List of Famous people born in Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Paul Zaim, known sometime also as Paul of Aleppo (1627–1669) was an Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler. Son of Patriarch Macarios III Zaim, Paul accompanied his father in his travels throughout Constantinople, Wallachia, Moldavia, Ukraine and Russia, as an attempt to raise funds and support for their Church.

Moise Jacob Safra was a Lebanese Brazilian businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded Banco Safra with his brothers Edmond Safra and Joseph Safra.

Omar Abu-Riche was an influential Syrian poet known for his pioneering works.

Mustafa Naima was an Ottoman bureaucrat and historian who wrote the chronicle known as the Tārīḫ-i Na'īmā. He is often considered to be the first official historian of the Ottoman Empire, although this formal office was probably not created until the time of his successor, Rashid.

Imad al-Din Zengi, also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was an Oghuz Turkish atabeg who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake of the Zengid dynasty.

Tāj al-Dawla Alp Arslān ibn Riḍwān, nicknamed al-Akhras, was the Seljuk sultan of Aleppo from AD 1113 until his death in 1114 (508). According to Ibn al-Athīr, he was not actually mute but had only a speech impediment and a stammer. He was the son of the Sultan Riḍwān by a daughter of Yağısıyan, governor of Antioch.

Najdat Ismail Anzour is a Syrian television director of Circassian origins.