List of Maronites

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
*Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
*Tony Kanaan, race car driver
*Tony Shalhoub, three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor
*Nadine Labaki, actress and director
*Elissa Khoury, singer
*Youssef Howayek, sculptor
*François Ziadeh, TV director and producer
*Mario Kassar, filmmaker
*Callie Khouri, screenwriter
*Shakira, Colombian musician (Maronite Father,but was raised Roman Catholic)
*Joe Lahoud, baseball player
*Octavia E. Nasr, CNN editor
*Kathy Najimy, actress
*Elie Saab, fashion designer
*May Ziade, novelist
*Michael Sallah, Pulitzer Prize reporter
*Elie Samaha, filmmaker
*Wadih Saadeh, poet and writer
*Danny Thomas, actor and founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
*Gibran Khalil Gibran, artist and writer
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*Myriam Fares Singer
*Baba Saad German rapper of lebanese descent

Business

*Carlos Slim Helú, a Mexican tycoon, CEO of Teléfonos de México (Telmex) and many other companies in Mexico, and recently considered as the richest man in the world by "Forbes".
*Carlos Ghosn, French-Brazilian industrialist, CEO of Nissan and Renault.

*George J. Maloof, Jr., entrepreneur.
* Khouri Brothers (Anthony, George and Gerry), Bufori Motor Car Company and Australian Lebanese Businessmen.
*Tarek Saab, former contestant on The Apprentice and CEO of Lionheart Apparel.

Government and politics

*John Abizaid, former Commander in Chief of the US Central Command.
*Michel Aoun, former Lebanese military commander, politician, former Prime Minister. Founder of the Free Patriotic Movement.
*Camille Chamoun, former Lebanese President, founder of the Ahrar Party, one of the fathers of the Lebanese Independence.
*Eddie Francis, mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
*Suleiman Frangieh, President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976.
*Samir Geagea, politician, commander of Lebanese Forces party during the Lebanese Civil War, and is currently the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lebanese Forces party.
*Sitrida Geagea, Activist,Socialite wife of Political Maronite Leader Samir Geagea
*Amine Gemayel, President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988, son of Pierre Gemayel, politician, former president of the Kataeb party.
*Bashir Gemayel, Lebanese military commander, politician, and president-elect. Founder of the Lebanese Forces.
*Pierre Gemayel, politician, founder of Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon.
*Salim Joubran, a judge in the Israeli high court of justice.
*Youssef Beik Karam, Lebanese Nationalist Leader
*René Mouawad, former Lebanese President.
*Ralph Nader, American attorney and political activist in the areas of consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government.
*Etienne Saqr ("Abu Arz"), Lebanese military commander and politician, leader of Guardians of the Cedars
*Michel Suleiman, Lebanese President as of May, 2008.
*James Zogby
*John Zogby

Law

*Elie D. Al-Chaer, Attorney and Counselor at law; [http://www.alchaer.com Law Offices of Elie AlChaer]

Science

*Michael E. DeBakey, world renowned surgeon, innovator, medical educator, and international medical statesman
*Elie A. Moussallem, physician
*Charbel D. Moussallem,M.D., Orthopedic surgeon. http://publicationslist.org/c.d.moussallem
*Maroun D. Moussallem, phD in chemistry
*Bassel F. Eid, mathematician


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