# List of Druze

The list of Druze includes prominent Druze figures who are notable in their areas of expertise.

## Literature

* Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.
* Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
* Suliman Bashear – Israeli scholar, writer, and professor
* Sami Makarem – Lebanese-American writer, painter, and scholar
* Reda Mansour – Israeli Hebrew poet and writer and former Israeli ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama.
* Salman Masalha – Israeli poet, essayist, translator, and researcher
* Salman Natour – Israeli writer, journalist, and playwright.
* Samih al-Qasim – Israeli poet.
* Rami Zeedan – Israeli political scientist, historian, professor, and author.

## Media

* Raghida Dergham – Lebanese-American journalist.
* Mona Abou Hamza – Lebanese TV presenter
* Casey Kasem – American TV and radio presenter (notably American Top 40) and actor, of Lebanese descent.
* Gadeer Mreeh – Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Israeli Knesset, anchor of Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.
* Nahida Nakad – Lebanese-Italian senior correspondent, TV executive, and author; former Editorial Director of FRANCE 24 TV station and Monte Carlo Doualiya Arabic language radio
* Faisal al-Qassem – Syrian television talkshow host of The Opposite Direction on Al Jazeera, based in Qatar

## Military

* Alim Abdallah – Israeli deputy commander of the IDF 300th Brigade of the 91st Division, lieutenant colonel.
* Ghassan Alian – Israeli commander of the IDF Golani Brigade, head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.
* Tarif Bader – Israeli doctor and IDF Brigadier General, Director of Kaplan Medical Center, Clinical Associate Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
* Imad Fares – Israeli Brigadier General, commander of the IDF Givati Brigade, commander of 91st Division
* Salman Habaka – Israeli commander of the IDF 188th Armored Brigade's 53rd Battalion killed in action during the Israel–Hamas war
* Salim Hatoum – Syrian Major. Led overthrow of the government of Amin al-Hafez in 1966.
* Yousef Mishleb – Israeli general; commander of the IDF Etzion Regional Brigade, commander of the Edom Division, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and commander of the Home Front Command.
* Nada Nadim Prouty – Lebanese intelligence professional who worked with the FBI and CIA in counter-terrorism
* Salman Zarka – Israeli physician and current Director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed; Israel Defense Forces Colonel, senior lecturer at the Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

## Entertainment

* Farid al-Atrash – Syrian male singer, composer, and actor.
* Asmahan (Amaal al-Atrash) – Syrian female singer and actress.
* Ramy Ayach – Lebanese singer
* Fahd Ballan – Syrian male singer.
* Loai Ali - Israeli singer and actor

## Politics
### Canada

* Ziad Aboultaif – Canadian MP for Edmonton Manning.

### Israel

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* Labib Hussein Abu Rokan – Israeli MP and religious judge.
* Abdullah Abu Ma'aruf – Israeli MP and physician.
* Hamad Amar – Israeli MP.
* Naim Araidi – Israeli writer and poet in Hebrew and Arabic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway.
* Assad Assad – Israeli MP, army colonel, and diplomat
* Jabar Asakla – Israeli member of the Knesset, now secretary of the Hadash Party
* Zeidan Atashi – Israeli MP and diplomat
* Amal Nasser el-Din – Israeli MP and author, awarded the Israel Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize for the Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers, and the Yakir Haifa Award
* Salah-Hassan Hanifes – Israeli MP
* Akram Hasson – Israeli member of the Knesset, Kadima's leader, marking the first time a Druze had led a Jewish party.
* Ayoob Kara – Israeli MP, deputy speaker, Israeli Minister of Communications, Israeli Deputy Minister for Development.
* Reda Mansour – Israeli poet, historian, diplomat, Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador, Brazil, and Panama
* Jabr Moade – Israeli MP and deputy minister
* Gadeer Mreeh — Israeli journalist and member of the Knesset; anchor of a Hebrew-language news program on Israeli television.
* Fateen Mulla – Israeli member of the Knesset, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
* Mohamed Nafa – Israeli MP
* Said Nafa – Israeli MP and lawyer
* Shachiv Shnaan – Israeli member of parliament
* Salah Tarif – Israeli government minister, MP, and army captain
* Majalli Wahabi – Israeli member of the Knesset; briefly President of Israel, IDF lieutenant-colonel,.

### Jordan

* Ayman Safadi – Deputy Prime Minister and Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

### Lebanon

* Emin Arslan – born in current-day Lebanon (Ottoman Syria), diplomat, writer, and editor
* Akram Chehayeb – Lebanese Minister and MP
* Ghazi Aridi – Lebanese minister and MP
* Majid Arslan – Lebanese Defense Minister for over 40 years
* Shakib Arslan – Lebanese politician, writer, poet, and historian
* Talal Arslan – Lebanese minister and MP
* Fakhr-al-Din II – Ruler (emir) of Lebanon from 1590 to 1633; united Lebanon and parts of Syria and Palestine under his rule
* Kamal Jumblatt – Lebanese MP, minister, writer, author, and poet
* Walid Jumblatt – Lebanese minister and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party
* Marwan Hamadeh – Lebanese minister and MP
* Marwan Kheireddin – Lebanese minister
* Faisal Al Sayegh – Lebanese MP
* Wiam Wahhab – Lebanese politician

### Syria

* Sultan Pasha al-Atrash – Syrian Leader and Commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925.
* Mansur al-Atrash – Syrian politician, Interim head of state, journalist, founding member of the Ba'ath Party.
* Shibli al-Aysami – former Syrian Vice president and Gen Sec of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party
* Issam Zahreddine – Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who has played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian Government forces on several fronts.

### Venezuela

* Tarek El Aissami – Venezuelan interior and justice minister.

## Religion

* Suliman Bashear – Palestinian-Israeli scholar of Islam
* Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah – central religious figure of the faith and sixth Imam-Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
* Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad – founding religious leader
* Amin Tarif (1898–1993) – Israeli religious leader
* Mowafak Tarif – Israeli religious leader
* Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012) – Head of Authority of Senior Sheikhs

## Sports

* Zidan Amar – Israeli footballer.
* Weaam Amasha – Israeli footballer playing for F.C. Tira and the Israeli national junior team
* Ahad Azam – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Eilat and the Israeli national junior team
* Amir Nasar A Din – Israeli footballer
* Sari Falah – Israeli footballer playing for Bnei Sakhnin, the Israeli national junior team, and bronze medalist in the 2009 Maccabiah Games
* Amir Halaby – Israeli footballer.
* Shareef Keouf – Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national junior team
* Mahran Lala – Israeli footballer playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
* Nazar Mahmud – Israeli figure skater
* Raja Rafe – Syrian footballer
* Kenny Hasan Sayef – American-Israeli footballer playing for Maccabi Haifa and the Israeli national team.
* Saleh Shahin (born 1982) – Israeli Paralympic medalist rower

## Visual arts

* Farid Mansour – Lebanese sculptor and painter
* Nabil Kanso – Lebanese-American painter
* Michael Netzer (Nassar) – American-Israeli graphical artist

## Others

* Nadia Aboulhosn – Lebanese-American plus-size model and blogger
* Azzam Azzam – Israeli textile worker, former Israeli prisoner in Egypt.
* Tarif Bader – doctor and IDF Brigadier General, Director of Kaplan Medical Center
* Amal Clooney – Lebanese-British lawyer, married to George Clooney
* al-Darazi – was an 11th-century Isma'ili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith
* Angelina Fares – Israeli beauty pageant contestant. She was a finalist in Miss Israel 2007.
* Tiran Fero – Israeli teenager removed from life support and held hostage by members of the Jenin Brigades armed group
* Majdi Halabi – disappeared and discovered Israeli soldier
* Samir Kuntar – Lebanese Hezbollah militant.