:''This is a list of modern individuals. For early Assyrian Christian authors, see

List of Syriac writers Syriac literature is literature in the Syriac language. It is a tradition going back to the Late Antiquity. It is strongly associated with Syriac Christianity. Terminology In modern Syriac studies, and also within the wider field of Aramaic stu ...

. For Assyrian from the Bronze and Iron Ages, see :Ancient Assyrians.'' The following is a list of notable ethnic

Assyrians Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia. While they are distinct from ot ...

. It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations descendants of the Ancient Assyrians and Mesopotamians, originating in

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

, north western

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, north eastern

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

and south eastern

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Activists

* Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern

Assyrian nationalism Assyrian nationalism is a movement of the Assyrian people that advocates for Assyrian independence movement, independence or autonomy within the regions they inhabit in northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, northwestern Iran, and southeastern Turkey. ...

* Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party * Wilson Bet-Mansour – physician, Assyrian Member of Parliament of Iran 1968-1976, Founder and First Secretary General of Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) * Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

* Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism * Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim * Reine Hanna – Director of the ''Assyrian Policy Institute'' * Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder o
A Demand for Action
* Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist * Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s * Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism * David B. Perley – philosopher and nationalist * Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project

Actors, directors and entertainers

* Brian Awadis – YouTuber * Paul Elia – Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit * Dustin Kahia – Assyrian film director * Henri Charr – director * 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 Fares Fares (; ; born 29 April 1973) is a Swedish actor, producer, and director. He is known for his collaborations with director Tarik Saleh, as well as his roles in notable shows such as Chernobyl (miniseries), ''Chernobyl'' ''and The Wheel of ...

– Swedish-Lebanese actor * Andre Khabbazi – actor * Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilder * Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker * Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director * 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

* Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor * Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author * Issa Benyamin – calligrapher * Raad Ghantous – interior designer * Thea Halo – painter and writer * Farouk Kaspaules – artist * Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer * Jim Marshall – photographer * Bishara Morad – artist * Fred Parhad – sculptor

Athletes

In the Middle East

;Athletics (Track and field) * George Malek-Yonan – Iranian Assyrian Track & Field Athlete. Iran's ''Champion of Champions'', Gold medalist in Pentathlon and Track & Field ;Boxing * Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight * George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian boxer; represented Iran in

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

* Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion * Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian boxer

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

representing Iran *Thomas Younan – Assyrian boxer from Chicago Sammy Merza, American based middleweight boxer Samir Nebo, German based heavyweight boxer ;Football (soccer) * Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer * Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time * Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International * Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer * 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 * Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon) * Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International ;Tennis Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian tennis champion

Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...

American Assyrian-Armenian tennis champion

Diaspora

;Basketball * Scotty Pippen Jr. ;American football * Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player * Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player ;Boxing * Mustafa Hamsho *Sammy Merza – USA based middleweight * Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion * Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian boxer – Canadian champion ;Fencing (sabre) George Yako – Assyrian sabre fencer based in Australia ;Figure Skating David Avdysh – Assyrian/Ukrainian figure skating choreographer *Erin Moorad – Assyrian/American Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Medalist ;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 * Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer * Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska * Steven Beitashour – currently plays for

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. It was establi ...

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

international * Louay Chanko – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Denmark based – Syrian International player * Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska * 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 Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Aramean people, Syriac-Aramean immigrants ...

* Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch footballer * Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska * 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 Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...

) – Syrian International player * Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based soccer player * Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska * George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player * Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska * Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for

AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish professional football club from Stoc ...

* Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

* Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

* Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for

* Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International * Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem * Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for

* Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football (soccer), football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Sk ...

, 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 Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

;Martial Arts * Beneil Dariush – Assyrian American

Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

(MMA) * Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian

(MMA) * Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi

Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...

champion, Director General of

National Olympic Committee of Iraq The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) () is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. It was officially dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul ...

* Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

champion * David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish

(MMA) ;Poker * Daniel Alaei ;Tennis * Susanne Celik – Assyrian Swedish tennis player * Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player * Michael Shabaz – American tennis player *

- American tennis player

Educators and explorers

* Aba I – philosopher, astronomer * Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian * Toma Audo – bishop, writer * Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) – bishop *

Babai the Great Babai the Great ( , c. 551 – 628) was an early Assyrian people, Assyrian church father of the Church of the East. He set several of the foundational pillars of the Church, revived the monastic movement, and formulated its Christology in a syst ...

– philosopher, theologian *

Bardaisan Bardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; , ''Bar Dayṣān''; also Bardaiṣan), known in Arabic as ibn Dayṣān () and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Prods Oktor Skjaervo. ''Bardesanes''. Encyclopædia Iranica. Volume III. Fasc. 7-8. . ...

– philosopher * Paul Bedjan * Bukhtishu – family of

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

s from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. *

Louis Cheikhô Louis Cheikho (, née Rizqallâh Cheikho; born February 5, 1859 – December 7, 1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus ...

– 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 Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (808–873; also Hunain or Hunein; ; ; known in Latin as Johannitius) was an influential Arab Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked w ...

– scholar, physician, scientist, and translator * Emanuel Kamber * George Kiraz – computational linguist *

Kanan Makiya Kanan Makiya (born 1949) is an Iraqi-American academic and professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. He gained international attention with ''Republic of Fear'' (1989), which became a best-selling book after Saddam ...

– academic, professor * Masawaiyh – physician * Eden Naby * Estiphan Panoussi – philosopher and oriental philologist * Philoxenos – theologian *

Hormuzd Rassam Hormuzd Rassam (; ; 182616 September 1910) was an Assyriologist and author. He is known for making a number of important archaeological discoveries from 1877 to 1882, including the clay tablets that contained the ''Epic of Gilgamesh,'' the world ...

– Assyriologist, and first-known

Middle Eastern The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

*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 Thomas L. Saaty (July 18, 1926 – August 14, 2017) was a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. He is the inventor, architect, and primary theoretici ...

– Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician * Mikhail Sado – Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion * Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian * Donny George Youkhanna * Ashur Yousif

Entrepreneurs

Feras Antoon Feras Antoon (; born 29 June 1975) is a Syrian Canadians, Syrian-Canadian-France, French pornographer, and the co-owner and CEO of Aylo, the world's largest pornography company, which runs sites including Pornhub and RedTube. He created his fir ...

– Co-owner and CEO of

MindGeek Aylo is a Canadian multinational Pornography, pornographic Media conglomerate, conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners. It is primarily involved in internet pornography, operating a number of video sharing web ...

* Narsai David – American restaurateur, chef, wine-maker, and author *

Daniel Hadad Daniel Hadad (born November 28, 1961) is an Argentine lawyer and businessman involved in telecommunications and media. Biography Daniel Hadad was born in Buenos Aires in 1961 into a family of Syrian origin. He earned degrees as a lawyer and j ...

– Argentine businessman involved in

telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

and

media Media may refer to: Communication * Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Interactive media, media that is inter ...

* Milton Malek-Yonan – American inventor of Malekized Rice *

Bob Miner Robert Nimrod Miner (December 23, 1941 – November 11, 1994) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of Oracle's relational database management system. From 1977 until 1992, Miner led product de ...

– American businessman, co-founder of

Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in 1977 in Santa Clara, California, by Larry Ellison, who remains executive chairman, Oracle was ...

* Jeff Moorad – American businessman and investor, CEO of MLB's

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, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...

* Victor Nacif – Mexican businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe * Tony Rezko – American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer. * Zaya Younan- American entrepreneur, Founder, Creator, and CEO of Younan Company.

Leaders

* Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian Military leader World War I * Agha Petros –

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Assyrian General * Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist * Shamoun Hanna Haydo – Village leader and defender of Assyrians during

Seyfo The Sayfo (, ), also known as the Seyfo or the Assyrian genocide, was the mass murder and deportation of Assyrian people, Assyrian/Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province by Ottoman Army ...

* Malik Yaqo – Assyrian

malik Malik (; ; ; variously Romanized ''Mallik'', ''Melik'', ''Malka'', ''Malek'', ''Maleek'', ''Malick'', ''Mallick'', ''Melekh'') is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...

from Hakkari * Malik Ismail II – one of the most powerful Assyrian malik’s * Dawid Mar Shimun – Assyrian military general * Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun – Assyrian military leader and sister of Shimun XIX Benyamin

Media

* Ramona Amiri –

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Canada 2005 * John Batchelor – author; radio host * Jack Douglas – television host * Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006 * Craig Morgan – sports journalist * Diane Pathieu – news anchor based in Chicago *Jennifer Aydin –

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

personality * Larsa Pippen –

personality * Younan Nowzaradan –

personality * 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 * Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist

Musicians and composers

Fairuz performing in her a concert - 1971

* Fairuz * Evin Agassi * Mousey Alexander * Ricky Rich * Gabriel Asaad * Jamil Bashir * Munir Bashir * Ashur Bet Sargis * Aril Brikha * Sargon Gabriel * Linda George * Nouri Iskandar * Juliana Jendo * Elias Karam *Sargon Kenoun *Ninous Kenoun *Mark Anthony Yaeger * Paulus Khofri * Adwar Mousa *Habib Mousa * Hanna Petros *

Janan Sawa Janan Sawa (born March 18, 1956) () is an Assyrian musician who is noted for making Assyrian folk dance. Janan started singing in 1972, at the age of 17. Janan has performed throughout the world, and has visited his hometown of Duhok in Iraq o ...

* Megan Kashat * Gaboro *

Timz Thomas Hanna, known by his stage name Timz, is an Iraqi- American rapper of Assyrian descent best known for his song "Iraq". His debut album is entitled ''Open for Business''. Born in San Diego, California, to Iraqi parents from Baghdad, Iraq, ...

* Marganita Vogt-Khofri * Haitham Yousif * Elias Zazi * Theresa Rassam Opera singer in Victorian England and daughter of

Politicians

Iraq

* Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

's Armed Forces *

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz (, , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraq, Iraqi politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iraq), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 ...

– Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana) * Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq * Lara Yussif Zara – Mayor of Alqosh * Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative * Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004) * Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006 * Elizabeth Gawrie – Deputy Prime Minister of Rojava * Kamel Hana Gegeo – chief bodyguard to

* Franso Hariri – Mayor of

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* Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq * Yonadam Kanna – Secretary General of the

Assyrian Democratic Movement The Assyrian Democratic Movement (, , ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (), is an Assyrian political party situated in Iraq, and one of the main Assyrian parties within the Iraqi parliament. The Assyrian Democratic Movement states its aims are to e ...

and Iraq Parliament Representative * Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo – current Minister of Finance and Economy in

Kurdistan Regional Government The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is the official executive body of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The cabinet is selected by the majority party or list who also select the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdish poli ...

* Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq * George Sada - Former Iraqi Air Force commander under Saddam Hussein * 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 * Albert Edward Ismail Yelda – Iraq Ambassador to the

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Yusuf Salman Yusuf Yusuf Salman Yusuf (; 19 July 1901 – 14 February 1949), better known by his nom de guerre Comrade Fahd (), was one of the first Iraqi communist activists. He was the first secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, from 1941 until his execution ...

– Secretary General of

Iraqi Communist Party The Iraqi Communist Party ( '; ) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq. Since its foundation in 1934, it has dominated the left in Iraqi politics. It played a prominent role in shaping the political history of Iraq between it ...

1941–1949

Iran

* Freydun Atturaya – co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party

Turkey

* Erol Dora – Deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Naum Faiq – Assyrian nationalist

United Nations

* Dr. William Ishaya – Deputy Permanent Representative – Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, USA.

In the Assyrian diaspora

United States

* Alina Habba – Counselor to

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(45th and 47th U.S. President) * Mark Arabo – politician based in

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, California * Adam Benjamin, Jr. –

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* Wadie Deddeh – former California State Senator *

Anna Eshoo Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...

–

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Congresswoman * John Nimrod –

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Senator * Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood

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Australia

* Ninos Khoshaba – former Member of the New South Wales Parliament

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* Andrew Rohan – current State Member for Smithfield New South Wales Parliament, and Fairfield City Council Councillor for the

Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia (LP) is the prominent centre-right political party in Australia. It is considered one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Liberal Party was fo ...

Sweden

* Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative * Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative * Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative * Ilan De Basso – Former member of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

2021-2024

Canada

* Helena Guergis – former

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Member of Parliament and

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(Status of Women)

Netherlands

* Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative, president of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe

Other countries

* Iskender Alptekin – politician, singer and former President of the European Syriac Union * José Murat Casab – (born to Assyrian Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of

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* Sargon Dadesho – activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress * Eugene Dooman * Emmanuel Kamber – Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General

Religious figures

* Addagoppe of Harran *

, 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 Ephrem the Syrian (; ), also known as Ephraem the Deacon, Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ — ''Mâr Aphrêm Sûryâyâ)'' was a prominent Christian theology, Christian theologian and Christian literat ...

* George Garmo * Heliodorus – 4th Century Assyrian martyr * Henana of Adiabene * Ignatius Isaac Azar * Isaac of Nineveh * Isa Kelemechi *

Jacob of Nisibis Saint Jacob of Nisibis (, '; Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυγδονίας; Armenian: ), also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia, Saint Jacob the Great, and Saint James of Nisibis, was a hermit, a grazer and the Bishop ...

* Josephus Adjutus – 17th century theologian * Louis Cheikho *

Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridi ...

* Mar Mari Emmanuel – bishop and

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Nestorius Nestorius of Constantinople (; ; ) was an early Christian prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to 11 July 431. A Christian theologian from the Catechetical School of Antioch, several of his teachings in the fi ...

* 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 Tatian of Adiabene, or Tatian the Syrian or Tatian the Assyrian, (; ; ; ; – ) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century. Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the ...

, 120–180 *

Theodore of Mopsuestia Theodore of Mopsuestia (Greek: Θεοδώρος, c. 350 – 428) was a Christian theologian, and Bishop of Mopsuestia (as Theodore II) from 392 to 428 AD. He is also known as Theodore of Antioch, from the place of his birth and presbyterate. ...

* Toma bar Yacoub * Youhannan Semaan Issayi * Yousip Khnanisho, 1893–1977 * Yusuf Akbulut

Writers and poets

Ancient

Listed here are authors associated with

Syriac Christianity Syriac Christianity (, ''Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto'' or ''Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā'') is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative Christian theology, theological writings and traditional Christian liturgy, liturgies are expressed in ...

regardless of whether they wrote in the

Syriac language The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Aramaic#Eastern Middle Aramaic, Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is ...

. * Aphrahat * Bar Daysan *

Iamblichus of Chalcis Iamblichus ( ; ; ; ) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who determined a direction later taken by Neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of the Greek mystic, philosopher, and mathematician Pythagoras. In addition to his philosophical con ...

* John bar Penkaye * John of Ephesus *

Jacob of Serugh Jacob of Serugh (, ; ; 452–521), also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob (), was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. He lived most of his life as ...

Lucian of Samosata Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syria (region), Syrian satire, satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with whi ...

, 125–after 180 – Assyrian rhetorician, writer and satirist who wrote in the Greek language * Moses Bar-Kepha * Philoxenus of Mabbog * Stephen Bar Sudhaile *

Modern

* Ilyas Mawsili * Hanna Diyab * Maria Theresa Asmar * Yosip Bet Yosip * Sargon Boulus * Nina Burleigh * William D. S. Daniel * Fuat Deniz * Thea Halo * Samuel John Hazo * Ivan Kakovitch * Paulus Khofri * George Lamsa * Rosie Malek-Yonan *Gabriel J. Kenoun *Sabrina Kenoun *Robert Kenoun *Ramman Kenoun * Terrence Malick * Dunya Mikhail * Alphonse Mingana * Leilah Nadir * Heather Raffo * Mikhael K. Pius * Yuhanon Qashisho * Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia

References

External links

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