List of Alawites

This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise.

Arts, culture, and entertainment

 * Adunis, poet
 * Badawi al-Jabal, poet
 * Jamal Suliman, film producer
 * Hasan al-Khayer, poet
 * Suzan Najm Aldeen, actress
 * Taim Hasan, actor
 * Haluk Levent, Turkish singer
 * Taim Hasan, actor
 * Fadwa Soliman, actress
 * Wafa Sultan, Syrian-American writer
 * Man Asaad, heavyweight weightlifter
 * Dina Haroun, actress
 * Farrah Yousef, singer
 * Samar Yazbek, writer
 * Nebil Özgentürk, Turkish journalist and director

Economy

 * Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
 * Rami Makhlouf, Syrian businessman

Government and politics

 * Hafez al-Assad
 * Bashar al-Assad
 * Salah Jadid
 * Zaki al-Arsuzi
 * Ali Sulayman al-Assad
 * Rifaat al-Assad
 * Jamil al-Assad
 * Bushra al-Assad
 * Vahap Seçer, Mayor of Mersin
 * Zeydan Karalar, Mayor of Adana
 * Zulema Yoma
 * Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek
 * Ghazi Kanaan
 * Ali Eid, former leader of the Arab Democratic Party of Lebanon
 * Rifaat Eid, current leader of the ADP
 * Ahmad Hassan
 * Muhammad Khayr Bey
 * Muhsen Bilal
 * Ali Hammoud
 * Monzer Makhous
 * Tulay Hatimoğulları Oruç

Military and security

 * Saleh al-Ali
 * Ali Aslan
 * Maher al-Assad
 * Bassel al-Assad
 * Assef Shawkat
 * Hafez Makhlouf
 * Dhu al-Himma Shalish
 * Ali Haydar
 * Atef Najib
 * Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh
 * Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
 * Muhammad al-Khuli
 * Jamil Hassan (military officer)
 * Mohammed Dib Zaitoun
 * Ali Duba
 * Shafiq Fayadh
 * Adnan Badr Hassan
 * Ali Habib Mahmud
 * Mihrac Ural, Turkish guerrilla fighter, leader of the Syrian Resistance

Religion

 * Ibn Nusayr - Founder of the Alawites
 * Al-Khaṣībī, a 10th-century scholar of the Alawites
 * Salman al-Murshid, Founder of an offshoot of the Alawites called the Al-Murshidiyah