List of Jordanians

The following is a list of notable people from Jordan:

Academics

• Ali H. Nayfeh
• Rana Dajani
• Ibrahim al-Kufahi
• Lubna Tahtamouni

Artists

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

Athletes

• Amer Deeb
• Hamza Al-Dardour
• Musa Al-Taamari
• Yazan Al-Naimat
• Dima and Lama Hattab - ultramarathon runners
• Assad Wasfi
• Bader Samreen

Musicians

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

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
• Ziyad Qasim - novelist

Physicians

• Abdelsalam al-Majali
• Daoud Hanania
• Tareq Suheimat

Lawyers

• Mahmoud Hanandeh

Business people

• Abdullah Ghubn
• Iman Mutlaq
• Mary Nazzal-Batayneh
• Mohammed Shehadeh
• Abdallah Abu Sheikh

Actors

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

Military

• Brigadier Mohammad Jamhour
• Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
• Habis Al-Majali
• Abdelsalam al-Majali
• General Muhammad Suheimat (died 1968)

Politicians

• Ahmad Obeidat, former Prime Minister of Jordan
• Mithqal Al-Fayez
• Bisher Al-Khasawneh, current Prime Minister of Jordan
• Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other ministerial offices
• Samir Rifai
• 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
• Faisal al-Fayez, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate
• 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
• Abdelraouf Rawabdeh, former Prime Minister of Jordan
• Attallah Suheimat
• Salah Suheimat, MP
• Tareq Suheimat
• Bahjat Talhouni, former Prime Minister
• Nabil Talhouni, ambassador
• Fayez Tarawneh
• Alia Abu Tayeh, senator

Other

• Shereen Audi (born 1970), visual artist
• Mona Saudi (born 1945), sculptor
• Amer Al-Barkawi (born June 20, 1997), professional Esports player

References

1. List of kings of Jordan
2. List of Jordanian royal consorts
3. Jordanian
4. Demographics of Jordan
5. Jordan
6. List of princes of Jordan
7. List of equipment of the Royal Jordanian Army
8. Index of Jordan-related articles
9. List of political parties in Jordan
10. List of newspapers in Jordan
11. List of banks in Jordan
12. List of wars involving Jordan
13. List of companies of Jordan
14. List of airports in Jordan
15. Michael Jordan
16. List of cities in Jordan
17. List of Jordanian governorates by Human Development Index
18. List of prime ministers of Jordan
19. List of Arabs
20. Saba Mubarak