List of Famous people born in Syria

Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar is a Syrian military leader who was later named Syrian Minister of the Interior.

Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid or, as he spelled his own name in French, Mehmed Ali Abed, was appointed the president of the mandatory Syrian Republic as a nominee of the nationalist Syrian parliament in Damascus after the country received partial recognition of sovereignty from France. France agreed to recognize Syria as a nation under intense nationalist pressure but did not withdraw its troops completely until 1946.

Lubanah Mshaweh is the minister of culture of Syria. She holds a PhD in linguistics from Paris 8 University.

Man Asaad is a Syrian heavyweight weightlifter who competes in the +109 kg category.

Haitham Hakki is a Syrian film director, screenplay writer, and film producer.

Abdurrahman Mustafa is a Syrian Turkmen politician who is the incumbent president of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly, the umbrella organization of the Turkmen political movements in Syria, and the political leader of the Turkmen national movement of Syria. On 6 May 2018, he was elected as the head of the Syrian National Coalition.

Shafiq Ades was a wealthy Iraqi-Jewish businessman of Syrian origins. After a short show trial in 1948, he was executed by hanging on charges of selling weapons to Israel and supporting the Iraqi Communist Party.

Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril was the son of Ahmed Jibril, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). He was assassinated in Beirut on 20 May 2002.

Shadia Rifa'i Habbal is a Syrian-American astronomer and physicist specialized in Space physics. A professor of Solar physics, her research is centered on Solar wind and Solar eclipse.

Amal Saad Eddin is a Syrian television artist, voice artist and director.