List of Lebanese people
This is a list of notable individuals born and residing mainly in Lebanon.
Lebanese expatriates residing overseas and possessing Lebanese citizenship are also included.
Activists
- Jill Kelley – advocate, socialite, and former diplomat
- Sandra Melhem – LGBT rights activist
- Aya Mouallem – electrical engineer, and gender equality activist
- Rose Shahfa – women's rights activist
Architecture
- Nabil Gholam – architect
- Salim Al-Kadi – architect and designer
- Joseph Philippe Karam – architect
- Nadim Karam – architect
- Bernard Khoury – architect
Business
- Charles Corm – writer, industrialist, and philanthropist
- Samir Brikho – businessman, Chief Executive of AMEC
- Ali Youssef Charara – businessman and financier
- Walid Daouk – businessman and politician
- Ralph Debbas – automotive executive
- Salah Ezzedine – businessman arrested for running a pyramid scheme
- Carlos Ghosn – former CEO of Michelin North America, former chairman and CEO of Renault, former chairman of AvtoVAZ, former chairman and CEO of Nissan, and former chairman of Mitsubishi Motors
- Sam Hammam – former owner and president of Cardiff City F.C.
- Hind Hariri – entrepreneur, billionaire
- Nicolas Hayek – former owner of Swatch Group
- Ziad Raphael Nassar – celebrity wedding designer and entrepreneur, owner of Ziad Rapahel Nassar holding.
- Carlos Slim – investor, formerly the richest person in the world
- Philippe Ziade – entrepreneur, owner, and CEO of Growth Holdings
Beauty pageant winners
- Yasmina Zaytoun - Miss Lebanon 2024
- Dina Azar – Miss Lebanon 1995
- Joëlle Behlock – Miss Lebanon 1997
- Valerie Abou Chacra – Miss Lebanon 2015
- Jihane Almira Chedid – Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020, Miss Supranational Asia 2021
- Rina Chibany – Miss Lebanon 2012
- Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010
- Sonia Fares – Miss Lebanon 1969
- Lamitta Frangieh – Miss World Lebanon 2004
- Karen Ghrawi – Miss Lebanon 2013
- Saly Greige – Miss Lebanon 2014
- Perla Helou – Miss Lebanon 2017
- Annabella Hilal – Miss World Lebanon 2006
- Dominique Hourani – Miss Intercontinental 2003
- Bethany Kehdy – Miss World Lebanon 2001
- Nadine Wilson Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2007
- Nadine Nassib Njeim – Miss Lebanon 2004
- Gabrielle Bou Rached – Miss Lebanon 2005
- Daniella Rahme – Miss International Lebanon 2010
- Maya Reaidy – Miss Lebanon 2018
- Georgina Rizk – Miss Lebanon 1970/Miss Universe 1971
- Pamela Saadé – Miss Earth Lebanon 2008
- Christina Sawaya – Miss Lebanon 2001/Miss International 2002
- Marlène Talih – Miss Lebanon 1966
- Rosarita Tawil – Miss Lebanon 2008
Dancers
- Mousbah Baalbaki – belly dancer
- Dany Bustros belly dancer, socialite, stage actress
- Alissar Caracalla – dance instructor, choreographer and art director
- Pierre Khadra – dancer, choreographer, and director
- The Mayyas – all-female alternative precision dance group
- Alexandre Paulikevitch – dancer, civil rights activist
Fashion designers
- Reem Acra – fashion designer
- Houssein Bazaza – fashion designer
- Georges Chakra – fashion designer
- Nicolas Jebran – fashion designer
- Rabih Kayrouz – fashion designer
- Zuhair Murad – fashion designer
- Elie Saab – fashion designer
- Tony Ward – fashion designer
Writers and poets
- Charles Corm – writer, industrialist, and philanthropist
- Butrus al-Bustani – writer and scholar
- Salima Abi Rashed – first Lebanese woman lawyer, journalist
- Maroun Abboud – poet and writer
- Elia Abu Madi – poet
- Said Akl – poet, writer, and thinker
- Jeanne Arcache – Francophone poet and novelist
- Zeina Hashem Beck – poet
- Nader El-Bizri – philosopher and architect
- Andrée Chedid – Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent
- Nayla Chidiac – French-Lebanese clinical psychologist, poet and essayist
- Michel Chiha – writer, journalist, banker
- Alexandra Chreiteh – writer
- Fawaz Gerges – academic and author
- Mai Ghoussoub – writer, publisher, human rights activist
- Zaynab Fawwaz – poet, historian, women's rights activist
- Hedy Habra – Lebanese-American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor
- Joumana Haddad – writer and feminist
- Ounsi el-Hajj – poet
- Salma Hage – writer and cook
- Labiba Hashim – pioneer woman writer and journalist
- Jad Hatem – philosopher and poet
- Gibran Khalil Gibran – artist, author and poet
- Anbara Salam Khalidi – writer, translator, women's emancipation activist
- Elias Khoury – novelist and playwright
- Vénus Khoury-Ghata – poet and writer
- Emily Fares Ibrahim – writer, feminist
- Amin Maalouf – novelist
- Mago (agricultural writer) – Carthaginian writer, author of an agricultural manual in Punic
- Esther Moyal – writer and women's rights activist
- May Murr – academic, writer and activist
- Jacqueline Massabki – writer and lawyer
- Khalil Mutran – poet and journalist
- Mikha'il Na'ima – religious author and poet
- Emily Nasrallah – novelist, activist
- Amin al-Rihani – writer and politician
- Widad Sakakini – writer and feminist
- Georges Schéhadé – Francophone playwright and poet
- Laurice Schehadé – novelist and poet
- Hanan al-Shaykh – writer
- Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq – scholar, writer and journalist
- Avraham Sinai – religious writer
- Gabriel Sionita – Maronite writer and publisher
- Amine Takiedine – poet and writer
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb – author
- Nadia Tueni – poet
- Ibrahim al-Yaziji – philosopher, philologist, poet and journalist
- Nasif al-Yaziji – author
- Warda al-Yaziji – poet
- Iman Humaydan Younes – writer, researcher and creative writing professor
- Rania Zaghir – children's author
- Nazira Zain al-Din – literary critic and women's emancipation activist
- May Ziadeh – poet, essayist, and women's emancipation activist
- Jurji Zaydan – writer and novelist, journalist
Film, television, and radio personalities
- Borhane Alaouié – film director
- Philippe Aractingi – Lebanese-French film director
- Maysa Assaf – television presenter
- Jihad Al-Atrash – actor
- Maroun Bagdadi – film director
- Hisham Bizri – film director
- Rowan Blanchard – American actress
- Maguy Bou Ghosn – actress
- Lucien Bourjeily – film and theater director, playwright, political activist
- Bassem Breish – film director
- Takla Chamoun – actress
- Ely Dagher – film director
- Sami Daher – actor
- Jean Daoud – film director
- George Diab – actor
- Ziad Doueiri – film director
- Imad Feghaly – actor
- Lamitta Frangieh – actress
- Daizy Gedeon – Australian-Lebanese filmmaker
- Marcel Ghanem – television anchor
- Renee Ghosh – actress
- Claude Habib – fine art artist/collection artist in Paul Valéry Museum
- Micheline Habib – author/educator
- Dan Haddad – film director
- Abdo Hakim – actor
- Hasan Hamdan – actor
- Jamal Hamdan – actor
- Saad Hamdan – actor
- Darine Hamze – actress, director, and producer
- Razane Jammal – British-Lebanese actress, model, and singer
- Julia Kassar – actress
- Sarah Khan – actress
- Noor Zafar Khan – actress
- Diana Ibrahim – actress
- Muhammad Ibrahim – actor
- Charbel Iskandar – actor
- Leïla Karam – actress
- Mona Karim – actress
- Mario Kassar – filmmaker, founder of Carolco Pictures
- Alek Keshishian – filmmaker of Lebanese-Armenian origin
- Georges Khabbaz – actor
- Arsinée Khanjian – actress of Lebanese-Armenian origin
- Louay Khraish – writer and producer
- Nadine Labaki – film director
- Samir Maalouf – actor
- Toni Maalouf – actor
- Julian Maroun - actor and producer
- Mahmoud Mabsout – actor
- Peter Macdissi – television and film actor
- Omar Mikati – actor
- Patrick Mubarak – actor
- Ismail Nanoua – actor
- Samara Nohra – actress
- George Noory – television, author, radio
- Nour – film actress
- Jeanine Pirro – television personality and author
- Ouday Raad – actor
- Bashar Rahal – Lebanese-Bulgarian actor
- Keanu Reeves – Canadian actor
- Fadi Rifai – actor
- Milad Rizk – actor
- Ali Saad – actor
- Hossam Al-Sabah – actor
- Khaled El Sayed – actor
- Faissal Sam Shaib – writer and producer
- Mira Shaib – writer and director
- Naji Shamil – actor
- Omar Al-Shammaa – actor
- Omar Sharif – actor
- Haaz Sleiman – television and film actor
- Rosie Al-Yaziji – actress
- Ali Al-Zein – actor
- Jamie Farr – actor
Food and drink
- Tara Khattar – chef and writer
Models and Internet personalities
- Annabella Hillal – TV presenter
- Mia Khalifa – internet personality, former pornographic actress and webcam model
- Myriam Klink – model and entertainer
Singers, composers, and musicians
- Nancy Ajram – singer, actress
- Ragheb Alama – singer
- Ramy Ayach – singer and composer
- Julia Boutros – singer
- Sami Clark – singer
- Elissa – singer, actress
- Fairuz – singer
- Blu Fiefer – – singer-songwriter
- Assi El Hallani – singer, actor
- Maher Jah – singer-songwriter
- Najwa Karam – singer, actress
- Wael Kfoury – singer
- Marcel Khalife – singer and composer
- Massari – singer
- Zaki Nassif – composer, singer
- Rahbani brothers – composers
- *Assi Rahbani
- *Mansour Rahbani
- Ziad Rahbani – musician, actor
- Majida El Roumi – singer
- Sabah – singer, actress
- Wadih El Safi – singer, composer, and musician
- Carole Samaha – singer
- Nasri Shamseddine – singer
- Hamed Sinno – singer-songwriter
- Walid Toufic – singer
- Maya Yazbek – singer
- Melhem Zein – singer
- Nawal Al Zoghbi – singer, actress
Theatre
- Alaa Minawi – Palestinian-Lebanese-Dutch multidisciplinary artist, lecturer
- Dayna Ash – poet, cultural activist
- Hassan Alaa Eddin – commonly known as Chouchou or Shoushou, actor, comedian
- Jalal Khoury – playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor
Visual artists
- Reine Abbas – video game designer and artist
- Shafic Abboud – painter
- Douglas Abdell – sculptor
- Samir Abi Rashed – painter
- Etel Adnan – painter, poet
- Jorge Adoum – painter
- Krikor Agopian – painter
- Faouzi Al-Kach – artist
- Georges Akl – painter
- Joseph Assaf – sculptor
- Christina Assi - photojournalist
- Zena Assi – multidisciplinary artist
- Ayman Baalbaki – visual artist
- Ghazi Baker – painter
- Maha Bayrakdar – painter and poet
- Kiki Bokassa – visual artist
- Chaouki Chamoun – painter
- Rafic Charaf – painter
- Saloua Raouda Choucair – painter and sculptor
- Daoud Corm – painter
- David Daoud – painter
- Derrie Fakhoury – painter
- Moustafa Farroukh – painter
- Simone Fattal – artist
- Chucrallah Fattouh – painter
- Chawky Frenn – painter and art professor
- César Gemayel – painter
- Kahlil Gibran – writer, poet and visual artist
- Paul Guiragossian – painter
- Youssef Howayek – sculptor and painter
- Lamia Joreige – visual artist and filmmaker
- Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
- Nadim Karam – artist
- Helen Khal – Lebanese-American artist
- Zena El Khalil – Lebanese artist, writer, and activist
- Layal Khawly – visual artist and painter
- Yolande Labaki – landscape painter
- Hussein Madi – painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Jamil Molaeb – artist
- Farid Mansour – painter and sculptor
- Nabil Nahas – painter
- Wajih Nahlé – painter and calligrapher
- Omar Onsi – painter
- Walid Raad – artist
- Mohammad Rawas – painter and printmaker
- Aref El-Rayess – painter
- Pierre Sadek – caricaturist
- Samir Sammoun – artist and engineer
- Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui – painter, writer
- Hanibal Srouji – painter
- Lidya Tchakerian – artist
- Akram Zaatari – filmmaker, photographer, artist and curator
- Salwa Zeidan – artist, sculptor and curator
- Bibi Zogbé – Lebanese-born painter based in Buenos Aires
Education
- Nazek Abou Alwan Abed – Educator and writer
- Joseph E. Aoun – President of Northeastern University
- Nora Bayrakdarian – professor of international relations
- Alberto Bustani – former president of Monterrey Campus of Monterrey [Institute of Technology and Higher Education]
- Claude Habib – fine art artist/collection artist in Paul Valéry Museum
- Micheline Habib – author/educator
- Gabriel Hawawini – former Head and Dean of INSEAD
Journalism
- Jad Al-Akhaoui – television and newspaper journalist
- Helen Thomas - journalist, White House Press Reporter and First Female member of the Gridiron Gang
- May Chidiac – television journalist
- Daizy Gedeon – former deputy foreign editor and first female sports journalist
- Marcel Ghanem – television journalist
- Adnan Al Kakoun – journalist/producer/director
- Octavia Nasr – former television journalist for CNN
- Ramzi Najjar – journalist and author
- Gebran Tueni – founder of An-Nahar
- Gebran Ghassan Tueni – journalist and politician
- Ghassan Tueni – journalist, politician and diplomat
- Nayla Tueni – journalist and politician
- Paula Yacoubian – television journalist and politician
- George Yammine – literature and arts critic of An-Nahar
- Philippe Ziade – journalist
Military
- Joseph Aoun – army commander and president of Lebanon since 9 January 2025
- Emile Boustany – former army commander
- Jean Kahwaji – former army commander
- Samir El-Khadem – former commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, author, historian
- Émile Lahoud – former army commander
- Jamil Al Sayyed – former Lebanese General Security Director
- Wafiq Jizzini – former Lebanese General Security Director
- Abbas Ibrahim – former Lebanese General Security Director
- Jean Njeim – former army commander
- Ibrahim Tannous – former army commander
Religion
A series of Catholic popes from the Levant include: Pope Anicetus, Pope Constantine, Pope Gregory III, Pope Sergius I and Pope Sisinnius.Religious personalities
Maronite patriarchs- Estephan El Douaihy – former Maronite Patriarch
- Elias Peter Hoayek – former Maronite Patriarch
- Anthony Peter Khoraish – former Maronite Patriarch
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi – Maronite Patriarch
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir – former Maronite Patriarch
- Abū ʿAmr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr al-ʾAwzāʿī
- Musa al-Sadr – Shiite religious leader
- Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili – Shi'a scholar
- Nur-al-Din al-Karaki al-ʿĀmilī – Shiite scholar who was a member of the Safavid court
- Al-Hurr al-Aamili – muhaddith and a prominent Twelver Shi'a scholar
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Shi'a Islamic scholar
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah – Shiite cleric
- Hassan Khaled – Sunni cleric, Mufti of the Lebanese Republic
- Aram I Keshishian – Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, See of the Great House of Cilicia
- Salim Ghazal – Melkite Greek Catholic bishop
Saints
Politicians
Presidents of Lebanon
- Michel Aoun – former president
- Camille Chamoun – former president
- Fuad Chehab – former president
- Émile Eddé – former president
- Suleiman Frangieh – former president
- Amine Gemayel – former president
- Bachir Gemayel – former president-elect
- Charles Helou – former president
- Elias Hrawi – former president
- Bechara El Khoury – former president
- Émile Jamil Lahoud – former president
- René Moawad – former president
- Elias Sarkis – former president
- Michel Sleiman – former president
- Petro Trad – former president
Politicians in other countries
- Luis Abinader – President of the Dominican Republic
- Mario Abdo Benítez – President of Paraguay
- Geraldo Alckmin – Vice President of Brazil
- Abdalá Bucaram – former president of Ecuador
- Jamil Mahuad – former president of Ecuador
- Julio Teodoro Salem – former president of Ecuador
- Michel Temer – former president of Brazil
- Julio César Turbay Ayala – former president of Colombia
Speakers of Parliament
- Nabih Berri – Camper on his seats since 1992
- Kamel Asaad – former Speaker of Parliament
- Sabri Hamadé – former Speaker of Parliament
- Hussein el-Husseini – former Speaker of Parliament
- Adel Osseiran – former Speaker of Parliament
Prime Ministers of Lebanon
- Ahmad Daouk – former prime minister
- Amin al-Hafez – former prime minister
- Rafic Hariri – former prime minister
- Saad Hariri – former prime minister
- Selim al-Hoss – former prime minister
- Omar Karami – former prime minister
- Rashid Karami – former prime minister
- Najib Mikati – former prime minister
- Saeb Salam – former prime minister
- Tammam Salam – former prime minister
- Fouad Siniora – former prime minister
- Riad as-Solh – former prime minister
- Sami as-Solh – former prime minister
- Takieddin el-Solh – former prime minister
- Shafik Wazzan – former prime minister
- Abdallah El-Yafi – former prime minister
- Chafic Al Wazzan – former prime minister
- Hussain Alouieni – former prime minister
- Omar Karami – former prime minister
- Hassan Diab – former prime minister
Political personalities
- Georges Ibrahim Abdallah - communist militant serving a life sentence for complicity in murder
- Emir Majid Arslan – independence leader
- Prince Talal Arslan – Druze leader and president of the Lebanese Democratic Party
- Raymond Baaklini – Lebanese ambassador to Canada
- Gebran Bassil – minister, Free Patriotic Movement
- Dany Chamoun – former National Liberal Party leader
- Dory Chamoun – National Liberal Party leader
- Khaled Daouk – former Honorary Consul General of Ireland in Beirut
- Walid Daouk – former minister of Information and Justice
- Jad Demian – head of the Lebanese Forces Youth Association
- Carlos Edde – politician
- Raymond Edde – politician, former leader of National Bloc
- Juliette Elmir – nurse and political activist
- Issam Fares – businessman and politician, former deputy prime minister
- Suleiman Frangieh, Jr. – politician, leader of the Marada Movement
- Tony Frangieh – politician
- Maurice Gemayel – founder of Institute for Palestine Studies
- Pierre Gemayel – politician and founder of the Kataeb Party
- Pierre Amine Gemayel – legislator and minister
- Samir Geagea – leader of the Lebanese Forces
- Fadi Frem - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
- Fouad Abou Nader - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
- Elie Hobeika - former leader of the Lebanese Forces
- Marwan Hamadeh – former minister and part of the Lebanese Parliament since 1992, politician and influential presence
- Kamal Jumblatt – founder of Progressive Socialist Party
- Walid Jumblatt – politician, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
- Sobhi Mahmassani – legal scholar, former deputy and minister
- Charles Malik – former president of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Talal El Merhebi – politician and former deputy and minister, leader of Akkar area
- Nayla Moawad – politician
- Elias Murr – former deputy prime minister
- Gabriel Murr – politician; owner of Murr Television and Mount Lebanon Radio Station
- Michel Murr – politician and former deputy prime minister
- Abbas al-Musawi - secretary-general of Hezbollah
- Hassan Nasrallah – leader of Hezbollah
- Ali Hussein Nassif - politician and high-ranking founding member of Hezbollah
- Salim Saadeh – economist and politician
- Habib Sadek – former politician, writer
- Violette Khairallah Safadi – politician, television personality and social activist
- Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed - Head of the Political Council of Hezbollah
- Gebran Tueni – journalist and deputy
Other political personalities
- Alain Aoun – nephew of former president Michel Aoun
- Joyce Gemayel – former first lady and political activist
- Ghassan Tueni – diplomat, politician and journalist
Sciences
Medicine
- Afif Abdul Wahab – surgeon
- Amin J. Barakat – Lebanese-American physician known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome
- Anthony Atala – American Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Edma Abouchdid – physician; first Lebanese woman to obtain a doctorate of medicine
- Sami Ibrahim Haddad – physician, surgeon and writer
- Michael Debakey – Lebanese-American Cardiovascular Surgeon who pioneered many surgical techniques and procedures
- Saniya Habboub – medical doctor known for being the first Lebanese woman to study medicine abroad
- Ali A Haydar – physician who is an emeritus professor at the American University of Beirut
- Israa Seblani – Lebanese-American physician and endocrinologist
- Afif Abdul Wahab – medical doctor, general surgeon and urologist
- Michael DeBakey – American vascular surgeon and cardiac surgeon
- Emile Riachi – orthopaedic surgeon
- Fuad Sami Haddad – neurosurgeon, humanitarian, and writer
- Sami A. Sanjad – Lebanese-American pediatrician
- Tony Nader – neuroscientist, university president, author and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement.
- Farid Fata – hematologist/oncologist and the mastermind of one of the largest health care frauds in U.S. history.
- Nabil F. Saba – American oncologist and professor of hematology and medical oncology at Emory University School of Medicine
- Elias I. Traboulsi – physician in the fields of ophthalmic genetics and pediatric ophthalmology
- Toni Choueiri – Lebanese American medical oncologist and researcher
- Naji Abumrad – Lebanese-American surgeon
Psychiatry
- Aziz al-Abub – psychiatrist and medical torture expert affiliated with Hezbollah
- Hagop S. Akiskal – Lebanese-born American psychiatrist and professor
Scientists
Archeology
- Maurice Chehab – archaeologist and museum curator, father of "modern Lebanese archaeology"
- George El Andary – researcher in archaeology, museums and manuscripts
- Leila Badre – director of the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut
- Maya Haïdar Boustani – archaeologist and curator of the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
- Assaad Seif – archaeologist and associate professor in archaeology at the Lebanese University
Astronomy
- Charles Elachi – astronomer and professor of electrical engineering, former director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech
- Doris Daou – Director for Education and Public Outreach of the NASA Lunar Science Institute
Biology
- Pierre Zalloua – biologist and researcher
- M. Amin Arnaout – nephrologist best known for seminal discoveries in the biology and structure of integrin receptors.
- Myrna T. Semaan – botanist, notable for identifying a number of new plant species in Lebanon with Ricardius M. Haber.
- Asmar Asmar – specialization in cardiology
- Huda Zoghbi – Lebanese-born American geneticist
- Jack Makari – Lebanese-American cancer immunologist
- Justine Sergent – researcher in the cognitive neuroscience field
Chemistry and materials science
- Niveen Khashab – chemist and professor known for her contributions in the field of drugs and Chemistry, L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards laureate
- Hassan Naim – Lebanese-Swiss biochemist
- Mona Nemer – Lebanese-Canadian biochemist
- Najat A. Saliba – professor of analytical chemistry and an atmospheric chemist at the American University of Beirut
- Ziad Rafiq Beydoun – petroleum geologist and Emeritus Professor at the American University of Beirut
- George Doumani – Lebanese Palestinian geologist and explorer
Computing and engineering
- Mario El-Khoury – Lebanese-Swiss engineer and business executive
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah – Lebanese-American electrical and electronic engineer and technology innovator known for receiving 43 patents in television transmission
- Nadim Kobeissi – French-Lebanese computer science researcher specialized in applied cryptography
Physics
- Ali Chamseddine – physicist known for his contributions in particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics
- Edgar Choueiri – Lebanese-American physicist known for his work on Plasma propulsion engine and for conceiving and developing new spacecraft propulsion concepts
- Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
- Ani Aprahamian – Lebanese-born Armenian-American nuclear physicist
- Eid Hourany – French-Lebanese nuclear physicist
- Hassan Khachfe – innovator, researcher and professor
- Salwa Nassar – nuclear physicist and college administrator known for being the first Lebanese woman to earn a PhD in physics
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī – Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet
- Rammal Rammal – condensed matter physicist
- Ghassan Afiouni – inventor, developed a kind of compressed wood that cannot be burned
Sports personalities
Athletes
- Samir Bannout – Lebanese-American professional bodybuilder who won the prestigious Mr. Olympia competition in 1983. Nicknamed the "Lion of Lebanon"
- Maxime Chaya – extreme sports athlete
- Zakaria Chihab – sportsman and Olympian
- Nabil Choueiri – track and field athlete and Olympian
- Maya Nassar – Dutch-Lebanese fitness model
- Jalal Bazzaz – known for his involvement in the Lebanese national team during the Rugby world cup. He also drives a c35 laurel
American/Canadian football
- David Azzi – football player in the Canadian Football League
Automobile racing
- Khalil Beschir – professional race car driver
- Tony Kanaan – Brazilian professional race car driver
- Noel Jammal – Lebanese-Spanish professional race car driver
- Felipe Nasr – Brazilian professional race car driver
- Graham Rahal – American professional race car driver
- Toni Breidinger – American professional race car driver
Baseball
- Joe Lahoud – Lebanese-American retired Major League baseball player for over 11 years
Basketball
- Ramy Akiki – basketball player
- Wael Arakji – basketball player
- Rony Fahed – basketball player
- Matt Freije – Lebanese-American basketball player
- Fadi El Khatib – basketball player
- Ali Mahmoud – Lebanese-Canadian basketball player
- Elie Mechantaf – basketball player
- Bashir Saad – professional basketball player
- Rony Seikaly – Lebanese-American professional basketball player
- Joe Vogel – American-Lebanese professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
- Jackson Vroman – American-born Lebanese professional basketball player and member of Lebanon's national team
Ice hockey
- Ed Hatoum – Lebanese-born Canadian former professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
- Nazem Kadri – Canadian professional hockey player for the Calgary Flames
- Alain Nasreddine – Canadian former professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Football
- Faisal Antar – football player
- Roda Antar – football player
- Mohammed Ghaddar – football player in Syria
- Wartan Ghazarian – football player of Armenian origin
- Moussa Hojeij – football player/manager
- Youssef Mohamad – football player in Germany
- Soony Saad – football player
- Jamal Taha – football player
Playing card tournament titleholders
- Kassem 'Freddy' Deeb
- Ihsan 'Sammy' Farha
- Joseph 'Joe' Hachem - Lebanese-Australian
Rugby league
- Hazem El Masri – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player and highest NRL point scorer
- Anthony Farah – hooker for the West Tigers in the New South Wales Cup
- Robbie Farah - former NRL player, most notably for the Wests Tigers
- Tim Mannah - former NRL player for the Parramatta Eels
- Mitchell Moses - current NRL player for the Parramatta Eels
- Jacob Kiraz - current NRL player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
- Adam Doueihi - current NRL player for the Wests Tigers
- Josh Mansour - former NRL player, most notably for the Penrith Panthers
- David Bayssari - former NRL player for the Wests Tigers and coach of the Lebanese national team
- Benny Elias - former NRL player for the Balmain Tigers who is an inductee in the National Rugby League Hall of Fame
Rugby Union
- Ahmad Harajly – American World Rugby Sevens Series USA Rugby player and first Arab American rugby athlete to represent the US; professional athlete for Major League Rugby for the New England Free Jacks