Lebanese Diaspora figures

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Diaspora Map

In Numbers :

• Europe : 430,000
• North America : 2,570,000
• Latin America And Caribbean : 8,584,000
• North Africa : 14,000
• Asia : 2,000
• Arab World : 205,500
• Oceania : 435,300

Total : 12,369,400


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Brazil Has More Lebanese than Lebanon

Lebanese immigration to Brazil began officially in around 1880, four years after the visit of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II to Lebanon. Most of the immigrants came escaping the lack of economic perspectives of the region, then dominated by the Turkish and Ottoman policy.

Brazil, at the time, was going through its first phase of urbanization and industrialisation, a fact that made new business possible. Different from the European immigrants, who were looking for land to farm in Brazil, the Lebanese found in the cities the right place to establish industries and locations for trade...
Most of them started their lives in the country selling from door to door, as travelling salesmen. The money collected with this activity ended up as the kick-start for small garment and fabric producers.
Despite the official date of immigration being 1880, before that some Lebanese immigrants were already living in Brazil. In 1808, for example, when the Portuguese royal family arrived in Brazil, it was a Lebanese immigrant, Antun Elias Lubbos, who offered his house so that king D. João VI could make it into the imperial residence.
The Lebanese was a landowner, had a lamb meat butcher's shop, and a dry goods store. The site became the Brazilian Imperial House, where Dom Pedro II was born, and it later became the Quinta da Boa Vista national museum.
Many Lebanese immigrants who live or lived in Brazil also collaborated for the development of Lebanon, sending money to the country so that hospitals, schools and libraries could be built.
In Brazil, they also made important constructions, among them the Syrian-Lebanese hospital and the Monte Líbano athletic club, both in São Paulo.
Lebanese cuisine is an example of how the Lebanese culture became popular. Kibbehs and sfihas are sold at bars, restaurants and snack bars throughout the country.
There are currently 7 million Lebanese descendants in Brazil, most living in São Paulo, but they are spread out all over the country.
The story of the Lebanese
With such a great colony, immigration is full of stories. Some came and returned to Lebanon, then returning to Brazil again, others came and never returned to their motherland.
One of the families that arrived in São Paulo at the end of the 19th century was the Massud family. Doctor João Massud Filho, a grandson of immigrant Amin Massud, explained that his grandfather was a political dissident from the time of Turkish dominion and, for this reason, decided to escape to Brazil together with his wife.
Like many of his compatriots, Amin started working in trade together with his brothers.
"My grandfather had three children here. He stayed in Brazil for 65 years and then returned to Lebanon," he explained.
Later, Amin decided to return to Brazil for good, with his children.
"My father (João, Amin's son) had a registry office and was even the mayor of the city of Getulina (in the interior of the state of São Paulo)", stated Massud Filho.
He explained that his mother, Hania Massud, also left Lebanon and came to live in Brazil, where she met and married his father.
"My mother went to the United States at the age of 16 so as to marry an older person, a man she did not know. It was an agreed wedding. When she got there and saw the man she ran away to France, and then Brazil," he said. "My parents never returned to Lebanon," he added.
A more recent story is that of Tanos Nabhan, who is also Lebanese. He came to São Paulo at the age of 29, in 1979, together with wife Marie Nabhan. They both left the city of Fharzabed due to the civil war, which lasted 15 years.
Nabhan, who was a teacher of Arabic, history and geography arrived in São Paulo without speaking a word of Portuguese, but little by little he learnt and started working in trade.
"First of all I opened a clothes factory in Maringá (in the interior of the southern state of Paraná), but that did not work out. Later I returned to São Paulo, where I opened a small store, in the Brás neighborhood, selling clothes and accessories for kids," he said.
In 2003 the immigrant opened a children's jeans factory, Parizi, also in the Brás neighborhood.
Nowadays, at the age of 55, Nabhan says that his is used to Brazil.
"I have already returned to Lebanon to visit the country twice. But the Brazilians are very loving, different from the people in other countries, that is what made it easier for us to stay here," he said.
Written by Marina Sarruf. (Translated by Mark Ament)

Source: ANBA - Brazil-Arab News Agency - www.anba.com.br

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Famous Lebanese

Activists :
Nader Ellis - preaches about global warming
James Zogby- founder of Arab-American Institute, brother of John Zogby, "an American of Lebanese Christian heritage."
John Zogby - American political pollster, brother of James Zogby.
Artists, Architects :
Pierre Fakhoury - Architect of the Basilica of Notre Dame de la paix a Yamoussokro
Reem Acra - fashion designer
Annabel Daou - Painter, born in Lebanon
Bernard Khouri - Architect
Youssef Howayek - Painter and sculptor
Nabil Kanso - Painter
Kamil A'llam - Painter,Sculptor,Architect,Musicologist
Joseph Philippe Karam - a leading modernist architect
Sam Maloof - woodworker, owned an orchard in Douma, Lebanon.
Elie Saab - fashion designer.
Paul Zgheib - Photographer
Omar Solh - Architect and Master Planner
Imad Saliba - Painter and Sculptor
Abir Nasr -interior designer and architect
Cultural figures :

Nami Jafet - After whom the Jafet Library in AUB was named, and whose life size statue decorates the Sahat in Dhour El Shuwayr.
Fouad El-Turk - His Excellency, the Ambassador of Lebanon
Imad Saliba - Painter and sculptor
Sir Joey Abou Risk - One of the original settlers of Catan in the early 1700s, whose death is being celebrated widely in many Western provinces on the 19th of March each year. The celebrations include thousands of pounds of wheat, sheep, ore and other such resources which he had found in his earlier years which fed hundreds of farmers and other passer bys and later became the mayor of Aiur.
Business figures, Entrepreneurs :
George El-Turk - Economist and Journalist
Carlos Slim Helu - World's second richest man.
Anna Ouroumian - Social entrepreneur, President and CEO of the Academy of Business Leadership.
Carlos Ghosn - (also known as Carlos Gaune, from the Lebanese "Ghosn" family), Lebanese Brazilian-born CEO and President of Renault and Nissan Motor, nicknamed the "Cost Cutter".
Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York and Banco Safra in Brazil, born in Aley, Lebanon.
Elie Samaha - Lebanon-born chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures
Al-Waleed bin Talal - Saudi Prince whose mother is the daughter of ex Prime Minister Riad as-Solh
Khalil H. Masri - Founder and Chairman of Associated Holdings, Masri Group. Financial information and studies
Nicolas Hayek - 'Mr. Swatch', Chairman of the Swatch Group, the 'father of Swatch' and the man behind the concept of the Smart Car.
Philippe Jabre - Famous Lebanese entrepreneur and hedge fund manager
Robert Abboud - ex-chairman of First National Bank of Chicago, cousin of Joseph Abboud.
Sami Abi Esber - President of MDS UAE
Rhyno Halstrem - Cooked the first Shwarma in Canada
MUZZA Boustany - Limo driver, founder of drivenbylimo.com
Assid Corban - winemaker, founder of Corbans.
Joe Francis - founder of a media empire and Girls Gone Wild
Kahlil Ghattas - Lebanese businessman, founder of GAT oil.
Emile Haddad - Chief Investment Officer, Lennar.
Joseph Maroun Haggar - founder of Haggar Clothing Company.
Michael Lezam - Lebanese American; founder of The Lezam Agency and Seguros Latino.
Sam Hammam - owner of Cardiff City F.C..
Mario Kassar - co-founder of Carolco Pictures.
Gavin Leslie - Creator of the first Lebanese Fork
Jacques Nasser - ex-CEO of Ford Motors, born in Lebanon.
Paul Orfalea - founder of Kinko's
Oussama Ziade - founder of Ptech
Patrick Litani- Director of London VIP Club
Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi - Co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch
Charbel Harb - Entrepreneur and fund raiser
Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities :
Joanna Kahwagi , Lebanese Women Activist with reguar appearances on all Media.
Joseph Barbera & William Hanna - Hanna-Barbera (Lebanese pronunciation: Hannah & Berbere) Creators of the Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Yogi Bear and many other world renown cartoons.
Craig Bertrand, CNN Reporter and analyst
Lucien Bourjeily, film director (Born in Lebanon)
Peri Cochin, television host (French of Lebanese/Iraqi ancestry)
Shannon Elizabeth, (full name Shannon Elizabeth Fadal) actress with roles in American Pie (film) and Scary Movie
Lili Estefan, Cuban American television hostess, (niece of Emilio Estefan; Lebanese ancestry)
Jamie Farr, actor of M*A*S*H fame
Ryan Filsinger, (Lebanese Friend and likes Salma Hayek)
Khrystyne Haje, actress
Jack Hanna, host of the US hit television series "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures", frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress (Lebanese father and Mexican mother)
Heather Johnson, discovered Lebanon has no desert.
Casey Kasem, television personality of Druze Lebanese descent
Mario Kassar, film producer
Gilbert Mamery, television personality in Puerto Rico
Gricel Mamery, comedian, television host in Puerto Rico
Massari - Lebanese/Canadian hip-hop singer
Wentworth Miller - television actor; stars in Prison Break
Omar Naim - Director of The Final Cut
Kathy Najimy - actress
Johnny C.G. Yusuf - First Lebanese-born person to deliver a Lebanese fork with a delivery from China Garden
Arsinée Khanjian - actress (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
MC Hush, Lebanese-American Rapper
Michael Nouri, actor
George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM
Catalina Prince, "Ford Supermodel of Lebanon 1996"
Keanu Reeves, actor born in Lebanon but raised in Canada. Parents are of English and Hawaiian ancestry
Georgina Rizk, Miss Universe 1971
Fouad Said, cinematographer (Inventor of the Cinemobile)
Sydney Saikaly, singer
Tom Shadyac, motion picture director
Shakira, singer (Lebanese father)
Peter J. Harb, Actor, Children's show Presenter
Tony Shalhoub, television and film actor
James Stacy, actor
Danny Thomas, nightclub comedian and television actor
Marlo Thomas, actress
Amy Yasbeck, Lebanese-American film and television actress, widow of actor John Ritter
Vince Vaughn, actor
Emily Voss, exotic dancer.
Nadine Labaki, actress/director
Elie F. Habib, Director
Michael Ansara, Actor/director husband of Barbara Eden (TV series Love of Jeany)
Military :
John Abizaid - US general, CENTCOM Commander
Hisham Jaber - former Commander of Beirut
George Joulwan - US general, SACEUR
Hindenburger Challange - Instituted the Lebanese Fork into the US army.
Musicians :
Amal Hijazi - Pop Singer and Dancer
Abdalla El Masri - Classical Music Composer
Assi Rahbani - Music Composer (Fairouz's husband)
Assi El Helani - Pop Singer
Bushra El-Turk - British-born Lebanese composer
Bassima - Lebanese Pop Singer
Bassem Feghali - Comedian that pioneered female impersonation in Lebanon (Related to Sabah)
Bechara El-Khoury - A French-Lebanese Classical Music composer and poet
Charbel Rouhana - Music composer and Oud player
David M. Bailey - American singer/songwriter. Born to Presbyterian missionairies and raised in Beirut
Dick Dale - Surf Guitar Player
Darine Hadchiti - Young Pop Singer
David Yazbeck - Music composer who wrote the lyrics and score for The Full Monty
Dennis Shish Taouk a la Boeuf Cantin - Serenaded a Lebanese princess for room and board in 1733
Elissa - Pop Singer
Emilio Estefan - Husband of Gloria Estefan, Cuban musician/producer (Lebanese parents)
Elias Rahbani - Music Composer (Mansour's youngest brother)
Elizabeth Ayoub - Singer/Songwriter/Actress. Born in Caracas, Venezuela to immigrant Lebanese parents
Eduardo Falu - Argentinian Musician, folklorist and actor
Fairouz, born Nouhad Haddad - singer
Frank Zappa - Former legend in the world of rock - A famous musician that played in a wide variety of music.
Guy Béart - French singer
Gabriel Yared - Academy Award winner (composer for The English patient) and Opera and cinematic music score composer.
Guy Manokian - Classical and Electronic music Composer and Pianist
G. E. Smith - Former Bandleader for many years for NBC's Saturday Night Live
Herbert Khaury - (Tiny Tim), singer, Ukulele player (Lebanese father)
John Dolmayan - System of a Down drummer (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
Jad Rahbani - Music Composer and son of Elias Rahbani
Jalal Haddad - Experimental, Classical, Jazz and Rock music composer
Jack Barakat - All Time Low guitarist
Karl Wolf - (Karl Abou Samah) Canadian singer, songwriter and producer
K-Maro - Canadian rapper of Lebanese origin
Lydia Canaan - First female rock singer in the Middle East
Mika - Pop singer born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother.
Mido Taha, DJ (Iraqi mother and Lebanese father)
Marcel Khalife - singer, orchestral composer, oud player
Michel Elefteriades - composer/producer/director/song-writer
Michelle Chlow - Named the paint color, "Lebanese Tan"
Myriam Fares - Arab singer
Marwan Awad - 2 time Academy Award winner
Massari - Lebanese pop and hip-hop singer who grew up in Canada.
Mika - Pop singer
Mansour Rahbani - Music composer (Assi's brother)
Matthieu Chedid - Lebanese-French Rock/Blues songwriter and singer
Nawal Al Zoghbi - Pop singer
Nancy Ajram - Pop singer
Najwa Karam - Pop singer
Peter Daou - keyboardist for The Daou, born in Lebanon.
Paul Anka - Pop singer
Paul Jabara - Oscar winning composer for Last Dance from Thank God It's Friday
Randa Ghossoub - Canadian Jazz singer
Ray Souray - Musician ( Lebanese Father)
Rola Sa'ad - Pop singer
René Angélil - Music composer and manager. Husband of Celine Dion
Ron Afif - Guitar player and Jazz music composer
Pascale Machaalani - Pop singer
Sabah - born Janet Feghali from Wadi Al Shahrour, singer and actress
Sam Gee - famous Australian house/dance producer/dj (Lebanese parents)
Sammy Hagar - former lead vocalist for the rock band Van Halen.
Sarbel - Greek singer, born in London to a Lebanese mother.
Shakira - Colombian singer/songwriter, born Shakira Mebarak Chedid (Lebanese father from Zahle, Colombian mother of Catalan descent).
Soraya - American-Colombian-Lebanese singer/songwriter (Lebanese mother)
Setrak Setrakian - composer and pianist (Armenian ethnicity)
Serj Tankian - System of a Down vocalist,guitarist ,political activist (Lebanese-born, Armenian ethnicity)
Steve Perry - Introduced Lebanon to MC Mario, Eiffel 65, and the Men in Black soundtrack
Tony Hajjar - At the Drive-In and Sparta drummer
Tiffany - The first teenage singer to have her first two singles both hit number one in the U.S.A
Yfrah Neaman - Violinist
Wadih Safi - Musician and singer
Waleed Hourani - Music composer and Pianist
Wael Kfoury - Pop singer
Walid Akel - world acclaimed pianist
Zaki Nassif - musician and singer
Ziad Rahbani - Classical/Blues Music Composer and singer(Assi's and Fairouz's son)
Elie F. Habib - Music Composer
Politicians :
Rafik Hariri - Ex-Prime Minister. Assassinated on February 14, 2005
Mir Magid Arslan - Lebanese politician
Mir Faysal Arslan - Lebanese politician
Mir Talal Arslan - Lebanese member of parliament
Farid Abboud - Lebanese Ambassador to Tunisia
Nabih Berri - Parliament Speaker; current leader of Amal Movement
Camille Chamoun - President (1952-8), founder of National Liberal Party
Dany Chamoun - former leader of National Liberal Party, son of Camille Chamoun, assassinated on Oct. 21, 1990
Dory Chamoun - current leader of National Liberal Party, brother of Dory Chamoun and son of Camille Chamoun
Fouad Chehab - President (1958-64), general
Michel Aoun - former military commander, leader of FPM
Emile Edde - President (1936-41,1943), founder of the Lebanese National Bloc
Raymond Eddé - Statesman, son of Emile Eddé, former leader of the Lebanese National Bloc
Carlos Eddé - Raymond Eddé's nephew, now leading the Lebanese National Bloc
Suleiman Frangieh - President (1970-6)
Tony Frangieh - son of President Suleiman Frangieh; assassinated on June 13, 1978
Suleiman Frangieh - son of Tony Frangieh, politician, ex-minister, and leader of the Marada Brigade
Samir Geagea - leader of the Lebanese Forces; jailed for 11 years
Sitrida Geagea - Lebanese Deputy (Legislator or Member of Parliament) and wife of Samir Geagea
Pierre Gemayel - founder of Kataeb Party
Bachir Gemayel - former President-Elect, founder of Lebanese Forces, son of Pierre Gemayel; assassinated on Sept. 14, 1982.
Solange Gemayel - Lebanese Deputy and wife of the assassinated President-Elect Bashir Gemayel
Amine Gemayel - President (1982-8), son of Pierre Gemayel
Joyce Gemayel - Wife of Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated Minister Pierre Gemayel
Pierre Amine Gemayel - legislator, son of Amin Gemayel; assassinated on November 21, 2006
Saad Haddad - founder of the South Lebanon army.
Marwan Hamadeh - Lebanese minister and member of Parliament
Saad Hariri - Legislator (2005-), son of Rafik Hariri
Bahia Hariri - politician & UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Saadallah Howayek - politian elected to the first administrative council
William Hawi - former chief of the Kataeb Security Council, predecessor of President Bashir Gemayel in the Kataeb party who, following William's death, was appointed his replacement as president of the Military Council, a faction of which (the BG brigade) later became the Lebanese Forces Militia.
Charles Helou - President (1964-70)
Elie Hobeika - militia commander, politician; assassinated on January 24, 2002
Selim al-Hoss - former Prime Minister
Elias Hrawi - Former president (1989-1998), died at the age of 80 on July 7, 2006
Hussein el-Husseini - Parliament Speaker (1984-1992) ended Lebanese Civil War; co-founder of Amal Movement; survived assassination attempt by the PLO
Kamal Jumblatt - founder of Progressive Socialist Party; assassinated on March 16, 1977
Walid Jumblatt - leader of Progressive Socialist Party, son of Kamal Jumblatt, escaped assassination attempt
Omar Karami - former Prime Minister - brother of Rashid Karami
Rashid Karami - former Prime Minister - assassinated
Hassan Khaled - former Grand Mufti of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community; assassinated on May 16, 1989
Bechara El Khoury - President (1943-52) who declared the independence of the Republic of Lebanon from the French mandate that had started in 1919 after World War I
Riad as-Solh - Prime Minister (1943-45 and 46-51) who played a very important role in the independence of Lebanon alongside President El Khoury and other prominent Lebanese politicians of that era
Antoine Lahad - former Commander of the South Lebanon army who escaped assassination attempt by Souha Bechara
Charles Malek - Foreign Minister and Philosopher
René Moawad - President (1989), assassinated
Nayla Moawad - female legislator (1991-), widow of René Moawad
Michel Murr - former Minister of the Interior
Elias Murr - former Deputy Prime Minister and current Defense Minister - escaped assassination attempt on July 12, 2005
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah - General secretary of the Hizbullah organization.
Karim Pakradouni - leader of Kataeb party.
Hagop Pakradounian - politician of Armenian decent; leader of the Lebanese branch of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Antun Saadeh - late leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party; executed on July 8, 1949
Musa al-Sadr - prominent Shi'ite religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon; abducted in August 1978
Saeb Salam - former Prime Minister
Etienne Saqr - founder of Guardians of the Cedars
Elias Sarkis - President (1976-82)
Mir Majid Arsalan - Legendary Druze Leader
Fouad Seniora - former Prime Minister of Lebanon, and ex-minister of Finance in the Hariri government
Politicians of Lebanese Descent :
James Abourezk - U.S. Senator from South Dakota from 1973 to 1979, the first American of Lebanese descent to be elected to the US Senate
Spencer Abraham - U.S. Senator from Michigan (1995-2001), US Secretary of Energy (2001-2005)
Anthony Alexander Alam - political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party
Assid Corban - former Mayor of Henderson Borough and of Waitakere City, New Zealand
Jaafar H. Darwiche, (Jim) - Teton County Commissioner (2002-2006)
Julio César Turbay Ayala - President of Colombia (1978-1982)
John Baldacci - U.S. Representative from Maine (1995-2003), Governor of Maine (2003- )
Marie Bashir - Governor of New South Wales, Australia (2001-)
Abdala Bucaram - President of Ecuador (1996-1997)
Steve Bracks - Premier of Victoria, Australia (1999-2007)
Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles
Eddie Francis - Mayor of Windsor, ON
Joe Ghiz - Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada from 1986 to 1993
Robert Ghiz - Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada 2007 - currently
Thomas George (Gittany) - MP of Lismore NSW, Australia.
Philip Habib, Ronald Reagan's envoy to the ME
Najeeb Halaby, U.S. government official and father of Jordan's Queen Noor
Mac Harb, member of the Canadian Senate
Darrell Issa - U.S. Representative from California
George Joseph - ex-Lord Mayors Adelaide
Gilberto Kassab - congressist & mayor of Sao Paulo
Bob Katter - right-wing Australian politician
Assad Kotaite - ICAO Council President (1976-)
Ray LaHood - U.S. Representative from Illinois (1995- ), grandson of Lebanese immigrants
Jamil Mahuad - President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
Paulo Maluf - mayor & governor of Sao Paulo
George J. Mitchell - Former U.S. Senator from Maine (1980-1995) & peace activist (Lebanese mother)
Maria Mourani - Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Canada
Ralph Nader - Presidential candidate on the American Green Party ticket.
Marie Rose Oakar - U.S. Representative in Congress from Ohio from 1977 to 1993
Jeanine Pirro - District Attorney, Westchester County, New York(1993-), Candidate for New York state Attorney General
Edward Seaga - Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980-1989)
Donna Shalala - US Secretary of Health (1993-2001)
Sir Nicholas Shehadie - ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney
John E. Sununu - U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (2003- )
John H. Sununu - White House Chief of Staff (1989-1991)
Doctors, Scientists :
Edgar Nassif, Chief of Surgery Oncology Department of Montreal University.
Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah - seen as being the father of the solar cell.
Sir Michael Atiyah - (Lebanese British father) - mathematician, Fields Medal (1966), Abel Prize (2004)
Elie Balesh - Biomedical researcher in tissue engineering, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine. A.B. Harvard University. M.D. Yale University.
Elias J. Corey - Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1990)
Hamzeh Ramadan - Hydrologist, Water Resources Engineer and Researcher.
Dr. Abdulrahim N. Chafi - Chemist and civil/environmental Engineer. President of Dar Science&Engineering.
Dr. Rabih Chafi - Senior International Information Technology Advisor. President of The United Lebanese League.
Michael Ellis DeBakey - is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher.
Charles El Achi - (born and raised in Lebanon) is now the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology
Dr. Fadi Al-Hayek - Inventor , scientists with 20 patents in the dental field.
Abbas Ramadan - Economist, Researcher, UNDP.
Georges Harik - former Director of Googlettes (department of Google Inc). His team was responsible for the product management and strategy efforts surrounding many starting Google initiatives including Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, Orkut, Google Groups and Google Mobile. Harik was also the co-developer of the technology behind AdSense, the first engineering manager of the Google Search Appliance, and the co-author of the original product plan for the AdWords Online system.
George Hatem - (Chinese name: Ma Haide) Lebanese-American physician who became Mao-Zedung's main doctor
Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Philosopher of randomness, researcher, and veteran practitioner of financial mathematics
Yosef Safi Harb - Aerospace Engineer , Head of Design - Design Synthesis Exercise
Omar Halawani - Electrical Engineer,Carleton University. IEEE member since 2004.
Abdallah Halawani - Graphic Designer, Tripoli,Lebanon.
Peter Medawar - Nobel Prize Physiology /Medicine 1960 for immune system. Brazilian born. British father Lebanese mother.
Khalil G. Saikali - Ph.D., MBA Bayesian Biostatistician.
Maan A. Zrein - Born in Zahle. Ph.D., Immunologist. Founder & CEO of Biomaric (Belgium); Euro Levantis Group and HIKMA BIOTECH (France). Inventor of several patent's families in medical virology.
Samer Kabbal, CVS/Caremark Pharmacist in Charge
Sports :
Abdala Bucaram, Jr - Son of former Ecuadorian president and a soccer player who has played at the Ecuadorian under-20 National Team
Abbas Saad - is an Australian former international soccer player
Abe Gibran - former NFL player and coach
Ahmed Al-Tarabilsi - famous former Kuwaiti National team goalkeeper who played during the 1982 World Cup
Ahmad Elrich - an Australian soccer national player who is currently playing for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-league
Ali Sabra - Former mini feather weight boxing champion,current captain batter and shortstop for Dowair Skeletons baseball team,Lebanese bowling champion 3 times 2004,2005,2007 and former Kicker(ghost position) for The Lebanese-American national Kickball team,2-time Asian boxing chamion,Finder of Lebanese riots The bowling team and plays their also
Baha Laham - Boxer
Bill George - NFL Hall of Famer
Brian Habib - former NFL player
Branco - Claudio Ibraim Vaz Leal or Branco is a member of the Brazil 1994 World Cup winner team. He retired his career in 1998, during which he played 72 caps, scoring 9 goals. He also played for a lot of famous clubs in the European and the American continent.
Bobby Rahal - Winner of the Indianapolis 500
Carlos Miguel Castex Aidar - Former owner of the Sao Paulo Futebol Clube (1984/1988). Known businessman and former Member of the "Lebanese International Business Council" (2004)
Darren Flutie - former CFL player
Doug Flutie - former NFL and CFL player
Ed Hatoum - former NHL player
Eddie Elias - founder of the Bowling Association of America
Elias Ghanem - head of the Las Vegas Boxing Association
Elie Yahchouchi - former head basketball committee of the Sagesse club (3 times Asian Champion)
Eli Rahal - VIP in Gothenburg, Sweden
Elias Kalil - Former chairman of Clube Atlético Mineiro from 1980 to 1985
Fadel Fadel - Former owner of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo from 1962 to 1965
Faryd Aly Mondragon - Colombian goalkeeper with Lebanese descent, born (Faryd Aly Camillo Mondragon)
Frank Skaff - former manager of the Detroit Tigers (MLB)
Fred Saigh - former owner of the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
Fred Maalouf - former NFL player
Fady Nesrallah - Biggest back in the OAC
Fadi El Khatib - Lebanese basketball Player
Fuad Reveiz - former NFL player
George Mourad - Famous soccer player in Sweden (IFK Goteborg)
George Farah - 19th Mr Olympia 2002
George J. Maloof, Sr. - Former owner of the Houston Rockets (NBA)
Henri Couri Aidar - Former owner of the Sao Paulo Futebol Clube(1972 to 1978)
Hazem El Masri - NRL player
Issam Aledrissi - Lebanese soccer player who plays for SV Lippstadt in Germany
Jim Baxis - former Major League Baseball player
Jim Harrick - Head Coach / University of Georgia Bull Dogs
Joe Robbie - former owner of the Miami Dolphins (NFL)
John Elway - Super Bowl MVP and Hall of Fame Quarterback
John Coury - University of Hartford baseball player
Jeff George - former NFL player
Jennifer Shahade - won the 2002 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.
Joe Lahoud - former Major League Baseball player
Jad Nasser - soccer player who plays in Vikings Football Club in the Singapore Cosmoleague
John Jaha - former MLB player
Kerbawy family - former owners of the Detroit Lions (NFL)
Khalil Taha - Bronze Olympic medal winner for Lebanon in Men's Greco-Roman welterweight during Helsinki 1052 summer Olympics. He also coached the American youth wrestling team when he was 23, and was member in the American wrestling team several times.
Mohamed Hafda - AFL superstar
Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallo - Brazilian football Manager and former player. He won the world cup twice as a player(1958, 1962), once as a manager (1970), and once as assistant Manager (World Cup 1994), His real family name is Zakkour.
Maloof Brothers - owners of the Sacramento Kings (NBA) and Sacramento Monarchs (WNBA)
Marcos Baghdatis - a Cypriot (Cyprus) professional tennis player. His father is Lebanese while his mother is Cypriot.
Philip Wright - Mr Olympia 1983, Legend of the Arab world, Graphic Designer married to Anna Kournikova, aka Abdulla.
Pete Sarron - former featherweight boxing champion
Pierre Issa - a South Africa former football national
Rudy Haddad - French footballer
Roda Antar - Lebanese national soccer team player. Plays for FC Koln in Germany.
Rich Kotite - former NFL coach
Rony Seikaly, Lebanese American, former NBA basketball player
Sharbel Touma - a Famous Swedish soccer national team player, plays for Borussia Monchengladbach in Germany
Sargon Simonsson - a Swedish soccer player from Lebanse origins. Plays in Assyriska FF in Sweden
Sam Hafda - former boxer in Australia (Australian-born)
Sammy Farha - Professional Poker Player, 2-time WSOP bracelet winner
Said Fakhry - president of the Senegalese football federation
Steve Kerr - former NBA star (Lebanese-born)
Thaer Bawab - Jordanian national soccer player of Palestinian/Lebanese descent. He currently plays for CE L'Hospitalet in Spain
Tarek Elrich - Younger brother of Ahmad Elrich. Currently plays for A-League club Newcastle United Jets.
Tony Saade - Lebanese national Shooting Champion. Attended the 1972 Munich Games to represent Lebanon.
Youssef Mohamad - Lebanese national soccer team player. Plays for FC Koln in Germany
Victor Taweel - former lightweight boxing champion
Zuhair Mansour - weightlifting's Grandmaster of the World (1990)
Zakaria Chibab - First Lebanese Olympic medal winner. He received the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight during Helsinki 1952 Olympics. Father of Abdul-Fattah Chihab, former national football team captain.
Writers & Journalists :
Maroun Abboud - writer
Nidal Achkar - poetess
Said Akl - writer, poet, philosopher
Rabih Alameddine - painter, novelist
George Salim Abi-Esber - Writer and poet (recipient of Lebanese president high order medal)
Fouad Abi-Esber - writer and educator ."The rise and fall of Christian minorities in Lebanon"(2005).
Edward Atiyah - writer
Dr Edward Alam - writer."Out OF The Shadows And Into Reality]],Professor Of Philosophy ar Notre Dane University.(Born in Utah , resides in Lebanon).
André Bercoff - journalist
William Peter Blatty - writer, "The Exorcist"
Andree Chedid - poet
May Chidiac - journalist, nearly killed by an assassination attempt
Neal Conan - radio journalist (Lebanese-born)
Robert Ghanem - Writer, Poet, Journalist, Philosopher " Prince Of Philosophy" ...Founder of Maraya Magazine.
Gibran Khalil Gibran - poet and writer, "The Prophet"
Samir Kassir - journalist of An-Nahar newspaper and writer; assassinated
Roberto Khatlab - writer
Elias Khoury - novelist
Philip Khuri Hitti - was a scholar of Islam and introduced the field of Arab culture studies to the United States.
Salim El Lawzi - founder of Al Hawadeth Magazine - assassinated
Muhammad Jaber - writer and historian
Amin Maalouf - writer, Prix Goncourt (1993)
Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer (Lebanese mother)
Issa Makhlouf - poet
David Malouf - Australian author (Lebanese father, English-Sephardic Jewish mother of Portuguese descent)
Fouad Khalil Matar - Journalist & publisher (Born in Lebanon)
Khalil Moutran - poet
Octavia Nasr - CNN editor, journalist
Emily Nasrallah - writer
Said Al Nasser El deen - writer, poet , the main editor of albayrak news paper, the vice president of Melhem karam
Mikhael Neame - writer
Ahmad Reda - linguist, wrote Matn al-lugha dictionary
Helen Thomas - White House correspondent and Dean of the White House Press Corps, covered eight US Presidents starting with John F. Kennedy in 1961
Gebran Tueni - former editor and publisher of An-Nahar newspaper - legislator, assassinated
Ghassan Tueni - father of Gebran Tueni and editor in chief of An-Nahar newspaper, legislator
Nadia Tueni - poet
Wadih Saadeh - Journalist, poet & writer
George Zahar - publisher & editor (Lebanese father)
May Ziade - writer
May Ziadeh - writer
Hoda Adib - poet


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ya *Un*ReGiStErEd* he is talking about the STARS mesh in general

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Originally Posted by Phenomenal

ya *Un*ReGiStErEd* he is talking about the STARS mesh in general

i knw dude ... bass that's what i found ... w ma ken elle jalad a3mol delete n stuffs !!

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12 million lebanese

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Unregistered u should work in the national statistics department

this should be in the Pick a profession for a member

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Originally Posted by Phenomenal

ya *Un*ReGiStErEd* he is talking about the STARS mesh in general

Pheno is right, khsouse about the list of names, it is very useful though it is not entirely about the diaspora!
Khayye l bBreidy, mwalla3a postet