Syria
People of this nationality
Nabil Maleh
1936 – 2016
film director
Jamāl al-Sharīf
b. 1954
association football referee
Ignatius Andrew Akijan
1622 – 1677
Catholic priest
Belal Abduldaim
b. 1983
association football player
Ahmad Al Kaddour
b. 1993
association football player
Bashar al-Assad
b. 1965
statesperson
Dima Aktaa
b. 1994
Paralympic athlete
Mansour al-Omari
b. 1979
journalist
Raed Fares
1972 – 2018
activist
Saadallah al-Jabiri
1892 – 1947
diplomat
Hossam Katerji
b. 1982
businessperson
Anas Makhlouf
b. 1973
association football player
Sherwan Haji
b. 1985
film actor
Rouwaida Attieh
b. 1982
actor
Muhammed Faris Al-Aqidi
1951 – 2024
astronaut
Elias Farah
1928 – 2013
politician
Imad Khamis
b. 1961
politician
Rima al-Qadiri
b. 1963
politician
Burhan Ghalioun
b. 1945
politician
Pierre-Macario Saba
1873 – 1943
Catholic priest
Halla Diyab
b. 2000
writer
Majd Homsi
b. 1982
association football player
Waha Al-Raheb
b. 1964
actor
Hadi Al Masri
b. 1986
association football player
Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni
b. 1938
lawyer
Ali Cheikh Dib
b. 1972
association football player
Redouan al-Issar
b. 1961
geologist
Jarjis Danho
b. 1983
mixed martial arts fighter
Alisar Youssef
b. 2005
athletics competitor
Nawzad Jaadan
b. 1984
poet
Maya Nasser
1979 – 2012
journalist
Leila Al-Shami
b. 1901
writer
Mahmoud Balah
b. 1942
amateur wrestler
Ahmad al-Sharabati
1909 – 1975
civil servant
Munif al-Razzaz
1919 – 1984
politician
Hovhannes Tertsakian
1924 – 2002
Catholic priest
Fadi Azzam
b. 1973
novelist
Huda Akil
b. 1945
neuroscientist
Amal Arafa
b. 1970
writer
Sabat Islambouli
1867 – 1941
physician
Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'rouf
b. 1964
political activist
Diala Barakat
b. 1980
civil servant
Ghfran Almouhamad
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Bakri Tarab
b. 1985
association football player
Hisham Ikhtiyar
1941 – 2012
politician
Aram Tigran
1934 – 2009
singer
Georges Abou Khazen
b. 1947
Catholic priest
Walid Abu Al-Sel
b. 1963
association football player
Mohammad Al Attar
b. 1980
playwright
Zaki Cohen
1829 – 1904
rabbi
Safaa Kumari
b. 1963
researcher
Zakaria Tamer
b. 1931
journalist
Asya Abdullah
b. 1971
politician
Jihad Jibril
1961 – 2002
politician
Morad Daoud
b. 1960
novelist
Ismet Chériff Vanly
1924 – 2011
historian
John X of Antioch
b. 1955
Eastern Orthodox priest
Hassan Soufan
b. 1977
politician
Raja Rafe
b. 1983
association football player
Boutros Raï
1922 – 1994
Catholic priest
ʿĀdil Arslān
1880 – 1954
politician
Luna al-Shibl
1975 – 2024
journalist
Naser al-Hariri
b. 1977
politician
Ali Mahmoud Othman
1978 – 2013
journalist
Abd al-Fatah Qudsiyeh
b. 1953
military personnel
Kosai Khauli
b. 1976
actor
Ammar Shamali
b. 1970
association football player
Samer Ismail
b. 1985
film actor
Nadia al-Ghazzi
b. 1935
lawyer
Ahmed Al-Qadri
1956 – 2020
agricultural engineer
Ahmad Kalzi
b. 1987
association football player
Golan Haji
b. 1977
poet
Ali Farzat
b. 1951
caricaturist
Raghda Hassan
writer
Kamal Sido
b. 1961
translator
Mohannad al-Masri
b. 1981
engineer
Youssef Diba
b. 1948
amateur wrestler
Maher Hajjar
b. 1971
politician
Hamida Nana
b. 1950
writer
Faraj Bayrakdar
b. 1951
poet
Omar Midani
b. 1994
association football player
Khaled El-Ali El-Rifai
b. 1955
amateur wrestler
Bachar Zarkan
b. 1961
singer
Jwan Hesso
b. 1982
association football player
Adel Abdullah
b. 1984
association football player
Lina Hawyani al-Hasan
b. 1975
journalist
Nadine Khoury
b. 1959
actor
Mohamad Rihanieh
b. 2001
association football player
Fahd Aodi
b. 1982
association football player
Samer Awad
b. 1982
association football player
Ammar Awad
b. 1972
association football player
Mustafa Al-Sheikh
b. 1957
military officer
Adib Qaddoura
1948 – 2025
actor
Antun Maqdisi
1914 – 2005
politician
Farouk Bouzo
b. 1938
association football referee
Malek Jandali
b. 1972
composer
Adnan al-Malki
1919 – 1955
politician
Nawaf al-Fares
b. 2000
diplomat
Mansur Selum
politician
Abdul Kader Kardaghli
b. 1961
association football player