This List of Palestinians is of notable Palestinian people. Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinian.[1] as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968.[2]

This list is chronologically restricted to the period since the creation of Mandatory Palestine in 1920, and definitionally restricted to the modern national rather than the merely geographical meaning of Palestinian. As such, it does not include Palestinian Jews[3] or other Israeli citizens who may be native to the geographic region of Palestine, unless they identify and are recognised as part of the Palestinian national collective. Today, "almost all Palestinian Jews identify themselves as Israelis."[4]

For a list of notable people from Palestine, not bounded by the modern national definition of Palestinian, and prior to the British Mandate, see List of people from Palestine (historical region).[5]

NameFieldSpecialityPlace of birthYear of birth
Aref al-ArefLiteraturehistorian, journalist, politicianJerusalem1891[6]
Nahil BisharaArtpainter, sculptor, craftsJerusalem1919[7]
Fatima al-BudeiriRadio broadcasternews, literature, women's issuesJerusalem1923[8]
Henry CattanLiteraturejurist, authorJerusalem1906[9]
Bandali al-JawziAcademialinguisticsJerusalem1871[10]
Aida NajjarAcademiahistorianLifta1936[11]
Ibrahim TuqanLiteraturepoetNablus1905[12][13]
Dimitri Baramki[14]Archaeologyarchaeology, scholarJerusalem1909
Yusra[15]Archaeologyarchaeologist, discovered Tabun neanderthal skullIjzim or Jaba'c. early 1900s
Moain SadeqArchaeologyIslamic archaeologyKhan Yunis[16]
Fadel al-UtolArchaeologyArchaeology of GazaAl-Shati refugee camp1981[17]
Farah Baker Social media Reporter Gaza Strip 1998[18]
Mo Amer Comedy Stand-up comedian Kuwait 1981[19][20]
Said Durrah[21] Comedy Stand-up comedian USA 1982
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas[22][23][24] Religion (Christian) Nun and saint Jerusalem 1843
Maysoon Zayid Comedy Stand-up comedian USA 1974[25]
Abeer Abu Ghaith Business technology entrepreneur, and social activist Jordan c. 1985[26]
Khaled Al-HassanPolitics (Fatah)political theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leaderHaifa1928[27]
Lila Abu LughodAcademiaprofessor, anthropology, women and gender studiesUSA1952 [28]
Salman Abu SittaAcademiaPalestinian studiesBeersheba1938[29]
Imad-ad-Dean AhmadAcademiaacademicUSA1948[30]
Mai al-KailaPoliticshealth minister, ambassadorJerusalem1955[31]
Plestia Alaqad Journalism journalist Gaza Strip 2001[32]
Awad Saud Awad Journalism, Academia Author on Palestinian folklore, journalist Jubb Yusuf 1943
Motaz Azaiza Journalism photojournalist Deir al-Balah 1999[33]
Fatima Hassouna Journalism photojournalist Gaza City 1999[34]
Bisan Owda[35] Journalism Journalist, activist, filmmaker Beit Hanoun
Rashad al-ShawwaPoliticsMayor of Gaza City (1971 – 1982)Gaza City1909[36]
Izzat DarwazaAcademiahistorian, politician, educatorNablus1888[37]
Samih FarsounAcademiasociologistHaifa1937[38]
Ismail al-FaruqiAcademiaphilosopher and comparative religions professorJaffa1921[39]
Leila FarsakhAcademiaMiddle East, politicsJordan1967[40]
Sami HadawiAcademialand specialist and researcherJerusalem1904[41]
NemahsisMusicSinger-songwriterToronto1994[42]
Ameer IdreisLiteratureWriter, playwright, urbanistDubai1999
Wasif JawhariyyehMusicOud composerJerusalem1897[43]
Rashid KhalidiAcademiahistorianUSA1948[44]
Ismail KhalidiAcademiahistorianOld City of Jerusalem1916[44]
Walid KhalidiAcademiahistorianJerusalem1925
Salem Hanna KhamisAcademiaeconomic statisticianNazareth1919
Laila Al-MarayatiMedicinegynecologistUSA1962
Khaled Mardam-BeyAcademiaprogrammerJordan1968
Nur MasalhaAcademiaacademic, historian, editorGalilee1957
Joseph MassadAcademiaacademicJordan1963
Basheer NafiAcademiaacademicRafah1952
Ali H. NayfehAcademiamathematician, mechanical engineer, physicistTulkarm1933
Sari NusseibehAcademiaphilosopher, diplomatSyria1949
Edward SaidAcademiaprofessor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian NationalistJerusalem1935
Uri DavisAcademiaprofessor, civil rights activist, politicianJerusalem1943
Nadia Abu El HajAcademiaprofessor, anthropologistUSA1962
Albert AghazarianAcademiaprofessor, historian, university administrator, politicianJerusalem1950
Rosemarie Said ZahlanAcademiahistorianEgypt1937
Anis SayighAcademiahistorianTiberias1931
Yezid SayighAcademiahistorianUSA1955
Zuhair Al-KarmiAcademia, Natural scienceauthor, scientific programs presenter on TVDamascus1922
Omar M. YaghiChemistryNobel prizeAmman1965
Hashem El-SeragMedicinedoctor and medical researcherLibya1966
Reem Kassis Literature cookbook author Jerusalem 1987
Hisham SharabiAcademiahistorianJaffa1927
Qustandi ShomaliAcademiaprofessor, historian, critic, researcherBeit Sahour1946
Khalil SuleimanMedicinemedical doctorJenin1943
Helga Tawil SouriAcademiaprofessor, media scholar and researcher, filmmakerKuwait1969
Ahmad TeebiAcademiageneticist and dysmorphologistBeirut1949
Aseel AnabtawiScienceElectrical engineer with NASATulkarem1969
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
Hanna Abu Hanna Literature writer and poet Reineh 1928[45]
Rashida TlaibPoliticiancongresswomanUSA1976[46]
Emile HabibiLiteratureauthorHaifa1922
Bella HadidFashionmodelUSA1996[47]
Gigi HadidFashionmodelUSA1995[47]
Mohamed HadidBusinessbusinessmanNazareth1948
Suheir HammadLiteraturepoetJordan1973
Nadia HijabLiteratureauthor, journalistSyria1950s
Jabra Ibrahim JabraLiteraturepoet, novelist, translator and literary criticBethlehem1919
Emily JacirArtistprofessor, filmmakerBethlehem1975
Randa Jarrar Literature author, translator USA 1978
Sabri JiryisLiteratureauthorFassuta1938
Ghassan KanafaniLiteratureauthorAcre1938
Hasan KarmiLiteraturelinguist and authorTulkarm1905
Ghada KarmiLiteratureauthorJerusalem1939
Sayed KashuaLiteratureauthor and journalistTira1975
Widad KawarLiteratureauthor and collectorTulkarm1932
Sahar KhalifaLiteraturenovelistNablus1942
Daoud KuttabLiteraturejournalist, authorJerusalem1955
Taha Muhammad AliLiteraturepoetSaffuriyya1931
Salman MasalhaLiteraturepoet, writer, essayist and translatorMaghar1953
Kamal NasserLiteraturepoet, activistGaza1924
Mohammed OmerLiteraturejournalistRafah1984
Samih al-QasimLiteraturepoetJordan1939
Nahid al-RayyisLiteraturepoetGaza1937
Abu SalmaLiteraturepoetTulkarm1906
Khalil al-SakakiniLiteratureauthorOld City of Jerusalem1878[48]
Naomi Shihab NyeLiteraturepoetUSA1952
Serene Husseini ShahidLiteratureauthor, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumesJerusalem1920
Khaled Abu ToamehLiteraturejournalistTulkarm1963
Fadwa TuqanLiteraturepoetNablus1917[12]
Ibrahim TouqanLiteraturepoet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of IraqNablus1905
Samir El YoussefLiteraturewriter and criticLebanon1965
May ZiadehLiteratureauthorNazareth1886
Hanna Batatu[49] Literature Historian and Academic Jerusalem 1926
Mosab Abu Toha Literature Poet Gaza 1992[50]
Mustafa Abu AliFilmfilm director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight filmsMalha1940
Hany Abu-AssadFilmfilm directorNazareth1961
Rashad Abu Sakhila Film actor, poet Jabalia 2001
Kamel El Basha Film actor, film director Malha 1962
Mohammad BakriFilmfilm director, actorBi'ina1953
Cherien DabisFilmfilm director, writerUSA1976
Qaher Harhash Film actor, model East Jerusalem 1998
Annemarie JacirFilmfilm director, writerBethlehem1974
Michel KhleifiFilmfilm director (Wedding in Galilee)Nazareth1950
Lexi AlexanderFilmfilm directorMannheim1974
Clara KhouryFilmactressHaifa1976
Makram KhouryFilmactor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize – 1987)Jerusalem1945
Saja Kilani Film actress Jordan 1998
Rashid MasharawiFilmfilm directorGaza1962
Mai MasriFilmfilm directorBeirut1959
Elia SuleimanFilmfilm director (Divine Intervention)Nazareth1960
Hiam AbbassFilmactressNazareth1960
Anwar JibawiFilmcomedianUSA1991
Waleed Zuaiter Film actor, producer USA
Motaz Malhees Film actor Jenin 1992[51]
Nasri Tony AtwehMusiclead singer of the band MAGIC! & singer/songwriter/record producerToronto1981
Ramzi AburedwanMusiccomposer, viola playerBethlehem1979
Charlie BisharatMusicGrammy-winning violinistUSA1963[52]
Yacoub ShaheenMusicWinner of the fourth season of Arab IdolBethlehem1994[53]
Mohammed AssafMusicWinner of the second season of Arab IdolGaza1989[54]
BellyMusicrapperJenin1984
Rim BannaMusicsinger/songwriterNazareth1966
Ammar HasanMusicsingerSalfit1976
Wissam JoubranMusiccomposer and Oud playerNazareth1983
Reem KelaniMusicsinger/composer/musicologistUK1963
Shadia MansourMusicrapper/singerUK1980s
Amal MurkusMusicsingerGalilee1970s
Nemahsis Music singer Canada
Mohsen SubhiMusiccomposer, arranger, oud and buzuq playerRamallah1963
DJ KhaledMusichip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJUSA1975
Simon ShaheenMusicoud and violin virtuoso, composerGalilee1955
MassivMusicrapperGermany1982
Tära Music singer-songwriter Italy 2003
Habib Hassan ToumaMusiccomposerNazareth1934
Fred WreckMusichip-hop producerUSA1972
Tamer NafarMusicrapper of DAM fameLod1979
Bashar MuradMusicsinger, songwriter, visual artistJerusalen1993
Sameh ZakoutMusicrapperRamle1980s
Laila Bagge WahlgrenMusicmanager and songwriterSweden1972
TaréécMusicGerman singerGermany1978
Dalal Abu AmnehMusicsinger and producerNazareth1983
DAM (band)MusicPalestinian rap groupLod1970s
Fouad AwadArttheater directorNazareth1956
Alaa Minawi Art multidisciplinary artist, lecturer Beirut 1982
Naji al-AliArtcartoonistal-Shajara1938
Iman Al Sayed Art artist Sharjah 1984
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 (The Sons of Eialboun)Nazareth1968
Rami KashouFashionfashion designerRamallah1977
Jaffa Phonix (band)MusicbandKuwait1980s
Yousef BeidasBusinessIntra BankJerusalem1912
Munib al-MasriBusinessPADICO[55]Nablus1934
Hasib SabbaghBusinessConsolidated Contractors International CompanyTiberias1920
Naim AttallahBusinessAsprey, Quartet PublishingHaifa1931
Talal Abu-GhazalehBusinessJaffa1938
Sam BahourBusinessWest bank businessmanUSA1964
Tarab Abdul HadiPoliticsactivistJenin1910
Fu'ad NassarPolitics (PCP)co-founded National Liberation League in PalestineNazareth1914
Nabil AmrPolitics (Fatah)presidential aide and negotiator1947
Yasser ArafatPolitics (Fatah)first President of the PNACairo1929
Hakam BalawiPolitics (Fatah)former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and AlgeriaTulkarm1939
Marwan BarghoutiPolitics (Fatah)founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figureKobar1959
Mohammed DahlanPolitics (Fatah)Head of Preventive Security Service in GazaGaza1961
Saeb ErekatPolitics (Fatah)presidential aide and senior negotiatorJerusalem1955
Qadura FaresPolitics (Fatah)PNA minister and aide of Barghouti
Rawhi FattuhPolitics (Fatah)former interim President of the PNABarqa1949
Faisal HusseiniPolitics (Fatah)former head of Jerusalem affairsBaghdad1940
Farouk KaddoumiPolitics (Fatah)former head of FatahJinsafut1931
Salah KhalafPolitics (Fatah)former top aide of ArafatJaffa1933
Ahmed QureiPolitics (Fatah)former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National AuthorityJerusalem1937
Ali Hassan SalamehPolitics (PLO)Qula1940
Nabil ShaathPolitics (Fatah)former Foreign Affairs MinisterSafed1938
Khalil al-WazirPolitics (PLO)former PLO military leader and top aideRamleh1934
Mohammad ShtayyehPolitics/Fataheconomist/academic/ministerNablus1958
Muhammad Abu TirPolitics (Hamas)Political leader and militantUmm Tuba1951
Mohammad BarghoutiPolitics (Hamas)
Mohammed DeifPolitics (Hamas)Former leader of Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wingKhan Younis1965
Ismail HaniyehPolitics (Hamas)Gaza1963
Mousa Abu MarzookPolitics (Hamas)Fundraiser for terrorist activitiesRafah1951
Ahmed al-Ja'abariPolitics (Hamas)Gaza1960
Wasfi KabhaPolitics (Hamas)Prisoners' Affairs Minister
Khaled MeshaalPolitics (Hamas)Secretary-General of HamasSilwad1956
Abdel Aziz al-RantissiPolitics (Hamas)founder and former Secretary-General of HamasYibna1947
Ahmed YassinPolitics (Hamas)founder and spiritual leaderAl-Jura1937
Mahmoud al-ZaharPolitics (Hamas)former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign ministerJerusalem1945
Salah ShehadePolitics (Hamas)leader of military wing of the Hamas organizationGaza1953
Yahya AyyashPolitics (Hamas)chief bomb maker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombingJerusalem1966
Bassam Abu SharifPolitics (PFLP)former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO1946
George HabashPolitics (PFLP)founder and former Secretary-General of PFLPLod1926
Abu Ali MustafaPolitics (PFLP)former Secretary-General of PFLPJenin1938
Leila KhaledPolitics (PFLP)former PFLP militant and activistHaifa1944
Ahmed SaadatPolitics (PFLP)current Secretary-General of PFLPal-Bireh1953
Nader SadaqaPolitics (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLPexiled militant and activistMount Gerizim1977
Riyad al-MalkiPolitics (PFLP)current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA1955
Wadie HaddadPolitics (PFLP)former PFLP militant and founderSafed1927
Abu QatadaPoliticsal-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militantBethlehem1959
Abu MuthanaPoliticsspokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam
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 (local)mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titularJerusalem1914
Fahmi al-AbboushiPolitics (local)appointed mayor of Jenin in 1935Jenin1895
Hussein Al-ArajPolitics (local)former mayor of Nablus
Ramiz JaraisyPolitics (local)mayor of Nazareth1951
Omar HammayilPolitics (local)mayor of al-Bireh1976
Mohammed MilhimPolitics (local)former mayor of Halhul1929
Hadem RidaPolitics (local)mayor of Jenin
Bassam ShakaPolitics (local)former mayor of Nablus1930
Ghassan ShakaaPolitics (local)former mayor of Nablus1943
Adly YaishPolitics (local)mayor of Nablus
Adel ZawatiPolitics (local)former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, RamlehNablus1920
Ahmad TibiPolitics (Israel)member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party, former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser ArafatTayibe1958
Azmi BisharaPolitics (Israel)former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad partyNazareth1956
Jamal ZahalkaPolitics (Israel)member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad partyKafr Qara1955
Hana SweidPolitics (Israel)member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of EilabunEilabun1955
Tawfiq ZiadPolitics (PCP)a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli KnessetNazareth1929
Ibrahim SarsurPolitics (Israel)Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List partyKafr Qara1959
Taleb el-SanaPolitics (Israel)Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List partyTel Arad1960
Mohammad BarakehPolitics (Israel)member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash partyShefa-'Amr1955
Haneen ZoabiPolitics (Israel)first Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab partyNazareth1969
Rania of JordanPolitics (Foreign)Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah IIKuwait1970
Alia al HusseinPolitics (Foreign)late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King HusseinCairo1948
Antonio SacaPolitics (Foreign)former president of El SalvadorEl Salvador1965
Shafik HandalPolitics (Foreign)El Salvador politicianEl Salvador1930
Nayib BukelePolitics (Foreign)president of El SalvadorEl Salvador1981
Carlos Flores FacusséPolitics (Foreign)former president of HondurasHonduras1950
Said MusaPolitics (Foreign)former Prime Minister of BelizeBelize1944
Pierre de BanéPolitics (Foreign)CanadianHaifa1938
Naser KhaderPolitics (Foreign)member of the Parliament of DenmarkSyria1963
Joe HockeyPolitics (Foreign)Australian cabinet ministerAustralia1965
John H. SununuPolitics (Foreign)former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush AdministrationCuba1939
John E. SununuPolitics (Foreign)Senator from New HampshireUSA1964
Huwaida ArrafPoliticsco-founder of ISMUSA1976
Mubarak AwadPoliticsadvocate of nonviolent resistanceJerusalem1943
Abdullah Yusuf AzzamReligion (Islam)Islamist scholar and activistJenin1941
Bulus FarahPoliticstrade unionistHaifa1910
Abd al-Qadir al-HusayniPoliticsnationalist leaderJerusalem1907
Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of SebastiaReligion (Christianity)current archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of JerusalemGalilee1965
Riah Abu AssalReligion (Christianity)current Anglican Bishop of JerusalemNazareth1937
Naim AteekReligion (Christianity)founder of SabeelBeit She'an1937
Elias ChacourReligion (Christianity)Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic ChurchGalilee1939
Michel SabahReligion (Christianity)current Latin Patriarch of JerusalemNazareth1933
Munib YounanReligion (Christianity)Lutheran bishopJerusalem1950
Rifat Odeh KassisPoliticshuman rights and community activistBeit Sahour
Mitri RahebReligion (Christianity)Lutheran minister and authorBethlehem1962
Benny HinnReligion (Christianity)evangelical preacherJaffa1952
Anis ShorroshReligion (Christianity)evangelical preacher and debaterNazareth1930s
Amin al-HusayniPoliticsformer Mufti of JerusalemJerusalem1895
Ekrima Sa'id SabriReligion (Islam)former Mufti of Jerusalem
Ahmad Abu LabanReligion (Islam)Imam in DenmarkJaffa1946
Raed SalahReligion (Islam)leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement1958
Sheikh Taissir TamimiReligion (Islam)Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territoriesHebron
Omar SheikaSportProfessional BoxerUSA1977
Salim TuamaSportsoccer playerLod1979
Ramsey NijemSportMMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos 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
Mahmoud AbbasPolitics (Fatah)President of the PNASafed1935
Tawfiq CanaanAcademiadoctor and academicBeit Jala1881
Ahmad Shukeiri[56]Politics (PLO)first chairman of the PLOLebanon1908
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
Layla Moran Politics British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon UK 1982
Michael MalarkeyFilmactor and musicianBeirut1983
May CalamawyFilmactressBahrain1986[57][58]
Mayssoun AzzamMediaTV anchor, news presenter, media instructor, and activist[59]1972

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