cup with Germany
Of Lebanese descentFaisal Helwani
Record producer who managed Fela Kuti and co-founded the Musicians Union of Ghana
Of Lebanese descent
Juliet Ibrahim
Actress, winner of Best Actress at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards
Of Lebanese descent
Majid Michel
Actor; won Best Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2012
Of Lebanese descentRobert Malval
Prime Minister of Haiti, 1993–1994
Of Lebanese descentMonique Séka
Singer known as the queen of Afro-zouk
Of Lebanese descentPierre Fakhoury
Architect of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro
Of Lebanese descent
Edward Seaga
Fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, 1980–1989
Of Lebanese descentKen Khouri
Founder of Federal Records, the first recording studio in Jamaica
Of Lebanese descent
Lisa Hanna
Miss World 1993 and Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture, 2012–2016
Of Lebanese descent
Fadi Ghandour
Co-founder of the logistics company Aramex and of the Wamda platform
Born in LebanonRola Dashti
Economist and minister who campaigned for Kuwaiti women's right to stand for parliament
Of Lebanese descent
Mario Abdo Benítez
51st President of Paraguay, 2018–2023
Of Lebanese descentSandra Zaiter
Actress, singer and beloved host of children's television in Puerto Rico
Of Lebanese descent
Alexandre Bouzaid
Épée fencer, twice African champion and 2012 Olympian for Senegal
Of Lebanese descent
Haïdar el Ali
Ecologist who led a vast reforestation project and served as a Senegalese minister
Of Lebanese descent
Karim Sy
Entrepreneur and founder of Jokkolabs, member of France's Presidential Council for Africa
Of Lebanese descent
Lucía Caram
Argentine Dominican nun in Spain who promotes interreligious dialogue and charity
Of Lebanese descent
Maher Zain
Singer and producer whose album Thank You Allah became an international success
Born in Lebanon
Samir Brikho
Former CEO of Amec Foster Wheeler and senior executive at ABB and Alstom
Born in Lebanon
Nicolas Hayek
Co-founder, CEO and chairman of the Swatch Group
Born in Lebanon
Patrick Chappatte
Editorial cartoonist for Le Temps, Der Spiegel and The New York Times
Of Lebanese descentDavid Nakhid
Former Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder, now a senator
Of Lebanese descentDahd Sfeir
Stage actress, winner of the Florencio Award and the Helen Hayes Award
Of Lebanese descent
Jorge Majfud
Writer, essayist and university professor
Of Lebanese descent
Malena Muyala
Tango and milonga singer-songwriter with gold and platinum albums
Of Lebanese descent
Gaby Espino
Actress known for leading roles in telenovelas
Of Lebanese descent
Henry Ramos Allup
Secretary-general of Democratic Action and president of the National Assembly in 2016
Of Lebanese descent
Miguel Ángel Tábet
Catholic priest and biblical scholar at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Of Lebanese descentRien pour le moment.