List of Lebanese people (France)
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This is a list of notable individuals born in France
of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and French dual nationality who live in France.
France
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of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and French dual nationality who live in France.
Businessmen and entrepreneurs
- Frédéric FekkaiFrédéric FekkaiFrédéric Fekkai is a French celebrity hairstylist.-Early life:Fekkai was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, and grew up in Aix-en-Provence and Paris...
- French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair products - Carlos GhosnCarlos GhosnCarlos Ghosn, KBE , born 9 March 1954, is a Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman who is currently the Chairman and CEO of Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan and holds the same positions at Paris-based Renault, which together produce more than one in 10 cars worldwide...
- CEO of RenaultRenaultRenault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
and Nissan - Jacques SaadéJacques Saadé- Biographie :Jacques R. Saadé was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1937. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM.Graduated from the London School of Economics in 1957, he took over the family business in 1958 at his father’s death...
- businessman - Iskandar SafaIskandar SafaIskandar Safa is a French businessman of Lebanese origins , who became famous during the Lebanese hostage crisis in 1987-88 and suspected financial transactions of the ransom...
- businessman
Film, television and radio personalities
- Philippe AractingiPhilippe Aractingi-Career:Born and raised in Beirut, Aractingi has made more than 40 films throughout his career, ranging from reports and documentaries to more personal and fictional films, all taking place in various countries around the world....
- film director - Péri CochinPeri CochinPérihane Chalabi Cochin is a French TV host with Iraqi Lebanese origins. She was born in Beirut on May 28, 1965 and grew up in Tyre in a Shi’a Muslim family. She left Lebanon for France in 1975 when the Lebanese Civil War broke.She lives in Paris where she married Guillaume Cochin, a famous French...
- television host (mixed Iraqi-Lebanese ancestry) - François SagatFrançois SagatFrançois Sagat is a French male pornographic actor who has appeared in gay pornographic movies. He is best known for his rugged looks and scalp tattoo. He has also appeared at times as a fashion model and starting 2009, he also landed on cinematic roles in films for the general public including...
- adult film actor
Musicians
- Rabih Abou-KhalilRabih Abou-Khalil-Life:Rabih Abou-Khalil grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, Germany during the civil war in 1978. He lives part-time in Munich and part-time in the South of France with his wife and two children.-Music:...
- jazz musician - Bob AzzamBob AzzamBob Azzam was a Lebanese singer. With his international hit song "Mustapha", Azzam achieved success in France in the 1960s. The track peaked at #23 in the UK Singles Chart, spending fourteen weeks in that chart...
- singer - Guy BéartGuy BéartGuy Béart is a French singer and songwriter.-Biography:He was born Guy Béhart-Hasson in Cairo, Egypt, to a family of Spanish, Swiss, and Russian background. His religious background is unclear, having been referred to as both Jewish and Christian...
- singer and songwriter - Louis ChedidLouis ChedidLouis Chedid is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.-Biography:Louis Chedid is the son of the writer Andrée Chedid and the father of Matthieu Chedid ....
- singer and songwriter - Matthieu ChedidMatthieu ChedidMatthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
- singer and songwriter - Ibrahim MaaloufIbrahim MaaloufIbrahim Maalouf is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and trumpet instructor. He was born in Beirut and now lives in France.-Biography:...
- trumpeter, composer, arranger - Abdel Rahman El BachaAbdel Rahman El BachaAbdel Rahman El Bacha is a Lebanese pianist and composer.His repertory includes over fifty concertos and is largely based on the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Prokofiev .-Biography:...
- pianist and composer - RAmezRamezRamzi Khoury , also known as RAmez, is a French Lebanese rap artist singing in French, English and Arabic. In 2007 at a time where few people believed French Rap had a place in the Middle East, Ramez makes it to the NRJ Lebanon Top 100 by reaching number 24 with his hit song Leich Heik Baladé a...
- rapper - Gabriel YaredGabriel YaredGabriel Yared is a Lebanese composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema.Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working on English language films, particularly those directed by Anthony Minghella...
- composer
Writers
- Andrée ChedidAndrée ChedidAndrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.-Life:Chedid was born in Cairo on 20 March 1920. When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go...
- poet and novelist - Georges CormGeorges CormGeorges Corm is a Lebanese Economist and Historian. He is an economic consultant to international organizations and professor at Saint Joseph University in Beirut....
- historian and economist - Amin MaaloufAmin MaaloufAmin Maalouf , born 25 February 1949 in Beirut, is a Lebanese-born French author. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into many languages. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his novel The Rock of Tanios...
- novelist - Wajdi MouawadWajdi MouawadWajdi Mouawad, OC is a Canadian writer, actor and director born in Lebanon in 1968. After living in France for a short time, he moved to Quebec in 1983.- Biography :He obtained his diploma from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1991....
- author and theater director - Antoine SfeirAntoine SfeirAntoine Sfeir, , is a Franco-Lebanese journalist and a professor.He is the editor of the French magazine Les Cahiers de l'Orient , is the president of the Centre d'études et de réflexions sur le Proche-Orient and a professor of International relations at the school Celsa Antoine Sfeir, (born 21...
- journalist
See also
- Lebanese people in FranceLebanese people in FranceLebanese people in France include migrants from Lebanon to France, as well as their descendants.-History and settlement:Although there has been sporadic migration from the Middle East to France since the 17th century, the real growth of the French Lebanese population began in 1975, with the start...
- France–Lebanon relations
- List of Lebanese people
- List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)