List of Jordanians

The following is a list of notable people from Jordan:

Political leaders

• Sherif Hussein ibn Ali
• King Abdullah I of Jordan
• King Talal of Jordan
• King Hussein I
• King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Prime Minister Wasfi Al-Tal
• Queen Noor of Jordan
• Queen Rania of Jordan

Politicians

• Mithqal Al-Fayez
• Faisal al-Fayez, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate.
• Maha Ali
• Ismael Babouk, first Mayor of Amman (1909-1911).
• Fahad Ensour
• Thouqan Hindawi, former minister
• Awn Khasawneh, former Prime Minister and former judge of the International Court of Justice.
• Bisher Al-Khasawneh
• Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai
• Abdelsalam Al-Majali
• Hakem Al-Fayez
• Hind Al-Fayez, MP
• Ina'am Al-Mufti, first Jordanian woman to hold government office
• Ali Abu al-Ragheb
• Eid Al-Fayez, former Minister of Labour, Minister of State, and Minister of Interior.
• Ali Suheimat
• Attallah Suheimat
• Salah Suheimat, MP
• Tareq Suheimat
• Bahjat Talhouni, former Prime Minister
• Fayez Tarawneh
• Alia Abu Tayeh, Senator

Novelists, poets, researchers and writers

• Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan
• Samer Libdeh - researcher, writer
• Suleiman Mousa - historian, writer
• Haider Mahmoud - poet, writer
• Abdel-Rahman Munif - novelist
• Samer Raimouny - poet, activist
• Mustafa Wahbi (Mustafa Wahbi Al Tal) - poet

Military men

• Brigadier Mohammad Jamhour
• Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Habis Al-Majali
• Abdelsalam al-Majali
• Major General Ibrahim Khasawneh - former Deputy Director of the Jordanian Royal Medical Services.
• General Muhammad Suheimat (died 1968)

Physicians

• Abdelsalam al-Majali
• Daoud Hanania
• Tareq Suheimat

Athletes

• Amer Deeb
• Dima and Lama Hattab – ultramarathon runners

Musicians

• Belly
• Zade Dirani
• Diana Karazon
• DJ Khaled
• Hani Mitwasi
• Mahmoud Radaideh
• Mai Selim
• Farah Siraj
• Iyad Sughayer
• Adham Nabulsi
• Ayah Marrar

Artists

• Muhanna Al-Dura
• George Aleef
• Wijdan Ali
• Mahmoud Taha

Former ambassadors

• Nabil Talhouni[1]

Business people

• Iman Mutlaq
• Mohammed Shehadeh

Academics

• Ali H. Nayfeh
• Rana Dajani
• Abdullah Al-Zoubi
• Lubna Tahtamouni

Actors

Main article: List of Jordanian actors

• Mondher Rayahneh (born 8 April 1979 in Irbid)[2]
• Yasser Al-Masri (22 November 1970 – 23 August 2018) [3]
• Nadim Sawalha (born 9 September 1935)[4]
• Nabil Sawalha[5]
• Eyad Nassar (born 9 November 1971 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
• Juliet Awwad (born July 7, 1951 in Amman, Jordan)[6]
• Margo Haddad (born February 26, 1988)[7]
• Mais Hamdan (born October 31, 1982)[8]
• Abeer Issa (born 25 April 1961)[9]
• Saba Mubarak (born April 10, 1976 in Anjara)[10]

Other

• Shereen Audi (born 1970), visual artist
• Mona Saudi (born 1945), sculptor

References

1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Jordan)
2. تكريم مصري للفنان الأردني منذر رياحنة. Addustour (in Arabic). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
3. ياسر المصري (in Arabic)
4. Participant: Julia Sawalha (2006-10-25). "Episode page on BBC website". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 3. Episode 8. London, England. Event occurs at 1:10. BBC. BBC One.
5. Naylor, Hugh (15 April 2011). "Nabil Sawalha, Jordan's veteran comedian poking fun at authority for 40 years". The National. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
6. جولييت عواد - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ - فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو. elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
7. Elcinema.com Margo Haddad
8. ميس حمدان. MBC.net (in Arabic). MBC. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
9. "Abeer Issa". CaribCMS. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
10. "Saba Mubarak". College of Fine Arts, Yarmouk University. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.