Syria
People of this nationality
Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi
b. 1961
muhaddith
Aḥmad Waṣfī Zakarīyā
1889 – 1964
writer
Ihab Makhlouf
1973 – 2024
businessperson
Mohamed Zayar
b. 1964
amateur wrestler
Nihād Sīrīs
b. 1950
writer
Ahmad Muwaffaq Zaydan
b. 1963
journalist
Kamal Abu-Deeb
b. 1942
literary critic
Nasuhi al-Bukhari
1881 – 1961
civil servant
Thwaiba Kanafani
b. 1972
engineer
Zaki al-Arsuzi
1899 – 1968
politician
Arsen Grigoryan (Mro)
b. 1968
singer
Hala Mohammad
b. 1959
poet
Adnan al-Aroor
b. 1948
theologian
Mardik Mardikian
b. 1992
association football player
Roger Dahi
b. 1961
sport shooter
Ayman Salek
b. 1958
actor
Monzer al-Kassar
b. 1945
arms trafficker
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
1933 – 2014
Eastern Orthodox priest
Hasan Turkmani
1935 – 2012
politician
Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa
1950 – 2025
politician
Wael Ayan
b. 1985
association football player
Abdurrahman Mustafa
b. 1964
politician
Assala
b. 1969
Singer
ʻAbd al-Salām al-ʻUjaylī
1918 – 2006
physician
Adnan Al-Awda
b. 1975
screenwriter
Mouhammad Alammar
b. 1962
physician
Essam Sirius
1926 – 1993
politician
Riad al-Turk
1930 – 2024
politician
Mohammed Al Wakid
b. 1985
association football player
Sabhan Adam
b. 1973
sculptor
Qays Sheikh Najib
b. 1977
actor
Sufian Allaw
b. 1944
engineer
Jumana Taha
b. 1941
writer
Fadel Alaboud
1872 – 1936
politician
Nizar Aghri
b. 1961
critic
Pope Simeon I of Alexandria
650 – 700
Eastern Orthodox priest
Georges Kwaïter
1928 – 2011
Catholic priest
Wael Shueb
b. 1987
karateka
Adnan Kudmani
b. 1957
amateur wrestler
ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʼūṭ
1927 – 2004
muhaddith
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji
b. 1954
politician
Riyad Nassan Agha
1947 – 2025
diplomat
Khachik Tololyan
b. 1944
literary scholar
Mashaal Tammo
1957 – 2011
politician
Kais Salman
b. 1976
painter
George Haswani
b. 1946
businessperson
Hilarion Capucci
1922 – 2017
Catholic priest
Hazem Harba
b. 1970
association football player
Osama Omari
b. 1992
association football player
Suhail Mohammad Abd al-Latif
b. 1961
civil servant
Moustafa Shakosh
b. 1985
association football player
Nazir Jaser
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Kefah Mokbel
b. 1965
surgeon
Adib al-Jarf
1946 – 2021
fighter pilot
Abdul-Aziz al-Khair
b. 1952
politician
Azzam al-Gharib
b. 1985
politician
Nanda Mohammad
b. 1980
actor
Loai al-Saqa
b. 1972
Mohamad Daas
b. 1989
association football player
Nizar Mahrous
b. 1963
association football player
Bassel Shehadeh
1984 – 2012
engineer
Mahmoud al-Ayyubi
1932 – 2013
politician
Mohamed Abdelkader
b. 1985
association football player
Dia Toutingi
b. 1960
high jumper
Bassel Al Shaar
b. 1982
association football player
Hêvî Îbrahîm
b. 1951
politician
Ignatius Aphrem II
b. 1965
presbyter
Ammar Bakdash
1954 – 2025
politician
Manuel Charr
b. 1984
boxer
Alaa Maso
b. 2000
swimmer
Aisha al-Debs
human rights defender
Rashid Abu Khawla
Nabil el-Fayadh
1955 – 2022
writer
Ghassan al-Rifai
b. 1942
economist
Ameen Zakkar
b. 1994
handball player
Ahmad Balkis
b. 1961
athletics competitor
Justin Najmy
1898 – 1968
Catholic priest
Muḥammad Tūnjī
1933 – 2021
translator
Adel Hammoude
b. 1960
boxer
Refik Bey el-Azm
1865 – 1925
historian
Ibrahim Makhous
1925 – 2013
diplomat
Ahmad Hamcho
b. 1992
equestrian
Athanasius IV Jawhar
1733 – 1794
Catholic priest
Hussein Arnous
b. 1953
civil servant
Mohammad Jakalan
b. 1961
association football player
Salem Ajjoub
b. 1953
weightlifter
Mahmoud Jalal
1911 – 1975
painter
Jacob Petros II Hovsepian
1700 – 1753
Catholic priest
Raed Bko
b. 1987
association football player
Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri
b. 1961
lawyer
Omran al-Zoubi
1959 – 2018
politician
Saleh El-Ali
b. 1956
long-distance runner
Adel Safar
b. 1953
politician
Samar Yazbek
b. 1970
journalist
Georges Warda
1300 – 1400
writer
Paul Salman
1886 – 1948
Catholic priest
Bassam Jamous
anthropologist
Suheir Atassi
b. 1971
lawyer
Ignatius Joseph III Younan
b. 1944
Catholic priest
Samira al-Masalma
magazine editor