Saint Nimatullah Kassab Al Hardini ( 1808-1856)
Youssef Kassab was born in Hardeen of Batroun , in 1808 . His father was Gerges Kassab , and his mother Maryam Raad.
He entered the Lebanese Maronite order`s school at Saint Anthony`s Monastery in Houb in 1816 stayed there until 1822. Biography details...

Patriarch Elias Hoyek (1899-1931)
Elias Hoyek was born at the village of Helta, Batrun, in December 1843. He did his primary and elementary studies in the Seminary College of St. John Maron, in Kefar-Hay near Helta. He was admitted to the seminary of Ghazir, run by Jesuit, priests, in October 1859. There he studied French, Arabic, Syriac, Latin, Greek and Philosophy. Biography details...

Youssef Howayek (1883 -1962)
Youssef Howayek was born is 1883 in Helta, Batroun. Howayek was a painter and sculptor. Biography details...

Doctor Emile Bitar (1931 - 1988)
Emile Bitar, former Lebanese minister of Health, professor of medicine, was born on October 21, 1931. He is originated from Kfifane, Batroun, Lebanon.
His father is Wakim Assaf al Bitar (1891-1963), chairman of the Bar Association and Member of the Lebanese Parliament. His mother is Marie Youssef Arsanios. Biography details...

Michel Basbous (1921 – 1981)
Michel Basbous was born in Rachana, Batroun in 1921. Basbous thought sculpture at the American University of Beirut. Michel Basbous made Rachana an artistic and cultural center be exhibiting his sculptures in open air. Biography details...

Georges Saadeh (1930 – 1998)
Dr. Georges Saadeh was born in 1930 in Chabtine, Batroun. Saadeh studied Arabic literature at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. He got his Phd from a university in Spain. Biography details...