List of Maronites

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

## Arts, culture, and entertainment

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### Actors and Hollywood

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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

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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

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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

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

## Business

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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.[1]

## Government and politics

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### Argentina

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* Juan Luis Manzur, Argentinian Minister of Health and Environment

### Australia

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Marie Bashir

* Alexander Alam, political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party[2]
* 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

### Brazil

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Michel Temer

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

### Canada

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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

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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

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* Jorge Serrano Elías, former president of Guatemala

### Israel

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Salim Joubran

* Salim Joubran, judge in the Supreme Court of Israel

### Jamaica

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

### Lebanon

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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,[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

### Sierra Leone

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* 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

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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

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

## Religion

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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

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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.[4]

## Sports

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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

## References

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1. ^ Padgett, Tim (11 July 2007). "Carlos Slim's Embarrassment of Riches". Time. United States. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
2. ^ a b Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine from www.alhs.org.au
3. ^ Youssef Bey Karam on Ehden Family Tree website
4. ^ "New Scientist". Reed Business Information. 1984-04-12.