List of people from Damascus
The following is a list of notable people from Damascus, Syria.
Ancient
- Abd ar-Rahman I - founder of Omayyad dynasty in Cordoba[1]
- Ananias - one of the Seventy Disciples[2]
- Apollodorus of Damascus - Syrian architect
- Damascius - Byzantine philosopher[3]
- Israel ben Moses Najara - poet, Kaballist and rabbi[4]
- John of Damascus - Christian monk[5]
- Nicolaus of Damascus - historian and philosopher[6][7]
- Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi - Medieval Arab geographer
- Sophronius - Patriarch of Jerusalem[8]
Modern
- Avraham Abaas - Israeli politician, member of the Knesset
- Michel Aflaq - political thinker and co-founder of the Baath Party
- Khalid al-Azm - former prime minister of Syria [9]
- Salah al-Din al-Bitar - political thinker and co-founder of the Baath Party
- Shukri al-Quwatli - former Syrian president and co-founder of the United Arab Republic[9]
- Ghada al-Samman - novelist
- Ikram Antaki - Mexican writer
- Alois Brunner (1912–c.2010) - Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal
- Eli Cohen - Israeli spy
- Hanin Elias - member of punk rock band Atari Teenage Riot
- Sam Hamad - Quebec politician
- Izzat Husrieh - journalist and founder of the Syrian labor union[9]
- Abu Khalil Qabbani - Syrian playwright, considered the founder of Syrian theater
- Nizar Qabbani - poet[10]
- Eliyahu Sasson - Israeli politician and minister
- Rafik Schami - Syrian-German author
- Yasser Seirawan - chess player[11]
- Zakaria Tamer - writer[12]
- Soraya Tarzi - Queen of Afghanistan
- Samuel Vital - Kabalist
- Muna Wassef - actress and United Nations Goodwill ambassador[13]
- Constantin Zureiq - academic intellectual and Arab nationalist[14]
Families
See also
References
- ^ "Abd Ar-Rahman, I Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Saint Ananias Chapel". Arabicnews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Damascius (C. 462–C. 538)". Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Copyright © 2001-2006 by Macmillan Reference USA, an imprint of the Gale Group. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Israel ben Moses Najara". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ M. Walsh, ed. Butler's Lives of the Saints(HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 1991), pp. 403.
- ^ Ross Burns, Damascus: A History - Page 59
- ^ K. Müller &c Fragmenta historicorum graecorum vol. 3 p.344.
- ^ Donald E. Wagner. Dying in the Land of Promise: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost to 2000
- ^ a b c Moubayed, Sami. Steel and Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria, 1900-2005. Seattle, WA: Cune Press, 2005. Print.
- ^ "Nizar Qabbani". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "Yasser Seirawan". UEP Chess. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Zakaria Tamer". The Arab Writers Union. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Muna Wassef". Al-Aous Publishers. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Constantin Zureiq". The Arab Orient Center for Strategic and Civilization Studies - London. Retrieved 2009-12-01.