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Elias Rahbani

Lebanese lyricist and composer (1938-2021)
Person human Q6835123

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1938, June 26, 1938[6]
Date of death
January 4, 2021
Place of birth
Antelias
Place of death
Beirut
Country of citizenship
Lebanon[8]
Occupation
composer
Employer
Radio Lebanon[10]
Educated at
Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts[11]
Child
Ghassan Rahbani[7]
Sibling
Assi Rahbani, Mansour Rahbani[23][24]
Cause of death
COVID-19[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic, French[18][19]
Described by source
Elias Rahbani, Lebanese Composer Who Sought New Sounds, Dies at 82[17]
End of work period
2021[22]
Family name
Al-Rahbani[14]
Given name
Elias[15]
Manner of death
natural causes[16]
Name in native language
إلياس الرَّحباني[20]
Native language
Arabic[9]
Start of work period
1962[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Elias Hanna Al Rahbani en Elias Rahbani en Ilyas ar-Raḥbani ar إلياس الرحباني ar إلياس حنا الرحباني es Elias Hanna Rahbani fa الیاس رحبانی ja エリアス・ラーバニ ko 엘리아스 라바니 tr Elias Hanna Rahbani zh 埃里亚斯·拉赫巴尼 zh-hant 伊利亞斯·拉赫班尼
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000002987014
VIAF cluster ID
19882666
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2007132199
GND ID
1168194261
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Elias Rahbani.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000531635
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14048364j
Discogs artist ID
627916
Film.ru person ID
elias-rahbani
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120qcjkq
HAND ID
5E09-5A1B-36C7-5E45-F5B4
IMDb ID
nm1524722
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IPI name number
00025258692
J9U entity ID
987008816734805171
Kinobox person ID
574965
Last.fm ID
Elias+Rahbani
LyricsTranslate ID
elias-rahbani-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
3d9b0101-da55-4894-8781-9a7c37e9c97b
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000088367
Rate Your Music artist ID
elias-rahbani
SACEM Museum artist ID
3227
SecondHandSongs artist ID
135833
TMDB person ID
2362854
Tidal artist ID
3514697
WhoSampled artist ID
Elias-Rahbani

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
French, Arabic
Sibling 2
Mansour Rahbani, Assi Rahbani
Siblings 2
Mansour Rahbani, Assi Rahbani
Cause of death 1
COVID-19
Country of citizenship 1
Lebanon
Employer 1
Radio Lebanon
Given name 1
Elias
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:sibling 1
Assi Rahbani
Native language 1
Arabic
Occupation 1
composer
Place of birth 1
Antelias
Place of death 1
Beirut
Sex or gender 1
male
← Mb:sibling 1
Mansour Rahbani
← Relative 1
Ziad Rahbani
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Summary

Elias Rahbani was born in 1938[1] in Antelias[2]. He died on January 4, 2021[3], in Beirut[4]. He worked as a composer[5].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[25]

  • Country: LB[26]

  • Began / founded: 1938[27]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2021-01-04[28]

  • Community tags: death by covid-19[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3d9b0101-da55-4894-8781-9a7c37e9c97b[30]

FAQs

Where was Elias Rahbani born?

Elias Rahbani was born in Antelias[2].

Where did Elias Rahbani die?

Elias Rahbani passed away in Beirut[4].

What did Elias Rahbani do for work?

Elias Rahbani worked as a composer[5].

Where did Elias Rahbani go to school?

Elias Rahbani was educated at Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts[11].

Related Entities

Lebanon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . rahbani.com. Retrieved . rahbani.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . rahbani.com. Retrieved . rahbani.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . rahbani.com. Retrieved . rahbani.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . rahbani.com. Retrieved . rahbani.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . lebanon24.com. Retrieved . lebanon24.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3514697
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63221: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Educated at → Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts
    Manner of death → natural causes
    Cause of death → COVID-19
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 5E09-5A1B-36C7-5E45-F5B4, batch #269215"
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