List of Famous people born in Syria

Paul Achkar was the first Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia in Lebanon.

Hiam Taeima was a Syrian actress.

Samar Kokash is a Syrian actress.

Toros Rasguélénian, known professionally as R. Toros, was a French sculptor.

Ghadah Al-Samman is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family, she is remotely related to Nizar Qabbani the famous poet. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the Syrian University. She was deeply influenced by him since her mother died at a very young age.

Muhammad al-Maghout was a renowned Syrian writer and poet.

'Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi was a Syrian author and Pan-Arab solidarity supporter. He was one of the most prominent intellectuals of his time; however, his thoughts and writings continue to be relevant to the issues of Islamic identity and Pan-Arabism. His criticisms of the Ottoman Empire eventually led to Arabs calling for the sovereignty of the Arab Nations, setting the basis for Pan-Arab nationalism. Al-Kawakibi articulated his ideas in two influential books, Tabai al-Istibdad wa-Masari al-Isti’bad and Umm Al-Qura. He died in 1902 of “mysterious” causes. His family alleged that he was poisoned by Turkish agents.

Riad Mousa al-Asaad is a Syrian military leader and politician. Since 2 November 2017, he is the Deputy Prime Minister for Military Affairs of the Syrian Salvation Government. He is a former military commander of the Free Syrian Army. He was a former Colonel in the Syrian Air Force who defected in July 2011.

Mardig Kevork Mardigian is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Syrian club Hutteen.

Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad was patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned and retired.