56 Notable alumni of Lebanese University
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lebanese University is 2166st in the world, 1st in North America, and 4st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 56 notable alumni from Lebanese University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Lebanese University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Samir El-Khadem
1942-. (aged 84)
military personnel
Samir El-Khadem is the former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces, and an author, historian, and currently the director of the Institute for East and West Studies in Beirut, Lebanon. El-Khadem retired from the Lebanese Army on September 25, 2000, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral after serving for 39 years. As of 2007, he is the President of the...
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2. Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage
1943-. (aged 83)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage, also transliterated Shukrallah Nabil El Hajj (born on 26 February 1943 in Hajjeh, Lebanon), was the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre from 2003 until his retirement in 2020.
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3. Joseph Lebbos
1966-. (aged 60)
writer
Joseph Labbos was a writer, researcher, and a lecturer at the Lebanese University and Saint Joseph University. He writes about travel literature, biography and the history of religions.
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4. Inaya Jaber
1958-2021 (aged 63)
poet
writer
journalist
Inaya Jaber was a Lebanese writer, journalist, artist and singer. She has published nine collections of poetry and one collection of short stories. She lived in Beirut.
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5. Musa Cheaib
1943-1980 (aged 37)
poet
politician
Musa Muhammad Ali Shuaib was a Lebanese poet and politician who was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Lebanon. He was assassinated on 28 July 1980 in a car bomb attack at Beirut International Airport.
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6. Chawki Bazih
1951-. (aged 75)
poet
writer
Chawki Bazih is a Lebanese contemporary poet born in southern Lebanon in 1951. He has dozens of books in poetry and prose, as well as critical, literary, cultural and intellectual articles. He won the Poet of the Year Award in 2010, and the Alowis Cultural Award in 2015. He was awarded the Order of Jumblatt in 2010, the Order of...
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7. Habib Younes
1959-. (aged 67)
writer
poet
journalist
politician
Habib Younes is a Lebanese poet, journalist, political writer, and professor at the Faculty of Mass Communication at the Lebanese University, born in 1959. He has sixteen published books in his credit, He considered a reference in Arabic language. He has published dozens of studies and articles on various topics and in various magazines, newspapers and websites. He is a...
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8. Adnan Hussein
1954-. (aged 72)
academic
professor
minister
politician
Adnan Hussein is a Lebanese political scientist, academic and politician who served as minister of state for social affairs in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri. He is a close ally of former Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
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9. Laura Boushnak
1976-. (aged 50)
photographer
Laura Boushnak is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work is focused on women, literacy, and education reform in the Arab world. For her ongoing documentary project "I Read I Write" she photographed girls and women changing their lives with education in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan and Tunisia.
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10. Hassan Kobeissi
1941-2006 (aged 65)
anthropologist
philosopher
university teacher
translator
Hassan Kobeissi was a prominent Lebanese writer, thinker and translator. He was born in Bzebdine, Lebanon, and is considered an important figure in the Lebanese intellectual circle. He is noted for writing publications such as "Rodinson and the Son of Islam", and for his award-winning translations of many prominent philosophical, sociological and anthropological writings.
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11. Avedis Guidanian
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Avedis Guidanian is the former Minister of Tourism in Lebanon. He is a member of the ARF political party.
12. Ali Al Shami
1945-. (aged 81)
diplomat
political scientist
Ali Al Shami is a Shia Lebanese academic and a member of the Amal movement. He was Lebanon's minister of foreign affairs and emigrants from 2009 to 2011.
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13. Mohamed Ali Yousfi
1950-. (aged 76)
poet
writer
translator
Mohamed Ali Yousfi is a Tunisian writer and translator.
14. Elias Audi
1941-. (aged 85)
Metropolitan Elias Audi is the current Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch for the Archdiocese of Beirut in Lebanon since 1980.
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15. Charbel Dagher
1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher
novelist
writer
journalist
poet
Charbel Dagher is a Lebanese professor at the University of Balamand, Koura, Lebanon. He has been an active and prominent voice on the Arab cultural scene, mainly in the fields of poetry, Arabic language, and Arab and Islamic arts. He is a Poet, writer and story-writer in both Arabic and French.
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16. Berge Setrakian
1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer
jurist
Berge Setrakian, is a lawyer who was the President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) from 2002 to 2024.
17. Ayman Hazza' al-Majali
1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat
politician
Ayman Hazza' al-Majali is the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the son of Jordan's late Premier Hazza' al-Majali. As a Member of Jordan's House of Representatives he also headed the parliament's Lower House Finance Committee.
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18. Hanna Gharib
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
trade unionist
school teacher
Hanna Gharib is a Lebanese politician and the current general secretary of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP).
19. Wafaa Sleiman
1952-. (aged 74)
socialite
Wafaa Sleiman is the former First Lady of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014 and the wife of President Michel Suleiman.
20. Ali Qanso
1948-2018 (aged 70)
teacher
politician
Ali Khalil Qanso was a Lebanese politician who served as a minister for parliamentary affairs in the second cabinet of Saad Hariri. He was the president of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and he served as minister of state in Najib Mikati government and previously minister of labor in the cabinet of Rafik Hariri.
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21. Hiba Kawas
1972-. (aged 54)
opera singer
composer
Hiba Al Kawas is a Lebanese operatic soprano, composer and academic.
22. Najat Saliba
researcher
chemist
Najat Aoun Saliba is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry and an atmospheric chemist at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She was the Director of AUB's Nature Conservation Center from 2013 till 2020. Saliba is also the co-founder and director of Khaddit Beirut (an initiative launched after Beirut's 2020 explosion) and the founder and director of the Environment Academy (an...
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23. Elie Ferzli
1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer
politician
Elie Ferzli is a Lebanese lawyer and politician. He served as Information Minister and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon in the early 2000s. He was succeeded by as deputy speaker Farid Makari in 2005. He expressed pro-Syrian sentiments during the Cedar Revolution.
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24. Ahmad Kaabour
1955-. (aged 71)
actor
singer
Ahmad Kaabour is a Lebanese singer, songwriter, music composer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his song "Ounadikom" which he composed in 1975 upon the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war.
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25. Charbel Wehbe
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
civil servant
politician
Charbel Wehbe is a Lebanese politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the Cabinet of Hassan Diab from August 3, 2020 up to his resignation on May 19, 2021. He was appointed after the resignation of Nassif Hitti.
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26. Ghazi Aridi
1954-. (aged 72)
writer
politician
Ghazi Aridi is a Lebanese politician who has held various cabinet portfolios. He was the minister of public works and transportation from 13 June 2011 to December 2013.
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27. Rabie Banat
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Assaad Hardan is a Lebanese politician and the former leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon, and leader of the party’s Hardan faction. He joined the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in 1968 and became leader of the Central Political Bureau in 2016.
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28. Ghazanfar Roknabadi
1966-2015 (aged 49)
diplomat
politician
Ghazanfar Mohammad Asl Roknabadi was an Iranian diplomat, who served as the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon from 2010 to 2014. Rokanabadi is known to have had strong ties to Lebanon's Hezbollah. He survived many assassination attempts during his service in Lebanon.
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29. Ashraf Rifi
1954-. (aged 72)
military personnel
Ashraf Rifi is a Lebanese politician and former police chief. He was the general director of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF; the national police) from 2005 to 2013 and served as minister of justice from 15 February 2014 to 21 February 2016. He is a member of the Renewal Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament.
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30. Joelle Behlok
1979-. (aged 47)
television presenter
model
beauty pageant contestant
actor
fashion designer
Joelle Behlok or Joëlle Behlock is a Lebanese actress, tv host, fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 1997. She finished in the Top 10 in Miss World 1997.
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31. Marcel Ghanem
1964-. (aged 62)
journalist
television presenter
Marcel Ghanem is a Lebanese journalist known for hosting popular political talk shows, including "Kalam El-Nas" (Arabic: كلام الناس) and currently "Sar el Waqt" (Arabic: صار الوقت).
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32. Abd al-Karim Ubeid
1957-. (aged 69)
ulema
imam
Abdel Karim Obeid is a Sheikh and Imam of the village of Jibchit in south Lebanon, high-place of Lebanese Shiism. He is also a member of Hezbollah's Executive Council.
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33. Chamel Roukoz
1958-. (aged 68)
military personnel
politician
Chamel Roukoz is a Lebanese former military officer, politician and former member of parliament. From May 2018 to 2022, he was a member of parliament who represented the Byblos–Keserwan district. Before retiring, Roukoz was the oldest commander of the Rangers Regiment and was spoken of as a potential candidate for the post of Lebanese Armed Forces Commander.
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34. Michel Suleiman
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
military officer
Michel Suleiman is a Lebanese politician who served as the 12th president of Lebanon from 2008 to 2014. Before becoming president, he served as commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces from 1998 to 2008.
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35. Darine Hamze
1979-. (aged 47)
actor
film director
Darine Hamze is a Lebanese actress, director and producer. She has been working in film, television and theatre since 2001 in The Middle East and Europe. Hamze won the Best Actress Award in Oran International Film Festival 2017 for her role in film Nuts.
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36. May Chidiac
1963-. (aged 63)
journalist
politician
May Chidiac is a journalist and former Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Development.
37. Rita Hayek
1987-. (aged 39)
actor
television presenter
Rita Elie Hayek is a Lebanese actress and television presenter.
38. Safi Saïd
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
writer
journalist
Ahmed Safi Ben Ibrahim Ben Haj Ali Saïd, better known as simply Safi Saïd, is a Tunisian journalist and writer. He was a candidate in the 2014 Tunisian presidential election and in the 2019 presidential election.
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39. Nour
1975-. (aged 51)
model
actor
Marianne Phillip Abi Habib, known as Nour (Arabic: نور), is a Lebanese actress who performs in Egypt.
40. Maguy Bou Ghosn
1973-. (aged 53)
actor
Maguy Bou Ghosn is a Lebanese actress. Bou Ghosn debuted her acting career in various television series in the Arab world. In 2008, she made her breakthrough with the drama TV series "Asr el Hareem" and "Metel El Kezzeb" in 2011, both being aired on LBC. She is a Murex d'Or winner.
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41. Maya Diab
1980-. (aged 46)
actor
social activist
model
brand ambassador
entertainer
Maya Henri Diab is a Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality. She is a former member of the Lebanese girl group The 4 Cats.
42. Nicole Saba
1974-. (aged 52)
singer
actor
Nicole Saba is a Lebanese actress and singer. She is active in Egyptian cinema, appearing in several Egyptian films.
43. Al Moualem Al shahid Kamal Jumblatt
1917-1977 (aged 60)
lawyer
politician
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt was a Lebanese politician and za'im (political boss), who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organization until his assassination in 1977. He authored more than 40 books centred on various political, philosophical, literary, religious, medical, social, and economic topics....
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44. Naim Qassem
1953-. (aged 73)
ealam din
writer
politician
Naim Qassem is a Lebanese Shia cleric and politician who became Hezbollah’s secretary-general on 29 October 2024, the fourth person to hold the position. He participated in the founding of Hezbollah in 1982, and previously served as the first deputy secretary-general from 1991 to 2024.
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45. Majida El Roumi
1957-. (aged 69)
composer
vocalist
actor
singer
Majida El Roumi is a Lebanese soprano singer, songwriter, actress, and former United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
46. Elissa
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
singer
Elissar Zakaria Khoury, commonly known as Elissa (Arabic: إليسا), is a Lebanese singer, television personality and businesswoman. Known for her romantic musical style and emotive vocal performances, she has been dubbed as the "Queen of Emotions" by fans and journalists alike. Her musical career began in 1992 when she was featured in the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan; later...
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47. Nabih Berri
1938-. (aged 88)
politician
Nabih Mustafa Berri is a Lebanese politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992. He heads the Amal Movement and its parliamentary wing, Development and Liberation Bloc.
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48. Anwar al-Fatayri
1946-1989 (aged 43)
politician
partisan
Anwar Habib al-Fatayri was a Lebanese Druze politician and junior commander of the People's Liberation Army who was assassinated on 9 February 1989.
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49. Julia Kassar
1963-. (aged 63)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Julia Kassar is a Lebanese actress, who is known for her roles in Lebanese cinema and theater. She has worked with many famous directors such as Nidal Al Achkar, Jawad al-Assadi, Jalal Khoury, and Roger Assaf. She received a Master diploma in Audiovisual arts in theater from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. She is also an academic teacher at...
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50. Youssef Hourany
1931-2019 (aged 88)
historian
writer
anthropologist
Youssef Hourany was a Lebanese writer, archeologist and historian. Hourany received his diploma in philosophy, from the Lebanese University, and his PhD on the ancient philosophy of history from The Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (Arabic: جامعة الروح القدس – الكسليك).
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51. George Kordahi
1950-. (aged 76)
television personality
television presenter
politician
presenter
correspondent
George Fouad Kordahi is a Lebanese TV presenter. He was the host of the Arabic version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and served as the Minister of Information of Lebanon during Third cabinet of Najib Mikati.
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52. Layal Abboud
1982-. (aged 44)
fitting model
dancer
model
humanitarian
businessperson
Layal Mounir Abboud is a Lebanese pop singer, folk music entertainer, sound-lyric poet, concert dancer, fit model and Muslim humanitarian.
53. Peter Scholl-Latour
1924-2014 (aged 90)
opinion journalist
Irregular intelligence source
editor-in-chief
journalist
paratrooper
Peter Roman Scholl-Latour was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the US. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices. During the Vietnam War, he was captured by the Viet Cong and managed to secure unique film footage...
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54. Amor Ben Salem
1932-. (aged 94)
translator
Amor Ben Salem is a Tunisian Arabic writer.
55. Elias Khoury
1948-2024 (aged 76)
playwright
writer
editing staff
university teacher
journalist
Elias Khoury was a Lebanese novelist and advocate of the Palestinian cause. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize of Palestine for his book Gate of the Sun, and he won the Al Owais Award for fiction writing in 2007. Khoury also wrote three plays and two screenplays.
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56. Walid Phares
1957-. (aged 69)
law professor
political scientist
Walid Phares is a Lebanese-American political advisor, scholar and conservative pundit.