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babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 07:06 PM Sep 2014

Joan Rivers Requested All These Things For Her Funeral...

THIS is the Joan Rivers I liked.

http://perezhilton.com/2014-09-04-joan-rivers-funeral-requests-book-i-hate-everyone-starting-with-me#.VAjvvmPRP1U


Joan Rivers Requested All These Things For Her Funeral — And It's Just As Wonderfully Outrageous As You'd Expect!
9/04/2014 4:54 PM ET | Filed under: R.I.P. • Joan Rivers • Bookz



For Joan Rivers, no topic was off-limits– even her own passing.

In her book I Hate Everyone… Starting With Me, the legendary comedian explained in hilarious detail exactly what she wanted for her funeral.

Here is how Joan wrote that she wants to be honored:

"When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything's in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action…. I want Craft Services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene!

I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don't want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don't want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing Mr. Lonely.

I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé's."


Pure Joan.
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Joan Rivers Requested All These Things For Her Funeral... (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2014 OP
Yes! cwydro Sep 2014 #1
I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. BWAH! bigwillq Sep 2014 #2
That line was the best!! babylonsister Sep 2014 #4
Meryl has a great sense of humor... I could see her complying with this request. hlthe2b Sep 2014 #6
It would be great if she does...nt joeybee12 Sep 2014 #7
That line is pure Joan Rivers. And I laughed out loud when I heard it! Rowdyboy Sep 2014 #56
Too funny.Classic Joan SummerSnow Sep 2014 #3
Able to laugh at herself. That's what I remembered from many years ago. freshwest Sep 2014 #48
brava AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #5
THAT is funny hifiguy Sep 2014 #8
agree completely. eom LittleGirl Sep 2014 #55
Damn, I may have to rethink my own (non) funeral. NV Whino Sep 2014 #9
I would seriously watch this service on TV. Initech Sep 2014 #10
I hope she gets every bit of it. nolabear Sep 2014 #11
yes, he is still alive niyad Sep 2014 #35
cool lady!! oldandhappy Sep 2014 #12
bwahahahahahaaa spanone Sep 2014 #13
...Craft Services... libnnc Sep 2014 #14
Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #15
Why comment? You go away, but thanks for the kick! nt babylonsister Sep 2014 #18
Someone didn't get the joke, methinks. hifiguy Sep 2014 #21
She probably would have left some choice words for Johnny Carson ... lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #16
Are you suggesting that she DocMac Sep 2014 #19
He loved her until he babylonsister Sep 2014 #27
It's probably more a reference to the fact Carson... Chan790 Sep 2014 #28
ON A TRIP TO LA ... PosterChild Sep 2014 #37
Maybe, but I recall her stabbing Johnnie in the back. DocMac Sep 2014 #40
She certainly wasn't a nobody. I'll concede that The Tonight Show closeupready Sep 2014 #45
"You're dead. You deserve to be dead." 4now Sep 2014 #17
death by plastic surgery Fred Drum Sep 2014 #47
yep.. frylock Sep 2014 #53
I love her attitude. Glassunion Sep 2014 #20
If she didn't say that hifiguy Sep 2014 #22
I liked her. BainsBane Sep 2014 #23
In all honesty. I hope beyond all hope, that this is how it's done. Glassunion Sep 2014 #24
Say what you want about her Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #25
Yes. babylonsister Sep 2014 #26
:) BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #29
Sounds like my mother's wishes riverbendviewgal Sep 2014 #30
I think it can be seen that Joan had a sense of humor. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #32
I don't know JOan riverbendviewgal Sep 2014 #33
You don't know that a comedian had a sense of humor? Whatever your mother was, I think you ought not WinkyDink Sep 2014 #34
When my uncle died, he babylonsister Sep 2014 #42
And WTH NOT?! Good on ya, Joan. RIP!! (But with laughter.) WinkyDink Sep 2014 #31
dear joan, thanks for all the laughs, for your trailblazing courage when you were younger. niyad Sep 2014 #36
Yes! nt babylonsister Sep 2014 #41
Her funeral on Sunday will be at LiberalElite Sep 2014 #38
She didn't want JUST a rabbi leftynyc Sep 2014 #51
Don't forget a few dead Gazans to drop there. Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #39
This Jake Stern Sep 2014 #49
Agree. Joan Rivers: 'Palestinians deserve to be dead' Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #50
Getting tired of people, including those on here who say "She said some bad things Jake Stern Sep 2014 #61
I have to agree with you Katasha_itto. I do feel sad for her family and friends as I would for seaglass Sep 2014 #63
Exactly, she was in may ways a pioneer. But she was into "bully" humor. Her humor always seemed to Katashi_itto Sep 2014 #64
What will DU do when Dennis Miller dies? DocMac Sep 2014 #43
Celebrate. nt babylonsister Sep 2014 #44
The same thing we did when Ron Silver died. 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #46
Probably something along the lines of... Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #57
80 percent will let it go, 10 percent will be asses, and 10 percent will be assholes. CBGLuthier Sep 2014 #58
I just saw her recently Danascot Sep 2014 #52
I went to one of her shows strawberries Sep 2014 #54
Couldn't agree more. Agschmid Sep 2014 #62
Maybe these Palestinians are also invited to give eulogies; greiner3 Sep 2014 #59
Great way to remember Joan, in her own words. Thanks, I hope she gets her wish. n/t Utopian Leftist Sep 2014 #60

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
48. Able to laugh at herself. That's what I remembered from many years ago.
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 01:00 AM
Sep 2014

But then, I rarely saw her routine, and she wasn't as portrayed here lately.

She always made me think of Rodney Dangerfield, same era.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
8. THAT is funny
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 07:36 PM
Sep 2014

and I am not a fan of her work the last few years. This is a pure throwback to her best days, when she was very funny indeed.

libnnc

(9,996 posts)
14. ...Craft Services...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 07:50 PM
Sep 2014


Bless you, Joan. I hope at some point, when Melissa is able, she follows these instructions to. the. letter.

Just make it over-the-top, outrageous as hell.

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

lpbk2713

(42,737 posts)
16. She probably would have left some choice words for Johnny Carson ...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 07:53 PM
Sep 2014



if Carson hadn't made his exit before her.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
28. It's probably more a reference to the fact Carson...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 08:52 PM
Sep 2014

basically discovered her and launched her career into the spotlight, booking her on the Tonight show when nobody knew who she was and repeatedly had her back every chance he could.

He considered himself her biggest fan.

PosterChild

(1,307 posts)
37. ON A TRIP TO LA ...
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:55 PM
Sep 2014

... a friend and I visited the tonight show. johny was out a j.r. hosted. great show!

DocMac

(1,628 posts)
40. Maybe, but I recall her stabbing Johnnie in the back.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:30 PM
Sep 2014

No worries, I just see Johnnie as a class act...Joan, not so much.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
45. She certainly wasn't a nobody. I'll concede that The Tonight Show
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:10 AM
Sep 2014

was her biggest career move, but she'd done plenty of work prior to then, and I was quite familiar with her and her sense of humor.

4now

(1,596 posts)
17. "You're dead. You deserve to be dead."
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 07:54 PM
Sep 2014

"You're dead. You deserve to be dead. You started it. You started it. Don't you dare make me feel sad about that."

She was so funny.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
20. I love her attitude.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 08:23 PM
Sep 2014

Don't forget, with all of her plastic surgery, they will be donating her body to Tupperware.

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
23. I liked her.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 08:30 PM
Sep 2014

I have a couple items of her clothing and jewelry I got from QVC. I liked her personality, her guts. I admired the way she never gave up, kept fighting for everything. Yes, she made some reprehensible comments about Palestinians and the First Lady, but you know, I still liked her. RIP Joan.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
25. Say what you want about her
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 08:47 PM
Sep 2014

She could make a depressed, broken down old man laugh.

For all you warts, bless you, Ms Rivers.

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
30. Sounds like my mother's wishes
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:13 PM
Sep 2014

She wanted her coffin on a carriage with horses ... (she was up to debt to her eyeballs)

There were few people at the funeral. I was not there. My mother was a narcissistic woman. Rivers reminds me of her.

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
33. I don't know JOan
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:18 PM
Sep 2014

but my mom had no care except for herself. She dressed to the nines ever since I can remember, while I did without a dentist as a kid and didn't get eyeglasses until I was 13 . When I read the eyechart the first time I thought the big E was a piano.

The way Joan wore her hair and dressed she reminded me of my mother.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
34. You don't know that a comedian had a sense of humor? Whatever your mother was, I think you ought not
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:27 PM
Sep 2014

to judge Joan by HER.

I, for one, always disliked frumpy hausfrauen.

babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
42. When my uncle died, he
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:34 PM
Sep 2014

gave his body to a university to study, but then wanted a Viking funeral so had his ashes floated across a bay by his friends and almost caught some stuff on fire. We called him Unk, and he was wonderful!

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
51. She didn't want JUST a rabbi
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:14 AM
Sep 2014

droning on. She was a devoted Jewish woman and there is no way her family would have her funeral without a rabbi doing the proper prayers.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
61. Getting tired of people, including those on here who say "She said some bad things
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:09 PM
Sep 2014

BUT she was a funny comedienne!". She wished death on an entire people.

Can't help but wonder if DUers would be as forgiving of a male comedian who said that women who wear reveling clothing deserved to be raped?

seaglass

(8,171 posts)
63. I have to agree with you Katasha_itto. I do feel sad for her family and friends as I would for
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:28 AM
Sep 2014

most anyone who dies even if I don't personally like them but she could be extremely cruel. I don't find cruelty funny. Her jokes about the women who had been kidnapped and raped by Ariel Castro were nasty and hurtful to Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/24/joan-rivers-kidnapping-victims_n_5206222.html

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
64. Exactly, she was in may ways a pioneer. But she was into "bully" humor. Her humor always seemed to
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:11 AM
Sep 2014

be at the expense of others. As opposed to say Robin Williams.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
58. 80 percent will let it go, 10 percent will be asses, and 10 percent will be assholes.
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 02:27 PM
Sep 2014

Kind of like now. I find celebrating the death of human beings, even those we disagree with politically, to be sad and pathetic and a real embarrassment for Du.

Danascot

(4,690 posts)
52. I just saw her recently
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:11 AM
Sep 2014

mocking the fashions worn at the MTV awards. She was at the top of her game. Her zingers were stingers! I can only dream of being that irreverent.

 

strawberries

(498 posts)
54. I went to one of her shows
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:39 PM
Sep 2014

She was a riot. Nothing was off limits. This was in the 90s and I thought she was old then. Oy

Between her and Robin Williams the heavens must be laughing their @sses off

RIP I will miss your style of comedy.

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
59. Maybe these Palestinians are also invited to give eulogies;
Fri Sep 5, 2014, 02:46 PM
Sep 2014


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinians

BTW, I noticed that Wiki lists Jesus as Palestinian but I defer to Biblical 'scholars' for this one.


Name Field Speciality Place of birth Year of Birth
Khaled Al-Hassan Politics(Fatah) Political theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leader Haifa 1928
Ihsan Abbas Academia professor, critic Ayn Ghazal 1920
Ibrahim Abu Lughod Academia sociologist Jaffa 1929
Majid Sirhan Journalist Broadcaster Halhoul 1939
Lila Abu Lughod Academia professor, anthropology, women and gender studies USA 1950s
Hasan Yahya Academia professor, sociologist, thinker and writer, Majdal Yaba 1944
Salman Abu Sitta Academia Beersheba 1938
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad Academia academic USA 1948
Naseer Aruri Academia academic Jerusalem 1934
Hanna Batatu Academia historian Jerusalem 1926
Izzat Darwaza Academia historian, politician, educator Nablus 1888
Samih Farsoun Academia sociologist Haifa 1937
Ismail al-Faruqi Academia philosopher and comparative religions professor Jaffa 1921
Leila Farsakh Academia Middle East, politics Jordan 1967
Sami Hadawi Academia land specialist and researcher Jerusalem 1904
Wasif Jawhariyyeh Music Oud composer Jerusalem 1897
Rashid Khalidi Academia historian USA 1948
Walid Khalidi Academia historian Jerusalem 1925
Chaker Khazaal Arts Writer Beirut/Palestinian Refugee 1987
Salem Hanna Khamis Academia economic statistician Nazareth 1919
Laila Al-Marayati Medicine gynecologist USA 1962
Khaled Mardam-Bey Academia programmer Jordan 1968
Nur Masalha Academia academic, historian, editor Galilee 1957
Joseph Massad Academia academic Jordan 1963
Sari Nusseibeh Academia philosopher, diplomat Syria 1949
Edward Said Academia professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist Jerusalem 1935
Nadia Abu El Haj Academia Professor, Anthropologist USA 1962
Rosemarie Said Zahlan Academia historian Egypt 1937
Anis Sayigh Academia historian Tiberias 1931
Yezid Sayigh Academia historian USA 1955
Hashem El-Serag Medicine doctor and medical researcher Libya 1966
Hisham Sharabi Academia intellectual Jaffa 1927
Qustandi Shomali Academia Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher Beit Sahour 1946
Khalil Suleiman Medicine medical doctor Jenin 1943
Helga Tawil Souri Academia Professor, Media scholar & researcher, filmmaker Kuwait 1969
Ahmad Teebi Academia geneticist and dysmorphologist Beirut 1949
Ali Abunimah Literature author, journalist USA 1971
Said K. Aburish Literature author, journalist Jerusalem 1935
Mourid Barghouti Literature poet Ramallah 1944
Khalil Beidas Literature author Nazareth 1874
Jamal Dajani Literature author, journalist, producer Jerusalem 1957
Mahmoud Darwish Literature poet Al-Birwa 1941
Khaled Ennasra Poet Journalist Jenin 1927
Emile Habibi Literature author Haifa 1922
Suheir Hammad Literature poet Jordan 1973
Nadia Hijab Literature author, journalist Syria 1950s
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Literature poet, novelist, translator and literary critic Bethlehem 1919
Emily Jacir Artist professor, filmmkaker Bethlehem 1975
Sabri Jiryis Literature author Fassuta 1938
Ghassan Kanafani Literature author Acre 1938
Hasan Karmi Literature linguist and author Tulkarm 1905
Ghada Karmi Literature author Jerusalem 1939
Sayed Kashua Literature author and journalist Tira 1975
Widad Kawar Literature author and collector Bethlehem 1932
Sahar Khalifa Literature novelist Nablus 1942
Daoud Kuttab Literature journalist, author Jerusalem 1955
Taha Muhammad Ali Literature poet Saffuriyya 1931
Salman Masalha Literature poet, writer, essayist and translator Maghar 1953
Kamal Nasser Literature poet, activist Gaza 1925
Mohammed Omer Literature journalist Rafah 1984
Samih al-Qasim Literature poet Jordan 1939
Nahid al-Rayyis Literature poet Gaza 1937
Abu Salma Literature poet Haifa 1906
Khalil al-Sakakini Literature author Jerusalem 1878
Naomi Shihab Nye Literature poet USA 1952
Serene Husseini Shahid Literature author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes Jerusalem 1920
Khaled Abu Toameh Literature journalist Tulkarm 1963
Fadwa Toukan Literature poet Nablus 1917
Ibrahim Touqan Literature poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq Nablus 1905
Samir El Youssef Literature writer and critic Lebanon 1965
May Ziade Literature author Nazareth 1886
Mustafa Abu Ali Film film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films Malha 1940
Hany Abu-Assad Film film director Nazareth 1961
Muhammad Bakri Film film director Bi'ina 1953
Cherien Dabis Film film director, writer USA 1976
Annemarie Jacir Film film director, writer Bethlehem 1974
Michel Khleifi Film film director (Wedding in Galilee) Nazareth 1950
Clara Khoury Film actress Haifa 1976
Makram Khoury Film actor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize – 1987) Jerusalem 1945
Rashid Masharawi Film film director Gaza 1962
Mai Masri Film film director Beirut 1959
Elia Suleiman Film film director (Divine Intervention) Nazareth 1960
Hiam Abbas Film actress Nazareth 1960
Charlie Bisharat Music Grammy-winning violinist USA 1963[7]
Belly Music Rapper Jenin 1984
Rim Banna Music singer/songwriter Nazareth 1966
Ammar Hasan Music singer Salfit 1976
Wissam Joubran Music composer and Oud player Nazareth 1983
Reem Kelani Music singer/composer/musicologist UK 1963
Shadia Mansour Music singer UK 1980s
Amal Murkus Music singer Galilee 1970s
Mohsen Subhi Music composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player Ramallah 1963
DJ Khaled Music hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ USA 1975
Simon Shaheen Music oud and violin virtuoso, composer Galilee 1955
Massiv Music rapper Germany 1982
Melechesh (band) Music Jerusalem 1970s
Habib Hassan Touma Music composer Nazareth 1934
Fred Wreck Music hip-hop producer USA 1972
Tamer Nafar Music rapper of DAM fame Lod 1979
Sameh Zakout Music rapper Ramle 1980s
Laila Bagge Wahlgren Music manager and songwriter Sweden 1972
Tarééc Music German singer Germany 1978
DAM (band) Music Palestinian rap group Lod 1970s
Fouad Awad Art Theater Director Nazareth 1956
Naji al-Ali Art cartoonist al-Shajara 1938
Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan Art artist Jericho 1941
Mustafa Al-Hallaj Art artist Jaffa 1938
Mona Hatoum Art sculptor Beirut 1952
Nabil Anani Art artist Halhoul 1943
Hasan Hourani Art painter Hebron 1974
Bissan Rafe Art painter and writer Kuwait 1986
Emily Jacir Art painter and photographer, artist Bethlehem 1970
Hanna Jubran Art sculptor Galilee 1952
Sliman Mansour Art painter Birzeit 1947
Sama Raena Alshaibi Art photographer, artist Iraq 1980s
Ahlam Shibli Art photographer Galilee 1970
Jafar Tukan Art architect Jerusalem 1938
Hisham Zreiq Art artist and film director (The Sons of Eialboun) Nazareth 1968
Rami Kashou Art fashion designer Ramallah 1977
Jaffa Phonix (band) Music band Kuwait 1980s
Zaman (band) Music Palestinian folk and flamenco band Acre
Yousef Beidas Business Intra Bank Jerusalem 1912
Munib al-Masri Business PADICO [8] Nablus 1934
Hasib Sabbagh Business Consolidated Contractors International Company Tiberias 1920
Naim Attallah Business Asprey, Quartet Publishing Haifa 1931
Farouk Khalil Toukan Business Toukan Enterprise, CICON Nablus 1937
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Business Jaffa 1938
Sam Bahour Business West bank businessman USA 1964
Yasser Elshantaf Business Vice chairman of PhoenixBird, and CEO of Safadi Group Gaza 1983
Tarab Abdul Hadi Politics Activist Jenin 1910
Fu'ad Nassar Politics (PCP) Co-founded National Liberation League in Palestine Nazareth 1914
Nabil Amr Politics (Fatah) presidential aide and negotiator 1947
Yasser Arafat Politics (Fatah) First President of the PNA Cairo 1929
Hakam Balawi Politics (Fatah) former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria Tulkarm 1939
Marwan Barghouti Politics (Fatah) founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure Kobar 1959
Mohammed Dahlan Politics (Fatah) Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza Gaza 1961
Saeb Erekat Politics (Fatah) presidential aide and senior negotiator Jerusalem 1955
Qadura Fares Politics (Fatah) PNA minister and aide of Barghouti
Rawhi Fattuh Politics (Fatah) former interim President of the PNA Barqa 1949
Faisal Husseini Politics (Fatah) former head of Jerusalem affairs Baghdad 1940
Farouk Kaddoumi Politics (Fatah) former head of Fatah Jinsafut 1931
Salah Khalaf Politics (Fatah) former top aide of Arafat Jaffa 1933
Ahmed Qurei Politics (Fatah) former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Jerusalem 1937
Ali Hassan Salameh Politics (PLO) Qula 1940
Nabil Shaath Politics (Fatah) former Foreign Affairs Minister Safed 1938
Khalil al-Wazir Politics (PLO) former PLO military leader and top aide of Arafat Ramla 1938
Dalal Mughrabi Other militant killed during the Coastal Road massacre Lebanon 1959
Muhammad Abu Tir Politics (Hamas) Jerusalem 1951
Mohammad Barghouti Politics (Hamas)
Mohammed Deif Politics (Hamas) Leader of Hamas' military wing 1960
Ismail Haniyeh Politics (Hamas) Gaza 1963
Ahmed al-Ja'abari Politics (Hamas) Gaza 1960
Wasfi Kabha Politics (Hamas) Prisoners' Affairs Minister
Khaled Meshaal Politics (Hamas) Secretary-General of Hamas Silwad 1956
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi Politics (Hamas) founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas Yibna 1947
Ahmed Yassin Politics (Hamas) founder and spiritual leader Al-Jura 1937
Mahmoud al-Zahar Politics (Hamas) former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister Jerusalem 1945
Salah Shehade Politics (Hamas) leader of military wing of the Hamas organization Gaza 1953
Yahya Ayyash Politics (Hamas) chief bombmaker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombing Jerusalem 1966
Bassam Abu Sharif Politics (PFLP) former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO 1946
George Habash Politics (PFLP) founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP Lod 1926
Abu Ali Mustafa Politics (PFLP) former Secretary-General of PFLP Jenin 1938
Leila Khaled Politics (PFLP) former PFLP militant and activist Haifa 1944
Ahmed Saadat Politics (PFLP) current Secretary-General of PFLP al-Bireh 1953
Riyad al-Malki Politics (PFLP) current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA 1955
Wadie Haddad Politics (PFLP) former PFLP militant and founder Safed 1927
Abu Qatada Politics al-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militant Bethlehem 1959
Abu Muthana Politics spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam
Awni Abd al-Hadi Politics Palestinian political figure Nablus 1889
Haidar Abdel-Shafi Politics independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 Gaza 1919
Salah Abdel-Shafi Politics independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden, Germany, Austria, and UNOV Gaza 1962
Muhammad Zaidan Politics PLF Syria 1948
Musa Alami Politics Jerusalem 1897
Hanan Ashrawi Politics Third Way Nablus 1946
Mustafa Barghouti Politics doctor and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative Jerusalem 1954
Nayef Hawatmeh Politics DFLP Jordan 1935
Ahmed Jibril Politics PFLP-GC Jaffa 1938
Karimeh Abbud Art photographer Shefa 'Amr 1896
Nimr al-Khatib Politics political leader, Haifa Haifa 1918
Jabra Nicola Politics Trotskyist leader Haifa 1912
Abu Nidal Politics Abu Nidal Organization Jaffa 1937
Nahid al-Rayyis Politics Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Gaza 1937
Afif Safieh Politics Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation jerusalem 1950
Hasan Tahboub Politics former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council Hebron 1923
Ruhi al-Khatib Politics (local) Mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titular Jerusalem 1914
Fahmi al-Abboushi Politics (local) appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935 Jenin 1895
Hussein Al-Araj Politics (local) former mayor of Nablus
Ramiz Jaraisy Politics (local) Mayor of Nazareth 1951
Omar Hammayil Politics (local) mayor of al-Bireh 1976
Mohammed Milhim Politics (local) former mayor of Halhul 1929
Hadem Rida Politics (local) mayor of Jenin
Bassam Shaka Politics (local) former mayor of Nablus 1930
Ghassan Shakaa Politics (local) former mayor of Nablus 1943
Adly Yaish Politics (local) mayor of Nablus
Adel Zawati Politics (local) former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh Nablus 1920
Ahmad Tibi Politics (Israel) member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party,former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat Tayibe 1958
Azmi Bishara Politics (Israel) ormer member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party Nazareth 1956
Jamal Zahalka Politics (Israel) member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party Kafr Qara 1955
Hana Sweid Politics (Israel) member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun Eilabun 1955
Tawfiq Ziad Politics (PCP) a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli Knesset Nazareth 1929
Ibrahim Sarsur Politics (Israel) Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party Kafr Qara 1959
Taleb el-Sana Politics (Israel) Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party Tel Arad 1960
Mohammad Barakeh Politics (Israel) member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash party Shefa-'Amr 1955
Haneen Zoabi Politics (Israel) First Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party Nazareth 1969
Rania of Jordan Politics (Foreign) Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II Kuwait 1970
Alia al Hussein Politics (Foreign) late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein Cairo 1948
Antonio Saca Politics (Foreign) former president of El Salvador El Salvador 1965
Shafik Handal Politics (Foreign) El Salvador politician El Salvador 1930
Carlos Flores Facussé Politics (Foreign) president of Honduras Honduras 1950
Said Musa Politics (Foreign) Prime Minister of Belize Belize 1944
Pierre de Bané Politics (Foreign) Canadian Haifa 1938
Naser Khader Politics (Foreign) member of the Parliament of Denmark Syria 1963
Joe Hockey Politics (Foreign) Australian cabinet minister Australia 1965
John H. Sununu Politics (Foreign) former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration Cuba 1939
John E. Sununu Politics (Foreign) Senator New Hampshire USA 1954
Huwaida Arraf Politics co-founder of ISM USA 1976
Mubarak Awad Politics advocate of nonviolent resistance Jerusalem 1943
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Religion (Islam) Islamist scholar & activist Jenin 1941
Bulus Farah Politics trade unionist Haifa 1910
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Politics nationalist leader Jerusalem 1907
Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia Religion (Christianity) current Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Galilee 1965
Riah Abu Assal Religion (Christianity) current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem Nazareth 1937
Naim Ateek Religion (Christianity) founder of Sabeel Beit She'an 1937
Elias Chacour Religion (Christianity) Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Galilee 1939
Michel Sabah Religion (Christianity) current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Nazareth 1933
Munib Younan Religion (Christianity) Lutheran bishop Jerusalem 1950
Rifat Odeh Kassis Politics human rights and community activist Beit Sahour
Mitri Raheb Religion (Christianity) Lutheran minister and author Bethlehem 1962
Benny Hinn Religion (Christianity) evangelical preacher Jaffa 1952
Anis Shorrosh Religion (Christianity) Evangelical preacher and debater Nazareth 1930s
Amin al-Husayni Politics former Mufti of Jerusalem Jerusalem 1895
Ekrima Sa'id Sabri Religion (Islam) former Mufti of Jerusalem
Ahmad Abu Laban Religion (Islam) Imam in Denmark Jaffa 1946
Raed Salah Religion (Islam) leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement 1958
Sheikh Taissir Tamimi Religion (Islam) Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories Hebron
Omar Sheika Sport Professional Boxer USA 1977
Salim Tuama Sport soccer player Lod 1979
Ramsey Nijem Sport MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up USA 1988
Walid Badir Sport soccer player, Israeli team, Captain of Hapoel Tel Aviv Kafr Qasim 1974
Muhammad al-Durrah Other 12-year old boy shot under disputed circumstances Gaza 1988
Fatma Omar An-Najar Other 64-year old grandmother and oldest Palestinian suicide bomber 1942
Faris Odeh Other teenage boy shot while throwing stones Gaza 1985
Rana Raslan other 1999 Miss Israel contest winner Haifa 1977
Saeed Hotari other suicide bomber of the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing
Mahmoud Abbas Politics (Fatah) President of the PNA Safed 1935
Tawfiq Canaan Academic Doctor and academic Beit Jala 1881
Ahmad Shukeiri Politics (PLO) First chairman of the PLO Lebanon 1908
Wael Zwaiter Other translator, assassinated Nablus 1930s
Omar Barghouti Politics political activist and analyst PACBI Qatar 1964
Asma Agbarieh Politics, journalism journalist, leader of Organization for Democratic Action Jaffa 1974
Muin Bseiso Literature Poet Gaza 1926
Eyad al-Sarraj Medicine Psychiatrist and human rights activist Beersheba 1944
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