List of Maronites
This list of Maronites includes prominent Maronite figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Arts, culture, and entertainment
- Amin al-Rihani, poet
- Gibran Khalil Gibran, artist and writer
- Youssef Howayek, sculptor
- Tony Kanaan, race car driver
- Joseph Philippe Karam, architect
- Najwa Karam, singer
- Mario Kassar, Hollywood producer, behind such movies as Rambo, Terminator II and Stargate
- Wael Kfoury, singer
- Callie Khouri, screenwriter
- Elissa Khoury, singer
- Marwan Khoury, singer
- Nadine Labaki, actress and director
- Michelle Nader, American TV producer
- Kathy Najimy, actress
- Octavia E. Nasr, CNN editor
- Elie Saab, fashion designer
- Baba Saad German rapper of Lebanese descent
- Wadih Saadeh, poet and writer
- Nicole Saba, singer
- Michael Sallah, Pulitzer Prize reporter
- Elie Samaha, filmmaker
- Tony Shalhoub, three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor
- Danny Thomas, actor and founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Gabriel Yared, oscar winning musician for the soundtrack of The English Patient
- Mario Zagallo (Zakhour), former Brazilian national football team, player and coach
- François Ziadeh, TV director and producer
- Nawal Al Zoghbi
- Shakira,Singer
- Tom Shadyac Hollywood Producer and Director
- Joseph Abboud Fashion designer
- I.P. Daley best selling author of such books as; Rusty Zippers
Business
- Carlos Ghosn, French-Brazilian industrialist, CEO of Nissan and Renault.
- George Saba Kairouz,entrepreneur.Australian Lebanese Businessmen.
- Khouri Brothers (Anthony, George and Gerry), Bufori Motor Car Company and Australian Syriac Businessmen.
- Maalouf Brothers, owners of Cesar's Palace hotel casino in Las Vegas, and Sacremento Kings basket ball team.
- George J. Maloof, Jr., entrepreneur.
- Tarek Saab, former contestant on The Apprentice and CEO of Lionheart Apparel.
- Carlos Slim, CEO of Teléfonos de México (Telmex) and many other companies in Mexico, and recently considered as the richest man in the world by Forbes.
- Gilbert R. Chagoury [1], businessman and philanthropist
Government and politics
Ecuador
- Abdalá Bucaram, former president of Ecuador
- Alberto Dahik, former Vice President of Ecuador
- Jamil Mahuad, former president of Ecuador (1998–2000)
- Jaime Nebot, Ecuadorian politician
- Julio Teodoro Salem, former president of Ecuador
Argentina
- Juan Luis Manzur, Argentinian Minister of Health and Environment
Sierra Leone
- Edward J. Akar, former Sierra Leone's Minister of Finance
- John Saad, former Sierra Leone's Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development
- Joe Blell, Former Sierra Leone minister of defence
Uruguay
- Alberto Abdala, politician, painter and former Vice-President of Uruguay
Canada
- Mark Assad, Canadian politician
- Michael Basha, former member of the Senate of Canada
- Pierre de Bané, Canadian Senator
- Eddie Francis, mayor of Windsor, Ontario
- Joe Ghiz, former Prime Minister of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Robert Ghiz, present premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Mac Harb, Canadian politician
- Lorraine Michael, Canadian politician
- Maria Mourani, member of Parliament in the Canadian Parliament
- Khalil Ramal, Canadian politician
- Paul Zed, Lebanese-Canadian politician
Dominican Republic
- Jacobo Majluta, former President of the Dominican Republic
Guatemala
- Jorge Serrano Elías, former president of Guatemala
Jamaica
- Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica
Brazil
- Paulo Maluf, Lebanese-Brazilian governor of São Paulo state
- Michel Temer, President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
Australia
- Anthony Alexander Alam, political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party[1]
- Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, Australia
- Steve Bracks, former Premier of Victoria, Australia
- George Joseph, former Lord Mayor of Adelaide[2]
- Bob Katter, Australian politician
- Sir Nicholas Shehadie, ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney[3]
U.S.
- John Abizaid, former Commander in Chief of the US Central Command.
- Spencer Abraham, former United States Senator and Secretary of Energy
- Eddie Francis, mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- George Mitchell, 17th United States Senate Majority Leader.
- Ralph Nader, American attorney and political activist in the areas of consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. Presidential candidate.
- Donna Shalala, former US Secretary of Health
- James Zogby, pollster
- George Joulwan, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) from 1993 to 1997
Lebanon
- samir geagea, former Lebanese forces commander, actual president the lebanese forces political party.
- Pierre-Georges Arlabosse, President of the French Mandate of Lebanon (4–9 April 1941)
- Camille Chamoun, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1952 – 22 September 1958), founder of the Ahrar Party, one of the fathers of the Lebanese Independence.
- Fuad Chehab, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1958 – 22 September 1964)
- Émile Eddé, President of the French Mandate of Lebanon (20 January 1936 – 4 April 1941) and President of the French Mandate of Lebanon (11 November 1943 – 22 November 1943)
- Bashir Gemayel, Lebanese military commander, politician, and president-elect. Founder of the Lebanese Forces.
- Pierre Gemayel, politician, founder of Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon.
- Anne-Farah Hill First Chair of the Maronite community services board and treasurer of the Maronite Catholic Society recpient of The International Rotary club
- Salim Joubran, a judge in the Israeli high court of justice.
- Youssef Beik Karam, Lebanese Nationalist Leader
- Bechara El Khoury, President of the Lebanese Republic (22 November 1943 – 18 September 1952)
- Habib Pacha es-Saad, President of the French Mandate of Lebanon (30 January 1934 – 20 January 1936)
- Suleiman Frangieh, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1970 – 22 September 1976)
- Amine Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1982 – 22 September 1988)
- Bachir Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 August 1982 – 14 September 1982)
- Charles Helou: , President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1964 – 22 September 1970)
- Elias Hrawi, President of the Lebanese Republic (24 November 1989 – 24 November 1998)
- Alfred Naccache, acting President of the French Mandate of Lebanon (9 April 1941 – 18 March 1943)
- Émile Lahoud, President of the Lebanese Republic (24 November 1998 – 23 November 2007)
- René Moawad, President of the Lebanese Republic (5 November 1989 – 22 November 1989)
- Etienne Saqr ("Abu Arz"), Lebanese military commander and politician, leader of Guardians of the Cedars
- Elias Sarkis, President of the Lebanese Republic (23 September 1976 – 22 September 1982)
- Bashir Shihab II, emir who ruled Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century
- Michel Suleiman, Lebanese President as of May, 2008.
- Michel Suleiman, President of the Lebanese Republic (25 May 2008 – present)
Religion
- Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini, Lebanese monk and priest, Catholic Saint.
- Peter Ambarach, pioneer of printing in oriental languages and Bible linguist under Pope Clement XI.
- Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Vatican orientalist.
- Giuseppe Simone Assemani, titular archbishop of Tyre, librarian of the Vatican and an authority on oriental manuscripts.
- Simone Assemani, professor of Oriental languages in Padua.
- Stefano Evodio Assemani, titular Archbishop of Apamaea in Syria and Vatican orientalist.
- Charbel, Lebanese monk and priest, Catholic Saint.
- Domnina of Syria, disciple of Saint Maron, Catholic Saint.
- Abraham Ecchellensis, theologian famous for his translations of biblical texts into Arabic and Syriac.
- Jacob of Ghazir, Lebanese friar, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross of Lebanon, Catholic Saint.
- Jean Hesronita, counselor to the French king Louis XIII and one of the translators involved in the 1645 Parisian polyglot Bible.
- Theodore Khoury, prominent Catholic theologian.
- Marina, Lebanese female monk and "desert father", Catholic Saint.
- John Maron, first Maronite Patriarch in history, Catholic Saint.
- Maroun, Syriac monk, founder of the Maronite religious movement, Catholic Saint.
- Abdel Moati Massabki, Syrian martyr beatified by Pope Pius XI.
- Francis Massabki, Syrian martyr beatified by Pope Pius XI.
- Raphael Massabki, Syrian martyr beatified by Pope Pius XI.
- Faustus Naironus, Syriac Maronite monk of the seventeenth century, edited the Arabic New Testament in Garshunic characters.
- Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Maronite priest and television personality on EWTN.
- Rafqa, Lebanese nun, Catholic Saint.
- Isaac Sciadrensis, scholar of Aramaic and author of valuable grammar resources for orientalists.
- Victor Scialac, theologian and linguist, is thought to have given his name to Shylock, the main character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
- Gabriel Sionita, theologian famous for his role in the publication of the 1645 Parisian polyglot of the Bible.
- Tobia Aun, archbishop, played role in 1860 Lebanon conflict
Science
- Elie D. Al-Chaer, neuroscientist, pain researcher, lawyer, attorney and counselor; director: Center for Pain Research
- Michael E. DeBakey, world renowned surgeon, innovator, medical educator, and international medical statesman
- Bassel F. Eid, mathematician
- Charbel D. Moussallem,M.D., Orthopedic surgeon.
- Elias Corey, 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry[23]
- Charles Elachi, Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Labs
- Christa McAuliffe, secondary school teacher and first American civilian selected to be an astronaut; perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Great niece of historian Philip Khuri Hitti.
Sports
- Joe Lahoud, baseball player
References
- ^ Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader from www.alhs.org.au
- ^ Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader from www.alhs.org.au
- ^ Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader from www.alhs.org.au