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The following is a list of notable people from Aleppo, Syria.


Notable natives


Politicians

* Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali, politician * Ahmad Qanbar, politician *
Aram Karamanoukian Aram Karamanoukian ( hy, Արամ Գարամանուկեան; 1 May 1910 – 23 December 1996) was a Lieutenant General of the Syrian Army. He was also member of the Syrian Parliament. He is the author of several books. For his work as a scholar ...
, politician * Edmond Al-Homsi, politician *
Husni al-Za'im Husni al-Za'im ( ar, حسني الزعيم ''Ḥusnī az-Za’īm''; 11 May 1897 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian military officer and politician of Kurdish origin. Husni al-Za'im, had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France institute ...
, military leader * Ibrahim Hananu, politician and statesman * Jamil Ibrahim Pasha, politician * Jacobo Harrotian, Mexican General during the
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Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah ( ar, مرعي باشا الملاح / ALA-LC: ''Mar‘ī Bāshā al-Mallāḥ''; 1856 – 22 November 1930) was a Syrian political leader and statesman. Life Al-Mallah was born in Aleppo. He graduated from the Galatas ...
, politician and statesman *
Maarouf al-Dawalibi Maarouf al-Dawalibi ( ar, معروف الدواليبي, Maʿrūf al-Dawālībī; 29 March 1909 – 15 August 2004), was a Syrian politician and was twice the prime minister of Syria. He was born in Aleppo, and held a Ph.D. in Law. He served as a ...
, politician and statesman * Mikhail Ilyan, politician * Mustafa Bey Barmada, politician and statesman * Naim Antaki, politician and statesman *
Nazim al-Kudsi Nazim al-Qudsi ( ar, ناظم القدسي, Nāẓim al-Qudsī or Nadhim Al-Kudisi; 14 February 1906 – 6 February 1998), was a Syrian politician who served as President of Syria from 14 December 1961 to 8 March 1963. Early life and education ...
, politician and statesman a * Rashad Barmada, politician and statesman *
Rushdi al-Kikhya Rushdi al-Kikhya ( ar, رشدي الكيخيا; 1899– 14 March 1987) was a Syrian political leader who founded the People's party in 1948. Kikhya was elected as a Speaker of the Parliament of Syria between 1949 and 1951, and he was elected fi ...
, politician and statesman * Saadallah al-Jabiri, politician and statesman *
Sami al-Hinnawi Sami Hilmy al-Hinnawi ( ar, محمد سامي حلمي الحناوي, Muḥammad Sāmī Ḥilmī al-Ḥinnāwī; 1898 – 31 October 1950) was a Syrian politician and military officer. Life On December 19, 1949, Shishakli carried out a coup d' ...
, military leader * Sarkis Assadourian, politician *
Sayf al-Dawla ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī ( ar, علي بن أبو الهيجاء عبد الله بن حمدان بن الحارث التغلبي, 22 June 916 – 9 February 967), more commonly known ...
, ruler of Hamadanid dynasty * Subhi Barakat, politician and statesman *
Levon Ter-Petrossian Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...
, former president of
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
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Vartan Oskanian Vartan Minasi Oskanian ( hy, Վարդան Մինասի Օսկանյան; born February 7, 1954) is the former Foreign Minister of Armenia (1998–2008) and founder of the Civilitas Foundation. Early life and career Born into a wealthy Armenian ...
, Armenian politician *
Zeki Pasha Zeki Pasha İzzettin Çalışlar, ''On yıllık savaşın günlüğü: Balkan, Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Savaşları'', Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1997, ( tr, Zeki Paşa; 1862–1943), known as Mehmet Zeki Baraz Kolaç Kılıçoğlu after the 1 ...
, field marshal of the Ottoman forces


Thinkers and writers

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Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi 'Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi ( ar, عبد الرحمن الكواكبي, -c.1902) was a Syrian author and Pan-Arab solidarity supporter. He was one of the most prominent intellectuals of his time; however, his thoughts and writings continue to be r ...
, thinker and religious reformer * Abdallah Marrash *
Al-Ma'arri Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ( ar, أبو العلاء المعري, full name , also known under his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis; December 973 – May 1057) was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer. Despite holding a controversially irreli ...
, philosopher and thinker *
Antranig Dzarugian Antranig Dzarugian (Անդրանիկ Ծառուկեան; 1913 – 1989 in Paris) was an influential diasporan Armenian writer, poet, educator, and journalist in the 20th century. Antranig Dzarugian (transliterated in Eastern Armenian as Andrani ...
, Armenian novelist and poet * Buhturi, Arab poet * Georges Tarabichi, writer and translator *
Jacob of Edessa Jacob of Edessa (or James of Edessa) ( syr, ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, Yaʿqub Urhoyo) (c. 640 – 5 June 708) was Bishop of Edessa and prominent Syriac Christian writer in Classical Syriac language, also known as one of earliest Syriac grammaria ...
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Syriac Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
writer and theologian *
Omar Abu-Riche Omar Abu-Riche ( ar, عمر أبو ريشة, 10 April 1910 – 15 July 1990) was an influential Syrian poet known for his pioneering works. Biography Abu-Riche was born into a wealthy literary family in Manbij, near Aleppo. He received his ed ...
, Syrian poet *
Paul of Aleppo Paul Za'im, known sometime also as Paul of Aleppo (Paul, Archdeacon of Aleppo) (1627–1669) was an Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler. Son of Patriarch Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Paul accompanied his father in his travels through ...
, theologian, traveler and chronicler *
Qustaki al-Himsi Qustaki al-Himsi ( ar, قسطاكي الحمصي, ; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first refo ...
, writer and poet *
Rizqallah Hassun This is a list of some famous Armenians in Syria. Politics and military *Sarkis Assadourian (born 1948, Aleppo), former member of Canadian Parliament *Samuel Der-Yeghiayan (born 1952, Aleppo), United States federal judge, noteworthy for being th ...
, founder of the first Arabic newspaper in 1855 *
Sati' al-Husri Sāṭi` al-Ḥuṣrī, born Abu Khaldun Sati' al-Husri,( ar, ساطع الحصري, August 1880 – 1968) was an Ottoman, Syrian and Iraqi writer, educationalist and an influential Arab nationalist thinker in the 20th century. Early life Of Sy ...
, educationalist and thinker * Seta Dadoyan, Armenian scholar and historian * Muhammed Abu Maatouk * Hanna Diyab


Sciences

* Khaled Almilaji * Riad Barmada * Mohammad Marashi * Francis Marrash * Zein E. Obagi


Businesspeople

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Edmond Safra Edmond J. Safra ( ar, ادموند يعقوب صفرا; 6 August 1932 – 3 December 1999) was a Lebanese-Brazilian banker who continued the family tradition of banking in Brazil and Switzerland. He was married to Lily Watkins from 1976 until ...
, banker *
Jacob Safra Jacob Safra ( ar, يعقوب صفرا; 1891 – 27 May 1963) was a Syrian-Lebanese banker. The Safras were bankers and gold traders engaged in the financing of trade between Beirut, Aleppo, Istanbul and Alexandria. Biography The Safra family w ...
, banker *
Joseph Safra Joseph Safra ( ar, يوسف صفرا‎; 1 September 1938 – 10 December 2020) was a Swiss-based Lebanese Brazilian banker and billionaire businessman, who ran the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group. Joseph Safra was the ch ...
, banker *
Mohammed Mohiedin Anis Mohammed Mohiedin Anis (born 1946/47), also known as Abu Omar, is a Syrian businessman and car collector, based in Aleppo. A March 2017 photograph of him sitting on his bed, smoking a pipe and listening to his wind-up record player in a r ...
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Ronaldo Mouchawar Ronaldo Mouchawar ( ar, رونالدو مشحور), is a Syrian entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Souq.com, the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab World, making the e-commerce retailer the region's first unicorn. When Amazon acquired ...
, entrepreneur, founder of
Souq.com Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. acquired Souq.com for $580 million as a subsidiary. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com UAE becam ...
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Sam Yagan Sam Yagan (born April 10, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of OkCupid. In 2013, he was named to ''TIME'' Magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list. He is the Vice-Chairman of the e-datin ...
, Internet entrepreneur


Art collectors

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David Nahmad David Nahmad (born 1947) is a Monegasque billionaire and former fine art dealer.
A descendant of a
* Ezra Nahmad * Fateh Moudarres, painter * Fritzie Abadi * Giuseppe Nahmad * Helly Nahmad (London) * Helly Nahmad (New York art collector) *
Jean Carzou __NOTOC__ Jean Carzou ( hy, Ժան Գառզու, born in Aleppo; 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus. Life and care ...
, French-Armenian painter * Louay Kayali, Painter * Wahbi al-Hariri, artist and architect


Artists

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Abed Azrie Abed Azrie or Abed Azrié ( ar, عابد عازرية) (born 1945 in Aleppo) is a French-Syrian singer and composer, who performs Classical music in a variety of languages, including Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish, and other. He describe ...
* Jean Boghossian * Avraam Russo, Russian pop singer * Fritzie Abadi *
Bassam Kousa Bassam Kousa ( ar, بسام كوسا; born 7 November 1954 in Aleppo) is a Syrian film and TV actor. He played many important roles in popular TV series including ''Bab al-Hara'' and '' Old Times''. He is also an accomplished film actor. Persona ...
* George Tutunjian,
Armenian revolutionary songs Armenian revolutionary songs ( hy, Հայ յեղափոխական երգեր, ''Hay heghapokhagan yerker'') are songs that promote Armenian patriotism. The origins of these songs lay largely in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when ...
performer *
Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Al Akkad ( ar, مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween'' films and directing '' The Message'' and ' ...
, film producer and director *
Sabah Fakhri Sabah al-Din Abu Qaws ( ar, صباح الدين أبو قوس), also known as Sabah Fakhri ( ar, صباح فخري; May 2, 1933 – November 2, 2021), was a Syrian tenor singer from Aleppo. With over 50 years of fame and popularity as a sing ...
, Arabic traditional songs performer *
Shadi Jamil Shadi Jamil ( ar, شادي جميل) (born 22 September 1955) is a Syrian singer from Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize ...
* Marie Rose Abousefian *
Nour Mhanna Nour Mhanna ( ar, نور مهنا; ''Nur Mahana'') is a Syrian singer. Mhanna started his musical career as a reciter of the Qur'an The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Kora ...


Religious leaders

* Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda *
Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni ( ar, علي صدر الدين البيانوني) is a Muslim Brotherhood leader in exile in London. He was born in 1938 in Aleppo and brought up in a religious family, where his father and grandfather were both we ...
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Hilarion Capucci Hilarion Capucci ( ar, هيلاريون كابوتشي; 2 March 1922 – 1 January 2017) was a Syrian Catholic bishop who served as the titular archbishop of Caesarea in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Early years He was born in Aleppo, Syri ...
, titular archbishop of Caesarea *
Saint Maron Maron, also called Maroun or Maro ( syr, ܡܪܘܢ, '; ar, مارون; la, Maron; grc-gre, Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syrian Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christ ...
, figure in Christianity *
Simeon Stylites Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite syc, ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ ', Koine Greek ', ar, سمعان العمودي ' (c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a smal ...
, figure in Christianity * Zaki Cohen


Athletics

* Ammar Rihawi, footballer *
Michel Madanly Micheal Madanly (born 10 March 1981 in Aleppo), better known as Michel Madanly or just Micho, is a Syrian professional basketball player. Most known in his prime playing for Jalaa SC's basketball programme from 2004 to 2011, he also played in a n ...
, basketball player *
Mohammad Afash Mohammad Nasser Afash ( ar, محمد عفش; born 31 October 1966) is a Syrian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Afash is one of the most notable Syrian football exports. Beginning his career with Al-Ittihad, he moved to G ...
, footballer *
Philipp Stamma Philipp Stamma ( – c. 1755), a native of Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book ''Essai sur le jeu ...
, chess master and writer


Other

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Hala Gorani Hala Basha-Gorani (; born March 1, 1970) is an American journalist, most recently working as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, based in London. She is also a war correspondent. She previously anchored CNN's ''Hala Gorani Tonight' ...
, TV anchor * Abdulrahman Akkad, LGBT Rights Activist *
Muhammed Faris Muhammed Ahmed Faris ( ar, محمد أحمد فارس, ''Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris''; born 26 May 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space. Career Born in Aleppo, Syria, he was a pilot in the Sy ...
, first Syrian cosmonaut


Families

* Al-Jabiri * Al-Qudsi * Barmada * Kayali * Khawam * Al-Kihkiha * Al-Mallah * Moudarres * Nahmad * Safra


See also

* Aleppo *
List of rulers of Aleppo The rulers of Aleppo ruled as kings, emirs and sultans of the city and its surrounding region since the later half of the 3rd millennium BC, starting with the kings of Armi, followed by the Amorite dynasty of Yamhad. Muslim rule of the city end ...


References

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