Editing Sidon (section)

===In the modern era===
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* [[Fayza Ahmed]] (Al-Rawwass), Arab singer formerly based in Egypt
* [[Afif al-Bizri]], (Afif [[El-Bizri]]) former Chief of Staff of the Syrian armed forces with a high-standing military rank and political profile during the Syria-Egypt republican union of the [[Nasser]] era.
* [[Raymond Audi]], international banker, and former Minister of Refugees in the government of Lebanon (Originally Palestinian)
* [[Mousbah Baalbaki]], contemporary male belly dancer
* Nazih El Bizri, longstanding politician: mayor of Sidon from 1952 till 1959, Member of Lebanese Parliament from 1953 till 1958 and from 1972 till 1992. Lebanese Minister of Health, and Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 till 1956, then from 1972 till 1973, and from 1980 till 1982.
* [[Hisham Bizri|Hisham El-Bizri]], filmmaker, producer, professor
* [[Nader El-Bizri]], philosopher, architect
* The Four Brothers - Riad El Bizri's Sons:
** Ahmad El-Bizri, Salah-Eddine El-Bizri (Mayor of Sidon from 1937 till 1951. Member of Parliament from 1951  till 1953), Ezzedine El-Bizri, Anwar El-Bizri.
* [[Bahia Hariri]], former Minister of Education in the governments of Lebanon and philanthropist
* [[Rafic Hariri]], former Prime Minister, billionaire and international businessman
* [[Bahaa Hariri]], international businessman and billionaire, son of Rafic Hariri
* [[Saad Hariri]], youngest former Prime Minister of Lebanon
* [[Ahmad Hijazi]] (born 1994), Lebanese footballer at Dhangadhi (Nepalese club) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahmad Hijazi - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/ahmad-hijazi/333527/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=globalsportsarchive.com|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424220530/https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/ahmad-hijazi/333527/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Adel Osseiran]], co-founder of modern Lebanon, was a prominent Lebanese statesman, a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic.
* [[Sheikh Mohamad Osseiran]], Jaafari Mufti of Sidon
* [[Ali Osseiran]], Member of Parliament and Former Minister
* [[Maarouf Saad]], former deputy representing Sidon in the national parliament and founder of the Popular Nasserite Party
* [[Fouad Siniora]], former Prime Minister of Lebanon, minister of finance, and member of parliament
* [[Riad Solh]], former Prime Minister of [[Lebanon]]
* [[Sami Solh]], former Prime Minister of Lebanon
* [[Paul Watkins (Manson Family)|Paul Watkins]] (born 1950), former [[Manson family]] member; lived in Sidon during his childhood (d. 1990)
* [[Hussein Zein]] (born 1995), Lebanese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hussein Zein - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/hussein-zein/89019/|access-date=2020-11-23|website=globalsportsarchive.com|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923214039/https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/hussein-zein/89019//|url-status=live}}</ref>