This is a list of famous Assyrian-Iranians.
Art Sooren Alexander 1935-2007 born in Hamadan, Iran -musical composer & musician (younger brother of Sargon Mayelian) Albert Khoshaba 1937-2023 born in Hamadan, Iran - singer. Was the first Assyrian to have a program on Radio Iran and appear on Iranian TV. The late Nebu Issabey, 1933-2014 also composed and played with him. Evin Agassi - singer Ashurbanipal Babilla (1944 Tehran - New York City) - actor, theatre director, playwright and visual artist Issa Benyamin (born 1924 Tabriz) - calligraphist Aril Brikha (born 1976 Tehran) - musician George Chaharbakhshi (born 1952 Tehran) - singer Henri Charr - film director William D. S. Daniel, author, poet, and musician Jack Douglas (1921 Kermanshah - 1994 Los Angeles) - television personality Andre Khabbazi (born 1975 Sacramento) - actor Paulus Khofri (1923 Baghdad-2000 Tehran) - composer and painter Terrence Malick (born 1943 Ottawa) - film director and producer Sargon Mayelian 1934-2006 born in Kermanshah, Iran -musical composer & musician (older brother of Sooren Alexander) Shamiram Urshan (1938 Tehran-2011 Los Angeles) - singer Marganita Vogt-Khofri (born 1952 Kermanshah) - musician
Literature John Batchelor (born 1948 Bryn Mawr) - journalist Ivan Kakovitch (1933 Kiev-2006 Paris) journalist and author Eden Naby (born 1942 Gulpashan) - historian Mikhael Pius (1927 Baghdad-2011 Modesto) - historian
Politics Freydun Atturaya (1891 Urmia-1926 Tbilisi) - physician and politician Yonathan Betkolia (born 1951 Urmia) - politician Eugene Dooman (1890 Osaka - 1969) - diplomat George Malek-Yonan - politician John Nimrod (1922 Chicago - 2009) - politician
Religion Aphrahat (3rd and 4th centuries) - Christian author Toma Audo (1854 Alqosh - 1918 Urmia) - Catholic archbishop Paul Bedjan (1838 Khosrowabad - 1920 Cologne) - Catholic priest and orientalist David Benjamin Keldani (1867 rmia-1940) - Catholic priest Yohannan Gabriel (1758 Khosrowabad - 1833 Khosrowabad) - Catholic bishop of Salmas Jacob David (1873 Sir - 1967 Chicago) pastor and relief worker Andrew David Urshan (1884 near Urmia - 1967 United States) - evangelist and author Ramzi Garmou (born 1945 Zakho) - Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran Ishodad of Merv (9th century) - bishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi (1914 Sanandaj - 1999 Tehran) - Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran Nicholas I Zaya (born Khosrowabad - died 1855 Khosrowabad) - Catholic Patriarch of Babylon
Sciences Bukhtishu family - famous medieval physicians Eprime Eshag (1918 Urmia-1998 Oxford) - economist Alexander George (1920 Chicago-2006 Seattle) - scholar in political sciences
Sports Alex Agase (1922 Chicago-2007 Tarpon Springs) - American football player Daniel Alaei (born 1983) - poker player Steven Beitashour (born 1987 San Jose) - football player Beneil Dariush (born 1989 Umira) - mixed martial artist Youra Eshaya (1933-1992 Sweden) - football player George Issabeg (born 1930) - boxer Benny Koochoie (born 1986) - basketballer Jeff Moorad - baseball executive Shoura Osipov boxer Michael Shabaz (born 1987 Fairfax County) - tennis player Eskandar Shora - boxer Henrik Tamraz (1935 Urmia - 1996) - weightlifter Gela Youhanna - football player Edmond Yunanpour (born 1963 Ahvaz) - football manager and former player
Others Ramona Amiri (born 1980 Montreal) - Miss Canada 2005 Patrick Bet-David (1978-) - Podcaster and businessman Milton Malek-Yonan (1904 Urmia-2002 Carmel) - entrepreneur and inventor Bob Miner (1941 Cicero-1994 San Francisco) - businessman Estiphan Panoussi (born 1935 Sanandaj) - philosopher and oriental philologist (Persian, Arabic and Neo-Aramaic) Juliana Taimoorazy (born 1973 in Tehran) - Assyrian activist and humanitarian
See also List of Iranians List of Iranian Arabs
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