List of Syrians
This is a list of Syrian people. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and identify themselves as Syrian, naturalized as Syrian or were registered at birth as Syrian.
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Leaders and politicians
Ancient
- Caracalla Roman emperor
- Geta Roman emperor
- Elagabalus Roman emperor
- Severus Alexander Roman emperor
- Philip the Arab Roman emperor
- Julia domna Roman empress
- Maxentius Roman emperor and the son of Eutropia
- Fausta Eutropia’s daughter, was a Roman empress and the mother of three Roman emperors Constantine II,Constantius II and Constans
- Flavia Maximiana Theodora Eutropia’s daughter and the paternal grandmother of two Emperors Julian and Constantius Gallus
- Leo III the Syrian Byzantine emperor and the founder of the Syrian dynasty[1]
- Constantine V Byzantine emperor[2]
- Leo IV the Khazar 8th-century Byzantine emperor
- Constantine VI Byzantine emperor
- leo v the Armenian Byzantine emperor of Armenian and Syrian origins.
- Cassiodorus Consul of the Roman Empire, sometimes called the savior of the western civilization[3]
- Avidius Cassius usurping Roman emperor for three months in AD 175.
- Leontius (usurper)
- Minervina wife of Constantine the Great, mother of the Roman emperor Crispus
- licinius II held the imperial rank of caesar, son of Emperor Licinius and his Syrian concubine Mamertina[4][5][6]
Modern and contemporary
- Ibrahim Hananu – leader of the revolution (northern area) against French Mandate (1921–1929)
- Shukri al-Quwatli – former President
- Hashim al-Atassi – former President
- Nazim al-Kudsi – former President
- Rushdi al-Kikhya – statesman and political leader
- Fares al-Khoury – statesman and former prime minister
- Mustafa Bey Barmada – statesman and former Governor General of State of Aleppo
- Hafez al-Assad – former President
- Bashar al-Assad – President
- Subhi Barakat – former President
- Lu'ay al-Atassi – former President
- Nureddin al-Atassi – former President
- Haqqi al-Azm – former prime minister
- Khalid al-Azm – former prime minister
- Maarouf al-Dawalibi – former prime minister
- Sultan al-Atrash – General of the Great Syrian Revolution
- Yusuf al-Azmah – former Minister of Defense
- Bashir Azmeh – former prime minister
- Husni al-Za'im – former president
- Amin al-Hafiz – former president
- Ahmed Kuftaro – former Grand Mufti of Syria, 1964–2004
- Carlos Menem – former President of Argentina
- Muhammad Mustafa Mero – former prime minister
- Muhammad Naji al-Otari – prime minister
- Mahmoud Zuabi – former prime minister.
- Rashad Barmada – former Minister of Defense
- Farouq al-Sharaa – diplomat, former foreign minister from 1984 to 2006 and vice-president since 2006
- Tareck El Aissami – Venezuelan Syrian politician serving as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018
- Khalil Eideh – Australian politician
Businesspeople
- Steve Jobs – co-founder of Apple Inc
- David nahmad – billionaire and former art dealer
- Ezra Nahmad – billionaire art collector and dealer
- Edmond Safra – Banker
- Ayman Asfari – Chief Executive of Petrofac.
- Jacob Safra – Banker
- Joseph Safra – Banker
- Jeff Sutton – billionaire New York real estate developer and the founder of Wharton Properties.
- Michel Chalhoub – founder of the Chalhoub Group.
- Mohed Altrad – French-Syrian businessman.
- Mohammed Mohiedin Anis
- Elie Horn – billionaire
- Isaac Saba Raffoul – billionaire
- Gilbert Bigio – the wealthiest man in Haiti
- Ronaldo Mouchawar – Entrepreneur, founder of Souq.com
- Sam Yagan – Internet entrepreneur
- Wafic Said – established the Saïd Foundation in 1982 and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in 1996.
Actors/actresses
- Yasser Azmeh – comedian and director
- Abbas al-Noury – actor
- Samer al-Masry – actor
- Bassam Kousa – actor
- Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour – actor
- Muna Wassef – actress
- Lilia al-Atrash – actress
- Bouthayna Shaya – actress
- Marwan Farhat – actor
- Raghda Khateb – actress
- Ayman Al-Salek – actor
- Adel Abo Hassoon – actor
- Lama Alshamandi – actress
- Anjy Al-Yousif – actress
- Yahya Al-Kafri – actor
- Hisham Kafarneh – actor
Archaeologists
- Khaled al-Asaad - former director of antiquities in Palmyra, brutally beheaded by Daesh.
- Raoul Gregory Vitale - born in Latakia.
Architects
- Nazih Kawakibi – architect, professor of architecture and historian of Damascus.
- Khaled Malas – architect and art historian.
- Moshe Safdie – designer of Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport.
- Apollodorus of Damascus – Roman architect, 2nd century.
Artists
- Youssef Abdelke – artist
- Darin Ahmad – artist, poet, writer
- Ali Farzat – cartoonist
- Marwan Kassab-Bachi – painter
- Louay Kayali – cartoonist
- Raed Khalil – cartoonist
- Fateh Moudarres – painter
Athletes
- Flamma – one of the most famous gladiators in the history
- Joseph Atiyeh – wrestler
- Zid Abou Hamed – athlete
- Mustafa Hamsho – boxer
- Ahed Joughili – weightlifter
- Michael Madanly – basketball player
- Naser Al Shami – boxer
- Feras Saied – bodybuilder
- Yasser Seirawan – chess grandmaster and four-time US-champion
- Ghada Shouaa – heptathlete
- Yaser Shigan – boxer
- Sami Zayn – wrestler
Criminals
- Monzer al-Kassar – international arms dealer
- Akram Ojjeh – international arms dealer, former son-in-law of Mustafa Tlass
Film directors
Musicians
- Bob Marley – born to a family of Syrian Jewish origin
- Asmahan – original name: Princess Amal Al Atrash, singer, sister of Farid Al Atrash
- Farid al-Atrash – composer, singer and oud player
- Kinan Azmeh – musician
- Sabah Fakhri – traditional singer
- Malek Jandali – composer and pianist
- Assala Nasri – singer
- George Wassouf – singer
- Bachar Zarkan – musician, singer, actor
- Lena Chamamyan – singer
- Faia Younan – singer
- Rasha Risk - Singer
Former political prisoners and prisoners of conscience
- Ali al-Abdallah – writer and human rights activist
- Michel Kilo – writer, political prisoner
- Haytham Manna – writer, spent three decades as a human rights activist
- Haitham al-Maleh – human rights activist and former judge
- Riad al-Turk – prominent Syrian opposition leader, former political prisoner for about 20 years in Syria
Scholars
Modern and contemporary
- Raphael of Brooklyn – Damascene Syrian parents; first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North America
- Hunein Maassab – professor of epidemiology known for developing the Live attenuated influenza vaccine
- Shadia Habbal – astronomer and physicist; played a key role in establishing the NASA Parker Solar Probe
- Fawwaz T. Ulaby – professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan; received the IEEE Edison Medal in 2006
- Kefah Mokbel, FRCS – lead breast surgeon at the London Breast Institute of The Princess Grace Hospital; professor of Breast Cancer Surgery (The Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics) Brunel University London
- Oussama Khatib – roboticist and professor of Computer Science at Stanford University; received the IEEE RAS for Distinguished Service Award (2013)
- Dina Katabi – director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wireless Center
- Huda Akil – neuroscientist, past President of the Society for Neuroscience
- Malatius Jaghnoon – epigrapher and founder of the archaeological society in Homs
- Afif Bahnassi – art historian and curator
- Constantine Zureiq – historian and activist
- Aref Dalila – economist, political activist and former political prisoner
Writers, poets and authors
- Nasib Arida
- Mary Ajami
- Sadiq Jalal al-Azm – author, philosopher, sociologist and human rights advocate
- Hussam Mtawa – famous port, but moved to Albania during the war
- Ali Ahmad Said Esber – popularly known as Adonis, a Syrian poet, essayist and translator
- Aziz Azmeh – author and philosopher
- Abdulkarim Baderkhan (born 1986) – poet, translator, critic
- Morad Daoud – novelist, sculptor
- Abd al-Masih Haddad
- Qustaki al-Himsi
- Adib Ishaq
- Riad Ismat – writer, director
- Khaled Khalifa – novelist
- Mohammed Maghout – poet and writer
- Francis Marrash
- Abu Khalil Qabbani – playwright, "father of Syrian theatre"
- Nizar Qabbani – poet
- Fathallah Saqqal – lawyer, writer, government minister
- Mona Simpson (born 1957) – Syrian American novelist and essayist
- Zakariyya Tamer – writer
- Salah Barmada – writer and translator
- Muhammad al-Tunji – linguist, and author; received Indian Prize from UNESCO in 1970
- Dima Wannous – author and journalist
- Saadallah Wannous – playwright
- khairy alzahaby- writer, novelist, scenarist, historian, thinker
Miscellaneous
- Michel Aflaq – political theorist
- Vatche Arslanian – International Red Cross
- Tawfiq Bay – traveler, military leader, and politician
- Aref Dalila – economist, Damascus Spring figure
- Hala Gorani – reporter
- Sireen Hamsho – renewable energy specialist
- Ziad Hamzeh – Syrian-American filmmaker
- Abdul-Nabi Isstaif – critic, scholar of comparative literature and Orientalism
- Steve Jobs – founder of Apple, Inc.
- Ahmad Joudeh – ballet dancer
- Jack Marshall – poet and author
See also
- List of people by nationality
- List of Arab Americans
References
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- Stanton, Andrea L.; Ramsamy, Edward; Seybolt, Peter J.; Elliott, Carolyn M. (5 January 2012). Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4522-6662-6.
- Hammer, Jacob (1945). "CASSIODORUS, THE SAVIOR OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION". Bulletin of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. 3 (2): 369–384. ISSN 0376-2327.
- Vagi, David (16 September 2016). Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-97125-0.
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