List of ethnic Assyrians


 * This is a list of modern individuals. For early Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For ancient Assyrians, see Category:Ancient Assyrians.

The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians. It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations originating in Iraq, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey.

Activists

 * Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism
 * Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party
 * Wilson Bet-Mansour – physician, Assyrian and Chaldean Member of Parliament of Iran 1968-1976, Founder and First Secretary General of Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA), Founder publisher and editor of Atour newspaper published monthly in Assyrian, English and Farsi from 1968-1979 with a global circulation, Founder of first global Assyrian political party Nineveh Liberation Party 1969-1979; Founder of representation for AUA at UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations) 1992 Assyrian nationalism
 * Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism
 * Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim
 * Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute
 * Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action
 * Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist
 * Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s
 * Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism
 * David B. Perley - philosopher and nationalist
 * Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project

Actors, directors and entertainers

 * Brian Awadis – YouTuber
 * Paul Elia - Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit
 * Henri Charr – director
 * Michael Denkha – actor
 * Naguib el-Rihani – actor
 * Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor
 * Andre Khabbazi – actor
 * Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilder
 * Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker
 * Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director

Artists and designers

 * Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor
 * Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author
 * Issa Benyamin – calligrapher
 * Raad Ghantous – interior designer
 * Thea Halo – painter and writer
 * Farouk Kaspaules – artist
 * Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer
 * Jim Marshall – photographer
 * Bishara Morad – artist
 * Fred Parhad – sculptor

In the Middle East

 * Athletics (Track and field)
 * George Malek-Yonan – Iranian Assyrian Track & Field Athlete. Iran's Champion of Champions, Gold medalist in Pentathlon and Track & Field


 * Boxing
 * Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight
 * George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian boxer; represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
 * Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion
 * Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran
 * Thomas Younan Assyrian Boxer. Chicago


 * Football (soccer)
 * Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer
 * Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time
 * Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
 * Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer
 * Youra Eshaya – Iraqi Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for Bristol Rovers, England – Iraq International
 * Basil Gorgis Hanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – World Cup Player 1986
 * Aram Karam – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
 * Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon)
 * Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International


 * Tennis
 * Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian Tennis Champion

Diaspora

 * American football
 * Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player
 * Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player


 * Boxing


 * Mustafa Hamsho
 * Sammy Merza – USA based middleweight
 * Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion
 * Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian boxer – Canadian champion


 * Fencing (sabre)
 * George Yako – Assyrian/Australian sabre fencer - Australian based


 * Figure Skating
 * David Avdysh – Assyrian/Ukrainian figure skating choreographer
 * Erin Moorad - Assyrian/American Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Medalist


 * Football (soccer)
 * Alexander Alkhazov – Assyrian Russian footballer – plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
 * Zaya Avdysh – Assyrian Ukrainian footballer – Ukrainian based
 * Kennedy Bakircioglu – Assyrian Swedish international footballer – Sweden based – Swedish International player
 * Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer
 * Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Steven Beitashour – currently plays for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, Iran international
 * Louay Chanko – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Denmark based – Syrian International player
 * Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Daniyel Cimen – Assyrian German footballer
 * Christian Demirtas – Assyrian German footballer – German based
 * Sargon Duran – Assyrian Austrian footballer – plays for FC Sollenau
 * Jimmy Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer
 * David Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
 * Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch footballer
 * Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Zurab Ionanidze – Assyrian Georgian International footballer – Georgian International player
 * Mikael Ishak – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Leena Khamis – Assyrian Australian female footballer – Australian Women's Football International
 * Sanharib Malki – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Dutch based (Roda JC) – Syrian International player
 * Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based soccer player
 * Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska
 * George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player
 * Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska
 * Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll
 * Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark
 * Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League
 * Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
 * Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International
 * Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem
 * Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
 * Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City
 * Daniel Unal – Assyrian Turkish footballer – plays for FC Basle in Switzerland
 * Andreas Yacoub-Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – played for Assyriska
 * Christer Youssef – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Djurgårdens IF


 * Martial Arts


 * Beneil Dariush – Assyrian American Mixed martial arts (MMA)
 * Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA)
 * Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, currently Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
 * Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling champion
 * David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish Mixed martial arts (MMA)


 * Poker


 * Daniel Alaei


 * Tennis
 * Andre Agassi – former world number one American tennis player of Assyrian and Armenian descent
 * Susanne Celik - Assyrian Swedish tennis player
 * Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player
 * Michael Shabaz – American tennis player

Educators and explorers

 * Aba I – philosopher, astronomer
 * Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian
 * Toma Audo – bishop, writer
 * Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) – bishop
 * Babai the Great – philosopher, theologian
 * Bardaisan – philosopher
 * Paul Bedjan
 * Bukhtishu – were a family of Assyrian Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years.
 * Louis Cheikhô – Assyrian Orientalist
 * Hind Rassam Culhane – lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and behavioural scientist
 * Fuat Deniz – writer and professor of sociology at Örebro University
 * Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani – scholar, poet, editor, and translator
 * Eprime Eshag – academic, professor
 * Hunayn ibn Ishaq – scholar, physician, scientist, and translator
 * Emanuel Kamber
 * George Kiraz – computational linguist
 * Kanan Makiya – academic, professor
 * Masawaiyh – physician
 * Eden Naby
 * Estiphan Panoussi – philosopher and oriental philologist
 * Philoxenos – theologian
 * Hormuzd Rassam – Assyriologist, and first-known Middle Eastern archaeologist
 * Sandra Chimon Rogers – Dean, academic leader, doctor, professor, researcher, chemist, Alzheimer's preventative specialist, solid state NMR specialist, TEDx speaker, and award-winning innovator for education
 * Thomas L. Saaty – Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician
 * Mikhail Sado – Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion
 * Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian
 * Donny George Youkhanna
 * Ashur Yousif

Entrepreneurs

 * Narsai David – American restaurateur, chef, wine-maker, and author
 * Daniel Hadad – Argentine businessman involved in telecommunications and media
 * Milton Malek-Yonan – American inventor of Malekized Rice
 * Bob Miner – American businessman, co-founder of Oracle Corporation
 * Jeff Moorad – American businessman and investor, CEO of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's San Diego Padres
 * Victor Nacif – Mexican businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe
 * Tony Rezko – American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.

Leaders

 * Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian Military leader World War I
 * Agha Petros – World War I Assyrian General
 * Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist

Media

 * Ramona Amiri – Miss World Canada 2005
 * John Batchelor – author; radio host
 * Jack Douglas – television host
 * Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006
 * Craig Morgan – sports journalist
 * Jennifer Aydin – reality television personality
 * Larsa Pippen – reality television personality
 * Cindy Sargon – Australian TV chef
 * Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model
 * Patrick Bet-David – American entrepreneur and TV personality of Assyrian-Armenian origin
 * Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality
 * Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist

Musicians and composers

 * Fairuz
 * Evin Agassi
 * L3DD
 * Mousey Alexander
 * Joseph Arabbo
 * Gabriel Asaad
 * Jamil Bashir
 * Munir Bashir
 * Ashur Bet Sargis
 * Aril Brikha
 * Sargon Gabriel
 * Sonia Odisho
 * Linda George
 * Nouri Iskandar
 * Juliana Jendo
 * Elias Karam
 * Sargon Kenoun
 * Ninous Kenoun
 * Mark Anthony Yaeger
 * Paulus Khofri
 * Adwar Mousa
 * Habib Mousa
 * Hanna Petros
 * Janan Sawa
 * Johnson Babella
 * Timz
 * Marganita Vogt-Khofri
 * Elias Zazi

Iraq

 * Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces
 * Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)
 * Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq
 * Lara Yussif Zara - Mayor of Alqosh
 * Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative
 * Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
 * Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006
 * Elizabeth Gawrie – Deputy Prime Minister of Rojava
 * Kamel Hana Gegeo – chief bodyguard to Saddam Hussein
 * Franso Hariri – Mayor of Erbil
 * Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq
 * Yonadam Kanna – Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and Iraq Parliament Representative
 * Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo – current Minister of Finance and Economy in Kurdistan Regional Government
 * Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq
 * Tiras Odisho – Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq
 * Tiras Odisho – head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee
 * Ablahad Afraim Sawa – Iraq Parliament Representative
 * Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (Surma Khanum)
 * Pascal Esho Warda – Iraq Minister of Immigration and Refugees 2003–2004
 * Albert Edward Ismail Yelda – Iraq Ambassador to the Vatican
 * Yusuf Salman Yusuf – Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941–1949

Iran

 * Freydun Atturaya – co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party

Turkey

 * Erol Dora – Deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey
 * Naum Faiq – Assyrian nationalist

United Nations

 * Dr. William Ishaya – Deputy Permanent Representative – Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, USA.

United States

 * Mark Arabo – politician based in San Diego, California
 * Adam Benjamin, Jr. – Indiana Congressman
 * Wadie Deddeh – former California State Senator
 * Anna Eshoo – California Congresswoman
 * John Nimrod – Illinois Senator
 * Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood Trustee

Australia

 * Ninos Khoshaba – former Member of the New South Wales Parliament Sydney Australia
 * Andrew Rohan – current State Member for Smithfield New South Wales Parliament, and Fairfield City Council Councillor for the Liberal Party of Australia

Sweden

 * Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative
 * Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative
 * Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative

Canada

 * Helena Guergis – former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)

Netherlands

 * Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative, president of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe

Other countries

 * Iskender Alptekin – politician, singer and former President of the European Syriac Union
 * José Murat Casab – (born to Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of Oaxaca
 * Sargon Dadesho – activist, author and leader of Assyrian National Congress
 * Eugene Dooman
 * Emmanuel Kamber – Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General

Religious figures

 * Addagoppe of Harran
 * Babai the Great, 551–628
 * Bar Daisan
 * Bar-Hebraeus
 * Bar Sauma
 * Basile Georges Casmoussa
 * David Benjamin Keldani
 * Diodorus of Tarsus
 * Dinkha IV, 1935–2015
 * Elias Mellus
 * Emil Shimoun Nona
 * Emmanuel III Delly
 * Ephrem the Syrian
 * George Garmo
 * Heliodorus – 4th Century Assyrian martyr
 * Henana of Adiabene
 * Ignatius Isaac Azar
 * Isaac of Nineveh
 * Isa Kelemechi
 * Jacob of Nisibis
 * Josephus Adjutus – 17th century theologian
 * Louis Cheikho
 * Mar Mari Emmanuel – bishop and influencer
 * Nestorius
 * Paulos Faraj Rahho
 * Pkidha, 104–114 – first Bishop of Adiabene
 * Ragheed Aziz Ganni
 * Raphael I Bidawid
 * Sargis Bkheera, 633 AD
 * Shimun XXI Eshai
 * Shimun XIX Benyamin, 1903–1918
 * Shlemon Warduni
 * Tatian, 120–180
 * Theodore of Mopsuestia
 * Toma bar Yacoub
 * Youhannan Semaan Issayi
 * Yousip Khnanisho, 1893–1977
 * Yusuf Akbulut

Ancient
Listed here are authors associated with Syriac Christianity regardless of whether they wrote in the Syriac language.


 * Aphrahat
 * Bar Daysan
 * Iamblichus of Chalcis
 * John bar Penkaye
 * John of Ephesus
 * Jacob of Serugh
 * Lucian of Samosata, 125–after 180 – Assyrian rhetorician, writer and satirist who wrote in the Greek language
 * Moses Bar-Kepha
 * Philoxenus of Mabbog
 * Stephen Bar Sudhaile
 * Tatian

Modern

 * Ilyas Mawsili
 * Hanna Diyab
 * Maria Theresa Asmar
 * Yosip Bet Yosip
 * Sargon Boulus
 * Nina Burleigh
 * William D. S. Daniel
 * Fuat Deniz
 * Thea Halo
 * Samuel John Hazo
 * Ivan Kakovitch
 * Paulus Khofri
 * George Lamsa
 * Rosie Malek-Yonan
 * Gabriel J. Kenoun
 * Sabrina Kenoun
 * Robert Kenoun
 * Ramman Kenoun
 * Terrence Malick
 * Dunya Mikhail
 * Alphonse Mingana
 * Murathan Mungan
 * Leilah Nadir
 * Heather Raffo
 * Mikhael K. Pius
 * Yuhanon Qashisho
 * Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia