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Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Politicians

Ahmad Obeidat Ahmad Obeidat (born 18 November 1938) is a former Jordanian politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Jordan from 10 January 1984 to 4 April 1985. He was born in Hartha, Irbid 18 November 1938. - Teacher, Ministry of Education, 1957. ...

, former Prime Minister of Jordan * Mithqal Al-Fayez *

Bisher Al-Khasawneh Bisher Al-Khasawneh ( ar, بشر الخصاونة; born 27 January 1969) is a Jordanian politician and diplomat who is serving as the 43rd Prime Minister of Jordan and Minister of Defence since 12 October 2020. Al-Khasawneh was an ambassador of ...

, current Prime Minister of Jordan * Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other ministerial offices *

Maha Ali Maha Ali (Arabic: مها علي ; born 17 May 1973) is a Jordanian politician and industrial engineer who served as Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply of Jordan from October 2020 to October 2021, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Bisher Al- ...

Ismael Babouk Ismael Babouk (; ar, إسماعيل بابوق; 1841–1920) was a Circassian aristocrat that established the first mayoral council and held office as the first Mayor of Amman between 1909 and 1911. Early life Ismael Babouk was part of the fi ...

, first Mayor of Amman (1909-1911) * Fahad Ensour * Thouqan Hindawi, former minister * Awn Khasawneh, former Prime Minister and former judge of the

International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; french: Cour internationale de justice, links=no; ), sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN). It settles disputes between states in accordanc ...

Faisal al-Fayez Faisal Akef Al-Fayez ( ar, فيصل عاكف مثقال الفايز) (born 20 December 1952 in Amman) is a Jordanian politician who was the 34th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 October 2003 to 6 March 2005. He took office following the resigna ...

, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate * Prince Rashed Al-Khuzai *

Abdelsalam Al-Majali Abdelsalam al-Majali ( ; ar, عبد السلام المجالي; born 18 February 1926) is a Jordanian physician and politician who served twice as the 29th Prime Minister of Jordan. Early life and education Majali was born in Al Karak, Emira ...

* Maryam Al-louzi, MP * Hakem Al-Fayez * Hind Al-Fayez, MP * Ina'am Al-Mufti, first Jordanian woman to hold government office * Ali Abu al-Ragheb *

Eid Al-Fayez Eid Al-Fayez (Arabic: عيد الفايز),(born 1945) is a Jordanian politician. Personal information Al-Fayez was born in 1945 in Manja, Jordan. He is descended from a Bedouin tribe in Jordan called Bani Sakhr. In 1969 he received a bachelo ...

, former Minister of Labour, Minister of State, and Minister of Interior * Ali Suheimat * Abdelraouf Rawabdeh, former Prime Minister of Jordan * Attallah Suheimat * Salah Suheimat, MP * Tareq Suheimat * Bahjat Talhouni, former Prime Minister *

Fayez Tarawneh Fayez Tarawneh ( ar, فايز الطراونة; '; 1 May 1949 – 15 December 2021) was a Jordanian independent politician, who served twice as the 31st Prime Minister of Jordan, and also as Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court. Early life and ed ...

* Alia Abu Tayeh, senator

Novelists, poets, researchers and writers

* Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan * Samer Libdeh - researcher, writer * Suleiman Mousa - historian, writer * Haider Mahmoud - poet, writer * Abdel-Rahman Munif - novelist * Samer Raimouny - poet, activist * Mustafa Wahbi (Mustafa Wahbi Al Tal) - poet * Ziyad Qasim - novelist

Military men

* Brigadier Mohammad Jamhour * Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant *

Habis Al-Majali Habis Majali ( ar, حابس المجالي; ‎ 1914 – April 22, 2001) was a Jordanian soldier. Majali served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 1958 to 1975, as Minister of Defense from 1967 to 1968, ...

Abdelsalam al-Majali Abdelsalam al-Majali ( ; ar, عبد السلام المجالي; born 18 February 1926) is a Jordanian physician and politician who served twice as the 29th Prime Minister of Jordan. Early life and education Majali was born in Al Karak, Emira ...

* Major General Ibrahim Khasawneh - former Deputy Director of the Jordanian Royal Medical Services. * General Muhammad Suheimat (died 1968)

Physicians

* Daoud Hanania * Tareq Suheimat

Lawyers

* Mahmoud Hanandeh

Athletes

Amer Deeb Amer Deeb Mohammad Khalil ( ar, عامر ذيب محمد خليل; born 4 February 1980) is a retired Jordanian football player, of Palestinian origin. Amer is married and has two children, a son named Qusai and a daughter named Bayan. To man ...

* Assad Wasfi * Dima and Lama Hattab - ultramarathon runners

Musicians

Belly Belly may refer to: Anatomy * The abdomen, the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax; or the stomach ** A beer belly, an overhang of fat above the waist, presumed to be caused by regular beer drinking ** Belly dance * The fleshy, cen ...

Zade Dirani Zade Dirani (Arabic: زيد ديراني, born in 1980), is a Jordanian American pianist, composer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa, of Damascene descent, whose genre blending songs are inspired by Latin, p ...

Diana Karazon Diana Karazon ( ar, ديانا كرزون; born October 30, 1983) is a Jordanian singer of Arabic pop, television host, and actress. She won ''Superstar'', the Arabic version of ''Pop Idol''. Karazon was born in Kuwait City, Kuwait, but her ori ...

Hani Mitwasi Hani Mitwasi (Arabic: هاني متواسي, born 1983 in Kuwait City) is a Jordanian Palestinian singer-musician who is famous for singing in the ‘Spanish-Levant' music genre. After several years of following his passion of the Spanish and Fl ...

Mahmoud Radaideh Mahmoud Radaideh is a Jordanian songwriter, guitarist, music producer and vocalist, Born on 26 May 1983 best known as the founder of the pioneer Arabic rock band JadaL. Early life Born and raised in the city Amman capital of Jordan, at an earl ...

Mai Selim Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim ( ar, مي عبد الجبار حمدان سليم, born November 6, 1983 in Abu Dhabi),(30 August 2008)في لقاء خاص مع الجمال .. مي سليم " بلدي هي مصر ولو لم أكن مطربة ل� ...

Farah Siraj Farah Siraj ( ar, فرح سراج) is a Jordanian vocalist named as Jordan's “Musical Ambassadress”, has a career that spans the United States, Europe and the Middle East. She has performed at the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, the World Ec ...

* Iyad Sughayer * Adham Nabulsi * Ayah Marrar

Artists

Muhanna Al-Dura Mohanna Durra ( ar, مهنا دره), , (1938 – 24 January 2021) was a Jordanian painter widely regarded as a pioneer of the Jordanian Arts Movement and for being the first to introduce Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts com ...

George Aleef George Aleef (1887–1970) was a Russian orientalist painter who served in the Tsarist Army. He later lived in Palestine until the 1948 Palestinian exodus. His paintings depicted major historical moments during that era in Palestine. Aleef ev ...

Wijdan Ali Princess Wijdan Ali ( ar, وجدان علي) (born 29 August 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Jordanian artist, art historian, educator and diplomat. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan. She is best known for her efforts to revive the ...

* Mahmoud Taha

Former ambassadors

Nabil Talhouni Nabil Talhouni is a Jordanian diplomat who has served as an Ambassador to a number of countries around the world. Biography Nabil Talhouni was born in Jordan, and educated at the University of Bonn. Talhouni worked for the Foreign Affairs of Jo ...

*Trad Al-Fayez *Eid Al-rodan

Business people

* Iman Mutlaq *

Mohammed Shehadeh Dr. Mohammed Shehadeh a civil engineer, is the senior vice president of UNIBETON READY MIX. He is a graduate in Civil Engineering from Florida State University, USA and Doctorate in Engineering by Dalhousie University, Canada. He introduced SCC (Se ...

* Mary Nazzal-Batayneh

Academics

Ali H. Nayfeh Ali Hasan Nayfeh (21 December 1933 27 March 2017) was a Palestinian- Jordanian mathematician, mechanical engineer and physicist. He is regarded as the most influential scholar and scientist in the area of applied nonlinear dynamics in mechanics ...

* Rana Dajani * Abdullah Al-Zoubi * Lubna Tahtamouni * Ibrahim al-Kufahi

Actors

* Mondher Rayahneh (born 8 April 1979 in Irbid) *

Yasser Al-Masri Yasser Al-Masri ( ar, ياسر المصري) (22 November 1970 – 23 August 2018) was a Kuwaiti-born Jordanian-Palestinian actor. Biography Yasser Al-Masri was born in Kuwait City to a family of seven brothers and sisters. He graduated from ...

(22 November 1970 – 23 August 2018) *

Nadim Sawalha Nadim Joakim Sawalha ( ar, نديم صوالحة) (born 9 September 1935) is a Jordanian-British actor, the father of actresses Nadia and Julia Sawalha. He appeared in two Bond films, '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' The Living Daylights' ...

(born 9 September 1935) * Nabil Sawalha * Eyad Nassar (born 9 November 1971 in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of th ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

) * Juliet Awwad (born July 7, 1951 in Amman,

) * Margo Haddad (born February 26, 1988) * Mais Hamdan (born October 31, 1982) * Abeer Issa (born 25 April 1961) *

Saba Mubarak Saba Ahmed Soliman Mubarak El Siouf ( ar, صبا أحمد سليمان مبارك السيوف; born April 10, 1976 in Anjara, Jordan) is a Jordanian actress and producer. She graduated from Yarmouk University in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in ...

(born April 10, 1976 in Anjara)

Other

* Shereen Audi (born 1970), visual artist *

Mona Saudi Mona Saudi ( ar, منى السعودي) (1 October 1945 – 16 February 2022) was a Jordanian sculptor, publisher, and art activist. Life and career Mona Saudi was born in Amman, Jordan. She grew up in a neighbourhood that was metres away fro ...

(born 1945), sculptor * Amer Al-Barkawi (born June 20, 1997), professional Esports player

References

{{See also, List of people by nationality * Lists of Arabs