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[edit]

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• 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^[1]

Economy[edit]

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• Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
• Rami Makhlouf, Syrian businessman

Government and politics[edit]

• Hafez al-Assad
• Bashar al-Assad^[2]
• 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[edit]

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• 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[edit]

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• 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

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