List of Syrians
This is an alphabetical 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.
Leaders and politicians
- Hafez al-Assad - former President
- Bashar al-Assad - President
- Lu'ay al-Atassi - former President
- Nureddin al-Atassi - former President
- Sultan al-Atrash - General of the Great Syrian Revolution
- Yusuf al-Azmah - former Minister of Defense
- Nazim al-Kudsi - former President
- Farouq al-Sharaa - diplomat, former foreign minister from 1984–2006 and vice-president since 2006
- Bashir Azmeh - former Prime Minister
- Amin al-Hafiz - former President
- Ibrahim Hanano - leader of the revolution (northern area) against French Mandate (1921–1929)
- Ahmed Kuftaro - former Grand Mufti of Syria from 1964 till 2004
- Carlos Menem - former President of Argentina
- Muhammad Mustafa Mero - former prime minister
- Muhammad Naji al-Otari - prime minister
- Mahmoud Zuabi - former prime minister
- Fares al-Khoury - statesman and former prime minister
Writers, Poets and Authors
- Muhammad al-Tunji - linguist, and author, he received Indian Prize from UNESCO in 1970.[1]
- Mohammed Maghout - poet and writer
- Nizar Qabbani - poet
- Zakariyya Tamer - writer
- Abu Khalil Qabbani - playwright, the father of Syrian theatre
- Riad Ismat - writer, director
- Fathallah Saqqal - lawyer, writer, government minister
- Mona Simpson - (born 14 June 1957), a Syrian American novelist and essayist;[2]
Artists, cartoonists and painters
- Raed Khalil - cartoonist
- Ali Farzat - cartoonist
Musicians
- Farid al-Atrash - composer, singer and oud player
- Asmahan - original name: Princess Amal Al Atrash, singer, sister of Farid Al Atrash
- Sabah Fakhri - traditional singer
- Asalah Nasry - singer
- George Wassouf - singer
Actors/Actresses
- Yasser Azmeh - comedian and director
- Duraid Lahham - actor
- Shannon Elizabeth - American actress (American Pie)
- Jerry Seinfeld - American actor, comedian
- Maysoon Shaladi - British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother contestant UK
- Wentworth Miller - American actor
- Paula Abdul - American actress, dancer, singer, American idol judge
- Abbas al-Noury - actor
- Samer al-Masry - actor
- Bassam Kousa - actor
- Mamoon al-Farkh - actor
- Emarat Rezk - actor
- Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour - actor
- Muna Wassef - actor
- Lilia al-Atrash - actress
- Vic Tayback - actor
- Teri Hatcher - actress
- Bouthayna Shaya - actress
- Marwan Farhat - actor
- Raghda Khateb - actress
- Ayman Al-Salek - actor
- Adel Abo Hassoon - actor
- Samar Kokash - actress
- Rafet Bazo - actor
- Lama Alshamandi - actress
- Anjy Al-Yousif - actress
- Yahya Al-Kafri - actor
- Hisham Kafarneh - actor
- Fadwa Soliman - actress
- Qasim Melho - actor
- Jihad Zoghbi actor
Sports
- Ghada Shouaa - heptathlete
- Joseph Atiyeh - wrestler
- Naser Al Shami - boxer.
- Zid Abou Hamed - athlete
- Feras Saied - bodybuilder
- Yaser Shigan - boxer
- Ahed Joughili - weightlifter
- Michael Madanly - basketball player
- Mustafa Hamsho - boxer
- Sami Zayn - wrestlrer
Footballers
- Omar Al Somah
- Firas Al Khatib
- Jehad Al Hussain
- Wael Ayan
- Aatef Jenyat
- Sanharib Malki
- Ilyas Merkes
- Louay Chanko
- George Mourad
- Christer Youssef
- Abdul Fattah Al Agha
- Basel Abdoulfattakh
- Dani Kiki
- Gaby Jallo
- Imad Chhadeh
- Ninos Gouriye
Other
- Tawfiq Bay - traveler, military leader, and politician
- Yasser Seirawan (born 24 March 1960) - a chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion.[3]
- Michel Aflaq - political theorist
- Malek Jandali - composer and pianist
- Monzer al-Kassar - international arms dealer
- Vatche Arslanian - International Red Cross
- Aziz Azmeh - author and intellectual
- Kinan Azmeh - musician
- Aref Dalila - economist, Damascus Spring figure
- Hala Gorani - reporter
- Sireen Hamsho (born 1986) - renewable energy specialist
- Ziad Hamzeh - Syrian-American filmmaker
- Abdul-Nabi Isstaif - critic, scholar of comparative literature and orientalism
- Ghazi Kanaan - former intelligence chief of Lebanon and interior minister
- Abdul-Halim Khaddam - politician, former vice-president
- Michel Kilo - writer, political prisoner
- Jack Marshall (author) - poet and author
- Yasser Seirawan - chess grandmaster
- Saadallah Wannous - playwright
- Constantine Zureiq - historian and activist
- Ali al-Abdallah - writer and human rights activist
- Muhammad Bayazid - film-maker and director
See also
References
- ^ جریدة شرق الأوسط. Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London, Asharq Al-Awsat
- ^ Abinader, Elmaz. "Children of al-Mahjar: Arab American Literature Spans a Century". USINFO. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ^ "Yasser Seirawan". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2006-05-20.