Hanna Mina
1924 - 2018
Social realist writer
Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad
1915 - 2002
Minister of Education, Minister of Finance
Riad Haidar
1951 - 2023
Member of the Sejm of Poland
Roger Altounyan
1922 - 1987
Pioneering the use of sodium cromoglycate
Muhammad al-Imadi
1930 - 2022
Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade
Hevrin Khalaf
1984 - 2019
Secretary General of the Future Syria Party
Nourhane
1922 - 2022
Singer and actress
Michel Kilo
1940 - 2021
writer and human rights activist
Michel Aflaq
1910 - 1989
Founder of Ba'athism
Lutfi al-Haffar
1885 - 1968
Founder of the National Bloc
Nouri Iskandar
1938 - 2023
Musicologist and composer
Joseph Elian Sarkis
1856 - 1932
Writer, editor, translator, bookseller
Nasim al-Safarjalani
1935 - 1994
General Secretary of the Presidential Council
Zaki al-Arsuzi
1899 - 1968
Co-founder of Ba'athism
Hadiya Khalaf Abbas
1958 - 2021
Speaker of the People's Council of Syria
Maryana Marrash
1848 - 1919
Writer and poet of the Nahda
Zerefeh Bashur
1884 - 1968
First female licensed physician in the Levant
Bashir al-Azma
1910 - 1992
Prime Minister of Syria
Halim Barakat
1936 - 2023
Arab sociologist and novelist
Khairy Alzahaby
1946 - 2022
Novelist, thinker, historian, columnist
Constantine Zureiq
1909 - 2000
Historian, professor, diplomat
Maqbula al-Shalak
1921 - 1986
Writer and lawyer
Muhammad Mustafa Mero
1941 - 2020
Prime Minister of Syria
Hanna K. Korany
1870 - 1898
Writer and speaker
Ibrahim Al-Omar
1978 - 2016
Camera operator for Al-Jazeera Mubasher
Hanna Diyab
1688 - 1763
Originator of Aladdin and Ali Baba stories
Mohammed Maghout
1934 - 2006
Modern Arabic poetry
Hunein Maassab
1926 - 2014
Epidemiologist
Ninos Aho
1945 - 2013
Assyrian poet and activist
Solhi al Wadi
1934 - 2007
Qanun player and director of Radio Orchestra
Ikram Antaki
1948 - 2000
Writer and philosopher
Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi
1830 - 1900
Poet and Leader
Al-Kamil Nasir ad-Din Muhammad
1177 - 1238
Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Riyad al-Rayyes
1937 - 2020
journalist and publisher
Maarouf al-Dawalibi
1909 - 2004
Prime minister of Syria
Omar Hamdi
1952 - 2015
Painter and designer
Adham Al-Akrad
1974 - 2020
Rebel leader in Daraa Governorate
Paul Baghdadlian
1953 - 2011
Singer, songwriter, composer, musician
Masoud Juni
1939 - 1991
Writer, poet and novelist
Abd al-Razzaq al-Dandashi
1899 - 1935
Founder of League of Nationalist Action
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
1971 - 2019
Leader of the Islamic State
Mamdouh Kashlan
1929 - 2022
Painter
Hussein Aoudat
1937 - 2016
Writer and journalist
Adib Ishaq
1856 - 1885
Journalist and translator
Marwan Kassab-Bachi
1934 - 2016
Painter
Rashad Barmada
1913 - 1988
Deputy Prime Minister of Syria, Minister of Defene
Asmahan
1912 - 1944
Singer and actress
Tayyeb Tizini
1934 - 2019
Philosopher, researcher and academic
Fouad al-Zayat
1941 - 2018
Founder of Mortimer Off Shore Services Ltd.
Mihemed Sexo
1948 - 1989
Kurdish folk singer
Sami al-Jundi
1921 - 1995
Ba'athist leader and diplomat
Badawi al-Jabal
1903 - 1981
Poet, writer, nationalist leader
Nazik al-Abid
1887 - 1959
Women's rights activist, nationalist
Khalil Mardam Bey
1895 - 1959
Poet and critic
Qustaki al-Himsi
1858 - 1941
Nahda movement
Abdul Qader Barmada
1911 - 2000
Deputy for the Harem District
Zaki al-Khatib
1887 - 1961
Prime Minister of Syria
Rushdi al-Kikhya
1899 - 1987
Founder of the People's Party
Akram Shammaa
1930 - 2012
Prince of Zengid dynasty, opposition leader
Hatem Ali
1962 - 2020
Director, Writer, Actor
Abd al-Masih Haddad
1890 - 1963
Writer and journalist of the Mahjar movement
Riad Beyrouti
1944 - 2019
Painter and sculptor
Ahmed Kuftaro
1915 - 2004
Grand Mufti of Syria
Maya Nasser
1979 - 2012
Reporter for Press TV
Feras Saied
1981 - 2015
Professional bodybuilder
Fares al-Khoury
1877 - 1962
father of modern Syrian politics
Ali al-Jundi
1928 - 2009
Free verse poet
Moustapha Akkad
1930 - 2005
producer of Halloween series and director
Mohamed Haytham Khayat
1937 - 2020
Physician and lexicographer
Raoul Gregory Vitale
1928 - 2003
Musicology, Ancient history
Ali Al-Tantawi
1909 - 1999
Islamic scholar, writer, judge
Muhsin al-Barazi
1904 - 1949
Prime Minister of Syria
Jihan al-Mosli
1908 - 1996
Teacher and parliament member
Fadwa Souleimane
1970 - 2017
Actress
Haqqi al-Azm
1864 - 1955
Prime Minister of Syria
Shuaib Al Arna'ut
1928 - 2016
Hadith scholar and editor
Muhammad al-Sufi
1927 - 2018
Field marshal and defense minister
Louay Kayali
1934 - 1978
Modern artist
Shukri al-Asali
1868 - 1916
Parliamentarian and senior inspector
Ulfat Idlibi
1912 - 2007
Novelist
Khayr al-Din al-Asadi
1900 - 1971
Historian
Louay Hussein
1960 - 2022
Writer and opposition activist
Munir al-Rayyes
1901 - 1992
Newspaper editor and historian
Amin al-Hafiz
1921 - 2009
President of Syria
Sa'id al-Afghani
1911 - 1997
Professor of Arabic language and literature
Sultan al-Atrash
1891 - 1982
Commander of the Great Syrian Revolt
Naji al Jerf
1977 - 2015
Documentary filmmaker
Abd al-Salam al-Ujayli
1918 - 2006
Doctor, novelist, politician
Muhib Al Din Al Khatib
1886 - 1969
Salafi writer and editor
Flavian I of Antioch
320 - 404
Bishop of Antioch
Umar Rida Kahhala
1905 - 1987
Historian and literature scholar
Bassma Kodmani
1958 - 2023
Syrian National Council spokesperson
Antun Maqdisi
1914 - 2005
Philosopher, politician and human rights activist
Giuseppe Nahmad
1932 - 2012
Art dealer and collector
Omar Abu Risha
1910 - 1990
Poet and diplomat
Salom Rizk
1908 - 1973
Author, lecturer
Ahmad Madoun
1941 - 1983
Artist
Abdul Aziz Said
1930 - 2021
Professor of International Relations
Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi
870 - 950
Philosopher, logician, musician, cosmologist
Aktham Naisse
1951 - 2022
Human rights defender
Sabri al-Asali
1903 - 1976
Prime minister of Syria
Bassel Shehadeh
1984 - 2012
Documentary filmmaker and IT engineer
Hassan Sobhi Mourad
1942 - 2015
Academic
Hani al-Rahib
1939 - 2000
Novelist and literary academic
Muhammad Salim Barakat
1930 - 1999
Writer, translator, teacher of Arabic language
Nazir Nabaa
1938 - 2016
Painter
Salma Kuzbari
1923 - 2006
Literary critic and biographer
Apollodorus of Damascus
50 - 130
Architect and engineer for Trajan
Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al Qurashi
1976 - 2019
Leader of the Islamic State
Fathallah Saqqal
1898 - 1970
Attorney and government minister
Shafiq Ades
1900 - 1948
Ford car company agency in Iraq
Riad al-Turk
1930 - 2024
Syrian opposition leader
Ferzat Jarban
1965 - 2011
Cameraman
Walid Ikhlasi
1935 - 2022
Novelist, short story writer and playwright
Youssef Halaq
1939 - 2007
Writer, professor and literary translator
Nabil Maleh
1936 - 2016
Film director, screenwriter, producer
Yusuf al-Khal
1917 - 1987
Poet, journalist, publisher
Abd al-Masih al-Antaki
1875 - 1922
Journalist and founder of periodicals
Ayyash Al-Haj Hussein Al-Jassim
1864 - 1926
fighter against French occupation
Raghda Hassan
1960 - 2021
Writer and activist
Essam al-Buwaydhani
1971 - 2019
Rebel leader of Jaysh al-Islam
Nazem al-Jaafari
1918 - 2015
Painter, pioneer of impressionism in Syria
Salwa Fallouh
1920 - 2008
Painter and illustrator
Abu Khalil Qabbani
1835 - 1902
Founder of the short musical play
Sania Saleh
1935 - 1985
Poet and writer
Husni al-Za'im
1897 - 1949
President and Prime Minister of Syria
Mustafa al-Siba'i
1915 - 1964
leader of the Muslim Brotherhood
Mamdouh Adwan
1941 - 2004
Poet, writer and translator
Nasib Arida
1887 - 1946
Mahjar poet and writer
Clement of Alexandria
150 - 215
Christian apologist
Khaled Khalifa
1964 - 2023
Novelist, screenwriter, and poet
Farid al-Atrash
1917 - 1974
Singer, composer, and actor
Kamal al-Qassab
1853 - 1954
founder of the Syrian Higher National Committee
Fateh Moudarres
1922 - 1999
Painter and lecturer
Moussa Ayoub
1873 - 1955
Portrait Painter
Badia Masabni
1892 - 1974
Night club owner and businesswoman
Haidar Haidar
1936 - 2023
Writer and novelist
Salah al-Din Bitar
1912 - 1980
Politician
Izzat Husrieh
1914 - 1975
Journalist, author, publisher and researcher
Mai Skaf
1969 - 2018
Actress and activist
Hashim al-Atassi
1875 - 1960
President of Syria
Antranig Chalabian
1922 - 2011
Medical illustrator, cartographer, historian
Muhammad al-Maghut
1934 - 2006
Father of Arabic free verse poetry
Bassel al-Assad
1962 - 1994
Engineer, colonel, politician
Kamil Pasha al-Qudsi
1845 - 1926
Governor General of the State of Aleppo
Mahmoud Al-Zoubi
1935 - 2000
Prime Minister of Syria
Omar Amiralay
1944 - 2011
Documentary film director and activist
Sabah Fakhri
1933 - 2021
Syrian tenor singer
Fahd Ballan
1933 - 1997
Syrian folk singer and actor
Zeyad Errafae'ie
1967 - 2009
Actor
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