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Famous People Born in the Arab Middle East

Can you name the 39 people born in the Arab Middle East with over 70 Wikipedia languages as of 2020? For this quiz, "Arab Middle East" means all Asian countries where Arabic is the main language, excluding Palestine.
some of these are fabricated outliers and not as famous as the others
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Last updated: June 25, 2023
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Person
Saudi Arabia
570–632
prophet and founder of Islam
Muhammad
Saudi Arabia
1957–2011
militant terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Iraq
1137–1192
Ayyubid founder, first sultan of Egypt and Syria
Saladin
Iraq
1937–2006
authoritarian president of Iraq 1979–2003
Saddam Hussein
Saudi Arabia
584–644
2nd Rashidun caliph, Muslim jurist, "Al-Fārūq"
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Syria (Bethsaida)
1–67
Apostle and traditionally first pope
Saint Peter
Saudi Arabia
600–661
last Rashidun caliph, 1st Imam according to Shia
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Syria
1965–
dictatorial president of Syria since 2000
Bashar al-Assad
Saudi Arabia
573–634
2nd Muslim leader, first caliph, "Al-Siddiq"
Abu Bakr
Iraq
-1810–-1750
conquering Babylonian king known for a law code
Hammurabi
Lebanon
1982–
female pop singer and model
Layal Abboud
Lebanon
1964–
Canadian actor (The Matrix, John Wick)
Keanu Reeves
Lebanon
1883–1931
Lebanese-American writer (The Prophet) & poet
Khalil Gibran
Saudi Arabia
1924–2015
King of Saudi Arabia 2005–2015
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Syria (Bethsaida)
5–60
"First-Called" Apostle, brother of the first pope
Saint Andrew
Saudi Arabia
574–656
early caliph who ordered the Quran compilated
Uthman ibn Affan
Syria (Bethsaida)
-5–44
first martyred Apostle, patron saint of Spain
Saint James the Great
Saudi Arabia
1935–
King of Saudi Arabia since 2015
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Iraq
965–1040
Islamic Golden Age scientist, "father of optics"
Alhazen
Iraq
-605–-562
greatest Neo-Babylonian king, captured Jews
Nebuchadnezzar II
Saudi Arabia
614–678
third wife of the prophet, "Mother of the Believers"
Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Saudi Arabia
605–632
prophet's daughter, archetype for Muslim women
Fatima al-Zahra
Iraq
1993–
human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize 2018
Nadia Murad
Saudi Arabia
626–680
third Shia Imam, grandson of the Islamic prophet
Husayn ibn Ali
Jordan
1962–
Hashemite king of Jordan since 1999
Abdullah II
Iraq
1971–2019
terrorist & leader of the Islamic State 2014–2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Oman
1940–2020
Sultan of Oman 1970–2020
Qaboos bin Said al Said
Saudi Arabia
1875–1953
founder and first king of Saudi Arabia 1932–1953
Abdulaziz ibn Saud
Yemen
1979–
journalist & human rights activist, Nobel 2011
Tawakkol Karman
Saudi Arabia
555–619
first wife of the prophet, "Mother of Believers"
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
Syria (Bethsaida)
6–100
youngest and possibly last living Apostle
Saint John
Syria
204–222
Roman emperor 218–222 known for sex scandals
Elagabalus
Syria
690–741
last non-European pope (731–741) until Francis
Gregory III
Syria (Bethsaida)
5–80
Apostle, traditionally preached in Greece & Syria
Saint Philip
Iraq
1950–2016
Iraqi-British architect & designer (Pritzker 2004)
Zaha Hadid
Syria
1930–2000
military officer, president of Syria 1971–2000
Hafez al-Assad
Syria
92–166
Assyrian pope c. 154–166
Anicetus
Yemen
1947–2017
president of (North) Yemen 1978–1990–2012
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Lebanon
208–235
Roman emperor 222–235, death caused a crisis
Severus Alexander
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