List of Lebanese people in Canada

This is a list of notable Lebanese Canadians; individuals born in Canada of Lebanese ancestry, or people of Lebanese and Canadian dual nationality who live or lived in Canada.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Academics and scholars

• Henry Habib – political scientist
• Michael Lynk – legal scholar
• Gad Saad – evolutionary behavioral scientist
• Issam Saliba– otolaryngologist
• Justine Sergent – neuroscientist

Actors

• Garen Boyajian – actor
• Jade Hassouné – actor
• Shadi Janho - actor
• Arsinée Khanjian – actress; wife of film director Atom Egoyan
• Lee Majdoub - actor
• Emeraude Toubia – actress
• Sandra Shamas – actress and writer
• Manuel Tadros – actor, musician
• Ty Wood – actor

Athletes

• Fouad Abiad – former IFBB professional bodybuilder
• David Azzi – former professional football player
• Jo-Anne Beaumier – international soccer player
• Gabriel Bitar – professional soccer player
• Ali Haidar – college basketball player (Michigan Tech Huskies)
• John Hanna – former professional hockey player
• Ed Hatoum – former professional hockey player (Vancouver Canucks)
• Fabian Joseph – former professional hockey player (Canada men's national ice hockey team)
• Nazem Kadri – professional hockey player (Calgary Flames)
• Ali Kanaan – basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
• David Lemieux – professional boxer
• Ali Mahmoud – basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team
• John Makdessi – professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
• Tony Mikhael – professional soccer player
• Alain Nasreddine – former professional ice hockey player
• Jean Sayegh – water polo player
• Omar El Turk – basketball player and member of Lebanon's national basketball team

Business

• Jeff Hammoud – car designer
• Charles Khabouth – hospitality entrepreneur; founder and CEO of INK Entertainment
• Assad Kotaite (1924–2014) – former Secretary-General and Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization from 1976 to 2006
• Kevin O'Leary – entrepreneur and reality television personality ( Dragons' Den , Shark Tank )
• Ablan Leon – founder of Leon's furniture company in 1901 in Welland, Ontario.

Entertainment

• Marc Karam – professional poker player
• Nick Eh 30 – gaming YouTuber and streamer

Film and television

• Xavier Dolan – filmmaker
• Amber Fares – filmmaker, documentarian, director
• Donald Shebib – fiction and documentary film and television director, editor, and screenwriter
• Ziad Touma – film director, producer, and screenwriter

Musicians

• Paul Anka – singer and composer
• René Angélil – producer, husband of Céline Dion (his mother is Lebanese)
• Steve Barakatt – composer and pianist
• Isabel Bayrakdarian – soprano of Lebanese Armenian origin
• Norman Brooks – singer
• Patrick Gemayel, stage name "P-Thugg" – member of musical act Chromeo
• K.Maro – rapper ^[1]
• Joyce El-Khoury – opera singer
• Andy Kim – singer-songwriter
• Kristina Maria – singer
• Mark Masri – pop and religious singer
• Massari – pop and hip-hop singer ^[2]
• Omar Mouallem – also known as A.O.K. (Assault Of Knowledge) – rapper
• Radwan Ghazi Moumneh – guitarist/producer, Cursed, Jerusalem in My Heart
• Julie Nesrallah – opera singer, radio broadcaster
• Tony Sal – music manager
• Noah "40" Shebib – producer, songwriter, and music executive
• Karl Wolf – singer-songwriter and producer ^[3]
• Zeina – pop singer

Painters

• Philip Aziz – painter and artist
• Ayah Bdeir – interactive artist and engineer
• Jay Isaac – visual artist

Politicians

Federal

• Ziad Aboultaif – Federal MP, Conservative (2015– )
• Mark Assad – Federal MP, Liberal (1997–2004) and Quebec MNA, Liberal (1981–1988)
• Pierre de Bané – Federal MP, Liberal (1968–1984) and Federal Senator, Liberal (1984–2013)
• Michael Basha – Federal Senator, Liberal (1951–1976)
• Fonse Faour – Federal MP, NDP (1978–1980) and Provincial Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Leader (1980–1981)
• Mac Harb – Federal MP, Liberal (1988–2003) and Federal Senator, Liberal (2006–2013)
• Fayçal El-Khoury – Federal MP, Liberal (2015– )
• Allan Koury – Federal MP, Conservative (1988–1993)
• Maria Mourani – Federal MP, Bloc Quebecois (2003–2015)
• Eva Nassif – Federal MP, Liberal (2015–2019)
• Alain Rayes – Federal MP, Conservative (2015–2025) and Mayor of Victoriaville, Quebec (2009–2015)
• Marwan Tabbara – Federal MP, Liberal (2015–2021)
• Sam Wakim – Federal MP, Conservative (1979–1980)
• Paul Zed – Federal MP, Liberal (1993–1997, 2004–2008)

Provincial

• Patricia Arab – Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal (2013–present)
• David Boushy – Ontario MPP, Conservative (1995–1999)
• Lena Diab – Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal (2013–present)
• Joe Ghiz – PEI MLA, Liberal; Premier of Prince Edward Island (1986–1993)
• Robert Ghiz – PEI MLA, Liberal; Premier of Prince Edward Island (2007–2015)
• Lorraine Michael – Newfoundland and Labrador MLA, NDP (2006-Current) and Provincial Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Leader (2006–2015)
• Khalil Ramal – Ontario MPP, Liberal (2003–2011)
• Larry Shaben – Alberta MLA, Conservative (1975–1989)

Municipal

• Walter Assef – Mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario (1973–1978, 1981–1985)
• Harout Chitilian – City councillor and former chairman of the City Council of Montreal (2009–2017)
• Eddie Francis – Mayor of Windsor, Ontario (2003–2014)
• Marceil Saddy – Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario (1980–1988)
• Aref Salem – City councillor in Montreal (2009– )

Writers

• John Asfour – poet and writer
• Makram Ayache – playwright
• Shaunt Basmajian – poet
• Rawi Hage – writer
• Ann-Marie MacDonald – author, actor, playwright
• Wajdi Mouawad – poet and writer
• Trish Salah – poet and sociologist

Others

• Fauzi Ayub (1966–2014) – influential member of Hezbollah
• Salah Bachir (born 1955) – Canadian philanthropist, patron of the arts, entrepreneur, magazine publisher and the President of Cineplex Media
• Doris Daou – Lebanese-born Canadian astronomer; one of NASA's leading experts in education and public outreach
• Mohammed Hassan Dbouk – journalist and alleged member of Hezbollah
• Karim Habib – automotive designer currently working for the BMW group
• Jeff Hammoud – automotive designer currently working for Chrysler

See also

• Lebanese Canadians
• Arab Canadian
• Canada–Lebanon relations
• List of Lebanese people
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)
• Lebanese American

References

1. "K-maro - The Million Dollar Boy". Today's Outlook Magazine. December 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2003.
2. Bhattacharya, Rita (2005). "Massari: Talented and Sexy Heartthrob". Desiclub.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
3. "Karl Wolf - Face Behind the Face...man behind the album". Today's Outlook Magazine. December 2006. Archived from the original on 2003-10-30.