List of Palestinians


The following Lists of Palestinians are lists of people with either a self-designation or a foreign appellation as "Palestinian", or who were born in the region of Palestine.
Anyone with roots in the region that is now Israel, the West Bank and Gaza is technically a Palestinian, but today the term predominantly associates with the descendants of the indigenous population of the region.
Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians, as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968.

Mandate period and after

The first list "Mandate period and after" consists of people who identify as "Palestinians" since the creation of Mandatory Palestine in 1920. The list does not include those Palestinian Jews or other Israeli citizens who are native to the geographic region of Palestine, unless they self-identify as "Palestinians".
NameFieldSpecialityPlace of birthYear of Birth
Khaled Al-HassanPoliticspolitical theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leaderHaifa1928
Yousef Erakat EntertainmentYouTuberUSA1990
Lila Abu LughodAcademiaprofessor, anthropology, women and gender studiesUSA1950s
Salman Abu SittaAcademiaBeersheba1938
Imad-ad-Dean AhmadAcademiaacademicUSA1948
Izzat DarwazaAcademiahistorian, politician, educatorNablus1888
Samih FarsounAcademiasociologistHaifa1937
Ismail al-FaruqiAcademiaphilosopher and comparative religions professorJaffa1921
Leila FarsakhAcademiaMiddle East, politicsJordan1967
Sami HadawiAcademialand specialist and researcherJerusalem1904
Wasif JawhariyyehMusicOud composerJerusalem1897
Rashid KhalidiAcademiahistorianUSA1948
Walid KhalidiAcademiahistorianJerusalem1925
Salem Hanna KhamisAcademiaeconomic statisticianNazareth1919
Laila Al-MarayatiMedicinegynecologistUSA1962
Khaled Mardam-BeyAcademiaprogrammerJordan1968
Nur MasalhaAcademiaacademic, historian, editorGalilee1957
Joseph MassadAcademiaacademicJordan1963
Basheer NafiAcademiaacademic1952
Ali H. NayfehAcademiamathematician, mechanical engineer, physicistTulkarm1933
Sari NusseibehAcademiaphilosopher, diplomatSyria1949
Edward SaidAcademiaprofessor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian NationalistJerusalem1935
Nadia Abu El HajAcademiaprofessor, anthropologistUSA1962
Rosemarie Said ZahlanAcademiahistorianEgypt1937
Hussam AbdoTerroristAttempted teenage suicide bomberNablus1990
Anis SayighAcademiahistorianTiberias1931
Yezid SayighAcademiahistorianUSA1955
Hashem El-SeragMedicinedoctor and medical researcherLibya1966
Reem KassisLiteraturecookbook authorJerusalem1987
Hisham SharabiAcademiaintellectualJaffa1927
Qustandi ShomaliAcademiaprofessor, historian, critic, researcherBeit Sahour1946
Khalil SuleimanMedicinemedical doctorJenin1943
Helga Tawil SouriAcademiaprofessor, media scholar and researcher, filmmakerKuwait1969
Ahmad TeebiAcademiageneticist and dysmorphologistBeirut1949
Ali AbunimahLiteratureauthor, journalistUSA1971
Said K. AburishLiteratureauthor, journalistJerusalem1935
Susan AbulhawaLiteratureauthor, journalistKuwait1970
Mourid BarghoutiLiteraturepoetRamallah1944
Khalil BeidasLiteratureauthorNazareth1874
Huzama HabayebLiteratureauthorKuwait1965
Jamal DajaniLiteratureauthor, journalist, producerJerusalem1957
Mahmoud DarwishLiteraturepoetAl-Birwa1941
Khaled EnnasrapoetjournalistJenin1927
Najwa Kawar FarahLiteratureauthorNazareth1923
Rashida TlaibPoliticiancongresswomanUSA1976
Emile HabibiLiteratureauthorHaifa1922
Bella HadidFashionmodelUSA1996
Gigi HadidFashionmodelUSA1995
Mohamed HadidBusinessbusinessmanNazareth1948
Suheir HammadLiteraturepoetJordan1973
Nadia HijabLiteratureauthor, journalistSyria1950s
Jabra Ibrahim JabraLiteraturepoet, novelist, translator and literary criticBethlehem1919
Emily JacirArtistprofessor, filmmakerBethlehem1975
Sabri JiryisLiteratureauthorFassuta1938
Ghassan KanafaniLiteratureauthorAcre1938
Hasan KarmiLiteraturelinguist and authorTulkarm1905
Ghada KarmiLiteratureauthorJerusalem1939
Sayed KashuaLiteratureauthor and journalistTira1975
Widad KawarLiteratureauthor and collectorBethlehem1932
Sahar KhalifaLiteraturenovelistNablus1942
Daoud KuttabLiteraturejournalist, authorJerusalem1955
Taha Muhammad AliLiteraturepoetSaffuriyya1931
Salman MasalhaLiteraturepoet, writer, essayist and translatorMaghar1953
Kamal NasserLiteraturepoet, activistGaza1925
Mohammed OmerLiteraturejournalistRafah1984
Samih al-QasimLiteraturepoetJordan1939
Nahid al-RayyisLiteraturepoetGaza1937
Abu SalmaLiteraturepoetHaifa1906
Khalil al-SakakiniLiteratureauthorJerusalem1878
Naomi Shihab NyeLiteraturepoetUSA1952
Serene Husseini ShahidLiteratureauthor, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumesJerusalem1920
Khaled Abu ToamehLiteraturejournalistTulkarm1963
Fadwa ToukanLiteraturepoetNablus1917
Ibrahim TouqanLiteraturepoet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of IraqNablus1905
Samir El YoussefLiteraturewriter and criticLebanon1965
May ZiadehLiteratureauthorNazareth1886
Mustafa Abu AliFilmfilm director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight filmsMalha1940
Hany Abu-AssadFilmfilm directorNazareth1961
Muhammad BakriFilmfilm directorBi'ina1953
Cherien DabisFilmfilm director, writerUSA1976
Annemarie JacirFilmfilm director, writerBethlehem1974
Michel KhleifiFilmfilm director Nazareth1950
Lexi AlexanderFilmfilm directorMannheim1974
Clara KhouryFilmactressHaifa1976
Makram KhouryFilmactor, first Arab to win Jerusalem1945
Rashid MasharawiFilmfilm directorGaza1962
Mai MasriFilmfilm directorBeirut1959
Elia SuleimanFilmfilm director Nazareth1960
Hiam AbbassFilmactressNazareth1960
Anwar JibawiFilmcomedianUSA1991
Nasri Tony AtwehMusiclead singer of the band MAGIC! & singer/songwriter/record producerToronto1981
Ramzi AburedwanMusiccomposer, viola playerBethlehem1979
Charlie BisharatMusicGrammy-winning violinistUSA1963
Yacoub Shaheen MusicWinner of the fourth season of Arab IdolBethlehem1994
Mohammed AssafMusicWinner of the second season of Arab IdolGaza1989
BellyMusicrapperJenin1984
Rim BannaMusicsinger/songwriterNazareth1966
Ammar HasanMusicsingerSalfit1976
Wissam JoubranMusiccomposer and Oud playerNazareth1983
Reem KelaniMusicsinger/composer/musicologistUK1963
Shadia MansourMusicrapper/singerUK1980s
Amal MurkusMusicsingerGalilee1970s
Mohsen SubhiMusiccomposer, arranger, oud and buzuq playerRamallah1963
DJ KhaledMusichip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJUSA1975
Simon ShaheenMusicoud and violin virtuoso, composerGalilee1955
MassivMusicrapperGermany1982
Habib Hassan ToumaMusiccomposerNazareth1934
Fred WreckMusichip-hop producerUSA1972
Tamer NafarMusicrapper of DAM fameLod1979
Rafiq Hamawi MusicRapper, Electronic\ Experimental music producerNablus1994
Sameh ZakoutMusicrapperRamle1980s
Laila Bagge WahlgrenMusicmanager and songwriterSweden1972
TaréécMusicGerman singerGermany1978
DAM MusicPalestinian rap groupLod1970s
Fouad AwadArttheater directorNazareth1956
Naji al-AliArtcartoonistal-Shajara1938
Iman Al SayedArtartistSharjah1984
Nasr Abdel Aziz EleyanArtartistJericho1941
Mustafa Al-HallajArtartistJaffa1938
Mona HatoumArtsculptorBeirut1952
Nabil AnaniArtartistHalhoul1943
Hasan HouraniArtpainterHebron1974
Emily JacirArtpainter and photographer, artistBethlehem1970
Hanna JubranArtsculptorGalilee1952
Sliman MansourArtpainterBirzeit1947
Sama Raena AlshaibiArtphotographer, artistIraq1973
Ahlam ShibliArtphotographerGalilee1970
Jafar TukanArtarchitectJerusalem1938
Hisham ZreiqArtartist and film director Nazareth1968
Rami KashouFashionfashion designerRamallah1977
Jaffa Phonix MusicbandKuwait1980s
Yousef BeidasBusinessIntra BankJerusalem1912
Munib al-MasriBusinessPADICONablus1934
Hasib SabbaghBusinessConsolidated Contractors International CompanyTiberias1920
Naim AttallahBusinessAsprey, Quartet PublishingHaifa1931
Talal Abu-GhazalehBusinessJaffa1938
Sam BahourBusinessWest bank businessmanUSA1964
Yasser ElshantafBusinessCEO of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbHGaza1983
Tarab Abdul HadiPoliticsactivistJenin1910
Fu'ad NassarPolitics co-founded National Liberation League in PalestineNazareth1914
Nabil AmrPolitics presidential aide and negotiator1947
Yasser ArafatPolitics first President of the PNACairo1929
Hakam BalawiPolitics former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and AlgeriaTulkarm1939
Marwan BarghoutiPolitics founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figureKobar1959
Mohammed DahlanPolitics Head of Preventive Security Service in GazaGaza1961
Saeb ErekatPolitics presidential aide and senior negotiatorJerusalem1955
Qadura FaresPolitics PNA minister and aide of Barghouti
Rawhi FattuhPolitics former interim President of the PNABarqa1949
Faisal HusseiniPolitics former head of Jerusalem affairsBaghdad1940
Farouk KaddoumiPolitics former head of FatahJinsafut1931
Salah KhalafPolitics former top aide of ArafatJaffa1933
Ahmed QureiPolitics former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityJerusalem1937
Ali Hassan SalamehPolitics Qula1940
Nabil ShaathPolitics former Foreign Affairs MinisterSafed1938
Khalil al-WazirPolitics former PLO military leader and top aideRamleh1934
Mohammad ShtayyehPolitics/Fataheconomist/academic/ministerNablus1958
Dalal MughrabiTerroristmilitant killed during the Coastal Road combat engagement with Israeli military Lebanon1959
Shaker al-AbsiTerroristPerpetrated the 2007 Bikfaya bombings in Lebanon1955
Ibrahim al-AkriTerroristPerpetrated the November 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack, killing three innocent people and injuring an additional 13
Sami Salim HamadTerroristSuicide bomber responsible for the 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, killing eleven innocent people and injuring an additional seventy, an act claimed by Hamas as self-defense
Muhammad Abu TirPolitics Directed terrorist activities, including the attempted poisoning in the early 1990s of Israel's water supplies and the activities of Hamas's military armUmm Tuba1951
Mohammad BarghoutiPolitics
Mohammed DeifPolitics Leader of Hamas' military wing. Directly involved in terrorist attacks such as the killings of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings. Deemed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States' Department of StateKhan Younis1965
Ismail HaniyehPolitics Gaza1963
Mousa Mohammed Abu MarzookPolitics Fundraiser for terrorist activitiesRafah1951
Ahmed al-Ja'abariPolitics Gaza1960
Wasfi KabhaPolitics Prisoners' Affairs Minister
Khaled MeshaalPolitics Secretary-General of HamasSilwad1956
Abdel Aziz al-RantissiPolitics founder and former Secretary-General of HamasYibna1947
Ahmed YassinPolitics founder and spiritual leaderAl-Jura1937
Mahmoud al-ZaharPolitics former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign ministerJerusalem1945
Salah ShehadePolitics leader of military wing of the Hamas organizationGaza1953
Yahya AyyashPolitics chief bomb maker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombingJerusalem1966
Bassam Abu SharifPolitics former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO1946
George HabashPolitics founder and former Secretary-General of PFLPLod1926
Abu Ali MustafaPolitics former Secretary-General of PFLPJenin1938
Leila KhaledPolitics former PFLP militant and activistHaifa1944
Ahmed SaadatPolitics current Secretary-General of PFLPal-Bireh1953
Riyad al-MalkiPolitics current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA1955
Wadie HaddadPolitics former PFLP militant and founderSafed1927
Abu QatadaPoliticsal-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militantBethlehem1959
Abu MuthanaPoliticsspokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam
Awni Abd al-HadiPoliticsPalestinian political figureNablus1889
Haidar Abdel-ShafiPoliticsindependent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991Gaza1919
Salah Abdel-ShafiPoliticsindependent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden, Germany, Austria, and UNOVGaza1962
Muhammad ZaidanPoliticsPLFSyria1948
Musa AlamiPoliticsJerusalem1897
Hanan AshrawiPoliticsThird WayNablus1946
Mustafa BarghoutiPoliticsdoctor and leader of the Palestinian National InitiativeJerusalem1954
Nayef HawatmehPoliticsDFLPJordan1935
Ahmed JibrilPoliticsPFLP-GCJaffa1938
Karimeh AbbudArtphotographerShefa 'Amr1896
Nimr al-KhatibPoliticspolitical leader, HaifaHaifa1918
Jabra NicolaPoliticsTrotskyist leaderHaifa1912
Abu NidalPoliticsAbu Nidal OrganizationJaffa1937
Nahid al-RayyisPoliticsJustice Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityGaza1937
Afif SafiehPoliticsPalestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federationjerusalem1950
Hasan TahboubPoliticsformer Head of the Supreme Islamic CouncilHebron1923
Ruhi al-KhatibPolitics mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titularJerusalem1914
Fahmi al-AbboushiPolitics appointed mayor of Jenin in 1935Jenin1895
Hussein Al-ArajPolitics former mayor of Nablus
Ramiz JaraisyPolitics mayor of Nazareth1951
Omar HammayilPolitics mayor of al-Bireh1976
Mohammed MilhimPolitics former mayor of Halhul1929
Hadem RidaPolitics mayor of Jenin
Bassam ShakaPolitics former mayor of Nablus1930
Ghassan ShakaaPolitics former mayor of Nablus1943
Adly YaishPolitics mayor of Nablus
Adel ZawatiPolitics former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, RamlehNablus1920
Ahmad TibiPolitics member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party, former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser ArafatTayibe1958
Azmi BisharaPolitics former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad partyNazareth1956
Jamal ZahalkaPolitics member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad partyKafr Qara1955
Hana SweidPolitics member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of EilabunEilabun1955
Tawfiq ZiadPolitics a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli KnessetNazareth1929
Ibrahim SarsurPolitics Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List partyKafr Qara1959
Taleb el-SanaPolitics Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List partyTel Arad1960
Mohammad BarakehPolitics member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash partyShefa-'Amr1955
Haneen ZoabiPolitics first Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab partyNazareth1969
Rania of JordanPolitics Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah IIKuwait1970
Alia al HusseinPolitics late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King HusseinCairo1948
Antonio SacaPolitics former president of El SalvadorEl Salvador1965
Shafik HandalPolitics El Salvador politicianEl Salvador1930
Nayib BukelePolitics president of El SalvadorEl Salvador1981
Carlos Flores FacusséPolitics former president of HondurasHonduras1950
Said MusaPolitics former Prime Minister of BelizeBelize1944
Pierre de BanéPolitics CanadianHaifa1938
Naser KhaderPolitics member of the Parliament of DenmarkSyria1963
Joe HockeyPolitics Australian cabinet ministerAustralia1965
John H. SununuPolitics former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush AdministrationCuba1939
John E. SununuPolitics Senator from New HampshireUSA1964
Huwaida ArrafPoliticsco-founder of ISMUSA1976
Mubarak AwadPoliticsadvocate of nonviolent resistanceJerusalem1943
Abdullah Yusuf AzzamReligion Islamist scholar and activistJenin1941
Bulus FarahPoliticstrade unionistHaifa1910
Abd al-Qadir al-HusayniPoliticsnationalist leaderJerusalem1907
Archbishop Theodosios of SebastiaReligion current Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of JerusalemGalilee1965
Riah Abu AssalReligion current Anglican Bishop of JerusalemNazareth1937
Naim AteekReligion founder of SabeelBeit She'an1937
Elias ChacourReligion Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic ChurchGalilee1939
Michel SabahReligion current Latin Patriarch of JerusalemNazareth1933
Munib YounanReligion Lutheran bishopJerusalem1950
Rifat Odeh KassisPoliticshuman rights and community activistBeit Sahour
Mitri RahebReligion Lutheran minister and authorBethlehem1962
Benny HinnReligion evangelical preacherJaffa1952
Anis ShorroshReligion evangelical preacher and debaterNazareth1930s
Amin al-HusayniPoliticsformer Mufti of JerusalemJerusalem1895
Ekrima Sa'id SabriReligion former Mufti of Jerusalem
Ahmad Abu LabanReligion Imam in DenmarkJaffa1946
Raed SalahReligion leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement1958
Sheikh Taissir TamimiReligion Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territoriesHebron
Omar SheikaSportProfessional BoxerUSA1977
Salim TuamaSportsoccer playerLod1979
Ramsey NijemSportMMA fighter, runner upUSA1988
Walid BadirSportsoccer player, Israeli team, Captain of Hapoel Tel AvivKafr Qasim1974
Muhammad al-DurrahOther12-year-old boy shot under disputed circumstancesGaza1988
Faris OdehOtherteenage boy shot while throwing stonesGaza1985
Rana Raslanother1999 Miss Israel contest winnerHaifa1977
Saeed HotariTerroristsuicide bomber of the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing
Mahmoud AbbasPolitics President of the PNASafed1935
Tawfiq CanaanAcademicdoctor and academicBeit Jala1881
Ahmad ShukeiriPolitics first chairman of the PLOLebanon1908
Wael ZuaiterPoliticstranslator, assassinatedNablus1930s
Omar BarghoutiPoliticspolitical activist and analyst PACBIQatar1964
Asma AgbariehPolitics, journalismjournalist, leader of Organization for Democratic ActionJaffa1974
Muin BseisoLiteraturePoetGaza1926
Eyad al-SarrajMedicinepsychiatrist and human rights activistBeersheba1944
Fadi ElsalameenPoliticspolitical commentator and analystUSA1983

Pre-Mandate

The second list "Pre-Mandate" consists of people with roots in the region of Palestine prior to the modern identity politics resulting from the creation of Mandatory Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. As well as native Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the list includes those Samaritans, Druze, Jews and Dom who were native to the geographic region of Palestine. The list also include some famous names and titles as exonyms, prior to nationalism and national identity becoming commonplace in the modern era.
NameFieldSpecialityPlace of birthYear of Birth
JesusReligion Founder of ChristianityBethlehemc.30
JudasReligion Apostle of Jesus Christ, Known for betraying JesusBethlehemc.30
Acacius of CaesareaAcademiaPhilosophy and the Arian controversyCaesarea Palestinaec.310
Rabbi JochananReligion Talmudic rabbiSepphorisc.220
Saint GeorgeReligion Christian martyrLyddac.300
Eleazar ben PedatReligion Talmudic rabbic.350
Judah the PrinceReligion Talmudic rabbi135
Pope EvaristusReligion PopeBethlehemc.50
Shimon ben LakishReligion Talmudic rabbiBosrac.200
Rabbi Isaac the smithReligion Talmudic rabbiGalilee
Rabbi AssiReligion Talmudic rabbiBabyloniac.270
Rav ZeiraReligion Talmudic rabbiBabyloniac.220
Antiochus of AscalonAcademiaPhilosophyAscalonc.125 BCE
Eutocius of AscalonAcademiaMathematicsAscalonc.480
Pope Theodore IReligion PopeJerusalemc.642
SozomenAcademiaHistorianGazac.400
EusebiusAcademia and Religion "Father of Church History"Caesarea Palestinaec.263
Romanus of CaesareaReligion MartyrCaesarea Palestinaec.270
Theophilus, bishop of CaesareaReligion BishopCaesarea Palestinaec.150
Gelasius of CaesareaReligion BishopCaesarea Palestinaec.340
Agapius of CaesareaReligion BishopCaesarea Palestinaec.270
Hesychius of JerusalemReligion Biblical exegesisJerusalemc.400
Hegesippus Religion Early chroniclerJerusalemc.110
Aristo of PellaReligion Early chroniclerPellac.100
Meleager of GadaraLiteraturePoetGadarac.120 BCE
Timotheus of GazaAcademiaGrammarianGazac.460
Choricius of GazaAcademiaPhilosophyGazac.460
Procopius of CaesareaAcademiaHistorianCaesarea Palaestinac.500
Dorotheus of GazaReligion SaintGazac.505
Procopius of GazaAcademiaPhilosophyGazac.465
Aeneas of GazaAcademiaPhilosophyGazac.460
Saint Agapius of PalestineReligion MartyrGazac.270
Angelus of JerusalemReligion SaintJerusalemc.1185
Peter ApselamusReligion MartyrEleutheropolisc.280
Cyril of JerusalemReligion Early Christian writingsCaesarea Palestinaec.313
Maximus the ConfessorReligion Monk, theologian, scholarc.580
HilarionReligion MonkGazac.291
Epiphanius of SalamisReligion Church fatherEleutheropolisc.310
Justin MartyrReligion MartyrNablusc.100
Procopius of ScythopolisReligion MartyrJerusalemc.270
Saint ReparataReligion MartyrCaesarea Palestinaec.250
Stephen the SabaiteReligion MonkGazac.725
Theodorus and TheophanesReligion MonksJerusalemc.775
Vitalis of GazaReligion MonkGazac.550
ZayyaReligion Preachingc.309
Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`iReligion founder of the Shafi fiqh of Sunni IslamGazac.767
al-MuqaddasiAcademiamedieval geographerJerusalemc.946
Ibn QudamahReligion Hanbali juristc.1147
Khayr al-Din al-RamliReligion Hanbali juristc.1585
Mujir al-Din al-'UlaymiHistory of PalestinehistorianJerusalemc.1456
Abraham AmigoReligion Rabbic.1610
Moses HagizReligion Rabbi, activist, opponent of SabbateanismJerusalem1671
Zahir al-UmarPolitics18th century ruler of the GalileeArrabac.1690
Ahmad Agha DuzdarPolitics19th century mayor of Jerusalemc.1800s
Aqil AghaPoliticsstrongman of northern PalestineGaza or Nazareth area, Sidon Eyaletc.1820
Yousef Al-KhalidiPoliticsOttoman parliament representativeJerusalemc.1829
Mariam BaouardyReligion Modern saint / miracleI'billin1846
Ruhi KhalidiAcademicwriter, teacher, activist and politicianJerusalem1864