This is an alphabetical list of Syrian people. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and identify themselves as Syrian, naturalized as Syrian or were registered at birth as Syrian.

Presidents, Ministers and Leaders

• Hafez al-Assad
  Hafez al-Assad
  Hafez ibn 'Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad or more commonly Hafez al-Assad was the President of Syria for three decades. Assad's rule consolidated the power of the central government after decades of coups and counter-coups, such as Operation Wappen in 1957 conducted by the Eisenhower administration and...
  
  , former president.
• Bashar al-Assad
  Bashar al-Assad
  Bashar al-Assad is the President of Syria and Regional Secretary of the Ba'ath Party. His father Hafez al-Assad ruled Syria for 29 years until his death in 2000. Al-Assad was elected in 2000, re-elected in 2007, unopposed each time.- Early Life :...
  
  , President of Syria.
• Hashim al-Atassi
  Hashim al-Atassi
  Hashim Bay Khalid al-Atassi was a Syrian nationalist, statesman and its President from 1936 to 1939, 1949 to 1951, and 1954 to 1955.- Background and early career :...
  
  , former President.
• Luai al-Atassi
  Luai al-Atassi
  Luai al-Atassi was a Syrian military leader and Head of State . He was born in Homs to a politically prominent family, and studied at the Military Academy in that city. He fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and rose to become chief of Military Protocol under his kinsman, President Hashim...
  
  , former President.
• Nureddin al-Atassi
  Nureddin al-Atassi
  Noureddin Mohammed Ali al-Atassi was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970...
  
  , former President.
• Sultan al-Atrash
  Sultan al-Atrash
  Sultan al-Atrash, Commonly known as Sultan Pasha al-Atrash was a prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Syrian Revolution . He fought against the Ottomans, French, and even against the Syrian government in its days of dictatorship...
  
  , General of the Great Syrian Revolution.
• Yusuf al-Azmah
  Yusuf al-Azmah
  Yusuf al-'Azmah was the Syrian Minister of War and Chief of Staff under Prince Faisal from 1918 to 1920.Al-'Azmah graduated from the Ottoman Military Academy in Istanbul in 1906...
  
  , former Minister of Defense.
• Nazim al-Kudsi
  Nazim al-Kudsi
  Nazim al-Kudsi, also spelled "Koudsi", "al-Qudsi" or "al-Cudsi" , was a Syrian politician and head of state . He was born in and raised in Aleppo...
  
   former President.
• Shukri al-Kuwatli
  Shukri al-Kuwatli
  Shukri al-Quwatli was the president of Syria from 1943 to 1949 and from 1955 to 1958.-Political life:He was born in Damascus into a Turkish family, originally from Konya....
  
  , former President.
• Farouq al-Sharaa diplomat, former foreign minister from 1984–2006 and vice-president since 2006.
• Bashir Azmeh, former Prime Minister.
• Amin Hafiz
  Amin Hafiz
  Amin al-Hafiz was a Syrian politician, general and member of the Ba'th Party.-Early life:Al-Hafiz was born in the city of Aleppo....
  
  , former President.
• Ibrahim Hanano, former politician.
• Ibrahim Hanano, leader of the revolution (northern area) against French occupation (1921–1929).
• Ahmed Kuftaro
  Ahmed Kuftaro
  Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest Sunni Muslim religious official in that nation.-Biography:...
  
  , former Grand Mufti
  Grand Mufti
  The title of Grand Mufti refers to the highest official of religious law in a Sunni or Ibadi Muslim country. The Grand Mufti issues legal opinions and edicts, fatwā, on interpretations of Islamic law for private clients or to assist judges in deciding cases...
  
   of Syria from 1964 till 2004.
• Carlos Menem
  Carlos Menem
  Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
  
  , former President of Argentina.
• Muhammad Mustafa Mero
  Muhammad Mustafa Mero
  Muhammad Mustafa Mero is a former Prime Minister of Syria who held the post between 2000 and 2003.-Early life, education and career:...
  
  , former prime minister.
• Muhammad Naji al-Otari
  Muhammad Naji al-Otari
  Muhammad Naji al-Otari is a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister of Syria from 2003 to 2011.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   prime minister.
• Mustafa Tlas, former minister of defense
• Mahmoud Zuabi
  Mahmoud Zuabi
  Mahmoud Zuabi was Syria's Prime Minister from November 1, 1987 until March 7, 2000.- Early life :...
  
  , former prime minister.

Writers, Poets and Authors

• Mohammed Maghout, poet and writer.
• Nizar Qabbani
  Nizar Qabbani
  Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism...
  
  , poet.
• Zakariyya Tamer
  Zakariyya Tamer
  Zakaria Tamer , also transliterated Zakariya Tamir , is an influential master of the Arabic-language short story....
  
  , writer.
• Abu Khalil Qabbani
  Abu Khalil Qabbani
  Abu Khalil Qabbani was a Syrian playwright and composer. He is considered the founder of the short musical play in Arabic theatre. His play Abu al-Hassan al-Mughaffal caused a wave of protest as a result of his mockery of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and ended with a decree by the Ottoman government...
  
  , playwright, the father of Syrian theatre.
• Mona Simpson (born 14 June 1957), a Syrian American novelist and essay
  Essay
  An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
  
  ist;

Musicians

• Farid Al Atrash, famous singer.
• Asmahan
  Asmahan
  Amal al-Atrash , better known by her stage name Asmahan , was a Syrian Druze singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, her family knew the composer Dawood Hosni, and she sang the compositions of Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad...
  
  , original name: Princess Amal Al Atrash, singer, sister of Farid Al Atrash.
• Sabah Fakhri
  Sabah Fakhri
  Sabah Fakhri : is an iconic Arabic traditional singer from Aleppo, Syria.Over the past 50 years of fame and popularity as a singer, Mr. Sabah Fakhri modified and popularized the then-fading form of traditional Arabic music, Muwashahat and Koodood Halabiya...
  
  , famous traditional singer.
• Asalah Nasry, singer.
• George Wassouf
  George Wassouf
  George Wassouf is a Syrian singer with over 30 albums to his name. Wassouf had a unique vocal style which has been emulated by younger singers such as George El Rassi....
  
  , singer.
• Paul Anka
  Paul Anka
  Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
  
   (born July 30, 1941), a Canadian American singer and song writer of Syrian/Lebanese
  Lebanon
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
  
   descent.

Actors/Actresses

• Yasser Azmeh, leading Syrian comedian and director
• Duraid Lahham
  Duraid Lahham
  Duraid Lahham is a leading Syrian comedian and director born 1934 in Damascus, Syria. He is famous for acting the role of "Ghawwar" in a number of movies and series...
  
   famous actor.
• Shannon Elizabeth
  Shannon Elizabeth
  Shannon Elizabeth is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth is well known for her roles in comedy films such as Scary Movie, American Pie, and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. She is also well known for her work in horror films such as Thirteen Ghosts, Cursed, and Night of the Demons...
  
   American actress (American pie)
• Jerry Seinfeld
  Jerry Seinfeld
  Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...
  
   American actor, Comedian
• Maysoon Shaladi British actress, model, tv presenter, Big Brother contestant UK
• Wentworth Miller
  Wentworth Miller
  Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
  
   American actor
• Paula Abdul
  Paula Abdul
  Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
  
   American actress, dancer, singer, American idol judge
• Wentworth Miller
  Wentworth Miller
  Wentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
  
   American Actor of Syrian descent who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the television series Prison Break
• Abbas al-Noury
  Abbas al-Noury
  Abbas al-Nouri is a Syrian television actor, known for his role in the Syrian series Bab al-Hara 1 and 2, and the Emmy Award winning "Al Ijtiah" series about the atrocities in Jenin camp in Palestine....
  
   Actor
• Samer al-Masry
  Samer al-Masry
  Samer al-Masry is a Syrian actor born August 3, 1969 in Damascus, Syria. He is best known for his lead role in the Syrian drama Bab al-Hara.-Career:...
  
   Actor
• Bassam Kousa
  Bassam Kousa
  Bassam Kousa is a prominent Syrian film and TV actor. He played many important roles in popular TV series including Bab al-Hara and Ayyam Shamiyah. He is also an accomplished film actor.-Filmography:...
  
   Actor
• Mamoon al-Farkh
  Mamoon al-Farkh
  Mamoon al-Farkh . is a prominent Syrian television, theatre and voice actor who worked on several Dubbing animation TV series and Radio voice-over and audio dramas.-Acting Works:*Diwan Arabs*Migration hearts...
  
   Actor
• Emarat rezk
  Emarat Rezk
  Emarat rezk is a prominent Syrian TV actor. She played many important roles in popular TV series including Bab al-Hara 3 , 4 and 5.-Life:...
  
   Actor
• Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour Actor
• Muna Wassef
  Muna Wassef
  Muna Wassef is a Syrian Stage, Film and Television actress. She was born on February 9, 1942, as . She is also a United Nations Goodwill ambassador...
  
   Actor
• Lilia al-Atrash Actor

Sports

• Ghada Shouaa
  Ghada Shouaa
  Ghada Shouaa is a Syrian former heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal....
  
  , Heptathlete.
• Joseph Atiyeh
  Joseph Atiyeh
  Joseph Atiyeh is a Syrian wrestler, and the winner of Syria's first Olympic medal.In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he represented his country in the freestyle heavyweight 100 kg competition, and won a silver medal, the first Olympic medal for Syria...
  
  , Wrestler.
• Naser Al Shami
  Naser Al Shami
  Nasser Al Shami is a Syrian boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal...
  
  , Boxer.
• Zid Abou Hamed
  Zid Abou Hamed
  Zid Abou Hamed is a retired Australian athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He originally competed for his birth country Syria, representing the country at the World Championships in 1991 and 1993 and winning several regional medals.He then changed nationality to Australia, was...
  
  , Athlete.
• Yaser Shigan
  Yaser Shigan
  Yaser Shigan is a Syrian boxer, who won the only gold medal for Syria at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. In the final of the men's featherweight division he defeated former Romanian Ovidiu Bobîrnat, who now competes for Cyprus.-References:*...
  
  , Boxing.
• Ahed Joughili
  Ahed Joughili
  Ahed Joughili is a Syrian weightlifter, who competed in the 105 kg division at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Joughili won a silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games. Joughili claimed both gold medals for the 105 kg snatch and clean&jerk at the...
  
  , Weightlifter.
• Michael Madanly
  Michael Madanly
  Michael Madanly is a Syrian basketball player who led the 2007 FIBA Asian championship in scoring with 33.1 points per game.He is best known for being one of the best Syrian and Asian players of all time. He was raised in Al-Jalaa Club in Syria, one of the most prestigious Arab basket-ball clubs...
  
  , Basketball player.

Footballers

• Firas Al Khatib
  Firas Al Khatib
  Firas Mohammad Al-Khatib is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Umm Salal, which competes in the Qatar Stars League the top division in Qatar. He plays as a striker, wearing the number 10 jersey for Umm Salal...
  
  .
• Jehad Al Hussain.
• Wael Ayan.
• Aatef Jenyat
  Aatef Jenyat
  Aatef Jenyat is a Syrian professional footballer who plays currently for Shabab Al Ordon in the Jordan League.-Club career:Jenyat began his career as a youth at Al-Karamah and made his professional debut in 2004...
  
  .
• Sanharib Malki
  Sanharib Malki
  Sanharib Malki Sabah , is a Syrian footballer, but identifying himself as an Assyrian. He who plays as a striker for Roda JC in the Dutch Eredivisie and the Syrian national team.For K.S.V...
  
  .
• Ilyas Merkes
  Ilyas Merkes
  Ilyas Merkes is an Assyrian/Syriac-Swedish footballer from Syria, who plays currently for Kaveh Tehran F.C. in Iran. He also plays for the Syrian national team.-External links:* * * * * *...
  
  .
• Louay Chanko
  Louay Chanko
  Louay Chanko is a Swedish-born Assyrian/Syriac footballer who plays in midfield for AaB in the Danish Superliga. Chanko's contract expires 2012. He is a central midfielder who is noted for his set piece delivery.- International career :...
  
  .
• George Mourad
  George Mourad
  George Mourad is a Assyrian/Syriac Swedish footballer. He currently plays for Mes Kerman of Iran Pro League as a striker.-Club career:After playing for Västra Frölunda IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2004 and scored seven goals in his debut season in Allsvenskan. In 2005, he had a disappointing...
  
  .
• Christer Youssef
  Christer Youssef
  Christer Youssef is a Swedish professional footballer Attacking midfielder who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF.- External links :*...
  
  .
• Abdul Fattah Al Agha.
• Basel Abdoulfattakh
  Basel Abdoulfattakh
  Basel Mansur Abdoulfattakh is a Russian professional association football player. His father is of Syrian descent and his mother Russian. Currently, he plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. He made his Russian Premier League debut on April 9, 2011 for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara in a game against...
  
  .
• Dani Kiki
  Dani Kiki
  Dani Kiki is a Bulgarian footballer of Syrian descent, currently playing for Chernomorets Burgas as a midfielder. His mother is of Bulgarian descent, but his father is of Syrian descent.-Early career:...
  
  .
• Gaby Jallo
  Gaby Jallo
  Gaby Jallo is a Syrian-born Dutch footballer. He currently plays for the Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. He previously played in the youth of FC Twente.-External links:* ]...
  
  .
• Imad Chhadeh
  Imad Chhadeh
  Imad Chhadeh is an ethnic Assyrian footballer from Syria footballer currently under contract for Swedish side Assyriska.-External links:*** http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=3161...
  
  .
• Ninos Gouriye
  Ninos Gouriye
  Ninos Gouriye is a Dutch footballer of Syrian descent and Assyrian ethnicity. He currently plays for the Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente.- Personal life :...
  
  .

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• Tawfiq Bay
  Tawfiq Bay
  Tawfiq Bay, or Sayyid Ahmad Tawfiq Bay Sharif Efendi , was a Syrian Arab traveler who had been in the service of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, eventually traveling to Xinjiang, Republic of China, in 1932. He was deported by the Chinese Muslim Daotai Ma Shaowu. On August 26 he arrived at Kashgar...
  
  , Traveler, military leader, and politician
• Yasser Seirawan (born 24 March 1960), a chess
  Chess
  Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
  
   grandmaster
  International Grandmaster
  The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
  
   and 4-time US
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  -champion.
• Michel Aflaq
  Michel Aflaq
  Michel Aflaq was a Syrian philosopher, who is credited with being the ideological founder of ba'athism, a hybrid of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism.-Early life:...
  
  , political theorist.
• Malek Jandali
  Malek Jandali
  Malek Jandali , is a Syrian composer and pianist considered to be among the most versatile and creative musicians in the Arab world. He is the first Syrian and only Arab musician to arrange music based on the oldest music notation in the world, which was discovered in the Bronze Age city of...
  
  , composer & pianist
• Monzer al-Kassar
  Monzer al-Kassar
  Monzer al-Kassar , also known as the "Prince of Marbella", is an international arms dealer. He has been connected to numerous crimes, including the Achille Lauro hijacking and the Iran-Contra scandal. On November 20, 2008, he was convicted in U.S. federal court as part of a U.S...
  
  , international arms dealer
• Vatche Arslanian
  Vatche Arslanian
  Vatche Arslanian was a member of the Canadian Red Cross and head of logistics for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iraq. He was one of the six ICRC delegates who chose to stay in the country during the 2003 Iraq war and continue helping local relief workers...
  
  , International Red Cross.
• Aziz Azmeh, author and intellectual.
• Kinan Azmeh
  Kinan Azmeh
  -Life:Born in Damascus, Syria in 1976, Azmeh began to play the clarinet after taking lessons in the violin before switching to the clarinet. Kinan studied at the Arab conservatory of music in Damascus, the Juilliard School in New York and the University of Damascus .Kinan has appeared worldwide...
  
  , musician.
• Aref Dalila
  Aref Dalila
  Professor Aref Dalila is a Syrian economics professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Damascus University. He was arrested for his political activity during the Damascus Spring period.-Life:...
  
  , Professor of Economics, Damascus Spring
  Damascus Spring
  The Damascus Spring was a period of intense political and social debate in Syria which started after the death of President Hafiz al-Asad in June 2000 and continued to some degree until autumn 2001, when most of the activities associated with it were suppressed by the government.- Background...
  
   figure.
• Hala Gorani
  Hala Gorani
  Hala Basha-Gorani , is an American anchor/correspondent for CNN International based in the network's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She anchors CNN Internationals 1 p.m. ET International Desk from the CNN Center...
  
  , reporter
• Abdul-Nabi Isstaif
  Abdul-Nabi Isstaif
  Abdul-Nabi Isstaif is a professor of Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Translation at Damascus University....
  
  , critic, scholar of comparative literature and orientalism.
• Ghazi Kanaan
  Ghazi Kanaan
  Ghazi Kanaan was Syria's Interior Minister from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon...
  
   former intelligence chief of Lebanon and interior minister.
• Abdul-Halim Khaddam politician, former vice-president.
• Michel Kilo
  Michel Kilo
  Michel Kilo is a Syrian Christian writer and human rights activist, who has been called "one of Syria's leading opposition thinkers."-Career:He was born in the Syrian Mediterranean coastal city and province of Latakia in 1940....
  
   Write, political prisoner.
• Jack Marshall (author)
  Jack Marshall (author)
  Jack Marshall is an award-winning American poet and author born to an Iraqi father and a Syrian mother of Jewish heritage.-Upbringing:...
  
  , poet and author
• Yasser Seirawan, chess grandmaster.
• Saadallah Wannous
  Saadallah Wannous
  Saadallah Wannous , Syrian playwright. He was born in the village of Hussein al-Bahr, near Tartous from the Alawites sect , where he received his early education. He studied journalism in Cairo, Egypt and later served as editor of the art and cultural sections of the Syrian paper Al-Baath and the...
  
  , playwright.
• Constantine Zureiq, historian and activist.
• Ali al-Abdallah
  Ali al-Abdallah
  Ali al-Abdallah is a Syrian writer and human rights activist.He was arrested in Syria in March 2006. He was again arrested and jailed during 2007 after trying to revive the Damascus Declaration, a rights movement named after a 2005 document that demanded that bans on freedom of speech and assembly...
  
  , writer and human rights activist

Ancient

• King Alexander II Zabinas
  Alexander II Zabinas
  Alexander II Zabinas , ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a counter-king who emerged in the chaos following the Seleucidian loss of Mesopotamia to the Parthians. Zabinas was a false Seleucid who claimed to be an adoptive son of Antiochus VII Sidetes, but in fact seems to have been the son of...
  
  
• King Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter
  Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
  
  
• King Antiochus II Theos
  Antiochus II Theos
  Antiochus II Theos was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom who reigned 261 BC – 246 BC). He succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262–61 BC...
  
  
• King Antiochus III the Great
  Antiochus III the Great
  Antiochus III the Great Seleucid Greek king who became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. Antiochus was an ambitious ruler who ruled over Greater Syria and western Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC...
  
  
• King Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. His original name was Mithridates; he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne....
  
  
• King Antiochus V Eupator
• King Antiochus VI Dionysus
  Antiochus VI Dionysus
  Antiochus VI Dionysus , king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt....
  
  
• King Antiochus VII Sidetes
  Antiochus VII Sidetes
  Antiochus VII Euergetes, nicknamed Sidetes , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 138 to 129 BC. He was the last Seleucid king of any stature....
  
  
• King Antiochus VIII Grypus
  Antiochus VIII Grypus
  Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus , was crowned as ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 125 BC. He was the son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea.-Biography:...
  
  
• King Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
  Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
  Antiochus IX Eusebes, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea. Upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator's return to power , his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname...
  
  
• King Antiochus X Eusebes
  Antiochus X Eusebes
  Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom, was a contestant in the tangled-up family feuds among the last Seleucids. Beginning his reign in 95 BC his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin Seleucus VI Epiphanes, thus avenging the recent death...
  
  
• King Antiochus XI Ephiphanes
• King Antiochus XII Dionysus
  Antiochus XII Dionysus
  Antiochus XII Dionysos , a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom who reigned 87–84 BC, was the fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and Tryphaena to take up the diadem...
  
  
• King Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
  Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
  Antiochus XIII Dionysus Philopator Kallinikos, known as Asiaticus was one of the last rulers of the Greek Seleucid kingdom.He was son of king Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene I, who acted as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between 92 and 85 BC...
  
  
• General Bacchides
• Queen Cleopatra Thea
  Cleopatra Thea
  Cleopatra Thea surnamed Eueteria was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She ruled Syria from 125 BC after the death of Demetrius II Nicator...
  
  
• King Demetrius I of Syria
• King Demetrius II of Syria
• King Demetrius III Eucaerus
  Demetrius III Eucaerus
  Demetrius III , called Eucaerus and Philopator, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.By the assistance of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his father's Syrian dominions ca 95 BC, and...
  
  
• King Diodotus Tryphon
  Diodotus Tryphon
  Diodotus Tryphon was king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius...
  
  
• Ephrem the Syrian
  Ephrem the Syrian
  Ephrem the Syrian was a Syriac and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially in the Syriac Orthodox Church, as a saint.Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and sermons in verse, as well as...
  
  
• Eudoxius of Antioch
  Eudoxius of Antioch
  Eudoxius was the eighth bishop of Constantinople from January 27, 360 to 370, previously bishop of Germanicia and of Antioch, and was one of the most influential Arians.-Biography:...
  
   (Saint Eustathius)
• Iamblichus of Chalcis
  Iamblichus of Chalcis
  Iamblichus, also known as Iamblichus Chalcidensis, was an Assyrian Neoplatonist philosopher who determined the direction taken by later Neoplatonic philosophy...
  
  
• John of Ephesus
  John of Ephesus
  John of Ephesus was a leader of the non-Chalcedonian Syriac-speaking Church in the sixth century, and one of the earliest and most important of historians who wrote in Syriac.-Life:...
  
  , church leader and historian.
• King Philip I Philadelphus
  Philip I Philadelphus
  Philip I Philadelphus , a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the fourth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena. Philip I took the diadem in 95 BC together with his older brother Antiochus XI Ephiphanes, after the eldest son Seleucus VI Epiphanes was killed by their cousin...
  
  
• King Philip II Philoromaeus
  Philip II Philoromaeus
  Philip II Philorhomaeus or Barypous , a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus....
  
  
• Philip the Arab
  Philip the Arab
  Philip the Arab , also known as Philip or Philippus Arabs, was Roman Emperor from 244 to 249. He came from Syria, and rose to become a major figure in the Roman Empire. He achieved power after the death of Gordian III, quickly negotiating peace with the Sassanid Empire...
  
  , Roman Emperor.
• King Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I Nicator
  Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
  
  
• King Seleucus II Callinicus
  Seleucus II Callinicus
  Seleucus II Callinicus or Pogon , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC...
  
  
• King Seleucus III Ceraunus
  Seleucus III Ceraunus
  Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II. His birth name was Alexander and was named after his great uncle the Seleucid official Alexander...
  
  
• King Seleucus IV Philopator
  Seleucus IV Philopator
  Seleucus IV Philopator , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria , Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran . He was the second son and successor of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III...
  
  
• King Seleucus V Philometor
  Seleucus V Philometor
  The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet Philometor means mother-loving and in the Hellenistic world usually indicated that the mother acted as co-regent for the prince.In 126 BC...
  
  
• King Seleucus VI Epiphanes
  Seleucus VI Epiphanes
  Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nikator, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the oldest son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena. In 96 BC, Seleucus defeated his half-uncle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus in revenge for his father's death...
  
  
• King Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes
  Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes
  Seleucus VII Philometor, was a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom. The last members of the once mighty Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names...
  
  
• Imam Shafi, Islamic scholar
• Paul of Aleppo
  Paul of Aleppo
  Paul Zaim, known sometime also as Paul of Aleppo was a Syrian Melkite clergyman and chronicler...
  
  , chronicler and clergyman.
• Publilius Syrus
  Publilius Syrus
  Publilius Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him....
  
  , writer.
• Queen Zenobia
  Zenobia
  Zenobia was a 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Roman Syria. She led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire. The second wife of King Septimius Odaenathus, Zenobia became queen of the Palmyrene Empire following Odaenathus' death in 267...
  
  , Empress of Palmyra.