🇵🇸Famous People from Palestine
A comprehensive directory of 8 historically significant figures from Palestine.
Total Figures
8
Categories
9
Time Span
750BC–1966
Top Field
politician· 4
Notable Figures Overview
scientist
Yasser Arafat
1929–2004Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1994)
military leader
Saleh al-Arouri
1966–2024Deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut in January 2024.
politician
Khaled Mashal
1956–PresentFormer political leader of Hamas (2006-2017) who spent decades in exile directing the organization's political strategy from Qatar and other countries.
Distribution by Historical Era
AncientANC(1)
MedievalMED(1)
ContemporaryCONT.(6)
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Yasser Arafat
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1994)
Saleh al-Arouri
military leader
Deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut in January 2024.
Khaled Mashal
politician
Former political leader of Hamas (2006-2017) who spent decades in exile directing the organization's political strategy from Qatar and other countries.
Hanunu
king
King of Gaza in the 8th century BCE
Al-Shafi'i
Islamic jurist
Arab Muslim theologian, writer and scholar (767–820)
Ahmed Qurei
politician
Palestinian politician who served as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2003 to 2006 and was a key figure in peace negotiations with Israel.
Rami Hamdallah
linguist
Palestinian academic and politician who served as Prime Minister of Palestine from 2013 to 2019.
SA
Suha Arafat
secretary
Palestinian engineer who married PLO leader Yasser Arafat in 1990 and became First Lady of Palestine until his death in 2004.
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