List of ethnic Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs
- This is a list of modern individuals. For early Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For ancient Assyrians, see Category: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, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey.
Activists
- Ninos Aho
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Jumana Hanna, involved in anti Baath war propaganda - torture victim
- Nuri Kino
- Sinan Antoon
- Farid Nazha
- Naum Faiq
- Freydun Atturaya
Actors, directors, social media and comedians
- F. Murray Abraham
- Terrence Malick
- Tony Yalda
- Yasmine Hanani
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Vincent Oshana
- Naguib el-Rihani
- Andre Khabbazi
- Inanna Sarkis
- Ryan Bernier
- George Janko
Architects and designers
- Raad Ghantous
- Hana Sadiq – fashion designer and writer
Artists and calligraphers
- Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer
- Eser Afacan
- Farouk Kaspaules – artist
- Issa Benyamin – calligrapher
- Thea Halo
- 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
- Weightlifting
- Boxing
- Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac Boxer, Middleweight
- George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian Boxer – Represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
- Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian Boxer, Super Middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion
- Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian Boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran
- Zaya Younan – National Amateur Champion in Iraq, Iran and Canada[2]
Snooker
- Sargon Isaac – 3 time US National Champion 2012, 2015, and 2016.[3]
- Football (soccer)
- Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer & Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time
- Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer
- Youra Eshaya – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – First Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for Bristol Rovers, England – Iraq International
- Basil Gorgis Hanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – World Cup Player 1986
- Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer – Iraq International
- Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer – Iraq International
- Aram Karam – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer – Iraq International[4]
- Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer and Club Manager (in Lebanon)
- Douglas Aziz – Douglas Aziz Shamasha Eshaya
- Baba Shallou – Iraqi Assyrian Footballer[4]
- Gilbert Sammy – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[4]
- Albert Khoshaba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[4]
- Radhi Shenaishil
- Shadrak Yousef – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[5]
- Georgis Ishmael – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[5]
- Gilbert Awekam – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[5]
- Hormis Goriel – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[5]
- Youel Gorgis – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[5]
- Isaac Y. Isaac – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[6]
- Ammo Sammson – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[7]
- Wilson Rasho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer [8]
- Gibson Younan – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[9]
- Khoshaba Lawo Kanon – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[10]
- Akram Ammanoel – Iraqi Assyrian footballer - [11]
- Arkan Shamoun – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[12]
- Muhaimen Malakh – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International [13]
- Esho Youkhanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International[14]
- Rebin Sulaka
- Tennis
- Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian Tennis Champion
Diaspora
- American football
- Alex Agase – Assyrian American – Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Lou Agase – Assyrian American – Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian Boxer – Canadian Champion
- Mustafa Hamsho
- Isho Shiba
- Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American Super Middleweight Boxer. Illinois State Champion
- Sammy Merza – USA based Middleweight[16]
- Ninos Abraham – USA based Middleweight[17]
- Football (soccer)
- Zurab Ionanidze – Assyrian Georgian International Footballer – Georgian International player
- Steven Beitashour – currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.
- Assyriska – Assyrian League Football Team in Sweden (Have reached Swedish Cup Final)
- Kennedy Bakircioglu – Assyrian Swedish International Footballer – Sweden Based – Swedish International player
- Louay Chanko – Assyrian Syrian Footballer – Denmark Based – Syrian International player
- George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian Footballer – Iran Based – Syrian International player
- Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian Footballer – Syrian International player
- Sanharib Malki – Assyrian Syrian Footballer – Dutch Based (Roda JC) – Syrian International player
- Alexander Alkhazov – Assyrian Russian Footballer, plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
- Zaya Avdysh – Assyrian Ukrainian Footballer – Ukrainian Based
- Christian Demirtas – Assyrian German Footballer – German Based
- Daniel Unal – Assyrian Turkish Footballer – playing for FC Basle in Switzerland
- Leena Khamis – Assyrian Australian Female Footballer – Australian Women's Football International
- Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch Footballer
- Daniyel Cimen – Assyrian German Footballer
- Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish Footballer
- Elias Merkes – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for AIK Fotboll
- Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Syrianska FC
- Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Syrianska FC
- Jimmy Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish Footballer
- David Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Syrianska FC
- Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska[18]
- Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Played for Assyriska[18]
- Andreas Yacoub-Haddad – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Played for Assyriska
- Mikael Ishak – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska
- Michel Noyan – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska
- Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – Plays for Assyriska
- Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem[19]
- Waad Hermiz – Assyrian USA based Soccer player, played for San Diego Sockers[20]
- Sami Boudakh – Assyrian USA based Soccer player [21]
- Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based Soccer player[22]
- Sargon Duran – Assyrian Austrian footballer, playing for FC Sollenau
- Sargon Cicek – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Assyriska
- Christer Youssef – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Djurgårdens IF
- Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish Footballer – plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City
- Kennedy Bakircioglü
- Martial Arts
- Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling Champion
- Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate Champion, currently Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
- Beneil Dariush – Assyrian -American Mixed martial arts (MMA)
- Poker
- Tennis
- Andre Agassi – Former world number 1 American tennis player of Assyrian & Armenian descent.
- Michael Shabaz – Assyrian American Tennis player
- Andre Khabbazi – Assyrian-American actor and Semi-pro tennis player
Miss/pageant
- Ramona Amiri – Assyrian Miss World 2005 winner, from Canada
Directors
- Terrence Malick – Academy Award nominated director
- Henri Charr
- Nuri Kino
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Alfred Rasho – Emmy awarded documentary filmmaker 1992, 1995
- Lina Yakubova
Educators and explorers
- Donny George Youkhanna
- Emanuel Kamber
- Sandra Chimon Rogers - academic, doctor, professor, researcher, chemist, Alzheimer's preventative specialist, solid state NMR specialist, TEDx speaker, and award winning innovator for education.
- Eprime Eshag - academic, professor
- Hormuzd Rassam - Middle East's first archaeologist and Assyriologist
- Louis Cheikhô - Assyrian Orientalist
- Ashur Yousif
- Eden Naby
- Mikhail Sado - Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion
- Paul Bedjan
- Kanan Makiya - academic, professor
- Hind Rassam Culhane - lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and behavioural scientist
- Thomas L. Saaty - Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician
- Toma bar Yacoub - 9th Century theological historian
- Hunayn ibn Ishaq- scholar, physician, scientist, and translator
- Masawaiyh- physician
- Bardaisan - philosopher
- Aba I - philosopher, astronomer
- Philoxenos - theologian
- Babai the Great - philosopher, theologian
- Toma Audo - bishop, writer
- Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani - scholar, poet, editor, and translator
- Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) - bishop
- Fuat Deniz - professor of and researcher in sociology at Örebro University. Died from a stab wound.
- George Kiraz - computational linguist
- Aphrahat - 3rd century theologian
Entrepreneurs
- Bob Miner - co-founder of Oracle Corporation
- Milton Malek-Yonan - inventor of Converted Rice
- Sue Ismiel - founder of Nad's, a multimillion-dollar wax and beauty company in Australia with distributions worldwide.
- Victor Nacif
- Jeff Moorad - lead owner of the San Diego Padres and part-owner (12%) of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.
- Tony Rezko - political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.
- Daniel Hadad
Leaders
- Shamoun Hanna Haydo
- Agha Petros - World War I Assyrian General in Iraq, helped Assyrians in Iran, Born in the village of Baz
- Malik Khoshaba - Assyrian Military Leader World War I
- Georges Sada - former Commander of the Iraqi Air Force, and author
- Nabonidus (Nabo Naid) - Assyrian born King of Babylon
- Belshazzar - Regent of Babylon, son of Nabonidus
- Izates I (c. 15 AD) - first King of Adiabene
- Izates bar Monobaz - King of Adiabene
- Ashur Yousif - professor and ethnic Assyrian nationalist leader prior to World War I and the Assyrian Genocide.
Media
- Obelit Yadgar - Glendale, Wisconsin
- Nineveh Dinha - Fox News anchorwoman and reporter
- Cindy Sargon - TV Chef
- John Batchelor - radio host and author
Models
- Ramona Amiri - Miss Canada 2005
- Claudia Hanna - Miss Iraq 2006
- Larsa Pippen - former model married to Scottie Pippen
- Elona Brando
Musicians and composers
- Ashur Bet Sargis
- Fairouz
- Jamil Bashir
- Munir Bashir
- Linda George
- Paulus Khofri
- Yosip Bet Yosip
- William D. S. Daniel
- Marganita Vogt-Khofri
- Janan Sawa
- Habib Mousa
- Jan Karat
- Elias Karam
- Sargon Gabriel
- Shamiram Urshan
- Wadih el Safi
- Klodia Hanna
- Evin Agassi
- Juliana Jendo
- Hanna Petros
- Gabriel Asaad
- George Chaharbakhshi
- Elizabeth Oshana[23]
Non-Assyrian music
- Tony Aziz Yaqoo – member of Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda
- Tony K (real name Tony Khnanisho) – rap musician of Assyrian origin [24]
- Melechesh – Assyrian Death/Thrash Heavy Metal band
- Aril Brikha – Assyrian Techno/House music artist
- Rola Bahnam – Lebanon based TV presenter and singer with The 4 Cats.
- Timz (real name Tommy Hanna) – rap musician of Assyrian origin
- Ninsun Poli
- Sargon David Isho – a cappella - Straight No Chaser - Atlantic Records Musician [25]
Politicians
- Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative
- Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq
- Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
- Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006
- Franso Hariri – Mayor of Erbil
- Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq
- Yonadam Kanna – Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and Iraq Parliament Representative
- Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq
- Georges Sada – general served under Saddam in the Iraqi Air force
- Ablahad Afraim Sawa – Iraq Parliament Representative
- Pascal Esho Warda – Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees 2003–2004
- Albert Edward Ismail Yelda – Iraq Ambassador to the Vatican
- Yusuf Salman Yusuf – Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941–1949
- Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (Surma Khanum)
- Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo – current Minister of Finance and Economy in Kurdistan Regional Government
- Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)
- Kamel Hana Gegeo – chief bodyguard to Saddam Hussein
- Tiras Odisho – Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
- Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces[26]
- Tiras Odisho – head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee
Iran
- Freydun Atturaya – co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party
Turkey
- Naum Faiq – 1868–1930
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
USA
Australia
- Andrew Rohan – current State Member for Smithfield New South Wales Parliament, and Fairfield City Council Councillor for the Liberal Party of Australia
- Ninos Khoshaba – former Member of the New South Wales Parliament Sydney Australia
Sweden
- Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative
- Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative
- Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative
Canada
- Helena Guergis – former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)
Netherlands
- Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative
Other countries
- Eugene Dooman
- Emmanuel Kamber – Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General
- Sargon Dadesho – activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress
- 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.
Religious figures
- Addagoppe of Harran
- Isa Kelemechi
- Bar Sauma
- Babai the Great, 551–628
- Basile Georges Casmoussa
- David Benjamin Keldani
- Henana of Adiabene
- Isaac of Nineveh
- Dinkha IV, 1935–2015
- Shimun XXI Eshai
- Shimun XIX Benyamin, 1903–1918
- Mar Yousip Khnanisho, 1893–1977
- Sargis Bkheera, 633 AD
- Tatian, 120–180 AD
- Theodore of Mopsuestia
- Toma bar Yacoub
- Yusuf Akbulut
- Ephrem the Syrian
- Babai the Great
- Bar-Hebraeus
- Bar Daisan
- Nestorius
- Jacob of Nisibis
- Diodorus of Tarsus
- Tatian
- Mar Youhannan Semaan Issayi
- Mani (216–276 AD), founder of the Manichaean religion
- Pkidha (104–114), first Bishop of Adiabene
- Heliodorus, 4th Century Assyrian martyr
- Josephus Adjutus, 17th century theologian
- George Garmo
- Shlemon Warduni
- Paulos Faraj Rahho
- Emil Shimoun Nona
- Raphael I Bidawid
- Elias Mellus
- Basile Georges Casmoussa
- Ignatius Isaac Azar
- Mar Meelis Zaia
- Emmanuel III Delly
- Louis Cheikho
Writers and poets
Ancient
Listed here are authors associated with Syriac Christianity regardless of whether they wrote in the Syriac language.
- Tatian[27]
- Aphrahat
- Bar Daysan
- Iamblichus of Chalcis
- John bar Penkaye
- John of Ephesus
- Moses Bar-Kepha
- Philoxenus of Mabbog
- Stephen Bar Sudhaile
- Lucian of Samosata (A.D. 125–after A.D. 180), Assyrian rhetorician, writer and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.
Modern
- Paulus Khofri
- Yosip Bet Yosip
- William D. S. Daniel
- Ivan Kakovitch
- Maria Theresa Asmar
- Sargon Boulus
- Nina Burleigh
- Thea Halo
- Leilah Nadir
- George Lamsa
- Yuhanon Qashisho
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Mikhael K. Pius
- Terrence Malick
- Alphonse Mingana
- Jacob of Serugh
- Dunya Mikhail
- Heather Raffo
- Fuat Deniz
- Murathan Mungan
In the news
Other
- Narsai David, President of Assyrian Aid Society
- Lado Davidov, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Cindy Sargon, TV chef
- Alfred Yaghobzadeh, photographer
- Capt. John Joseph Yossarian, fictional character and protagonist in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 and its sequel Closing Time. In Closing Time, he is revealed to be an Armenian jokingly posing as an Assyrian.
See also
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