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Evagrius Scholasticus
6th century Syrian scholar and intellectual
Ghada Shouaa
Syrian heptathlete
Anna Mani
Indian meteorologist
Christianity in Syria
minority religion in Syria
Rafik Schami
Syrian-German writer and chemist (born 1946)
George Wassouf
Syrian singer and actor
John Moschus
Byzantine monk
Mavia
Mawiyya (from , in ), also transliterated Mawia, Mawai, or Mawaiy, and sometimes referred to as Mavia of Tanukh) was an Arab queen, who ruled over the Tanukhids, a confederation of semi-nomadic Arabs, in southern Syria, in the latter half of the fourth century. She led her troops in a rebellion against Valens, riding at the head of her army into Phoenicia and Palestine. After she reached the frontiers of Egypt and repeatedly defeated the Roman army, the Romans finally made a truce with her on conditions she stipulated. Following her victory, Mawiyya was powerful enough to be able to dictate t
Nivetha Tharseth
Indian actress
Senharib Malki
Syrian footballer
Dawoud Rajiha
Minister of Defense (1947-2012)
George Mourad
Swedish-Syrian association football player (1982-)
Louay Chanko
Syrian footballer
Maximos V Hakim
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1908–2001)
José Nehin
Argentine footballer (1905-1957)
Joseph Atiyeh
Olympic wrestler
Mardik Mardikian
Syrian footballer
Nasib Arida
Syrian poet and writer (1887–1946)
Mary Ajami
Syrian writer
Faris al-Khoury
Syrian politician (1877-1962)
Kūlīt al-Khūrī
Syrian writer
Gabriel Acacius Coussa
Catholic cardinal (1897–1962)
Yahya ibn Sarafyun
9th-century Syrian Christian physician
Mikhail Mishaqa
Lebanese historian
Paul Baghdadlian
Armenian singer
Hind Kabawat
Syrian-Canadian politician
Vardan Aigektsi
author, priest and monk
Aram Karamanoukian
French politician (1910-1996)
Hammouda Sabbagh
Speaker of the People's Assembly of the Syrian Arab Republic
Alexander III of Antioch
Greek Religious Leader (1869–1958)
Jacob Petros II Hovsepian
Syrian priest
Simon Amin
Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent
Abd al-Masih Haddad
journalist in Syria
May Skaf
Syrian actress (1969–2018)
Fahd Youssef
Syrian footballer
Gregory IV of Antioch
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Ninos Gouriye
Dutch footballer
Jacobo Koufatty
Venezuelan association football player
Michel Kilo
Syrian writer (1940–2021)
Gabriel Somi
Swedish-Syrian footballer
Christer Youssef
Swedish association football player
Qustaki al-Himsi
Syrian writer (1858-1941)
Nassif Zeytoun
Syrian singer
Bassel Shehadeh
Syrian film director
Maya Nasser
Syrian journalist (1979–2012)
Sarjun ibn Mansur
7th century Umayyad Caliphate Melkite Christian official
Elias Karam
Syrian singer
Saba Esber
Eastern Orthodox archbishop
Charbel Georges
Swedish footballer
Maria Saadeh
Syrian architect and politician
Sarkis Assadourian
politician
Abdallah Zakher
printer
Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui)
Syrian-American Antiochian Orthodox metropolitan
Raphaël de Monachis
Egyptian orientalist (1759–1831)
Noura Rahal
Syrian singer and actor
Sargon Abraham
Swedish association football player
Roger Altounyan
Syrian-British physician and pharmacologist
Nadra Haddad
syrian-American poet
Joseph Elian Sarkis
Egyptian writer and translator
Dima Moussa
Syrian politician