List of Maronites

This list of Maronites includes prominent Maronite figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.

Arts, culture, and entertainment

Actors and Hollywood

Danny Thomas

• Norman Issa, Israeli actor, director in cinema, theatre, and television
• Mario Kassar, Lebanese-American Hollywood producer, behind such movies as Rambo, Terminator II and Stargate
• Nadine Labaki, actress and director
• Kathy Najimy, actress
• Elie Samaha, filmmaker
• Tom Shadyac, Hollywood producer and director
• Tony Shalhoub, three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor
• Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz), actor and founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Musicians

Tiny Tim

• Najwa Karam, singer
• Elissa Khoury, singer
• Marwan Khoury, singer
• Mika, singer
• Baba Saad, German rapper of Lebanese descent
• Nicole Saba, singer
• Gabriel Yared, Oscar-winning musician for the soundtrack of The English Patient
• Nawal Al Zoghbi, singer and actress
• Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury), American musician

Writers

Khalil Gibran

• Amin al-Rihani, Lebanese-American poet
• Gibran Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer
• Callie Khouri, American screenwriter
• Michael Sallah, American Pulitzer Prize reporter

Other

• Joseph Abboud, American fashion designer
• Youssef Howayek, sculptor
• Joseph Philippe Karam, architect
• Octavia Nasr, Lebanese-American CNN editor
• Elie Saab, International fashion designer

Business

Carlos Slim Helú

• Gilbert Chagoury, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist
• Carlos Ghosn, Lebanese-French-Brazilian industrialist, CEO of Nissan and Renault
• Marie Henein, Canadian lawyer
• George J. Maloof, Jr., American entrepreneur
• Carlos Slim, Lebanese-Mexican, CEO of Teléfonos de México (Telmex) and many other companies in Mexico, and from 2010 to 2013, he was considered as the richest man in the world by Forbes.

Government and politics

Argentina

• Juan Luis Manzur, Argentinian Minister of Health and Environment

Australia

Marie Bashir

• Alexander Alam, political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party
• Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, Australia
• Steve Bracks, former Premier of Victoria, Australia
• George Joseph, former Lord Mayor of Adelaide
• Bob Katter, Australian politician

Brazil

Michel Temer

• Paulo Maluf, former governor of São Paulo state
• Michel Temer, former president of Brazil

Canada

Maria Mourani

• Patricia Arab, member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Mark Assad, Canadian politician
• Michael Basha, former member of the Senate of Canada
• Pierre de Bané, Canadian Senator
• Lena Diab, Attorney General, Minister of Justice and Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Eddie Francis, mayor of Windsor, Ontario
• Joe Ghiz, premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Robert Ghiz, premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Mac Harb, Canadian politician
• Lorraine Michael, Canadian politician
• Maria Mourani, member of Canadian Parliament
• Frank Zakem, mayor of Charlottetown
• Paul Zed, Lebanese-Canadian politician

Ecuador

Jamil Mahuad

• 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

Guatemala

• Jorge Serrano Elías, former president of Guatemala

Israel

Salim Joubran

• Salim Joubran, judge in the Supreme Court of Israel

Jamaica

• Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica
• Ziadie family, prominent Jamaican merchant family

Lebanon

Amine Gemayel

Bashir Gemayel

• 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
• Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese Nationalist Leader
• Bechara El Khoury, President of the Lebanese Republic (22 November 1943–18 September 1952)
• 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
• Youssef Salim Karam, former MP and leader from Zgharta (10 April 1910–4 February 1972)
• Salim Bey Karam, MP and former minister from Zgharta

Sierra Leone

• Edward J. Akar, former Sierra Leone Minister of Finance
• Joe Blell, former Sierra Leone Minister of Defence
• John Saad, former Sierra Leone Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development

United States

George Joulwan

• John Abizaid, former Commander in Chief of the US Central Command
• Spencer Abraham, former United States Senator and Secretary of Energy
• Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• George Mitchell, 17th United States Senate Majority Leader
• Donna Shalala, former US Secretary of Health
• Francis G. Slay, mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
• George Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) from 1993 to 1997

Uruguay

• Alberto Abdala, politician, painter and former Vice-President of Uruguay

Religion

Saint Charbel

• 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.
• Tobia Aun, archbishop, played role in 1860 Lebanon conflict.
• Domnina of Syria, disciple of Saint Maron, Catholic Saint.
• Abraham Ecchellensis, theologian famous for his translations of biblical texts into Arabic and Syriac.
• 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 Christian monk, founder of the Maronite religious movement, Catholic saint.
• Mitch Pacwa, S.J., American Maronite priest and television personality on EWTN.
• Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, saint, canonized by Pope John Paul II.
• 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.

Science

Peter Medawar

• Charles Elachi, Lebanese-American 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.
• Peter Medawar, British 1960 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.

Sports

Eduard Meron

• George Daniel, American Commissioner of the National Lacrosse League
• George Diba, Israeli footballer
• Matt Freije, Lebanese former NBA player drafted by the Miami Heat; also played for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-06
• Tony Kanaan, Brazilian race car driver
• Joe Lahoud, Lebanese-American baseball player
• Miguel Layún, Lebanese-Mexican footballer
• Eduard Meron, Israeli Olympic weightlifter
• Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player at Syracuse University, 1st round draft pick of the NBA's Miami Heat in 1988
• Mario Zagallo (Zakhour), Brazilian national football team, player and coach