List of Lebanese people in Mexico explained

This is a list of notable individuals born in Mexico of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Mexican dual nationality who live or lived in Mexico.

Arts and entertainment

Actors

• Dario Yazbek Bernal – actor, best known for his role as 'Julián de la Mora' in Netflix's The House of Flowers.
• Bichir family
  • Alejandro Bichir – actor
  • Bruno Bichir – actor
  • Demián Bichir – Academy Award-nominated actor
  • Odiseo Bichir – actor
• Capulina – actor
• Edy Ganem – actress, starred in Devious Maids
• Mauricio Garcés – actor
• Astrid Hadad – actress
• Salma Hayek – Academy Award-nominated actress
• Emile Kuri – set decorator and two-time Academy Award winner
• Bárbara de Regil – actress
• Emeraude Toubia – actress
• Carine Rizkallah – actress

Music

• Susana Harp – singer
• Carlos Jiménez Mabarak – musician
• Peso Pluma – singer

Visual arts

• Charlotte Yazbek – sculptor

Writers

• Jaime Sabines – poet^[1]

Sports

• José Abella – professional footballer
• Jerónimo Amione – professional footballer
• Salim Chartouni – former footballer, current sports TV analyst.
• Taufic Guarch – professional footballer
• Emilio Hassan – professional footballer
• Gibran Lajud – professional footballer
• Miguel Layún – professional footballer
• Samer Omar – professional footballer
• Miguel Sabah – professional footballer

Business

• Pépé Abed – businessman
• Arturo Elias Ayub – businessman
• Alfredo Harp Helú – businessman; cousin of Carlos Slim Helú
• Kamel Nacif Borge – businessman
• Carlos Slim Domit – businessman; son of Carlos Slim Helú
• Carlos Slim Helú – businessman; at or near the top of lists of the world's wealthiest people since 2005
• Jean Succar Kuri – businessman

Politics

• Alfredo Elías Ayub – General Director of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad
• Jorge Estefan Chidiac – politician
• María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad – economist of Belgian and Levantine descent
• Omar Fayad – politician
• Humberto Hernandez-Haddad, Mexican lawyer, former Federal Senator and Congressman
• Jesús Murillo Karam – politician
• José Antonio Meade Kuribreña – politician
• Ricardo Dájer Nahum – politician
• Alfonso Petersen – mayor of Guadalajara
• Daniel Karam Toumeh – director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS)
• José Yunes Zorrilla – politician of Lebanese ancestry

Sports

• José Abella – soccer player
• Jerónimo Amione – soccer player
• Raúl Chabrand – soccer coach
• Bruce El-mesmari – soccer player
• Taufic Guarch – soccer player
• Emilio Hassan – soccer player
• Miguel Layún – soccer player
• Daniel Lajud – soccer player
• Gibrán Lajud – soccer player
• Miguel Sabah – soccer player
• José Sulaimán – President of the World Boxing Council
• Mauricio Sulaimán – President of the World Boxing Council

See also

• Arab Mexican
• Lebanon–Mexico relations
• List of Lebanese people
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)

Notes and References

1. http://www.sololiteratura.com/sab/sabsemblanza.htm Jaime Sabines