Yazbek (alternatively Yazbek, Yasbeck or Yazbeck or Yesbeck, also Yazbak) is a Levantine Arabic surname. The word in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

derived from the

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

title بك‎ “'' Beik''” – the designation was exclusively given to rich and powerful families, traditionally applied to the leaders or rulers of various sized areas across the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Notable people with the surname include:

Yazbek

Charlotte Yazbek Carlotte Matta Rescala (1919 – 1989), known professionally as Charlotte Yazbek, was a Mexican sculptor. Life and career Rascála was born in Puebla in 1919 and was of Lebanese descent. She lived with her father since her mother had died early ...

(1919–1989), Mexican sculptor of Lebanese origin *

Darío Yazbek Bernal Darío Yazbek Bernal (born 30 November 1990) is a Mexican actor, known for playing Julián in '' The House of Flowers'' on Netflix. Early life Yazbek is the son of Sergio Yazbek and Patricia Bernal; his siblings are the actors Tamara Yazbek Be ...

(born 1990), Mexican actor *

David Yazbek David Norman Yazbek (born 1961) is an American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''The Full Monty'' (2000), '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2005), ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Bre ...

(born 1961), American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist * Mauricio Féres Yázbek (Garcés), a.k.a. Mauricio Garcés (1926–1989), Mexican actor *

Mohammad Yazbek Mohammad Yazbek (born 1950) is a Lebanese cleric. He is one of the Hezbollah founders and the head of the Sharia or religious council of the organization. Early life and education Yazbek hails from a family based in Bodai, a town near Baalbek ...

(born 1950), Lebanese cleric and

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

member *

Patrick Yazbek Patrick Yazbek (born 5 April 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC and the Australia national team. Early life Having begun playing soccer aged three, ...

(born 2002), Australian soccer player *

Samar Yazbek Samar Yazbek ( ar, سمر يزبك, born 1970 in Jableh, Syria) is a Syrian writer and journalist. She studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University (Latakia). She has written in a wide variety of genres including novels, short stories, film scr ...

(born 1970), Syrian writer and journalist *

Yusuf Yazbek Yusuf Yazbek (1901–1982) was a Lebanese journalist and politician who cofounded the Lebanese People's Party which was the forerunner of the Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party. He also involved in the establishment of the Syrian–Lebanese Commu ...

(1901–1982), Lebanese politician

Yazbeck

Louise Yazbeck Louise Margaret Yazbeck (August 13, 1910 – July 10, 1995) was an American composer and teacher. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana to a family of Syrian descent. After attending Centenary College and Washington University in St. Louis ...

(1910–1995), American composer and teacher *

Sean Yazbeck Sean Yazbeck is a British businessman.Tony Yazbeck (born 1979), American actor, singer, and dancer *

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (born in Syria) is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Her interests and focus include contemporary Isl ...

, Syrian-American academic

Yasbeck

* Amy Yasbeck (born 1962), American film and television actress

Yazbak

Mahmoud Yazbak Mahmoud Yazbak ( ar, محمود يزبك, he, מחמוד יזבק) is an Israeli Arab academic. He is the first Arab elected as President of the Middle East & Islamic Studies Association of Israel, (MEISAI), the main scholarly association of rese ...

(born 1956), Israeli-Arab Academic, author, historian and university professor. He is the father of

Heba Yazbak Heba Yazbak ( ar, هبة يزبك, he, הֵיבַּא יָזְבָּק, born 8 July 1985) is an Israeli Arab politician, sociologist and academic. She served as a member of the Knesset for Balad and the Joint List from 2019 to 2021. Biography ...

, an Israeli-Arab Knesset-Member. *

(born 1985), Israeli-Arab Knesset member from Hadash party, daughter of historian

{{surname