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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Born in	Lifespan	Hint	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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