List of Lebanese people in France

This is a list of notable individuals born in France of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and French dual nationality who live or lived in France.

Business

Businessmen and entrepreneurs

• Mouna Ayoub - businesswoman
• Frédéric Fekkai - French-American hairdresser and founder of Frédéric Fekkai salons and hair products
• Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Renault and Nissan
• Marwan Lahoud - CEO of the weapon branch of EADS
• Jacques Saadé - businessman
• Iskandar Safa - businessman

Fashion

• Reem Acra - fashion designer
• Omar Harfouch - fashion entrepreneur
• Elie Saab - fashion designer

Architecture

• Nabil Gholam - architect

Entertainment

Film, television and radio personalities

• Philippe Aractingi - film director
• Péri Cochin - television host
• Thomas Langmann - film producer and actor
• Jean-Pierre Rassam - film producer
• Julien Rassam - actor
• Léa Salamé - journalist

Musicians

• Rabih Abou-Khalil - jazz musician
• Bob Azzam - singer
• Guy Béart - singer and songwriter
• Louis Chedid - singer and songwriter
• Matthieu Chedid - singer and songwriter, aka -M-
• Warda Al-Jazairia - singer
• Ibrahim Maalouf - trumpeter, composer, arranger
• Pierre-Antoine Melki - also known as Nius, record producer (part of soFLY & Nius)
• Abdel Rahman El Bacha - pianist and composer
• Gabriel Yacoub - guitarist and singer
• Gabriel Yared - composer
• Ycare - singer-songwriter
• Grace Deeb - singer

Politicians/Law

• Élie Aboud - member of the National Assembly of France
• Serge Ayoub - activist associated with the French extreme right
• Éric Besson - politician, minister
• Rita Nader Guéroult - advocate at the bureau of Paris
• Rima Abdul Malak - minister of culture
• Henri Jibrayel - politician
• Antoine Karam - former President of the Regional Council of French Guiana

Sports

• Ali Hallab - boxer
• Alexis Khazzaka - football player
• Larry Mehanna - football player
• William Saliba - football player

Writers

• Gilbert Achcar - academic, writer, socialist and anti-war activist
• Andrée Chedid - poet and novelist
• Georges Corm - historian and economist
• Randa Habib - journalist
• Vénus Khoury-Ghata - writer
• Amin Maalouf - novelist
• Leilah Mahi - novelist
• Wajdi Mouawad - author and theater director
• Antoine Sfeir - journalist

See also

• Lebanese people in France
• France–Lebanon relations
• List of Lebanese people
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)

References