Leadership

• Yasser Arafat (born 1929)

  Palestinian patriot and politician who negotiated a peace agreement with Israel in 1993.

  • Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization since 1969; president of the Palestinian Authority since 1996 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
  • 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)

Miscellaneous

• Yasser Arafat (born 1929)

  Palestinian patriot and politician who negotiated a peace agreement with Israel in 1993.

  • 1993 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)

Sports

• Yasser Seirawan
  • 1981, 1986 and 1989 U.S. Chess champion (see list of United States Chess Champions)