List of ethnic Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs
- 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/Chaldeans/Syriacs (Syriac Christians). 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
- Ninos Aho
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Jumana Hanna, involved in anti Baath war propaganda - torture victim
- Nuri Kino
- Sinan Antoon
- Farid Nazha
- Naum Faiq
- Freydun Atturaya
Actors, directors and comedians
- F. Murray Abraham
- Terrence Malick
- Tony Yalda
- Yasmine Hanani
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Vincent Oshana
- Naguib el-Rihani
- Andre Khabbazi
- Fares Fares
- Josef Fares
Architects and designers
- Raad Ghantous
- Hana Sadiq - fashion designer and writer
Artists and calligraphers
- Paulus Khofri - painter, lyricist and composer
- Eser Afacan
- Farouk Kaspaules - artist
- Issa Benyamin - calligrapher
- Thea Halo
- 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
- Weightlifting
- Boxing
- Mustafa Hamsho - Syrian Assyrian/Syriac Boxer, Middleweight
- George Issabeg - Iranian Assyrian Boxer - Represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
- Anwar Oshana - Syrian Assyrian Boxer, Super Middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion
- Shoura Osipov - Iranian Assyrian Boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran
- Zaya Younan - National Amateur Champion in Iraq, Iran and Canada[2]
Snooker
- Sargon Isaac - 2 time US National Champion 2012 and 2015 [3]
- Football (soccer)
- Ammo Baba - Iraqi Assyrian footballer & Manager of Iraq - Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time
- 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
- Thamer Yousif - Iraqi Assyrian Footballer - Iraq International
- Saad Benyamin - Iraqi Assyrian Footballer - Iraq International
- Aram Karam - Iraqi Assyrian Footballer - Iraq International[4]
- Ayoub Odisho - Iraqi Assyrian Footballer and Club Manager (in Lebanon)
- Douglas Aziz - Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya
- Baba Shallou - Iraqi Assyrian Footballer[4]
- Gilbert Sammy - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[4]
- Albert Khoshaba - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[4]
- Radhi Shenaishil
- Shadrak Yousef - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[5]
- Georgis Ishmael - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[5]
- Gilbert Awekam - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[5]
- Hormis Goriel - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[5]
- Youel Gorgis - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[5]
- Isaac Y. Isaac - Iraqi Assyrian footballer[6]
- Ammo Sammson - Iraqi Assyrian footballer[7]
- Wilson Rasho - Iraqi Assyrian footballer [8]
- Gibson Younan - Iraqi Assyrian footballer[9]
- Khoshaba Lawo Kanon - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[10]
- Akram Ammanoel - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - [11]
- Arkan Shamoun - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[12]
- Muhaimen Malakh - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International [13]
- Esho Youkhanna - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - Iraq International[14]
- Rebin Sulaka
- Tennis
- Andrew Simon - Iraqi Assyrian Tennis Champion
Diaspora
- American football
- Alex Agase - Assyrian American - Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Lou Agase - Assyrian American - Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Isho Shiba - Assyrian Canadian Boxer - Canadian Champion
- Mustafa Hamsho
- Isho Shiba
- Zaya Younan - Assyrian Canadian Boxing Promoter
- Anwar Oshana - Assyrian American Super Middleweight Boxer. Illinois State Champion
- Sammy Merza - USA based Middleweight[16]
- Ninos Abraham - USA based Middleweight[17]
- Football (soccer)
- Zurab Ionanidze - Assyrian Georgian International Footballer - Georgian International player
- Steven Beitashour - currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.
- Assyriska - Assyrian League Football Team in Sweden (Have reached Swedish Cup Final)
- Kennedy Bakircioglu - Assyrian Swedish International Footballer - Sweden Based - Swedish International player
- Louay Chanko - Assyrian Syrian Footballer - Denmark Based - Syrian International player
- George Mourad - Assyrian Syrian Footballer - Iran Based - Syrian International player
- Ilyas Merkes - Assyrian Syrian Footballer - Syrian International player
- Sanharib Malki - Assyrian Syrian Footballer - Dutch Based (Roda JC) - Syrian International player
- Alexander Alkhazov - Assyrian Russian Footballer, plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
- Zaya Avdysh - Assyrian Ukrainian Footballer - Ukrainian Based
- Christian Demirtas - Assyrian German Footballer - German Based
- Daniel Unal - Assyrian Turkish Footballer - playing for FC Basle in Switzerland
- Leena Khamis - Assyrian Australian Female Footballer - Australian Women's Football International
- Ninos Gouriye - Assyrian Dutch Footballer
- Daniyel Cimen - Assyrian German Footballer
- Abgar Barsom - Assyrian Swedish Footballer
- Elias Merkes - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Stefan Batan - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Andreas Haddad - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Eddie Moussa - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Gabriel Özkan - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for AIK Fotboll
- Sharbel Touma - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Syrianska FC
- Suleyman Sleyman - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Syrianska FC
- Jimmy Durmaz - Assyrian Swedish Footballer
- David Durmaz - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Syrianska FC
- Imad Chhadeh - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Gabriel Ucar - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Played for Assyriska[18]
- Andreas Yacoub-Haddad - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Played for Assyriska
- Mikael Ishak - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska
- Naramsin Awrohum - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska
- Sargon Simonsson - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska
- Michel Noyan - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska
- Dani Hamzo - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - Plays for Assyriska
- Jasar Takak - Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem[19]
- Waad Hermiz - Assyrian USA based Soccer player, played for San Diego Sockers[20]
- Sami Boudakh - Assyrian USA based Soccer player [21]
- Justin Meram - Assyrian USA based Soccer player[22]
- Sargon Duran - Assyrian Austrian footballer, playing for FC Sollenau
- Sargon Cicek - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - plays for Assyriska
- Christer Youssef - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - plays for Djurgårdens IF
- Gabriel Ucar - Assyrian Swedish Footballer - plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City
- Kennedy Bakircioglü
- Martial Arts
- Mikhail Sado - Assyrian Russian Wrestling Champion
- Tiras Odisho - Assyrian Iraqi Karate Champion, currently Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
- Beneil Dariush - Assyrian -American Mixed martial arts (MMA)
- Poker
- Tennis
- Andre Agassi - Former world number 1 American tennis player of Assyrian & Armenian descent.
- Michael Shabaz - Assyrian American Tennis player
- Andre Khabbazi - Assyrian-American actor and Semi-pro tennis player
- Miss World Winners
- Ramona Amiri - Assyrian Miss Canada 2005
Directors
- Terrence Malick, Academy Award nominated director
- Henri Charr
- Nuri Kino
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Alfred Rasho - Emmy awarded documentary filmmaker 1992, 1995
- Lina Yakubova
Educators and explorers
- Donny George Youkhanna
- Emanuel Kamber
- Eprime Eshag - academic, professor
- Hormuzd Rassam - Middle East's first archaeologist and Assyriologist
- Louis Cheikhô - Assyrian Orientalist
- Ashur Yousif
- Eden Naby
- Mikhail Sado - Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion
- Paul Bedjan
- Kanan Makiya - academic, professor
- Hind Rassam Culhane - lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and behavioural scientist
- Thomas L. Saaty - Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician
- Toma bar Yacoub - 9th Century theological historian
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq- scholar, physician, scientist, and translator
- Masawaiyh- physician
- Bardaisan - philosopher
- Aba I - philosopher, astronomer
- Philoxenos - theologian
- Babai the Great - philosopher, theologian
- Toma Audo - bishop, writer
- Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani - scholar, poet, editor, and translator
- Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) - bishop
- Fuat Deniz - professor of and researcher in sociology at Örebro University. Died from a stab wound.
- George Kiraz - computational linguist
- Aphrahat - 3rd century theologian
Entrepreneurs
- Bob Miner - co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- Zaya Younan - founder and CEO of Younan Properties, Inc.
- Milton Malek-Yonan - inventor of Converted Rice
- Sue Ismiel - founder of Nad's, a multimillion-dollar wax and beauty company in Australia with distributions worldwide.
- Victor Nacif
- Jeff Moorad - lead owner of the San Diego Padres and part-owner (12%) of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.
- Tony Rezko - political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.
- Daniel Hadad
Leaders
- See also: List of Assyrian kings
- Shamoun Hanna Haydo
- Agha Petros - World War I Assyrian General in Iraq, helped Assyrians in Iran, Born in the village of Baz
- Malik Khoshaba - Assyrian Military Leader World War I
- Georges Sada - former Commander of the Iraqi Air Force, and author
- Nabonidus (Nabo Naid) - Assyrian born King of Babylon
- Belshazzar - Regent of Babylon, son of Nabonidus
- Izates I (c. 15 AD) - first King of Adiabene
- Izates bar Monobaz - King of Adiabene
- Ashur Yousif - professor and ethnic Assyrian nationalist leader prior to World War I and the Assyrian Genocide.
Media
- Obelit Yadgar - Glendale, Wisconsin
- Nineveh Dinha - Fox News anchorwoman and reporter
- Cindy Sargon - TV Chef
- John Batchelor - radio host and author
Models
- Ramona Amiri - Miss Canada 2005
- Claudia Hanna - Miss Iraq 2006
- Larsa Pippen - former model married to Scottie Pippen
Musicians and composers
See also: List of Assyrian musicians
- Ashur Bet Sargis
- Fairouz
- Jamil Bashir
- Munir Bashir
- Linda George
- Paulus Khofri
- Yosip Bet Yosip
- William D. S. Daniel
- Marganita Vogt-Khofri
- Janan Sawa
- Habib Mousa
- Jan Karat
- Elias Karam
- Sargon Gabriel
- Shamiram Urshan
- Wadih el Safi
- Klodia Hanna
- Evin Agassi
- Juliana Jendo
- Hanna Petros
- Gabriel Asaad
- George Chaharbakhshi
- Elizabeth Oshana[23]
Non-Assyrian music
- Tony Aziz Yaqoo - member of Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda
- Tony K (real name Tony Khnanisho) - Rap musician of Assyrian origin [24]
- Melechesh - Assyrian Death/Thrash Heavy Metal band
- Aril Brikha - Assyrian Techno/House music artist
- Rola Bahnam - Lebanon based TV presenter and singer with The 4 Cats.
- Timz (real name Tommy Hanna) - Rap musician of Assyrian origin
- Ninsun Poli
Physicians and scientists
- Callinicus - inventors of the so-called "Greek" fire
- Bukhtishu Family - ethnic Assyrian family of physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries in Persia and Mesopotamia, spanning 6 generations and 250 years. Some of them served as the personal physicians of Caliphs.
- Berossus - astronomer in Seleucid Mesopotamia
- Bar-Hebraeus
- Yuhanna Ibn Masawaih
- Hunayn bar Ishaq
- Thabit ibn Qurra
- Ibrahim ibn Sinan
- Yevgenia Davitashvili (AKA Dzhuna)[25]
- Sergius of Reshaina
Politicians
- Yonathan Betkolia - Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative
- Basim Bello - Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq
- Bahnam Zaya Bulos - Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
- Basimah Yusuf Butrus - Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005-2006
- Franso Hariri - Mayor of Arbil
- 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
- Wijdan Michael - current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq
- Georges Sada - general served under Saddam in the Iraqi Air force
- Ablahad Afraim Sawa - Iraq Parliament Representative
- Pascal Esho Warda - Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees 2003-2004
- Albert Edward Ismail Yelda - Iraq Ambassador to the Vatican
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf - Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941-1949
- Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (Surma Khanum)
- Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo - current Minister of Finance and Economy in Kurdistan Regional Government
- Tariq Aziz - Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)
- Kamel Hana Gegeo - chief bodyguard to Saddam Hussein
- Tiras Odisho - Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
- Dala Ashur - Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces[26]
- Tiras Odisho - head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee
Iran
- Freydun Atturaya - co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party
Turkey
- Naum Faiq - 1868–1930
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
USA
- Adam Benjamin, Jr. - Indiana Congressman
- Anna Eshoo - California Congressman
- John Nimrod - Illinois Senator
Australia
- Andrew Rohan - current State Member for Smithfield New South Wales Parliament, and Fairfield City Council Councillor for the Liberal Party of Australia
- Ninos Khoshaba - former Member of the New South Wales Parliament Sydney Australia
Sweden
- Ibrahim Baylan - Sweden Minister of Education 2004-2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative
- Yilmaz Kerimo - Sweden Parliament Representative
- Metin Ataseven - Sweden Parliament Representative
Canada
- Helena Guergis - former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)
Netherlands
- Attiya Gamri - Netherlands Parliament Representative
Other countries
- Eugene Dooman
- Emmanuel Kamber - Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General
- Sargon Dadesho - activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress
- Iskender Alptekin - politician, singer and former President of the European Syriac Union
- José Murat Casab - (born to Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of Oaxaca.
Religious figures
Main articles: List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon, List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East, and List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch
- Addagoppe of Harran
- Isa Kelemechi
- Bar Sauma
- Babai the Great 551-628
- Basile Georges Casmoussa
- David Benjamin Keldani
- Henana of Adiabene
- Isaac of Nineveh
- Mar Dinkha IV 1935–2015
- Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII
- Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin 1903-1918
- Mar Yousip Khnanisho 1893-1977
- Sargis Bkheera 633 AD
- Tatian 120AD-180AD
- Theodore of Mopsuestia
- Toma bar Yacoub
- Yusuf Akbulut
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Babai the Great
- Bar-Hebraeus
- Bar Daisan
- Nestorius
- Jacob of Nisibis
- Diodorus of Tarsus
- Tatian
- Mar Youhannan Semaan Issayi
- Mani (216–276 AD) - founder of the Manichaean religion
- Pkidha (104–114) - first Bishop of Adiabene
- Heliodorus - 4th Century Assyrian martyr
- Josephus Adjutus - 17th century theologian
- George Garmo
- Shlemon Warduni
- Paulos Faraj Rahho
- Emil Shimoun Nona
- Raphael I Bidawid
- Elias Mellus
- Basile Georges Casmoussa
- Ignatius Isaac Azar
- Mar Meelis Zaia
- Emmanuel III Delly
Writers and poets
Ancient
Further information: Syriac literature § List of Syriac writers
Listed here are authors associated with Syriac Christianity regardless of whether they wrote in the Syriac language.
- Tatian[27]
- Aphrahat
- Bar Daysan
- Iamblichus of Chalcis
- John bar Penkaye
- John of Ephesus
- Moses Bar-Kepha
- Philoxenus of Mabbog
- Stephen Bar Sudhaile
- Lucian of Samosata - (A.D. 125–after A.D.) 180 was an Assyrian rhetorician, writer and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.
Modern
- Paulus Khofri
- Yosip Bet Yosip
- William D. S. Daniel
- Ivan Kakovitch
- Maria Theresa Asmar
- Sargon Boulus
- Nina Burleigh
- Thea Halo
- Leilah Nadir
- George Lamsa
- Yuhanon Qashisho
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Mikhael K. Pius
- Terrence Malick
- Alphonse Mingana
- Jacob of Serugh
- Dunya Mikhail
- Heather Raffo
- Fuat Deniz
- Murathan Mungan
In the news
- Munir Redfa
- Elias Syriani
- George Nassar
- Nadya Suleman
- Sami Khoshaba Latchin
- Chaldean mafia
- Denho Acar - leader of the criminal gang Original Gangsters
- Ragheed Aziz Ganni
Other
- Narsai David - President of Assyrian Aid Society
- Lado Davidov - Hero of the Soviet Union
- Cindy Sargon - TV chef
- Alfred Yaghobzadeh - photographer
- Capt. John Joseph Yossarian - fictional character and protagonist in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 and its sequel Closing Time. In Closing Time, he is revealed to be an Armenian jokingly posing as an Assyrian.
See also
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