List of Famous people born in Syria

Moayad Samir Ajan is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Al-Wahda, who play in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria.

Mohammed Dib Zaitoun is the current head of the Syrian General Security Directorate and a close adviser of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He is one of many officials sanctioned by the European Union for their actions against protesters participating in the Syrian civil war.

Najm Hamad Al Ahmad is a Syrian jurist and justice minister from 2012 until 2017.

Noura Rahal is a Lebanese/Syrian singer from Damascus, who has also had brief acting stints.

Lu'ay al-Atassi was a senior commander in the Syrian Army and later the President of Syria between 9 March and 27 July 1963.

Burhan Ghalioun is a French-Syrian professor of sociology at the Université de Paris III Sorbonne University in Paris, and the first chairman of the Syrian opposition Transitional National Council (SNC). He was named chairman on 29 August 2011. His chairmanship was criticized for his perceived closeness to the Muslim Brotherhood, his early reluctance to arm opposition forces, and what opponents called the autocratic nature of his leadership. On 17 May 2012, feeling he had become an increasingly divisive figure for the council, Ghalioun resigned.