This is a 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.
Ancient
Elagabalus – Roman emperorSeverus Alexander – Roman emperor, the son of Julia Mamaea Philip the Arab – Roman emperorJulia Domna – Roman empress and mother of Geta and Caracalla .Eutropia – Roman empress, mother of Emperor Maxentius and Empresses Fausta and Flavia , the grandmother of Emperors Constantine II , Constans and Constantius II , and the great-grandmother of Emperor Julian and Constantius Gallus .Leo III the Syrian – Byzantine emperor and the founder of the Syrian dynasty. [ 1] Constantine V – Byzantine emperor, father of Leo IV the Khazar and grandfather of Constantine VI .[ 2] Leo V the Armenian – Byzantine emperor of Armenian and Syrian origins.Cassiodorus – Roman statesman and renowned scholar.[ 3] Avidius Cassius – Roman general and usurper.[ 4] Leontius (usurper) Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus – council and military commander, second spouse of Lucilla , and father of Pompeianus. [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Peter Barsymes Marinus (praetorian prefect) Eutolmius Tatianus Florentius Mansur ibn Sarjun – Byzantine fiscal officialSarjun ibn Mansur – official in the Umayyad CaliphateMinervina – wife of Constantine the Great , mother of Crispus .Mamertina – concubine of Emperor Licinius and mother of Licinius II [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Sextus Varius Marcellus – was the spouse of Julia Soaemias , he was also praefectus of the military treasury and governor of Numedia .Firmus – Usurper during the reign of Aurelian
Modern and contemporary
Scholars and scientists
Modern and contemporary
Martín Abadi – Argentine computer scientist; inventor of Baby Modula-3 , and co-developer of Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic Hanna Abboud – author, critic, translator, and mythographerHuda Akil – Syrian-American neuroscientist; known for discovering the role of endorphins in the human brainJorge Bucay – Argentine gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist, and writerFrank Harary – American mathematician, considered one of the fathers of modern graph theoryJerrier A. Haddad – American co-developer and designer of the IBM 701 series which was IBM ’s first commercial scientific computer and its first mass-produced mainframe computerShadia Habbal – Syrian-American astronomer and physicist; played a key role in establishing the NASA Parker Solar Probe Hunein Maassab – Syrian-American professor of epidemiology; known for developing the Live attenuated influenza vaccine Kefah Mokbel , FRCS – lead breast surgeon at the London Breast Institute of The Princess Grace Hospital ; professor of Breast Cancer Surgery (The Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics) Brunel University London Sol Picciotto (born 1942) – British academic, emeritus professor of law at Lancaster UniversityJorge Sahade – Argentine astronomer, first Latin American President of the International Astronomical UnionDennis W. Sciama – English physician, considered one of the fathers of modern cosmologyOussama Khatib – roboticist and professor of Computer Science at Stanford University; received the IEEE RAS for Distinguished Service Award (2013)Mario Hamuy – Chilean Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chile Dina Katabi – director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wireless CenterRolando Chuaqui – Chilean mathematician, spearheaded the creation and expansion of mathematics departments across multiple Chilean universitiesCharles Issawi – economist and historian of the Middle East at Columbia University and Princeton University Raphael of Brooklyn – first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North AmericaMalatius Jaghnoon – epigrapher and founder of the archaeological society in HomsAfif Bahnassi – art historian and curatorAref Dalila – economist, political activist and former political prisonerFawwaz T. Ulaby – professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan ; he designed the world's first radar to fly in spaceA. R. Frank Wazzan – Professor, and Dean Emeritus, of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering , UCLA
Hanna Abboud – author, critic, translator, and mythographerZiad Abdullah – novelist and screenwriterMary Ajami Khairy Alzahaby – writer, novelist, scenarist, historian, thinkerNasib Arida Aziz Azmeh – author and philosopherAbdulkarim Baderkhan (born 1986) – poet, translator, criticHanna Diyab Sadiq Jalal al-Azm – author, philosopher, sociologist and human rights advocateAli Ahmad Said Esber – popularly known as Adonis, a Syrian poet, essayist and translatorMorad Daoud – novelist, sculptorHisham al-Ghazzi (born 1923) – lawyerAbd al-Masih Haddad Qustaki al-Himsi Adib Ishaq Riad Ismat – writer, directorAmal Kassir – American spoken word poetKhaled Khalifa – novelistMohammed Maghout – poet and writerFrancis Marrash Abu Khalil Qabbani – playwright, "father of Syrian theatre"Nizar Qabbani – poetWidad Sakakini (1913–1991) – writer and feministFathallah Saqqal – lawyer, writer, government ministerMona Simpson (born 1957) – Syrian American novelist and essayistMuhammad al-Tunji – linguist, and author; received Indian Prize from UNESCO in 1970Riad Sattouf – French cartoonist, comic artist, film directorAmnon Shamosh (1929–2022) – Israeli author and poetZakariyya Tamer – writerDima Wannous – author and journalistSaadallah Wannous – playwright
Businesspeople
Feras Antoon – co-owner and CEO of Aylo, the world's largest pornography companySteve Jobs – American co-founder of Apple and Pixar Joseph Safra – formerly the richest banker in the worldAdnan Khashoggi - Saudi billionaire businessman and arms dealer; his mother, Samiha, was of Syrian originJoseph Nakash – American billionaire businessmanGhassan Aboud – billionaire entrepreneurShafiq Ades – businessman who was the wealthiest Jew in IraqMohed Altrad – French-Syrian billionaireMohammed Mohiedin Anis Ayman Asfari – Syrian-British billionaire businessman; former CEO of Petrofac .Gilbert Bigio – Haiti's only billionaire and founder of GB Group Salha "Mama" Bobo (1907–2001) – Syrian-American businesswoman and philanthropistJoseph Cayre – American billionaireMichel Chalhoub – Syrian-French billionaire businessman; founder of the Chalhoub Group Fuad Char – Colombian businessman, retailer, and politician, his family owns as many as 91 businesses with assets worth $2 billionDov Charney – Canadian entrepreneur and founder of American Apparel in addition to Los Angeles Apparel Stanley Chera – American billionaire real estate developerSimon Halabi – Syrian-born British former billionaire property developerAssad John Haloute – founder of Chefette , the largest fast food restaurant chain based in Barbados George Haswani – Syrian-Russian businessman who owns the HESCO natural gas production companyJack Hidary – American technologistElie Horn (born 1944) – Brazilian billionaire and founder of Cyrela Brazil Realty , Brazil's largest homebuilder and real estate company by revenue and market valueReed Jobs – American venture capitalistAdnan Kivan – multi-millionaire and owner of Kyiv Post Marcus Lemonis — businessman and philanthropist; chairman and CEO of Camping World , and Good Sam Enterprises Ijad Madisch – German founder and CEO of ResearchGate Ronald Mourad – chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures Jose Mugrabi – billionaire art dealerDavid Nahmad – billionaire and former art dealerEzra Nahmad – billionaire art collector and dealerMansour Ojjeh – billionaire entrepreneur, son of Akram Ojjeh Ghaith Pharaon – founder of Attock Group and Attock Cement Isaac Saba Raffoul – Mexican billionaire businessmanJaquesse Saadé – French billionaire of paternal Syrian ancestry; founder of CMA CGM , the world’s third largest container shipping company.Edmond Safra – billionaire bankerJacob Safra – banker and patriarch of the Safra family Moise Safra – billionaire bankerJeff Sutton – billionaire New York real estate developer and the founder of Wharton PropertiesJoseph Matalon – richest billionaire in Jamaica, his father immigrated from Damascus.[ 11] Ronaldo Mouchawar – entrepreneur, founder of Souq.com Fouad al-Zayat – billionaire businessman and gamblerAl Waleed bin Talal – Saudi royal and billionaire businessman, whose maternal grandmother, Fayza Al-Jabiri, was from AleppoMoutaz Al-Khayyat – Syrian-Qatari businessman, co-founder of Power International Holding and Baladna , along with his brother Ramez Al-Khayyat Mazen Al-Tarazi – Syrian-Canadian businessmanTalal Abu-Ghazaleh – founder of an eponymous organization , Talal is dubbed as the godfather of Arab accounting; his mother was from DamascusAyah Bdeir – Canadian entrepreneur; founder of LittleBits Sadad Al Husseini – former Executive Vice President for Exploration and Producing at Saudi Aramco Omar Hamoui – founder of AdMob
Wafic Said – Syrian-Saudi-Canadian billionaire businessman, he established the Saïd Foundation and the [[Saïd Business ScJoseph Sitt – American real estate investor, founder of Thor Equitieshool ]] at the University of Oxford Mustafa Suleyman – British CEO of Microsoft AI; co-founder of Deepmind and Inflection AI Roger Tamraz – billionaire banker and venture capitalistSam Yagan – American Internet entrepreneur
Archaeologists
Architects
Artists
Athletes
Boxers
Criminals
Film directors
Musicians
Bob Marley – born to a family of Syrian Jewish originPaula Abdul – singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personalityAsmahan – original name: Princess Amal Al Atrash, singer, sister of Farid Al AtrashFarid al-Atrash – composer, singer and oud playerFahd Ballan – traditional singerKinan Azmeh – clarinetistLena Chamamyan – singerSabah Fakhri – traditional singerFayrouz Al Halabiya (1895–1955) – singerMalek Jandali – composer and pianistAssala Nasri – singer, actressRasha Risk – singerNejmi Succari – violinistGeorge Wassouf – singer, actorBachar Zarkan – musician, singer, actorMayada El Hennawy – singerXXXTentacion – rapper, singer, songwriter
Miscellaneous
See also
References
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