List of people from Aleppo

The following is a list of notable people from Aleppo, Syria.

Notable natives

Politicians

• Abd al-Rahman al-Kayyali, politician
• Ahmad Qanbar, politician
• Aram Karamanoukian, politician
• Edmond Al-Homsi, politician
• Husni al-Za'im, military leader
• Ibrahim Hananu, politician and statesman
• Jamil Ibrahim Pasha, politician
• Jacobo Harrotian, Mexican General during the revolution
• Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah, politician and statesman
• Maarouf al-Dawalibi, politician and statesman
• Mikhail Ilyan, politician
• Mustafa Bey Barmada, politician and statesman
• Naim Antaki, politician and statesman
• Nazim al-Qudsi, politician and statesman a^[1]
• Rashad Barmada, politician and statesman ^[2]
• Rushdi al-Kikhya, politician and statesman^[3]
• Saadallah al-Jabiri, politician and statesman ^[4]
• Sami al-Hinnawi, military leader ^[5]
• Sarkis Assadourian, politician
• Sayf al-Dawla, ruler of Hamadanid dynasty
• Subhi Barakat, politician and statesman
• Levon Ter-Petrossian, former president of Armenia
• Vartan Oskanian, Armenian politician
• Zeki Pasha, field marshal of the Ottoman forces

Thinkers and writers

• Abd al-Masih al-Antaki
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, thinker and religious reformer ^[6]
• Rima Bali
• Abdallah Marrash
• Francis Marrash
• Maryana Marrash
• Al-Ma'arri, philosopher and thinker
• Antranig Dzarugian, Armenian novelist and poet
• Buhturi, Arab poet ^[7]
• Georges Tarabichi, writer and translator
• Jacob of Edessa, Syriac writer and theologian
• Omar Abu-Riche, Syrian poet ^[8]
• Paul of Aleppo, theologian, traveler and chronicler
• Qustaki al-Himsi, writer and poet
• Rizqallah Hassun, founder of the first Arabic newspaper in 1855
• Sati' al-Husri, educationalist and thinker
• Seta Dadoyan, Armenian scholar and historian
• Muhammed Abu Maatouk
• Hanna Diyab
• Hazar Tabbakh, poet
• Jibra'il Dallal, poet and writer
• Yervant Pamboukian, historian

Sciences

• Khaled Almilaji
• Riad Barmada
• Mohammad Marashi
• Zein E. Obagi

Businesspeople

• Edmond Safra, banker
• Jacob Safra, banker
• Joseph Safra, banker
• Mohammed Mohiedin Anis
• Ronaldo Mouchawar, entrepreneur, founder of Souq.com^[9]
• Sam Yagan, Internet entrepreneur

Art collectors

• David Nahmad
• Ezra Nahmad
• Fateh Moudarres, painter ^[10]
• Fritzie Abadi
• Giuseppe Nahmad
• Helly Nahmad (London)
• Helly Nahmad (New York art collector)
• Jean Carzou, French-Armenian painter
• Louay Kayali, Painter
• Wahbi al-Hariri, artist and architect

Artists

• Abed Azrie

• Jean Boghossian
• Avraam Russo, Russian pop singer
• Fritzie Abadi
• Bassam Kousa
• George Tutunjian, Armenian revolutionary songs performer
• Moustapha Akkad, film producer and director ^[11]
• Sabah Fakhri, Arabic traditional songs performer
• Shadi Jamil
• Marie Rose Abousefian
• Nour Mhanna

Religious leaders

• Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda
• Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanouni
• Hilarion Capucci, titular archbishop of Caesarea^[12]
• Saint Maron, figure in Christianity
• Simeon Stylites, figure in Christianity
• Zaki Cohen

Athletics

• Ammar Rihawi, footballer
• Michel Madanly, basketball player
• Mohammad Afash, footballer
• Philipp Stamma, chess master and writer ^[13]

Other

• Hala Gorani, TV anchor
• Abdulrahman Akkad, LGBT Rights Activist
• Muhammed Faris, first Syrian cosmonaut

Families

• Al-Jabiri
• Al-Qudsi
• Barmada
• Kayali
• Khawam
• Nahmad
• Safra

See also

• Aleppo
• List of rulers of Aleppo