The following is a list of notable people from Jordan:
Academics Ali H. Nayfeh Rana Dajani Ibrahim al-Kufahi Lubna Tahtamouni Eid Dahiyat Zouhair Amarin
Artists Muhanna Al-Dura George Aleef Wijdan Ali Mahmoud Taha Mona Saudi Nissa Raad Shereen Audi Hilda Hiary Aziz Amoura Kassim Al-Refai Khairy Hirzalla Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan Natasha Al-Maani Osama Hajjaj
Athletes Amer Deeb Hamza Al-Dardour Musa Al-Taamari Yazan Al-Naimat Dima and Lama Hattab, ultramarathon runners Freddy Ibrahim Assad Wasfi Bader Samreen Aliya Boshnak Stephanie Al-Naber, Jordanian Footballer Dana Soumbouloglou, bodybuilder
Musicians Belly Zade Dirani Diana Karazon Ayah Marrar Hani Mitwasi Adham Nabulsi Hani Naser Mahmoud Radaideh Mai Selim Farah Siraj Iyad Sughayer Hana Malhas Rania Kurdi
Novelists, poets, researchers and writers Nahed Hattar, Political Activist and writer Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan Samer Libdeh - researcher, writer Suleiman Mousa - historian, writer Haider Mahmoud - poet, writer Abdel-Rahman Munif - novelist Samer Raimouny - poet, activist Sanaa Shaalan Mustafa Wahbi (Mustafa Wahbi Al Tal) - poet Ziyad Qasim - novelist
Physicians Abdelsalam al-Majali Daoud Hanania Tareq Suheimat Zaid Kilani
Lawyers Mahmoud Hanandeh
Business people Abdullah Ghubn Iman Mutlaq Mohammed Shehadeh Abdallah Abu Sheikh Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Ziyad Manasir
Actors
Mondher Rayahneh (born 8 April 1979 in Irbid) Yasser Al-Masri (22 November 1970 – 23 August 2018)ياسر المصري Juliet Awwad (born July 7, 1951 in Amman, Jordan) Margo Haddad (born February 26, 1988)Elcinema.com Margo Haddad Mais Hamdan (born October 31, 1982) Abeer Issa (born 25 April 1961) Saba Mubarak (born April 10, 1976 in Anjara) Nadim Sawalha (born 9 September 1935) Nabil Sawalha Noor Taher (born November 2, 1999 in Amman, Jordan) Tara Abboud (born 2001, in Amman, Jordan) Rakeen Saad (born December 16, 1989 in Amman, Jordan) Rania Kurdi (born 11 March 1976)
Military Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Habis Al-Majali Abdelsalam al-Majali General Muhammad Suheimat (died 1968) Amer Thaher Tarawneh Security and Defense Leader
Politicians Jamal Muhammad Abidat, Member of Parliament Ahmad Obeidat, former Prime Minister of Jordan Omar Razzaz, former Prime Minister of Jordan Mithqal Al-Fayez Ayman Safadi, Minister of foreign Affairs, Deputy prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh, current Prime Minister of Jordan Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other ministerial offices Samir Rifai Maha Ali Ismael Babouk, 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 Faisal al-Fayez, former Prime Minister and current President of the Senate Rashed Al-Khuzai Abdelsalam Al-Majali Dina Kawar, ambassador 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, 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 Nabil Talhouni, ambassadorMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Jordan) Fayez Tarawneh Alia Abu Tayeh, senator Mohammed Ali Tayem, politician and parliament member Abdul Rahim Malhas, former Health Minister
Other Hiba Abu Taha, freelance investigative journalist. I Amer Al-Barkawi (born June 20, 1997), professional Esports player Carol Rabadi (born 1977), commercial airline pilot and first woman captain of an all-Arab female flight crew on a Royal Jordanian flight Alia Twal (born 1988), commercial airline pilot and liveryman in the Honourable Company of Air Pilots Khalid Abdel-Hadi, Model and Activist Samar Dudin (born 1967), educator, theatre artist, community organizer, and political leader Dana Firas, Member of the Royal Family of Jordan, Advocate. Tima Shomali, Director. Hadaf Azzeh, Branding and Communications Leader. Nizar Haddad, Jordanian agricultural expert and international development official, serving as the representative and programme director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Saudi Arabia since 2025. Amer Thaher TarawnehSecurity and Defense Leader
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