Syria
People of this nationality
Mahdi Dakhlallah
b. 1947
journalist
Faia Younan
b. 1992
chanteuse
Saleh Mohammad
b. 1986
swimmer
Mary Jubran
1911 – 1956
singer
Abd al-Mu'in Mallouhi
1917 – 2006
writer
Mahmoud al-Abrash
b. 1944
politician
Nadir Al Zoghbi
Writer
Najiya Thamir
1926 – 1988
writer
Ahmad Jarba
b. 1969
politician
Abu Layla
1948 – 2016
Hasan Ibrahim Belal
b. 1994
photojournalist
Saint Mari
Catholic priest
Molhem Barakat
1995 – 2013
photojournalist
Mohammad Hazzory
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Khaled El-Khaled
b. 1951
amateur wrestler
May Skaf
1969 – 2018
actor
Yussef Sleman
1986 – 2013
association football player
Yusuf Zuayyin
1931 – 2016
politician
Darin Ahmad
b. 1979
visual artist
Haidar Haidar
1936 – 2023
writer
Khaled Haj Othman
b. 1987
association football player
Mohamed Ali El-Dahan
b. 1960
boxer
Khaled Asaad
1932 – 2015
archaeologist
Dima Nashawi
b. 1980
clown
Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek
1937 – 2015
Usama Muhammad
b. 1954
film director
Iyad Rimawi
b. 1973
composer
Halim Barakat
1933 – 2023
sociologist
Naji al-Jerf
1977 – 2015
journalist
Mustafa Khalifa
b. 1948
writer
Zeina Yazigi
b. 1975
journalist
Mohammad Bassam Imadi
b. 1950
diplomat
Mohamed Nakdali
b. 1962
amateur wrestler
Lamia Assi
b. 1955
diplomat
Hassan al-Hakim
1886 – 1982
politician
Raef al-Maarri
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
1932 – 2025
politician
Ibrahim Al Hasan
b. 1981
association football player
Mihemed Şêxo
1948 – 1989
singer
Yoland Asmar
1930 – 1988
singer
Rami Makhlouf
b. 1969
businessperson
Abu Luqman
1973 – 2018
jihadist
Ciwan Haco
b. 1957
singer-songwriter
Zakaria Al Omari
b. 1990
association football player
Fawzi Salloum
b. 1943
amateur wrestler
Ihsan Al Jabri
1879 – 1980
politician
Mohammed Makhlouf
1932 – 2020
businessperson
Abdul Rahman Khleifawi
1930 – 2009
politician
Amin al-Hafez
1921 – 2009
politician
Akram Shammaa
1930 – 2012
lawyer
Mariam Mikhaïl Faransis
b. 1950
writer
Jamil Hassan
b. 1952
military personnel
Simeon Stylites
389 – 459
monk
Nadim Sabagh
b. 1985
association football player
Jean-Clément Jeanbart
1943 – 2026
archbishop
Abdul Baset Al-Sarout
1992 – 2019
revolutionary
Zouhair Khazem
b. 1963
civil engineer
Haqqi al-Azm
1870 – 1955
civil servant
Bayan Jumah
b. 1994
swimmer
Jawdat Said
1931 – 2022
philosopher
Alaa Baidoun
b. 1983
association football player
Hazem Mahamid
b. 1987
association football player
Mohamed Bairouti
b. 1976
association football player
Zaki Khatib
1887 – 1961
politician
Nesreen Tafesh
b. 1982
actor
Youhanna Jihad Battah
b. 1956
Catholic priest
Rasheed Assaf
b. 1958
actor
Abir Haj Ibrahim
b. 1973
peace activist
Raqia Hassan
1985 – 2015
journalist
Abdulnasser El-Oulabi
b. 1959
amateur wrestler
Zaina Erhaim
b. 1985
journalist
Hafez El-Hussein
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Mary Ajami
1888 – 1965
salonnière
Qusay Habib
b. 1987
association football player
Salem Turki al-Antri
military officer
Jekar Khourchid
children's writer
Mahmoud Zuabi
1935 – 2000
politician
Tayseer Qala Awwad
b. 1943
civil servant
Isidore Battikha
b. 1950
Catholic priest
Masoud Juni
1938 – 1991
novelist
Abdul Rahman al-Aama
b. 1987
politician
Tayseer Allouni
b. 1955
journalist
Tawfiq Tayarah
b. 1984
association football player
Ighraa
b. 1945
dancer
Riad Beyrouti
1944 – 2019
painter
Wafa Mustafa
b. 1990
journalist
Abdul Rahman Orfalli
1989 – 2012
Fahd Ballan
1933 – 1997
singer
Farouk al-Sharaa
b. 1938
diplomat
Akel Hamdan
b. 1953
long-distance runner
Ibrahim Haddad
b. 1938
physicist
Hussain Rahal
b. 1988
association football player
Mahmoud El-Messouti
b. 1960
amateur wrestler
Youssef Kalfa
b. 1993
association football player
Muhsin al-Barazi
1904 – 1949
diplomat
Avraam Russo
b. 1969
singer
Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed
b. 1975
athletics competitor
Muhammad Ajaj al-Khatib
1932 – 2021
university teacher
Muhammad Tulaimat
b. 1941
painter
Paul Yazigi
b. 1959
Eastern Orthodox priest