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This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise.


Academics

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Uğur Şahin Uğur Şahin (; born 19 September 1965) is a German oncologist and immunologist. He is the CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major vaccines against COVID-19. His main fields of research are cancer research and immunology. Şahin's ...
, German
oncologist Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...
and immunologist. He is the CEO of
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, which developed one of the major vaccines against
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Arts, culture, and entertainment

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Adunis Ali Ahmad Said Esber (, North Levantine: ; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis ( ar, أدونيس ), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. He led a modernist revolution in the second half of the 20th century, ...
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Badawi al-Jabal Muhammad Sulayman al-Ahmad (1903– August 19, 1981) ( ar, محمد سليمان الأحمد), better known by his pen name Badawi al-Jabal ( ar, بدوي الجبل), was a Syrian poet known for his work in the neo-classical Arabic form. Accor ...
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Jamal Suliman Jamal Suliman ( ar, جمال سليمان) is a Syrian producer, director and actor of television, film, and stage. Suliman was born in 1959 in the Syrian capital of Damascus, then part of the United Arab Republic. Suliman studied at the acti ...
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Hasan al-Khayer Hasan al-Khayer (died 1980) ( ar, حسن الخيّر) was a Syrian poet born in Qardaha, Syria. He was known for his abomination of sectarianism and for his altruism. He was a candid voice of patriotism. His most famous work is a poem called '' W ...
, poet * Suzan Najm Aldeen, actress *
Haluk Levent Haluk Levent (born Haluk Acil; 26 November 1968) is a Turkish rock music singer who helped revive the long forgotten Anatolian rock Anatolian rock ( tr, Anadolu rock), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music ...
, Turkish singer *
Taim Hasan Taim Hasan ( ar, تيم حسن) (born February 17, 1976) is a prominent Syrian actor, known for his distinct dramatic roles in Syria and the Arab world. Hasan achieved fame in Syria through a number of highly acclaimed and extremely successful Sy ...
, actor * Fadwa Soliman, actress * Wafa Sultan, Syrian-American writer * Dina Haroun, actress * Farrah Yousef, singer. * Sadallah Wanous, Playwright * Samar Yazbek, writer


Economy

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Mohammed Makhlouf Mohammed Makhlouf ( ar, محمد مخلوف; October 19, 1932September12, 2020) was a Syrian businessman and the uncle of President Bashar al-Assad.   Career Mohammed was the brother of Anisa Makhlouf, who married Hafez al-Assad in 1957. He init ...
, Syrian businessman *
Rami Makhlouf Rami Makhlouf ( ar, رَامِي مَخْلُوف, Rāmī Maḫlūf; born 10 July 1969) is a Syrian businessman and the maternal cousin of president Bashar al-Assad. At the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, he was considered to be Syr ...
, Syrian businessman


Government and politics

* Hafez al-Assad * Bashar al-Assad *
Salah Jadid Salah Jadid (1926 – 19 August 1993, ar, صلاح جديد, Ṣalāḥ Jadīd) was a Syrian general, a leader of the left-wing of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria, and the country's ''de facto'' leader from 1966 until 1970, when h ...
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Zaki al-Arsuzi Zaki al-Arsuzi ( ar, زكي الأرسوزي, Zakī al-Arsūzī; June 18992 July 1968) was a Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and ...
* Ali Sulayman al-Assad *
Rifaat al-Assad Rifaat Ali al-Assad ( ar, رِفْعَتُ عَلِيِّ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Rifʿat al-ʾAsad; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the late President of Syria, Hafez Assad, and Jamil al-Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President ...
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Jamil al-Assad Jamil al-Assad ( ar, جميل الأسد; 1933 – 15 December 2004) was a younger brother of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, and the uncle of present Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. He served in the Parliament of Syria, called the ''majl ...
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Bushra al-Assad Bushra al-Assad ( ar, بُشْرَى ٱلْأَسَدِ, Bušrā al-ʾAsad) (born 24 October 1960) is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000. She is the sister of current Syrian Pres ...
*Vahap Seçer, Mayor of Mersin *Zeydan Karalar, Mayor of
Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
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Zulema Yoma Zulema Fátima Yoma (born 18 December 1942) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1989 until 1991, when she divorced President Carlos Menem. Biography A native of Nonogasta in La Rioja Province, Yoma was married for twenty-five years (1966–91) ...
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Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek ( ar, محمد ناصيف خيربك, 10 April 1937 – 28 June 2015) known as ''Mohammed Nasif'' or ''Abu Wael'', was the former Deputy Vice-President for Security Affairs in Syria. He was a close adviser of Syrian Presi ...
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Ghazi Kanaan Ghazi Kanaan ( ar, غازي كنعان; 1942 – 12 October 2005), also known as Abu Yo'roub, was Syria's interior minister from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon. His violent death during an investigati ...
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Ali Eid Ali Eid (14 July 1940 – 25 December 2015) was a Lebanese politician. He was the leader of the Alawite Community. He founded the Arab Democratic Party in 1972 and until his death served as General Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party. ...
, former leader of the Arab Democratic Party of Lebanon * Rifaat Eid, current leader of the ADP * Ahmad Hassan *
Muhammad Khayr Bey Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek ( ar, محمد ناصيف خيربك, 10 April 1937 – 28 June 2015) known as ''Mohammed Nasif'' or ''Abu Wael'', was the former Deputy Vice-President for Security Affairs in Syria. He was a close adviser of Syrian Presi ...
* Muhsen Bilal *
Ali Hammoud Ali Hammoud ( ar, علي حمود, born 1944) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and general who served as minister of interior from 2001 to 2004. Early life Hammoud was born in Homs into an Alawite family in 1944. Career Hammoud served ...
* Monzer Makhous


Military and security

* Saleh al-Ali * Ali Aslan *
Maher al-Assad Maher al-Assad ( ar, مَاهِرُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Māhir al-ʾAsad, born 8 December 1967) is a Syrian general and commander of the Republican Guard and the army's elite Fourth Armoured Division, which together with Syria's secret police ...
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Bassel al-Assad Bassel al-Assad ( ar, بَاسِلُ حَافِظِ ٱلْأَسَدِ, translit=Bāsil Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian engineer, colonel, equestrian and politician who was the eldest son of Syrian Preside ...
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Assef Shawkat Assef Shawkat ( ar, آصِفُ شَوْكَتْ, ʾĀṣif Šawkat‎; 15 January 1950 – 18 July 2012) was the deputy Minister of Defense of Syria from September 2011 until his death in July 2012. He was the brother-in-law of Syrian Preside ...
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Hafez Makhlouf Hafez Mohamad Makhlouf ( ar, حافظ مخلوف‎; born 2 April 1971), also known as Hafez Makhlouf, is a retired Syrian colonel and former intelligence officer who was head of the Damascus branch of the Syrian General Intelligence Director ...
* Dhu al-Himma Shalish * Ali Haydar * Atef Najib *
Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh ( ar, عبد الفتاح قدسية; born 1953) is since 2012 the deputy director of the Syrian National Security Bureau and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. Early life Qudsiyeh was born in Hama in 1953. Car ...
* Ali Abdullah Ayyoub *
Muhammad al-Khuli Muhammad al-Khuli ( ar, محمد الخولي; born 1937) was a career officer in the Syrian Arab Air Force throughout Ba'athist rule in Syria and during the presidency of Hafez al-Assad. Early life Al-Khuli was born in Beit Yashout in 1937 to an ...
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Jamil Hassan (military officer) Jamil Hassan ( ar, جميل حسن) was the head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Directorate and a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad. He is reported to be under house arrest. Career Hassan was appointed head of the Syrian Air Forc ...
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Mohammed Dib Zaitoun Mohammed Dib Zaitoun ( ar, محمد ديب زيتون; born 20 February 1951) is a former head of the Syrian General Security Directorate and a close adviser of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He is one of many officials sanctioned by the Eur ...
* Ali Duba *
Shafiq Fayadh Shafiq al-Fayadh (1937 – 8 October 2015) ( ar, شفيق الفياض) was the commander of the Syrian 3rd Division and a close adviser to President Hafez al-Assad. He was also one of the members of his close circle. Early life Fayadh was bor ...
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Adnan Badr Hassan Adnan Badr Hassan ( ar, عدنان بدر حسن) is a retired Syrian major general, politician and the former chief of Syria's political security directorate. Background Hassan hails from Alawite family from Al Mukharram, Homs governorate. He ...
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Ali Habib Mahmud Ali Habib Mahmud ( ar, علي حبيب محمود‎; 1 January 1939 – 20 March 2020) was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011. As one of Syria's most celebrated generals, he was pa ...
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Mihrac Ural Mihraç Ural, also known as Ali Kayyali (Arabic:علي كيالي), is a Turkish- Syrian Alawite militant and leader of the Syrian Resistance (formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sanjak of Iskandarun), a pro- Syrian gove ...
, Turkish guerrilla fighter, leader of the
Syrian Resistance The Syrian Resistance (''al-Muqāwamat al-Sūriyah'', Arabic: المقاومة السورية), formerly known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sanjak of Iskandarun (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير لواء اسـ ...


Religion

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Ibn Nusayr Abū Shuʿayb Muḥammad ibn Nuṣayr al-Numayri ( ar, أبو شعيب محمد بن نصير النميري), died after 868, was considered by his followers as the representative () of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al‐Hadi and of the eleventh ...
- Founder of the Alawites * Al-Khaṣībī, a 10th-century scholar of the Alawites *
Salman al-Murshid Sulayman al-Murshid ( ar, سليمان المرشد; 1907 – 16 December 1946) was a Syrian Alawi religious figure, political leader, and the founder of al-Murshidyah religious sect. Early beginnings Sulayman al-Murshid was born as Sulayman Yun ...
, Founder of an offshoot of the Alawites called the Al-Murshidiyah


References

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Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...