Hariri is a surname and derivative of harir (Arabic for silk) which indicates a mercantile background at one point in that field.
Historic
Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), Turko-Persian high government official of the Seljuk Empire, language scholar and poet
Egypt
Abu Al-Izz Al-Hariri (1946–2014), Egyptian politician and member of parliament
Iraq
Fawzi Hariri (born 1958), Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals (since 2006)
Franso Hariri (1937–2001), Iraqi politician
Lebanon
Bahia Hariri, Lebanese politician; elected to the Lebanese Parliament for the city of Sidon; sister of Rafic Hariri.
Bahaa Hariri (born 1966), international Lebanese business tycoon; eldest son of Rafic Hariri.
Hind Hariri, daughter and youngest child of Rafic Hariri.
Nazik Hariri, widow of Rafic Hariri.
Rafic Hariri (1944–2005), Lebanese business tycoon and former Lebanese Prime Minister (1992–1998; 2000–2004); assassinated.
Saad Hariri (born 1970), Lebanese politician, business tycoon, and former Lebanese Prime Minister (2009–2011; second son of Rafic Hariri).
Libya
Omar El-Hariri (c. 1944–2015), Libyan politician, minister, leading figure of the National Transitional Council of Libya
Syria
Lamia Al Hariri, Syrian diplomat
Wahbi al-Hariri (1914–1994), Syrian-American architect, artist and author
Ziad Hariri, Syrian Army chief of staff (1963)
