| Name |
Field |
Speciality |
Place of birth |
Year of Birth
|
| Osama Faris |
Sports |
International Boxer |
Saudia Arabia |
1972
|
| Sami Hadawi |
Academia |
land specialist and researcher |
Jerusalem |
1904
|
| Ibrahim Abu Lughod |
Academia |
sociologist |
Jaffa |
1929
|
| Lila Abu Lughod |
Academia |
professor, anthropology, women and gender studies |
USA |
1950s
|
| Salman Abu Sitta |
Academia |
|
Beersheba |
1938
|
| Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad |
Academia |
academic |
USA |
1948
|
| Naseer Aruri |
Academia |
academic |
Jerusalem |
1934
|
| Hanna Batatu |
Academia |
historian |
Jerusalem |
1926
|
| Izzat Darwaza |
Academia |
historian, politician, educator |
Nablus |
1888
|
| Samih Farsoun |
Academia |
sociologist |
Haifa |
1937
|
| Ismail al-Faruqi |
Academia |
philosopher and comparative religions professor |
Jaffa |
1921
|
| Leila Farsakh |
Academia |
Middle East, politics |
Jordan |
1967
|
| Rashid Khalidi |
Academia |
historian |
USA |
1948
|
| Walid Khalidi |
Academia |
historian |
Jerusalem |
1925
|
| Salem Hanna Khamis |
Academia |
economic statistician |
Nazareth |
1919
|
| Laila Al-Marayati |
Medicine |
gynecologist |
USA |
1962
|
| Khaled Mardam-Bey |
Academia |
programmer |
Jordan |
1968
|
| Nur Masalha |
Academia |
academic, historian, editor |
Galilee |
1957
|
| Joseph Massad |
Academia |
academic |
Jordan |
1963
|
| Sari Nusseibeh |
Academia |
philosopher, diplomat |
Syria |
1949
|
| Edward Said |
Academia |
professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist |
Jerusalem |
1935
|
| Nadia Abu El Haj |
Academia |
Professor, Anthropologist |
USA |
1962
|
| Rosemarie Said Zahlan |
Academia |
historian |
Egypt |
1937
|
| Anis Sayigh |
Academia |
historian |
Tiberias |
1931
|
| Yezid Sayigh |
Academia |
historian |
USA |
1955
|
| Hashem El-Serag |
Medicine |
doctor and medical researcher |
Libya |
1966
|
| Hisham Sharabi |
Academia |
intellectual |
Jaffa |
1927
|
| Qustandi Shomali |
Academia |
Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher |
Beit Sahour |
1946
|
| Khalil Suleiman |
Medicine |
medical doctor |
Jenin |
1943
|
| Helga Tawil Souri |
Academia |
Professor, Media scholar & researcher, filmmaker |
Kuwait |
1969
|
| Ahmad Teebi |
Academia |
geneticist and dysmorphologist |
Beirut |
1949
|
| Ali Abunimah |
Literature |
author, journalist |
USA |
1971
|
| Said K. Aburish |
Literature |
author, journalist |
Jerusalem |
1935
|
| Mourid Barghouti |
Literature |
poet |
Ramallah |
1944
|
| Khalil Beidas |
Literature |
author |
Nazareth |
1874
|
| Jamal Dajani |
Literature |
author, journalist, producer |
Jerusalem |
1957
|
| Mahmoud Darwish |
Literature |
poet |
Al-Birwa |
1941
|
| Emile Habibi |
Literature |
author |
Haifa |
1922
|
| Suheir Hammad |
Literature |
poet |
Jordan |
1973
|
| Nadia Hijab |
Literature |
author, journalist |
Syria |
1950s
|
| Jabra Ibrahim Jabra |
Literature |
poet, novelist, translator and literary critic |
Bethlehem |
1919
|
| Sabri Jiryis |
Literature |
author |
Fassuta |
1938
|
| Ghassan Kanafani |
Literature |
author |
Acre |
1938
|
| Hasan Karmi |
Literature |
linguist and author |
Tulkarm |
1905
|
| Ghada Karmi |
Literature |
author |
Jerusalem |
1939
|
| Sayed Kashua |
Literature |
author and journalist |
Tira |
1975
|
| Widad Kawar |
Literature |
author and collector |
Bethlehem |
1932
|
| Sahar Khalifa |
Literature |
novelist |
Nablus |
1942
|
| Daoud Kuttab |
Literature |
journalist, author |
Jerusalem |
1955
|
| Taha Muhammad Ali |
Literature |
poet |
Saffuriyya |
1931
|
| Salman Masalha |
Literature |
poet, writer, essayist and translator |
Maghar |
1953
|
| Kamal Nasser |
Literature |
poet, activist |
Gaza |
1925
|
| Mohammed Omer |
Literature |
journalist |
Rafah |
1984
|
| Samih al-Qasim |
Literature |
poet |
Jordan |
1939
|
| Nahid al-Rayyis |
Literature |
poet |
Gaza |
1937
|
| Abu Salma |
Literature |
poet |
Haifa |
1906
|
| Khalil al-Sakakini |
Literature |
author |
Jerusalem |
1878
|
| Naomi Shihab Nye |
Literature |
poet |
USA |
1952
|
| Serene Husseini Shahid |
Literature |
author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes |
Jerusalem |
1920
|
| Anton Shammas |
Literature |
writer, poet and translator |
Fassuta |
1950
|
| Khaled Abu Toameh |
Literature |
journalist |
Tulkarm |
1963
|
| Fadwa Toukan |
Literature |
poet |
Nablus |
1917
|
| Ibrahim Touqan |
Literature |
poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq |
Nablus |
1905
|
| Samir El Youssef |
Literature |
writer and critic |
Lebanon |
1965
|
| May Ziade |
Literature |
author |
Nazareth |
1886
|
| Mustafa Abu Ali |
Film |
film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films |
Malha |
1940
|
| Hany Abu-Assad |
Film |
film director |
Nazareth |
1961
|
| Muhammad Bakri |
Film |
film director |
Bi'ina |
1953
|
| Cherien Dabis |
Film |
film director, writer |
USA |
1976
|
| Annemarie Jacir |
Film |
film director, writer |
Bethlehem |
1974
|
| Michel Khleifi |
Film |
film director (Wedding in Galilee) |
Nazareth |
1950
|
| Clara Khoury |
Film |
actress |
Haifa |
1976
|
| Makram Khoury |
Film |
actor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize – 1987) |
Jerusalem |
1945
|
| Rashid Masharawi |
Film |
film director |
Gaza |
1962
|
| Mai Masri |
Film |
film director |
Beirut |
1959
|
| Elia Suleiman |
Film |
film director (Divine Intervention) |
Nazareth |
1960
|
| Hiam Abbas |
Film |
actress |
Nazareth |
1960
|
| Charlie Bisharat |
Music |
Grammy-winning violinist |
|
|
| Belly |
Music |
Rapper |
Jenin |
1984
|
| Rim Banna |
Music |
singer/songwriter |
Nazareth |
1966
|
| Ammar Hasan |
Music |
singer |
Salfit |
1976
|
| Wissam Joubran |
Music |
composer and Oud player |
Nazareth |
1983
|
| Reem Kelani |
Music |
singer |
UK |
1970s
|
| Shadia Mansour |
Music |
singer |
UK |
1980s
|
| Amal Murkus |
Music |
singer |
Galilee |
1970s
|
| Mohsen Subhi |
Music |
composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player |
Ramallah |
1963
|
| DJ Khaled |
Music |
hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ |
USA |
1975
|
| Simon Shaheen |
Music |
oud and violin virtuoso, composer |
Galilee |
1955
|
| Massiv |
Music |
rapper |
Germany |
1982
|
| Melechesh (band) |
Music |
|
Jerusalem |
1970s
|
| Habib Hassan Touma |
Music |
composer |
Nazareth |
1934
|
| Fred Wreck |
Music |
hip-hop producer |
USA |
1972
|
| Tamer Nafar |
Music |
rapper of DAM fame |
Lod |
1979
|
| Sameh Zakout |
Music |
rapper |
Ramle |
1980s
|
| Laila Bagge Wahlgren |
Music |
manager and songwriter |
Sweden |
1972
|
| Tarééc |
Music |
German singer |
Germany |
1978
|
| DAM (band) |
Music |
Palestinian rap group |
Lod |
1970s
|
| Naji al-Ali |
Art |
cartoonist |
al-Shajara |
1938
|
| Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan |
Art |
artist |
Jericho |
1941
|
| Mustafa Al-Hallaj |
Art |
artist |
Jaffa |
1938
|
| Mona Hatoum |
Art |
sculptor |
Beirut |
1952
|
| Hasan Hourani |
Art |
painter |
Hebron |
1974
|
| Bissan Rafe |
Art |
painter and writer |
Kuwait |
1986
|
| Emily Jacir |
Art |
painter and photographer, artist |
Bethlehem |
1970
|
| Hanna Jubran |
Art |
sculptor |
Galilee |
1952
|
| Sliman Mansour |
Art |
painter |
Birzeit |
1947
|
| Sama Raena Alshaibi |
Art |
photographer, artist |
Iraq |
1980s
|
| Ahlam Shibli |
Art |
photographer |
Galilee |
1970
|
| Jafar Tukan |
Art |
architect |
Jerusalem |
1938
|
| Hisham Zreiq |
Art |
artist |
Nazareth |
1968
|
| Rami Kashou |
Art |
fashion designer |
Ramallah |
1977
|
| Jaffa Phonix (band) |
Music |
band |
Kuwait |
1980s
|
| Zaman (band) |
Music |
Palestinian folk and flamenco band |
Acre |
|
| Yousef Beidas |
Business |
Intra Bank |
Jerusalem |
1912
|
| Munib al-Masri |
Business |
PADICO |
Nablus |
1934
|
| Hasib Sabbagh |
Business |
Consolidated Contractors International Company |
Tiberias |
1920
|
| Naim Attallah |
Business |
Asprey, Quartet Publishing |
Haifa |
1931
|
| Talal Abu-Ghazaleh |
Business |
|
Jaffa |
1938
|
| Sam Bahour |
Business |
West bank businessman |
USA |
1964
|
| Yasser Elshantaf |
Business |
Vice chairman of PhoenixBird, and CEO of Safadi Group |
Gaza |
1983
|
| Hashim Shawa |
Business |
Bank of Palestine |
|
|
| Tarab Abdul Hadi |
Politics |
Activist |
Jenin |
1910
|
| Fu'ad Nassar |
Politics (PCP) |
Co-founded National Liberation League in Palestine |
Nazareth |
1914
|
| Nabil Amr |
Politics (Fatah) |
presidential aide and negotiator |
|
1947
|
| Yasser Arafat |
Politics (Fatah) |
First President of the PNA |
Cairo |
1929
|
| Hakam Balawi |
Politics (Fatah) |
former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria |
Tulkarm |
1939
|
| Marwan Barghouti |
Politics (Fatah) |
founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure |
Kobar |
1959
|
| Mohammed Dahlan |
Politics (Fatah) |
Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza |
Gaza |
1961
|
| Saeb Erekat |
Politics (Fatah) |
presidential aide and senior negotiator |
Jerusalem |
1955
|
| Qadura Fares |
Politics (Fatah) |
PNA minister and aide of Barghouti |
|
|
| Rawhi Fattuh |
Politics (Fatah) |
former interim President of the PNA |
Barqa |
1949
|
| Faisal Husseini |
Politics (Fatah) |
former head of Jerusalem affairs |
Baghdad |
1940
|
| Farouk Kaddoumi |
Politics (Fatah) |
former head of Fatah |
Jinsafut |
1931
|
| Salah Khalaf |
Politics (Fatah) |
former top aide of Arafat |
Jaffa |
1933
|
| Ahmed Qurei |
Politics (Fatah) |
former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority |
Jerusalem |
1937
|
| Ali Hassan Salameh |
Politics (PLO) |
|
Qula |
1940
|
| Nabil Shaath |
Politics (Fatah) |
former Foreign Affairs Minister |
Safed |
1938
|
| Khalil al-Wazir |
Politics (PLO) |
former PLO military leader and top aide of Arafat |
Ramla |
1938
|
| Dalal Mughrabi |
Other |
militant killed during the Coastal Road massacre |
Lebanon |
1959
|
| Muhammad Abu Tir |
Politics (Hamas) |
Jerusalem |
|
1951
|
| Mohammad Barghouti |
Politics (Hamas) |
|
|
|
| Mohammed Deif |
Politics (Hamas) |
Leader of Hamas' military wing |
|
1960
|
| Ismail Haniyeh |
Politics (Hamas) |
|
Gaza |
1963
|
| Ahmed al-Ja'abari |
Politics (Hamas) |
|
Gaza |
1960
|
| Wasfi Kabha |
Politics (Hamas) |
Prisoners' Affairs Minister |
|
|
| Khaled Meshaal |
Politics (Hamas) |
Secretary-General of Hamas |
Silwad |
1956
|
| Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi |
Politics (Hamas) |
founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas |
Yibna |
1947
|
| Ahmed Yassin |
Politics (Hamas) |
founder and spiritual leader |
Al-Jura |
1937
|
| Mahmoud al-Zahar |
Politics (Hamas) |
former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister |
Jerusalem |
1945
|
| Salah Shehade |
Politics (Hamas) |
leader of military wing of the Hamas organization |
Gaza |
1953
|
| Yahya Ayyash |
Politics (Hamas) |
chief bombmaker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombing |
Jerusalem |
1966
|
| Bassam Abu Sharif |
Politics (PFLP) |
former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO |
|
1946
|
| George Habash |
Politics (PFLP) |
founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP |
Lod |
1926
|
| Abu Ali Mustafa |
Politics (PFLP) |
former Secretary-General of PFLP |
Jenin |
1938
|
| Leila Khaled |
Politics (PFLP) |
former PFLP militant and activist |
Haifa |
1944
|
| Ahmed Saadat |
Politics (PFLP) |
current Secretary-General of PFLP |
al-Bireh |
1953
|
| Riyad al-Malki |
Politics (PFLP) |
current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA |
|
1955
|
| Wadie Haddad |
Politics (PFLP) |
former PFLP militant and founder |
Safed |
1927
|
| Abu Qatada |
Politics |
al-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militant |
Bethlehem |
1959
|
| Abu Muthana |
Politics |
spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam |
|
|
| Awni Abd al-Hadi |
Politics |
Palestinian political figure |
Nablus |
1889
|
| Haidar Abdel-Shafi |
Politics |
independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 |
Gaza |
1919
|
| Salah Abdel-Shafi |
Politics |
independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden |
Gaza |
1962
|
| Muhammad Zaidan |
Politics |
PLF |
Syria |
1948
|
| Musa Alami |
Politics |
|
Jerusalem |
1897
|
| Hanan Ashrawi |
Politics |
Third Way |
Nablus |
1946
|
| Mustafa Barghouti |
Politics |
doctor and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative |
Jerusalem |
1954
|
| Nayef Hawatmeh |
Politics |
DFLP |
Jordan |
1935
|
| Ahmed Jibril |
Politics |
PFLP-GC |
Jaffa |
1938
|
| Karimeh Abbud |
Art |
photographer |
Shefa 'Amr |
1896
|
| Nimr al-Khatib |
Politics |
political leader, Haifa |
Haifa |
1918
|
| Jabra Nicola |
Politics |
Trotskyist leader |
Haifa |
1912
|
| Abu Nidal |
Politics |
Abu Nidal Organization |
Jaffa |
1937
|
| Nahid al-Rayyis |
Politics |
Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority |
Gaza |
1937
|
| Afif Safieh |
Politics |
Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation |
jerusalem |
1950
|
| Hasan Tahboub |
Politics |
former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council |
Hebron |
1923
|
| Ruhi al-Khatib |
Politics (local) |
Mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titular |
Jerusalem |
1914
|
| Fahmi al-Abboushi |
Politics (local) |
appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935 |
Jenin |
1895
|
| Hussein Al-Araj |
Politics (local) |
former mayor of Nablus |
|
|
| Ramiz Jaraisy |
Politics (local) |
Mayor of Nazareth |
|
1951
|
| Omar Hammayil |
Politics (local) |
mayor of al-Bireh |
|
1976
|
| Mohammed Milhim |
Politics (local) |
former mayor of Halhul |
|
1929
|
| Hadem Rida |
Politics (local) |
mayor of Jenin |
|
|
| Bassam Shaka |
Politics (local) |
former mayor of Nablus |
|
1930
|
| Ghassan Shakaa |
Politics (local) |
former mayor of Nablus |
|
1943
|
| Adly Yaish |
Politics (local) |
mayor of Nablus |
|
|
| Adel Zawati |
Politics (local) |
Former mayor of Jenine, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh |
Nablus |
1920
|
| Ahmad Tibi |
Politics (Israel) |
member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party,former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat |
Tayibe |
1958
|
| Azmi Bishara |
Politics (Israel) |
ormer member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party |
Nazareth |
1956
|
| Jamal Zahalka |
Politics (Israel) |
member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party |
Kafr Qara |
1955
|
| Hana Sweid |
Politics (Israel) |
member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun |
Eilabun |
1955
|
| Tawfiq Ziad |
Politics (PCP) |
a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli Knesset |
Nazareth |
1929
|
| Ibrahim Sarsur |
Politics (Israel) |
Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party |
Kafr Qara |
1959
|
| Taleb el-Sana |
Politics (Israel) |
Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party |
Tel Arad |
1960
|
| Mohammad Barakeh |
Politics (Israel) |
member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash party |
Shefa-'Amr |
1955
|
| Haneen Zoabi |
Politics (Israel) |
First Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party |
Nazareth |
1969
|
| Rania of Jordan |
Politics (Foreign)) |
Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II |
Kuwait |
1970
|
| Alia al Hussein |
Politics (Foreign) |
late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein |
Cairo |
1948
|
| Antonio Saca |
Politics (Foreign) |
former president of El Salvador |
El Salvador |
1965
|
| Shafik Handal |
Politics (Foreign) |
El Salvador politician |
El Salvador |
1930
|
| Carlos Flores Facussé |
Politics (Foreign) |
president of Honduras |
Honduras |
1950
|
| Said Musa |
Politics (Foreign) |
Prime Minister of Belize |
Belize |
1944
|
| Pierre de Bané |
Politics (Foreign) |
Canadian |
Haifa |
1938
|
| Naser Khader |
Politics (Foreign) |
member of the Parliament of Denmark |
Syria |
1963
|
| Joe Hockey |
Politics (Foreign) |
Australian cabinet minister |
Australia |
1965
|
| John H. Sununu |
Politics (Foreign) |
former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration |
Cuba |
1939
|
| John E. Sununu |
Politics (Foreign) |
Senator New Hampshire |
USA |
1954
|
| Huwaida Arraf |
Politics |
co-founder of ISM |
USA |
1976
|
| Mubarak Awad |
Politics |
advocate of nonviolent resistance |
Jerusalem |
1943
|
| Abdullah Yusuf Azzam |
Religion (Islam) |
Islamist scholar & activist |
Jenin |
1941
|
| Bulus Farah |
Politics |
trade unionist |
Haifa |
1910
|
| Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni |
Politics |
nationalist leader |
Jerusalem |
1907
|
| Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia |
Religion (Christianity) |
current Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
Galilee |
1965
|
| Riah Abu Assal |
Religion (Christianity) |
current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem |
Nazareth |
1937
|
| Naim Ateek |
Religion (Christianity) |
founder of Sabeel |
Beit She'an |
1937
|
| Elias Chacour |
Religion (Christianity) |
Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
Galilee |
1939
|
| Michel Sabah |
Religion (Christianity) |
current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem |
Nazareth |
1933
|
| Munib Younan |
Religion (Christianity) |
Lutheran bishop |
Jerusalem |
1950
|
| Rifat Odeh Kassis |
Politics |
human rights and community activist |
Beit Sahour |
|
| Mitri Raheb |
Religion (Christianity) |
Lutheran minister and author |
Bethlehem |
1962
|
| Benny Hinn |
Religion (Christianity) |
evangelical preacher |
Jaffa |
1952
|
| Anis Shorrosh |
Religion (Christianity) |
Evangelical preacher and debater |
Nazareth |
1930s
|
| Amin al-Husayni |
Politics |
former Mufti of Jerusalem |
Jerusalem |
1895
|
| Ekrima Sa'id Sabri |
Religion (Islam) |
former Mufti of Jerusalem |
|
|
| Ahmad Abu Laban |
Religion (Islam) |
Imam in Denmark |
Jaffa |
1946
|
| Raed Salah |
Religion (Islam) |
leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement |
|
1958
|
| Sheikh Taissir Tamimi |
Religion (Islam) |
Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories |
Hebron |
|
| Omar Sheika |
Sport |
Professional Boxer |
USA |
1977
|
| Salim Tuama |
Sport |
soccer player |
Lod |
1979
|
| Ramsey Nijem |
Sport |
MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up |
USA |
1988
|
| Walid Badir |
Sport |
soccer player, Israeli team, Captain of Hapoel Tel Aviv |
Kafr Qasim |
1974
|
| Muhammad al-Durrah |
Other |
12-year old boy shot under disputed circumstances |
Gaza |
1988
|
| Fatma Omar An-Najar |
Other |
64-year old grandmother and oldest Palestinian suicide bomber |
|
1942
|
| Faris Odeh |
Other |
teenage boy shot while throwing stones |
Gaza |
1985
|
| Rana Raslan |
other |
1999 Miss Israel contest winner |
Haifa |
1977
|
| Saeed Hotari |
other |
suicide bomber of the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing |
|
|
| Mahmoud Abbas |
Politics (Fatah) |
President of the PNA |
Safed |
1935
|
| Tawfiq Canaan |
Academic |
Doctor and academic |
Beit Jala |
1881
|
| Ahmad Shukeiri |
Politics (PLO) |
First chairman of the PLO |
Lebanon |
1908
|
| Wael Zwaiter |
Other |
translator, assassinated |
Nablus |
1930s
|
| Omar Barghouti |
Politics |
political activist and analyst PACBI |
Qatar |
1964
|
| Asma Agbarieh |
Politics, journalism |
journalist, leader of Organization for Democratic Action |
Jaffa |
1974
|
| Muin Bseiso |
Literature |
Poet |
Gaza |
1926
|
| Eyad al-Sarraj |
Medicine |
Psychiatrist and human rights activist |
Beersheba |
1944
|
