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Historical figures born in Syria

1,028 notable historical figures were born in Syria. These are the most notable:

• Bashar al-Assad (born 1965, Politics)
• Hafez al-Assad (1930 to 2000, Politics)
• Yazid I (646 to 683, Politics)
• Zenobia (240 to 275, Politics)
• Philip the Arab (204 to 249, Politics)
• Jwan Yosef (born 1984, Arts & Music)
• Mohammed al-Bashir (born 1983, Politics)
• John of Damascus (675 to 749, Religion)
• Michel Aflaq (1910 to 1989, Philosophy)
• Bassel al-Assad (1962 to 1994, Military)
• Maher al-Assad (born 1967, Military)
• Abd al-Rahman I (731 to 788, Politics)
• Anicetus (100 to 166, Religion)
• Ibn Kathir (1301 to 1373, Literature)
• Al-Ma'arri (973 to 1057, Philosophy)
• Amin al-Hafiz (1921 to 2009, Politics)
• Julia Domna (165 to 217, Politics)
• Rifaat al-Assad (1937 to 2026, Politics)
• Jacob (Yaqub/Islamic) (Religion)
• Hamida al-Attas (born 1934, Other)
• Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292 to 1350, Politics)
• Salah Jadid (1926 to 1993, Military)
• Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali (born 1969, Politics)
• Ananias of Damascus (100 to ?, Religion)
• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882 to 1935, Religion)
• Nureddin al-Atassi (1929 to 1992, Politics)
• Bushra al-Assad (born 1960, Politics)
• Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932 to 2020, Politics)
• Mu'awiya II (661 to 684, Politics)
• Iamblichus (240 to 320, Philosophy)
• Hisham (691 to 743, Politics)
• Hafez Bashar al-Assad (born 2001, Other)
• Nizar Qabbani (1923 to 1998, Politics)
• Al-Nawawi (1233 to 1278, Politics)
• Imad al-Din Zengi (1087 to 1146, Politics)
• Murhaf Abu Qasra (born 1984, Politics)
• Levon Ter-Petrosyan (born 1945, Politics)
• Ibn al-Nafis (1215 to 1288, Science)
• Odaenathus (220 to 267, Politics)
• Yazid II (687 to 724, Politics)

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