Lebanese author and poet Khalil Gibran is best remembered for his bestselling works The Prophet and Broken Wings. One of the leaders of the Mahjar movement of Arabic literature, he specialized in incorporating mythological and mystical symbols in his works and was inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche and William Blake.
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Khalil Gibran
(Artist)
Birthdate: January 6, 1883
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bsharri, Lebanon
Died: April 10, 1931
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
(Essayist and Mathematical Statistician Best Known for His Books: ‘The Black Swan’ and ‘Antifragile’)
Birthdate: 1960 AD
Birthplace: Amioun, Lebanon
Lebanese-American scholar and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb is known for his work on risk management through uncertainty and probability. His five-volume essay Incerto included his bestselling book The Black Swan. Named to Forbes’s Most Influential Management Gurus list, he is the co-editor-in-chief of the academic journal Risk and Decision Analysis.
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Rashīd Riḍā
(Islamic scholar)

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Birthdate: September 23, 1865
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lebanon
Died: August 22, 1935
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Antoun Saadeh
(Lebanese Politician and Founder of the 'Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)')

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Birthdate: March 1, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dhour El Choueir, Lebanon
Died: July 8, 1949

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Birthdate: 1906 AD
Died: December 28, 1987
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Mikhail Naimy
(Lebanese Greek Author Famous for His Spiritual Writings 'The Book of Mirdad')

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Birthdate: October 17, 1889
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Biskinta, Lebanon
Died: February 28, 1988
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Baha' al-din al-'Amili
(islamic Scholar)

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Birthdate: February 18, 1547
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baalbek, Lebanon
Died: September 1, 1621
Baha' al-din al-'Amili was an Arab Iranian Shia philosopher, Islamic scholar, architect, astronomer, mathematician, and poet who flourished in Safavid Iran during the late 16th and early 17th century. Baha' al-din al-'Amili was one of the first astronomers in the Islamic world to advocate the possibility of the Earth's movement before the outspread of the Copernican theory.
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Leila Shahid
(Diplomat)

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Birthdate: July 13, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
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Nāṣīf Yāzijī
(Scholar)

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Birthdate: March 25, 1800
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kafr Shima, Lebanon
Died: February 8, 1871
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Abraham Ecchellensis
(Philosopher)

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Birthdate: February 18, 1605
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Haqel, Lebanon
Died: July 15, 1664
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Porphyry
(Philosopher)

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Birthdate: 0233 AD
Birthplace: Tyre
Died: 0305 AD