Thanks to Purg for the link to this site with famous Lebanese. Here are some interesting ones I didn’t know about:
Nicolas Hayek, creator of Swatch and savior of the Swiss watch industry.
Marisa Tomei, winner of Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in “My Cousin Vinny”
Frank Zappa, rock legend
Yasmine Bleeth, starred in “Baywatch” and “Nash Bridges”
G.E. Smith, guitarist and “Saturday Night Live’s” bandleader for many years (Smith is the translation of is family’s Lebanese name, Haddad)
Kathy Najimy, award-winning comic actress, the fun-loving nun in the “Sister Act” films and co-star of Kirstie Alley as Olive in “Veronica’s Closet”.
Tom Shadyac, director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective(1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Patch Adams(1998), Dragonfly (2002) and Bruce Almighty (2003)
Ned Mansour, president of Mattel, Inc.
Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko’s
Here is the full list. [Link]
Update: Here is another list from a more reliable source. [Link]
Update 2: Wendie Malick is of Irish and Lebanese heritage. She plays Nina Van Horn on NBC’s hit show Just Shoot Me. [Link]
9 replies on “Famous Lebanese”
you used the wrong blog link for me, that is the joint blog which is down at this moment, so link to the correct one instead.
what happened to the Ford guy 😛
fixed it, good thing u told me cuz i had old link on the sidebar also
Don’t ask how I know this but Marisa Tomei is Italian-American, Yasmine Bleeth is Jewish-American and French-Algerian.
I think the following could be added to the list:
Tony Shalhoub (Monk, Wings, etc.
Jamie Farr (MASH)
Ralph Nader (presidential candidate a few years ago)
Marlo Thomas (actress, married to former talk show host Phil Donahue)
Doug Flutie (football player)
John Sununu (senator)
And that girl that played Nadia on American Pie. I forget her name.
Stinni i just added ones i didnt know to the list.
About Marisa I googled and found various sources mentioning she is Lebanon. About Yasmine I also read sources that say she is algerian but I also read she was Lebanese.
The girl who played in American Pie is Syrian.
I have to admit, Tony Shalhoub is my favourite Lebanese celebrity. I heard he owns a vineyard in Lebanon. I would love to meet him.
How can you forget Salma Hayek?
urgh i didnt forget. notice in bold it says people I didnt know about. I knew salma hayek is lebanese and carlos ghoson and that guy from MASH etc.. I just listed ones i didnt know.
marisa tomei is HALF italian, HALF lebanese