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    Born
    12 September 1960
    Amioun, Lebanon
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    Nassim Taleb is a Lebanon-born American mathematician and statistician whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty.

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    Nassim Taleb's parents were Nagib Taleb, an oncologist and haematologist, and Minerva Ghosn, a anthropology researcher.

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    • Nagib and Minerva were Greek Orthodox Lebanese of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch but held French citizenship. Perhaps we should not use the label Lebanese since Nassim Taleb writes in [4]:-

    It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag, a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label "Lebanese," preferring the less restrictive "Levantine" designation.
    Both families had produced leading citizens in Lebanon.

    Minerva Ghosn's father, Fouad Nicolas Ghosn, and her grandfather, Nicolas Mikhael Ghosn, both held high ranking positions in the Lebanese government. Fouad Nicolas