List of Famous people born in Syria

Mustafa al-Siba'i was a Syrian politician and activist. He was dean of the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and the School of Law at the University of Damascus. From 1945 to 1961 he was the leader of the Islamic Socialist Front, the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Pakize İzzet Tarzi (1910–2004) was a Syrian-Turkish physician. She is renowned for being the first female gynecologist in the Republic of Turkey.

Abdallah bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash was a Syrian writer involved in various Arabic-language newspaper ventures in London and Paris.

Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha, forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud, surname sometimes transliterated Rajha, was the Syrian minister of defense from 2011 to July 2012 when he was assassinated along with other senior military officers by armed opposition forces during the country's Civil War. From 2009 to 2011, Rajiha served as chief of staff of the Syrian Army.