List of Palestinians
The following Lists of Palestinians are lists of notable people with either a self-designation or a foreign appellation as "Palestinian", or who were born in the region of Palestine.
Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians, as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968.
Mandate period and after
The first list "Mandate period and after" consists of people who identify as "Palestinians" since the creation of Mandatory Palestine in 1920. The list does not include those Palestinian Jews or other Israeli citizens who are native to the geographic region of Palestine, unless they self-identify as "Palestinians".| Name | Field | Speciality | Place of birth | Year of birth |
| Farah Baker | Social media | Reporter | Gaza Strip | 1998 |
| Business | technology entrepreneur, and social activist | Jordan | c. 1985 | |
| Khaled Al-Hassan | Politics | political theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leader | Haifa | 1928 |
| Lila Abu Lughod | Academia | professor, anthropology, women and gender studies | USA | 1952 |
| Salman Abu Sitta | Academia | Palestinian studies | Beersheba | 1938 |
| Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad | Academia | academic | USA | 1948 |
| Mai al-Kaila | Politics | health minister, ambassador | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Awad Saud Awad | Journalism, Academia | Author on Palestinian folklore, journalist | Jubb Yusuf | 1943 |
| Rashad al-Shawwa | Politics | Mayor of Gaza City | Gaza City | 1909 |
| Izzat Darwaza | Academia | historian, politician, educator | Nablus | 1888 |
| Samih Farsoun | Academia | sociologist | Haifa | 1937 |
| Ismail al-Faruqi | Academia | philosopher and comparative religions professor | Jaffa | 1921 |
| Leila Farsakh | Academia | Middle East, politics | Jordan | 1967 |
| Sami Hadawi | Academia | land specialist and researcher | Jerusalem | 1904 |
| Nemah Hasan | Music | Singer-songwriter | Toronto | 1994 |
| Ameer Idreis | Literature | Writer, playwright, urbanist | Dubai | 1999 |
| Wasif Jawhariyyeh | Music | Oud composer | Jerusalem | 1897 |
| Rashid Khalidi | Academia | historian | USA | 1948 |
| Walid Khalidi | Academia | historian | Jerusalem | 1925 |
| Salem Hanna Khamis | Academia | economic statistician | Nazareth | 1919 |
| Laila Al-Marayati | Medicine | gynecologist | USA | 1962 |
| Khaled Mardam-Bey | Academia | programmer | Jordan | 1968 |
| Nur Masalha | Academia | academic, historian, editor | Galilee | 1957 |
| Joseph Massad | Academia | academic | Jordan | 1963 |
| Basheer Nafi | Academia | academic | Rafah | 1952 |
| Ali H. Nayfeh | Academia | mathematician, mechanical engineer, physicist | Tulkarm | 1933 |
| Sari Nusseibeh | Academia | philosopher, diplomat | Syria | 1949 |
| Edward Said | Academia | professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Nadia Abu El Haj | Academia | professor, anthropologist | USA | 1962 |
| Rosemarie Said Zahlan | Academia | historian | Egypt | 1937 |
| Anis Sayigh | Academia | historian | Tiberias | 1931 |
| Yezid Sayigh | Academia | historian | USA | 1955 |
| Zuhair Al-Karmi | Academia, Natural science | author, scientific programs presenter on TV | Damascus | 1922 |
| Hashem El-Serag | Medicine | doctor and medical researcher | Libya | 1966 |
| Reem Kassis | Literature | cookbook author | Jerusalem | 1987 |
| Hisham Sharabi | Academia | historian | Jaffa | 1927 |
| Qustandi Shomali | Academia | professor, historian, critic, researcher | Beit Sahour | 1946 |
| Khalil Suleiman | Medicine | medical doctor | Jenin | 1943 |
| Helga Tawil Souri | Academia | professor, media scholar and researcher, filmmaker | Kuwait | 1969 |
| Ahmad Teebi | Academia | geneticist and dysmorphologist | Beirut | 1949 |
| Ali Abunimah | Literature | author, journalist | USA | 1971 |
| Said K. Aburish | Literature | author, journalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Susan Abulhawa | Literature | author, journalist | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Mourid Barghouti | Literature | poet | Ramallah | 1944 |
| Khalil Beidas | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1874 |
| Huzama Habayeb | Literature | author | Kuwait | 1965 |
| Jamal Dajani | Literature | author, journalist, producer | Jerusalem | 1957 |
| Mahmoud Darwish | Literature | poet | Al-Birwa | 1941 |
| Khaled Ennasra | poet | journalist | Jenin | 1927 |
| Najwa Kawar Farah | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1923 |
| Rashida Tlaib | Politician | congresswoman | USA | 1976 |
| Emile Habibi | Literature | author | Haifa | 1922 |
| Bella Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1996 |
| Gigi Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1995 |
| Mohamed Hadid | Business | businessman | Nazareth | 1948 |
| Suheir Hammad | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1973 |
| Nadia Hijab | Literature | author, journalist | Syria | 1950s |
| Jabra Ibrahim Jabra | Literature | poet, novelist, translator and literary critic | Bethlehem | 1919 |
| Emily Jacir | Artist | professor, filmmaker | Bethlehem | 1975 |
| Sabri Jiryis | Literature | author | Fassuta | 1938 |
| Ghassan Kanafani | Literature | author | Acre | 1938 |
| Hasan Karmi | Literature | linguist and author | Tulkarm | 1905 |
| Ghada Karmi | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1939 |
| Sayed Kashua | Literature | author and journalist | Tira | 1975 |
| Widad Kawar | Literature | author and collector | Tulkarm | 1932 |
| Sahar Khalifa | Literature | novelist | Nablus | 1942 |
| Daoud Kuttab | Literature | journalist, author | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Taha Muhammad Ali | Literature | poet | Saffuriyya | 1931 |
| Salman Masalha | Literature | poet, writer, essayist and translator | Maghar | 1953 |
| Kamal Nasser | Literature | poet, activist | Gaza | 1925 |
| Mohammed Omer | Literature | journalist | Rafah | 1984 |
| Samih al-Qasim | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1939 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Literature | poet | Gaza | 1937 |
| Abu Salma | Literature | poet | Tulkarm | 1906 |
| Khalil al-Sakakini | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1878 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Literature | poet | USA | 1952 |
| Serene Husseini Shahid | Literature | author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes | Jerusalem | 1920 |
| Khaled Abu Toameh | Literature | journalist | Tulkarm | 1963 |
| Fadwa Toukan | Literature | poet | Nablus | 1917 |
| Ibrahim Touqan | Literature | poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq | Nablus | 1905 |
| Samir El Youssef | Literature | writer and critic | Lebanon | 1965 |
| May Ziadeh | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1886 |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | Film | film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films | Malha | 1940 |
| Hany Abu-Assad | Film | film director | Nazareth | 1961 |
| Mohammad Bakri | Film | film director, actor | Bi'ina | 1953 |
| Cherien Dabis | Film | film director, writer | USA | 1976 |
| Annemarie Jacir | Film | film director, writer | Bethlehem | 1974 |
| Michel Khleifi | Film | film director | Nazareth | 1950 |
| Lexi Alexander | Film | film director | Mannheim | 1974 |
| Clara Khoury | Film | actress | Haifa | 1976 |
| Makram Khoury | Film | actor, first Arab to win | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Rashid Masharawi | Film | film director | Gaza | 1962 |
| Mai Masri | Film | film director | Beirut | 1959 |
| Elia Suleiman | Film | film director | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Hiam Abbass | Film | actress | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Anwar Jibawi | Film | comedian | USA | 1991 |
| Nasri Tony Atweh | Music | lead singer of the band MAGIC! & singer/songwriter/record producer | Toronto | 1981 |
| Ramzi Aburedwan | Music | composer, viola player | Bethlehem | 1979 |
| Charlie Bisharat | Music | Grammy-winning violinist | USA | 1963 |
| Yacoub Shaheen | Music | Winner of the fourth season of Arab Idol | Bethlehem | 1994 |
| Mohammed Assaf | Music | Winner of the second season of Arab Idol | Gaza | 1989 |
| Belly | Music | rapper | Jenin | 1984 |
| Rim Banna | Music | singer/songwriter | Nazareth | 1966 |
| Ammar Hasan | Music | singer | Salfit | 1976 |
| Wissam Joubran | Music | composer and Oud player | Nazareth | 1983 |
| Reem Kelani | Music | singer/composer/musicologist | UK | 1963 |
| Shadia Mansour | Music | rapper/singer | UK | 1980s |
| Amal Murkus | Music | singer | Galilee | 1970s |
| Mohsen Subhi | Music | composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player | Ramallah | 1963 |
| DJ Khaled | Music | hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ | USA | 1975 |
| Simon Shaheen | Music | oud and violin virtuoso, composer | Galilee | 1955 |
| Massiv | Music | rapper | Germany | 1982 |
| Habib Hassan Touma | Music | composer | Nazareth | 1934 |
| Fred Wreck | Music | hip-hop producer | USA | 1972 |
| Tamer Nafar | Music | rapper of DAM fame | Lod | 1979 |
| Bashar Murad | Music | singer, songwriter, visual artist | Jerusalen | 1993 |
| Sameh Zakout | Music | rapper | Ramle | 1980s |
| Laila Bagge Wahlgren | Music | manager and songwriter | Sweden | 1972 |
| Tarééc | Music | German singer | Germany | 1978 |
| Dalal Abu Amneh | Music | singer and producer | Nazareth | 1983 |
| DAM | Music | Palestinian rap group | Lod | 1970s |
| Fouad Awad | Art | theater director | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Alaa Minawi | Art | multidisciplinary artist, lecturer | Beirut | 1982 |
| Naji al-Ali | Art | cartoonist | al-Shajara | 1938 |
| Iman Al Sayed | Art | artist | Sharjah | 1984 |
| Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan | Art | artist | Jericho | 1941 |
| Mustafa Al-Hallaj | Art | artist | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Mona Hatoum | Art | sculptor | Beirut | 1952 |
| Nabil Anani | Art | artist | Halhoul | 1943 |
| Hasan Hourani | Art | painter | Hebron | 1974 |
| Emily Jacir | Art | painter and photographer, artist | Bethlehem | 1970 |
| Hanna Jubran | Art | sculptor | Galilee | 1952 |
| Sliman Mansour | Art | painter | Birzeit | 1947 |
| Sama Raena Alshaibi | Art | photographer, artist | Iraq | 1973 |
| Ahlam Shibli | Art | photographer | Galilee | 1970 |
| Jafar Tukan | Art | architect | Jerusalem | 1938 |
| Hisham Zreiq | Art | artist and film director | Nazareth | 1968 |
| Rami Kashou | Fashion | fashion designer | Ramallah | 1977 |
| Jaffa Phonix | Music | band | Kuwait | 1980s |
| Yousef Beidas | Business | Intra Bank | Jerusalem | 1912 |
| Munib al-Masri | Business | PADICO | Nablus | 1934 |
| Hasib Sabbagh | Business | Consolidated Contractors International Company | Tiberias | 1920 |
| Naim Attallah | Business | Asprey, Quartet Publishing | Haifa | 1931 |
| Talal Abu-Ghazaleh | Business | Jaffa | 1938 | |
| Sam Bahour | Business | West bank businessman | USA | 1964 |
| Yasser Elshantaf | Business | CEO of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbH | Gaza | 1983 |
| Tarab Abdul Hadi | Politics | activist | Jenin | 1910 |
| Fu'ad Nassar | Politics | co-founded National Liberation League in Palestine | Nazareth | 1914 |
| Nabil Amr | Politics | presidential aide and negotiator | 1947 | |
| Yasser Arafat | Politics | first President of the PNA | Cairo | 1929 |
| Hakam Balawi | Politics | former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria | Tulkarm | 1939 |
| Marwan Barghouti | Politics | founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure | Kobar | 1959 |
| Mohammed Dahlan | Politics | Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza | Gaza | 1961 |
| Saeb Erekat | Politics | presidential aide and senior negotiator | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Qadura Fares | Politics | PNA minister and aide of Barghouti | ||
| Rawhi Fattuh | Politics | former interim President of the PNA | Barqa | 1949 |
| Faisal Husseini | Politics | former head of Jerusalem affairs | Baghdad | 1940 |
| Farouk Kaddoumi | Politics | former head of Fatah | Jinsafut | 1931 |
| Salah Khalaf | Politics | former top aide of Arafat | Jaffa | 1933 |
| Ahmed Qurei | Politics | former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | Jerusalem | 1937 |
| Ali Hassan Salameh | Politics | Qula | 1940 | |
| Nabil Shaath | Politics | former Foreign Affairs Minister | Safed | 1938 |
| Khalil al-Wazir | Politics | former PLO military leader and top aide | Ramleh | 1934 |
| Mohammad Shtayyeh | Politics/Fatah | economist/academic/minister | Nablus | 1958 |
| Muhammad Abu Tir | Politics | Directed terrorist activities, including the attempted poisoning in the early 1990s of Israel's water supplies and the activities of Hamas's military arm | Umm Tuba | 1951 |
| Mohammad Barghouti | Politics | |||
| Mohammed Deif | Politics | Leader of Hamas' military wing. Directly involved in terrorist attacks such as the killings of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings. Deemed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States' Department of State | Khan Younis | 1965 |
| Ismail Haniyeh | Politics | Gaza | 1963 | |
| Mousa Abu Marzook | Politics | Fundraiser for terrorist activities | Rafah | 1951 |
| Ahmed al-Ja'abari | Politics | Gaza | 1960 | |
| Wasfi Kabha | Politics | Prisoners' Affairs Minister | ||
| Khaled Meshaal | Politics | Secretary-General of Hamas | Silwad | 1956 |
| Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi | Politics | founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas | Yibna | 1947 |
| Ahmed Yassin | Politics | founder and spiritual leader | Al-Jura | 1937 |
| Mahmoud al-Zahar | Politics | former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Salah Shehade | Politics | leader of military wing of the Hamas organization | Gaza | 1953 |
| Yahya Ayyash | Politics | chief bomb maker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombing | Jerusalem | 1966 |
| Bassam Abu Sharif | Politics | former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO | 1946 | |
| George Habash | Politics | founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP | Lod | 1926 |
| Abu Ali Mustafa | Politics | former Secretary-General of PFLP | Jenin | 1938 |
| Leila Khaled | Politics | former PFLP militant and activist | Haifa | 1944 |
| Ahmed Saadat | Politics | current Secretary-General of PFLP | al-Bireh | 1953 |
| Riyad al-Malki | Politics | current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA | 1955 | |
| Wadie Haddad | Politics | former PFLP militant and founder | Safed | 1927 |
| Abu Qatada | Politics | al-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militant | Bethlehem | 1959 |
| Abu Muthana | Politics | spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam | ||
| Awni Abd al-Hadi | Politics | Palestinian political figure | Nablus | 1889 |
| Haidar Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 | Gaza | 1919 |
| Salah Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden, Germany, Austria, and UNOV | Gaza | 1962 |
| Muhammad Zaidan | Politics | PLF | Syria | 1948 |
| Musa Alami | Politics | Jerusalem | 1897 | |
| Hanan Ashrawi | Politics | Third Way | Nablus | 1946 |
| Mustafa Barghouti | Politics | doctor and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative | Jerusalem | 1954 |
| Nayef Hawatmeh | Politics | DFLP | Jordan | 1935 |
| Ahmed Jibril | Politics | PFLP-GC | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Karimeh Abbud | Art | photographer | Shefa 'Amr | 1896 |
| Nimr al-Khatib | Politics | political leader, Haifa | Haifa | 1918 |
| Jabra Nicola | Politics | Trotskyist leader | Haifa | 1912 |
| Abu Nidal | Politics | Abu Nidal Organization | Jaffa | 1937 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Politics | Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | Gaza | 1937 |
| Afif Safieh | Politics | Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation | jerusalem | 1950 |
| Hasan Tahboub | Politics | former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council | Hebron | 1923 |
| Ruhi al-Khatib | Politics | mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titular | Jerusalem | 1914 |
| Fahmi al-Abboushi | Politics | appointed mayor of Jenin in 1935 | Jenin | 1895 |
| Hussein Al-Araj | Politics | former mayor of Nablus | ||
| Ramiz Jaraisy | Politics | mayor of Nazareth | 1951 | |
| Omar Hammayil | Politics | mayor of al-Bireh | 1976 | |
| Mohammed Milhim | Politics | former mayor of Halhul | 1929 | |
| Hadem Rida | Politics | mayor of Jenin | ||
| Bassam Shaka | Politics | former mayor of Nablus | 1930 | |
| Ghassan Shakaa | Politics | former mayor of Nablus | 1943 | |
| Adly Yaish | Politics | mayor of Nablus | ||
| Adel Zawati | Politics | former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh | Nablus | 1920 |
| Ahmad Tibi | Politics | member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party, former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat | Tayibe | 1958 |
| Azmi Bishara | Politics | former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Jamal Zahalka | Politics | member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party | Kafr Qara | 1955 |
| Hana Sweid | Politics | member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun | Eilabun | 1955 |
| Tawfiq Ziad | Politics | a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli Knesset | Nazareth | 1929 |
| Ibrahim Sarsur | Politics | Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List party | Kafr Qara | 1959 |
| Taleb el-Sana | Politics | Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List party | Tel Arad | 1960 |
| Mohammad Barakeh | Politics | member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash party | Shefa-'Amr | 1955 |
| Haneen Zoabi | Politics | first Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party | Nazareth | 1969 |
| Rania of Jordan | Politics | Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Alia al Hussein | Politics | late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein | Cairo | 1948 |
| Antonio Saca | Politics | former president of El Salvador | El Salvador | 1965 |
| Shafik Handal | Politics | El Salvador politician | El Salvador | 1930 |
| Nayib Bukele | Politics | president of El Salvador | El Salvador | 1981 |
| Carlos Flores Facussé | Politics | former president of Honduras | Honduras | 1950 |
| Said Musa | Politics | former Prime Minister of Belize | Belize | 1944 |
| Pierre de Bané | Politics | Canadian | Haifa | 1938 |
| Naser Khader | Politics | member of the Parliament of Denmark | Syria | 1963 |
| Joe Hockey | Politics | Australian cabinet minister | Australia | 1965 |
| John H. Sununu | Politics | former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration | Cuba | 1939 |
| John E. Sununu | Politics | Senator from New Hampshire | USA | 1964 |
| Huwaida Arraf | Politics | co-founder of ISM | USA | 1976 |
| Mubarak Awad | Politics | advocate of nonviolent resistance | Jerusalem | 1943 |
| Abdullah Yusuf Azzam | Religion | Islamist scholar and activist | Jenin | 1941 |
| Bulus Farah | Politics | trade unionist | Haifa | 1910 |
| Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni | Politics | nationalist leader | Jerusalem | 1907 |
| Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia | Religion | current archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Galilee | 1965 |
| Riah Abu Assal | Religion | current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1937 |
| Naim Ateek | Religion | founder of Sabeel | Beit She'an | 1937 |
| Elias Chacour | Religion | Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church | Galilee | 1939 |
| Michel Sabah | Religion | current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1933 |
| Munib Younan | Religion | Lutheran bishop | Jerusalem | 1950 |
| Rifat Odeh Kassis | Politics | human rights and community activist | Beit Sahour | |
| Mitri Raheb | Religion | Lutheran minister and author | Bethlehem | 1962 |
| Benny Hinn | Religion | evangelical preacher | Jaffa | 1952 |
| Anis Shorrosh | Religion | evangelical preacher and debater | Nazareth | 1930s |
| Amin al-Husayni | Politics | former Mufti of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 1895 |
| Ekrima Sa'id Sabri | Religion | former Mufti of Jerusalem | ||
| Ahmad Abu Laban | Religion | Imam in Denmark | Jaffa | 1946 |
| Raed Salah | Religion | leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement | 1958 | |
| Sheikh Taissir Tamimi | Religion | Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories | Hebron | |
| Omar Sheika | Sport | Professional Boxer | USA | 1977 |
| Salim Tuama | Sport | soccer player | Lod | 1979 |
| Ramsey Nijem | Sport | MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up | USA | 1988 |
| Walid Badir | Sport | soccer player, Israeli team, Captain of Hapoel Tel Aviv | Kafr Qasim | 1974 |
| Muhammad al-Durrah | Other | 12-year-old boy shot under disputed circumstances | Gaza | 1988 |
| Faris Odeh | Other | teenage boy shot while throwing stones | Gaza | 1985 |
| Rana Raslan | Other | 1999 Miss Israel contest winner | Haifa | 1977 |
| Mahmoud Abbas | Politics | President of the PNA | Safed | 1935 |
| Tawfiq Canaan | Academia | doctor and academic | Beit Jala | 1881 |
| Ahmad Shukeiri | Politics | first chairman of the PLO | Lebanon | 1908 |
| Omar Barghouti | Politics | political activist and analyst PACBI | Qatar | 1964 |
| Asma Agbarieh | Politics, journalism | journalist, leader of Organization for Democratic Action | Jaffa | 1974 |
| Muin Bseiso | Literature | Poet | Gaza | 1926 |
| Eyad al-Sarraj | Medicine | psychiatrist and human rights activist | Beersheba | 1944 |
| Fadi Elsalameen | Politics | political commentator and analyst | USA | 1983 |
| Layla Moran | Politics | British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | UK | 1982 |
| Michael Malarkey | Film | actor and musician | Beirut | 1983 |
| May Calamawy | Film | actress | Bahrain | 1986 |
| Mayssoun Azzam | Media | TV anchor, news presenter, media instructor, and activist | 1972 |