List of Maronites

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

Arts, culture, and entertainment
Khalil Gibran

Business
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 recently considered as the richest man in the world by Forbes.
  • Gilbert Chagoury, businessman and philanthropist

Government and politics

Ecuador

Argentina

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

Guatemala

Jamaica

Brazil

Australia

U.S.

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[2], 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
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.

Science
Peter Medawar
  • Peter Medawar, 1960 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.[3]
  • 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
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References
  1. Anthony Alexander Alam - Political Leader Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine from www.alhs.org.au
  2. Youssef Bey Karam on Ehden Family Tree website
  3. Information, Reed Business (1984-04-12). "New Scientist".
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