This list of Maronites includes prominent Maronite figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Arts, culture, and entertainment[ edit ]
Khalil Gibran
Mia Khalifa , Adult Actor
Joseph Abboud , American fashion designer
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
Callie Khouri , screenwriter
Elissa Khoury , singer
Marwan Khoury , singer
Nadine Labaki , actress and director
Mika , singer
George Daniel , present Commissioner of the National Lacrosse League.
Kathy Najimy , actress
Octavia Nasr , CNN editor
Elie Saab , International fashion designer
Baba Saad , German rapper of Lebanese descent
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 Brazil national football team, player and coach
Nawal Al Zoghbi
Tom Shadyac , Hollywood producer and director
Tiny Tim , musician
SARBEL , singer
Carlos Slim Helú
Carlos Ghosn , Lebanese-French-Brazilian industrialist, CEO of Nissan and Renault
George J. Maloof, Jr. , entrepreneur
Tarek Saab , former contestant on The Apprentice and President of Texas Precious Metals and Fibonacci.com
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 .[ 1]
Gilbert Chagoury , businessman and philanthropist
Government and politics [ edit ]
Edward J. Akar , former Sierra Leone Minister of Finance
John Saad , former Sierra Leone Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development
Joe Blell , former Sierra Leone Minister of Defence
Alberto Abdala , politician, painter and former Vice-President of Uruguay
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
Marie Henein , Canadian lawyer
Lorraine Michael , Canadian politician
Maria Mourani , member of Canadian Parliament
Frank Zakem , mayor of Charlottetown
Paul Zed , Lebanese-Canadian politician
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
Rony Seikaly , basketball player at Syracuse University, 1st round draft pick of the NBA's Miami Heat in 1988
Matt Freije , former Lebanese NBA player drafted by the Miami Heat who also played for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-2006
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
Salim Joubran , judge in the Israeli high court of justice
Youssef Bey Karam ,[ 3] 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
Ziad Mikhael AKl , founder and president of YASA , lawyer
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.
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 , Aramean-Syriac monk, founder of the Maronite religious movement, Catholic saint.
Mitch Pacwa, S.J. , 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.
Tobia Aun , archbishop, played role in 1860 Lebanon conflict.
Peter Medawar