List of Famous people born in Syria

Ahmed Kuftaro or Ahmad Kaftaru was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest officially appointed Sunni Muslim representative of the Fatwa-Administration in the Syrian Ministry of Auqaf in Syria. Kaftaro was a Sunni Muslim of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

Ali Haydar, known as the "father of the Syrian Special Forces", was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years and a close confidant to President Hafez al-Assad. He was also one of the members of his inner circle.

Ahmad Hasan al-Khatib (1933–1982) was a Syrian politician. He was a ceremonial head of state of Syria, appointed by Hafez al-Assad to replace the ousted president Nureddin al-Atassi. Ahmad al-Khatib was a civilian member of the ruling Ba'ath party and served as president for only four months. His position was subsequently filled by Assad. He then became the speaker of the Syrian parliament. He died in Damascus, Syria in 1982. He had many siblings, one of them was Najwa al-Khatib, the wife of Abdulmajid Mansour, a very important doctor in the Syrian army who died in 2007.

Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī b. Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Shāhanshāh b. Ayyūb b. Shādī b. Marwān, better known as Abū al-Fidāʾ, was a Mamluk era Kurdish geographer, historian, Ayyubid prince and local governor of Hama.

Mustafa Khalifa, also spelled as Moustafa Khalifa is a Syrian novelist, political writer, and topographer.

John of Damascus was a Christian monk, priest, and apologist. Born and raised in Damascus c. 675 or 676; the precise date and place of his death is not at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem on 4 December 749, as tradition also confirms, with his cell being a venerated and magnificently maintained place of pilgrimage ever since.

Jan Dost is a Syrian Kurdish poet, writer and translator. He has written several novels in Kurdish and Arabic and is one of the prolific Kurdish writers. He was born on 12 March 1965 in Kobanî, Syria. Jan Dost is a recipient of the Galawej Award. Jan Dost has also translated several Kurdish and Persian works into the Arabic language, including Mem and Zin, one of the most famous Kurdish works, written by Ahmad Khani.

Munira al-Qubaysi is the founder of Al-qubaysiat, a female only movement that originated in Syria. She is considered the 24th most influential Muslim in the world, and the most influential Muslim woman, according to the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in 2011.