List of sons and daughters of the city of Beirut
The following list contains the personalities born in Beirut , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Beirut
To 1900
- Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845–1909), German writer and diplomat
- Julius Löytved-Hardegg (1874–1917), German diplomat
- Chekri Ganem (1861–1929), journalist and writer
- Ayub Thabit (1884–1951), politician
- Petro Trad (1886–1947), politician
- Fausi al-Kawukdschi (1890–1977), military and politician
1901 to 1950
- Fuad Schihab (1902–1973), politician and President of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964
- Charles Helou (1913–2001), politician
- Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916–2017), painter and sculptor
- Pierre Eddé (1921–1997), MP, politician and entrepreneur
- Shafik Wazzan (1925–1999), politician
- Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Swiss entrepreneur
- Selim al-Hoss (* 1929), politician
- Edgar de Picciotto (1929–2016), Lebanese-Swiss banker
- Kamal Salibi (1929–2011), historian
- Malcolm Kerr (1931–1984), American political scientist
- Khalil Taha (* 1932), wrestler
- Antonella Lualdi (* 1931), Italian actress
- Delphine Seyrig (1932–1990), French actress and director
- Michel Aoun (* 1935), officer and politician
- Mishael Cheshin (1936–2015), Israeli lawyer and judge at the Israeli Supreme Court
- Jacques R. Saadé (1937–2018), shipowner and founder of the CMA shipping company
- Joseph Safra (* 1938), Brazilian entrepreneur
- Tarek Abu Al Dahab (* 1939), racing cyclist
- Marwan Hamadeh (* 1939), politician
- Tigran Mansurjan (* 1939), Armenian composer
- Louis Robilliard (* 1939), French organist
- Walid Eido (1942–2007), lawyer and politician
- Hassan Ali Bechara (* 1945), wrestler
- Adiss Harmandian (1945–2019), Lebanese-Armenian pop singer, songwriter and composer
- Hisham Kabbani (* 1945), Lebanese-American Islamic scholar and Sufi Sheikh
- Raphaël François Minassian (* 1946), Armenian Archbishop
- Aram I. (* 1947), clergyman of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Bachir Gemayel (1947–1982), President of Lebanon
- Ed Hatoum (* 1947), Canadian-Lebanese ice hockey player and coach
- Hassan Sabeh (* 1947), politician
- Elias Khoury (* 1948), author
- Jocelyne Saab (1948–2019), journalist, film director and screenwriter
- Gabriel Yared (* 1949), composer
- Milad El-Khalil (1949-2017), Member of Parliament (CDU)
- Mohamed Tarabulsi (* 1950), wrestler
1951 to 1960
- Bertrand Lemoine (* 1951), French architect, engineer and publicist
- Mario Kassar (* 1951), American film producer
- Hoda Barakat (* 1952), writer
- Samir Geagea (* 1952), politician
- Mona Hatoum (* 1952), artist
- Iskandar Safa (* 1952), French businessman
- Souhaila Andrawes (* 1953), terrorist
- Nawaf Salam (* 1953), lawyer and diplomat
- Suleman Taufiq (* 1953), German-Syrian writer, translator and editor
- Charbel Nahas (* 1954), politician
- Elias Jammal (* 1954), university professor
- Emmanuel Guiragossian (* 1954), painter
- Freddy Deeb (* 1955), American poker player
- Naji Hakim (* 1955), French composer, organist and pianist
- Elie Samaha (* 1955), film producer
- Jean Claude Séférian (* 1956), French chansonnier
- Rabih Abou-Khalil (* 1957), composer, oud player and jazz musician
- Pierre Audi (* 1957), theater director and theater director
- Hovnan Derderian (* 1957), Archbishop
- Mona Nemer (* 1957), molecular biologist
- Christoph Rihs (* 1957), Swiss artist
- Gebran Tueni (1957–2005), journalist and politician
- Arsinée Khanjian (* 1958), Armenian actress and film director
- Élie Aboud (* 1959), French physician and politician
- Rabih Alameddine (* 1959), painter and writer
- Ihsan Farha (* 1959), poker player
- Peter Karam (* 1959), Maronite clergyman, curia bishop
- Gazebo (* 1960), Italian pop singer
- Samir Kassir (1960–2005), journalist and intellectual
- Raymond Khoury (* 1960), writer and screenwriter
- Hassan Nasrallah (* 1960), Hezbollah leader
1961 to 1980
- Bettina Hradecsni (* 1961), politician
- Mikaël Antoine Mouradian (* 1961), Armenian bishop in New York
- Salah Saouli (* 1962), painter and sculptor
- Armin Maus (* 1964), German journalist
- Keanu Reeves (born 1964), Canadian actor and musician
- Elie Saab (* 1964), fashion designer
- Steve Kerr (born 1965), American basketball player
- Yussef Bazzi (* 1966), writer, poet and journalist
- Habib Chamieh (* 1966), Maronite bishop
- May Chidiac (* 1966), journalist
- Assaad Elias Kattan (* 1967), Orthodox theologian
- Serj Tankian (* 1967), Armenian-American singer and composer
- Haifa Wehbe (* 1967), singer
- Dom Joly (* 1968), British comedian and producer
- Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis (* 1968), Maronite Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
- Charles Georges Mrad (* 1969), Curia Bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch
- Antoine Nassif (* 1969), Syrian Catholic clergyman, Exarch of Canada
- Issa Hassan (* 1970), Kurdish musician and composer
- Oswald Pfeiffer (* 1970), German multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter
- Rika Hiraki (* 1971), Japanese tennis player
- John Dolmayan (* 1973), American drummer
- Christian Vorländer (* 1973), lawyer
- Claude Chalhoub (* 1974), musician
- Mazen Kerbaj (* 1975), musician and cartoonist
- Nick E. Tarabay (born 1975), actor
- Rabih Merhi (* 1976), music producer
- Kida Khodr Ramadan (* 1976), German actor
- Josef Fares (* 1977), Lebanese-Swedish film director and screenwriter
- Amal Alamuddin ( Amal Clooney ) (* 1978), British-Lebanese lawyer
- Sharbel Touma (* 1979), Swedish football player
- Ibrahim Maalouf (* 1980), French-Lebanese musician
- Youssef Mohamad (* 1980), football player
- Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (* 1980), Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem
- Basil Shaaban (* 1980), racing car driver
- K-Maro (* 1980), singer
From 1981
- Massari (* 1981), singer
- Tony Yalda (born 1981), actor
- Joyce El-Khoury (* 1981 or 1982), soprano
- Michael Malarkey (* 1983), actor and singer-songwriter
- Nancy Ajram (born 1983), singer
- Mika (* 1983), singer, composer and producer
- Maria Nalbandian (* 1983), singer and photo model
- Issam Aledrissi (* 1984), football player
- Chirine Njeim (* 1984), ski racer
- Elmo (* 1984), German rapper (brother of MoTrip)
- Bilal Aziz (* 1985), Turkish-Lebanese soccer player
- Rola El-Halabi (* 1985), professional boxer
- Baba Saad (* 1985), German rapper
- Zakaria Charara (* 1986), football player
- MoTrip (* 1988), German rapper (brother of Elmo)
- Ahmad Hazer (* 1989), hurdler
- Carl Byron (date of birth unknown), composer and keyboardist
- Mia Khalifa (* 1993), porn actress