List of ethnic Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs

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.

This is a list of modern individuals. For early Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For ancient Assyrians, see Category:Ancient Assyrians.

Activists

• Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism
• Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party[1]
• Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union[2]
• Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[3][4]
• Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim[5]
• Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute[6]
• Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action[7]
• Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist[8][9][10][11]
• Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[12]
• Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project[13]
• Hurmiz Malik Chikko - Assyrian martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s[14][15]

Actors, directors, and entertainers

• F. Murray Abraham – Academy Award-winning actor
• Henri Charr – director
• Michael Denkha – actor
• Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor
• Naguib el-Rihani – actor
• Andre Khabbazi – actor
• Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker
• Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director[16][17][18][19]

Artists and designers

• Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor
• Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author
• Issa Benyamin – calligrapher[20]
• Raad Ghantous – interior designer
• Thea Halo – painter and writer
• Farouk Kaspaules – artist
• Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer
• 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[21][22]

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

Football (soccer)

• Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer[23]
• 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[24]
• 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[25]
• 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

American football

• Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player<ref">"Hall of Famer Spotlight – Alex Agase". College Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved October 9, 2012.</ref>
• Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player

Boxing

• Mustafa Hamsho
• Sammy Merza – USA based Middleweight[26]
• Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American Super Middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion
• Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian Boxer – Canadian Champion[27]

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[28]
• Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer
• Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[29]
• 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[29]
• Sargon Cicek – 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
• Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch footballer
• Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[29]
• 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[30]
• Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska[29]
• George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player
• Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska[29]
• Michel Noyan – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska
• Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll
• Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark[31]
• Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League[32]
• Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
• Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International[33]
• Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem[34]
• 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)[35]
• Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, currently Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
• Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling champion
• David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish Mixed martial arts (MMA)
• Randa Markos - Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA)

Poker

• Daniel Alaei

Tennis

• Andre Agassi – former world number one American tennis player of Assyrian and Armenian descent[36][37][38][39][40]
• Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player
• Michael Shabaz – 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 – philosopher, theologian
• Bardaisan – philosopher
• Paul Bedjan
• 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[41]
• 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[42]
• Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian
• Donny George Youkhanna
• Ashur Yousif[43][44][45]

Entrepreneurs

• Narsai David – American restaurateur, chef, wine-maker, and author
• Daniel Hadad – Argentine businessman involved in telecommunications and media
• Sue Ismiel – founder of Nad's, a multimillion-dollar wax and beauty company in Australia with distributions worldwide.
• 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 – Mexian businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe
• Tony Rezko – American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.
• Carlos Slim – Mexican business magnate, investor and philanthropist, CEO of Telmex, América Móvil, and Grupo Carso, and Forbes' World's richest person (2010–13)

Leaders

See also: List of Assyrian kings

• Belshazzar – Regent of Babylon, son of Nabonidus
• Izates I (c. 15 AD) – first King of Adiabene
• Shamoun Hanna Haydo
• Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian Military leader World War I
• Izates bar Monobaz – King of Adiabene
• Nabonidus (Nabo Naid) – Assyrian born King of Babylon
• Agha Petros – World War I Assyrian General
• Munir Redfa – Iraqi fighter pilot
• Georges Sada – former Commander of the Iraqi Air Force, and author
• Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist

Media

• Ramona Amiri – Miss World Canada 2005
• John Batchelor – author; radio host
• Nineveh Dinha – Fox News anchorwoman and reporter; founder of HER Magazine
• Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006
• Larsa Pippen — reality television personality
• Cindy Sargon – Australian TV chef
• Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model
• Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality
• Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist[46]
• Georges Yunan – Award Winning Youtuber & Internet personality

Musicians and composers

See also: List of Assyrian musicians

Politicians

• Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces[47]
• Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)
• Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq
• Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative[48][49]
• Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
• Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006
• 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
• Tiras Odisho – Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
• Tiras Odisho – head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee
• Georges Sada – general served under Saddam in the Iraqi Air force
• 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 Vatican
• Yusuf Salman Yusuf – Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 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

USA

• Adam Benjamin, Jr. – Indiana Congressman[50]
• Anna Eshoo – California Congresswoman[51][52]
• Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood Trustee[53][54]
• John Nimrod – Illinois Senator[55][56]

Australia

• 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

• Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative
• Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative
• Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative

Canada

• Helena Guergis – former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)[57]

Netherlands

• Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative

Other countries

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

Religious figures

Main articles: List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East, List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon, and List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch

• 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
• Mani, 216–276 – founder of the Manichaean religion
• 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

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.

• Aphrahat
• Bar Daysan
• Iamblichus of Chalcis
• John bar Penkaye
• John of Ephesus
• 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[58]

Modern

• 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[59]
• George Lamsa[60]
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• Terrence Malick
• Dunya Mikhail
• Alphonse Mingana
• Murathan Mungan
• Leilah Nadir
• Heather Raffo
• Mikhael K. Pius
• Yuhanon Qashisho[61][62]
• Jacob of Serugh
• Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia[63][64]

See also

• Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people

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