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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 ancient Assyrians, see :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 Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, north western

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, north eastern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and south eastern

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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 Freydun Bet-Abram ( syr, ܒܝܬ ܐܒܪܡ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ; 1891 – 2 October 1926), better known as Freydun Atturaya (ܦ̮ܪܝܕܢ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ), was an Assyrian national leader, politician, doctor and poet. Atturaya was one of the founders of the f ...

– physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party * 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

Lado Davidov Lado Shirinshayevich Davidov (18 August 1924 - 30 July 1987) was a Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union. Biography He was born in Vladikavkaz and was ethnically Assyrian. In 1944 he was awarded the Hero of th ...

– Soviet soldier during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Naum Faiq Naum Elias Yaqub Palakh (February 1868 – February 5, 1930), better known as Naum Faiq (, Naˁum Fayëq), was one of the founding fathers of modern Assyrian nationalism during the early 20th century. He was a teacher and writer throughout his life ...

– 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 Nuri Kino, (born February 25, 1965, in Tur Abdin), is a Swedish-Assyrian award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, author and human rights expert. He is the author of several nonfiction books, and hundreds of stories and repor ...

– award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder o
A Demand for Action
*

Rosie Malek-Yonan Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. July 4, 1965) is an Assyrian-American actress, author, director, public figure and activist. Malek-Yonan became a noted pianist at an early age. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge, she settled in the United ...

– actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist *

Hurmiz Malik Chikko Hurmiz Malik Chikko ( syr, ܗܘܪܡܘܙ ܡܵܠܸܟ ܟ̰ܝܟܘ), also sometimes spelled Hormiz Malek Chikko, (1934 - December 2, 1963) was an Assyrian advocate and army leader. He led the Assyrian armed struggle against the ruling Ba'ath Party in ...

– martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s *

Farid Nazha Farid Elias Nazha ( syr, ܦܪܝܕ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܢܙܗܝ, ; 10 January 1894 in Hama, Syria – 19 October 1970)Juliana Taimoorazy Juliana Taimoorazy ( syr, ܓ̰ܘܠܝܢܐ ܬܡܪ̈ܙܐ; born 1973) is an Assyrian people, Assyrian Assyrian Americans, American activist from Assyrians in Iran, Iran. She is the founder and current president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, ...

– founder and president of the

Iraqi Christian Relief Council The Iraqi Christian Relief Council (ICRC) is an Assyrian-based Christian nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by Assyrian activist Juliana Taimoorazy. The ICRC describes its primary purpose as being to advance the humanitarian and political pr ...

, senior fellow at the Philos Project

Actors, directors and entertainers

F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he came to prominence for his acclaimed leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film '' Amadeus'' (1984) for which he wo ...

–

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning actor * Brian Awadis – YouTuber *

Henri Charr Henri Charr, also credited as H. Charr, is an Assyrian filmmaker born in Iran and living in Southern California. He started in educational films and documentaries, then turned to mainstream cinema in genres including thrillers, drams, action-adve ...

– director *

Michael Denkha Michael Denkha is an Assyrian-Australian actor known for his roles in ''Get Rich Quick'', ''Stealth'', ''The Combination'', ''Down Under'' and, most recently, ''Here Come the Habibs'' TV series. Biography Born in Tehran Iran, Denkha moved to ...

– actor *

Naguib el-Rihani Naguib el-Rihani ( ar, نجيب الريحاني; January 21, 1889 in Cairo – June 8, 1949 in Alexandria) was an Egyptian film and stage actor. Biography Born in Bab El Shereya, Cairo to a middle class family. His father, a Christian who wor ...

– actor *

Fares Fares Fares Fares (; born 29 April 1973) is a Swedish-Lebanese actor of Assyrian descent. Early life Fares was born in Beirut, Lebanon. His younger brother is director Josef Fares, and he has four sisters. In 1987, when Fares was 14 years old, his ...

– Swedish-Lebanese actor * Andre Khabbazi – actor * Iloosh Khoshabe - actor; bodybuilder *

– journalist; filmmaker *

Terrence Malick Terrence Frederick Malick (born November 30, 1943) is an American filmmaker. His films include '' Days of Heaven'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenp ...

– Academy Award-nominated director

Artists and designers

* Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor * Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author *

Issa Benyamin Issa Benyamin (May 15, 1924 – January 14, 2014) was an Iranian-Assyrian calligrapher and educator. Biography Assyrian calligrapher, Issa Benyamin was born to Assyrian parents, Mirza Benyamin Kaldani (1879-1966) and Esther in 1924 in Tabriz, Ira ...

– calligrapher * Raad Ghantous – interior designer *

Thea Halo Thea Halo (born 1941) is an American writer and painter of Assyrian and Pontic Greek heritage. Born in New York City, she is the 8th child of Abraham and Sano Halo (original name Euthemia "Themia", Pontic Greek: Ευθυμία). Thea began writ ...

– painter and writer * Farouk Kaspaules – artist *

Paulus Khofri Paulus Khofri ( syr, ܦܘܠܘܣ ܟܦܪܝ, fa, پولوس خفری), was an Assyrian composer, lyricist and painter. He was born August 7, 1923, in Baghdad, Iraq and died in Tehran, Iran in May 2000 at the age of 77. Biography Paulus Khofr ...

– 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 Mustafa Hamsho ( ar, مصطفى حمشو; born 10 October 1953) is a Syrian former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1989, challenging twice for the undisputed middleweight world title in 1981 and 1984. Professional career The Syrian ...

– Syrian Assyrian/Syriac Boxer, Middleweight * George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian Boxer; represented Iran in 1948 and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Anwar Oshana Anwar Oshana (born 11 June 1972) was an Assyrian- American professional boxer in the super middleweight division between 1994 and 2005. He fought 28 times, winning 23 and losing 5. Professional career In 1997, he won the USA Illinois State ...

– 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 also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

representing Iran ;Football (soccer) *

Douglas Aziz Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya (; born 1 January 1942) is an Iraqi former football player and caretaker coach. He represented the Iraq national team, and is ethnically Assyrian. Club career He was a pillar for club and country during the late 19 ...

– Iraqi Assyrian Footballer *

Ammo Baba Emmanuel Baba Dawud (27 November 1934 – 27 May 2009), better known as Ammo Baba ( ar, عمو بابا, syr, ܥܡܘ ܒܒܐ), was an Iraqi Assyrian football player and coach of the Iraq national football team. He scored the first international ...

– 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 Edison Eshay David (; 5 December 1933 – 24 July 2020) was an Iraqi football player who played for the Iraq national team and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Iraq, David was of Assyrian descent. Career After starting his soc ...

– Iraqi Assyrian footballer *

Youra Eshaya Youra Eshaya Pera ( syr, ܝܘܪܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ, ar, يورا أيشايا) (1933-1992) is a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian football player who was the first Iraqi player ever to play in Europe. Early life He was born in 1933 in Iraq to Eshaya P ...

– Iraqi Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

, England – Iraq International * Basil Gorgis Hanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – World Cup Player 1986 *

Aram Karam Aram Karam (; born 1926) was one of the first great Iraqi footballers, who earned a reputation for scoring goals from apparently impossible long-range situations. He was an ethnic Assyrian and Christian. He was a son of a Levy soldier from Habba ...

– Iraqi Assyrian Footballer – Iraq International *

Ayoub Odisho Ayoub Odisho Barjam ( ar, أيوب اوديشو; born 15 December 1960), is an Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach of Al Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League. Playing career Ayoub was a tough tackling full-back, who played for Al-Ta ...

– Iraqi Assyrian Footballer and Club Manager (in Lebanon) *

Thamer Yousif Elias Thamir Yousif ( ar, تامر يوسف) (born 1 July 1953) was an Assyrian football player. A long time Al Zawra member, Thamir led the Iraq Super League in goals on three occasions (1975, 1976, 1982) and was 2nd in the league on two occasi ...

– Iraqi Assyrian Footballer – Iraq International ;Tennis *Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian Tennis Champion

Diaspora

;American football *

Alex Agase Alexander Arrasi Agase (March 27, 1922 – May 3, 2007) was an American football guard and linebacker who was named an All-American three times in college and played on three Cleveland Browns championship teams before becoming head football coac ...

– Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player *

Lou Agase Lou Agase (August 2, 1924 – June 26, 2006) was an American gridiron football player and coach of Assyrian ancestry. Agase played tight end and offensive tackle for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team from 1944 to 1947. He was a membe ...

– Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player ;Boxing *

*Sammy Merza – USA based Middleweight *

– Assyrian American Super Middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion *

Isho Shiba Isho Shiba (born 18 September 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Assyrian-Canadian boxer. He is an ethnic Assyrian and was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He currently resides in Hamilton, Canada. He trains at McGrorys Boxing club in Hamilton. He is a six ...

– Assyrian Canadian Boxer – Canadian Champion ;Fencing (sabre) * George Yako - Assyrian/Australian sabre fencer - Australian based ;Football (soccer) *

Alexander Alkhazov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Alkhazov (russian: Александр Николаевич Алхазов; born 27 May 1984) is a Russian former professional football player of Assyrian ethnic origin. Career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League ...

– Assyrian Russian footballer – plays for

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the ...

* 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 Stefan Batan ( ;born 20 March 1985) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Assyriska FF as a defender. Career Batan began his career at Assyriska Föreningen. He made his first appearance in the first-team squad in Superettan during the 2003 s ...

– Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska *

Steven Beitashour Steven Mehrdad Beitashour ( ; fa, استیون مهرداد بیت‌آشور , ; born February 1, 1987) is a professional association football, soccer player who currently plays as a right-back for Colorado Rapids. Born in the United States, ...

– currently plays for Los Angeles FC in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

international *

Louay Chanko Louay Chanko ( ar, لؤي شنكو; born 29 November 1979) is a professional football coach and former player. Born in Sweden, Chanko represented Sweden internationally as a midfielder, before switching allegiance to Syria. After his playing c ...

– Assyrian Syrian footballer – Denmark based – Syrian International player * Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska *

Daniyel Cimen Daniyel Cimen (; born 19 January 1985 in Hanau) is a German football manager and footballer who plays for SpVgg Groß-Umstadt. He is currently the head coach of FC Gießen.Christian Demirtas – Assyrian German footballer – German based * Sargon Duran – Assyrian Austrian footballer – plays for FC Sollenau *

Jimmy Durmaz Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük. He began his career at BK Forward and moved in 2008 to Malmö FF, where he w ...

– Assyrian Swedish Footballer *

David Durmaz David Durmaz (born 21 December 1981) is a Swedish-Assyrian- Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Assyriska FF. Durmaz, of Assyrian origin from southeastern Turkey, also holds Turkish citizenship. He is a relative of Jimmy Durmaz. ...

– Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Syrianska FC *

Ninos Gouriye Ninos Gouriye (born 14 January 1991) is a Dutch Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Winger (association football), winger. He formerly played for the Dutch Eerste Divisie club SC Cambuur Leeuwarden, Cambuur as a forward. ...

– Assyrian Dutch footballer *

Andreas Haddad Andreas Daniel Gabriel Haddad ( ar, أندرياس دانييل غابرييل حداد), formerly Andreas Daniel Gabriel Turander ( ar, أندرياس دانييل غابرييل توراندير; born on 5 May 1982) is a Swedish-Assyrian reti ...

– Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska * Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska *

Zurab Ionanidze Zurab Ionanidze ( ka, ზურაბ იონანიძე; born 2 December 1971) is a former Georgian footballer, of ethnic Assyrian extraction. Club career Ionanidze previously played for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi and FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novg ...

– Assyrian Georgian International footballer – Georgian International player *

Mikael Ishak Mikael Ishak (born 31 March 1993) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer of Assyrian people, Assyrian descent who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Beginning his car ...

– Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska *

Leena Khamis Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Women. Biography Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in foot ...

– Assyrian Australian Female footballer – Australian Women's Football International *

Sanharib Malki Sanharib Malki Sabah ( syr, ܣܢܚܪܝܒ ܡܠܟܝ; ar, سنحاريب ملكي صباح; born 1 March 1984) is a retired Syrian footballer of Arameans, Aramean ethnicity who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Besides his Syri ...

– Assyrian Syrian footballer – Dutch based (

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...

) – Syrian International player *

Justin Meram Justin Meram ( ar, جستن حكمت عزيز ميرام; born December 4, 1988) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Born in the United States, he ...

– Assyrian USA based Soccer player * Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska *

George Mourad George Mourad ( ar, جورج مراد; born 18 September 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Mourad represented both Sweden and Syria internationally. Club career After playing for Västra Frölunda IF, he join ...

– Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player *

Eddie Moussa Eddie Moussa ( ar, إدي موسى; 20 March 1984 – 1 July 2010) was a professional football player. He carried both Swedish and Lebanese citizenship, and was of Assyrian descent. Club career He played in Sweden for Assyriska Föreningen duri ...

– Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska * Michel Noyan – 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''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

* Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Hob ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

* Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

in the Australian

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

* Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Syrianska FC *

Rebin Sulaka Rebin Gharib Sulaka Adhamat (; born 12 April 1992) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Buriram United and the Iraq national team. Club career Sulaka started playing football in Eskilstuna City FK, where he as a 15- ...

– Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International *

Jasar Takak Jasar Takak (born 4 March 1982) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Early career Born in 's-Hertogenbosch by Assyrians in the Netherlands, Aramean parents from Turkey, Takak star ...

– Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem *

Sharbel Touma Sharbel Touma (; born 25 March 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Syrianska in the mid-1990s, he went on to represent Djurgårdens IF, AIK, Halmstad, Twente, Borussia Mönchen ...

– Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Syrianska FC * Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a 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 Skörpinge GIF. The ...

, and previously for

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

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 Christer Youssef ( ar, كريستر يوسف; born 1 December 1987) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. References External links Christer Youssef
at Fotbolltransfers * * * 19 ...

– 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. Name The club is named ...

;Martial Arts *

Beneil Dariush Beneil Khobier Dariush (born May 6, 1989) is an Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of October 24, 2022, he is #4 in the UFC lightw ...

– Assyrian American

Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

(MMA) *

Randa Markos Randa Cemil Markos-Thomas (born August 10, 1985) is an Iraqi-born Canadian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight division. She most notably fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Personal life Markos wa ...

– Assyrian Canadian

(MMA) *

Tiras Odisho Tiras Odisho is an ethnic Assyrian former Martial Arts practitioner and expert who has served as the Director General of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) ( ar, اللجنة الاولمبية ا ...

– Assyrian Iraqi

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

champion, currently Director General of

National Olympic Committee of Iraq The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) ( ar, اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committe ...

Mikhail Sado Mikhail Yukhanovich Sado (Russian: ''Михаил Юханович Садо'', Syriac: ''ܡܝܟ݂ܐܝܠ ܒܝܬ ܣܗܕܐ Mixael bit Sahda''), (June 9, 1934 – August 30, 2010 ) was an Assyrian Russian linguist, scholar, Professor of Semitic langua ...

– Assyrian Russian

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

champion *

David Teymur David Teymur (born May 1, 1989) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Kickboxing and Muay Thai career David and his older brother Daniel started ou ...

– Assyrian Swedish

(MMA) ;Poker *

Daniel Alaei Daniel Christopher Alaei (born 1982) is a professional poker player from Santa Fe Springs, California. He is of Assyrian descent. Primarily a $50–100 no-limit Texas hold 'em cash game player, Alaei won his first World Series of Poker brac ...

;Tennis *

Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ach ...

– former world number one American tennis player of Assyrian and Armenian descent * Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player *

Michael Shabaz Michael Shabaz (born August 20, 1987) is an Assyrian-American tennis player who won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with Jesse Levine. He is an NCAA tennis player for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. College career Shabaz tea ...

– American tennis player

Educators and explorers

Aba I Aba I (or, with his Syriac honorific, Mar Aba I) or Mar Abba the Great was the List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East, Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552. He introduced to the church the Anaphora (litu ...

– philosopher, astronomer *

Aphrahat Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; syr, ܐܦܪܗܛ ''Ap̄rahaṭ'', ar, أفراهاط الحكيم, , grc, Ἀφραάτης, and Latin ''Aphraates'') was a Syriac Christian author of the third century from the Persian / Sasanian Empire who composed ...

– 3rd century theologian *

Toma Audo Mar Toma Audo ( syr, ܬܐܘܡܐ ܐܘܕܘ), also spelled Thomas Audo (October 10, 1854 - July 27, 1918) was Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmia (1890-1918), within the Chaldean Catholic Church.Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) Babai, also Babaeus, was Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and Patriarch of the Church of the East from 497 to 503. Under his leadership, the Church in Sasanian Empire (Persia) became increasingly aligned with the Nestorian movement, declared her ...

– bishop * Babai the Great – philosopher, theologian *

Bardaisan Bardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; syr, ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ, ''Bardaiṣān''), known in Arabic as Ibn Daisan (ابن ديصان) and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Assyrian or ParthianProds Oktor Skjaervo. ''Bardesanes''. Encyclopædia ...

– philosopher *

Paul Bedjan Paul Bedjan (27 November 1838 – 9 June 1920) was an Assyrian priest of the Chaldean Catholic Church and a Syriacist and orientalist. Born in Khosrova, Persia, an ethnic Assyrian, he was born into a Chaldean Catholic family, and enrolled as ...

Bukhtishu The Bukhtīshūʿ (or Boḵtīšūʿ) were a family of either Persian or Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. The Middle Persian-Syriac name which can be found as early as at ...

- were a family of

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ...

Nestorian Christian Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings. The first meaning of the term is related to the original teachings of Christian theologian N ...

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

s 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 Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (also Hunain or Hunein) ( ar, أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي; (809–873) was an influential Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic ...

– scholar, physician, scientist, and translator *

Emanuel Kamber Emanuel Yousif Kamber is an Assyrian physics professor at Western Michigan University and was the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance. He was born in the small Assyrian village of Darbandokeh in Iraq. Biography In 1983, Emanuel Ka ...

George Kiraz George Anton Kiraz ( syr, ܓܘܪܓܝ ܒܪ ܐܢܛܘܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܟܝܪܐܙ; born 1965) is a Syriac engineer and entrepreneur, best known for his contribution to modern Syriac studies. Biography George Kiraz was born in Bethlehem to a Syriac Orth ...

– 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), a best-selling book, after Saddam Hussein's in ...

– academic, professor *

Masawaiyh Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), ( ar, يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in Latin Janus Damascenus, or Mesue, Masuya, Mesue Major, Msuya, and Mesuë the Elder was a Persian or Assyrian East Syriac ...

– physician *

Eden Naby Eden Naby (born 1942) is an Assyrian-Iranian cultural historian of Central Asia and the Middle East. She was born in the once important Assyrian village of Golpashan, located outside Urmia in Iran. Eden Naby has conducted research, taught and pub ...

* Estiphan Panoussi – philosopher and oriental philologist * Philoxenos – theologian *

Hormuzd Rassam Hormuzd Rassam ( ar, هرمز رسام; syr, ܗܪܡܙܕ ܪܣܐܡ; 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 tha ...

– Assyriologist, and first-known Middle Eastern

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

*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 *

– Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion * Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian *

Donny George Youkhanna Donny George Youkhanna (Arabic: , syr, ܕܘܢܝ ܓܘܪܓ ܝܘܚܢܢ) (October 23, 1950 – March 11, 2011) was an Iraqi-Assyrian archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and a visiting professor at Stony Brook Universi ...

* Ashur Yousif

Entrepreneurs

* 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 jo ...

– Argentine businessman involved in

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

and

media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...

* Sue Ismiel – founder of Nad's, a multimillion-dollar wax and beauty company in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

with distributions worldwide. * 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, Bob Miner led prod ...

– American businessman, co-founder of

Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...

Jeff Moorad Jeffrey S. Moorad is an American businessman and investor. He began his career as a sports agent, before serving as General Partner and CEO of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's San Diego Padres. Player representati ...

– American businessman and investor, CEO of MLB's

Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The f ...

, 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 (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

* Victor Nacif – Mexian businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe *

Tony Rezko Antoin Rezko (born 1955) is an American businessman and convict. He was a fundraiser for Illinois Democratic and Republican politicians. After becoming a major contributor to Rod Blagojevich's successful election for governor, Rezko assisted Bla ...

– American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.

Leaders

Malik Khoshaba Malik Khoshaba Yousip ( syr, ܡܠܟ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܝܘܣܦ) was an Assyrian tribal leader (or "malik") of the Tyari tribe (''Bit Tyareh'') who played a significant role in the Assyrian independence movement during World War I. Early life Malik Kh ...

– Assyrian Military leader World War I *

Agha Petros Petros Elia of Baz ( syr, ܐܝܠܝܐ ܦܹܛܪܘܼܣ) (April 1880 – 2 February 1932), better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader during World War I. Early years Petros Elia was from the Lower Baz village, Ottoman Empire in ...

–

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Assyrian General * Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist

Media

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–

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

Canada 2005 *

John Batchelor John Calvin Batchelor (born April 29, 1948) is an American author and host of ''Eye on the World'' on the CBS Audio Network. His flagship station is New York's 710 WOR. The show is a hard-news-analysis radio program on current events, world his ...

– author; radio host * Jack Douglas – television host * Claudia Hanna –

Miss Iraq There are a number of Iraqi beauty pageants. Miss Iraq is one of the national beauty pageants in Iraq. Others include miss World Iraq and Miss Earth Iraq. History In 2015 the first season after 43 years absence, the official national beauty ...

2006 *

Craig Morgan Craig Morgan Greer (born July 17, 1964) is an American country music artist. A veteran of the United States Army as a forward observer, Morgan began his musical career in 2000 on Atlantic Records, releasing his self-titled debut album for that ...

– sports journalist * Jennifer Aydin —

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

personality *

Larsa Pippen Larsa Marie Pippen (; born July 6, 1974) is an American reality television personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She is an original main cast member on Bravo's reality TV series '' The Real Housewives of Miami'', appearing since its premie ...

—

personality *

Cindy Sargon Cindy Sargon is an Australian chef, entrepreneur, television presenter and voice over artist. Career Television Sargon was a co-presenter on the third and fourth seasons of ''Surprise Chef'', and has hosted '' Melbourne Woman'',

– Australian TV chef * Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model * Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality * Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist

Musicians and composers

Evin Agassi Evin Agassi, also written as Evin Aghassi (Syriac: ܐܝܒ̣ܢ ܐܓܣܝ, born September 1945), is an Assyrian-American singer who has released over 20 albums during his career.Mousey Alexander Elmer "Mousey" Alexander (June 19, 1922 – October 9, 1988) was an American jazz drummer. Career Alexander was born in Gary, Indiana to Assyrian parents from Iran. He grew up in Chicago, eventually studying at the Roy C. Knapp School of Percus ...

* Joseph Arabbo * Gabriel Asaad *

Jamil Bashir Jamil Bachir or Bashir ( ar, جميل بشير; b. Mosul, Iraq, 1920; d. London, September 24, 1977) was an Iraqi musician and expert oud player. The Iraqi Music Institute was opened in 1936, under administration of Hanna Petros (1896–1958), th ...

Munir Bashir Munir Bashir, ( ar, منير بشير, syr, ܡܘܢܝܪ ܒܫܝܪ) (1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi Assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme m ...

Ashur Bet Sargis Ashur Bet Sargis ( syr, ܐܫܘܪ ܒܝܬ ܣܪܓܝܤ; born July 2, 1949) is an Assyrian singer, composer, guitarist and activist. He became famous in the Assyrian communities worldwide for his nationalistic songs in the 1970s. His career peaked, an ...

Aril Brikha Aril Brikha (born 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is one of the world's leading Assyrian techno Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo ofte ...

Sargon Gabriel Sargon Gabriel (Syriac: ܣܪܓܘܢ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ) is an Assyrian musician born in Habbaniyah, Iraq, whose music style usually involves traditional Assyrian folk music with the instruments, '' zurna'' and '' dawoola''. The singer currently resides ...

* Linda George *

Nouri Iskandar Nuri Iskandar ( syr, ܢܘܪܝ ܐܣܟܢܕܪ, ar, نوري إسكندر, born 1938 in Deir al-Zur, Syria), was an Assyrian Syrian musicologist and composer, he is known for his work in Assyrian/Syriac sacral and folk music. Biography Nuri I ...

Juliana Jendo Juliana Jendo (born November 30, 1962 in Tel Tamer, Syria, Syriac: ܓܘܠܝܢܐ ܓܢܕܐ) is an Assyrian singer and actress who, unlike many other Assyrian Neo-Aramaic-speaking artists, has occasionally recorded songs in Turoyo, Chaldean Neo-Arama ...

* Elias Karam * Sargon Kenoun *

* Adwar Mousa *Habib Mousa *

Hanna Petros Hanna Petros ( syr, ܚܢܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ, ar, حنا بطرس), was an Iraqi Chaldean composer and a scholar. He wrote numerous books and treatises on oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody. He also established a renowned conservatory in ...

Janan Sawa Janan Sawa (born 1956 in Dohuk, Iraq) ( syr, ܔܢܐܢ ܒܒܐ ܣܒ݂ܐ) 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 ...

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 *

Elias Zazi Elias Zazi (born 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Swedish-Assyrian composer and a theorist in music. Zazi also teaches music and works as a music critic and writer to a daily newspaper in Södertälje, Sweden. History Elias began his journey as a ...

Politicians

*Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

's Armed Forces *

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz ( ar, طارق عزيز , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s wh ...

– Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana) *

Basim Bello Basim Bello is the longest serving mayor of Tel Keppe District, Iraq. An adherent of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Bello was a member of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, until he split from the party in 2014. In August 2017, he was deposed as may ...

– Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq *

Yonathan Betkolia Yonathan Betkolia ( syr, ܝܘܢܬܢ ܒܝܬܟܘܠܝܐ) is an Assyrian people, Assyrian politician and former member of the Iranian Parliament. An Assyrian from Urmia, he was a member of the Iranian Parliament for 5 terms. He is the secretary genera ...

– Secretary General of the

Assyrian Universal Alliance Assyrian Universal Alliance ( syr, ܚܘܝܕܐ ܬܒ̣ܝܠܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, ar, الاتحاد الأشوري العالمي; fa, اتحادیه جهانی آشوریان), usually abbreviated as AUA and popularly known as Khoyada (English: ''U ...

and Iran Parliament Representative * Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004) * Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006 *

Kamel Hana Gegeo Kamel Hana Gegeo ( syr, ܟܐܡܠ ܗܢܐ ܓܐܓܘ; ar, كامل حنا ججو) (c. 1960s – 18 October 1988) was an Iraqi Assyrian bodyguard, valet, and food taster of Saddam Hussein. He was murdered by Uday Hussein at a party hosted by Hosni Mu ...

– chief bodyguard to

Franso Hariri Franso Toma Hariri ( syr, ܦܪܢܣܘ ܚܪܝܪܝ; 1937 – February 18, 2001), was a Iraqi Assyrian politician, and a high-ranking and long-standing Kurdistan Democratic Party member and head of the KDP block of the Kurdistan Region Parliament. ...

– Mayor of

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

* Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq *

Yonadam Kanna Yonadam Yousip Kanna ( syr, ܝܘܢܕܡ ܝܘܣܦ ܟܢܢܐ, also known as Rabi Yacoub Yosep) is an Assyrian politician and the first Christian member of the Iraqi National Assembly since 2003. Kanna also serves as the current Secretary General o ...

– Secretary General of the

Assyrian Democratic Movement The Assyrian Democratic Movement ( syr, ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Zawʻá Demoqraṭáyá ʼÁṯuráyá, ar, الحركة الديمقراطية الآشورية, ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (), is an Assyrian political party ...

and Iraq Parliament Representative *

Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo ( syr, ܣܪܟܝܣ ܐܓܓܢ ܡܡܢܕܘ), (born 1962) is an Iraqi Assyrian politician who was appointed Minister for Finance and Economy in the cabinet of Iraqi Kurdistan on 7 May 2006. Early life Sarkis was born in Diyana, ...

– current Minister of Finance and Economy in

Kurdistan Regional Government The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ( ku, حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان, ''Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan'') is the official executive body of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. The cabinet is selected by the m ...

* Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq *

– Director General of

– head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee *

Ablahad Afraim Sawa Ablahad Afraim Sawa was a member of the National Assembly of Iraq who was elected on the Kurdistani Alliance slate. A member of the Chaldean Democratic Union, he was also elected in January 2005 Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 References< ...

– Iraq Parliament Representative *Lady

Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (27 January 1883 – 7 December 1975) was the sister of the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and leader of the Assyrians, Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin. Biography Lady Surma was born in Qodshanis ...

(Surma Khanum) *

Pascal Esho Warda Pascale Isho Warda ( syr, ܦܐܣܟܐܠ ܐܝܫܘ ܘܪܕܐ) was the Minister of Immigration and Refugees in the Iraqi Interim Government. Career An Assyrian Christian, Warda was born in 1961 in the city of Nohadra. She later was exiled to France, ...

– Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees 2003–2004 *

Albert Edward Ismail Yelda Albert Edward Ismail Yelda ( syr, ܐܠܒܪܬ ܐܕܘܪܕ ܐܝܣܡܥܝܠ ܝܠܕܐ) (born 1959 Ramadi, Iraq) was Iraq's ambassador to the Vatican. Yelda, an ethnic Assyrian, belongs to the Ancient Church of the East. Prior to the United States-led 2003 ...

– Iraq Ambassador to the

Vatican Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum The Holy See * The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized ...

Yusuf Salman Yusuf Yusuf Salman Yusuf ( syr, ܝܘܣܦ ܣܠܡܢ ܝܘܣܦ, ar, يوسف سلمان يوسف), better known by his nom de guerre Comrade Fahd ( ar, فهد) (19 July 1901, in Baghdad – 14 February 1949), was an Assyrian of Chaldean Catholic faith and ...

– Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941–1949

Iran

– co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party

Turkey

* Erol Dora – Deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey *

– 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

Mark Arabo Mark Paul Arabo (born February 17, 1983) is a Assyrian Americans, Chaldean-American businessman, San Diego community leader, and global humanitarian. He is a human rights activist for the Chaldean community and speaks to the national US media, ad ...

– politician based in

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

, California * Adam Benjamin, Jr. –

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

Congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

* Wadie Deddeh - Former California State Senator *

Anna Eshoo Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from . She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, is based in Silico ...

–

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

Congresswoman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

* John Nimrod –

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

Senator * Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood

Trustee Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to t ...

Australia

Ninos Khoshaba Ninos Khoshaba (born March 24, 1970) is an Australian politician of Assyrian descent, and is a former member of Parliament of New South Wales. He was a member of Parliament from 24 March 2007 until 26 March 2011, where he lost his seat to And ...

– former Member of the

New South Wales Parliament The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Andrew Rohan Andrew Baijan Rohan (born 30 June 1948 in Iraq), an Australian politician of Assyrian descent, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015. Early years and backgroun ...

– current State Member for Smithfield

, and

Fairfield City Council The Fairfield City Council is a local government area in the west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The council was first incorporated as the "Municipal District of Smithfield and Fairfield" on 8 December 1888, and the cou ...

Councillor for the

Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Au ...

Sweden

* Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative *

Ibrahim Baylan Ibrahim Baylan (born 15 March 1972) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Schools from 2004 to 2006, as Minister for Energy from 2014 to 2019, Minister for Policy Coordination from 2016 to 2019 and as Minister for Business, Indu ...

– Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative * Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative

Canada

Helena Guergis Helena C. Guergis, ( ; born February 19, 1969) is a Canadian politician of Assyrian descent. She represented the Ontario riding of Simcoe—Grey in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011, and was appointed Minister of State (Status of ...

– former

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

and

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ...

(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 Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

* Sargon Dadesho – activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress *

Eugene Dooman Eugene Hoffman Dooman (March 25, 1890 – February 2, 1969) was a counselor at the United States Embassy in Tokyo during the critical negotiations between the two countries before World War II. Background Born in Osaka to Grace and Isaac Dooman, t ...

* Emmanuel Kamber –

Secretary General

Religious figures

Addagoppe of Harran Adad-guppi ( Babylonian cuneiform: ''Adad-gûppîʾ''; c. 648-544 BC), also known as Addagoppe, was an Assyrian priestess, a devotee of the moon god Sîn in the northern Assyrian city of Harran, and the mother of King Nabonidus (ruled 556–39 ...

* Babai the Great, 551–628 * Bar Daisan *

Bar-Hebraeus Gregory Bar Hebraeus ( syc, ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ, b. 1226 - d. 30 July 1286), known by his Syriac ancestral surname as Bar Ebraya or Bar Ebroyo, and also by a Latinized name Abulpharagius, was an Aramean Maphrian (regional prima ...

* Bar Sauma *

Basile Georges Casmoussa Basile Georges Casmoussa (born 25 October 1938 in Qaraqosh, Iraq) is a Syriac Catholic archbishop. He was Apostolic Visitor of the Syrian Catholics in Western Europe and Archbishop Emeritus of the Syrian Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul, Iraq. Ca ...

David Benjamin Keldani David Benjamin, Chaldean or Dawud Benyamin Keldani (1867 – ''c''.1940) was a Chaldean Catholic priest who converted to Islam and adopted the name Abd ul-Aḥad Dāwūd ( ar, عبد الأحد داود). He is famous for his book Muhammad in Bible. ...

Diodorus of Tarsus Diodore of Tarsus (Greek language, Greek Διόδωρος ὁ Ταρσεύς; died c. 390) was a Christianity, Christian bishop, a monastic reformer, and a Christian theologian, theologian. A strong supporter of the orthodoxy of First Council of ...

Dinkha IV Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: and ar, مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015) was an Eastern Christian prelate who served as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the ...

, 1935–2015 *

Elias Mellus Mar Yohannan Elias Mellus (or ''Milos'', ''Milus'') (1831–1908) was a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Elias Mellus was born on September 19, 1831, in Mardin. He entered in the monastery of Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Rabban Hormizd in Alq ...

* Emil Shimoun Nona * Emmanuel III Delly *

Ephrem the Syrian Ephrem the Syrian ( syc, ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, Mār ʾAp̄rêm Sūryāyā, ; grc-koi, Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Σῦρος, Efrém o Sýros; la, Ephraem Syrus; am, ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም ሶርያዊ; ), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint ...

* George Garmo *

Heliodorus Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are: *Heliodorus (minister) a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator c. 175 BC * Heliodorus of Athen ...

– 4th Century Assyrian martyr * Henana of Adiabene * Ignatius Isaac Azar *

Isaac of Nineveh Isaac of Nineveh (; Arabic: إسحاق النينوي ''Ishaq an-Naynuwī''; grc-gre, Ἰσαὰκ Σῦρος; c. 613 – c. 700), also remembered as Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abba Isaac, Isaac Syrus and Isaac of Qatar, was a 7th-century Church o ...

Isa Kelemechi Isa Tarsah Kelemechi ( Mongolian: Isa Khelmerchi (Isa the Interpreter); Chinese: Ai-hsüeh) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian scientist, and official at the Yuan court of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire in the 13th century. Foltz, Richard, ''Relig ...

Jacob of Nisibis Saint Jacob of Nisibis ( syr, ܝܥܩܘܒ ܢܨܝܒܢܝܐ, '; Greek language, Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰάκωβος Ἐπίσκοπος Μυγδονίας; Armenian language, Armenian: Յակոբ Մծբնայ, '), also known as Saint Jacob of Mygdonia, ...

* Josephus Adjutus – 17th century theologian *

Louis Cheikho Louis Cheikho, ar, لويس شيخو, born Rizqallâh Cheikho (1859–1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He pioneered Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean literary research and made major contributio ...

Nestorius Nestorius (; in grc, Νεστόριος; 386 – 451) was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to August 431. A Christian theologian, several of his teachings in the fields of Christology and Mariology were seen as controve ...

Paulos Faraj Rahho Paulos Faraj Rahho (also known as Paul Faraj Rahho and Paulos Faradsch Raho; ar, بولس فرج رحو, '; syr, ܦܘܠܘܣ ܦ̮ܪܔ ܪܚܘ, '; 20 November 1942 – February or March 2008) was a Chaldean Catholic prelate who served as the Arc ...

Pkidha Pkidha was the first Christian bishop of Adiabene, a kingdom in northern Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western A ...

, 104–114 – first Bishop of Adiabene * Ragheed Aziz Ganni *

Raphael I Bidawid Mar Raphael I Bidawid ( syr, ܪܘܦܐܝܠ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܒܝܬ ܕܘܝܕ, Arabic مار روفائيل الاول بيداويد) (April 17, 1922 – July 7, 2003) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989–2003. He was also a Syria ...

* Sargis Bkheera, 633 AD *

Shimun XXI Eshai Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII ( syr, ܡܪܝ ܐܝܫܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܓ.) (26 February 1908 – 6 November 1975), sometimes known as Mar Eshai Shimun XXI, Mar Shimun XXIII Ishaya, Mar Shimun Ishai, or Simon Jesse,Foster, p. 34 served as the 119th Catholico ...

Shimun XIX Benyamin Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin (1887– 3 March 1918) ( syr, ܡܪܝ ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ) served as the 117th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East. Life He was born in 1887 in the village of Qochanis in the Hak ...

, 1903–1918 * Shlemon Warduni *

Tatian Tatian of Adiabene, or Tatian the Syrian or Tatian the Assyrian, (; la, Tatianus; grc, Τατιανός; syc, ܛܛܝܢܘܣ; c. 120 – c. 180 AD) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century. Tatian's most influential wor ...

, 120–180 *

Theodore of Mopsuestia Theodore of Mopsuestia (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. He is the best known ...

* Toma bar Yacoub *

Youhannan Semaan Issayi Mar Youhannan Semaan Issayi (1914 -یوحنا سمعان عیسائی) ;1999)) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldean Catholics from March 16, 1971, until his death on February 7, 1999. He was born in Sanandaj سنندج, Ku ...

* Yousip Khnanisho, 1893–1977 * Yusuf Akbulut

Writers and poets

Ancient

Listed here are authors associated with Syriac Christianity regardless of whether they wrote in the Syriac language. *

*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 *

Modern

*Maria Theresa Asmar *Yosip Bet Yosip *Sargon Boulus *Nina Burleigh *William D. S. Daniel * Fuat Deniz *

*Samuel John Hazo *Ivan Kakovitch *

*George Lamsa *

*Dunya Mikhail *Alphonse Mingana *Murathan Mungan *Leilah Nadir *Heather Raffo *Mikhael K. Pius *Yuhanon Qashisho *Jacob of Serugh *Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia

References

External links

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