(alternatively Nessim or Nissim; born 12 September 1960) a Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist.

(January 27, 1925 – February 21, 2008) an Egyptian politician.

In economics and finance, a Taleb distribution is the statistical profile of an investment which normally provides a payoff of small positive returns, while carrying a small but significant risk of catastrophic losses.

(born June 10, 1981) a French-Canadian professional mixed martial artist.