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This is a list of modern individuals. For early Assyrian Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For Assyrian from the Bronze and Iron Ages, 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 descendants of the Ancient Assyrians and Mesopotamians, originating in Iraq, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey.

## Activists

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* Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[1][2]
* Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party[3]

Wilson Bet-Mansour – physician, Assyrian 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[4][5][6][7]

* Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union[8]
* Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[9][10]
* Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim[11]
* Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute[12][13]
* Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action[14]
* Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist[15][16][17][18]
* Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s[19][20]
* Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism[21]
* David B. Perley – philosopher and nationalist[22]
* Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project[23]

## Actors, directors and entertainers

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F. Murray Abraham (center front) - It's Only a Play, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Manhattan, New York)

* Brian Awadis – YouTuber
* Paul Elia – Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit
* Dustin Kahia – Assyrian film director
* Henri Charr – director[24]
* Michael Denkha – actor
* Naguib el-Rihani – actor
* F. Murray Abraham – Academy award-winning actor
* Fairuz – singer and actress
* Josef Fares – film director and video game designer
* Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor[25]
* Andre Khabbazi – actor
* Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilder[26]
* Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker[25]
* Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director[27][28][29][30]
* Winter Jones – non-binary actor previously known as Tony Yalda
* Yeshua Malik – Assyrian stand-up comedian; London-born and raised in the United States

## Artists and designers

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* Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor[31]
* Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author[32]
* Issa Benyamin – calligrapher[33]
* Raad Ghantous – interior designer[34][35]
* Thea Halo – painter and writer[36]
* Farouk Kaspaules – artist[37]
* Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer[38]
* Jim Marshall – photographer[39][40]
* Bishara Morad – artist[41][42]
* Fred Parhad – sculptor[32]

## Athletes

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### In the Middle East

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Athletics (Track and field)

* George Malek-Yonan – Iranian Assyrian Track & Field Athlete. Iran's Champion of Champions, Gold medalist in Pentathlon and Track & Field[43][44]

Boxing

* Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight[45]
* George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian boxer; represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics[46]
* Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion[47]
* Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran
* Thomas Younan – Assyrian boxer from Chicago

Sammy Merza, American based middleweight boxer Samir Nebo, German based heavyweight boxer

Football (soccer)

* Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[48]
* Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time[49]
* Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
* Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer[50]
* 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[51]
* Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon)
* Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International

Tennis

Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian tennis champion Andre Agassi American Assyrian-Armenian tennis champion

### Diaspora

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Basketball
Pippen with Vanderbilt in 2020

* Scotty Pippen Jr.

American football

* Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player[52][53]
* Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player[53]

Boxing

* Mustafa Hamsho
* Sammy Merza – USA based middleweight[54]
* Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion
* Isho Shiba – Assyrian Canadian boxer – Canadian champion[55]

Fencing (sabre)

George Yako – Assyrian sabre fencer based in Australia

Figure Skating

David Avdysh – Assyrian/Ukrainian figure skating choreographer[56]

* Erin Moorad – Assyrian/American Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Medalist[57]

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[58]
* Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer[59]
* Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
* 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[60]
* 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[60]
* 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[61]
* Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska[60]
* George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player
* Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska[60]
* Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll
* Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark[62]
* Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League[63]
* Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC
* Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International[64]
* Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem[65]
* 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)[66]
* Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA)[67][68][69]
* Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, 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

* Susanne Celik – Assyrian Swedish tennis player
* Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player
* Michael Shabaz – American tennis player
* Andre Agassi \- American tennis player

## Educators and explorers

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* Aba I – philosopher, astronomer
* Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian
* Toma Audo – bishop, writer[70]
* Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) – bishop
* Babai the Great – philosopher, theologian
* Bardaisan – philosopher[71]
* Paul Bedjan[72]
* Bukhtishu – family of Assyrian [73][74] 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[75]
* 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[76]
* Toma bar Yacoub – 9th Century theological historian
* Donny George Youkhanna
* Ashur Yousif[77][78][79]

## Entrepreneurs

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* 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.
* Zaya Younan\- American entrepreneur, Founder, Creator, and CEO of Younan Company.

## Leaders

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See also: List of Assyrian kings

* Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian Military leader World War I
* Agha Petros – World War I Assyrian General
* Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist
* Shamoun Hanna Haydo – Village leader and defender of Assyrians during Seyfo

## Media

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* Ramona Amiri – Miss World Canada 2005[80]
* John Batchelor – author; radio host[81]
* Jack Douglas – television host[82]
* Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006
* Craig Morgan – sports journalist
* Diane Pathieu – news anchor based in Chicago
* Jennifer Aydin – reality television personality
* Larsa Pippen – reality television personality[83]
* 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[84]
* Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist[85]

## Musicians and composers

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See also: Assyrian pop music

Fairuz performing in 1971

* Fairuz[86]
* Evin Agassi[87]
* Mousey Alexander[88][89]
* Ricky Rich
* Gabriel Asaad[90]
* Jamil Bashir[91]
* Munir Bashir[92]
* Ashur Bet Sargis[93]
* Aril Brikha[94]
* Sargon Gabriel
* Linda George[95]
* Nouri Iskandar[96][97]
* Juliana Jendo[98]
* Elias Karam
* Sargon Kenoun[99][100]
* Ninous Kenoun[100]
* Mark Anthony Yaeger[101]
* Paulus Khofri[102]
* Adwar Mousa[103]
* Habib Mousa
* Hanna Petros[104]
* Janan Sawa
* Megan Kashat
* Gaboro
* Timz
* Marganita Vogt-Khofri[105]
* Haitham Yousif
* Elias Zazi[106]
* Theresa Rassam Opera singer in Victorian England and daughter of Hormuzd Rassam

## Politicians

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### Iraq

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* Dala Ashur – Assyrian Iraqi Army General of Saddam Hussein's Armed Forces[107]
* Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana)[108][109][110]
* Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq[111][112][113]
* Lara Yussif Zara – Mayor of Alqosh
* Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative[114]
* Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004)
* Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006[115]
* 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
* George Sada \- Former Iraqi Air Force commander under Saddam Hussein
* 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[116]
* Albert Edward Ismail Yelda – Iraq Ambassador to the Vatican
* Yusuf Salman Yusuf – Secretary General of Iraqi Communist Party 1941–1949

### Iran

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

### Turkey

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

### United Nations

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* Dr. William Ishaya – Deputy Permanent Representative – Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, USA.[117]

### In the Assyrian diaspora

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#### United States

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Alina Habba speaking with attendees at the 2024 Young Women's Leadership Summit at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.

* Alina Habba – Counselor to Donald Trump (45th and 47th U.S. President)

* Mark Arabo – politician based in San Diego, California
* Adam Benjamin, Jr. – Indiana Congressman[118]
* Wadie Deddeh – former California State Senator
* Anna Eshoo – California Congresswoman[119][120]
* John Nimrod – Illinois Senator[121][122]
* Atour Sargon – Lincolnwood Trustee[123][124]

#### Australia

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* 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

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* Metin Ataseven – Sweden Parliament Representative
* Ibrahim Baylan – Sweden Minister of Education 2004–2006 and Sweden Parliament Representative[125]
* Yilmaz Kerimo – Sweden Parliament Representative
* Ilan De Basso – Former member of the European Parliament 2021-2024

#### Canada

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* Helena Guergis – former Canadian Member of Parliament and Minister of State (Status of Women)[126]

#### Netherlands

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* Attiya Gamri – Netherlands Parliament Representative, president of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe[127]

#### Other countries

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* Iskender Alptekin – politician, singer and former President of the European Syriac Union[128]
* José Murat Casab – (born to Assyrian 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[129]
* Eugene Dooman
* Emmanuel Kamber – Assyrian Universal Alliance Secretary General

## Religious figures

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Main articles: List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East, List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon, and List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch

* 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
* Lucian
* Mar Mari Emmanuel[130] – 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

## Writers and poets

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### Ancient

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Further information: Syriac literature § List of Syriac writers

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[131]

### Modern

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* Ilyas Mawsili[132]
* Hanna Diyab[133]
* Maria Theresa Asmar[134]
* Yosip Bet Yosip[135]
* Sargon Boulus
* Nina Burleigh[136]
* William D. S. Daniel[137]
* Fuat Deniz[138]
* Thea Halo
* Samuel John Hazo[139]
* Ivan Kakovitch[140]
* Paulus Khofri[141]
* George Lamsa[142]
* Rosie Malek-Yonan
* Gabriel J. Kenoun[143][144]
* Sabrina Kenoun
* Robert Kenoun[145]
* Ramman Kenoun[146]
* Terrence Malick
* Dunya Mikhail[147]
* Alphonse Mingana
* Leilah Nadir[148]
* Heather Raffo
* Mikhael K. Pius[149]
* Yuhanon Qashisho[150][151]
* Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia[152][153]

## See also

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* Assyrian people
* Assyrian diaspora
* Assyrian homeland

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