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- This is a list of modern individuals. For early Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For ancient Assyrians, see Category:Ancient Assyrians.
The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians. It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations originating in Iraq, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey.
Activists
[edit]- Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[1][2]
- Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party[3]
- Wilson Bet-Mansour – physician, Assyrian and Chaldean Member of Parliament of Iran 1968-1976, Founder and First Secretary General of Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA), Founder publisher and editor of Atour newspaper published monthly in Assyrian, English and Farsi from 1968-1979 with a global circulation, Founder of first global Assyrian political party Nineveh Liberation Party 1969-1979; Founder of representation for AUA at UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations) 1992 Assyrian nationalism[4][5][6][7]
- Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union[8]
- Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[9][10]
- Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim[11]
- Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute[12][13]
- Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action[14]
- Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist[15][16][17][18]
- Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s[19][20]
- Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[21]
- David B. Perley – philosopher and nationalist[22]
- Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project[23]
Actors, directors and entertainers
[edit]- Brian Awadis – YouTuber
- Paul Elia – Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit
- Henri Charr – director[24]
- Michael Denkha – actor
- Naguib el-Rihani – actor
- F. Murray Abraham – Academy award-winning actor
- Fairuz – Singer and actress
- Josef Fares - Film director and video game designer
- Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor[25]
- Andre Khabbazi – actor
- Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilder[26]
- Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker[25]
- Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director[27][28][29][30]
- Winter Jones - non-binary actor previously known as Tony Yalda
- Yeshua Malik – Assyrian stand-up comedian; London-born and raised in the United States
Artists and designers
[edit]- Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor[31]
- Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author[32]
- Issa Benyamin – calligrapher[33]
- Raad Ghantous – interior designer[34][35]
- Thea Halo – painter and writer[36]
- Farouk Kaspaules – artist[37]
- Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer[38]
- Jim Marshall – photographer[39][40]
- Bishara Morad – artist[41][42]
- Fred Parhad – sculptor[32]
Athletes
[edit]In the Middle East
[edit]- Athletics (Track and field)
- George Malek-Yonan – Iranian Assyrian Track & Field Athlete. Iran's Champion of Champions, Gold medalist in Pentathlon and Track & Field[43][44]
- Boxing
- Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight[45]
- George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian boxer; represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics[46]
- Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion[47]
- Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran
- Thomas Younan - Assyrian boxer from Chicago
- Football (soccer)
- Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[48]
- Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time[49]
- Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
- Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[50]
- Youra Eshaya – Iraqi Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for Bristol Rovers, England – Iraq International
- Basil Gorgis Hanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – World Cup Player 1986
- Aram Karam – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[51]
- Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon)
- Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
- Tennis
- Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian Tennis Champion
Diaspora
[edit]- American football
- Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player[52][53]
- Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player[53]
- Boxing
- Mustafa Hamsho
- Sammy Merza – USA based middleweight[54]
- Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion
- Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian boxer – Canadian champion[55]
- Fencing (sabre)
- George Yako – Assyrian sabre fencer based in Australia
- Figure Skating
- David Avdysh – Assyrian/Ukrainian figure skating choreographer[56]
- Erin Moorad – Assyrian/American Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Medalist[57]
- Football (soccer)
- Alexander Alkhazov – Assyrian Russian footballer – plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
- Zaya Avdysh – Assyrian Ukrainian footballer – Ukrainian based
- Kennedy Bakircioglu – Assyrian Swedish international footballer – Sweden based – Swedish International player[58]
- Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer[59]
- Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
- Steven Beitashour – currently plays for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, Iran international
- Louay Chanko – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Denmark based – Syrian International player
- Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
- Daniyel Cimen – Assyrian German footballer
- Christian Demirtas – Assyrian German footballer – German based
- Sargon Duran – Assyrian Austrian footballer – plays for FC Sollenau
- Jimmy Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer
- David Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
- Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch footballer
- Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
- Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
- Zurab Ionanidze – Assyrian Georgian International footballer – Georgian International player
- Mikael Ishak – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
- Leena Khamis – Assyrian Australian female footballer – Australian Women's Football International
- Sanharib Malki – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Dutch based (Roda JC) – Syrian International player
- Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based soccer player[61]
- Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska[60]
- George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player
- Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
- Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll
- Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark[62]
- Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League[63]
- Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
- Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International[64]
- Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem[65]
- Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
- Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City
- Daniel Unal – Assyrian Turkish footballer – plays for FC Basle in Switzerland
- Andreas Yacoub-Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – played for Assyriska
- Christer Youssef – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Djurgårdens IF
- Martial Arts
- Beneil Dariush – Assyrian American Mixed martial arts (MMA)[66]
- Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA)[67][68][69]
- Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
- Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling champion
- David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish Mixed martial arts (MMA)
- Poker
- Tennis
- Susanne Celik – Assyrian Swedish tennis player
- Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player
- Michael Shabaz – American tennis player
Educators and explorers
[edit]- Aba I – philosopher, astronomer
- Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian
- Toma Audo – bishop, writer[70]
- Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) – bishop
- Babai the Great – philosopher, theologian
- Bardaisan – philosopher[71]
- Paul Bedjan[72]
- Bukhtishu – were a family of Assyrian Nestorian Christian[73][74] physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years.
- Louis Cheikhô – Assyrian Orientalist
- Hind Rassam Culhane – lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and behavioural scientist
- Fuat Deniz – writer and professor of sociology at Örebro University
- Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani – scholar, poet, editor, and translator
- Eprime Eshag – academic, professor
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq – scholar, physician, scientist, and translator
- Emanuel Kamber
- George Kiraz – computational linguist
- Kanan Makiya – academic, professor
- Masawaiyh – physician[75]
- Eden Naby
- Estiphan Panoussi – philosopher and oriental philologist
- Philoxenos – theologian
- Hormuzd Rassam – Assyriologist, and first-known Middle Eastern archaeologist
- Sandra Chimon Rogers – Dean, academic leader, doctor, professor, researcher, chemist, Alzheimer's preventative specialist, solid state NMR specialist, TEDx speaker, and award-winning innovator for education
- Thomas L. Saaty – Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician
- Mikhail Sado – Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion[76]
- Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian
- Donny George Youkhanna
- Ashur Yousif[77][78][79]
Entrepreneurs
[edit]- Narsai David – American restaurateur, chef, wine-maker, and author
- Daniel Hadad – Argentine businessman involved in telecommunications and media
- Milton Malek-Yonan – American inventor of Malekized Rice
- Bob Miner – American businessman, co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- Jeff Moorad – American businessman and investor, CEO of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's San Diego Padres
- Victor Nacif – Mexican businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe
- Tony Rezko – American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.
Leaders
[edit]- Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian Military leader World War I
- Agha Petros – World War I Assyrian General
- Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist
Media
[edit]- Ramona Amiri – Miss World Canada 2005[80]
- John Batchelor – author; radio host[81]
- Jack Douglas – television host[82]
- Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006
- Craig Morgan – sports journalist
- Diane Pathieu - News anchor based in Chicago
- Jennifer Aydin – reality television personality
- Larsa Pippen – reality television personality[83]
- Cindy Sargon – Australian TV chef
- Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model
- Patrick Bet-David – American entrepreneur and TV personality of Assyrian-Armenian origin
- Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality[84]
- Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist[85]
Musicians and composers
[edit]- Fairuz[86]
- Evin Agassi[87]
- L3DD[88]
- Mousey Alexander[89][90]
- Joseph Arabbo
- Gabriel Asaad[91]
- Jamil Bashir[92]
- Munir Bashir[93]
- Ashur Bet Sargis[94]
- Aril Brikha[95]
- Sargon Gabriel
- Sonia Odisho[96]
- Madlen Ishoeva
- Linda George[97]
- Nouri Iskandar[98][99]
- Juliana Jendo[100]
- Elias Karam
- Sargon Kenoun[101][102]
- Ninous Kenoun[102]
- Mark Anthony Yaeger[103]
- Paulus Khofri[104]
- Adwar Mousa[105]
- Habib Mousa
- Hanna Petros[106]
- Janan Sawa
- Johnson Babella
- Timz
- Marganita Vogt-Khofri[107]
- Elias Zazi[108]
Politicians
[edit]Iraq
[edit]- Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces[109]
- Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)[110][111][112]
- Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq[113][114][115]
- Lara Yussif Zara – Mayor of Alqosh
- Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative[116]
- Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
- Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006[117]
- Elizabeth Gawrie – Deputy Prime Minister of Rojava
- Kamel Hana Gegeo – chief bodyguard to Saddam Hussein
- Franso Hariri – Mayor of Erbil
- Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq
- Yonadam Kanna – Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and Iraq Parliament Representative
- Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo – current Minister of Finance and Economy in Kurdistan Regional Government
- Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq
- Ablahad Afraim Sawa – Iraq Parliament Representative
- Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (Surma Khanum)
- Pascal Esho Warda – Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees 2003–2004[118]
- Albert Edward Ismail Yelda – Iraq Ambassador to the Vatican
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf – Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941–1949
Iran
[edit]- Freydun Atturaya – co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party
Turkey
[edit]United Nations
[edit]- Dr. William Ishaya – Deputy Permanent Representative – Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, USA.[119]
In the Assyrian diaspora
[edit]United States
[edit]- Mark Arabo – politician based in San Diego, California
- Adam Benjamin, Jr. – Indiana Congressman[120]
- Wadie Deddeh – former California State Senator
- Anna Eshoo – California Congresswoman[121][122]
- John Nimrod – Illinois Senator[123][124]
- Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood Trustee[125][126]
Australia
[edit]- Ninos Khoshaba – former Member of the New South Wales Parliament Sydney Australia
- Andrew Rohan – current State Member for Smithfield New South Wales Parliament, and Fairfield City Council Councillor for the Liberal Party of Australia
Sweden
[edit]- Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative
- Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative[127]
- Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative
Canada
[edit]- Helena Guergis – former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)[128]
Netherlands
[edit]- Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative, president of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe[129]
Other countries
[edit]- Iskender Alptekin – politician, singer and former President of the European Syriac Union[130]
- José Murat Casab – (born to Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of Oaxaca
- Sargon Dadesho – activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress[131]
- Eugene Dooman
- Emmanuel Kamber – Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General
Religious figures
[edit]- Addagoppe of Harran
- Babai the Great, 551–628
- Bar Daisan
- Bar-Hebraeus
- Bar Sauma
- Basile Georges Casmoussa
- David Benjamin Keldani
- Diodorus of Tarsus
- Dinkha IV, 1935–2015
- Elias Mellus
- Emil Shimoun Nona
- Emmanuel III Delly
- Ephrem the Syrian
- George Garmo
- Heliodorus – 4th Century Assyrian martyr
- Henana of Adiabene
- Ignatius Isaac Azar
- Isaac of Nineveh
- Isa Kelemechi
- Jacob of Nisibis
- Josephus Adjutus – 17th century theologian
- Louis Cheikho
- Mar Mari Emmanuel[132] – bishop and influencer
- Nestorius
- Paulos Faraj Rahho
- Pkidha, 104–114 – first Bishop of Adiabene
- Ragheed Aziz Ganni
- Raphael I Bidawid
- Sargis Bkheera, 633 AD
- Shimun XXI Eshai
- Shimun XIX Benyamin, 1903–1918
- Shlemon Warduni
- Tatian, 120–180
- Theodore of Mopsuestia
- Toma bar Yacoub
- Youhannan Semaan Issayi
- Yousip Khnanisho, 1893–1977
- Yusuf Akbulut
Writers and poets
[edit]Ancient
[edit]Listed here are authors associated with Syriac Christianity regardless of whether they wrote in the Syriac language.
- Aphrahat
- Bar Daysan
- Iamblichus of Chalcis
- John bar Penkaye
- John of Ephesus
- Jacob of Serugh
- Lucian of Samosata, 125–after 180 – Assyrian rhetorician, writer and satirist who wrote in the Greek language
- Moses Bar-Kepha
- Philoxenus of Mabbog
- Stephen Bar Sudhaile
- Tatian[133]
Modern
[edit]- Ilyas Mawsili[134]
- Hanna Diyab[135]
- Maria Theresa Asmar[136]
- Yosip Bet Yosip[137]
- Sargon Boulus
- Nina Burleigh[138]
- William D. S. Daniel[139]
- Fuat Deniz[140]
- Thea Halo
- Samuel John Hazo[141]
- Ivan Kakovitch[142]
- Paulus Khofri[143]
- George Lamsa[144]
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Gabriel J. Kenoun[145][146]
- Sabrina Kenoun
- Robert Kenoun[147]
- Ramman Kenoun[148]
- Terrence Malick
- Dunya Mikhail[149]
- Alphonse Mingana
- Murathan Mungan
- Leilah Nadir[150]
- Heather Raffo
- Mikhael K. Pius[151]
- Yuhanon Qashisho[152][153]
- Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia[154][155]
See also
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