# 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.

## 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
* Joyce El-Khoury – opera singer
* Andy Kim – singer-songwriter
* Kristina Maria – singer
* Mark Masri – pop and religious singer
* Massari – pop and hip-hop singer
* 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
* 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– ) 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)
* Zach Churchill – Nova Scotia MLA, Liberal (2010–present)
* 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– )
* Eddie Francis – Mayor of Windsor, Ontario (2003–2014)
* Marceil Saddy – Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario (1980–1988)

## 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