LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.beirut.gov.lb/

Population:
1,800,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
American University of Beirut	1866

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nancy Ajram	Singer	16-May-1983		Lebanese pop singer
Neal Conan	Radio Personality	1949		Host, Talk of the Nation
Ray R. Irani	Business	13-Jan-1935		CEO of Occidental Petroleum
Walid Jumblatt	Politician	7-Aug-1949		Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party
Robert Keeley	Diplomat	4-Sep-1929	9-Jan-2015	US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89
Steve Kerr	Basketball	27-Sep-1965		Head Coach, Golden State Warriors
Mika	Singer	18-Aug-1983		Lebanese Britpop singer
Hassan Nasrallah	Terrorist	31-Aug-1960		Hezbollah Secretary-General
Keanu Reeves	Actor	2-Sep-1964		Dude
Talcott W. Seelye	Diplomat	6-Mar-1922	8-Jun-2006	US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
Aziz R. D. Syriani	Business	1942		Olayan Group
Serj Tankian	Singer	21-Aug-1967		System of a Down
Anthony Waller	Film Director	24-Oct-1959		An American Werewolf in Paris

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rafik Hariri	Head of State	1-Nov-1944	14-Feb-2005	Billionaire, Lebanese Prime Minister
Francis E. Meloy, Jr.	Diplomat	28-Mar-1917	16-Jun-1976	US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated
St. John Philby	Government	3-Apr-1885	30-Sep-1960	Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist

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