# 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
* Rashad Barmada, politician and statesman
* Rushdi al-Kikhya, politician and statesman
* Saadallah al-Jabiri, politician and statesman
* Sami al-Hinnawi, military leader
* 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
* Rima Bali
* Abdallah Marrash
* Francis Marrash
* Maryana Marrash
* Al-Ma'arri, philosopher and thinker
* Antranig Dzarugian, Armenian novelist and poet
* Buhturi, Arab poet
* Georges Tarabichi, writer and translator
* Jacob of Edessa, Syriac writer and theologian
* Omar Abu-Riche, Syrian poet
* 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
* Gebrail 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
* Sam Yagan, Internet entrepreneur

### Art collectors

* David Nahmad
* Ezra Nahmad
* Fateh Moudarres, painter
* 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
* 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
* 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

### 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