List of Famous people born in Syria

Posidonius "of Apameia" or "of Rhodes", was a Greek politician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. After a period learning Stoic philosophy from Panaetius in Athens, he spent many years in travel and scientific researches in Spain, Africa, Italy, Gaul, Liguria, Sicily and on the eastern shores of the Adriatic. He settled as a teacher at Rhodes where his fame attracted numerous scholars. Next to Panaetius he did most, by writings and personal lectures, to spread Stoicism to the Roman world, and he became well known to many leading men, including Pompey and Cicero.

Mohammad Riad al-Shaqfeh is a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria. He was born in 1944 in Hama. He is the eleventh Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, taking over from Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni from August 2010 until 6 November 2014. Mohammad Farouk Tayfour served as his deputy.

Elias Nijmé, BA was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon.

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was the tenth Umayyad caliph who ruled from 724 until his death in 743. When he was born in 691 his father named him after his mother.

Hussam Al Sayed is a retired Syrian international football defender. He is the older brother of Maher Al Sayed.

Iyad Rimawi, is a Syrian-Palestinian music composer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known for his soundtracks for several TV series such as Nadam and Godfather.

Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa is the author of the ancient Greek novel called the Aethiopica (Αἰθιοπικά) or Theagenes and Chariclea, which has been dated to the 220s or 370s AD.

Ali Habib Mahmud was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011. As one of Syria's most celebrated generals, he was part of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle.

Mashaal Tammo, also Mash'al Tammo was a Syrian politician and activist who supported the interests of the minority of the Kurds.