List of Maronites

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

Arts, culture, and entertainment

 * 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

Business

 * 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.
 * Gilbert Chagoury, businessman and philanthropist

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 Minister of Finance
 * John Saad, former Sierra Leone 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

 * 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

Guatemala

 * Jorge Serrano Elías, former president of Guatemala

Jamaica

 * Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica

Brazil

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

Australia

 * 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

U.S.

 * 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

Lebanon

 * 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, 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

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.
 * 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.

Science

 * Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.
 * 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, Lebanese-American baseball player
 * Miguel Layún, Lebanese-Mexican footballer
 * Karen Mattar, Lebanese Dubai based Prominent Yoga instructor and internet star