List of Maronites
This list of Maronites includes prominent Maronites 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
- Wael Kfoury, singer
- 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, former Brazil national football team, player and coach
- Nawal Al Zoghbi
- Tom Shadyac, Hollywood producer and director
- Tiny Tim, musician
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 and many other companies in Mexico, and recently considered as the richest man in the world by Forbes.
- Gilbert Chagoury, businessman and philanthropist
Government and politics
Ecuador
- Abdalá Bucaram, former President of Ecuador
- Alberto Dahik, former Vice President of Ecuador
- Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador
- 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, former Prime Minister of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Robert Ghiz, present premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Mac Harb, Canadian politician
- Marie Henein, Canadian lawyer
- Lorraine Michael, Canadian politician
- Maria Mourani, member of Canadian Parliament
- 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 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
- Camille Chamoun, President of the Lebanese Republic, founder of the Ahrar Party, one of the fathers of the Lebanese Independence
- Fuad Chehab, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Émile Eddé, President of the French Mandate of Lebanon and President of the French Mandate of Lebanon
- 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
- Amine Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Bachir Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Charles Helou, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Elias Hrawi, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Alfred Naccache, acting President of the French Mandate of Lebanon
- Émile Lahoud, President of the Lebanese Republic
- René Moawad, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Etienne Saqr, Lebanese military commander and politician, leader of Guardians of the Cedars
- Elias Sarkis, President of the Lebanese Republic
- Bashir Shihab II, emir who ruled Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century
- Youssef Salim Karam, former MP and leader from Zgharta
- 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